The Quilter on Fire Podcast
Quilting is the best hobby on earth! It includes everything from quilts and fibre art to wearables and bags. It brings you immense joy and it's a great stress reliever, but there is so much to learn. Join Brandy Maslowski, the Quilter on Fire, as she tackles the latest quilting topics and interviews guests from all over the world. If you want to hear the latest quilting tips and tricks, listen to the experts and become a better quilter, then this show's for you.
Episodes
266 episodes
QOF Episode 266 - Abigail Vargas
Today I’m sitting down with Abigail Vargas, a contemporary textile artist based in Winters, California, whose work is vibrant, thoughtful, and deeply rooted in storytelling.Abigail creates quilts inspired by nature, science, and f...
QOF Episode 265 - Karla Overland
My guest today is Karla Overland from Cherrywood Hand-Dyed Fabrics, a company with a beautiful history that started over 35 years ago. From humble beginnings, Cherrywood has grown into a globally recognized name, known for its rich, luminous co...
QOF Episode 264 - Jean Wells
Today I’m chatting with quilter, teacher, shop owner, author, and community builder Jean Wells of the Stitchin’ Post in Sisters, Oregon. From opening her quilt shop over 50 years ago to helping build Sisters, Oregon into a quilting destination ...
QOF Episode 263 - Cornelius Quiring
My guest today is Cornelius Quiring, a Canadian garment maker, educator, and one of the most thoughtful voices in the sewing world right now. Cornelius is known for his deep understanding of pattern drafting and garment construction—but what re...
QOF Episode 262 - Toni Smith
My guest today is Toni Smith – we all know her as Quiltoni! Pixelated quilts that make you smile and fabric for everyone especially if you like video games, comics, pop culture and more.…if you want to enter a world full of smiles, geekiness, s...
QOF Episode 261 - Tami Jones
My guest today is Tami Jones, the creative force behind Hometown Quilt Company. She has built a huge following by simply being real. Tami has this incredible gift for taking the ups and downs of quilting like the bobbin drama, the wonky seams, ...
QOF Episode 260 - Bianca Springer
My guest today is Bianca Springer of THANKS I MADE THEM, SEW CAN YOU! She has been touted as a Black Change Maker by Love Crafts for “her passion for sewing and her talent as a maker to spark change in the craft world!” I’ve seen her v...
QOF Episode 259 - Tina Craig
My guest today is Tina Craig of Seaside Stitches! has been stitching since 1990 — when a beginner sampler class turned into a lifelong passion. After moving to a seaside town in Rhode Island, she launched Seaside Stitches. Tina is know...
QOF Episode 258 - Ursula McClintock
My guest today is Ursula McClintock. She is half of the team also comprised of Roy Zhao the owners of LDH Scissors in Toronto, Canada. Their scissors are designed for makers—quilters, sewists, textile artists—anyone who appreciates a tool that ...
QOF Episode 257 - Carson Converse
My guest today is Carson Converse, an artist and designer whose work lives right at the intersection of dynamic modern sensibility and grounded in tradition. Carson originally studied sculpture at Boston University before going on to earn a mas...
QOF Episode 256 - Monika Henry
Today I’m chatting with Monika Henry from Penny Spool Quilts, where bright colours, bold shapes, and simple, fuss-free patterns help you build confidence—one block at a time. Today we’ll talk about her Quilt the North Boxes, which...
QOF Episode 255 - Jenni Smith & Kay Walsh
Jenni Smith and Kay Walsh are thriving creative quilters each to their own but put them together and some kind of magic happens. I think it’s called friendship and when you bring that to an event, a workshop, or any kind of experience it become...
QOF Episode 254 - Tania Tanti
My guest today is Tania Tanti, a Melbourne-based art quilter who loves screen printed fabric paint and embroidery thread! She uses painting and stitch to create bold, expressive art pieces. Her work often lands somewhere between abstract landsc...
QOF Episode 253 - QuiltCon 2026
It’s the QuiltCon Episode! So many sweet people came into the Oliso Story Space to say hello and be on the podcast! Watch this full video on YouTube or listen in to the podcast - it’s your choice.🎧 Episode NOW LIVE - listen in!&n...
QOF Episode 251 - Lisa Solomon All About Colour
Lisa Solomon is an accomplished mixed media artist and teacher whose previous books include A Field Guide to Color, The Color Meditation Deck, Crayola: a Visual Biography, and 20 Ways to Draw a Chair. Colour is her kryptonite in the best way ev...
QOF Episode 250 - Lorena Uriarte
My guest today is Lorena Uriarte. She is an internationally recognized, Sydney-based textile artist, a modern quilter, and educator known for her vibrant designs, intricate handwork, and innovative use of repurposed fabrics, often creating uniq...
QOF Episode 249 - Leanne Parsons
If you love scrappy goodness, and lots of tiny pieces… you’re going to love this episode. My guest today is Leanne Parsons – the Devoted Quilter. She’s a Canadian pattern designer with over 40 patterns in her shop, a quilt teacher, and free-mot...
QOF Episode 248 - Mike O'Dell
My guest today is Mike O’Dell of Legit Kits! With a full time job as a nurse anesthetist, Mike had the luxury of trying out a side hustle that didn’t need to put food on the table. He’s been sewing for decades so his newfound joy with the FPP p...
QOF Episode 247 - Sara Buscaglia
Sara Larson Buscaglia is a self-taught organic farmer, natural dyer, quiltmaker and founder of Farm & Folk. She has amassed 100K followers on social media attracting an audience that is joyfully invested in hand-stitched quilting, na...
QOF Episode 246 - Hillary Goodwin - Featured Speaker - QuiltCon 2026
Hillary Goodwin has been a modern quilter from the early days of the establishment of the Modern Quilter Guild and has had at least one and often several quilts juried into every Quiltcon since 2015 (minus Quiltcon away when she was busy ER doc...
QOF Episode 245 - Kim Jamieson-Hirst
Kim Jamieson-Hirst is the founder of Chatterbox Quilts — a quilter, teacher, pattern-designer, vintage-machine lover, and — let’s face it — delightful human being. She’s the voice behind hundreds of YouTube videos, thoughtful blog posts,...
QOF Episode 244 - Jo Avery
Today, I’ll have a chat with special guest Jo Avery. From intricate handwork and appliqué in cotton and wool threads to bold improv quilts inspired by the woods around her Scottish home, my guest today shows us that quilting is more than techni...
QOF Episode 243 - Tori and Andi
PODCAST SWAP! This time we recorded together and it was so much fun! — Tori McElwain and Andi Stanfield — the co-hosts of the Quilting on the Side podcast joined me for a candid conversation about all kinds of quilty topics including the ...
QOF Episode 242 - Lynne Goldsworthy
Lynne Goldsworthy has been making quilts for over 2 decades, and she’s the mastermind behind the idea of Thread House Academy with her good friends Jo Avery and Karen Lewis. She has designed for numerous companies, magazines, and for television...
QOF Episode 241 - Sue Sherman
Sue Sherman is a national and international award-winning quilt artist who transforms white cotton into breathtaking wildlife portraits. Through precise painting with dyes and thread, Sue gives voice to the animal kingdom, creating lifelike ima...