Quilting with Mary Beth and Donna

Today we are joined by Lei Henson, member of Quilting With Mary Beth's Facebook group and just a great quilter! His Facebook page is A Cruso Quilter.

Mary Beth and Donna catch up after not talking for a couple of weeks. They talk about the severe weather in Missouri, their Tennessee retreat and a bunch of other stuff.

Today we talk about the recent retreat, if you could only have one, and using wide backs as top fabric.

Amid audio issues, we try to redo the lost episode. Still having problems but I'll keep working on it. Today we talk about quilt retreats and machine maintenance. Look for retreat lists (what to take) on the following websites.quiltingdaily.comfatquartershop.comallpeoplequilt.comjustgetitdonequilts.com

Join Mary Beth and Donna for a new year of podcasts. Today we talk about quilt planners, quilt rooms and a bunch of other random stuff.

MB and Donna discuss salsa, quilt challenges and the upcoming retreat.  Then we get to talk to Patti Meier of KC Makers Quilt Shop in Mission (KC) Kansas!

After a long hiatus, the girls are back together. We then talk to Louann Jobe Fisher who made a splash at the International Quilt Festival with her blue eyed tiger cub One Block Wonder!Https://www.instagram.com/p/DQsPr6RgD2a/?igsh=OGpneHhtaDExOXho

This week we talked to Holly Meyer the owner of Juniper Jane's Little Quilt Shop in Akley, Iowa. She has fabric, Janome sewing machines, a longarm rental service and a brand-new retreat center. We talk farms, small town's names and everything quilty!JuniperJaneLittleQuiltShop.com

Mary Beth and Donna catch up after the weekend. They talk building updates, Mary Beth's obsession with scraps and the YouTube channels that she's following.Sister Chichs QuiltingRevelation QuiltsThe Quilted ForestMerryMabelMarket

We met Kourtney Govro at the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival and interviewed her but the audio was bad. Then again and then a third time! Here is our best effort getting Kourtney to you. Kourtney is the owner of Quilted Cow Raymore, in Raymore, Missouri. We talk about her store, her retreat center, Project Linus and the Missouri Quilt Festival. thequiltedcow.comThe Quilted Cow RAYMORE on FacebookMissouri Quilt Festival on FacebookProjectLinus.org

Today we are joined by a young pattern designer, Angela Davis of Angela's DIY Designs. You can find her at @angelasdiydesigns on Instagram and Facebook and her storefront is at AngelasDIYDesigns.square.site.

The girls talk while on retreat and then we talk to Tabatha Smith about the upcoming Quilted Summitt a two-day event coming in September that you don't want to miss!Tabatha comes on at 44:49!tabathasmith.comcamelliapalmsretreat.comquiltedsummit.com

Donna is officially putting the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival behind her. The audio quality was just too bad. So, today you get Mary Beth and Donna just having a conversation. We'll be back next week with some real content! Thanks for playing along.

Mary Beth and Donna catch up after a few weeks and we get an update on Mary Beth's quilting room construction. Then we talk to Lyn Heilman of battingsupersale.com who was a vendor at the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival.

This week Mary Beth and Donna talk to Lorelai Kuecker of Pigs In A Blanket Quilting. She will be participating as the Youth Ambassador at the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival in Overland Park, KS.https://pigsinablanketquilting.comhttps://kcrqf.com

Today we are joined by Tina Jackson of Art Nest Retreat Center in Agency, Missouri.  A retreat center that was designed specifically with the quilter in mind. https://artnestretreat.comhttps://kcrqf.com

The Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival will be held at the Overland Park Convention Center June 12-14th. Legit Kits is all the rage because of their fabulous paper piecing quilt kits. They will have a booth at KCRQF and we had an opportunity to talk to owner Mike O'Dell. Listen while you plan your trip to the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival!

Today the girls talk about batting! Types, brands and uses. It's good to catch up after a couple of weeks off.

It's quilt week in Paducah. We're not there but we're going to talk about it. There are so many benefits to going to large quilt shows. But how do you do it without breaking the bank? We'll talk about that too!

Updates on Mary Beth's new quilt room, Donna's flower beds and a little on controversial topics quilters are talking about lately.

Today, Mary Beth and Donna are joined by their friend Sheila. Not only do we talk a little bit more about Jeananne's episode from last week, but we also talk about quilt guilds! https://longmontquiltguild.orghttps://quiltguilds.com

What a joy to have Jeananne Wright join us today to talk about her 1000 quilts. Her quilting journey and how she became a quilt historian and appraiser. Oh and caring for your quilts!

Mary Beth and Donna discuss quilt labels. Do you document your quilts with labels? Mary Beth does but Donna is not good at it. She vows to be better! We discuss where to get labels, where to place labels, what to put on labels and why we document our quilts.https://www.spoonflower.com/https://www.quiltalliance.org/https://ineedfabric.com

Today, we're just chilling at our spring quilt retreat at Lake of the Ozarks. Telling some stories and visiting with our host, Amy Senatore, the owner of City's Edge Quilt Shop in Warsaw Missouri.

Mary Beth and Donna talk about those in the quilting world seem to be making the biggest impact by doing, talking about accommodating quilting.

Mary Beth and Donna briefly discuss the repercussions of Joann closing as well as their experiences with quilt retreats.

This week Mary Beth and Donna tread lightly into the topic of seams. What is your preference?

Today we are talking about what we're working on, the magic project jar and upcoming quilt shows. Also, we have a special guest, Mike O'Dell of Legitkits.com who was recently seen on Shark Tank shouting out the quilting industry.

Show Notes? HA HA! this is our first episode and it's a bit rough, but Mary Beth and Donna are friends and quilters, and we spend more time laughing that quilting when we're together. Join us as we talk a little bit about how we met and became friends!