Ronni Chavez

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What do you do when the company you work for closes and your family needs help?  Open a quilt business, of course.  Ronni Chavez was able to make it all come together through a rough time in her life.  Now Ronni is designing entertaining quilt patterns, offering tutorials, and has even written her first book,…

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Mel Shields

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I need to add a note to this episode before it begins.  I had emailed Mel a few weeks ago for a follow up and didn’t get a reply, but I know she’s a busy lady and didn’t think much about it.  Then today I received a note from Carolina that she had also reached…

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Erika Pinkley

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I am so thankful to Mel Shields for introducing me to Erika Pinkley.  I love Erika’s “can do” attitude.  She seems to be consistent in seeing what she wants to accomplish, finds a way to do it, and then be told that was one of the hardest things to do. We didn’t chat about Erika’s…

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Sam Hunter

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Sam Hunter is busy making patterns, YouTube tutorials, lectures for guilds, blogging, guiding retreats in Europe and last year she started the podcast Rev Craft Biz where she has conversations with business owners in the craft industry. Sam’s philosophy for Hunter’s Design Studio is to design things that you can enjoy. Her tagline is “Helping…

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Shelly Martella

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Threads & Ewe is the fulfillment of Shelly Martella’s lifelong dream to own a combination yarn and fabric store. Her goal is to provide a wide variety of exceptionally made fabrics and yarns, from around the globe, that will support the creative needs of sewing enthusiasts and fiber artists. Shelly is thrilled to finally be…

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