Fiber Talk
447 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 124 ratingsA twice-weekly podcast for Fiber Art hobbyists.
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Fiber Talk: Your Eyes and Stitching
September 03, 2023 02:57 - 30.2 MBThis week we are joined by Rinda Just and Kelly Lea Teske. The show is sponsored by CyberPointers and Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Our topic is vision issues that go beyond using a good light and magnifier. Rinda and Kelly share their experiences and expertise on topics such as macular degeneration, dry eyes, floaters, eye vitamins, […]
Fiber Talk with Clara Warschauer
August 27, 2023 19:53 - 22.9 MBClara Warschauer combines embroidery, goldwork, and stump work to create striking needle art. Our conversation with Clara is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Clara is a talented, creative artist who loves to teach and can’t resist having at least a little gold in every design. Her designs are small, approachable at all talent levels, […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-23-23
August 23, 2023 17:45 - 22.3 MBThe calendar says it’s Wednesday so we gathered to talk about needlework. This week’s topics include upcoming events at Sassy Jacks, the EGA’s FiberTalk5 discount for virtual lectures, what we’re stitching (it’s a lot), Painter’s Threads (you’re going to want some), how we planned our Sampler September projects (we didn’t), and a class Beth took […]
Fiber Talk with Jane Garrison
August 20, 2023 01:56 - 21.5 MBOur guest this week is Jane Garrison from Threadnuts/The Painter’s Threads Collection. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. Jane is a wholesale provider of a wide range of thread types, all marketed as the Painter’s Threads Collection. These are not your typical overdyed threads. They provide a unique look […]
Fiber Talk with Jacqueline Fox
August 13, 2023 02:24 - 22 MBCross-stitch designer Jacqueline Fox of Waxing Moon Designs is our guest this week. The show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery, your source for Waxing Moon Designs charts. Jacque learned how to do cross stitch from a college roommate and that set her on a path to creating her own designs. With a little nudging […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-9-23
August 09, 2023 01:52 - 23 MBThe calendar says it’s Wednesday so Jenifer and Gary gathered to chat about needlework. This week’s topics include upcoming Sassy Jacks workshops, Jessica Grimm’s reaction to our conversation with Richard and Cindy Lippert, stitching from stash, techniques we won’t do again, needlepoint canvas folds, and Pony needles. We also try out a new Overrated/Underrated segment […]
Fiber Talk with Richard and Cindy Lippert
August 06, 2023 01:51 - 22 MBThis week’s show is not about needlework, but it is about artists, specifically actors. Our guests are SAG-AFTRA actors Richard and Cindy Lippert and our focus is to learn more about what’s behind the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild (WGA) strikes. Richard and Cindy help us better understand why actors are on strike and, most of […]
Fiber Talk with Yvette Stanton III
July 30, 2023 02:11 - 23.8 MBDesigner, teacher, author, and master whitework artists Yvette Stanton, of Vetty Creations, returns for a third conversation in a show sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. This time we talk about saving old/traditional techniques, what it’s like to research those techniques, Yvette’s upcoming book “Hardanger Filling Stitches” and what we’ll learn from it, her view of […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 7-26-23
July 26, 2023 01:07 - 19.4 MBWe found a Wednesday so we decided to chat. This week’s topics include celebrating Dee Hill’s life, places to donate finished needlework, Lois Caron and the impact she had on needlework, Kathy Andrews and slate frames, studying the backs of stitching, the specialness spiral, and the deeper value of tools. No Stitch Hour tonight. Sunday’s […]
Fiber Talk with Taetia McEwen
July 23, 2023 02:47 - 20.1 MBThis week we talk with talented embroidery artist Taetia McEwen from Adelaide, Australia. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Taetia is a multi-faceted artist who enjoys creating designs that include woodland creatures, foliage, and fairies. She uses a variety of techniques including surface embroidery, stump work, and goldwork/couching. Taetia has contributed […]
Fiber Talk with Maureen Laughlin
July 16, 2023 17:04 - 18.9 MBNeedlework tours, cruises, and the upcoming World Needlework Convention are our topics this week with Maureen Laughlin of Needlework Tours & Cruises. The show is sponsored by Avlea Folk Embroidery. Maureen is a needleworker who loves to travel. She combined her two loves and, with her husband, created a family business to help others enjoy […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 7-12-23
July 12, 2023 03:06 - 17.3 MBThe hiatus is behind us and we’re back on schedule with a midweek chat. This week Beth and Gary discuss an upcoming trip to celebrate the life of Cindy’s mother, Dee Hill, and enjoy a lecture and workshop with Kathy Andrews. We also talk about our Not One More Thing adventure and Jenifer’s policing efforts, […]
