Interviewed by Elizabeth Townsend Gard

Date January 2018

Go Sewtopia was here in NOLA just after Quilt Market/Festival in November 2017.  I stopped by for a few minutes and found table after table of sewing machines and fabric.  The 80+ crowd was at lunch.

Set up with Juki sewing machines, 4 to a table.  There was also a small shop, with lots of the coolest fabric lines, and a place to get "Sewtopia" swag.  As I was going to the elevator to catch up with the organizers, I ran into Elizabeth Hartmann.  I had met her at Quilt Market, and so it was strange to see her now in my home city.  She was there participating in Sewtopia.  I talked with about 10-15 of the participants as they sewed.  Many were repeat customers -- 4th one, 5th one.  I was definitely curious.  We're interviewing the creator of Go Sewtopia, Amy Newbold.  I have lots of questions.

According to her biography, she is known to the online sewing community as "Sukie." Here is her website:  http://sukiedontyaknow.com 

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Some of the snapshots ETG took at Sewtopia NOLA:

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