Do You Podcast?

Podcasts are everywhere and are about every topic we can imagine.  The Podcasts about quilting are, of course, my favorite.  Today, however, I discovered Tara Swiger who is a business owner and a prolific Podcaster and found her podcast entitled "Stop Seeking Approval." (to build a great business).   Do you write quilt patterns?  Do you sell your quilts or quilt tops?  Do you quilt for others, either hand or machine?  Does your embroidery machine monogram (for others).    Then, you might enjoy how Tara encourages us to explore our enthusiasm. 

She says right up front, "I am not here for your approval."  Say that again....over and over.....if you have any doubt that you must have approval to move forward in building your business.   Tara emphatically says that she is not here for my approval.  She is here to serve me (me being the people who love and want what she does.)  She is not here to serve anyone else....not family nor friends who don't get it.....but only the ones who want and love and need what she does. 















Discovering Podcasts

Have you discovered podcasts?  If you enjoy having company while quilting but get distracted by TV, then exploring the world of podcasts can be like opening up a treasure chest.

A podcast is a recording/interview someone produced  for your listening enjoyment or for educational purposes. One of the most common ways to listen is on iTunes but there are many other sources.  After you sync to your favorite device, you are ready to enjoy hearing from well known media or just folks from home.  Anyone can make a podcast.

 

Let Ira and Mary from www.serial.com give you clear instructions.

HOW TO LISTEN TO A PODCAST with Ira and Mary  

 Here are three sites to get you started:

Director, Dr. Elizabeth Townsend-Gard, Copyright Research Lab @ Tulane Law School

Dr. Elizabeth Townsend-Gard interviews guests from 

her home.

has created a growing number of Quilting Army troops who follow and contribute to this research project that began as a study of copyright in the quilting world.  Follow this link to see what it has become and how you can become one of the troops.

Leah Day, left, interviews Stephanie Socha for Podcast 108

Leah Day produces these fun podcasts every Wednesday. Tune in for names you will recognize and topics that are relatable to your quilting world.

Stephanie Kendron chats from her studio with another artist for a new podcast.

Stephanie Kendron hosts the Modern Sewciety podcast where you can gain inspiration from interviews with creative sewing artists.









Podcasts are easy and fun to enjoy when your hands are busy sewing. 

                                                                                                          What's your favorite podcast?

Do You Podcast?

Oh, YES!  Well, here we go with  a 'Just Wanna Quilt' podcast.   Director at Tulane Law School, Professor Elizabeth Townsend Gard and Alex Anderson are in conversation about quilting!

Of interest to me was around minute 3 where Alex talks about taking a quilt-making class.  Yes, even when we know how to quilt, there's always something to learn from other quilt instructors.

And at minute 6ish.....on the concerns of the diminishing number of quilt shops.  With the resurgence of the craft of quilting 15-20 years ago the marketplace became saturated with new quilt shops and  fabric manufactures and is now in the natural trend of settling itself out in the competitive marketplace. 

Other comments that caught my ear:

•  About working from home:  Why you might loose friends when you tell them you're working.....when they know darn well they called you at home!  

• About reluctance:  "Alex, you are not a quitter.....always walk through the door."  John Anderson to Alex many years ago on her indecision about hosting the (then) new idea -  HGTV's quilt show.

• About respect and understanding:  When children recognize and respect that the parent has a life too....Alex's daughter doesn't ask her to babysit a sick child, knowing that Grandma can't get sick. 

• About copyright:  When your project gets changed slightly and published by another as their own.....it's not worth the copyright infringement fight.

• On the topic of shopping local.....Alex says she is one of the lucky who has 8 quilt shops within her comfortable driving radius, so when she knows what she wants, she'll call each shop to see if they have the item. If one has what she wants/needs, she drives. If not, she shops online.  

• Always be an ambassador for quilting, even when the lines are blurred.

And, the lines are often blurred....

Enjoyed every minute of it. There are so many more  "Just Wanna Quilt" podcasts.  Go there.

In The Bee Hive with Joe Cunningham

Join Joe in his gallery or blog or workshops and lectures to enjoy even more of this fab quilt artist.