Episodes

  • Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-8-24

    Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-8-24
    May 8 2024
    We’ve reached the week’s midpoint so we gathered to chat about needlework. Topics this week include the show we did May 5 about the RSN work for the Coronation, Beth’s work on Mary Ann Bickerton’s Tudor Rose pocket and the Woolen Needle wool appliqué class, Ariane Zurcher’s Dorset button eyeglass case, Kim’s May 1 Stitch […]
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  • RSN: Needlework for the Coronation

    RSN: Needlework for the Coronation
    May 5 2024
    This week we visit with Gemma Murray, Anne Butcher, and Dr. Susan Kay-Williams of the Royal School of Needlework. These ladies were responsible for managing all of the needlework that was done for the Coronation of King Charles III a year ago. In our conversation, we learn about the various aspects of the work that […]
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  • Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 4-24-24

    Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 4-24-24
    Apr 24 2024
    It’s a Wednesday so we’re chatting about needlework. Topics this week include our upcoming May 5 show about the work done by the Royal School of Needlework to provide embroidered pieces for the Coronation, needle case kits from Tanja Berlin of Berlin Embroidery, Mary Corbet, museums, Wintertur, goldwork, blackwork, and making linen and specialty threads. […]
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  • Fiber Talk with Sian Fish

    Fiber Talk with Sian Fish
    Apr 21 2024
    Blackwork is our topic this week and our guest is Sian Fish of The Urban Stitches. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America and Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Sian Fish is a self-taught stitcher and designer who loves to work in the macabre/gothic world of needlework design. But not all of her topics […]
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  • Fiber Talk with Lita O’Hara

    Fiber Talk with Lita O’Hara
    Apr 14 2024
    Lita O’Hara, the Nashville Needlepointer and Patron Saint of Chaos, is our guest this week. Lita is a self-taught painted-canvas designer and project finisher. In our conversation we learn about her design process, what it was like to paint those first canvases, and how her finishing business evolved. To keep sanity in her life and […]
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  • Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 4-10-24

    Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 4-10-24
    Apr 10 2024
    It’s Midweek Chat week and Beth and Gary connected through our respective internet providers to talk about eyeglasses and what we learned from Kelly Lea Teske, supporting Ukraine designer Ekaterina at stitchyprincess.etsy.com, selecting projects vs. being influenced by stitching friends, projects we have that need to be at the top of the pile, stitching in […]
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  • Fiber Talk with Kelly Lea Teske

    Fiber Talk with Kelly Lea Teske
    Apr 7 2024
    It’s hard to stitch if you can’t see well and, for most of us, seeing well requires a good pair of glasses. This week, in a show sponsored by CyberPointers, Kelly Lea Teske returns to help us better understand how to make the most of our next visit to the eye doctor and the optician. […]
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  • Fiber Talk with Robin Mayer

    Fiber Talk with Robin Mayer
    Mar 31 2024
    She creates top-flight cross stitch designs, reproduces intriguing antique samplers, designs original samplers, and has started designing punch-needle art. This week’s Fiber Talk guest is Robin Mayer of Little Robin Designs. In addition to learning about her design approach, how she became addicted to samplers, and her preference for the primitive design style, we get […]
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