This month in the Longarm League, I sat down with Barbie Mills of The Quilting Mill to talk about the growth and changes in her business since moving from longarming into digital pantograph design.

Barbie's been a member of the Longarm League for several years, and I was delighted to see her exhibiting at H+H Americas in Chicago earlier this year. I loved getting to talk with her about how her business has grown and expanded over the last few years. This year Barbie vended at both H+H and the Fiber + Fabric Craft Festival. We talked about that experience, and the challenge of selling digital products when you're at an in-person market like the shows in Chicago.

We also talked about her husband Kyle joining her in designing, her new Shopify site (amazing), her practice of designing pantos geared to smaller machines to support a wide range of quilters, working with a full‑time VA, and more.

While League members have full access to the recording of the call, we asked Barbie to share a ...