Make and Design with Carina Gardner

By Carina Gardner

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Carina Gardner unravels the everyday joys and dilemmas of design, making, and business. This inside scoop into fabric design, paper design, die cut design, and crafting will help bring more creativity and joy in your life. Carina Gardner has a Ph.D. in Design and was the Creative Director of Cartabella Paper Co. and MiniLou. She has designed everything from dishware to bracelets under her brand. She currently designs fabric and die cutting files while teaching other designers how to create meaningful design work while making a residual income online.

Episode Date
Classic Episode 2 Reasons Crafters Should Design for Their Cricut and Silhouette Machines
May 03, 2024
Special Edition: Carina Reveals A Big Secret
May 02, 2024
Classic Episode Do You Have A Hobby or A Business?
Apr 26, 2024
Episode 431 Sublimation and DTF with Angie Holden and Cori George
Apr 24, 2024
Episode 430 Design Suite with Emily
Apr 22, 2024
Classic Episode 5 Online Markets I Love to Design For
Apr 19, 2024
Episode 429 How Decision Fatigue is Affecting Your Design Work
Apr 17, 2024
Episode 428 The Creative Funk
Apr 15, 2024
Classic Episode How to Be A Surface Pattern Designer Without Going Back To College
Apr 12, 2024
Episode 427 9 Months In with Leah de Mola
Apr 10, 2024
Episode 426 AI is NOT Your Competition
Apr 08, 2024
Classic Episode 3 Ways You Can Become the Best Surface Pattern Designer (That You Haven’t Heard Before)
Apr 05, 2024
Episode 425 Wild About Wallpaper
Apr 03, 2024
Episode 424 You Determine Your Reality
Apr 01, 2024
Classic Episode Will It Make the Boat Go Faster?
Mar 29, 2024
Classic Episode 267 5 Online Markets I Love to Design For
Mar 29, 2024
Episode 423 Digital Trailblazers with Leah Rae and Todd Getts
Mar 27, 2024
Episode 422 Creative Process
Mar 25, 2024
Classic Episode What To Do When You Have Never Put Yourself First
Mar 22, 2024
Episode 421 The Accidental Entrepreneur with Mitch Beinhaker
Mar 20, 2024
Episode 420 The Fox and the Grapes
Mar 18, 2024
Classic Episode The Two Sets Of Tools You Need
Mar 15, 2024
Episode 419 Taking Criticism
Mar 13, 2024
Episode 418 Strong Women Don't...
Mar 11, 2024
Classic Episode Why I Love Coco Chanel
Mar 08, 2024
Episode 417 Illustration For Meetings with Ashton Rodenhiser
Mar 06, 2024
Episode 416 The Most Essential Design Skill No One Tells You About
Mar 03, 2024
Classic Episode 3 Reasons Your Design Business is Stuck
Mar 01, 2024
Episode 415 Making Money As a Designer with Simone Bowles
Feb 28, 2024
Episode 414 3 Things I Learned From The Artists I Studied
Feb 26, 2024
Classic Episode Things I Wish I Had Known Starting Out
Feb 23, 2024
Episode 413 The Cat and the Bell
Feb 21, 2024
Episode 412 Follow Your Passion with Constantin Morun
Feb 19, 2024
Classic Why Surface Pattern Designers Don't Need a Portfolio
Feb 16, 2024
Episode 411 Design Deadlines Tips and Tricks
Feb 14, 2024
Episode 410 Creative Mindfulness with Cynthia Hauk
Feb 12, 2024
Classic Four Traits of a Good Designer
Feb 09, 2024
Episode 409 Using Your Own Ingenuity
Feb 07, 2024
Episode 408 Fashion and Textile Design with Annette Lennerup
Feb 05, 2024
Episode 408 Fashion and Textile Design with Annette Lennerup
Feb 05, 2024
Classic Episode 3 Ways Craft and Surface Pattern Designers Can Sell More of What They Already Have
Feb 02, 2024
Episode 407 The Hart and the Hunter
Jan 31, 2024
Episode 406 The Precious Stone
Jan 29, 2024
Classic Episode 5 Keys To A Terrible Design Business
Jan 26, 2024
Episode 405 Can You Make Art That Sells?
Jan 24, 2024
Episode 404 Animal Art with Tracey Rinaldo
Jan 22, 2024
Classic Episode The Story of Why I Went From Physical Products to Digital Products
Jan 19, 2024
Episode 403 Not To Be Missed Tutorials at the Illustration And Art Conference
Jan 17, 2024
Episode 402 Paper Flowers with Farren Celeste
Jan 15, 2024
Classic Episode Seven Creativity Starter Ideas
Jan 12, 2024
Episode 401 Interview with Astroid City Artist David Meikle
Jan 10, 2024
Episode 400 Should I Listen To Your Parenting Advice?
