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Remembering Nancy Zieman and Celebrating her Legacy
Remembering Nancy Zieman and Celebrating her Legacy
Two years ago, today, we lost our dear friend Nancy Zieman. As we continue to celebrate Nancy’s legacy, we remember her strength, perseverance, and many contributions to our world. In an interview with Richard Zieman, Nancy’s husband shares memories, conversations with Nancy, and why he wrote his biography about Nancy. “Nancy Zieman, The Rest of the Story–A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Friends” In a interview with the NZP Team, Richard Zieman (Nancy Zieman’s husband and owner of Nancy Zieman Productions) shares memories, conversations with Nancy, and why he wrote his new book, Nancy Zieman, The Rest of the Story—A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Friends.
In his biography,Nancy Zieman, The Rest of the Story—A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Friends, Richard shares an intimate look into Nancy’s life and career—focusing mainly on the five years since Nancy’s autobiography, Seams Unlikely, written in 2012.
“Prior to Nancy’s passing, Nancy Zieman. Pioneer. Sewist. Educator. She was all of this and so much more. We honor her legacy by continuing her mission – a mission to teach others the joy of making it yourself. What is “it?” “It” can be a quilt, a coat, a bag, or anything that you desire to make yourself. I first saw Nancy on tv. It was the mid 80s and I was in grade school. My best friend’s mother watched her program every Saturday morning on PBS. I was intrigued because my own mother didn’t sew and everything Nancy was doing was new to me. I remember watching her and thinking that I could never sew something and run a sewing machine like that. If you would have told me then that I would grow up to be a lot like Nancy and that I could sew like that, I would not have believed you! For the next ten years I didn’t see much of Nancy or give her much thought until… dun, dun, DUN!!! I took a quilting class! No, not with Nancy (I wish!). It was a small class at a local quilt shop in a tiny town in Southern Illinois. A fri Nancy Zieman (1953 – 2017) hosted the longest-airing sewing series on television as part of her career as an author, designer, businesswoman, TV producer, blogger, and national sewing authority. As host of her popular show Sewing with Nancy, she shared her love and talent for sewing with millions of viewers across North America. Broadcast since September 1982, Sewing with Nancy is the longest-running sewing series on television. The first programs that aired on cable TV were videotaped in Nancy’s home with a camera crew of one person. She developed the scripts, sewed the samples, and taped the programs. In 1982, her program became a co-production with PBS Wisconsin eventually airing on 223 public TV stations in all 50 states. Nancy wrote numerous how-to sewing and quilting books and designed patterns for nationally recognized companies. She was founder of Nancy’s Notions, a direct mail business that published the Nancy’s Notions catalog containing hundreds of sewing and quilting related products. Her production company also co-managed the annual Great Wis
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