Episode 016: Ben of @benmillett

In this episode we: assess the unsung hero status of paper plates, deal with strong opinions about laser cutters, consider traveling around with a QuiltCon volunteer at all times, and evaluate the wide range of excrement colors (from disgusting to could-be-worse).

Show Notes:

0:44 - Des Moines, Iowa

0:55 - LGBTQ

1:07 - Central Iowa Modern Quilt Guild

1:42 - Half-square triangles

2:33 - Singer

2:50 - Pin basting

3:19 - Stitch in the ditch

3:47 - Walking foot

3:52 - Quarter inch foot

5:04 - Tessellation quilt (Ben’s version)

5:55 - Not so straight

6:34 - Flannel

6:41 - Half-square triangles

6:45 - Curves

7:20 - Libs Elliott 

7:22 - La Fin Du Monde, End of the World Quilt (Ben’s version)

8:01 - Laser cutter

8:15 - Urbandale Laser

8:24 - Convex curve 

8:25 - Concave curve

8:27 - Orange Peel

9:02 - Michelle at Urbandale Laser

9:17 - Tracing plastic

9:55 - Adobe illustrator 

9:58 - [Auto]CAD

10:10 - Laser cutting

10:22 - Half-square triangles

10:28 - Jelly roll

10:42 - Geometry

10:52 - 4 at a time, 8 at a time HST (half-square triangles) 

10:59 - 2 at a time HST (half-square triangles) 

11:12 - Trimming 

11:14 - Squaring off the squares

11:32 - Chain piece 

11:43 - 8 at a time (half-square triangles)

11:51 - HSTs [half-square triangles]

12:05 - HSTs [half-square triangles]

12:10 - 2 at a time (half-square triangles)  

12:12 - 4 at a time (half-square triangles) 

12:24 - Reddit thread

13:32 - “What Have I Done?” tote

13:47 - [Quilt] block

13:49 - Protea flower

14:11 - Instagram

15:11 - Cardboard cutout of Anna’s face:

15:16 - QuiltCon

15:43 - 365 Kona Colour jacket by Ben Millett

16:13 - Libs Elliott  

16:14 - La Fin Du Monde

16:43 - Kona Colour card

17:14 - Kona Colour card

17:45 - Ziploc bags

20:05 - 356 Kona Colours

20:19 - 365 Kona Colour jacket by Ben Millett

20:21 - Giucy Giuce Alison Glass Mini Sew Along Jacket by Ben Millet 

21:08 - QuiltCon 

21:46 - QuiltCon volunteer 

21:50 - RBF

21:51 - Quilt gloves

22:51 - QuiltCon

23:09 - Lockdown 

23:38 - QuiltCon

22:44 - M&M’s

25:49 - Peanut M&M’s 

25:59 - Scrappy quilts

26:11 - Traditional [quilt] blocks 

26:16 - Kona Cotton in Grass Green

26:23 - Hex code 

26:27 - Hex code 669933

26:34 - Kona Cotton in White 

26:42 - Libs Elliott

26:43 - Giucy Giuce 

26:44 - Kaffe Fassett

26:52 - Kona Cotton Phosphorific Tri-colour sample by Ben

20:56 - Kona Cotton in Pomegranate

26:57 - Kona Cotton in Peacock 

26:59 - Kona Cotton in Acid Lime

27:04 - Fabric Bubb

27:06 - Iowa Quilt Block 

27:25 - Fat quarters

27:37 - Hera marker

27:42 - Gutermann

27:44 - Aurifil 

28:24 - Protea Flower for One Iowa’s Charity auction

29:18 - Dragon Age: Inquisition 

29:34 - @johnpaulmorabito

29:35 - Weaving artist

29:38 - Des Moines Art Center 

29:45 - Computerised weaving 

29:45 - @johal_geometrics 

29:57 - Acrylic polymer artist 

30:28 - @HanWriting 

30:34 - Embroiders

Follow Ben:

Instagram - @benmillett

Follow us:

Amanda: @broadclothstudio 

https://broadclothstudio.com/

Wendy: @the.weekendquilter 

https://the-weekendquilter.com/

Anna: @waxandwanestudio

https://www.waxandwanestudio.com/

Quilt Buzz: @quilt.buzz

https://quiltbuzzpodcast.com/

Intro/Outro Music:

Golden Hour by Vlad Gluschenko