Fiber Talk with Elizabeth Ashdown
July 09, 2023 02:49 - 25.1 MBThis week we’re talking about passementerie art with Elizabeth Ashdown. The show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Typically, when passementerie is discussed, the focus is on decorative trimming such as tassels, braids, and fringes. This time, we are taking the discussion to a whole new level because Elizabeth combines passementerie techniques, weaving, and thread […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-21-23
June 21, 2023 02:36 - 23.3 MBWe’ve found the middle of the week and Cindy and Gary have gathered to talk about signing needlework, early stitching on Jane Turner and Gary, saving old/vintage techniques, bobbin lace, how our needlework will be viewed many years from now, if we could talk with the girls that made the samplers we stitch today, Gary’s […]
Fiber Talk with Rae Niles
June 18, 2023 01:20 - 22.3 MBOur subject this week is reproduction samplers, specifically those produced by our guest, Rae Niles of Red Barn Samplers. Sassy Jacks Stitchery is sponsoring this week’s show and Kim’s shop is your source for Rae’s charts and the linen and thread you need to stitch them. In our conversation, we learn about the red barn […]
Fiber Talk with Jen Weber
June 11, 2023 02:45 - 27.8 MBThis week’s guest is temari artist Jen Weber of the Clever Bunny Studio. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. Jen Weber is a Shihan (certified teacher) of the Japanese Temari Association who has received numerous awards for her design work. While she does a good deal of temari design […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-7-23
June 07, 2023 02:47 - 22.3 MBIt’s Wednesday so that means it’s time for some midweek chatting. This week’s topics include Swedish Death Cleaning, our efforts to go a year without buying new needlework items, the Jane Turner project, how we prep linen for new projects, and Edna Sanabia’s question about why samplers always seem to be cross-stitch based. Join us […]
Fiber Talk with Lori Pengelly
June 04, 2023 18:42 - 20.7 MBThis week, in a show sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery, we talk with Lori Pengelly of Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery. Lori is a needleworker, cross stitch designer, quilter, quilt designer, wool appliqué artist, combines needlework with her quilt designs, does hand quilting, owns a long-arm quilter and uses it for her own designs as […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-31-23
May 31, 2023 03:14 - 19.5 MBOur short hiatus is over and we’re back in action with a Midweek Chat. This week, Cindy and Gary talk about mental health and needlework, Gary and Beth and their hopeless stitch-from-stash effort, a Dritz storage box for perle cotton balls, Painters threads, Debbie Rowley’s mermaid design, Gay Rogers’ Drawn Thread Sampler sale, and the […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-17-23
May 17, 2023 01:48 - 21.6 MBWednesday has arrived and we’re chatting. Topics include our May 14 mental health and needlework show, EGA National Seminar registration changes, summer stitching time, traveling projects, the Gay Ann Rogers whitework sampler sale, stitching muscle memory, and our June 1, Not One More Thing attempt to go an entire year without buying new projects and […]
Fiber Talk: Mental Health & Needlework
May 14, 2023 01:58 - 24.4 MBMay is Mental Health Month and it’s important to discuss the subject at all levels to raise awareness and and encourage people in need to seek professional help. This week, in a show sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery, Kathy Andrews, of The Unbroken Thread, joins Beth and Gary to explore the many aspects of mental […]
Fiber Talk with Claire Edwards
May 07, 2023 02:01 - 22 MBSassy Jacks Stitchery is sponsoring this week’s conversation with Claire Edwards, The Nomadic Maker. Claire and her partner have a unique lifestyle. Their permanent dwelling is a large mobile home and, when Beth isn’t teaching, they travel all over Europe. Living a nomadic life provides Claire with a never-ending source of inspiration for her nature-based […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-3-23
May 02, 2023 18:59 - 21.3 MBWe’re halfway between weekends and have lots to talk about. This week’s topics: Appletons Wool and whether wool thread is becoming more popular, EGA and a renewal of the FiberTalk5 Virtual Lecture code, vintage sewing machines, stash projects we’d really love to start and why we haven’t started them, and downloadable pdfs and their (positive?) […]
Fiber Talk with Di Caldron and Debbie O’Brien, Appletons Wool
April 30, 2023 01:57 - 19.7 MBDi Cawdron, owner, and Debbie O’Brien, Wool Manager, of Appleton’s Wool are our guests this week. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. EGA is renewing its FiberTalk5 offer of $5 off a new or virtual lecture for EGA members. Appletons Wool was started in 1835 and Di and her […]
Fiber Talk with Di Cawdron and Debbie O’Brien, Appletons Wool
