The Quilting Hour: Season 1

Meet the Guests

Amy Friend of During Quiet Time

Amy Friend is a former museum curator turned designer who specializes in modern, 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, Amy has run a paper-pieced Block of the Month program. An award-winning quilter, her quilts have been exhibited at various quilt shows and museums. Follow her creative journey on her blog, During Quiet Time.

Website: duringquiettime.com

Amy Smart of Diary of a Quilter

Amy Smart writes the popular blog Diary of a Quilter, connecting with fellow fabric lovers worldwide. She is also a Riley Blake fabric designer.

Website: diaryofaquilter.com

Brett Lewis of Natural Born Quilter

Avid quilter and fabric designer Brett Lewis, aka Natural Born Quilter, started sewing and quilting in 2016. He has since created over 50 quilts, been featured in Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine, appeared on various podcasts, and taught foundation paper piecing, fussy cutting, and curves. His quilting style is Contemporary Traditional, blending bold fabrics with classic patterns. Brett debuted his first fabric line, Stag and Thistle, 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 mom, Linda Herrman. Chrissy enjoys making scrappy quilts and designing quick-finish projects like pouches and pillows. She personalizes every bag she makes with patchwork panels, including favorites like the Sew Together Bag, Weekender Bag, and Nova Tote.

Website: sewluxfabric.com

Christa Watson of Christa Quilts

Christa Watson is an award-winning quilter from Las Vegas, NV, who teaches others to embrace perfectly imperfect quilting. She’s a fabric designer, quilting industry ambassador, and a champion of the modern quilting movement.

Website: christaquilts.com

Daisy Aschehoug of Warmfolk

Daisy has been quilting since 2010 and designing for magazines since 2016. She blends modern traditionalism with curved piecing and advocates for sustainable crafting practices. Daisy is a member of the Modern Quilt Guild and Studio Art Quilt Associates.

Website: warmfolk.com

Ginny Robinson of Minnowpeck

Inspired by her grandmother, Ginny Robinson has been quilting since 2009. She finds creativity in the intersection of craft traditions and loves appliqué for its forgiving nature.

Website: minnowpeck.com

Heather Valentine of The Sewing Loft

Heather Valentine is the creative mind behind The Sewing Loft. A dedicated fabric hoarder and sewing enthusiast, she teaches online and at local shops. Each year, she hosts the Sew Scrappy retreat.

Website: thesewingloftblog.com

Jen Kingwell of Jen Kingwell Designs

Jen Kingwell has been quilting for decades, developing a signature style of traditional blocks with a modern twist. A self-proclaimed scrap quilter, Jen’s love for color and variety shines in her work. She teaches worldwide but always returns to her family and store, Amitie Textiles, in Torquay, Australia.

Website: jenkingwelldesigns.com
Website: amitie.com.au

Latifah Saafir of Latifah Saafir Studios

Latifah Saafir is a pioneer in the modern quilting movement. With an engineering background and a lifelong passion for sewing, she creates innovative, graphic quilt designs. She co-founded both the Los Angeles Modern Quilt Guild and the Modern Quilt Guild.

Website: latifahsaafirstudios.com

Lee Heinrich of Freshly Pieced

Lee began her career as a news reporter, writer, and editor before transitioning to graphic design. She took up sewing while staying home with her daughter and found that quilt design was like graphic design in fabric form. She now has a line of quilt patterns and co-authored Vintage Quilt Revival: 22 Modern Designs from Classic Blocks. Her work has appeared in Curated Quilts, Quiltmaker, Fons & Porter’s Easy Quilts, and more.

Website: freshlypieced.com

Rebecca Bryan of Bryan House Quilts

Rebecca Bryan is an award-winning quilter, author, and fabric designer who experienced a color revolution when she started using rainbow colors in her designs. This shift transformed her from a color muddler to a color master, and today she teaches thousands of quilters how to create stunning color palettes. She also specializes in modern triangles and teaches her unique techniques through courses, books, and patterns.

Website: bryanhousequilts.com

Teri Lucas of TerifiCreations

Teri Lucas is the Chief Creative Weirdo behind TerifiCreations—a quilter, teacher, and author of Color, Thread & Free-Motion Quilting: Learn to Stitch with Reckless Abandon (2020). She is known for her improv quilting with spunk and sass and loves discussing needles, thread, and tension—Oh My! Look for her courses on Creative Spark soon.

Website: terificreations.com