🤗 I’m sitting with my Quilting Sister’s Stitch ‘n Chat group, separated as necessary for COVID, as this video goes live. Community is so important for all of us during these tough times. I’m so happy you’ve decided to be part of mine. ❤️❤️🤗🤗
Thank you for sharing your expertise with so much information. I enjoyed this and keeping this in my library. Going to watch again...I have many questions. Loved it
So informative! Love her no rules, no fear, experiment advice. Please, please bring her back for a part 2 so we can hear all the other things she didn't get a chance to share! And bravo, Karen, for your maiden voyage into this series; it has started with a bang and looking forward to more! And fyi I have been a Superior Threads and titanium topstitch needle quilter since my first year of quilting -- what a difference these products make!
Karen and Anita you are super adorable; loved Anita’s relaxing approaches to quilting.....”relax, have fun, finished things are more important that perfect things. I am a 65 years old men, retired, learned how to sew shirts for myself, and going to quilt shops to buy shirt fabrics, little by little just could not resist the deep appealing of quilting. Is addictive and is changing my life for better. Thanks for the enthusiasm , the information and the love for this art....quilting,,!!!!!!!!😘😘😇❤️🥰
Wonderful video, so much great information. Please bring Anita back, she was so interesting to listen to and has such a great attitude to quilting and life. Great start to your Quilt Circle, thank you Karen
Oh my what a wonderful conversation. I learned so much. I loved the honesty and openness at the end. Anita I wish you good health and continued happiness in your journey. Thank you so much for this interview.
Wow that was amazing! Learned so much and not just about thread. I'm 60 yrs old and it is so encouraging listening to older quilters talk. I feel like I'm learning how to age gracefully with my sewing and not to worry about perfection! Thank you ladies, both so much!!!
Best interview ever!! I am an old, (make that very old) woman and know nothing about any of this fascinating subject. Thank you so much for bringing the topic of threads and needles to us. As a fledgling quilter I know this knowledge will save me time, money, and frustration.
Wow I can’t believe that I have missed your Quilt Circle until today. This was a wonderful and informative interview. I’m so excited that I have many, many more of your interviews to listen to while I work on my Sugaridoo QAL.
I just watched for the first time! Went to the AQS show in Grand Rapids and bought Superior thread & needles to make a baby quilt. I have never had so much trouble sewing on my sturdy, go to machine with threads and needles breaking and jamming my machine! Sure wish I had seen this BEFORE I started that quilt! And the Superior salespeople did NOT give me the same info Anita did! Thanks Anita! I too would like to see more! This was wonderful!
YOU are an excellent interviewer. Respectful, vibrant, enthusiastic, knowledgeable questions with background info. Great! And what a knowledgeable lady. I’m riveted.
Oh my, Anita is a wealth of inspiration an my soul leaps with joy listening to her info on needle and thread and her positive attitude, I gleaned and was encouraged in many ways! Looking forward to checking her out on Instagram.
I have been quilting for almost a year. I am not a part of a quilting club here around where I live. In Florida. However, I have welcomed a few ladies in my home that in my heart, are such interesting wonderful friends. Karen, you are one of those precious ladies. I am a seamtress, I still make time for a few crafts, but I have fallen in love with quilting. Thank you for the time and effort you put into your videos. Thank you for being so encouraging. I love your spirit of joy. 💙💙💜💚
Karen and Anita...thank you both so much for this collaboration. I purchased the varying sizes of Superior topstitch needles...oh my gosh! Changing the needle size made a world of difference in my stiches...they are perfection. The needles are penetrating the fabric like butter!!! Thanks again!!!
Thank you so much for this great video. Both of you are excellent teachers and speaker, and both are beautiful ladies. Yes, I meet Anita many years ago(late 1990's) as I lived in the Niagara area and she in Dundas. Yes she still is the same enthusiastic person that I knew back then.
I learned so many useful things from this video. My needle and thread knowledge has bounded forward. The life lessons were also invaluable. Thank you so much, Anita and Karen. So much common sense.
So true! I’ve watched this twice over a year period and had different take-home pearls each time. Hurrah to you both! Nancy in central PA and FL space coast.
