Paige – Ponderosa Creative

Paige started Ponderosa Creative as a new mom, taking a break from the environmental field after being burnt out by academia during her master’s degree at Evergreen. In addition to running her business, she worked in the enviornmental field – specifically municipal stormwater. She designs her Ponderosa Creative Thread Gloss with both the environment and…

Jessica – Sew Tites

Jessica and her sister Jamie are the creators of SewTites® magnetic sewing pins. One day in early 2017, while working on a bag, Jamie decided to use magnets to “pin” the leather pocket in place while piecing. She called up Jessica and told her about the simple and functional idea. Jessica, who is a career marketer…

Jane Hauprich – Stitch by Stitch Custom Quilting

Jane Hauprich is an award winning quilter and quilt instructor living on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. She started piecing quilts in 1998. She specializes in free motion custom quilting and believes that each quilt is special and deserves quilting that accentuates it’s beauty and uniqueness. Jane offers free-motion quilting classes using home machines, mid-arms, or longarms. …

Latifah Saafir

Latifah Saafir is a modern quilter known for her bold and innovative quilts. Her quilt patterns feature clean designs with a twist. She adds challenging techniques such as curves and half-rectangle-triangles to her quilt patterns which make them stand out. She also has designed notions to help quilters master these techniques. In this episode we…

Heather Snow – Purple Hobbies

Heather Snow is the mastermind behind Purple Hobbies, family owned and operated business.  You’re probably familiar with some of their fabulous notions, like the BladeSaver Thread Cutter and Magnetic Pin Cup. Heather creates all of their innovative designs with her sons. Purple Hobbies has embraced 3D printing to make fabulous quilting notions! They have an…

Annie Unrein – ByAnnie.com

A creative lifetime quilter, Annie Unrein of ByAnnie.com and Patterns by Annie has been designing patterns and teaching since 2000. Her easy-to-understand patterns include complete instructions to guide makers every step of the way. With a focus on practical and useful projects, Annie’s patterns appeal to sewists of all ages and levels and serve as…