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#173: Quilting Through Burnout with Radha Weaver

Hopefully, full-on burnout is not something you have, or will, experience yourself. However, we all encounter periods of pressure and stress. My guest, Radha Weaver, is a recovering overachiever who worked in a demanding role at Levi’s for fifteen years. Travelling all over the globe developing multiple product lines eventually proved too much, and it…

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Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably
Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably
#173: Quilting Through Burnout with Radha Weaver
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#106: Reframing A Relationship with Clothing with Heidi Parkes

The materials of quilt making and garment sewing are the same. But what can quilt artists teach garment sewists about embedding meaning and connection into our creations? And should our sensory experiences of the textiles we wear alter our career paths? Just two of many intriguing threads of conversation that come up in today’s episode,…

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Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably
Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably
#106: Reframing A Relationship with Clothing with Heidi Parkes
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#105: A Habit of Curiosity with Heidi Parkes

Are you, like me, fascinated by people who have been able to express themselves in a variety of disciplines? My guest, Heidi Parkes, is an improvisational quilt artist, mending expert, garment sewist, and so many more things, living in Wisconsin, USA. Heidi explains how developing a habit of curiosity has allowed her to explore her…

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Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably
Check Your Thread: Sewing More Sustainably
#105: A Habit of Curiosity with Heidi Parkes
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