What an amazing woman! Even though this interview was 3 years ago, I thoroughly enjoyed hearing what Anita Zobens had to say about threads, needles in various quilting situations. I only began quilting about 18 months ago but had sewn clothing or whatever with my mom and grandmother since I was big enough to reach the foot pedal. I am very much enjoying my quilting journey, especially when I learn from someone with so much experience as you, Karen and Anita! Thanks again!!!
American Quilters Society sells the Vivacious Curvy Quilts Books as an ebook (pdf format) in case you are interested. Loved this video and learned so much about thread and needles. Amazing!
Karen and Anita, Thank you so much!!! Please, please, please do another video!! I have learned so much, in fact I’m going to watch it again with note book and pen in hand to make my own notes. I cannot say that I’m a beginner anymore but, I still don’t know enough... Again thank you!
Please bring Anita back. Could we have some short video clips with more tech instructions on threads and needles? You love to see your sample book you made in class.
This was fantastic. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 RUclips didn’t let me give you enough thumbs up. It was such a great interview. Anita was so interesting and had such good information, both technical but also personal. I couldn’t help but like her and feel disappointed I never got to take a class with her. Your questions were insightful, you really listened to her answers, asked great follow up questions, you didn’t let yourself get stuck on a script of questions, and you didn’t interrupt Anita’s answers.
Jan 2023 - my 3rd time since first watching this FANTASTIC interview; each time learned something different. I always use topstitch needle and now buy Superior thread exclusively. These 2 choices alone hugely simplify and improve my quilting.
OMGOSH! I so needed this video!! Thank you Karen and Anita! So many of my questions were answered and fears put at ease! Bless you both!! Karen, you are one of my very favorite people to listen to and watch.... and Anita is a lovely, beautiful soul! Prayers for her in the years ahead! I took a ton of notes and will save this video to watch again and again. So happy!!! 😃💕
I learned about needle size the hard way. My machine wouldn't sew and was bunching up thread, I spent 2 days looking at the bobbin; I finally took it to my local quilt shop and within 5 minutes she diagnosed the problem WRONG NEEDLE SIZE. She gave me the proper needle size and what a difference.
Hi Karen. I can’t believe all much I learned and loved your interview with Anita Zobens. I’m thrilled to have “met” her. I love her philosophy about work and life and all the curve balls we’ve been thrown lately by Covid. Yet here I am, one of the most out there people I know.I was very busy all the time going here and there all the time. When all that came to a screeching halt with the pandemic, I suddenly had time to do the one thing I loved best and that is quilting. I hardly ever go out, but when I do I enjoy it, even a visit to the dentist is fun, but my heart lies at home in my sewing studio in the back of my kitchen with a machine I’d like to chuck...did I mention expensive machine? Bottom line is that we’ve all learned so much. Even my granddaughters who thought they’d hate just going to school away from home only two days, now love it. The change in pace helps them do better and feel better. So we all need home more than we thought. Thank you Karen for bringing Anita and her life and thread stories for us to enjoy and learn from.
Excellent topic, Anita is fascinating and inspiring and her enthusiasm infectious. The questions were over the top making the podcast one of the best I have ever heard! Really impressive start. Can’t wait to enjoy the next ones. Thank you so much!!!!
LOVED this convesation, thank you! I watched it twice and took notes. Please have Anita back for more Thread talk! I'd be grateful to go deeper into her vast knowledge. A great podcast, thank you Karen!
Karen~ your excellent questions and the flow of subtopics was so fluid yielding fantastic succinct answers, information & insight. I hope Anita will be back soon, she has a well rounded trove of experience that is relevant and relatable ❣️👍 Thank you so much, it felt like a conversation with a friend‼️
Fabulous information and conversation. Anita is so inspiring. Dealing with her health issues and remaining so positive. Her information is so valuable. Thank you for sharing with us, Karen and Anita!
I just watched this interview This lovely lady is so interesting n knowledgeable on this these subjects, I would encourage her to multi video conversation on quilting n all accessories that go with quilting. I am very sorry to hear of her health issues, I will pray for her continue health n to stay strong 💪 keep doing what she loves. What we love. I am joining her instagram account. Thank you 🙏 For sharing her with you quilting community She is asset! Just loved her !
