Quilt & Tell

Tracy, Lori and Ginger have news—some good, some sad. Stay tuned to find out what is happening. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lori and Ginger are back — and boy, do they have a lot to catch up on! Lori fills us in on her granddaughter’s quilt and her trip to Missouri Star. Then Ginger has big news you won’t want to miss. Tracy shares some scrap quilting inspiration and a project she is working on — so stay tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy goes on location with Sara Gallegos and Angela Huffman. The hosts of Love of Quilting are at The Slate Hotel in Denver at a Quilting Daily Quilt Escape event with a group of lucky quilters. Tracy decided to crash the party and chat with the duo. Stay Tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susan Brubaker Knapp and Vivika DeNegre from Quilting Arts treat us to something special today. They are in Colorado recording Quilting Arts TV, so we asked for a behind-the-scenes sneak peek into who will be on the next season of the show and what we can expect. This is the first time they have been in the same room since before the pandemic and they spill the tea on series 2900 of QATV. Stay Tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy, Ginger and Lori are back for a chat-fest. Today they are talking about the projects that are currently inspiring them to quilt. Then we discuss the three feet we absolutely must bring to a desert island. Our Fine Finishes segment features Martha Higdon who is here to discuss the controversial topic of quilting vintage quilt tops on a longarm. Stay Tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy catches everyone up on the events of the summer, then shares one of her favorite guests with you. Jenny Doan talks about how her town Hamilton, Missouri, became a quilting destination, but we also talk about how she learned to sew and why her parents insisted upon signing her up for 4-H. Then stick around for a special Fine Finishes sponsored by HandiQuilter! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lori and Ginger are flying alone in this episode while Tracy takes a well deserved break. Ginger shares a little about her amazing visit to Quilt Town USA while Lori tells us all about the upcoming quilt retreat in Texas and the many other quilts she has planned. The real news is that it's finally time for Lori and Ginger to tell everyone all about the Quilt Jacket Online Workshop Live Event! Meg Healy, host of the Sew & Tell Podcast and Editor of Sew News and Creative Machine Embroidery Magazines, joins Lori and Ginger to host the workshop with the Quilt & Tell team. This will be an event you won’t want to miss! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quilt along with Christina Cameli while she is in the studio with Ginger on today’s episode! Ginger gets the inside scoop about a new workshop that is absolutely free that you are going to want to join in on the fun. Speaking of the inside scoop, don’t miss Lori’s mention of a quilted jacket workshop the hosts are planning with the Sew & Tell team. We have a controversial topic in this episode too—do you oversize and trim? Or make your patches exactly the size needed? Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A letter from a listener caught the attention of Lori, Tracy, and Ginger. It was about the presentation of a Quilt of Valor to a Vietnam veteran that had them wanting to talk to Debra Malone-Reeve. More mail hails from Germany! Stay tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Novelist Patience Griffin joins Lori, Tracy, and Ginger to discuss love stories, quilts, and travel. Boy-oh-boy would the hosts want to join Patience on a trip to research one of her delightful books! This episode is filled with the usual catching up on what the hosts have been working on, then in the final segment, Tracy leaves everyone with a thought of the day. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Lori wasn’t available to record, Ginger and Tracy did a little digging only to find out that Teri Lucas was visiting Nebraska! A little begging ensued, and a little rearranging of the schedule, and this podcast is the result. We couldn’t do a show without Lori, now could we? Stay tuned to the end for letters from readers, plus bonus content! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Q&T team has found another rising star of the quilt world, Kellie Cotton of Laughing Otter Studios. Tracy, Lori and Ginger were blown away by her Baby Yoda mosaic quilt and love following her on Instagram and think you should all check her out. In Fine Finishes, Tracy and Ginger ask each other what advice would the beginner quilter in them give to their current quilter selves. Their answers may just surprise you. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kim Christopherson of Kimberbell Designs joins Ginger, Tracy, and Lori on the show to talk about all the quilty fun you can have with in-the-hoop embroidery! In Fine Finishes, the discussion turns to sewing machines. What kind of quilter are you—a basic machine quilter or one who wants all the bells and whistles? (We know what kind Lori is, don’t we?) Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ginger and Tracy decided Lori needed to experience #IGQuiltfest for herself. In this episode, the hosts have a nice long chat sharing their favorite prompts from the month-long event on Instagram. Toward the end, they share tips for keeping your sewing machine in tip-top shape, so stay tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gigi Levsen, the editor of McCall’s Quilting magazine, joins Lori, Ginger, and Tracy to chat about what it was like to work for Quilter’s Newsletter magazine, how she started quilting, and Lori shares stories of their days working together. In the final segment, Tracy reads letters from listeners. Stay tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every quilter has quilt crumbs, in this episode Lori and Ginger talk with Emily Bailey of Aunt Em’s Quilts and she shares her tips and tricks for using your quilt crumbs completely. Emily shares her quilt journey and how fabric scraps have been apart of her jouney from day one. Lori and Ginger get caught up and talk quilt challenges. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy, Lori and Ginger are starting a new series of interviews where they spotlight up and coming quilters we should all know! In this episode, our chatty trio introduces rising star Shereece Spain from Sew Hooked on Treasures. After we get to know Shereece, Tracy shares not one, but two letters from our amazing listeners. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Quilter on Fire, Brandy Maslowski joins Lori, Ginger, and Tracy to chat about fangirling on quilters, chocolate, and what it is like to be a quilter and a firefighter. In the final segment, it is time to tackle an extremely controversial subject (AGAIN!). The hosts discuss the recent discussion in the quiltiverse—quilted clothing. Stay tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonnie Hunter celebrates the 40th anniversary of Quiltmaker magazine and the Ruby Jubilee Mystery quilt along with Tracy, Lori, and Ginger! After the hosts catch up and have a rousing conversation about die cutting, Bonnie joins the show. In the final segment, there is mail. A listener writes in to ask about what kind of sewing machine you need to sew leather. Stay tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy 2022! Tracy, Lori & and Ginger get all caught up after the holiday break and share all their finished holiday projects. In Open Studio, Foundation Paperpiece Quilt Designer & Maker Veruschka Zarate joins the podcast trio. Varuschka shares her quilting journey and her creative process when designing her foundation paperpieced portraits. In Fine Finishes, Lori poses the question to Ginger and Tracy, to paperpiece or not to paperpiece? Lori also shares a few great paper piecing tips in as well! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices