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The Quilting Hour: Season 2

Name: The Quilting Hour: Season 2
Brand: Creative Spark
SKU: CS0047
Price: 19.99 USD
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Lee Chappell Monroe

Join resident expert and host Lee Chappell Monroe as she leads insightful discussions with quilting masters and trendsetters. While the LIVE episodes have ended, all recordings are available on demand with no expiration—watch anytime and keep learning at your own pace!

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Each episode is 60 minutes

Ability Level: All Skill Levels

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Quilting Conversations With Trendsetting Designers for Quilt Enthusiasts

This season of The Quilting Hour may have wrapped up, but you can still purchase and watch the entire series on demand!

Each episode dives into quilting techniques and creative trends, with expert host Lee Chappell Monroe of May Chappell leading engaging conversations with two sensational guests. Every session focuses on a specific theme or technique, offering valuable insights and inspiration.

Although the live events have ended, all discussions were recorded and are available for you to watch at your convenience. Whether you’re interested in a particular topic or want to enjoy the full season, you won’t miss a thing!

Browse the topics and guests, and start watching today!

What you will learn

The Episodes:

1. Piece-ful Cottage Quilting

Learn how to create a cozy vibe in your quilts inspired by cottage color, design and lifestyle. Hear how nature and a close relationship to Earth can be seen in this style of quilts and fabric choices. Special guests Corey Yoder and Joanna Figueroa

2. Sensible Sewing Spaces

Whether you have a closet, a loft, a spacious studio or a laundry room, hear how our guests have maximized their creative spaces no matter what the size. You'll learn tips and tricks to organizing your space for fabric, thread and notions while still have a place to create. Special guests Lilo Bowman and Felie Hempfling

3. Choosing the Perfect Free Motion Design

Want to learn how these quilt experts perfectly pair the right quilting motif to their finished quilt top? Learn how to look to the quilt design and fabrics used for inspiration and how the right free motion design can enhance the piecing. Special guests Carolyn Friedlander and Christina Cameli

4. Modernitional Quilts: When Modern and Traditional Collide

What happens when a designer brings a fresh look or twist to traditional quilt designs? Modernitional! This episode will talk about the results when traditional and vintage designs use modern techniques and the inspirational places and experiences our guests draw upon. Special guests Alex Anderson and Anita Grossman Solomon

5. Pairing the Pattern: Successfully Picking Fabric

Want to know how these guests pair fabric with their pattern... or maybe it's the other way around. Which ever comes first, you will hear great strategies on how to find the right fabric for your pattern or vice versa! Special guests Pat Sloan and Stephanie Soebbing

6. Reroute Your Quilts with Maps

Using maps as inspiration in quilting is a hot trend. Learn the best techniques for incorporating maps, from appliqué to piecing to bias roads...the road doesn't end. Get inspired to preserve a special place, honor a memory or build an original world through map quilts. Special guests Valerie Goodwin and Timna Tarr

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Meet the Guests

Amy Friend of During Quiet Time
Amy Friend is a former museum curator turned designer specializing in modern and paper-pieced quilt designs. She is the author of Intentional Piecing (2016), Improv Paper Piecing: A Modern Approach to Quilt Design (2017), and Petal + Stem (2020). Since 2019, she has run a paper-pieced Block of the Month program. An award-winning quilter, her work has been exhibited in numerous quilt shows and museums. Her creative journey is shared on her blog, During Quiet Time.
Website: duringquiettime.com

Amy Smart of Diary of a Quilter
Amy Smart is the creator of the popular blog Diary of a Quilter, where she connects with fellow quilting enthusiasts. She is also a fabric designer for Riley Blake, sharing her love of cutting and sewing fabric into beautiful quilts.
Website: diaryofaquilter.com

Brett Lewis of Natural Born Quilter
Brett Lewis, also known as Natural Born Quilter, discovered quilting in 2016 and has since made over 50 quilts. His work has been featured in Love Patchwork and Quilting and various podcasts. He specializes in foundation paper piecing, fussy cutting, and curves. His debut fabric line, Stag and Thistle, launched with Northcott Fabrics in 2019, followed by Prairie Meadow in 2021.
Website: naturalbornquilter.com

Chrissy Lux of Sew Lux
Chrissy Lux co-owns Sew Lux Fabric with her mother, Linda Herrman. Quilting and bag making became serious passions after college, leading them to launch their online shop in 2010. Chrissy enjoys designing scrappy quilts and smaller projects like pouches and pillows for their monthly clubs.
Website: sewluxfabric.com

Christa Watson of Christa Quilts
Christa Watson is an award-winning quilter from Las Vegas who encourages quilters to embrace “perfectly imperfect” quilting. A fabric designer, author, and modern quilting advocate, she has published several quilt books and original patterns.
Website: christaquilts.com

Daisy Aschehoug of Warmfolk
Daisy Aschehoug has been quilting since 2010 and designing for magazines since 2016. Passionate about modern traditionalism, she incorporates curved piecing into utility quilts and prioritizes sustainable crafting practices. She is a C&T author and a member of the Modern Quilt Guild and Studio Art Quilt Associates.
Website: warmfolk.com

Ginny Robinson of Minnowpeck
Ginny Robinson, inspired by her quilting lineage, began quilting in 2009. She enjoys exploring craft traditions and is particularly drawn to appliqué for its forgiving nature. She also teaches and writes about quilting.
Website: minnowpeck.com

Heather Valentine of The Sewing Loft
Heather Valentine, the creative mind behind The Sewing Loft, is a passionate sewist and quilting retreat host. She enjoys sharing her skills through local shop classes and online video tutorials.
Website: thesewingloftblog.com

Jen Kingwell of Jen Kingwell Designs
Jen Kingwell has been a prominent figure in the quilting world since buying her first patchwork store in 1999. Known for her signature mix of traditional blocks with modern twists, she teaches and lectures worldwide while managing Amitie Textiles in Torquay, Australia.
Website: jenkingwelldesigns.com & amitie.com.au

Latifah Saafir of Latifah Saafir Studios
Latifah Saafir is a modern quilt designer known for her bold and innovative designs. With a background in engineering, she brings precision to her contemporary quilting style. A co-founder of the Los Angeles Modern Quilt Guild and The Modern Quilt Guild, she teaches workshops across the country.
Website: latifahsaafirstudios.com

Lee Heinrich of Freshly Pieced
Lee Heinrich transitioned from journalism to graphic design before discovering quilting. She co-authored Vintage Quilt Revival and designs patterns inspired by classic quilt blocks. Her work appears in several quilting magazines.
Website: freshlypieced.com

Rebecca Bryan of Bryan House Quilts
Rebecca Bryan is an award-winning quilter, author, and fabric designer. She teaches quilters how to master color palettes and modern triangle designs through courses, books, and patterns.
Website: bryanhousequilts.com

Teri Lucas of TerifiCreations
Teri Lucas, the Chief Creative Weirdo at TerifiCreations, is a quilter, teacher, and author of Color, Thread & Free-Motion Quilting Learn to Stitch with Reckless Abandon (2020). She is known for her improvisational quilting style and deep knowledge of thread, needles, and tension.
Website: terificreations.com

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Lee Chappell Monroe

Lee has been creating since she first discovered crayons at age 2! She’s from a family of quilters and learned everything from her mother, affectionately known as The Guru. She loves all things fabric—from zippy pouch to queen size quilt—and everything in between. With a love of color and bold graphic shapes, Lee enjoys designing patterns and teaching all types of classes, while sharing her adventures on her blog, maychappell.com. She is a trained graphic designer which shows in