This was one of your best ideas! I’ve been sewing for years & years but this is the first time I feel like I know something about threads & needles. I have saved this video so I can refer to it over & over in the years to come. Can’t wait for the next one.
What an amazing woman ❤️ She has the best attitude in spite of what life has dealt her. I know this is an older video but I learned so much from it. Glad I ran across it. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
So glad this video is available. Listened for the second time, got even more out of it. After my first listen, I ordered some Superior topstitch needles. I’m a new quilter and new to my machine, but have been sewing for more than 60 of my 74 years. Thank you for bringing her to us and for giving her a chance to share with your listeners-👍
Yes! Bring Anita Zobens again- i love her talking with you, Karen and I love still learning about threads and needles-today! so interesting and more about historytoo!
Yes! Since this wonderful lady is retired...please do go ahead with your idea to make a video on how to make our own “thread books”. "Thread Therapy with Dr. Bob" were great DVDs, but having something to reference that we make ourselves (and put notes in) would be even more useful. I can tell Karen’s Quilt Circle is going to be a favorite. Thanks for all the great information.
Thank you for introducing me to this delightful woman! I learned so much about thread and needles. Wish I could have attended one of those workshops you referred to and making one of those books for reference! But I also learned much about the tenacity, determination, and positive outlook in Anita that I need to remind myself to choose each day. Once again you have provided me and others with knowledge and friendship - such an uplifting combination!
Fantastic interview! Please bring her back. I stopped the video, got my notebook, backed up the video and took notes. Total gamechanger! All I need are Topstitch needles? Fantastic!
🤗 I’m sitting with my Quilting Sister’s Stitch ‘n Chat group, separated as necessary for COVID, as this video goes live. Community is so important for all of us during these tough times. I’m so happy you’ve decided to be part of mine. ❤️❤️🤗🤗
Can you advise me on why. When I use my walking foot that my bobbin stitch threads are loopy rather than stitches?
50 minute video is way too long when you have many other videos to watch. Please make another video summarizing how to choose the right thread
This was very helpful!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you for sharing your expertise with so much information. I enjoyed this and keeping this in my library. Going to watch again...I have many questions. Loved it
@@Babs-Veterans-are-Family I didn't even notice how long it was. I was listening while working
Anita is a gem! Her sewing and thread knowledge is so expansive but her outlook on life is what’s really grabbed my heart. Great show!
Yes, bring Anita Zobens back. She’s fabulous. Such a wealth of information.
An absolutely wonderful woman! Thank you for sharing her with us all!!
What a lovely woman. Please bring Anita back. Her positive attitude is amazing. Thank you to you both.
Thanks to Anita I’ve learned a lot from her.
YES! Thank you Karen, for all this vital information.
Such a knowledgeable and also wise woman. I love philosophy for dealing with change.
Karen, thank you for caring enough for the projects your followers are doing to give us Anita Zoben's thread talk! What an amazing woman! Like you!
Yes please, do a video showing us how to make a “thread bar” book!! Another great idea from you.
dont know how i missed this one. Anita is amazing she is so right about the slowing down.
So many questions answered! Thank you Anita and Karen 😊💕
So informative! Love her no rules, no fear, experiment advice. Please, please bring her back for a part 2 so we can hear all the other things she didn't get a chance to share! And bravo, Karen, for your maiden voyage into this series; it has started with a bang and looking forward to more! And fyi I have been a Superior Threads and titanium topstitch needle quilter since my first year of quilting -- what a difference these products make!
I’m loving everything about Anita’s attitude regarding quilting and life. She is an inspiration. So self actualized! Oh, and Karen? You are loved! 😉
Hope you can bring her back soon. You find the BEST PEOPLE who know their topics 👏🏻 thank you!
I think I am watching these in reverse. I had many questions about thread and needles answered. Thank you!
I ❤️❤️❤️ your interviews. THANK YOU😍😍😍
Absolutely do a second video with this lovely lady!
Karen, thank you so much for organizing this talk. Anita is a wealth of knowledge and I've learned so much about thread and needles!! Amazing.
Anita is amazing
She is an amazing woman and so are you!
