Hey Everybody!
As many of you know, Spring Quilt Market
was in Salt Lake City in May.
Of course,
because it was in my back yard, I had to make a point to go!
I didn’t have a booth or anything,
I more just wanted to make new friends and
wholesale some of my merchandise.
As I was walking through the hallway of the Salt Palace Convention Center,
I passed many people I didn’t recognize.
But then…
I see a woman pass me who I KNEW I recognized.
It was Alex Anderson!
She is the host of the popular quilting channel called
The Quilt Show.
I knew that if I didn’t stop and just introduce myself and
take a moment to let her know how much I admire her work
I would FOR SURE be kicking myself for it later.
So as she passed me by,
I twisted around and yelled, “Hey Alex!”
She turned around and in one breath I just spilled words all over her.
“Hi Alex you don’t know me
but I know you and you are awesome and I love your show
and I am a huge fan of your show and by the way my name is Karlee.”
HAHAHAHAHAHA.
I’m surprised she didn’t run the other way and alert someone
that there was a young girl having some sort of attack in the middle of the hallway.
I showed her my books
AND SHE LOVED THEM!
Long story short,
she asked me to
BE A GUEST ON HER SHOW!
How cool is that!?
So, I thought I would share those videos with you
in case you aren’t familiar with
Alex’s show.
Click here to view part one of the interview.
And click here for part two, the Graffiti Quilting demonstration.
This was so much fun! And I wish I had even more time
to talk about Graffiti Quilting.
I could talk about it all day!
If you want to pick up a copy of the book,
you can use this coupon code to get 10% off
ANY/ALL the books in my shop:
tqsgraffiti10
Happy Quilting!
Be great to each other!
-Karlee
11 thoughts on “The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson”
A beginner longarmer here. Loved your piece with Alex. The demo was awesome!! What program/IPad are you using? I will definitely be doing some graffiti quilting in my future. I see a book purchase in my near future as well.
Hey! Thanks for the nice words 🙂 I have an iPad Pro and the app is called pro-create. You should pre-order my NEW graffiti quilting book. It ships in just a couple weeks 🙂
Here is the link:
http://www.karleeporter.com/shop/books/graffiti-quilting-a-simple-guide-to-complex-designs-volume-two-pre-order/
Thanks for all your support <3
-Karlee
I’m a TQS member but am really behind in watching/reading TQS. Finally, tonight I got some time to catch up. There you are…gosh, I thought, ‘she sure looks familiar’. Then when you mentioned Handi Quilter I realized where I’d seen you. You do a fantastic job on the Handi Quilter videos for the Sweet Sixteen – I have a new one on order!! Your knowledge and your amazing video talent shows through. In fact, I swear it feels as if you were here at my house telling me what I need to know. Then, I find out that you made the quilt, “Our Flag Was Still There”, and now I am completely in awe. I can not tell you how totally impressed I am with you. Bless you in all your endeavors.
Hi Karlee, I watched your rap song on youtube and you were adorable and love love loved the song, since I am a quilter for the past 16 years. I am truly amazed with your talent. I just saw you on the Quilt Show with Alex Anderson. She was quite impressed with your work too. I am going to get your book from you and would love for you to sign it for me. I would love to have you for my grand daughter (shhhh, telling my age now). Cannot wait to try doodling some of your stuff and than practicing free motion on my home machine. I wish you the best of luck and I just know you will be a huge success in the future as you are well on your way. Lots of hugs…..Claudia
HI Claudia!
Thank you so much for watching my segments with Alex! They were so much fun and I just love Graffiti Quilting so much! It is so fun to share my techniques with other avid quilters!
I saw the videos on the Quilt Show and now I have found you! Your work is amazing and at 65 I really want to try Graffitti (I usually love the illegal stuff I see from time to time!).
Still fairly new to quilt making and terrified of of FMQ (I wish I had the space and £ for a real quilting machine). But I do have a Kindle and have seen some apps for drawing are available but being ‘older’ I haven’t a clue what I need so would you please share which app or program you use – it looked really ‘user friendly’ and that is what I need 🙂
Karlee keep going you have a rare and very real talent and are delightful on video. I wish I had known about you when you visited the UK!
Many thanks for the inspiration and any advice you are able to give…
Toni
Hi Toni!
Thank you so much for watching my videos and supporting my work! It means so much to me! The ipad app I used is called Procreate.
-Karlee
What app do you use to sketch your graffiti designs on your iPad, Karlee? I’d love to be able to practice like that!
Hi Sandy!
It is a 12″ iPad Pro with Apple Pencil. The app is called Procreate.
-Karlee
Loved your videos with Alex. Can you tell me what tablet and what program you like to draw with?
Thanks,
Shellie
Hi Shellie!
It is a 12″ iPad Pro with Apple Pencil. The app is called Procreate.
-Karlee