MaryAnn talks to us about her quilting life. You might remember Mike? He talked to us about their couple quilting life. Now we get MaryAnn, and we talk a lot about machine embroidery. It's a lot of fun.
Andi Sanfield of www.truebluequilts.com comes to chat with us. She is one of our Featured Designers in our Inventory Quilt project (which you can join at our Facebook group - Just Wanna Quilt- Inventory Quilt project).
Jo Westfoot from the Crafty Nomad joins us to talk about her process of creating patterns, and our inventory quilt project. She is one of our featured designers, and we are so glad to chat with her again. For more go to https://www.thecraftynomad.co.uk .
Sara Benson, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the iSchool at Illinois joins us to talk about her new book, Copyright Conversations, https://amzn.to/32pEhHq .
Reed Johnson is one of our Inventory Quilt Featured Pattern designers, and he talks to us about his quilting life. For more, go to www.bluebearquilts.com .
Veronica has a business that focuses on accounting with the creative. She also is the author of https://5minutebookkeeping.com , which is awesome. For more information, go to https://vmwasek.com
In the sixth lecture, we discuss the options of whether to hire an attorney, go with an Internet service, or DIY. Our book helps you get prepared for any of the three scenarios. We're working through the early chapters of the book, Just Wanna Trademark, a book that helps you register your mark at the USPTO. To purchase a copy, go to https://justwannaquilt.bigcartel.com/product/just-wanna-trademark
In the fifth lecture, we learn about the difference between local, state, and federal trademarks, and I advocate for federal protection. We're working through the early chapters of the book, Just Wanna Trademark, a book that helps you register your mark at the USPTO. To purchase a copy, go to https://justwannaquilt.bigcartel.com/product/just-wanna-trademark
Candy Cobb Grisham's new book, Dresden Quilt Blocks Reimagined: Sew Your Own Playful Plates; 25 Elements to Mix & Match (available at https://amzn.to/2RQ7Le3) teaches us all about creating the Dresden Plate block, and a little bit about her author's journey.
Bobbi Gentilli of the Geeky Bobbin, www.geekybobbin.com , joins us to talk about her challenging quilt designs, and her recent (easier) Progress Pride quilt, where she negotiated and learned about Creative Commons licenses. She also has a great Tetris quilt, which I adore. She is one of our featured Inventory Quilt designers for February.
In the fourth lecture, we look at when you need a trademark. For more go to www.justwannaquilt.com , or purchase the book at www.justwannaquilt.bigcartel.com .
In the third lecture, we will be looking at what a trademark is, that is how it is classified as a source identifier for goods and/or services.
Trademark.com is part of the Compumark family. They have created a lower cost tool for registering your trademark, and we talk about it with Ali Smith. Note: I do have some reservations about this product and products like this, but this is a good one if you decide to go this direction. Go to www.trademark.com
Sally Williams is all about fish -- in her professional life, in her quilting life. We talk about all kinds of things, including Spoonflower as a tool, but mostly about fish.
Mike Hingle and his wife are all in. They've been quilting for about 3 years, and they have gone deep. Listen to this lovely interview about all things equipment and quilting and life.
We're starting short lectures on IP and Entrepreneurship. We're beginning with trademarks! Today, we're just getting our feet wet. We'll dive in more soon. We also have a book: Just Wanna Trademark, available at www.justwannaquilt.bigcartel.com . If you use this coupon code, you get an additional JWQ20, 20% off.
In this lecture, we will begin to explore what a trademark is. This corresponds to the Preface in the Just Wanna Trademark book, available at http://justwannaquilt.bigcartel.com . Use the coupon code JWQ20 to get 20% off the already discounted price.
Jo Westfoot of the Crafty Nomad joins us to talk about her pattern, Break Out Bunting https://payhip.com/b/jEdW . Read her blog post: https://www.thecraftynomad.co.uk/blog/2020/1/23/inventory-quilts-stash-busting-amp-choosing-fabrics . And there is a coupon for the pattern through Feb 2020: JWQFEB20. Jo is a featured designer on our Inventory Quilt project, and we adore her. (She was on the podcast before)....
Scott Murkin talks to us about his life in quilting and judging, as well as the impact of quilts and art as a hospice doctor. It's a great conversation, and not depressing, I promise.
Art quilter Karen Swiech wanted to make something special for her parents' anniversary, and she came up with a mosaic quilt: 5000 images make up their wedding photograph, with over 1000 photos on the back. She talks to us about how she did this, and we also get into a little bit of faire use.
Yes, we are starting our third season. Lots of new things to come. Lots of fun.
Sam chats with us from England. We chat about all kinds of things, but mostly about trying to finish projects, and the role of quilting in our lives.
Cheryl Sleboda is amazing, and she comes to talk to us about the importance of blogging. We talk about blogging strategies and other things. For more, go to http://muppin.com/wordpress/index.php/the-2019-31-day-blog-writing-challenge/ .
Pat talks to us about her life, about the history of quilt judging, and being a long arm quilter. She also talks to us about her upcoming 2-day judging workshop in Slidell, LA in connection with the GSQA Quilt Show. (I'll be there taking the class!!) For more, go to https://www.oceanwavesqc.com/ .
Janet is amazing. Her videos and Facebook comments help hundreds of us navigate the software, Quilter's Creative Touch, used in Grace machines and so many others. This was recorded before the upgrade to QC5.
This is a great copyright story. Laurie joins us, and inspires us to create. She tells the tale of how her series of (very popular) Farmer's Wife books began. She is amazing. https://amzn.to/2pK7aPk
Theresa has been on the podcast before. Today we're talking about fair use and copyright in relation to a quilt she is making using song lyrics. See www.quiltourownadventure.com
Roberta R. Kwall is the Raymond P. Niro Professor of Intellectual Property Law; Founding Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology at DePaul University. She is also an expert on moral rights and artists. She's been a mentor for a long time and I'm so glad she had some time to chat with us about quilting and moral rights.
AJ joins us to talk about quilting, branding, and what she learned from her previous day job as fashion designer (and copyright/trademark issues). Check out her beautiful work at www.ajgrossman.com
Susan has written a children's book about Gee's Bend. She is an award-winning author of many titles (you may recognize!). We talk about her writing process and her approach to her subjects. http://www.susangoldmanrubin.com/
