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Podcast #164: Kate Alarcon

In this podcast interview, paper flower artist Kate Alarcon explains how she’s built her business including writing books, teaching workshops, and building a large and engaged Instagram following.

Podcast Episode #163: Rose Pearlman

In this podcast episode, punch needle artist Rose Pearlman explains how she got introduced to this craft and built her reputation via Instagram which has led to a book deal as well as several incredible teaching opportunities.

Podcast Episode #157: Elise Blaha Cripe

In this podcast interview, Elise Blaha Cripe talks about how she built her creative business and the winding road she took that eventually led her to create the Get to Work Book and to publish a book about productivity with Chronicle Books.

Podcast Episode #152: Pati Palmer of Palmer/Pletsch

In this podcast interview, Pati Palmer talks about how she built her business Palmer/Pletsch over a long and varied career including developing a unique fitting system, teaching all over the country and online, and more recently becoming a blogger.

Podcast Episode #151: Lisa Solomon

In this podcat episode, artist and art professor Lisa Solomon talks about her life in indie craft and in academia. Lisa’s new books is all about color and watercolors.

Podcast Episode #150: Laura Zander of Jimmy Beans Wool

In this podcast interview, Laura Zander of Jimmy Beans Wool talks about how she went from working in the tech world to founding a highly successful yarn retail company (that also originally sold coffee).

Podcast Episode #149: Sarah Golden

Please note that this episode has audio difficulties. We did the best we could in post-production, but it’s not ideal. Please accept our sincere apology. Sarah was awesome. On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we’re talking about making a living as an artist and surface pattern designer with my guest, Sarah Golden. […]

Podcast Episode #148: Sarah Kirsten

On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we’re talking about building a new sewing blog and business with my guest, Sarah Kirsten Anderson of the blog and sewing pattern company SARAH KIRSTEN. Sarah is a sewing educator, sewing pattern designer, photographer, and a believer in the magic of making your own clothes. She’s […]

Podcast Episode #147: Taylor McVay of Blueprints for Sewing

On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we’re talking about running an indie sewing pattern business with my guest Taylor McVay of Blueprints for Sewing. Taylor McVay is a designer, artist, and educator. She creates sewing patterns for unique, architecture-inspired garments. Along with running Blueprints, Taylor teaches fashion design, pattern making, and sewing […]

Podcast Episode #146: Denyse Schmidt

On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we’re talking about quilting as an art form with my guest, Denyse Schmidt. A former graphic designer and graduate of Rhode Island School of design, Denyse Schmidt began creating quilts in 1996. Intrigued by the rich historical nature of quilts and inspired by beauty born of […]

Podcast Episode #145: Mark, Brian, and Josh Dunn of Moda and United Notions

On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we’re talking about running a fabric, notions, and gifts company with my guests, Mark, Brian, and Josh Dunn of Moda and United Notions. Mark Dunn got his start in the fabric industry in 1966 working with his father William Dunn at Sewing, Sales, and Services which […]

Podcast Episode #144: Jane Sassaman

On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we’re talking about building a career as an artist who makes quilts with my guest, Jane Sassaman. After a varied career in the design world, Jane Sassaman began to quilt in 1980. She found that these “soft paintings” satisfied the draftsman, the craftsman and the artist […]

Podcast Episode #143: Purl Soho

On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast we’re talking about building a retail fabric and yarn shop, both online and in a brick-and-mortar setting, with my guests Joelle Hoverson and Page Marchese Norman. Joelle and Page, along with Jennifer Hoverson Jahnke, are co-owners of Purl Soho, a fiber arts supply company that brings […]

Episode #142: Jessica Marquez of Miniature Rhino

On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast we’re talking about building a handmade business with my guest, Jessica Marquez. Jessica is a life long maker who found her way back to textiles while working on an MFA in Photography from Rochester Institute of Technology. After countless hours working digitally, retouching images and staring at a computer screen she longed […]

Podcast Episode #141: Amy Friend

On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast we’re talking about building a business as a quilt pattern designer, author, and blogger with my guest, Amy Friend. I had the pleasure of visiting Amy in her home studio in West Newbury, Massachusetts, and recording this interview in person which was lovely! Amy lives in […]

Podcast Episode #140: Brad Krieger, Checker Distributors

On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast we’re talking about running a wholesale distribution company with my guest, Brad Krieger. Brad is the president of Checker Distributors, a company his grandparents, Bob and Del Krieger, founded in 1948. Based in Maumee, Ohio, Checker is a leading distributor of quilting and sewing products. Independent […]

Podcast Episode #139: Pat and Walter Bravo of Art Gallery Fabrics

This week on the Craft Industry Alliance podcast we’re talking about running a fabric company with my guests Pat and Walter Bravo. Pat and Walter own Art Gallery Fabrics, a manufacturer of premium fabrics for the quilting industry. They are two soulmates who live life with a lot of passion, doing what they truly love. […]

Podcast Episode #138: Stan and Brittany Gray of EE Schenck

On today’s episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast we’re talking about running a wholesale distribution company with my guests Stan and Brittany Gray. Stan Gray is the owner of E.E. Schenck Company, which is a distributor, converter and wholesaler of all types of fabrics and sewing notions servicing customers throughout the world.  After 51 […]

Podcast Episode #137: Katarina Roccella

On this episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast we’re talking about becoming a fabric designer with my guest, Katarina Roccella. Katarina was born in 1975 in Belgrade, Serbia where she lives with her husband and three kids Nina works as a licensed artist for Art Gallery Fabrics and has created 14 fabric collections for […]

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