A few weeks ago I had coffee with Pippa Armbrester, a modern quilter who lives in my town. We’d never met, although we’d heard about each other. I love Pippa’s quilts (check out her book – affiliate link). She has a wonderfully simple understated style and after our meeting I was inspired to try something…
Archives for July 2017
11 Great Podcasts For Kids
Every summer when I was a kid we’d pack up the car at the end of August and head to Maryland’s Eastern Shore for week’s vacation. It was a glorious time spent jumping waves, making sand castles, and eating Maryland crabs until our lips burned only to cool them off with sweet ice cream on…
Modern Handcraft Hexie Pillow for Simon
Simon is getting ready to start middle school in the fall. They say that the days are long and the years are short when you’re raising children and I find that to be very true. (Here’s my post announcing I was pregnant with Simon in the fall of 2005.) I told my kids that when…
Podcast Episode #101: Sue Bleiweiss
Today we’re talking about building a career as a quilter with my guest, Sue Bleiweiss. Last week I visited Sue in her home studio in Pepperell, Massachusetts which is about 45 minutes from my home and is a beautiful place to visit in July. We sat together in her studio to record this conversation. Sue…
Shruti Dandekar Quilts a Bridge Between India and the US
Shruti Dandekar with her Bernina. The first time Shruti Dandekar touched as sewing machine she was aching. It was October of 2009 and she’d contracted chikungunya, a mosquito born illness that’s not uncommon where she lives in the southern part of Maharashtra, India. “I wasn’t well,” she recalls. “It causes a lot of joint pain…
Sew a Softie Day: Kid Made Emoji and Cthulhu Softies
July is Sew a Softie month. This global event is in its second year and is spearheaded by Trixi Symonds, a designer and sewing teacher in Australia. The goal is to encourage children who haven’t sewn before to give it a try through a fun, low-pressure project: a softie! Trixi has inspired 100s of kids…
Episode #100: Alissa Haight Carlton
On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about the Modern Quilt Guild and Project Runway with my guest, Alissa Haight Carlton. And, we’ve reached the 100the episode of the show! Yay! Alissa Haight Carlton is a modern quilter, designer, author and the co-founder and Executive Director of the Modern Quilt Guild (MQG). She has…