On This Is My Thing, we are continuing our mission to talk with people about the things they do just for themselves – not because it’s their job and not because it’s a responsibility, just because they love to do it. The stuff you do because it’s your thing.
The latest episode of This Is My Thing is about quilting, which, like our last couple of features, dates back thousands of years. We weren’t going for a theme thing this summer, but we seem to have stumbled upon one. We’re talking with Anna Kehl, who practices an art form known as modern quilting, a variant of quilting that’s only dozens, not thousands of years old.
We’ll talk about her history with quilting, what it means to her, and what she does with all those quilts she makes.
On this page, you can listen to the on-air version of this story, but if you check out the This Is My Thing podcast feed, you’ll find a longer version of this piece (as well as some older pieces you might have missed or might just want to listen to again).
We’ve talked to a lot of other people about their things and those stories will be coming in future weeks. We’re working on stories about whittling and wood carving, fountain pen collecting, and more! Stay tuned!
And we want to hear from you about the thing you do just because you love it! You’ll find an online form on the main This Is My Thing page where you can tell us about the thing that brings you joy, calms your mind, or feeds your soul in some way.
