Quilt Podcast

Alex Anderson has a podcast. It seems to be an extension of Simply Quilts, though not officially. She has about 24 episodes all ready for you to hear via your MP3 player or on your computer (iTunes works well). The episodes vary in length and she does follow up on previous episodes. I would start from the beginning because she does refer back to previous podcasts.

I was skeptical about hearing about quilting, because quiltmaking is such a visual medium. I was pleasantly surprised to hear what a great job AA does using the tools she has. She does refer to supplementary materials which are posted on her website. I think this is a great way of using available technology to deal with a visual medium.

I also find that hearing a podcast helps me keep up with quilting even if I am not actually sewing right at the moment. I find that getting different kinds of sensory stimulation for quilting keeps me in the loop.

If you are not used to listening to books on tape or podcasts, this is a fun and free way to get started.

The first episode talks about what happened with Simply Quilts and how it worked out for her. I get the impression that this is the first step in something larger – another TV show, perhaps?

Author: Jaye

Quiltmaker who enjoys writing and frozen chocolate covered bananas.

3 thoughts on “Quilt Podcast”

  1. cool, jaye! i’m so glad this works for you.
    i’ve only done a few things via podcast. rob enjoys them. he was getting the 24 and Lost podcasts for a while and would listen to them while working or during lunch or while on a bike ride.

  2. Podcasts are great, mostly because they are FREE, FTMP. Podcsts will be great for you when you are waiting for your darlings at soccer, ballet and art class. I would recommend episode #8 with Paula Reid. They are talking about machine quilting and it is very good. If you have been at quilting for awahile, it is not so new info, but it is a good refresher. It also made me think of BUYING Paula Reid’s DVD. I have to watch the Complex Cloth DVD fro Deirdre and the Tsukineko, Designing with Fabric Inks DVDs first.

Comments are closed.