Hosted by Quilt Alliance · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 26 episodes
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Running Stitch - A QSOS Podcast explores quilt stories, revealing the inner thoughts, feelings, and motivations of contemporary quiltmakers by drawing on Quilters S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories, the long running oral history project created by the Quilt Alliance in 1999.
Quilt Alliance hosts Running Stitch - A QSOS Podcast, a leisure show with 26 episodes published.
In this episode of Running Stitch , host Janneken Smucker talks with quilt educator and entrepreneur HollyAnne Knight about how technology is transforming the way quilters learn, connect, and create. Drawing on a 2022 Te
Running Stitch is back! We're bringing you a special bonus episode: Voices from QuiltCon, featuring mini-interviews from quilters just like you, collected at the Quilt Alliance's booth at QuiltCon 2024. We invited show a
Other than the sewing machine, what tool has been the biggest innovation in quiltmaking? Yes, that's right: in this episode of Running Stitch, we're talking all about the rotary cutter. Our guest is Kristin Barrus, a PhD
We're back with our second episode of Season 4! We're continuing our focus on the intersection of technology and quiltmaking, but this time, we're going digital. We're exploring the backstory and invention of Electric Qu
We're kicking off a new season of Running Stitch, focused on the intersections of technology and quiltmaking. But it's not just about computers and digital sewing machines! In this episode we're going back to the roots o
An interview with Roderick Kiracofe, quilt collector and author of Unconventional & Unexpected: American Quilts Below the Radar, 1950-2000 , and historian Janneken Smucker about quilts that defy convention, the creativit
Quilt enthusiasts have been writing about the craft's history for over 100 years now, first focused on collecting and sharing patterns based on historic quilts, and later collecting and trading published patterns, in ess
Sara Trail, and the non-profit organization she founded in 2017, the Social Justice Sewing Academy, has built on a long tradition of quilt artists who use quilts as part of their activist practices. Sara has been sewing
We often think of quilters as hobbyists, typically women who like to stitch beautiful bedcovers for use around the home, or to lovingly give to new babies or show off at quilt guild meetings. But for centuries, alongside
One of the most exciting aspects of the quiltmaking tradition is that within it, artists continue to innovate the form. Eliza Hardy Jones, has done just that with her remarkable Song Quilts series, combining folk music,
Some people made sourdough, some people got pandemic pets. Sarah Steiner became the @pandemicquilter, learning how to quilt from youtube and Instagram, and making over 20 quilts since summer of 2020 after not previously
Coming soon: season three of Running Stitch, a QSOS podcast. This season, we're focusing on younger quiltmakers -- quiltmakers who build on quilting traditions and contemporary influences to make something that's uniquel
What do one-of-a-kind, unusual, or outlier quilts tell us about the quiltmaking tradition? In this episode, Joe Cunningham joins host Janneken Smucker to revisit their 2007 interview and discuss how American quilt histor
Have you ever wondered how quilt historians can unravel the story of a quilt with just a few threads? Do you want the inside scoop on how researchers look for "clues in the calico"? Our guest this week is celebrated quil
What makes a quilt "sing"? Join us for this episode of Running Stitch, with our guest Denyse Schmidt, to explore that question and more. We'll talk about what it means—for an object OR its maker—to be 'authentic'. Denyse
For well over a century, quilts have meant business. A thriving quilt industry has existed since the 19th century, publishing patterns, selling fabrics and supplies, promoting quiltmaking, and offering celebrity endorsem
Quilters S.O.S. – Save Our Stories oral history interviews often include the question, "What makes a great quilt?" Running Stitch host Janneken Smucker asks today's guest, quilt historian Merikay Waldvogel, to answer thi
Running Stitch is back for Season Two, again digging into the QSOS oral history archive to explore the meaning of quilts in American life. In this episode, host Janneken Smucker talks to quiltmaking legend Ricky Tims abo
Join us for a very special sneak preview of our second season of Running Stitch. We'll be sharing more amazing interviews from fascinating folks in the quilt world, including Ricky Tims, Merikay Waldvogel, and Carolyn Cr
This episode--our last episode of season 1 of Running Stitch--features a panel discussion about quilts and writing moderated by host Janneken Smucker . Our four panelists are quilt journalist Meg Cox , novelist Frances O
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Running Stitch - A QSOS Podcast is hosted by Quilt Alliance. The show is categorised under leisure (crafts) and has published 26 episodes.
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