Weekly Recap Week 10 and 11
We are catching up from the Paducah trip! We have so much more planned. Oh....we need a nap....we so need a nap.
Apr 30, 2018•5 min
Just Wanna Quilt
Conversations with quilters, crafters, designers, tool-makers, all kinds of people connected to the quilting and craft industry. Hobby quilters, famous crafters, and everyone in between. A research podcast from Tulane Law School hosted by Elizabeth Townsend Gard. We started as a quilt podcast, talking also about IP issues, and now we have leaned in to quilting, crafting and entrepreneurs. For more information, go to http://www.justwannaquilt.com.
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IP Law and Entrepreneurship Course reflects on working on Just Wanna Quilt
The IP Law and Entrepreneurship @ Tulane Law School course reflects on what they did throughout the semester. The class ends this week, but the project will keep going!! The students talk about their experiences.
Apr 27, 2018•20 min
Famous author Virginia Postrel joins us to discuss her new project on technology and textiles
Virginia Postrel is a famous author, who has taken up the question of technology and textiles. Her previous work, style and glamour.
Apr 25, 2018•53 min
Becky Hill, quilter, and part of our Quilting Army
Becky joins us to talk about her quilting life, and her thoughts on her grandmother, quilting in general, and improv quilting.
Apr 24, 2018•31 min
Todd Purcell from Superior Thread explains thread!
Todd Purcell from Superior Thread sent us some thread -- we learn all kinds of things about thread! He was great.
Apr 24, 2018•41 min
Laura Bickford, from Souls Grown Deep, talks about Gee's Bend quilts
Laura Bickford, from Souls Grown Deep Foundation, talks to us about Gee's Bend quilts.
Apr 19, 2018•39 min
Chris Sprigman, law professor at New York University Law School talks us about framing our project
Chris Sprigman is a very famous intellectual property professor that himself has done creative projects, including topics that include the fashion industry and comedy. He talks to us about how to structure cultural projects like ours, where the goal is to understand the role of law in creativity.
Apr 18, 2018•37 min
Bumbletees, a quilt shop in Germantown TN, on the way to Paducah
The Quilting Army stopped at Bumbletees ( www.bumbletees.com ), a quilt shop in Germantown, TN, where they talked about their business, and in particular their applique kits that they make. So very cute! There is also a FB live video on our Just Wanna Quilt FB group page. Join our group!
Apr 17, 2018•24 min
Yvonne Wilson, quilter
Yvonne talks to us about her quilting life, including the role of community, scrap quilting, and her love of quilting with bold colors.
Apr 17, 2018•55 min
On the Road to Paducah - Day 1 - In Memphis
Ok! The quilting army is on the move. Judy Walker, Edith Gross, Mary Ellen Leingang, Gigi Baay, and Hilary Harrison. Tonight, we talked about their trip from New Orleans to Memphis, where they are staying the night with Hilary. Thanks, Hilary!
Apr 17, 2018•16 min
Famous Quilter Jacquie Gering talks to us about modern quilting
Jacquie Gering, famous quilter, stops by to talk with us about her quilting life, and in particular her story of how she became a modern quilter.
Apr 16, 2018•59 min
Weekly Recap Week 10
We recap activities this week, including two quilt shows!
Apr 16, 2018•4 min
Amy Bradley, Purple Pineapple Studio
Amy talks about Purple Pineapple Studio and her strategy for helping beginners with patterns, and also the relationship between her business and local quilt shops.
Apr 12, 2018•50 min
Joel Sellers, quilter talks about her quilting life
Joel is part of our Quilting Army, and she talks about her quilting life as a relatively new quilter (whose work is amazing).
Apr 10, 2018•55 min
Ruth Kitchin Tillman, quilter talks to us about her quilting life
Ruth Kitchin Tillman talks to us about her quiling life, a little bit about being a librarian, and accidentally commits to making a bibliography for us on quilting!
