Technology and Quilting Community

About this episode

This episode discusses how technology is transforming the quilting community with insights from HollyAnne Knight.

In this episode of Running Stitch , host Janneken Smucker talks with quilt educator and entrepreneur HollyAnne Knight about how technology is transforming the way quilters learn, connect, and create. Drawing on a 2022 Textile Talks interview, they explore Holly Anne's path from new mom making her first T-shirt quilt to founder of String & Story, a thriving online hub for free-motion and longarm quilting instruction. Alongside excerpts from the QSOS archive, they dig into long-standing tensions between hand and machine quilting, the importance of community—whether around a frame or on Zoom—and how quiltmakers navigate tradition, innovation, and the joy that keeps them stitching. Learn more about Running Stitch at www.quiltalliance.org/runningstitch Visit HollyAnne online at www.stringandstory.com/

People in this episode

Host: Janneken Smucker

Guest: HollyAnne Knight

Topics covered

• technology in quilting
• quilt education
• community building
• hand vs machine quilting
• innovation in quilting

Keywords

• quilting
• technology
• community
• free-motion quilting
• longarm quilting
• hand quilting
• machine quilting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: String & Story, Quilt Alliance

Books & works: Textile Talks

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