The Quilter on Fire Podcast

Brandy Maslowski
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Quilter on Fire is the quilting podcast for makers ready to move from technically capable to creatively confident. Award-winning host Brandy Maslowski sits down with quilters, designers, textile artists, and industry voices from around the world for honest conversations about creativity, design, and building a life around what you love to make. Brandy is an NACQJ-certified quilt judge, teacher, speaker, author, and quilt travel tour host who went from firefighter to full-time quilt artist.

  1. 3d ago

    QOF Episode 285 - Krista Russell

    My guest today is Canadian Quilter Krista Russell! She trained as a teacher, and it shows in everything she does with quilting. She’s got the beginner in mind and designs patterns that tell a story, including a mystery quilt that comes with its own companion novel you can read at your own pace, and there’s a second one in the works. She’s also a long arm quilter who has taken her teaching beyond her own studio, running classes at the local library so more people in her community can learn to sew. Whether she’s guiding a total beginner through a first project or hiding a secret inside a quilt, she’s all about helping people finish something they’re proud of.  You can find Krista's WEBSITE: www.timelessquiltstudio.com  Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/ Square One Textile Art Workshop Join Brandy’s email list Free Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEO SUPPORT THE PODCAST by becoming a Quilter on Fire Podcast Angel for as little as $3 per week. Support the show Thank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.

  2. Nov 3

    QOF Episode 284 - Shirley Hauck - Mixed Media Artist

    My guest Shirley Hauck built her creative roots in a quilting guild, surrounded by friends who encouraged her love of colour, texture, and what she calls "creative freestyle art." Back in 2015, she watched an artist win a design competition who added fabric to her paintings, and the idea stuck with her. She didn't try it herself until a few years later. Now she's known for her prairie landscape paintings of old barns and abandoned homesteads tied to her own family history. She works in a mix of paint, fabric, and collage. Her art quilts once took top honours in international competition, and now her paintings show in fine art galleries, art shows and markets.  You can find Shirley's work on HER WEBSITE: https://www.shirleyhauck.com/ Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/ Square One Textile Art Workshop Join Brandy’s email list Free Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEO SUPPORT THE PODCAST by becoming a Quilter on Fire Podcast Angel for as little as $3 per week. Support the show Thank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.

  3. Oct 27

    QOF Episode 283 - Barbara Emodi

    My guest today is Author Barbara Emodi. She has spent decades teaching people to sew — she's written sewing books, edited for major sewing magazines, and built a career teaching people to sew garments. She's a Canadian author of the Gasper's Cove Cozy Mystery series, set in a small coastal town in Nova Scotia — not a real place, but close enough that you want to hop on a plane and go find it. And I wish you could meet the characters in real life too. She's still crafting a career of sewing and teaching, but now she's writing cozy mysteries on top of it.  Find Barbara Emodi right here: www.babsemodi.com and FIND ALL OF HER FREE FIRST CHAPTERS RIGHT HERE Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/ Square One Textile Art Workshop Join Brandy’s email list Free Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEO SUPPORT THE PODCAST by becoming a Quilter on Fire Podcast Angel for as little as $3 per week. Support the show Thank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.

  4. Oct 20

    QOF Episode 282 - Matt Wilding

    Matt Wilding has been taking the quilting scene by storm — by 3D storm, I should say. He's won back-to-back top prizes in the Quilt Creations category at Festival of Quilts, Birmingham - first for "Wear Your Wings With Pride" in 2025, then for his quilted sphere, "Pride Around The World," in 2026. Have you seen this giant quilted ball on Instagram? It’s an exemplary lesson in design just to witness. I was so pleased to be able to see this 3D giant quilted sphere in person this summer in Birmingham. Alongside all that success, Matt teaches quilters his innovative techniques on a smaller scale in his workshops, and he does lectures for guilds. I've had the pleasure of meeting Matt two years in a row now at Festival of Quilts in the UK, and he's been an absolute joy to get to know. Find Matt Wilding right here: www.mattwilding.co.uk   Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/ Square One Textile Art Workshop Join Brandy’s email list Free Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEO SUPPORT THE PODCAST by becoming a Quilter on Fire Podcast Angel for as little as $3 per week. Support the show Thank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.