April 30, 2023 01:57 - 19.7 MBDi Cawdron, owner, and Debbie O’Brien, Wool Manager, of Appleton’s Wool are our guests this week. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. EGA is renewing its FiberTalk5 offer of $5 off a new or virtual lecture for EGA members. Appletons Wool was started in 1835 and Di and her […]
Fiber Talk with Wendy Lynn
April 23, 2023 17:25 - 24.5 MBSassy Jacks Stitchery is sponsoring this week’s conversation with Wendy Lynn, Director of Membership and Marketing for the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Our overall goal in this conversation is to help listeners better understand the depth and breadth of what the EGA has to offer to needleworkers of all ages, skill levels, and technique interests. […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 4-19-23
April 19, 2023 23:39 - 20.4 MBOnce again, we have arrived at the middle of the week and Jenifer and Gary have gathered to do some needlework chatting. Topics include current discounts, Dawn Cook Ronningen’s new book, more about vintage sewing machines, spinning stitching thread, Jenifer’s temari “progress,” our approaches to our workspaces (we’re basically twins), and Jenifer’s new stitching chair […]
Fiber Talk with Margriet Hogue
April 16, 2023 03:48 - 20 MBMargriet Hogue, from The Essamplaire, joins us this week to talk about the world of reproduction samplers, particularly from the 16th and 17th centuries. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. If you’re searching for new and different samplers, particularly those that go beyond standard cross stitch, The Essamplaire is […]
Fiber Talk with Dawn Cook Ronningen II
April 09, 2023 19:46 - 24.6 MBDawn Cook Ronningen, the Collector with a Needle, joins us this week for the second time to talk about her new book, “Sewing Rolls, Needle Rolls and Huswifs.” This week’s show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery at sassyjacksstitchery.com and Avlea Folk Embroidery at avleaembroidery.com. Dawn’s new book is a fascinating look into sewing rolls […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 4-5-23
April 06, 2023 02:27 - 19.5 MBWe’re a bit late this week but we got the chat in. This week’s topics include EGA and Sassy Jacks discounts, Dawn Cook Ronningen’s new book, vintage sewing machines, Jane Turner, when to rip out stitching, and the impact of having a support system when working on large/challenging projects. Sunday’s guest: Dawn Cook Ronningen–Beth and […]
Fiber Talk with Diane L. Murtha
April 02, 2023 11:14 - 24.7 MBThis week we visit the quilting world and art-quilt designer Diane L. Murtha. In Diane’s creative mind, most quilts aren’t finished until she’s added some beads, embroidery, appliqué, or anything else that might embellish or tell more of the quilt’s story. We learn about her approach to art and creativity and how she doesn’t always […]
Fiber Talk with Dr. Susan Kay-Williams
March 26, 2023 11:44 - 20.5 MBDr. Susan Kay-Williams, Executive Director of the Royal School of Needlework, is this week’s guest. The show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery at sassyjacksstitchery.com. It’s always great to talk with Susan Kay-Williams about Royal School of Needlework activities. It is particularly the case this week because we focus on the numerous ways needleworkers can […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 3-22-23
March 22, 2023 16:14 - 22.4 MBWe have reached the next Wednesday in the weekly sequence so we chatted about needlework. Topics this week include the Fibertalk5 discount code for EGA Virtual Lectures, Cyberpointers activities, samplers that go beyond cross stitch, Cindy’s multi-project stitching factory, Gary’s vintage Singer sewing machine rehab project (send photos of your vintage machines), having more stash […]
Fiber Talk with Tamara Rubilar
March 19, 2023 19:37 - 20.5 MBThe Embroiderers’ Guild of America is sponsoring this week’s show with Tamara Rubilar of Studio Textile Montreal. Be sure to use discount code fibertalk5 to get $5 off one EGA Virtual Lecture. Tamara Rubilar has studied in Santiago, Paris, Madrid, Sevilla, and other locations to develop her own unique embroidery art style, not to mention […]
Fiber Talk with My Sister’s Samplers
March 12, 2023 17:23 - 21.5 MBOur topic this week is reproduction samplers, our sponsor is Sassy Jacks Stitchery, and our guests are Beth Hoffmann and Rebecca Peterson, the sisters behind My Sister’s Samplers. The ladies recently participated in their first Nashville Market, offering their first collection of reproduction samplers, all available at Sassy Jacks. In our conversation we learn about […]
Fiber Talk with Holly Jackson
March 05, 2023 17:50 - 23.6 MBHolly Jackson of Flossing in the Moonlight joins us this week to talk about her mixed-media art and how she has moved quickly from starting to exhibiting and teaching her style of needle art. One of her current creation is the Chesapeake Skipjack Boat, on display as part of the Changing Chesapeake exhibition at the […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 3-1-23
March 01, 2023 19:36 - 24 MBIt’s Midweek Chat time and Beth and Gary are talking about Margaret Hagen (Stitch Hour, March 15), The Essamplaire samplers, Cath Janes of Kraken Kreations, therapeutic benefits of needlework, comparisonitis, the talents of Karen Dudzinski of Textured Treasures, Beth’s Lizard canvas, the many offerings of EGA including two new interest groups, why you should join […]
