Can a blog serve a significant role in your creative life? Could it help you to launch a new career, connect with a community, keep up your motivation? And how does that blog change once you’ve found success as a designer, author, or teacher? These are the question we’re exploring on today’s episode of the…
Podcast Episode #30: Chelsea Bloxsom and Phil Barbato
I’m talking about sewing monsters on today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast. My guests are Chelsea Bloxsom and Phil Barbato. If you’re an avid softie-maker than these two designers are already on your radar. If you’ve never sewn a toy (and even if you never think you will) this episode has valuable information…
Podcast Episode #29: Ame Verso, Content Director for F+W
A few weeks ago I reviewed Mariska Vos-Bolman’s new book, Sew Cute to Cuddle. Through a comment on that post I met Ame Verso, the Content Director for F+W, Mariska’s publisher. Ame acquired Mariska’s book and helped to clarify F+W’s approach to selling individual patterns as PDFs on their own site and on Etsy…
How to Review a Podcast in iTunes
Podcasts are a big part of my life. Being able to listen to independently made radio shows about the niche topics I’m most interested in is totally fantastic. Listening to podcasts makes my daily run go by faster, helps me accomplish all sorts of tedious household tasks like folding laundry and doing dishes, and most…
Podcast Episode #28: Amie Plumley and Jean Van’t Hul
Today on the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about making art with kids. My guests are Amie Plumley and Jean Van’t Hul. Amie Plumley is passionate about teaching children to sew. She’s a second grade teacher and the co-author of two books, Sewing School: 21 Sewing Projects Kids Will Love to Make and Sewing…
Podcast Episode #27: Lilla Rogers and Lisa Congdon
What does it take to make a living as an artist? That’s the what we’re delving into on today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast. My guests are Lilla Rogers and Lisa Congdon. Lilla Rogers steers the ship at Lilla Rogers Studio, a visionary art agency that represents some of the most sought-after artists…
Podcast Episode #26: Diane Gilleland and Haley Pierson-Cox
What does a typical day of a freelance craft designer look like? Find out on today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast. My guests are two successful craft industry freelancers: Diane Gilleland and Haley Pierson Cox. Diane Gilleland is a craft writer, designer, and teacher based in Portland, Oregon. She’s the author of Kanzashi…
Podcast Episode #25: Cal Patch and Jen Beeman
My guests on this episode of the While She Naps podcast are Cal Patch and Jen Beeman. Cal Patch has been a maker since she was a Girl Scout in the seventies. She sews, crochets, spins, embroiders, knits, prints, drafts patterns, dyes… hence the name of her label: hodge podge. Cal has taught all of…
Podcast Episode #24: Cynthia Treen and Alison Kaplan (of Kata Golda)
Cynthia Treen and Alison Kaplan It’s entirely possible to have a thriving business making stuffed animals, dolls, and other whimsical things. My guests on today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast are living proof. I’m talking with Cynthia Treen and Alison Kaplan. Cynthia Treen is a Rhode Island based designer and textile artist. She’s…
Podcast Episode #23: Ann Wood
On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast my guest is the artist Ann Wood. Ann works with found and salvaged materials, many of them vintage or antique garments. She’s interested in transformation, turning cardboard boxes from the fancy grocery store on her block into turreted castles, and ruined old petticoats and gowns into seas for…
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