Jan 08, 2024
Classic Episode Morning Routine Run Down
Jan 05, 2024
Episode 397 I Was So Glad To Not Have All My Eggs in One Basket
Jan 03, 2024
Episode 396 Deliberate New Years Goals for Designers
Jan 01, 2024
Episode 395 UnMasking The Myths of the Dream Design Journey Part 2
Dec 29, 2023
Episode 394 Unmasking The Myths of the Dream Design Journey Part 1
Dec 27, 2023
Episode 393 Merry Christmas
Dec 25, 2023
Episode 392 Transform Your Life With These 3 Design Habits
Dec 22, 2023
Episode 391 Exclusive Preview- An In-Depth Look at My Cutting-Edge 2024 Design Strategies
Dec 20, 2023
Episode 390 The Science Behind Great Design
Dec 18, 2023
Classic Episode Create Designs People Never Stop Buying
Dec 15, 2023
Episode 389 No One Cares About Your Design Business As Well As You Do
Dec 13, 2023
Episode 388 The Significant Design Results You Should Be Tracking
Dec 11, 2023
Classic Episode Regency Retreat and Other Stuff with SuiKim Friedmann
Dec 08, 2023
Episode 387 My 3 Favorite Design Mediums Right Now
Dec 06, 2023
Episode 386 The Taylor Swift Episode
Dec 04, 2023
Episode 385 Reinvention of the Make and Design Podcast
Dec 01, 2023
Episode 384 Deliberately Chaotic
Nov 29, 2023
Episode 383 Smart Designers Use the Tools
Nov 27, 2023
Episode 382 Mitigating the Downfalls of Procreate (While I Use Procreate)
Nov 24, 2023
Episode 380 Creating Your Own Designer Textures with Watercolor
Nov 20, 2023
Episode 381 How To Develop A Keen Sense of Self
Nov 20, 2023
Episode 379 Action Taker Versus Thinker
Nov 17, 2023
Episode 378 One of the UnIntended Consequences of Choosing To Be A Designer
Nov 15, 2023
Episode 377 99 Casts with Carina's Husband Josh Gardner
Nov 13, 2023
Episode 376 3 Cautions About Online Advice
Nov 10, 2023
Episode 375 The Power of Hope
Nov 08, 2023
Episode 374 The Evolution of Illustrator on the iPad
Nov 06, 2023
Episode 373 Watercoloring and Why We Play Small
Nov 03, 2023
Episode 372 Life Changing Creativity with Dawn K
Nov 01, 2023
Episode 371 Giving Your Mind Time for Ideation
Oct 30, 2023
Episode 370 What We Will Be Talking About At Summit
Oct 27, 2023
Episode 369 Why AI Will Help The Right Designers
Oct 25, 2023
Episode 368 Design Summit Sneak Peek with the Coaches
Oct 23, 2023
Episode 367 Employed Full Time and Creating a Design Side Hustle with Tiffani Hawkins
Oct 20, 2023
Episode 366 A Unique Maker and Designer Conference
Oct 18, 2023
Episode 365 The Retired Creative with Viveca Chenoweth
Oct 16, 2023
Episode 364 Developing An Eye For These Things
Oct 13, 2023
Episode 363 Doing Something Long Enough To Be Amazing At It
Oct 11, 2023
Episodio 362 A Look Into Design Bootcamp
Oct 09, 2023
Episode 361 Free Profitable Designer Starter Guide
Oct 06, 2023
Episode 360 The Design Suite Experience
Oct 04, 2023
Episode 359 Why You Should Be Done With Halloween By The Time October Hits
Oct 02, 2023
Episode 358 2023 Design Suite Live Retreat
Sep 29, 2023
Episode 356 Increased Experience
Sep 25, 2023
Episode 357 Design Profit and Prosper
Sep 25, 2023
Episode 355 Belief Plays A Big Part In Our Decisions
Sep 22, 2023
Episode 354 Carina's Advice on Making Money with Ryan Leacock Part 2
Sep 20, 2023
Episode 353 Carina's Advice on Making Money with Ryan Leacock Part 1
Sep 18, 2023
Episode 352 Development of Design Style
Sep 15, 2023
Episode 351 Carina's Workshop to BYU Idaho Department of Art Part 2
Sep 13, 2023
Episode 350 Carina's Workshop to BYU Idaho Department of Art Part 1
Sep 11, 2023
Episode 349 Personal Lessons Learned on the Comparison Game
Sep 08, 2023
Episodes 348 Finding the Sweet Spot in Santorini
Sep 06, 2023
Episode 347 Rest and Renew to Focus - Lessons From My Trip to the Greek Islands
Sep 04, 2023
Episode 346 It's All in the Details at the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London
Sep 01, 2023
Episode 345 Leveraging Your Most Important Activities As A Designer
Aug 30, 2023
Episode 344 The Mouse, The Bird, and the Sausage
Aug 28, 2023
Episode 343 Getting Your Sewing Patterns to Industry Standard with Elizabeth Chappell
Aug 25, 2023
Episode 342 Delight in Our Design Work
Aug 23, 2023
Episode 341 Lessons Learned From Miyazaki's Spirited Away
Aug 21, 2023
Episode 340 Bringing Your Husband Home with SuiKim Friedmann
Aug 18, 2023
Episode 339 Getting Intentional About Our Design Work
Aug 16, 2023
Episode 338 The Summer Slump Is Over
Aug 14, 2023
Episode 337 Overcoming Doubt
Aug 11, 2023
Episode 336 200 Sales In A Month with Julie Thompson
Aug 09, 2023
Episode 335 Big Actions Lead to Big Results
Aug 07, 2023
Episode 334 Outwitting the Devil
Aug 04, 2023
Episode 333 Profitable Freelance with Hayley Barry
Aug 02, 2023
Episode 332 From Vacation Mode to Work Mode
Jul 31, 2023
Episode 331 I Need a Hero
Jul 28, 2023
Episodes 330 The Slow and Steady Work
Jul 26, 2023
Episode 329 Ask for Support Not Permission
Jul 24, 2023
Episode 334 Outwitting the Devil
Jul 22, 2023
Episode 328 Why Not You?
