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Podcast Episode #153: Stacie Bloomfield of Gingiber

September 16, 2019

On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about building an illustration business with my guest, Stacie Bloomfield. Stacie Bloomfield is the founder of the company Gingiber, based in Springdale Arkansas. She is an illustrator and printmaker who sells prints, stationery, fabric, and homewares in over 500 retail outlets around the country…. 

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Podcast Episode #152: Pati Palmer of Palmer/Pletsch

September 2, 2019

On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about building a business in the sewing industry with my guest, Pati Palmer. Pati is the driving force behind the Palmer/Pletsch publishing company which has published dozens of sewing books and how-to DVD’s and creator of eight Palmer/Pletsch sewing notions products, including PerfectFuse™ Interfacings…. 

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Podcast Episode #151: Lisa Solomon

August 19, 2019

Photo of Lisa Solomon by Sarah Deragon.  On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about making a career as an artist with my guest, Lisa Solomon. Lisa Solomon is a mixed media artist whose work has been exhibited and collected all over the world. She received her BA in art practice… 

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Episode #150: Laura Zander of Jimmy Beans Wool

August 5, 2019

On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about running a brick-and-mortar and online yarn shop with my guest, Laura Zander. Laura is the co-owner of Jimmy Beans Wool. Along with her husband Doug, she worked as software engineers during the dot-com boom in the San Francisco area. When Laura and Doug… 

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Podcast Episode #149: Sarah Golden

July 15, 2019

On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about making a living as an artist and surface pattern designer with my guest, Sarah Golden. Sarah is a painter and surface pattern designer living in Sacramento, California with her husband and 5-year-old twin girls. She paints abstracts, lots of plants and is a… 

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Podcast Episode #148: Sarah Kirsten

July 1, 2019

On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about building a new sewing blog and business with my guest, Sarah Kirsten Anderson of the blog and sewing pattern company SARAH KIRSTEN. Sarah is a sewing educator, sewing pattern designer, photographer, and a believer in the magic of making your own clothes. She’s… 

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Podcast Episode #147: Taylor McVay of Blueprints for Sewing

June 17, 2019

On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about running an indie sewing pattern business with my guest Taylor McVay of Blueprints for Sewing. Taylor McVay is a designer, artist, and educator. She creates sewing patterns for unique, architecture inspired garments. Along with running Blueprints, Taylor teaches fashion design, pattern making, and… 

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Podcast Episode #146: Denyse Schmidt

June 3, 2019

On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about quilting as an art form with my guest, Denyse Schmidt. A former graphic designer and graduate of Rhode Island School of design, Denyse Schmidt began creating quilts in 1996. Intrigued by the rich historical nature of quilts and inspired by beauty born of… 

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Podcast Episode #145: Mark, Brian, and Josh Dunn of Moda and United Notions

May 20, 2019

On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about running a fabric, notions, and gifts company with my guests, Mark, Brian, and Josh Dunn of Moda and United Notions. Mark Dunn got his start in the fabric industry in 1966 working with his father William Dunn at Sewing, Sales, and Services which… 

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Podcast Episode #144: Jane Sassaman

May 6, 2019

On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about building a career as an artist who makes quilts with my guest, Jane Sassaman. After a varied career in the design world, Jane Sassaman began to quilt in 1980. She found that these “soft paintings” satisfied the draftsman, the craftsman and the artist… 

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