Just Wanna Quilt

Cheryl Sleboda, of Muppin.com and SewMuchCosplay, talks to her about her thoughts on the quilt industry looks like.

Scott Fortunoff, a fourth-generation fabric company executive, talks to us about fabric, his company Jaftex, and the different companies that are part of the Jaftex family. (He's Jaftex is the company that just purchased Free Spirit (with designers like Kaffe Fassett and Tula Pink). This interview was recorded just before that announcement. Learn more about Scott and Jaftex!

Host, Elizabeth Townsend Gard recaps Week Four -- the guests including quilter Lauren Anderson, Sewtopia's Amy Newbold, Jill Repp of June Tailor, and Jeanette Floyd gives us a field trip report from QuiltCon 2018.

Lauren Anderson talks to us about her quilting life. She is a relatively new quilter that I met at a class at Uptown Needle and Craftworks. She's also organizing a Gee's Bend conference here in New Orleans later in 2018.

Amy Newbold talks to us about her quilting life and her development of Sewtopia, an online community that has retreats around the country three times a year. Sewtopia came to New Orleans in the Fall, and we got a first-hand​ look at its amazing-ness

Jill Repp sent us two boxes for research! We talk about all kinds of things quilty -- she talks about being an entrepreneur and inventor, and about the experience of working at June Tailor.

Jeanette Floyd tells us about QuiltCon 2018, which was held in Pasadena, CA. She talks to us about the quilts, the experience, the lectures, and being a reporter for us at a quilt show.

This week we had three guests -- Susan Blexrud (quilter and romance novelist), Seth Hackler (quilter, and FB "Quilting on a Budget"), and Rachel Bishop (quilter and Quilted Owl). The recap talks about guests for next week, getting the Pinterest and Instagram pages more active, and having our Quilting Army post "how to" videos on our YouTube site. We're growing...it's exciting!

Susan sits down with us and talks about all things quilty. She talks about art quilts, about her love of quilting, and her experience writing romance novels.

Seth Hackler is a quilter and the mastermind behind "Quilting on a Budget" FB Group, which now has over 30,000 members in just one year. He talks to us about the meaningfulness of quilting with his mom, his quilting life, and his philosophy behind and development of the FB Group.

Stephanie is the genius behind Modern Sewciety, a podcast now in its fifth year. She is kind, charming and honest about her experience, and tells us about her new podcast subscription group, Sewcialites. Her website: www.modernsewciety.com. You can find more about her at www.justwannaquilt.com/

A quick overview of the guests this week -- and also who we interviewed this week for future episodes. For more, see our website: www.justwannaquilt.com.

Sherry talks with us about her quilting life, being part of the Piece Corps (those that care for, hang, and protect the exhibit quilts at International Quilt Market and Festival). She is part of our Quilting Army too!

Jeanne Hewell-Chambers is both ambitious and amazing: to make 70, 273 double xx's to commemorate the deaths of the disabled community in Nazi Germany. The quilts are stunning, and some of them were hanging at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in the Fall. We talk to her about the project. For more on the project go to www.The70273Project.org. And there's more about Jeanne on our website: https://www.justwannaquilt.com/jeanne-hewell.

Julia Driscoll (part of our Quilting Army) talks about a fieldtrip to the "Color My World: A Collection of One-woman Quilt Exhibits," September 30-October 1, 2017 at the Pieces n' Patches Quilt Guild, Steger, IL. (You an find them on Facebook).

Jeanette talks to us about her quilting life, charity quilting, the importance of guilds and mentors, and we laugh about her naming her seam ripper, "Jack." Jeanette's webpage can be found at https://www.justwannaquilt.com/jeanette-floyd. She is part of our Quilting Army!​

Teresa talks to us about her quilting life, her adventures to Japan to research her books on Indigo and cotton, and a little bit about her dog.

Here's what we did the first week -- a summary of the 18 (yes!) interviews plus one bonus track. To learn more about each guest, go to www.justwannaquilt.com. Each guest has their own page with a list of topics we discuss, quilt pics, links, and more!

Gigi is part of our Quilting Army. She has sewn her whole life, she teaches sewing (she taught me how to make a jacket) and she works at Uptown Needle and Craftworks. She is so much fun. She has been part of this project nearly since the beginning.

Jill Repp talks about the June Tailor company. We know June Tailor from the basting sprays, and the cutting mats and rulers and so many creative innovations. She is very inventive. She has joined our Research Sponsors and so we will be chatting in the future about all kinds of things that June Tailor company has invented and put out in the market.