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Podcast Episode #46: Rebecca Ringquist

April 6, 2015

On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast we’re talking about embroidery with my guest, Rebecca Ringquist. Rebecca is a Brooklyn-based visual artist and designer. Approaching the technique of embroidery as a way of drawing, Rebecca has taught hundreds of people new ways of making marks on fabric with thread. Rebecca has a design… 

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Podcast Episode #45: Heather Moore of Skinny LaMinx

March 16, 2015

Today on the While She Naps podcast I’m talking with textile designer Heather Moore of Skinny LaMinx. Heather lives in South Africa and I live in Boston so it was pretty amazing to chat with her and learn about her business and daily life on the other side of the world. Fabric scraps by Skinny… 

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Podcast Episode #44: Michelle Engel Bencsko and Gina Pantastico of Cloud9 Fabrics

March 2, 2015

Today on the podcast I’m talking with the co-founders of Cloud9 Fabrics, Michelle Engel Bencsko and Gina Pantastico. Established in 2009, Cloud9 is a leading source for organic cotton fabrics for home sewists. The base cloths of their fabrics is made from 100% certified organic cotton which is then printed with eco-friendly low impact dies…. 

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Podcast Episode #43: Founder and Director of Squam Art Workshops, Elizabeth Duvivier

February 16, 2015

On today’s episode of the While She Naps podcast I’m talking with Elizabeth Duvivier, the founder and director of Squam Art Workshops. Elizabeth founded Squam in 2008 after being enchanted with her experience at Artfest and wanting to create something similar on the East Coast. Squam has since become a premier art retreat attracting top… 

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Podcast Episode #42: Gather Here and Fancy Tiger Crafts

February 2, 2015

On today’s episode of the While She Naps we’re talking about what it takes to run a successful brick-and-mortar fabric and yarn shop with my guests, Jaime Jennings and Amber Corcoran of Fancy Tiger Crafts in Denver, Colorado, and Virginia Johnson of Gather Here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fancy Tiger and Gather Here have a lot… 

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Podcast Episode #41: Bamboletta with Christina Platt

January 19, 2015

When Christina Platt set about making a doll for her baby niece over a decade ago she could never have predicted that one day she would have a handmade doll business that employs 48 local women and produces 80 dolls each week. She couldn’t have known that the dolls would sell out so fast that… 

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Podcast Episode #40: Creativebug with Kelly Wilkinson and Liana Allday

January 5, 2015

Watching someone make something is an ideal way to learn a new craft. I think video is an incredibly exciting new frontier in craft publishing and I’m especially excited by the beautifully produced video classes found on Creativebug. For me these classes are every bit as special an experience as opening a well-designed craft book,… 

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Podcast Episode #39: Melanie Falick

December 15, 2014

When I started my podcast a year ago I made a wish list of ideal guests. Over the course of the year I’ve had the pleasure of talking with so many of them: Ann Wood, Jess Brown, Lilla Rogers, Kristin Link, Kari Chapin, among many others. I’m so pleased to be closing 2014 with someone… 

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Podcast Episode #38: Nicole Stevenson and Delilah Snell, Founders of Craftcation

December 8, 2014

What makes a craft conference great? How can you create a truly transformative, relaxing, and inspiring experience for a broad range of attendees? Today on the While She Naps podcast I’m talking with two women who have the experience and understanding to answer these questions. Nicole Stevenson and Delilah Snell are the organizers of Craftcation,… 

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Podcast Episode #37: Vanessa Vargas Wilson (The Crafty Gemini)

December 1, 2014

On the While She Naps podcast today I’m talking about YouTube with The Crafty Gemini, Vanessa Vargas Wilson. Being a YouTube star was certainly an unexpected career path for Vanessa. While in law school she yearned for a creative outlet and asked her mother to teach her to sew. She took to it immediately. When… 

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