My entry for the Alliance for American Quilts contest is finished and was ready to send in, but I got an extension from Amy Milne in order to keep it for our first taping for Quilt Out Loud!. In each episode Mark and I open the show with a “What’s Up?” segment in which we both bring in something to show. So, I brought my quilt. I’m so pleased with how it turned out and hope it fetches a good sum in the auction!
~Jodie
Here Mark & I are sharing our Flip Videos with each other in preparation for the “What’s Up?” segment for one of the first three episodes of Quilt Out Loud. Sherry Cowley’s sunroom made for a wonderful set! At one point one of the cameramen pointed out a deer on the hill behind us.
Note the mugs Mark had made. NICE!
~Jodie
I’m about to head off for our third and final day of taping the first three episodes for Quilt Out Loud. It has gone amazingly smoothly–and on time. The photo above was taken yesreday when Mark & I were preparing for our book review segment on machine quilting books.
Here we were preparing Saturday for a segment with Debbie Kalenty, Patsy Thompson and Linda Lum DeBono.
I didn’t get any pictures with Pat Sloan or Janet-Lee Santuesanio and Mary Schilke from MQX, but others were snapping away and will share I’m sure.
Today we sew, cook, and do some designing. It’s been a tremendously fun shoot thanks to Michelle, Michael, Tom, Tony and Wally. And our hosts Tim & Sherry Cowley have been nothing short of wonderful. Yes, we are paying to have their hosue cleaned after we leave!
~Jodie
A new sewing machine is THE most exciting thing. But add to that a new iron and ironing table and I call that “Quilter’s Heaven.”
And not just any iron–a Reliable iron. Mark Lipinski, my co-host on Quilt Out Loud, and Jean Nolte, Love of Quilting’s editor, rave about the iron, so I’ve been anxious to give it a whirl.
Baby Lock and Reliable are sponsoring our new show on QNNtv.com, Quilt Out Loud, so three boxes arrived on my porch sent from the Quilting Gods.
I set the Reliable iron up on what was my ironing table and the Baby Lock perpendicular to it, so I have a handy little sewing area–and a real ironing surface. Then I got to work on stitching up the steps for the how-to’s from Easy Quilts magazine that we’ll be making in the show. What fun! The Espire sewed the flannel like butter and the Aurifil thread (another sponsor) looks great on the machine appliqued pieces I did. And the Reliable, well, I’ve never used an iron like it and I’ve had many. I just pressed a cotton bedskirt that was totally dried in the dryer and it pressed it like a pro. Finally, an iron that gets hot enough!
Back to packing for my trip to NJ. Can’t wait for you all to see the show!
~Jodie
Do you have a burning question you’d like Mark & Jodie and to answer on Quilt Out Loud? Get out your camcorder and ask us! Then post it on You Tube, send us the link, and we’ll put you on the show.
We’ll be shooting the weekend of June 27, so get your questions in! We want to hear what’s on your mind.
~Jodie
Quilt Market is all about cooking up new ideas and catching up with friends. What’s even better is combining the two. Here I am with Jacqueline Sava of SOAK (Jacq says, “Why wash your quilt in horse soap?) and Mark Lipinski (who needs no introduction, but let’s plug his new Krakow fabric line.) Jacqueline is hiding Mark’s width from the camera per his request.
~Jodie
In the eighth episode–and eighth shop–of The Great Canadian Shop Hop Tricia Sherman takes you to Lori’s Country Cottage in Sherwood Park, Alberta where owner Lori Bosecke gives tricia a tour of the shop, demonstrates Quiltsmart, and longarm quilting.
Top it off with an interview with ever-dynamic Mark Lipinski, Northcott fabric designer and editor of Quilters Home magazine, and this certainly an episode you won’t want to miss! Members watch the show now!
~Jodie
P.S. Congrats Tricia, look what you’ve accomplished! For those who don’t know, Tricia does just about everything for her show other than operate the camera. And she’s just as genuine and delightful in person as she is on camera.