Fiber Talk with Cath Janes
February 26, 2023 12:19 - 21.5 MBOur guest this week is Cath Janes of Kraken Kreations and the show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery, your source for all of the new Nashville releases. When it comes to Cath Janes, it’s hard to tell what is more impressive; her needlework and use of color or her amazing ability to accurately represent […]
Fiber Talk with Robin-Ann Rossignol
February 19, 2023 15:52 - 22.6 MBThis week we are joined by the talented and skilled needleworker and teacher Robin-Ann Rossignol. Our conversation focuses on needlework techniques, color and tools you can use to guide color choices, changing colors to those that you like, what you can learn from trying other techniques, and a variety of other topics that may help […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-15-23
February 15, 2023 23:32 - 19 MBWe’re, once again, two days from the weekend and it’s time to talk needlework. Topics for this Wednesday include a question from listener Sharon Saunders about buying linen when you don’t have a store, whether a stitch path is useful, sampler borders, challenging reproduction samplers from The Essamplaire, Lucky Jonquil thread drops, and a number […]
Fiber Talk with Jennifer White
February 12, 2023 22:23 - 23.9 MBThis week’s show with Jennifer White of Lucky Jonquil is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America and Avlea Folk Embroidery. Note that FIBERTALK5 gets you $5 off when you sign up for Katherine Diuguid’s EGA class, “Haystacks of Giverny.” In our conversation with Jennifer White, we talk about her creative career, her new business […]
Fiber Talk with Andrea Santiamo
February 05, 2023 04:35 - 20 MBCyberPointers and Sassy Jacks Stitchery are sponsoring this week’s conversation with Andrea Santiamo, the new editor and one of the new owners, along with her daughter Marisa and Karen Sanicola, of “Needlepoint Now” magazine. We had a great conversation with Andrea, learning how they came to own the magazine, their plans for the publication’s future, […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-1-23
February 01, 2023 03:02 - 24.9 MBIt’s Wednesday and we’re talking about needlework. This week we scrounged up several topics including Alison and Steve Cole and their casket project, the tremendous needlework Margaret Hagen showed us in last week’s Stitch Hour and the big sale going on now at The Essamplaire, the shocking fact that Gary has been stitching regularly and […]
Fiber Talk with Alison and Steve Cole
January 29, 2023 02:47 - 3.5 MBThis week’s show is a special video with Alison Cole and her husband Steve. In the video we learn about the Cole’s new casket project, Little Bit of Luxe. This is a project that has been in the works for several years. The needlework design is Alison at her finest and it’s always interesting to […]
Fiber Talk with Anne Brooke
January 22, 2023 02:58 - 23.4 MBEmbroidery artist Anne Brooke of HanneMade by Anne, joins us this week in a show that is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery and the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Please support our sponsors by shopping at sassyjacksstitchery.com and joining the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Anne Brooke has developed a terrific business with a no-plan strategy and […]
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 1-18-23
January 18, 2023 17:56 - 21.7 MBWe’re back! Finally! Sorry about the long delay and thanks to our listeners for your patience and understanding. This week we talk about Apple service (it’s good) and Apple communication (meh), WIPs and starting/not starting projects, too many WIPs, the new “Needlepoint Now” owners and their first issue, Gary’s first meeting with the Show-Me Stitchers, […]
The Computer Saga Continues
January 15, 2023 17:54One more delay. My machine is back in my hands. The good news is that Apple did me a huge favor and replaced everything but the display for the price of the battery. Basically, I have a new computer. The bad news is, even though I have a full backup, getting things back in order […]
No Show Tonight but Progress
January 11, 2023 15:54Apple has repaired the computer and it’s on its way home. No Stitch Hour tonight but we should be able to resume our schedule with a podcast Sunday. Thanks for your patience.–Gary
Jan. 8: No podcast
January 08, 2023 02:53There will not be a podcast today, Jan. 8, as planned. The laptop Gary uses to record and edit podcasts required repair by Apple experts. The turnaround was supposed to be four days maximum. Those four days have passed and it’s crickets from the Apple repair people. Our new schedule calls for a Stitch Hour […]
Fiber Talk with Sharon Wells
December 18, 2022 13:41 - 29.8 MBNeedle felting and textile landscape art are our topics this week when we meet with Irish artist Sharon Wells. This episode of Fiber Talk is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. In our conversation with Sharon, we learn about the whole process of needle and wet felting from collecting the wool fleece to processing, dyeing, and […]