Listen in as I chat with Joyce Becker, prize-winning quilter, author, and instructor. Joyce focuses her art, writing, teaching, and lecturing on creating beautiful landscape quilts. We talk about creativity, landscape quilts, and much more. To see more of Joyce’s work and find out where you can take her classes, visit joycerbecker.com, or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joyce.r.becker. Want to try your hand at her unique method of creating landscape quilts? Check out her online...

Join me as I chat with Judy Martin, veteran quilt designer, author, and publisher. She spent time as an editor and principal pattern designer for Quilter’s Newsletter, went on to found her own publishing company, Crosley-Griffith in 1987, and is still creating new designs. We talk about quilting (no surprise there!) and Judy’s approach to helping quilters make the very best quilts they can, not the most quilts they can. She has some great tips and tricks, so listen carefully! We also talk...

Sit back, grab a cuppa and relax while you listen in on my conversation with Deborah Louie. She’s a multiple-award-winning quilter, quilting magazine columnist, and author, but above all, Deborah is an instructor dedicated to teaching and sharing her passion for quiltmaking and mastering the sewing machine. In this episode, Deborah and I discuss her unique method to learn and get the most out of the sewing machine you already own. Her work features gorgeous appliquéd flowers that are as easy...

Today I’ll be talking with Lynn Koolish. Lynn is a fiber artist, teacher, and author. She is most well-known for her bright colors, hand-dyed fabrics, and creating mixed-media fiber art. She teaches locally in the San Francisco Bay Area, nationally at quilt shows, and online. She’s written or co-written 5 books all on color and fun with fabric. She’s also a former co-worker of mine, having spent a couple of decades editing books at C&T.

In today's episode I get to chat with Karoline Dahrling Hughes about living the creative life. Karoline is a designer, teacher, author, podcaster, and more! You may have seen her fabulous handmade clothing online or in popular sewing magazines or in her recently-released Stylehacking book. Karoline explores her creative side in her studio in Northern Denmark. She blogs and shares her creative work on her website, Skandimama. If you want to listen to her thoughts on living creatively you can...

Join me as I talk with Cindy Grisdela, veteran award-winning art quilter, teacher, and author. When not quarantining, Cindy travels extensively, teaching, exhibiting, and selling her work across the US. Her work can be most easily described as improv art quilting and much of her teaching focuses on giving quilters the tools and techniques they need to express themselves in their own art quilts. Listen in as we talk about creating improvisational quilts, Cindy's approach to creativity, and...

Today I am chatting with Ann Hazelwood, veteran shop owner, quilt appraiser, and novelist. Ann's quilt-laden cozy novels span 4 series containing 19 books - and counting! Get the scoop on how Ann approaches her writing, the series locations, and much more. You can follow Ann on Facebook at facebook.com/booksonthings or learn more about the books and series on her website at booksonthings.com. - C&T's website and blog Visit us on Facebook • YouTube • Pinterest • Instagram •...

Listen in as I talk with Meri Vahl. Meri is a renowned quilt artist best known for her stunning and evocative landscape art quilts which have won numerous awards including Mancuso’s ‘Best Quilts of the World’ three times! Meri is also a prolific teacher and when not on lockdown travels the world sharing her art quilt techniques. Meri shares about her art, art quilting, why having a fabric stash is a good thing, and her experience living in the first integrated dormitory at Indiana University....

Have a listen as I chat with Rose Parr. Rose is a personal trainer, a nutritionist, an author, and a quilter. As a personal trainer specializing in older adults, she has worked with many arthritic individuals and, as a nutritionist, helped them choose foods to feel better. In the corporate world, she consulted with organizations to implement office ergonomics and taught staff to stretch at work. She has combined her studies in home economics with her certifications in ergonomics, fitness,...

Join me as I talk with Lilo Bowman. If you already know Lilo you likely know her from her work as the editor-in-chief and production manager for TheQuiltShow.com. Through her earlier life, Lilo moved frequently, sometimes with nothing more than a closet and dining room table for her creative space. She shares what she learned from that experience about organizing your creative space so it is comfortable, functional, and inspiring. Listen in as we talk about working on The Quilt Show,...

Tune in as I chat with Christina Cameli! Christina is a nurse-midwife, author, fabric designer, quilter, and free-motion quilting instructor. Christina and I talk about quilting, quarantine, and so much more. To check out her work, her fabric and books...

In this episode I talk with Catherine Redford, an award-winning fiber artist who still loves to learn and pass that knowledge on as she teaches quilting and embroidery around the United States and beyond. Catherine is an author and a prolific teacher...

Tune in as I talk with Becky Goldsmith, award-winning quilter and international instructor. We chat about handwork, thread, teaching online, the realities of staying sane and creative while at home, and much more! See more of Becky's work at...

Join me as I talk with Jennifer Sampou, San Francisco-based designer, quilter and teacher. Jennifer and I talk about her experiences as a veteran textile designer, her passion for ombré fabrics, creativity and keeping her  mojo fueled during chaos, and...

Shannon and Jason are the dynamic DIY duo known as the Shibaguyz, award-winning crochet, knit, and sewing designers, instructors, and authors. We talk through the realities of shifting to remote work, their journey into boro and sashiko handwork,...

Judy Gauthier is a shop owner, fabric designer, quilt designer, instructor, and author. Tune in and listen as we chat about scrap quilts, PPE, quilting and sewing for the holidays, and much more. To learn more about the topics we discuss or to see more...

MJ Kinman is an art quilter, instructor, and author who is most well-known for her paper pieced quilts that depict close-ups of gemstones. Follow along as MJ and I discuss transitioning from artists to instructor; the value of mentoring and sharing,...

Aimee Ray is an artist, graphic artist, embroidery designer, and authors. You are likely familiar with Aimee for her well-known Doodle Stitching books and her frequently woodland-inspired Little Dear embroidery patterns, projects, and kits. How to get...

Join me as I chat with Jedimanda, a.k.a. Amanda Haas, cosplayer, seamstress, author, and unapologetic fangirl. Cosplay is a new topic for Behind the Seams, so if you have never heard of cosplay and think it might not be for you, give this a listen...

Click play and listen in as Laura Coia and I chat! Laura is the founder and celebrity host of the very successful and inspiring SewVeryEasy YouTube channel, Sew Very Easy.  Laura is a freelance seamstress, educator, author, and registered professional...

In this episode of Season 2, Roxane interviews Kathy Doughty, a quilting industry extraordinaire. Listen to Kathy explain the intricacies of running her own quilt shop, Material Obsession, her teaching stories, travel narratives, and how she stays...

In the fifth episode of Season 2, Roxane interviews Paula Nadelstern. Paula is an American artist, quiltmaker, author and teacher known for her kaleidoscope-themed quilts. Listen to Paula detail how she got started quilting, how living in New York has...

In the fourth episode of Season 2, Roxane interviews Carol Dean Jones, author of the beloved Quilting Cozy series. Listen to Carol explain how she became a first-time author at age 75, what inspires her novels, and all about her latest release, Beneath...

In the third episode of Season 2, Roxane interviews Lori Lee Triplett, an antique quilt expert who, along with her sister Kay, runs the Quilt & Textile Collections.  Listen to Lori detail how she got interested in antique quilts, her research...