Jul 21, 2023
Episode 327 Sales Not Skills
Jul 19, 2023
Episode 326 Every Day Sales with Sharia Morton
Jul 17, 2023
Episode 325 What Design Level Are You At?
Jul 14, 2023
Episode 324 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming A Surface Pattern Designer
Jul 12, 2023
Episode 323 Book Review: 3 Books I Recently Read
Jul 10, 2023
Episode 322 Will It Make the Boat Go Faster?
Jul 07, 2023
Episode 321 The Flaky Vs. Dense Croissants
Jul 05, 2023
Episode 320 Expensive But Powerful Decisions with Wendy Bertagnolli
Jul 03, 2023
Episode 319 Looking Over the Costco Cart
Jun 30, 2023
Episode 318 Adjustments For When You Get Slightly Off Course
Jun 28, 2023
Episode 317 3 Assumptions You Should Not Make
Jun 26, 2023
Episode 316 From 3 to 4 Figure Months with Aja Fillmore
Jun 23, 2023
Episode 315 The Possibility Conundrum
Jun 21, 2023
Episode 314 The Last 45 Days of Success with Lisa Baldwin
Jun 19, 2023
Episode 313 What To Do When You Have Never Put Yourself First
Jun 16, 2023
Episode 312 4 Figure Months with Diane Rooney
Jun 14, 2023
Episode 311 Why You Are Doomed If You Aren't Adaptable
Jun 12, 2023
Episode 310 Creative People with Ryan Leacock
Jun 09, 2023
Episode 309 Why Success Is Within Your Grasp
Jun 07, 2023
Episode 308 Uncovering Why You Aren't Making Money
Jun 05, 2023
Episode 307 Advertising with Jackie Ellis
Jun 02, 2023
Episode 306 Obsessing Over Product
May 31, 2023
Episode 305 Are You Scattered? Here's What It Is Costing You
May 29, 2023
Episode 304 The Perfect Design Business
May 26, 2023
Episode 303 The Two Sets Of Tools You Need
May 24, 2023
Episode 302 Sage Tax Advice for Designers with Kimberly Tara
May 22, 2023
Episode 301 Two Hurdles You Can Jump At Once As A Designer
May 19, 2023
Episode 299 A Quilty Podcast with Paula Chamberlain
May 15, 2023
Episode 298 Which Designer Are You? 4 Types of Designers Revealed
May 12, 2023
Episode 297 3 Ways You Can Leave Them Wanting More
May 10, 2023
Episode 300 Some Thoughts After Teaching at BYU Idaho
May 08, 2023
Episode 296 Behind the Scenes of Quilting Magazines with Tracy Mooney
May 08, 2023
Episode 295 Building Momentum to Drive Your Designs
May 05, 2023
Episode 294 From Broadcast to Podcast with Meg Goodman
May 03, 2023
Episode 293 Do You Have (Or Even Understand) Marketing Vehicles?
May 01, 2023
Episode 292 Why Struggle Equals Reward
Apr 28, 2023
Episode 291 Paper Planner Club with Mim Jenkinson
Apr 26, 2023
Episode 290 Sometimes I Want to Cry When I Work Out
Apr 24, 2023
Episode 289 Successful Storytelling with Carriece Jefferson of Crafty Hands Club
Apr 21, 2023
Episode 288 Simple = Profitable
Apr 19, 2023
Episode 287 Are You Addicted to the Vision?
Apr 17, 2023
Episode 286 Refusal to Get Help
Apr 14, 2023
Episode 285 How Are You Losing Money?
Apr 12, 2023
Episode 284 Are You Building Or Maintaining A Design Business?
