Happy New Year 2025!

I hope you find the time as this new year rolls in to cozy up with a cup of tea and take 2 full hours to listen to this wonderful episode. I enjoyed every minute of this conversation! Annie Unrein is an absolute sweetheart and I've wanted to have her on the show for years. Annie is well known in the bag making world with over 150+ incredible patterns, high quality bag making supplies and a few innovative product creations along the way. She has travelled the world to teach and speak and she has an incredible story from homesteading in Alaska to becoming the BAG MAKING GO TO GAL in Utah. She has accomplished so much and brings oodles of joy to the quilting world so I hope you enjoy this wonderful story!

Join byAnnie for their annual #sewPINK initiative: https://www.byannie.com/sewpink
Check out their website: https://www.byannie.com/
Get all the details on their monthly photo contest: https://www.byannie.com/photo-contest

Want to travel with Brandy?
2025 FESTIVAL OF QUILTS Birmingham!!! This 14-day tour of Wales and England takes in the rich textile history and breathtaking cultural landmarks. Tour England & Wales ending at the Festival of Quilts. Call the team at Opuent Quilt Journeys at 1-877-235-3767 or go to https://opulentquiltjourneys.com/destinations/britain/item/birmingham-festival-of-quilts-tour-with-brandy

2026 JAPAN CRUISE!!! Watergirl Quilt Co and the Quilter on Fire have teamed up to sail the seas on the Celebrity Millennium. Sail with us on a JAPAN CRUISE in 2026! Registration is OPEN and this cruise is already 50% sold! SIGN UP TODAY!
https://gravitate.travel/stitch-sail-japan-with-quilter-on-fire-and-watergirl-quilt-co/

Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/
OLISO IRONS - Host of the Quilter on Fire Podcast Lounge each year at QuiltCon!
BUY YOUR OWN OLISO MINI PROJECT IRON RIGHT HERE
Square One Textile Art Workshop
Link to Brandy’s email list
Kristy’s Quilt Picture Book
Quilter on Fire Patterns
Free Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEO

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Get ready to be inspired by the founder of CraftyMonkies! From a successful TV career that suddenly came to a halt to a thriving retreat and online event business bringing crafters together, this educational event planner has found her niche. I am looking forward to this episode with Rachel Pierman of Crafty Monkies!

Crafty Monkies features live interactive Zoom classes, a monthly VIP club, on-demand videos and in-person retreats in the UK and the USA. Rachel connects teachers from around the world with eager learners. She also launched her podcast "Breaking the Blocks" in February 2024, sharing stories of creatives who have used art to overcome challenges.

On the podcast Rachel puts out a WISH to get her @breakingtheblocks Instagram page to 1000 followers so head on over there and help make her Christmas wish come true.

Join the Crafty Monkies VIP Club coming up in June: https://www.craftymonkies.com/vip-member-club-info
Join Rachel's newsletter: https://www.craftymonkies.com/
Get all the details on her 2024 English Crafty Retreat: https://www.craftymonkies.com/2025-uk-weekend-craft-retreat-rutland-hall-hotel-september

Want to travel with Brandy?
2025 FESTIVAL OF QUILTS Birmingham!!! This 14-day tour of Wales and England takes in the rich textile history and breathtaking cultural landmarks. Tour England & Wales ending at the Festival of Quilts. Call the team at Opuent Quilt Journeys at 1-877-235-3767 or go to https://opulentquiltjourneys.com/destinations/britain/item/birmingham-festival-of-quilts-tour-with-brandy

2026 JAPAN CRUISE!!! Watergirl Quilt Co and the Quilter on Fire have teamed up to sail the seas on the Celebrity Millennium. Sail with us on a JAPAN CRUISE in 2026! Registration is OPEN and this cruise is already 50% sold! SIGN UP TODAY!
https://gravitate.travel/stitch-sail-japan-with-quilter-on-fire-and-watergirl-quilt-co/

Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/
OLISO IRONS - Host of the Quilter on Fire Podcast Lounge each year at QuiltCon!
BUY YOUR OWN OLISO MINI PROJECT IRON RIGHT HERE
Square One Textile Art Workshop
Link to Brandy’s email list
Kristy’s Quilt Picture Book
Quilter on Fire Patterns
Free Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEO

Support the show

Thank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.

My guest today is Kate Colleran. She is a quilt pattern designer with Kate Colleran Designs and a fabric designer with Island Batiks, and she’s written 2 books! She first started Seams Like a Dream Quilt Designs with Elizabeth Balderrama where she was the designer and Elizabeth did the pattern testing, consultations and was the shipping maven! Together they wrote their first book Smash Your Precut Stash with C&T Publishing. Today we’ll talk about how the business changed when her partner retired, how Kate got into fabric design, and the latest development with C&T – her brand new book – called Patchwork Braids.

Find Kate Colleran online at: https://katecollerandesigns.com/

Want to travel with Brandy?
2025 FESTIVAL OF QUILTS Birmingham!!! This 14-day tour of Wales and England takes in the rich textile history and breathtaking cultural landmarks. Tour England & Wales ending at the Festival of Quilts. Call the team at Opuent Quilt Journeys at 1-877-235-3767 or go to https://opulentquiltjourneys.com/destinations/britain/item/birmingham-festival-of-quilts-tour-with-brandy

2026 JAPAN CRUISE!!! Watergirl Quilt Co and the Quilter on Fire have teamed up to sail the seas on the Celebrity Millennium. Sail with us on a JAPAN CRUISE in 2026! Registration is OPEN and this cruise is already 50% sold! SIGN UP TODAY!
https://gravitate.travel/stitch-sail-japan-with-quilter-on-fire-and-watergirl-quilt-co/

Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/
OLISO IRONS - Host of the Quilter on Fire Podcast Lounge each year at QuiltCon!
BUY YOUR OWN OLISO MINI PROJECT IRON RIGHT HERE
Square One Textile Art Workshop
Link to Brandy’s email list
Kristy’s Quilt Picture Book
Quilter on Fire Patterns
Free Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEO

Support the show

Thank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.