Episode 22—Kira Hartley, Vintage Fabric Hunter
Enjoy an entertaining visit with Kira Hartley, author of the book Fabric Wars: The Hunt for Vintage Fabric with Etsy's DodOddity. Kira is a battle-scarred veteran of auction and estate sales in the midwest, where she competes to acquire vintage fabrics and notions to sell to her devoted customers. She details her adventures —along with colorful caricatures of her competitors—in her book, with a second volume soon to follow. Hear from Kira as she talks about how she got started and and turned a fun activity into a thriving business.
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A few housekeeping notes:
Apologies to anyone who has been trying—unsuccessfully—to leave a comment on these show note pages. I was unaware that the comment function was not working. I had enabled the commenting feature, but apparently, the “allow anonymous commenting” option also has to be enabled in order for commenting to work. (That begs the question of why “allow anonymous commenting” is an option to toggle on and off if commenting only works when it is on, but that is for the programmers to answer.) The commenting function should be working now. Feel free to leave feedback. I am going to assume that the e-mail address Janet at JanetSzabo dot com is also working, because I have received e-mails at that address, but if anyone has had trouble, please let me know in a comment below.
The podcast now has a YouTube channel, although the podcast there is still audio only. I am not ready to take the leap into video, but I do know that some people like to listen to the podcast through YouTube.
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Links for this weeks’ episode:
Fabric Wars: The Hunt for Vintage Fabric with Etsy’s DodOddity
DodOddity, Kira’s Etsy store selling vintage fabric.
5 Out of 4 Patterns Nancy Raglan—this is one of the first patterns I ever made for myself and remains a favorite.
Another new sewing podcast!—Stitching Tales, hosted by Johanna Lundstrom and Malena Hjerpe, authors of the book Fit For Knits (highly recommended if you do any sewing with knit fabrics).
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Janet will be teaching three knitting classes at Sew Expo 2024 in Puyallup, Washington! Some class openings are still available!
Janet Szabo’s website
Big Sky Knitting Designs website—Purchase digital copies of Janet’s knitting patterns and order copies of her books.
The ‘Suck It Up, Buttercup’ Blog—Janet’s commentary on life in Montana