Karen and Anita you are super adorable; loved Anita’s relaxing approaches to quilting.....”relax, have fun, finished things are more important that perfect things. I am a 65 years old men, retired, learned how to sew shirts for myself, and going to quilt shops to buy shirt fabrics, little by little just could not resist the deep appealing of quilting. Is addictive and is changing my life for better. Thanks for the enthusiasm , the information and the love for this art....quilting,,!!!!!!!!😘😘😇❤️🥰
Glad to have you in the club
Wonderful video, so much great information. Please bring Anita back, she was so interesting to listen to and has such a great attitude to quilting and life. Great start to your Quilt Circle, thank you Karen
Oh my what a wonderful conversation. I learned so much. I loved the honesty and openness at the end. Anita I wish you good health and continued happiness in your journey. Thank you so much for this interview.
Wow that was amazing! Learned so much and not just about thread. I'm 60 yrs old and it is so encouraging listening to older quilters talk. I feel like I'm learning how to age gracefully with my sewing and not to worry about perfection! Thank you ladies, both so much!!!
Best interview ever!! I am an old, (make that very old) woman and know nothing about any of this fascinating subject. Thank you so much for bringing the topic of threads and needles to us. As a fledgling quilter I know this knowledge will save me time, money, and frustration.
I love this video series. This one in particular I have come back a few times.
I need to purchase needles so I watched this again. Who knew needles & thread are so fascinating?
Wow I can’t believe that I have missed your Quilt Circle until today. This was a wonderful and informative interview. I’m so excited that I have many, many more of your interviews to listen to while I work on my Sugaridoo QAL.
Thank you Karen. Anita is delightful. Best wishes.
I just watched for the first time! Went to the AQS show in Grand Rapids and bought Superior thread & needles to make a baby quilt. I have never had so much trouble sewing on my sturdy, go to machine with threads and needles breaking and jamming my machine! Sure wish I had seen this BEFORE I started that quilt! And the Superior salespeople did NOT give me the same info Anita did! Thanks Anita! I too would like to see more! This was wonderful!
I LOVED Anita Zobens and what a great interesting person to learn and enjoyed her life and what she told us! Thank you Karen for bringing here for us!
Karen and Anita, thanks to you both. What a great way to spend some time !!
YOU are an excellent interviewer. Respectful, vibrant, enthusiastic, knowledgeable questions with background info. Great! And what a knowledgeable lady. I’m riveted.
Such a wonderful video, please have Anita back. You are awesome too Karen.
Karen, just saw this video. Perfect timing. Totally answered so many questions.
What an amazing lady. Thank you!
Please bring Anita back. She has so much to great wisdom to share. Thank you!
This was excellent Karen! What a wonderful guest Anita was.
Oh my, Anita is a wealth of inspiration an my soul leaps with joy listening to her info on needle and thread and her positive attitude, I gleaned and was encouraged in many ways! Looking forward to checking her out on Instagram.
I am so glad I saw this. Not only was the information great, but I appreciated the very powerful comments about dealing with Covid.
I have been quilting for almost a year. I am not a part of a quilting club here around where I live. In Florida. However, I have welcomed a few ladies in my home that in my heart, are such interesting wonderful friends. Karen, you are one of those precious ladies. I am a seamtress, I still make time for a few crafts, but I have fallen in love with quilting. Thank you for the time and effort you put into your videos. Thank you for being so encouraging. I love your spirit of joy. 💙💙💜💚
Wonderful video! What a positive spirit she is! Also great info. Thanks
Excellent!!! Thank you both! 💗
Thank you both!
Karen and Anita...thank you both so much for this collaboration. I purchased the varying sizes of Superior topstitch needles...oh my gosh! Changing the needle size made a world of difference in my stiches...they are perfection. The needles are penetrating the fabric like butter!!! Thanks again!!!
Thank you so much for this great video. Both of you are excellent teachers and speaker, and both are beautiful ladies. Yes, I meet Anita many years ago(late 1990's) as I lived in the Niagara area and she in Dundas. Yes she still is the same enthusiastic person that I knew back then.
Thank you so much to you and Anita Zobens. I am sick too and it was so wonderful to listen to Anitas view on life and quilting with diseases.
