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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tMy name is HollyAnne Knight. I\u2019m a wife and mama of two little boys, and I am a brand new quilter. After about 8 months of experience with rag-style t-shirt quilts, I decided it was time to give \u201creal\u201d quilting a shot. In May, I simultaneously discovered Pam Cobb\u2019s Hip to Be a Square quilting podcast<\/a> and her quilting talk show, The Stitch TV Show<\/a>, which is co-piloted by Lynn Rinehart. I listened each night as I plugged away on my own projects, gleaning tips and sharing in the laughs. While I\u2019ve been creative all my life, I\u2019ve done most of my creating in isolation. Now, all of a sudden, I felt like I had friends\u2014funny, encouraging, quilty-friends.<\/p>\n On the June episode of The Stitch TV Show, Pam and Lynn talked about the July Stitch-In and their pattern release which would be just a day apart. I gathered my courage and decided that I would attend both because I wanted to meet and begin getting to know these new friends. I was a little embarrassed at the stitch-in, with my beeping machine and loud trucks outside, but Pam, Lynn, and the others were so patient and welcoming. They laughed at my jokes and answered my questions, and I had a really lovely time connecting faces and voices and names.<\/p>\n Still encouraged from from what I decided to count as a \u201csuccessful\u201d introduction on the stitch-in, I gathered my 4 month old, Ian, and the diaper bag and drove the 20 miles to Red Hen Fabrics<\/a> for the pattern release\u2014determined to make some new friends and have a fun \u201cbig girl outing\u201d with only ONE baby! Yippee! I must have frozen just inside the door because I remember one lady behind the counter motioning and saying, \u201cCome on in!\u201d Red Hen Fabrics was my first quilt shop experience, and I\u2019m not sure if I enjoyed the fabric or the atmosphere more thoroughly.<\/p>\n Pam and Lynn are engaging, funny, and kind, and their quilts are BEAUTIFUL. \u201cThe Stripper\u2019s Knot\u201d was hanging behind their Stitch TV Show set, and if I hadn\u2019t been quite so self-conscious, I think I could have gotten lost in the piecing and quilting for hours. I loved seeing the variations of the \u201cTime After Time\u201d table runner and the asymmetrical border of \u201cBelinda\u201d (a copy of this pattern is hanging happily over my sewing machine now!). Rae, Kelly, and Mike comprise The Stitch\u2019s production staff, and I enjoyed talking to them as well (over delicious cake no less!). Rae and I talked quite a bit about pattern editing and production. Speaking of, if you are an Indie designer looking for a way to get your quilt patterns into the world, go look her up at 77Peaches!<\/p>\n Before I left, I was sure to get some pictures of Pam and Lynn doing their thing\u2014posing with quilts, laughing, and generally having a wonderful time. Congrats, y\u2019all, on a fabulous pattern release, and thanks for welcoming this \u201cnewbie\u201d into the party!<\/p>\n Bio: While Holly Anne’s first exposure to machine sewing was at the young age of 8, it was much more recently that she returned to it. She began with a t-shirt quilt for her Mama, and she continues to make t-shirt quilts for customers all over the United States. She also sews modern quilts and is the first Modern Impressionist Quilter, combining the imagery of art quilts with the functionality of other modern quilts. Her style of quilting is strongly influenced by her love of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters, her own work with paints, and her familiarity with knitting patterns<\/p>\n Holly Anne can be reached on Instagram at @mesaventureshak and at @stringandstory or via email at stringandstory [@] gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marietta, GA July 16, 2016 Thanks to Holly Anne Knight, who blogs at String & Story, for reporting on the StitchTV Show Pattern launch (and telling us a little about herself!) when I couldn’t be there in person. ________________________________________ My name is HollyAnne Knight. 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\nHollyAnne Knight is a 20-something wife, mama, and artist. She has a life-long background in visual arts, over a decade of knitting experience, and training in several types on dance from classical ballet to ballroom to Zumba. She has been married to the Hubster (John) for 3 years, and they have two boys, Jem (December 2014) and Ian (March 2016). They live in the Greater Atlanta Area near Holly Anne’s parents and enjoy being outside, sharing meals and adventures with friends, and singing silly songs.<\/p>\n