Make and Decorate with Stephanie: Sew, Quilt, Knit & Home Decor
Host Stephanie Socha, a residential interior designer and maker presents a creative lifestyle podcast for those who love to sew, quilt, knit, decorate and make things for the home. This podcast is for the maker who loves to dabble in many types of hobbies, mainly sewing and quilting, but also knitting, paper crafts (Cricut) gardening and interior decorating.
There are a mix of guest interviews and solo episodes where I present an informative topic and/or educational "how to" on specific maker techniques.
Join my Patreon to get a bonus episode every month, year round (even during show hiatus).
Episodes
117 episodes
S6 E115: Jenni Grover, Wellness Coach
Hello and welcome everyone! If you are new, I am Stephanie and this podcast is a long conversational format with alternating solo and guest episodes. There is a chit chat segment that is after the guest segment where I chit and chat...
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Season 6
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Episode 1115
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1:23:04
Aims - Indy Bindy Fabrics
S6 Ep 114Guests segment: Aims, Indy Bindy Fabrics https://www.indybindy.com.au/shopAims is the owner of Indy Bindy Fabrics, an independent online fabric shop based in Australi...
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Season 6
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Episode 114
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56:53
S6 E113: Sewing Fashion and Quilting Trends 2024
The main topic for today’s episode is “Sewing Fashion and Quilting trends of 2024”. It was fun to research this topic and to present my thoughts on them as well as resources for you to check out to make some trendy fashion including patte...
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Season 6
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Episode 113
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1:00:44
S6E112: Christa Watson, Christa Quilts
Christa Watson is back to chat with us about none other than machine quilting, her new Dazzle Dots fabrics with Benartex, Sewing table with Arrow, quilting notions sold in quilt shops and her new book with C&T Publishing.Links:
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Season 6
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Episode 112
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1:16:27
Belle Brunner: Seams Sew Me | Chit Chat: Tips for Pattern Matching Seams
Patreon.com/makeanddecorate Patreon has recently added a free membership feature available where you can join in chats with me and everyone in the group. Paid subscribers receiv...
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Season 6
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Episode 111
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1:02:19
Naomi Fata, Love Stitches: Sewing, Alterations and Slip Covers
Welcome to the Make and Decorate Podcast, for makers who love to sew, quilt, knit and decorate....and do all the crafts!Today's guest is Naomi Fata from Love Stitches by Naomi at ...
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Season 6
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Episode 110
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1:38:36
Bag Making with Sara Lawson, Sew Sweetness
Season 6 Ep. 109Sara Lawson from Sew Sweetness is back to talk about making bags. Sara is a bag pattern designer and sells bag making supplies and beautiful cork fabrics at https://sewsweetness.com Sara also has a
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Season 6
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Episode 109
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1:04:07
Knitting with Willie Nillie Knits!
S6 E108: Knitting with Willie Nillie KnitsLinks: https://www.instagram.com/willienillieknits/Link Tree - all the links to f...
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Season 6
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Episode 108
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56:36
Quick and Easy Fall and Halloween Sewing, Crochet and Knitting Projects
S6 E107: Quick and Easy Fall and Halloween Sewing, Crochet and Knitting ProjectsMake and Decorate Patreon Group - Free membership option!! Patreon finally added free memberships to their platform. Head on over ...
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Season 6
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Episode 107
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1:23:22
MND 106: Season 6!! Karla Gerome, Grace Company; New Little Rebel Machine
Season 6 is here!!! Consider joining my Make and DecoratePatreon group for a new bonus episode every month.I did record a great interview with Karla Gerome from the Grace C...
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Season 6
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Episode 106
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56:47
New! Sew Tites and Off the Wall Quilt chats from H+H Americas
I am surprising you with a new episode in the middle of summer...yay! The main reason for this episode is to share a couple of chats I had with a couple of quilting companies I met with at the H+H Americas show in June.*Affiliate ...
