Pat Sloan's Creative Talk Radio - Show 11

I had the pleasure of getting to know Meg through our Facebook friendship, then in Houston this past October we got to meet in person, always a joy for me to be able to connect in person!  Meg had just taken over as President of The Alliance for American Quilts and was so excited and energized by her new partnership .. her spirit was contagious!! 

As we got to know each other, I found her background in reporting so interesting. As well as the fact that she has written several book on traditions. Her quilt book is the wonderful "THE QUILTER'S CATALOG"

Join me to learn more about Meg's journey into quilt making and her quest to preserve our stories through fabric and traditions!

Visit Meg's website, read about her work, sign up for her newsletter.. tell her you heard her interview at Creative Talk Radio! http://www.megcox.com

The Allicance for American Quilts - www.allianceforamericanquilts.org/

Super Duper Quilt Woman of the Hour.. Roseann Kermes is back with MORE insider info, new stuff.. and what's hot! This Show Roseann is with me the whole 2nd half, as we just have SO MUCH info to share!

One of the hot new things we are going to share are stitcheries with an updated look from Aunt Martha.. yes.. THAT Aunt Martha! There are so HOT HOT HOT we can only tell you about them on the show as there are no photos yet!

Come learn what's new and then Visit Roseann's Blog often, she shares the BEST stuff!

www.rosebudscottage.typepad.com/

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*** And we have PRIZES!!! ***

Meg is giving away a copy of BOTH her New Family Traditions book and her The Quilter's Catalog book!!

The other week Cynthia won a prize package from Quilting Arts and already owned a couple of the issues that came. So Cynthia wants to 'Pay it Forward' and give them away to a lucky winner!

 

And Aunt Martha's Colonial Patterns is going to give away 3 HOT OFF THE PRESSES Stichery prizes.. AS SOON as they come in! so if you win this amazing prize it will be a few weeks until they ship... woot woot!

Visit Colonial Patterns http://www.colonialpatterns.com/

In honor of Meg's visit with us, leave a message about your earliest quilt memory... and then PROMISE to listen to the show this week.. ok??

You have until Friday at noon to leave a message. Remember you can listen RIGHT ON your computer!!! HOW GREAT IS THAT! Check email or facebook or your forums, listen to the show! OR download the show onto your player and listen while you do non computer things.. it's a GREAT deal!

  AND CLICK HERE to Join me on Facebook!!

 I just hosted a 'Quilt Show' on Saturday and Sunday and you would not BELIEVE the Awesome quilts that people shared!! 

 Join us! 

Pat Sloan, Quilters Just want to Have FUN!

Comments

[Jackie]

I can't believe I spelled quilt wrong twice. Fumble fingers today.
That is my excuse and I'm sticking to it!!

[Jackie]

No one in my family quilted.. I started in the early 70's when I got a McCalls quilting book - still have it - and made a Sunbonnet Sue - Overall Sam quilt for my daughter. My mother told me that quilts were for poor people and we could afford blankets. Well, that was the thinking of the day. Little did she know the value of quilts to us today. In the mid 70's I went to a Qult Symposium (sp) in Linclon, Nebraska. I saw the Grace Snyder qult - close up and personal - and others. From then on I was hooked.

[mary]

my earliest quilt memory is from our cousin's farm...every bed had a quilt on it
and in one of the barns....tons of old old quilts in a chest i found one day and just ran my hand across them and studied them for hours.....still that memory is so fresh like it was yesterday ...not 40 years ago

[Krist Van Os]

My earliest quilt memory is a quilt that my grandmother made for the family. It was for us to cover up with on the couch. It was a crazy quilt. But, she didn't do the fancy stitching on it. I have that quilt now although it is a little bit/okay a lot worn. I've been thinking about re-quilting it with the fancy stitches this time.

[JayeL]

I though the comments were to be about quilting. If not, perhaps you could save this one for later? I just got an open toed walking foot and am wondering if anyone has any advice. I have a practice piece to try it on, but having done it yet.
Jaye
http://artquiltmaker.com

[Gwen Carreon]

My earliest quilt memory was a doll quilt made by my mom. I received it as a Christmas present when I was 5yrs. Dragged it around for years.

[Nancy Dempsey]

My earliest quilt memory was that my great grandmother quilted but the quilting bug skipped a few generations so I don't really remember her quilting. I was lucky enough to get a very old and very well used Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt that she made. It may be patched and repaired but you can feel the love she put into that quilt.

[Alda, FL]

What a great show this week Pat. Nobody in my family was a quilter but my mom sewed clothes for me and my sister and I remember watching her sewing on her old singer. My first quilt memory was back in ´84. I used to sew clothes (still do sometimes) and my fabric store had this beautiful quilt in the window and offered a class. I just had to try it and I was hooked.

[joan godfrfey]

i am a fourth generation quilter---at least. i grew up with quilts. mom made all the comfortors----tied quilts to be used and abused. mom always had a quilt on her bed and NO, you couldn't sit on her quilts. "it breaks the threads."
i remember my mother and grandmother quilting 2 quilts the year before i started high school. a yellow and white true lover's knot and grandmother's flower garden pieced by my grandmother. i have that quilt now. a very treasured piece.