Apr 10, 2023
Episode 283 Recap on the January Live Retreat in Quilt Town USA
Apr 07, 2023
Episode 282 Why Digital is So Profitable
Apr 05, 2023
Episode 281 0 to $100,000
Apr 03, 2023
Episode 280 3 Reasons Confusion Happens
Mar 31, 2023
Episode 279 Your Words to Clients Matter
Mar 29, 2023
Episode 278 3 Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Early in My Design Business
Mar 27, 2023
Episode 277 If You Are Frustrated, You Are Missing This One Thing
Mar 24, 2023
Episode 276 If You Want To Be A Famous Designer...
Mar 22, 2023
Episode 275 Two Things That Will Make You A Great Designer
Mar 20, 2023
Episode 274 Why You Are Not Winning As A Designer
Mar 17, 2023
Episode 273 Why Design Should Not Be All Lollipops and Rainbows
Mar 15, 2023
Episode 272 Stop Taking Bad Advice
Mar 13, 2023
Episode 271 Why the Software is Hurdle #1
Mar 10, 2023
Episode 270 Stop Doing the Same Things But Expecting Different Results
Mar 08, 2023
Episode 269 Learn About the Design Process Model
Mar 06, 2023
Episode 268 Another Big 2023 Announcement
Mar 03, 2023
Episode 267 5 Online Markets I Love to Design For
Mar 01, 2023
Episode 266 Why Scary Things Make Us Stronger
Feb 27, 2023
Episode 265 How You can Use Color in Your Every Day Life
Feb 24, 2023
Episode 264 The Two Things In My Life I Changed The Most For
Feb 22, 2023
Episode 263 Why I Wrote a Book
Feb 20, 2023
Episode 262 Why You Are Powerless If You Aren't An Action Taker
Feb 17, 2023
Episode 261 Do You Have A Hobby or A Business?
Feb 15, 2023
Episode 260 What Prevents You From Creating
Feb 13, 2023
Episode 259 3 Ways to Lose Money as a Designer
Feb 10, 2023
Episode 258 The Evolution of a Designer
Feb 08, 2023
Episode 283 Recap on the January Live Retreat in Quilt Town USA
Feb 07, 2023
Episode 256 Why I Love Coco Chanel
Feb 02, 2023
Episode 255 Creative Crisis with Mari Reisberg
Feb 01, 2023
Episode 254 3 Things That Make A Design Different
Jan 30, 2023
Episode 253 Drama Free Design
Jan 27, 2023
Episode 252 What's New At Bernina with Meg Goodman and Michaelynn Rose
Jan 25, 2023
Episode 251 What Does Success Look Like to You?
Jan 23, 2023
Episode 250 Regency Retreat and Other Stuff with SuiKim Friedmann
Jan 20, 2023
Episode 249 A Designer's Most Powerful Tool
Jan 18, 2023
Episode 248 Four Traits of a Good Designer
Jan 16, 2023
Episode 247 Bernina and Family Business with Meg Goodman and Michaelynn Rose
Jan 13, 2023
Episode 246 How to Become A Money- Making Designer
Jan 11, 2023
Episode 245 My 15 Year Old Got A Job!
Jan 09, 2023
Episode 257 Gifts to Future Me
Jan 06, 2023
Episode 244 Your Etsy Shop with SuiKim Friedmann
Jan 06, 2023
Episode 243 My One Word in 2023
Jan 04, 2023
Episode 242 Dreaming Big in 2023
Jan 02, 2023
Episode 241 Your Vision for 2023
Dec 30, 2022
Episode 240 Design Identity with Mindi Huebner
Dec 28, 2022
Episode 239 A Day After Christmas Reflections
Dec 26, 2022
Episode 238 A Little Christmas Cheer
Dec 23, 2022
Episode 237 Easy vs. Effort
Dec 21, 2022
Episode 237 Easy vs. Effort
Dec 21, 2022
Episode 236 Why Great Design Matters
Dec 19, 2022
Episode 235 New From Riley Blake with Cindy Cloward
Dec 16, 2022
Episode 234 When Life Gets In The Way
Dec 14, 2022
Episode 233 Is Being An Artist An Innate Talent?