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Season 5
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Episode 105
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38:58
Replay: Sewing with Liberty Fabrics, History of Tana Lawn & Lasenby Cotton
This episode is a replay of Season 4, Episode 84.In this episode I present a history of Liberty Fabrics. Find out how the fabrics are designed, and what makes Tana Lawn so special. I also give ideas and tips on sewing and qu...
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Season 5
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Episode 0
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1:10:03
S5 E104: Simple Summer Decor; Season 5 Finale
Simple Summer DecorBelow are the links to resources I talk about in this episode:Home Dec fabrics: Onlinefabricstore.com : Look for fabric lines like Premier Prints, P.Kaufma...
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Season 5
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Episode 104
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1:21:25
S5 E103: Minki Kim, Sewing Illustration
My guest on this episode is Minki Kim from Sewingillustration.com. In our chat, we learn about Minki’s passion for sewing, designing her patterns and her fabrics with
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Season 5
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Episode 103
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1:39:00
S5 E102: AI in our Maker World; ChatGPT, DALL-E
Artificial Intelligence, what exactly is it and how we can utilize generative ai in our maker lives? I will answer those questions and more in this episode. I will present two types of GAI (generative intelligence) programs; ChatGPT and DAL...
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Season 5
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Episode 102
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1:29:59
S5 E101: Jennifer Moore, Mona Luna
My guest on this episode is Jennifer Moore and her company is Mona Luna. Jennife...
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Season 5
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Episode 101
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1:12:38
S5 E100: Puff Quilts: Historic to Contemporary
100 Episodes!!! What a great milestone for the Make and Decorate with Stephanie podcast, and I couldn’t have done it without all of you listeners and Patreon patrons. Thank you!Chit Chat: I will chat about current sewing and...
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Season 5
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Episode 100
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48:00
S5 E99: Sewing Room Design and Organization
Make designing and organizing your sewing or craft room easy with a step by step process to guide you through start to finish so that you can spend more time sewing and crafting.
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Season 5
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Episode 99
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55:13
S5 E98: SewNaturalDane, #BHMPatternDesigners
The following are links to find SewNaturalDane and links to other things we talked about, SewNaturalDane websiteYouTube Channel: SewNaturalDane#BHMPatternDesignersSewNaturalDane’s Spoonflower ShopMonthly...
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Season 5
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Episode 98
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1:22:45
S5 E97: Kristin Esser, Simple Handmade Everyday; Task Lighting 101
This is the mid-season finale episode. New episodes will resume in February 2023My guest on this episode is Kristin Esser from the Simple Handmade Everyday podcast. We talk...
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Season 5
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Episode 97
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1:33:50
S5 E96: Wendy Chow, The Weekend Quilter
My guest today is Wendy Chow, the founder of The Weekend Quilter. You may also know her from the podcast, Quilt Buzz, https://the-weekendquilter.com/Find more links and details a...
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Season 5
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Episode 96
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1:25:58
S5 E95: Returning Guest Heidi Parkes: Arne & Carlos Chicago Meet & Greet Recap
On this episode I welcome back Heidi Parkes to the show. Heidi is known for hand quilting, art quilts and diary quilting as well as hand yoga. If you missed Heidi on Episode 31, you can find it
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Season 5
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Episode 95
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1:35:47
S5 E94: Fall and Winter Decorating Checklist; Quilting Book Review
The main topic of this episode is making a checklist for your fall and winter decorating for holidays and entertaining. The time to start is early November or earlier if you are planning to do renovation projects. I also review a ...
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Season 5
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Episode 94
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48:57
S5 E93: George Mendoza, Artist & Free Spirit Fabrics Designer
On this episode, I talk with George Mendoza, a blind artist living in New Mexico. George’s art has been printed on fabrics with Free Spirit Fabrics for years. His art is abstract and full of color, movement and light. You can ...
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Season 5
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Episode 93
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1:07:04
S5 E92: Sewing the Upton Dress & Replay Fav: Decorating & Entertaining Holidays
This episode has a new chit chat segment where I chat about making the Upton dress by Cashmerette patterns. The Main Topic segment is a replay from S2 E37 which is about decorating tablescapes, planning and recipes for fall/winter holiday...
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