I have learned so much today about threads / needles / tension etc. Your channel is just brilliant Karen. Thank you.
I learned so many useful things from this video. My needle and thread knowledge has bounded forward. The life lessons were also invaluable. Thank you so much, Anita and Karen. So much common sense.
So true! I’ve watched this twice over a year period and had different take-home pearls each time. Hurrah to you both! Nancy in central PA and FL space coast.
What an amazing woman! Even though this interview was 3 years ago, I thoroughly enjoyed hearing what Anita Zobens had to say about threads, needles in various quilting situations. I only began quilting about 18 months ago but had sewn clothing or whatever with my mom and grandmother since I was big enough to reach the foot pedal. I am very much enjoying my quilting journey, especially when I learn from someone with so much experience as you, Karen and Anita! Thanks again!!!
Awesome! You’re both amazing!
American Quilters Society sells the Vivacious Curvy Quilts Books as an ebook (pdf format) in case you are interested. Loved this video and learned so much about thread and needles. Amazing!
Thank you so much for this video. I now have a different outlook on life. She is so heartwarming.
Thank you for educating us!
What a wonderful person, she is so real and down to earth, just love her. Actually love you both!
Thirty seconds in and this is my favorite series.
Tank you. No one ever taught me about thread
Also i am unironically excited about having some male quilters in \o/
Karen and Anita, Thank you so much!!! Please, please, please do another video!! I have learned so much, in fact I’m going to watch it again with note book and pen in hand to make my own notes. I cannot say that I’m a beginner anymore but, I still don’t know enough... Again thank you!
I never would have thought there was so much to know about threads. I'm so glad you did this.
Excellent
ABSOLUTELY bring her back!!! I've watched 3 times to absorb all she has to say!!
She was fantastic!!
FANTASTIC !!!!! Thanks
Please bring Anita back. Could we have some short video clips with more tech instructions on threads and needles? You love to see your sample book you made in class.
This was fantastic. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 RUclips didn’t let me give you enough thumbs up. It was such a great interview. Anita was so interesting and had such good information, both technical but also personal. I couldn’t help but like her and feel disappointed I never got to take a class with her. Your questions were insightful, you really listened to her answers, asked great follow up questions, you didn’t let yourself get stuck on a script of questions, and you didn’t interrupt Anita’s answers.
Bev H Yes!
The thread chat was more interesting than I thought it would be. Thanks for bringing this to me. Have a great day.
Thank you so much on the info about needles and thread such a lifesaver ❤️🌷
Jan 2023 - my 3rd time since first watching this FANTASTIC interview; each time learned something different. I always use topstitch needle and now buy Superior thread exclusively. These 2 choices alone hugely simplify and improve my quilting.
This is great information for beginners!
So useful. Aren’t we just blessed by her presence?
OMGOSH! I so needed this video!! Thank you Karen and Anita! So many of my questions were answered and fears put at ease! Bless you both!! Karen, you are one of my very favorite people to listen to and watch.... and Anita is a lovely, beautiful soul! Prayers for her in the years ahead! I took a ton of notes and will save this video to watch again and again. So happy!!! 😃💕
Happy to hear from you Anita for sharing
I learned about needle size the hard way. My machine wouldn't sew and was bunching up thread, I spent 2 days looking at the bobbin; I finally took it to my local quilt shop and within 5 minutes she diagnosed the problem WRONG NEEDLE SIZE. She gave me the proper needle size and what a difference.
Another great video. Anita is a very interesting, energizing talented lady to listen to! Looking forward to more great stories!
Hi Karen. I can’t believe all much I learned and loved your interview with Anita Zobens. I’m thrilled to have “met” her. I love her philosophy about work and life and all the curve balls we’ve been thrown lately by Covid. Yet here I am, one of the most out there people I know.I was very busy all the time going here and there all the time. When all that came to a screeching halt with the pandemic, I suddenly had time to do the one thing I loved best and that is quilting. I hardly ever go out, but when I do I enjoy it, even a visit to the dentist is fun, but my heart lies at home in my sewing studio in the back of my kitchen with a machine I’d like to chuck...did I mention expensive machine? Bottom line is that we’ve all learned so much. Even my granddaughters who thought they’d hate just going to school away from home only two days, now love it. The change in pace helps them do better and feel better. So we all need home more than we thought. Thank you Karen for bringing Anita and her life and thread stories for us to enjoy and learn from.
