Whether you attended or not, join us for a comprehensive journey through the Houston Quilt Festival 2022. Relive your adventures or experience them for the first time in this informative and revealing episode.

Join us in this episode to meet Linnca Stevens co-founder of The Sewing Labs – a non-profit in Kansas City, MO whose mission is to create a community and teach sewing toward employment, entrepreneurship, and enrichment.

Join us in this episode to meet internationally renowned Tula Pink - an illustrator, fabric designer, quilter, author, maker, and an eponymous brand. Hear her candid story as only she can tell it!

Maker, quilter, knitter, spinner, and painter, Leanne Pressly is the founder and CEO of Stitchcraft Marketing, which she launched in 2009. Leanne also hosts the podcast, Business of Craft. She is a certified consultant with a Colorado Small Business Development Center, where she consults with new entrepreneurs in a variety of businesses.

Inspired by fantasy and fashion, illustrator and cosplayer Desi Dessu created her first cosplay costume more than 20 years ago.

National Educator for Shannon Fabrics, and host of Sew Together Tuesday, a weekly live sewing series where viewers are invited to sew along during her traveling live broadcast. Her quilts and sewing projects have appeared in Bust, Quilty, Stitch, Quilt Makers, 100 Quilt Blocks, Generation Q and American Quilt Retailer.

Leah Kate Nicoll graduated with a degree in musical theater and dance from the University of Alabama. She went on to create her own dance fashion brand Leahtards, which launched at New York Fashion Week in 2021.

Owner of String & Story Boutique, Quilting and Sewing studio on Main St in Duluth, Georgia,

HollyAnne Knight is an accomplished quilter, artist, teacher, and entrepreneur. Her String & Story website, blog and Free Motion Quilting Academy are all designed to give quilters more confidence in their craft.

Join us for your exclusive- behind the scenes visit to BERNINA University 2022, the annual North American Dealer conference…direct from Palm Springs, CA. This event…now in it’s 53rd year, features new product introductions that you can experience along with 450 dealers from across the country. Hear never before shared conversations from BENINA dealers, team members and the founding family – the Ueltschis.

Join us for an exclusive-intimate conversation with internationally renowned master colorist Kaffe Fassett...and his partner and studio manager Brandon Mably. Held in Palm Springs, CA during BERNINA’s annual BERNINA University dealer conference.

Editor-in-chief of the fashion sewing and DIY blog That Black Chic, Michelle Morris shares her handmade fashions, sewing tips, reviews, and tutorials. She's also the founder and editor of Sewn magazine, the first sewing magazine dedicated to showcasing all makers, especially Black creators.

Owner of the Mae Burrows fashion site, featuring her own custom patterns and clothing, Mae Burrows is also a full-time firefighter and paramedic. Mae was inspired to start sewing by her father who is a direct descendant of Betsy Ross.

Bill Schroeder III, co-owner of The American Quilt Society (AQS), recently bought the family business - grandparents Meredith and Bill Schroeder, founded AQS in 1984 to promote quilting artistry. A family affair since its inception, AQS is currently the largest quilting membership organization in the world.

This special podcast takes place at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky, during Quilt Week 2022. It features a myriad of engaging and informative conversations with museum staff, quilt artists, and guests, as they each share their own journeys and inspirations.

This very special podcast takes place at Quilt Week in Paducah, Kentucky - the event hasn’t occurred since 2019 because of the pandemic. Quilt Week, put on by the America Quilters’ Society (AQS) has become an institution in Paducah, which is also the home to the National Quilt Museum. During Quilt Week, people from around the world come together to celebrate the passion and creativity of quilters.

Mimi G is founder of Sew it Academy, Mimi G Style, Inc.; The Pattern Making Academy, and Vice President of Design and Brand Strategy and Patterns for the Design Group (Also known as “The Big Four.”) She's also the entrepreneur behind the award-winning fashion lifestyle and DIY blog “Mimi G Style”. In addition, Mimi recently co-founded Melanated Fabrics and Creative Center.

An avid sewist and costume maker, Sarah Caldwell is the Training and Education Manager at BERNINA International in Switzerland. She began her career with BERNINA 31 years ago in her home country of New Zealand. While there, she was part of the team that created costumes for the filming of Lord of the Rings.

Quilt artist and owner of Sew Sisters Space Creations in Melbourne, Florida, Jean Wright is a former NASA Seamstress. She’s worked on many projects, including the test parachutes and aft skirt blankets for the Orion spacecraft. Still active in NASA, she is a docent for the shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center and a member of the NASA Speakers Bureau.

Alice Voss-Kantor, Marketing Manager at BERNINA of America, takes us into a very special Facebook Live conversation with Christy Burcham, Director of Education and Training for BERNINA, and Aaronica Cole, entrepreneur and owner of The Needle and the Bell in Atlanta, Georgia. Together they explore the power of body positivity and provide tips and tricks for plus-size sewing that help you feel good about who you are and how you look.

Join us for a provocative, and intimate conversation with Joe Vecchiarelli, internationally acclaimed fit specialist who has performed his craft for numerous celebrities and TV shows including Dancing with the Stars. Hear how Joe began his career, how he practices it today and go behind the scenes at some of today’s most well knows shows.