Dec 12, 2022
Episode 232 The First Year As A Designer
Dec 09, 2022
Episode 231 Getting Started with Alcohol Inks with Faigie Kobre
Dec 07, 2022
Episode 230 Understanding How to Create Icons
Dec 05, 2022
Episode 229 Doing Things We Don't Like Doing
Dec 02, 2022
Episode 228 Create Designs People Never Stop Buying
Nov 30, 2022
Episode 227 Digital Fabric with Raspberry Creek Fabrics
Nov 28, 2022
Episode 226 Customer Service Prevention
Nov 25, 2022
Episode 225 Why I Am Okay With Failing
Nov 23, 2022
Episode 224 Are You the Hero in Your Own Story
Nov 21, 2022
Episode 223 Quilting and Creative Business with Susan Smith
Nov 18, 2022
Episode 222 Past Mistakes I Wish I Hadn't Made
Nov 16, 2022
Episode 221 The Art of Doing Hard Things
Nov 14, 2022
Episode 220 From Artist to Designer
Nov 11, 2022
Episode 219 How to Stitch An American Dream with Jenny Doan
Nov 09, 2022
Episode 218 Bet on Yourself
Nov 07, 2022
Episode 217 One of the Secrets to My Success
Nov 04, 2022
Episode 216 Special Design Suite Get Together at Garden of Quilts
Nov 02, 2022
Episode 215 Halloween Traditions Our Family Loves
Oct 31, 2022
Episode 214 5 Things That Make Me Crazy During the Holiday Season
Oct 28, 2022
Episode 213 How to Design a Stellar Fabric Collection Plus Sneak Peek at Ciao Bella
Oct 26, 2022
Episode 212 Embrace Being A Designer
Oct 24, 2022
Episode 211 Why Your Unique Style is Needed
Oct 21, 2022
Episode 210 An Update on my Designing My 2023 Fabric Collection
Oct 19, 2022
Episode 209 From Digital Scrapbooking to Paper with Jennifer Wilson
Oct 17, 2022
Episode 208 Why Your Design Business is Like A Garden
Oct 14, 2022
Episode 167 How to Be A Surface Pattern Designer Without Going Back To College
Oct 14, 2022
Episode 207 Criteria For Selecting An Exceptional Online shop
Oct 12, 2022
Episode 206 Creative Quilt Business Persistence with Emily Hogg
Oct 10, 2022
Episode 205 5 Keys To A Terrible Design Business
Oct 07, 2022
Episode 204 2 Reasons Crafters Should Design for Their Cricut and Silhouette Machines
Oct 05, 2022
Episode 203 Christmas Fabric Trends with Pine Needles Quilt Shop
Oct 03, 2022
Episode 202 5 Ways to Find Freedom in Your Design Work
Sep 30, 2022
Episode 201 Why Changing to Meet Your Members' Needs is So Powerful with Bonnie Garby and Diane Rooney
Sep 28, 2022
Episode 200 What Is Negative Space in Design?
Sep 26, 2022
Episode 199 3 Insights About Growing Your Design Business
Sep 23, 2022
Episode 198 Scrapbooking Creative Directors Private Chat with Lindsay Bowerman
Sep 21, 2022
Episode 197 How Your Positive Thoughts Produce Creative Actions
Sep 19, 2022
Episode 196 Profits and Digital Design
Sep 16, 2022
Episode 195 Mastery Proceeds Money and Success
Sep 14, 2022
Episode 194 When Your Health Deters Your Design Dreams with Bonnie Garby and Diane Rooney
Sep 12, 2022
Episode 193 Learn To Become A Profitable Designer
Sep 12, 2022
Episode 192 How You Add Value As A Creative Business Owner with Kiley Ferons
Sep 07, 2022
Episode 191 What is the Difference Between A Surface Pattern Designer and Craft Designer
Sep 05, 2022
Episode 190 Halloween Fabric Trends At Pine Needles Quilt Shop
Sep 02, 2022
Episode 189 Stop Ignoring This In Your Design Business
Aug 31, 2022
Episode 188 Learn More About How to Design Smart
Aug 29, 2022
Episode 187 Don't Judge Your Drawings with Danny Gregory
Aug 26, 2022
Episode 186 3 Ways to Earn Money As A Surface Pattern Designer
Aug 24, 2022
Episode 185 What Can You Do With a Design Degree with McKenna Blanthorn
Aug 22, 2022
Episode 184 Is It Hard To Start A Surface Pattern Design Business?
Aug 19, 2022
Episode 183 Three Steps To Achieving Your Surface Pattern Dreams
Aug 17, 2022
Episode 182 An Inside Look at Peer Led Mastermind Meetings with Diane Rooney
Aug 15, 2022
Episode 181 Diagnose Your Design Journey/Business
Aug 12, 2022
Episode 180 Sawgrass and Sublimation with Sarah Cannon
Aug 10, 2022
Episode 179 Three Simple Things to Help Your Creative Mojo
Aug 08, 2022
Episode 178 Design Suite Secrets
Aug 05, 2022
Episode 177 The Design Summer Slump is Real with Diane Rooney
Aug 03, 2022
Episode 176 What's Standing Between You And Your Dream of Designing?
Aug 01, 2022
Episode 175 A New Approach to Design Education
Jul 29, 2022
Episode 174 Things I Wish I Had Known Starting Out
Jul 27, 2022
Episode 173 How to Start Your Design Business Right
Jul 25, 2022
Episode 172 Getting Ready for the Best Season Ever
Jul 22, 2022
Episode 171 Building Resilience As A Designer
Jul 20, 2022
Episode 170 8 Things You Must Have to Be A Designer
Jul 18, 2022
Episode 169 3 Tacky Mistakes Surface Pattern and Craft Designers Make
Jul 15, 2022
Episode 168 Is Surface Pattern Design Recession Proof?
