Make and Decorate with Stephanie: Sew, Quilt, Knit &amp; Home Decor

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In this episode, I chat with quilt podcaster, Emanuela Jeske. Her podcast is called Quilt Karussell and is currently the only German speaking podcast.
Emanuela shares her creative story from the time that she started quilting and what led her to start her podcast, Quilt Karussell. We also chat about everything quilting, from fabrics, to mid-arm and long arms to patchwork.
For photos and links to what I talked about in this episode, visit my podcast blog https://stephaniesochadesign.com/podcast-make-and-decorate

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M&D S2E42: Juliet Van der Heijden, The Tartan Kiwi

Make and Decorate with Stephanie: Sew, Quilt, Knit & Home Decor

01/23/20 • 76 min

Today's episode focuses on foundation paper piecing (FPP), with my guest, Juliet Van der Heijden, The Tartan Kiwi. Juliet designs and sells foundation paper piecing patterns. Juliet is also the author of the book Animal Quilts, which has many foundation paper pieced patterns designed by Juliet. You can find Juliet's patterns at http://thetartankiwi.com

In the lifestyle segment, I share new Netflix, Hulu and YouTube shows I am watching. I also do a quick review of the Instant Pot Zest, a rice and grain cooker. This can help speed meal preparation when you need to make rice or grain side dishes to your instant pot main dish meal, at an affordable price point.

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S2 E35: Jessica Kapitansky - Sallie Tomato

Make and Decorate with Stephanie: Sew, Quilt, Knit & Home Decor

10/03/19 • 59 min

It's Season 2!!! and I introduce my Patreon membership page, and there are rewards for each tier. Every patron will receive an exclusive monthly bonus episode of the podcast that is only available to subscribing patrons. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/makeanddecorate
I get you caught up with what's been going on here with projects, design work and more!
My guest on this episode is Jessica Kapitansky of Sallie Tomato. Jessica designs and sells bag making hardware, bag patterns, cork fabric and has a new book just released in September, Create with Cork Fabric. You can find her website and shop here https://www.sallietomato.com/
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S7 E118: Guest Carina Gardner

Make and Decorate with Stephanie: Sew, Quilt, Knit & Home Decor

10/25/24 • 75 min

University of Arts & Design

On this episode, my guest is Carina Gardner, a successful designer and entrepreneur, shares her journey and insights on how to make money as a designer. She emphasizes the importance of being a multifaceted designer and knowing when to pivot into different industries. Karina discusses her Design Suite program, which teaches designers how to make their design businesses profitable by offering a range of courses in various design areas. Carina highlights the misconceptions around building a brand and the importance of understanding distribution channels. Carina just launched her online University of Arts & Design. Online Courses for budding designers and artists that are flexible, fulfilling, and transformative.

Links:

Carinagarnder.com

Carina Gardiner Shop

Design Bootcamp : Intro to Design Suite

Design Suite

Stephanie's Guest appearance on Carina's Make and Design Podcast

Chit Chat:

Finishing an improv quilt project with my niece
I bought the Addi FlexiFiips DPN w/cables from Amazon (note link is my affiliate Amazon link)
I also bought the Addi Rocket2 Squared Circular Knitting Needles - 16 inch, US 7 (4.5mm) (note link is my affiliate Amazon link)
My Patreon group patreon.com/makeanddecorate - I will unlock a paid level bonus episode for a limited time. Check it out!

Special Halloween Outro Music: Trick or Treat Written by Dean Palya, performed and produced by PALA

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Ep. 3 My Collection of Sewing and Serger Machines

Make and Decorate with Stephanie: Sew, Quilt, Knit & Home Decor

08/16/18 • 53 min

I take you on the journey of my sewing and serger/coverstitch machine purchases through the past 20 years! You will hear how I go from naive to savvy as a purchaser of sewing machines of various price points and manufacturers. Get insight on purchasing new from dealers, demos from trade shows to pre-loved/used from online sellers. There are many ways to acquire a "new to you" machine, and I love a good deal on a fancy pre-loved machine. Find out what I think about my newish Bernina machines...are they really that much better than the other guys?

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S4E79: Emma Jones, Vintage Sewing Box

Make and Decorate with Stephanie: Sew, Quilt, Knit & Home Decor

12/23/21 • 70 min

Happy Holidays! This episode is the mid season finale. Season 4 will continue in February 2022.
In the episode, I chat with Emma Jones, who has a YouTube channel and online shop called Vintage Sewing Box. She has videos on many epp projects and small accessories and often embellishes them with beautiful hand embroidery motifs.
We talk about a great epp product, "hexiform", which is used in place of traditional paper pieces...and, does not need to be removed at the end of the project like paper pieces do.
In my chit chat segment, I talk about the Pantone Color of the Year 2022: Veri Peri, as well as Kona's color of the year, Cosmos. Plus more updates on sewing projects and fraser fir christmas trees.
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S5 E96: Wendy Chow, The Weekend Quilter

Make and Decorate with Stephanie: Sew, Quilt, Knit & Home Decor

12/01/22 • 85 min

My guest today is Wendy Chow, the founder of The Weekend Quilter. You may also know her from the podcast, Quilt Buzz, https://the-weekendquilter.com/
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M&D 34: Amanda Murphy: Longarm, machine and ruler quilting

Make and Decorate with Stephanie: Sew, Quilt, Knit & Home Decor

08/15/19 • 87 min

This is the final episode of the Series: Different Types of Quilting, and the final episode of Season 1. Season 2 will resume in the fall, so stay subscribed to be notified of new episodes.
My guest on this episode is Amanda Murphy, and she is a Spokesperson for Bernina, a book author, fabric designer, quilt pattern designer, and has various longarm and domestic machine quilting rulers. Amanda shares her story about how she became a professional in the quilt industry through fabric design.
Also in this episode, we learn about how to transition from machine quilting to longarm quilting, and how to continue to build skills on both the longarm and domestic sewing machine. Amanda gives tips on rulers to start out with, and how to use them in your quilting.
She has a new fabric line out now called Celestial Lights. There is a beautiful Celestial Lights practice panel designed for ruler quilting with her new oval set of rulers.
You can find links and photos on things we talk about in my show notes https://stephaniesochadesign.com/podcast-make-and-decorate
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e-mail: [email protected]

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M&D 24: Tammy Newton, Thimbles Quilt Shop

Make and Decorate with Stephanie: Sew, Quilt, Knit & Home Decor

03/28/19 • 63 min

I recorded this episode from Thimbles Quilt Shop in Lockport, IL, a southwest suburb of Chicago. Tammy Newton is co-owner of Thimbles quilt shop, and she sat down with me in the beautiful 2nd floor of the shop that is their classroom and meeting place for all of the shop's events.
We chat about it all - sewing, quilting, fabrics, Babylock and Bernina machines, and how she and co-owner, Jane, along with their invaluable team keep this beautiful brick and mortar quilt shop successful.
You can find links and photos to everything we talk about in my show notes https://stephaniesochadesign.com/podcast-make-and-decorate
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Website: http://stephaniesochadesign.com
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