A podcast about what inspires the sewing and quilting community.

In this inspiring episode, we welcome Lina Owen, founder of BlueBelle Designs and co-owner of Quilting with Latinas. Born and raised in Colombia, Lina came to the United States in 2006, having studied International Business in Bogotá. She discovered quilting through her mother-in-law and YouTube tutorials, and in just four years, she has honed her craft and made a significant impact in the quilting world.

Join us for an energetic and inspiring conversation with Lynn Schmitt, the fearless owner of A Different Box of Crayons in Glen Ellyn, IL. Discover how her journey from commercial interior designer to pattern and quilt kit creator took unexpected twists. Learn how Lynn's bold approach to art and design has led her to embrace innovation and take risks in the world of quilting—proof that there's no limit to where creativity can take you.

You’re about to join us for a very special conversation we recorded in-person in Madison, WI at the 20th anniversary of the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show! In this episode, we’re thrilled to welcome back Deanna Springer a close collaborator with the legendary Nancy Zieman, co-founding Nancy Zieman Productions in 2007.

Join us for this special episode as we travel to Madison Wisconsin for the Great American Quilt Show which began largely in thanks to the late Nancy Zieman. Nancy hosted Sewing With Nancy on PBS Wisconsin for 35 years and inspired hobbyists across the country to sew, quilt and embroider. What started as an instructional program filmed in her home in 1982 became the longest-running sewing and quilting education show on public television.

We’ll visit with educators, vendors, exhibitors, a special event host, an appraiser and Deanna Springer who is paramount in carrying on Nancy Zieman’s legacy.

Welcome back to Part 2 of OMG Fashun – Friends They Never Knew They Needed. In Part one, Co-Executive Producer Rich Brusa and Producer Marcy Guevara-Prete gave us an exclusive peek into the genesis and workings of this show. Then, several of the contestant/disruptors shared personal stories of their paths to this show and how it changed their lives.

This episode is unlike any we’ve done before. Yes, we’ll be talking to sewists, but these aren’t just any sewists—these are trailblazers with a story to tell. They’ve stitched their way through life’s fabric from every corner of the country, and their threads have led them to something extraordinary.

These talented creators were contestants on the first season of Bravo’s smash hit, “OMG Fashun.” Led by the unapologetic actress, model, and fashion maverick Julia Fox, alongside the legendary stylist Law Roach, this show tore through the boundaries of fashion design, flipping the script on what style can and should be.

Want to know the behind-the-scenes workings of costume design for tv shows? , Then join us for this one-of-a-kind episode with our guest Jennifer May Nickel, member of the costume Designer’s Guild who lives in LA…but works her craft from wherever she’s called in places such as Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Phoenix, Lafayette, LA and Pittsburgh.

Her TV costume design credits include work for Gotham Knights and shows on E! Nickelodeon, Relativity TV, and others.

It’s Summer 2024 and we’re with Olympian Grace Latz just prior to her travels to Paris for the Artist-in-Residence Program at the Paris Olympics.

Hear about this amazing program, how Grace was chosen to participate and what she eventually creates for it. She talks about the team that helped her produce it and how it all came together. Or course she talks about how she learned to sew and who influenced her. As a bonus, learn what it’s like to be an athlete in the Olympics!

Our guest is Ann Brauer from Ann Brauer Quilt Studio in Shelburne Falls, MA who for more than 40 years has been making original quilts that create abstract landscapes of the imagination.

At age 30, she took the leap to try to support herself as a quilt maker. She’ll share with us just how all this worked out.

In 2011, her life changed dramatically as her studio floated down the river during tropical storm Irene.

Experience an exclusive behind the scenes adventure through 4 packed days of BERNINA University. There were 1200 attendees representing 6 countries…the farthest travelled…Australia. It took 150 staff a full year to plan the event and 9 semitrailers to get all the equipment and machines to the Renaissance Center Detroit. Join the fun, the excitement and learn about BERNINA’s new flagship sewing machine…the B990