Jul 13, 2022
Episode 167 How to Be A Surface Pattern Designer Without Going Back To College
Jul 11, 2022
Episode 166 What is Coming To Design Suite in August 2022
Jul 08, 2022
Episode 165 Why Surface Pattern Designers Don't Need a Portfolio
Jul 06, 2022
Episode 164 What Surface Pattern Design in 2022 Looks Like
Jul 04, 2022
Episode 163 How to Start Your Surface Pattern Design Business
Jul 01, 2022
Episode 162 Summer Motivation for Designers and Cycles in Our Business
Jun 29, 2022
Episode 161 Why Your Designs Aren't Selling
Jun 27, 2022
Episode 160 3 Ways Craft and Surface Pattern Designers Can Sell More of What They Already Have
Jun 24, 2022
Episode 159 Short Term Vs. Long Term Strategy for Surface Pattern and Crafting Designers
Jun 22, 2022
Episode 158 What is Coming Up For The Accelerated Designer Workshop Series
Jun 20, 2022
Episode 157 Do You Wake Up Every Day Excited?
Jun 17, 2022
Episode 156 What Helped Me Get Organized with My Design Ideas
Jun 15, 2022
Episode 155 3 Reasons Your Design Business is Stuck
Jun 13, 2022
Episode 154 What is the Bare Minimum You Can Do to Become a Surface Pattern or Crafting Designer?
Jun 10, 2022
Episode 153 For the Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Who Wants To Do It All
Jun 08, 2022
Episode 152 The Story of Why I Went From Physical Products to Digital Products
Jun 06, 2022
Episode 151 Why You Should Be Selling Your Designs NOW
Jun 03, 2022
Episode 150 How Your Silhouette or Cricut Machine Could Be Making You Money
Jun 01, 2022
Episode 149 Why Surface Pattern Designers Need to Stop Thinking About Contracts
May 30, 2022
Episode 148 Getting Over The Idea of Perfection
May 27, 2022
Episode 147 Are You Designing Everyday?
May 25, 2022
Episode 146 Why You Should Be Designing in Batches
May 23, 2022
Episode 145 Why the Market Isn't As Saturated As You Think
May 20, 2022
Episode 144 What Is The Most Valuable Thing That People Hate Paying For?
May 18, 2022
Episode 143 3 Ways You Know You Are Thinking Like A Designer
May 16, 2022
Episode 142 What Does Surface Pattern Design Look Like in 2022?
May 13, 2022
Episode 141 Only 24 Hours in a Day - How Do I Fit In the Design Work?
May 11, 2022
Episode 140 Why You Should Be Making the Surface Pattern Trends, Not Following Them
May 09, 2022
Episode 139 How Freelance Can Supplement Your Design Business
May 06, 2022
Episode 138 Surface Pattern Design for Beginners: How to Get Started
May 04, 2022
Episode 137 Why You Aren’t Getting What You Actually Need from the Free Stuff
May 02, 2022
Episode 136 The Difference Between Surface Pattern Design and Just Design
Apr 29, 2022
Episode 135 Why Flirting Isn't Enough
Apr 27, 2022
Episode 134 How Your Small Habits Hinder or Help You
Apr 25, 2022
Episode 133 What Level of Designer Are You?
Apr 22, 2022
Episode 132 Strategic Thinking with Crista Grasso
Apr 20, 2022
Episode 131 Why Imposter Syndrome Is Just Comparison Syndrome
Apr 18, 2022
Episode 130 Who Was the Best Mr. Darcy with SuiKim Friedmann
Apr 15, 2022
Episode 129 3 Powerful Design Strategies You Don’t Want to Miss
Apr 13, 2022
Episode 128 The Difference Between Photoshop and Illustrator
Apr 11, 2022
Episode 127 Shine a Light on Opportunity with Susie Tomenchok
Apr 08, 2022
Episode 126 Tiny Steps to Create Something Really Special Over Time
Apr 06, 2022
Episode 125 Can You Make a Full Time Living as a Surface Pattern Designer?
Apr 04, 2022
Episode 124 Creating (Not Finding) Your Flow
Apr 01, 2022
Episode 123 The One Thing You Can Do to Explode Your Growth as a Designer
Mar 30, 2022
Episode 122 What Should You Look for in a Good Community?