    QOF Episode 282 - Matt Wilding

  5. Oct 13

    QOF Episode 281 - Eli McCann

    Eli McCann is a lawyer, writer, and podcaster based in Salt Lake City. He writes a monthly humor column for the Salt Lake Tribune, and has cohosted the Strangerville podcast and live show since 2016. His writing has run in the Washington Post, Newsweek, HuffPost, and the BBC. Now he's published his first novel, Stitched, and the story unfolds around a small Utah quilting guild. Eli grew up under a quilters frame but he’s never made a quilt. So his mom's real quilting group gave him the details he needed to write this book with the real drama of real quilters and WOW! has it made a splash! Find Eli McCann right here: https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/ Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/ Square One Textile Art Workshop Join Brandy’s email list Free Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEO SUPPORT THE PODCAST by becoming a Quilter on Fire Podcast Angel for as little as $3 per week. Support the show Thank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.

  6. Oct 6

    QOF Episode 280 - Sarah Hibbert

    Today I'm sitting down with a quilter whose journey has taken her from traditional patterns learned decades ago, to a bold, modern design practice worked out of a tiny studio outside London that's floor to ceiling in fabric. We're talking old meeting new — traditional patterns reimagined modern through her own lens, mostly in linen for that timeless texture, and a slow practice of hand quilting that is Sarah's favourite part of the entire process. Her quilts have been in major shows like QuiltCon and The Festival of Quilts in Birmingham and some have been acquired for museum collections and galleries around the world, and she's got exhibitions and teaching lined up for years to come. Find Sarah Hibbert right here: https://www.sarahhibbertquilts.com/ Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/ Square One Textile Art Workshop Join Brandy’s email list Free Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEO SUPPORT THE PODCAST by becoming a Quilter on Fire Podcast Angel for as little as $3 per week. Support the show Thank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.

  7. Sep 29

    QOF Episode 279 - Vendulka Battais

    Today's guest is Vendulka Battais — I had the joy of judging alongside her at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham this summer, and let me tell you, she taught me so much and made the whole experience an absolute blast. She's a textile artist, tutor, speaker, long arm quilter, and certified quilt judge whose creative roots go all the way back to sewing with her mother as a young girl in the Czech Republic. A beginners patchwork class many years ago lit a spark that's grown in every direction since. This quilter has a gift for exploration. She has won awards (alongside her husband Olivier) as well as on her own for a wonderful array of techniques and designs from painted quilts to modern quilts and few collaborations along the way. Her work is inspired by yoga, sacred geometry, and symbolism. I got to see a few of her quilts up close at Festival of Quilts this summer and looking at the variety, you’d never know they were all made by the same person. This gal has some real talent.  Find Vendulka Battais right here: https://www.oliven.co.uk/  Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/ Square One Textile Art Workshop Join Brandy’s email list Free Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEO SUPPORT THE PODCAST by becoming a Quilter on Fire Podcast Angel for as little as $3 per week. Support the show Thank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.

  8. Sep 22

    QOF Episode 278 - Karen Bolan

    Karen Bolan is a teacher, lecturer, pattern designer and traveller. She's an artist who loves sharing her joy and her process and bringing people along with her.  Quilting started as a quiet counterbalance to her career as an Engineer, something she picked up on the side. But that side pursuit kept pulling at her until she finally took the leap into a fully creative life. Today, Karen is based in Santa Rosa, California, working as a quilt teacher, lecturer, and pattern designer. Her designs are out of the box, blending geometry, experimentation, and layered texture, and she brings an encouraging, engineering-influenced approach to her teaching. Her quilts have shown in national exhibits and major publications, and her creative voice keeps growing with every new piece.  Find Karen Bolan right here: https://karenbolan.com/ Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/ Square One Textile Art Workshop Join Brandy’s email list Free Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEO SUPPORT THE PODCAST by becoming a Quilter on Fire Podcast Angel for as little as $3 per week. Support the show Thank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.  Support the show Thank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.

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Quilter on Fire is the quilting podcast for makers ready to move from technically capable to creatively confident. Award-winning host Brandy Maslowski sits down with quilters, designers, textile artists, and industry voices from around the world for honest conversations about creativity, design, and building a life around what you love to make. Brandy is an NACQJ-certified quilt judge, teacher, speaker, author, and quilt travel tour host who went from firefighter to full-time quilt artist.

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  • Creator
    Brandy Maslowski
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    285
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Quilter on Fire Podcast
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