Technology and Quilting Community

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/