New episode every week · Audio and video · Jefferson City, Missouri
Talk for the makers and the people who get things done.
The Countryside Experience is the long-form talk show from Countryside Quilts®. Real conversations about sewing, quilting, crafting and the industry behind them, with the people who do the work. No script and no rush.
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What this show is
A new episode every week.
Long conversations
Most shows give a guest eight minutes. This one gives them the time it takes. When a conversation is good, it keeps going, and you hear all of it.
No script
There is a topic and a pot of coffee. Nobody reads from a page, and if we don’t know something we say so.
Listen or watch
Every episode is recorded on three cameras and released as audio and as video. Put it on in the truck, at the longarm or on the big screen.
What we get into
- Machines and repairWhat goes wrong inside a sewing machine, what it costs to fix, and what you can handle yourself.
- Quilting and longarmPiecing, batting, thread and finishing, from the first cut to the binding.
- The business of the craftHow a quilt shop really runs, where the industry is heading, and which new products are worth your money.
- Makers and their storiesQuilters, sewists, designers and technicians, in their own words and at their own pace.
- Quilts of ValorThe volunteers who make the quilts, the veterans who receive them, and the days they meet.
- Whatever comes upSome weeks it is a guest across the table. Some weeks it is Michael and a topic that needs talking about.
Your host
Michael
“For the creators. I’m Michael, and this is my world.”
Michael opens every episode the same way and then gets out of the way. He asks the question you would ask, lets the guest finish the thought, and says what he thinks.
The show is recorded in the Countryside Quilts® studio in Jefferson City, Missouri.
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About the show
For the Makers. For the Doers.
The Countryside Experience is recorded in the Countryside Quilts® studio in Jefferson City, Missouri. Every episode is recorded for the ear and for the screen, so the same conversation works in the truck and at the cutting table.
Expect straight talk about sewing machines and what keeps them running, quilting and longarm work, new notions and patterns, the people who make things, and the business of the craft.