Mar 28, 2022
Episode 121 Surface Pattern Design - 3 Mistakes You Need to Avoid
Mar 25, 2022
Episode 120 Creative Thinking - Five Ways to Generate New Ideas
Mar 23, 2022
Episode 119 From Designer to Business Owner with Annette Walter
Mar 21, 2022
Episode 118 3 Ways You Can Become the Best Surface Pattern Designer (That You Haven’t Heard Before)
Mar 18, 2022
Episode 117 How to Become a Designer (At Home)
Mar 16, 2022
Episode 116 How to Spell SuiKim
Mar 14, 2022
Episode 115 My 3 Favorite Tools For Designing Right Now
Mar 11, 2022
Episode 114 Why Staying Motivated is Easy When You Have a Community
Mar 09, 2022
Episode 113 Why Your Digital Preview is As Important As Your Design Work
Mar 07, 2022
Episode 112 Time Management for Creatives with Megan Sumrell
Mar 04, 2022
Episode 111 How to Use Fear as A Tool with Katie Ann Powell
Mar 02, 2022
Episode 110 How to Batch Your Design Work
Feb 28, 2022
Episode 109 A Simple Strategy for Designers When Setting Started in Instagram
Feb 25, 2022
Episode 108 Submitting a Fabric Line with Melanie Collette
Feb 23, 2022
Episode 107 The Power of Letting Someone Else Hold Your Hand Through Difficult Software
Feb 21, 2022
Episode 106 Why You Need a Deadline
Feb 18, 2022
Episode 105 Coming Soon with Jill Finley
Feb 16, 2022
Episode 104 Loving Your Style
Feb 14, 2022
Episode 103 How I Have Used Journaling To Take My Design Work to the Next Level
Feb 11, 2022
Episode 102 5 Favorite Softwares I'm Using Right Now
Feb 09, 2022
Episode 101 Why It Isn't All About the Glory
Feb 07, 2022
Episode 100 It's My 100th Episode! Let's Talk About Milestones
Feb 04, 2022
Episode 99 First We Have to Crawl to Walk
Feb 02, 2022
Episode 98 Morning Routine Run Down
Jan 31, 2022
Episode 97 Why Liking A Lot of Different Mediums Can Make You Win Faster
Jan 28, 2022
Episode 96 Broadway and Mini Quilts with The Tattoo Quilter Christopher Thompson
Jan 26, 2022
Episode 95 Why You Need to Accelerate Yourself As a Designer
Jan 24, 2022
Episode 94 Why You Have to Make Mistakes to Move Forward
Jan 21, 2022
Episode 93 Take More Risks Not Less
Jan 19, 2022
Episode 92 3 Unintended Consequences of My Design Business
Jan 17, 2022
Episode 91 Quilt Pattern Design with Melanie Collette
Jan 14, 2022
Episode 90 Real Life Example of Making Time to Help Your Kids With Their Big Dreams
Jan 12, 2022
Episode 89 Modeling Creativity For Our Kids with Bonnie and Audrey
Jan 10, 2022
Episode 88 The Ink Club Style Movement
Jan 07, 2022
Episode 87 The One Thing Your Design Business is Missing
Jan 05, 2022
Episode 86 3 Ways to Hit Our Goals
Jan 03, 2022
Episode 85 My One Word for Next Year
Dec 31, 2021
Episode 84 Sampler Quilt Block Queen with Gracey Larson
Dec 29, 2021
Episode 83 You Are Where You Are Suppose To Be
Dec 27, 2021
Episode 82 Wishing you Happy Holidays!
Dec 24, 2021
Episode 81 3 Ways to Cut Down Your Design Time
Dec 22, 2021
Episode 80 Focus on the One
Dec 20, 2021
Episode 79 Permission to Be in The Present
Dec 17, 2021
Episode 78 3 Reasons You Might Be Experiencing A Creative Block
Dec 15, 2021
Episode 77 We Are What We Consume
Dec 13, 2021
Episode 76 Embroidery with Bev McCullough
Dec 10, 2021
Episode 75 Three Crafts I Recommend You Try This Holiday Season
Dec 08, 2021
Episode 74 Why The Aha Moments Can Change Your Life
Dec 06, 2021
Episode 73 Creative Memberships with Elizabeth Chappell
Dec 03, 2021
Episode 72 Permission to Celebrate the Way You Need To
Dec 01, 2021
Episode 71 Beneath the Western Skies with Gracey Larson
Nov 29, 2021
Episode 70 Attitude of Gratitude
Nov 26, 2021
Episode 69 Gobble Gobble Thanksgiving Traditions
Nov 24, 2021
Episode 68 Build A Better Workflow For Your Design Business
Nov 22, 2021
Episode 67 5 Ways to Deal with Burn Out
Nov 19, 2021
Episode 66 Quilting Retreat Insider Scoop with Jill Finley
Nov 17, 2021
Episode 65 Does The Design World Need Your Style?
Nov 15, 2021
Episode 64 How Will You Show Up for The Holidays?
Nov 12, 2021
Episode 63 Saturday in Paris with The Tattoo Quilter Christopher Thompson
Nov 10, 2021
Episode 62 The crazy way I got A Fabric Contract
Nov 08, 2021
Episode 61 Do What You Like in Your Niche with April Cobb
Nov 05, 2021
Episode 60 Why I Created My Design Bootcamp and Design Suite Programs and How They Can Help You
Nov 03, 2021
Episode 59 How Creatives Can Use Time Management to Their Advantage with Megan Sumrell
Nov 01, 2021
Episode 58 The One Question You Can Ask If You Want to Know if You Are a Creative
Oct 29, 2021
Episode 57 Transformation with Diane Rooney
Oct 27, 2021
Episode 56 All You Need is....