What a lovely interview between two generous and fabulous quilters. I enjoyed this so much.
Excellent topic, Anita is fascinating and inspiring and her enthusiasm infectious. The questions were over the top making the podcast one of the best I have ever heard! Really impressive start. Can’t wait to enjoy the next ones. Thank you so much!!!!
LOVED this convesation, thank you! I watched it twice and took notes. Please have Anita back for more Thread talk! I'd be grateful to go deeper into her vast knowledge. A great podcast, thank you Karen!
Karen~ your excellent questions and the flow of subtopics was so fluid yielding fantastic succinct answers, information & insight. I hope Anita will be back soon, she has a well rounded trove of experience that is relevant and relatable ❣️👍 Thank you so much, it felt like a conversation with a friend‼️
Fabulous information and conversation. Anita is so inspiring. Dealing with her health issues and remaining so positive. Her information is so valuable. Thank you for sharing with us, Karen and Anita!
Thank you! I learned so very much. I can’t wait to share this video with my quilting friends. I’d write more but I want to watch the video again!
Thank you for this! Been seeing my entire life and still found this very informative.
Fantastic interview, Anita is such a neat lady.
I'm so glad I came across this. I have been looking for this information for a long time. Thank you.
I just watched this interview
This lovely lady is so interesting n knowledgeable on this these subjects, I would encourage her to multi video conversation on quilting n all accessories that go with quilting.
I am very sorry to hear of her health issues, I will pray for her continue health n to stay strong 💪 keep doing what she loves. What we love.
I am joining her instagram account.
Thank you 🙏
For sharing her with you quilting community
She is asset!
Just loved her !
This was one of your best ideas! I’ve been sewing for years & years but this is the first time I feel like I know something about threads & needles. I have saved this video so I can refer to it over & over in the years to come. Can’t wait for the next one.
Oh my. Everything that keeps me awake at night answered in one video. Thanks!
What a fascinating interview! 🤩
What an amazing woman ❤️ She has the best attitude in spite of what life has dealt her. I know this is an older video but I learned so much from it. Glad I ran across it. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
So glad this video is available. Listened for the second time, got even more out of it. After my first listen, I ordered some Superior topstitch needles. I’m a new quilter and new to my machine, but have been sewing for more than 60 of my 74 years. Thank you for bringing her to us and for giving her a chance to share with your listeners-👍
Yes! Bring Anita Zobens again- i love her talking with you, Karen and I love still learning about threads and needles-today! so interesting and more about historytoo!
Wonderful! Thank you so much.
Yes! Since this wonderful lady is retired...please do go ahead with your idea to make a video on how to make our own “thread books”. "Thread Therapy with Dr. Bob" were great DVDs, but having something to reference that we make ourselves (and put notes in) would be even more useful. I can tell Karen’s Quilt Circle is going to be a favorite. Thanks for all the great information.
Please teach us how to make a thread book
Thank you for introducing me to this delightful woman! I learned so much about thread and needles. Wish I could have attended one of those workshops you referred to and making one of those books for reference!
But I also learned much about the tenacity, determination, and positive outlook in Anita that I need to remind myself to choose each day.
Once again you have provided me and others with knowledge and friendship - such an uplifting combination!
So glad to hear...it's what I was hoping for
Judith Aaron, I couldn’t agree more‼️
I would love to do a class on threads & needles. I have never been taught about them in my 60 years of sewing.
Fabulous information ! Thanks to you both ! So informative and helpful.
Excellent information thank you!
Two amazing women ❤️
OOH! Yes, please do a major video on making a stitch/needle book! That would tremendously helpful.
I really enjoyed this program. You and Anita are wonderful. Thanks so much.
I wish I would have heard this when I started sewing quilts! I learned so much. Shredding, broken threads etc. Now I know why and can go forward.
So glad to hear
Fantastic interview! Please bring her back. I stopped the video, got my notebook, backed up the video and took notes. Total gamechanger! All I need are Topstitch needles? Fantastic!