Episode 046: Fran of @CottonAndJoy

In this episode we: reflect on the ubiquity of cotton in quilting, examine the lead times of fabric production, assess the pros and cons of PDF vs paper, and consider arranging for a shovel buddy for our stash.

Show Notes:

0:47 – Santiago, Chile

1:02 – Riley Blake Designs

1:10 – Philosophy  

1:16 – Library Sciences

1:20 – Graphic designer

1:22 – Web designer

1:42 – Germany

1:54 – Postpartum depression

3:10 – Singer with desk and hand crank

3:23 – El Paso, Texas

3:26 – Germany

4:32 – El Paso, Texas

5:38 – Montana

6:11 – Riley Blake Designs

6:15 – Fran’s fabric collection for Riley Blake Designs

6:40 – Fran’s fabric collection, Daybreak, storyboard

6:57 – Fat Quarter Shop

7:27 – Modern quilting movement

7:41 – Modern traditionalism

8:32 – White space

8:35 – Negative space

8:52 – Adobe Illustrator

8:53 – Adobe

9:31 – Pinterest

12:56 – Checkers

12:57 – United Notions & Moda Fabrics

13:00 – Brewer Sewing

14:34 –  Riley Blake Designs

14:44 – Fran’s fabric collection for Riley Blake Designs, Daybreak

16:20 – Holly, Creative Director of Riley Blake Designs

16:54 – Adobe Illustrator

17:02 – Strike offs

17:39 –  Riley Blake Designs

17:40 – Korea

17:50 –  Riley Blake Designs

17:56 – Strike offs

18:00 – Korea

18:01 – Utah

18:02 – Riley Blake Designs headquarters and warehouse

18:13 – Storyboard

18:29 – Quilt market

18:39 – Riley Blake Designs Facebook group

18:40 – Riley Blake Designs Virtual Quilt Market, Fran’s presentation on Daybreak collection

19:15 – Riley Blake Designs

21:19 – Riley Blake Design’s block of the month project

21:30 – Fran’s fabric collection for Riley Blake Designs, Daybreak

21:44 – Riley Blake Designs

22:20 – Luminaries quilt pattern by Cotton + Joy

22:21 – Square Off quilt pattern by Cotton + Joy

23:37 – Whole cloth quilt

23:46 – Riley Blake Designs

24:21 – Jaime of Sew Brainy Designs (@sewbrainy)

25:34 – Wentworth

25:45 – Diet Coke

25:55 – Sawtooth Star traditional quilt block

25:58 – Bear Paw traditional quilt block

26:11 – Fran’s fabric collection for Riley Blake Designs, Daybreak

26:16 – Daybreak Bees in Cream

26:21 – Daybreak Seeds in Midnight

27:19 – Amy Sinibaldi

27:51 – TikTok

27:52 – Shovel buddy

28:02 – Kindle

28:07 – Chrome browser

28:31 – The Quilting Bee quilt store in Spokane Valley Washington

28:00 – The Weekend Quilter’s IG Reel on separating scraps by different colours

29:26 – Creative Grids

29:32 – Aurifil Thread

29:37 – Mettler Thread

30:04 – Cabin Peaks quilt pattern by Cotton + Joy

30:07 – Memi’s Lemons quilt pattern by Cotton + Joy

30:17 – Katie of Modern Textiles (@moderntextiles)

31:06 – Rachel of Wren Collective (@Wren.Collective)

31:12 – Megan of Then Came June (@ThenCameJune)

31:16 – Nicole of Modern Handcraft (@ModernHandcraft)

31:23 – Fran’s block for Quiltmas 2021

31:32 – Take/plead the fifth

32:02 – Small Biz Memez (@smallbizmemez)

32:23 – Show Me Noodz (@showmenoodz)

32:58 – Medallion quilt pattern

Follow Fran:

Instagram - @CottonAndJoy

https://cottonandjoy.com/

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

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