Oct 25, 2021
Episode 55 Primrose Hill with Melanie Collette
Oct 22, 2021
Episode 54 3 Questions I Ask Myself When the Panic Sets In
Oct 20, 2021
Episode 53 The 70-20-10 Rule with Emily Taylor
Oct 18, 2021
Episode 52 Finding Creative Time As a Mom with Bonnie and Audrey
Oct 15, 2021
Episode 51 Get Your Holiday Crafting and Quilting Gifts Done Now
Oct 13, 2021
Episode 50 Stardust and Christmas Fabric with Bev McCullough
Oct 11, 2021
Episode 49 What if I Cant Draw?
Oct 08, 2021
Episode 48 How She Designs Fabric with Amanda Niederhauser
Oct 06, 2021
Episode 47 When was the Last Time Someone Told You How Valuable You Are?
Oct 04, 2021
Episode 46 My Halloween Traditions Including the Movie I watch on October 31st
Oct 01, 2021
Episode 45 First Steps with April Cobb
Sep 29, 2021
Episode 44 To Do Something Great, There Must Be Sacrifice
Sep 27, 2021
Episode 43 You Are Enough with Diane Rooney
Sep 24, 2021
Episode 42 My 5 Favorite Things to Make on My Silhouette Machine
Sep 22, 2021
Episode 41 Tips and Tricks in Free Motion Quilting and Weight Loss with Dara Tomasson
Sep 20, 2021
Episode 40 Borrow A Little Confidence From Someone Who Believes in You
Sep 17, 2021
Episode 39 Why Mental Health is Important to Creatives with Melissa Esplin
Sep 15, 2021
Episode 38 Your Last 90 Days of the Year
Sep 13, 2021
Episode 37 Why We Are Not a Product of Circumstance but of Decisions
Sep 10, 2021
Episode 36 Favorite Paper Crafts Projects with Kelly Wayment
Sep 08, 2021
Episode 35 Strive For More So That Falling Short Feels Like a Win
Sep 06, 2021
Episode 34 How Design Process Can Get You Through The Hard Times with Jeanie Dickinson
Sep 03, 2021
Episode 33 Why I Created Ink Club
Sep 01, 2021
Episode 32 3 Ways to Convey Feeling in Your Projects, Art and Design
Aug 30, 2021
Episode 31 Why Social Media Can Leave You Feeling Empty
Aug 27, 2021
Episode 30 How Long Does It Take To Design A Fabric Collection
Aug 25, 2021
Episode 29 Building a Quilt Book Proposal with Amanda Niederhauser
Aug 23, 2021
Episode 28 Why Writing Things Down is Important Even For Designers
Aug 20, 2021
Episode 27 Two Ways You Can Be Supported in What You Do
Aug 18, 2021
Episode 26 Collage Quilting with Emily Taylor
Aug 16, 2021
Episode 25 All Things Silhouette with Terri Johnson
Aug 13, 2021
Episode 24 What is Holding You Back
Aug 11, 2021
Episode 23 The One Word That Will Transform Your Daily Life
Aug 09, 2021
Episode 22 A Little About Color
Aug 06, 2021
Episode 21 From Painting to Calligraphy with Melissa Esplin
Aug 04, 2021
Episode 20 What Those Negative Thoughts Are Doing To Your Creativity
Aug 02, 2021
Episode 19 Free Motion Quilting with Dara Tomasson
Jul 30, 2021
Episode 18 Seven Creativity Starter Ideas
Jul 28, 2021
Episode 17 Four Books That Made Me More Intentional
Jul 26, 2021
Episode 16 How To Find Your Art Style with Jeanie Dickinson
Jul 23, 2021
Episode 15 We Are What We Do
Jul 21, 2021
Episode 14 Paper Crafting with Kelly Wayment
Jul 19, 2021
Episode 13 The 3 Best Ways to Level Up Your Designing
Jul 16, 2021
Episode 12 Our Philosophy with Getting Started with Social Media with My Sister Kim Friedmann
Jul 14, 2021
Episode 11 What 3 Questions You Should Be Asking Yourself Every day
Jul 12, 2021
Episode 10 Mod Meow Fabric with Amanda Niederhauser
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 9 Books That Helped Me Save Time
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 8 Juggling Kids and Summer with My Sister Kim Friedmann
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 7 What Design Flows Looks Like For Me
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 6 Are You Using Your Planning Season Wisely?
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 5 How Committed Are You To Doing What You Say You Are Going to Do?
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 4 Can You Tell If Your Work is Good, Better, or Best?
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 3 Three Ways to Trade Money for More Time with My Sister Kim Friedmann
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 2 Why Wanting is Different Than Belief
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 1 Hello!
Jul 08, 2021