Apr 09, 2018•52 min
Famous Quilter, Chawne Kimber stops by to talk about her quilts
Chawne Kimber, math professor and famous quilter, talks about her life and her quilts. Follow along by going to her website, https://cauchycomplete.wordpress.com/quilt-gallery/ as we talk about her quilts. Note: this episode does have a few curse words, as she quilts some words that are, as she says, "Not Suitable for Work" as she pushes concepts of quilting and censorship as one part of her quilting life. (We marked as explicit! We've never done that before!)...
Apr 04, 2018•1 hr 9 min
Julie Brodersen, quilter and small business of celebration quilts
Julie talks to us about how her celebration quilts got started, and how she creates quilts out of all kinds of materials -- t-shirts, baseball hats, ties, everything.
Apr 03, 2018•36 min
Bonnie Browning tells us about Paducah and the Spring Quilt Show
Bonnie Browning, Executive Show Director, American Quilter's Society talks to us from Paducah, Ky., where she tells about all the things that happen during Spring Quilt Week in Paducah.
Apr 02, 2018•42 min
JWQ Recap Week 8
A quick recap and a visit with Julia Driscoll, part of our FB Quilting Army who is visiting from Chicago!
Apr 02, 2018•8 min
Ann Bartow, law professor and Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP, University of New Hampshire Law School
Ann talks to us about copyright, intellectual property and gender. She was the second law professor I discussed the project with during the Summer 2017. She's awesome.
Mar 30, 2018•34 min
Raymond Houston, quilter of geometric shapes
Raymond Houston was referred to us by Seth Hackler. He is a quilter that designs incredible geometric quilts, as well as Celtic knot quilts. He is also a writer, working on a quilt book.
Mar 29, 2018•53 min
Janna Thomas of BlocLoc talks about inventions, quilting and finding your quilting bliss
Janna and her husband started BlocLoc to make quilting easier, and we talk about gaining a patent to protect their invention.
Mar 28, 2018•42 min
Winner for Stencil Company Giveaway
Ricardo Gonzales and I figure out how to pick the winner for our first giveaway. And we announce the winner!
Mar 28, 2018•15 min
Recap Week 7 (our giveaway week)
A quick overview of our giveaway, including the numbers, and how our podcast is growing. ETG talks a little bit about the overall project and asks, what role do giveaways play in the overall goal of understanding the quilting industry?
Mar 26, 2018•12 min
Hayley Foster Gray, quilter
Hayley talks with us about her quilting life, making stamps and creating fabric patterns. She also talks to us about thinking about being a quilt entrepreneur.
Mar 26, 2018•51 min
Law Students Chat with Elizabeth Townsend Gard about Giveaways
We put out law school hat on and discuss giveaways--the legal aspects that we found necessary to put on our first giveaway. We talk about what we had to do and how to think about the legal aspects of a giveaway. A helpful link: https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking . This is about endorsements, but that ties into giveaways (when a product is given, rather than purchased by the person running the giveaway)....
Mar 24, 2018•51 min
Cheryl Sleboda talks to us about giveaways and other quilt industry things
Cheryl Sleboda of Muppin.com and sewmuchcosplay.com comes to talk with us about giveaways and more about the industry. The Just Wanna Quilt giveaway continues through Sunday, March 25, 2018.
Mar 22, 2018•40 min
Seth Hackler talks about his giveaway experience with Quilting on a Budget
Seth Hackler comes back and talks to us about his first giveaway on Quilting on a Budget. He's awesome. We're all learning and trying to understand this whole quilting world.
Mar 22, 2018•41 min
Aasta Deth, Stencil Company and Harrison House Designs - Part 3 of 3
Aasta Deth discusses her quilting life, her family, the Stencil Company, and Harrison House Designs. And there's a giveaway from the Stencil Company going on through March 25, 2018! Go to www.justwannaquilt.com .
Mar 21, 2018•44 min
Cynthia Turnbow of the Stencil Company, Part 2 of 3
Cynthia talks about the Stencil Company, having a small business and being part of the quilting industry as a second generation, with her daughter also part of the business as well. And there's a Stencil Company giveaway underway through March 25, 2018! Go to www.justwannaquilt.com !
Mar 20, 2018•33 min
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