[Cindy in TN]

My earliest quilt memory was playing on old utility quilts spread on the hard floor at my grandmother's. I love your show, Pat.

[cyndi hoeller]

you have sooooo much going on it's like keeping up with a tornado! great stuff! cyndi

[April Lusk]

My earliest was when I was a young child and I was given one from my Godparents! I loved it until nothing was left.

I recently learned through lessons how to make one and now carrying on the tradition with my own children & friends! I love them and love seeing the enjoyment other kids have when given one and the cuddling, memories made!

I do promise to listen because it is truly an awesome show! :)

[Pauline]

I don't remember growing up with quilts in my family. In 1995, a friend and co-worker showed me a hearts and hourglasses quilt--I remember the predominant color was yellow--that she was finishing up to send to her daughter who was across the country in college. I was so fascinated with it that I asked her if she would teach me how to make one like it. Well, that fall, she and and I and another co-worker started a quilting class in a nearby adult school. I was hooked! And now, 15 years later, I am still quilting, loving quilts and loving fabrics!

[Francine A Warren]

My first memory of quilting was sitting under the quilt frame, helping with needles as they came through & somehow got lost. Mostly I sat there, a bit forgotten & listened to all kinds of stories my grandmother & great Aunts were telling. I loved all of it, especially when they remembered me & showed me how to quilt on the old frame.

[Lise]

Hello Pat, my first quilt was for my 3 kids when they were under 7,,,we had moved to a different province and my mother kept sending my packages of 10 inch squares of all sorts of fabrice (cords, jeans etc) I finally decided to make quilts, not knowing what I was doing,,I did good but that's when the bug hit me,,not many places in Thompson, Manitoba (Canada) to take any sorts of courses but was lucky enough to go to the YWCA and got my first real how to..lol.. I love it and still want to learn more ... did all the hand quilting and now the last 4 years got hooked on machine quilting... I am so proud to say I have been quilting for 26 years... And of course I will be listening in on your talk show...Have a great Easter Weekend

[Annette DeBose]

My earliest quilt memories involve visiting Granny. She was a quilter & always had a quilt on the frame which hung from the ceiling in the main room. When company came, it was raised up out of the way. I loved looking up and trying to figure out what the pattern was just from the stitches I could see on the back. I don't really remember ever even seeing her stitch on them!

[Trudi]

No one in the family has quilted that I know of, my mum made clothes, as did I. I got into quilting just over 20 years ago, when a colleague handed me a Keepsake Quilting catalogue. OMG!!! I was smitten from then on, a whole new world just opened up! LOL

[maryjo_bly@yahoo.com]

I was injured at work in 2000 and I was talking with my hairdresser who is an amazing quilter, so I decided to give it a try. I always have sewn clothing and household stuff for years, but never tried quilting. So, I went to Walmart, and bought enough supplies to make a placemat! It came out okay and we still use it today. That was it! I was hooked, I found a great Quilt Shop and started taking lessons. Then I went to work at the Quilt shop and I learned so much from just working there. I love the artistic outlet that quilting gives me and I am always discovering so many new and exciting techniques to learn. Its not just a hobby for me, its an obsession!

[Jenice]

My earliest memory was stealing my mom's quilt when I was little for my own bed. It was a purple satin full size quilt that her aunt had made for her wedding. I loved it so when I got married that is what I wanted my grandma to make me. So I have a blue satin with dark blue on one side and light blue on the other side full size quilt. My grandma hand quilted it; the quilt is 30 years old and it is beautiful.

[Terry Turnage]

My great grandmother had made a quilt for my mother, and I remember always being facinated by the amount of quilting and how small it was...It was a pineapple quilt in yellow and green. Each piece was quilted 1/4 inch from the seam...When I had my son, I could not find a bedspread for his bed that did not have a cartoon on it or colors a little boy would like. So I made my first quilt. I have been hooked ever since. My son is now 26 years old and still loves to get a quilt for a gift.

[arlette]

The first memory I have about a quilt was made for my grandma!

[Desertdebbe]

Not sure if this is where I'm suppose to leave my machine quilting question but here goes. :)
If quilting on a frame without a stitch regulator, how do you quilt more intricate designs accurately? I'm stuck in the meandering, loop de loops, hearts and flowers.
I can't figure out how to get to a specific design rather than free motion. HELP.

[Darlene]

No one in my immediate family ever quilted or owned a quilt from what I can remember. My first quilt memory really was what got me started on this journey almost two years ago. My neighbor was pregnant and her mom had made her a quilt and the baby a quilt. It was beautiful and I wanted one for myself. A few weeks later, I was taking my first class. Now I can say I am a quiltaholic!

[Diane F]

Another great show Pat! I have lots of early quilt memories as both my mother and grandmother were quilters. I spent many hours underneith the quilting frame. As soon as I was tall enough see and reach over the top I wanted in. I was helping tie quilts as soon as I could tie a knot. By 11 0r 12 with a couple quilts under my belt, I was hand quilting with the best of them.

[Sue]

Loved the show this week - Meg Cox inspires, how does she do so much?? And I love getting the dish about new things from Roseann. Your show is always a good listen while I walk the treadmill! Bet people in the gym wonder why I'm smiling :)