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Just Wanna Quilt

Elizabeth Townsend Gardwww.justwannaquilt.com
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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Episodes

Famous Quilter Marianne Fons talks to us about her kids, her quilting life and her novel

Marianne Fons (of Fons and Porter) talks to us about all kinds of things -- her three kids, her quilting life, her writing life and her thoughts on quilting. She mentions the Iowa Quilt Museum ( http://iowaquiltmuseum.org ), her daughter Hannah's TedX Talk, "Not He, Nor She but Me," ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fbb7WaAQFQ ), and her blog, Marianne Fons Blog, where you can sign up for updates. ( http://www.mariannefons.com )....

Dec 05, 20181 hr 28 min

Eileen Keane of the Appliqué Society talks to us about all things Appliqué

Eileen talks to us about the Applique Society and all things applique. She will talk you into trying applique, no question. For more on the Applique Society: https://www.theappliquesociety.org . She also talks about being a long arm business too, www.designingquilts.com , which includes t-shirt quilts and long-arming.

Oct 26, 201842 min

Scott Fortunoff, President of Jaftex, joins us to talk about Houston Quilt Market

Scott was on his way from the airport to Missouri Star's 10th Anniversary celebration. He talked to us about Houston Quilt Market, the big business-to-business convention. Jaftex is the company that recently bought Free Spirit. For more on Scott, see our previous​ interview: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14198489

Oct 25, 201827 min

Famous writer and podcaster Frances O'Roark Dowell joins us

Frances hosts the Off Kilter Quilt, as well as QuiltFiction podcasts. She also is an award winning children's author, and also write quilts fiction. She, of course, also quilts. We talk about her process, being a quilter, and being a writer.

Oct 17, 20181 hr 11 min

Famous Quilter Alex Anderson comes to chat with us!

Famous Quilter, Alex Anderson chats with us about the Quilt Show, along with her experiences on HGTV, fans, and being famous. For more, go to the https://thequiltshow.com . For more on Just Wanna Quilt, go to www.justwannaquilt.com .

Oct 02, 201854 min

Scholar Giancarlo Frosio comes to talk to us about culture and history

Giancarlo is a Fellow at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society (where I've been affiliated since 2004), and he talks about his new book, Reconciling Copyright With Cumulative Creativity: The Third Paradigm. I teach him a little about quilting too and explain how I think quilting fits into his thesis of cumulative creativity.

Sep 25, 201837 min
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