Alie Ward

DNA Sprouse, Danae Sprouse, what's in a name?

Apparently all the information you need to build an organism.

Thank you to sponsors of the show who make it possible also for us to donate to multiple charities this week.

Okay, it is lovely to hear how many of you listeners are quilters.

And so I realized last night I should ask listeners via patreon.com slash ologies what quilting advice you'd want to give to your fellow pod siblings.

And I got so many tips for you on starting a quilt, machine versus hand stitching, how to acquire quilts, how to honor quilters who have passed, how to donate your time or craft to those in need, accounts to follow for inspiration, destroying perfectionist tendencies.

creating community, neurodivergent socializing, and even how to quit an addiction.

So please enjoy this informative, energizing life advice that also happens to involve quilting with so many colcitologists.

Okay, let's start off with a guest from last week, quilter, artist, and author Joe Cunningham, a.k.a.

Joe the Quilter, on Instagram.

Side note, a rotary cutter, it looks like a pizza cutter, but for fabric.

And it's razor sharp.

So don't use someone else's on paper or pizza ever unless you're thirsty for a fist fight.

Also, patron and listener Mari Mooreshead wants you to know,

always close your rotary cutter, even between cuts.

That thing is sharp, all caps, they say.

This advice, especially helpful to Americans who avoid going to the ER so as not to become bankrupt.

And yeah.

Once I was at a barbecue and I had my whittling knives with me, including my cut proof gloves.

Honestly, I found myself so much more relaxed having something to do with my hands.