Tuesday, October 15, 2013

MariaDenmark: Audio Interview + Giveaway

A couple of weeks ago I contacted Maria from MariaDenmark to ask her for an interview for my blog. This is how we found out that by sheer coincidence we would both be in London the following weekend. So we decided to meet up in person and Maria suggested doing the interview right there and then in person.

Maria and Karin in front of Ray Stitch in London

It was super nice meeting Maria and her friend Karin, who you can also hear in the interview. This was the first time I've ever met someone I only know from the online sewing community and it's definitely something I should do more often.

I recorded the interview with an old digital recorder I own (-and don't even get me started on how long it took to find a working driver for the device online...grrrr) The audio quality is not very good and we are in a pub but it's clear enough. There are also some cuts in the audio to make it slightly shorter during our rambling bits that are difficult to follow. So you will hear a few silences. These are skillful cuts I inserted :)

My audio interviewing skills are, well, limited (note to self for next recording: try not to sound like an interrogator). Needless to say I'm embarrassed to hear my own voice recorded but who isn't, so here you are. Be kind.



Here are a couple of links to some of the things we mention in the interview:

Maria's blog
Maria's Patternreview reviews (Both Maria and Karin are longstanding and active members of Patternreview and have many reviews on the site)
Maria's ravelry account

Karin's blog
Karin's Patternreview reviews
Karin's ravelry account

Onion patterns
My review of Onion patterns

Stoff & Stil: Denmark, Germany

Twin Needle podcast (Now with an episode featuring an interview with Deepika from Patternreview!)

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Maria has also generously offered to give one pattern away for free to one of my readers.

If you would like to win a pattern, please go to Maria's site, tell me which pattern you would like to win the most, and leave a comment on this post.

Please don't forget to include an e-mail address in your comment, so I can contact you.

The giveaway is open internationally and closes Tue, 22 October 2013.

Good luck!

I'll be sharing my Edith blouse and review of MariaDenmark soon!