We kick off season 2 of The Stitch with a discussion on some of the recent closures in the quilting world, and the benefits of joining a quilt guild.
- Lynn with Susan Brubaker Knapp
- Pam’s “Inside Out Penguin” quilt from her class with Bonnie Hunter
- Quilts in America Survey data on US Quilting Statistics
- Quilter’s Newsletter is shutting down
- City Quilter in NYC is closing
- Spool in Chattanooga, TN is for sale
- AQS will no longer be publishing books after this year
- IQMA quilt shows are shutting down
- You can print your own fabric at Spoonflower and Hello Fabric
- Pam’s photoshop job in the Millennium Falcon cockpit on Instagram
- The quilt hanging behind us in this episode is our new Belinda quilt! Learn more about the pattern (and buy it)!
- Thanks to our sponsor 77peaches and partner Big Think Productions!
- Audio only versions of the show are available in the Hip to be a Square podcast feed.
- Our next Virtual Stitch-In is October 14, 2016
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August 26, 2016
Is the next Virtual Stitch-in really in October?
August 26, 2016
Yes, Lynn and I are going to be at the Sew Pro conference on the normally scheduled date, and some additional travel/family commitments in September mean that we don’t have a good Friday night to host it.
August 26, 2016
I’ve been thinking about joining a local quilting guild. I was part of a sewing guild several years ago. There were some lovely ladies that participated but there were two (in leadership roles) that were the reason i stopped going. Recently, I’ve been wanting to find some quilters to join and found a guild in the next town over (guilds in my town are during the day which i can’t do as i am working). I just found out one of the two aforementioned ladies attends the meeting i was thinking about going. I’m now at a loss of what to do. I want to find some folks to quilt with but am scared she will take the fun out of it. Dilemmas, dilemmas.
August 29, 2016
I do not know if I would count as a dedicated quilter. Not enough time to spend on it, usually only a couple of hours on a weekend and not all of them, either. But I think a lot about it, buy books and magazines and just love to dream and plan.
Retirement also is some 20 years off.