As many of you know I work full time at a peanut processing plant. More than once I have lamented on my lack of time to quilt. I've also have felt segregated from the quilting world because of the lack of quilt shops in the area. One day I realized that I could use the time I spend commuting to and from work to at least connect with the quilting world. Hence Podcasts.
A month or so ago, I started listening to podcast on my way to work. I find them way less depressing than the news and talk radio. I started with The Quilter on Fire podcast when Brandy Maslowski interviewed Karen Brown of Just Get it Done Quilts. You all know by now how much I like Karen Brown. Any way I just started listening to all of Brandy's podcasts as I drove to and from work. Brandy interviews people from all over in the quilting world. From Thread, to fabric, to average guild members who do great things. These people are always interesting and very often inspiring. Many of them have full time jobs and quilt as a hobby. Many started quilting as a hobby and now have a side business in the quilting world.
When I had caught up on all of Brandy's podcasts I listened to the Connecting Threads podcast. For those of you who don't know, Connecting Threads is a catalog (and I guess now online) quilt shop. Their podcasts dealt mostly with the people who make up the staff of Connecting Threads and their sister sites. It was interesting but it stopped and I haven't seen any new posts. The last one was in July 2021.
When I had caught up on all of those podcasts. I started listening to Quilt Buzz. Quilt Buzz is a little different as it has three hosts that basically chat with one guest. I believe they are all on Instagram and that is where their guests are picked from. I like their motto of "Interviewing all of your favorites from across the Quiltverse" It has me thinking about getting an Instagram account.
Currently I am listening to Hello My Quilting Friends by Leah Day. Leah has something like 143 podcasts. Hers is a little different. She invites you into her world and tries to inspire you to learn and grow but also take care of yourself. Put away the guilt, find the light within yourself. Break rules and find your own way. She is pedantic sometimes and sometimes my mind wanders while listening to her. And sometimes I replay parts of the podcast to set it firmly into my mind.
I will have a while before I finish up all of her podcasts. She currently has 143 and I've only listened to 25 of them. So I am not looking for another podcast quite yet. Plus I have go back and listen to a few new podcasts from the first three I binged.
Here's the thing about listening to the podcasts, You never know when you are going to get an answer to something you've been pondering. I heard about some really cool notions, found a source for unusual quilting rulers, even some new websites for fabrics. You also get encouragement, reminders to let yourself off the hook for not being perfect, and even reminders to just do what you can do.
Are podcasts worth listening to? I'd say yes if you want some background noise while working on something or driving. I certainly wouldn't set aside the time to just listen to them. But while hand stitching or chain piecing or even on long drives, definitely pick one and tune in. Plus it gives me a small connection to the quilting world that I have been missing. So yes, for me, they are worth listening to.
Do you have a favorite podcast?
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