My husband, Michael, and I try to go to the gym 5 mornings each week and we both spend some time on various aerobic exercise machines. For me, it is an elliptical machine or the treadmill.

Although these machines are great for exercise, they are supremely BORING.

Over the years, I have read books, listened to music and watched Netflix to try to pass the time quickly. In the last few years, I have discovered the world of Youtube Channels!!!.

And, quilting ones in particular.

Here are three that you might want to check out…..

Angela Walters (Quilting is My Therapy)….. you know that I love Angela Walters and can watch her quilting videos over and over again!! She quietly encourages me that I can quilt anything that I want to!!!

Karen Brown (Just Get It Done Quilts)…..she is a Canadian quilter and has great ideas, particularly for how to conquer “Mount Scrapmore”!!!

Theresa DownUnder…. she is an Aussie quilter and does simple video tutorials of basic quilt blocks. I have been inspired by her blocks and have learned so much too!!

Now, please tell me what YouTube Channels you frequent….quilting or NOT!!!!

For several months I have wanted to redo the intro to my YouTube videos. I wanted to change a few words and really wasn’t that happy with the audio quality.

I listened to it over and over but couldn’t figure out what needed to be changed.

THEN, Michael reminded me that our son, Brian, is an audio engineer!!! DUH…. let’s ask him!!

Sure enough, he listened to it a few times and made this suggestion….

“Your voice seems to have a bit of an echo to it. Since you recorded it in your studio, there probably wasn’t enough padding on the walls.”

Now, what I HEARD HIM SAY was that I didn’t have enough fabric in my studio….

…..but THAT wasn’t his point!!!

What he was REALLY saying is that the sound needed to be dampened some.

As he was talking, I was trying to figure out how I could redo it without the echo, and then he simply said….

“Go into your closet, close the door and record it there!!”

I felt a bit stupid, but I did what he said…..

…and boy did it make a difference!! Have a listen to see….

Isn’t it interesting how easily an expert can troubleshoot and fix a problem….you just have to find the right expert!!

Here’s to us becoming experts in the quilting field!!!