Midweek Chat: Fitness, Finishing, Unstitching
Beth’s sore stitching hands launched us into an unplanned fitness section. The conclusion: Sitting and stitching for long periods is n...
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Fiber Talk
A podcast for Fiber Art hobbyists.
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20 of 29 episodesEmbroidery is Edna Sanabia’s Passion
Long-time Fiber Talk listener Edna Sanabia grew up on a farm in a creative household where idle-time activities focused on embroidery and ot...
Kris Andrews Focuses on Needlework Teaching
In this episode, sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America (egausa.org), Gary Parr talks with needlework teacher and designer Kr...
From Haute Couture to Hand Embroidery: Gimena Romero on Preserving Mexico’s Textile Heritage
In this episode, Beth Ellicott and Gary Parr sit down with embroidery artist and researcher Gimena Romero to explore her journey from univer...
Midweek Chat: Clean Stitching, Wool, State Fair Entries
Cindy and Gary have gathered once again to discuss stitching topics we’ve encountered in recent weeks/days. This week’s topics include, the...
Embroidered Gardens, Ribbon Work & Converse Shoes — Lorna Bateman
Lorna Bateman of Lorna Bateman Embroidery returns to Fiber Talk to talk about her flourishing embroidery design business — from her beautifu...
Appenzeller Whitework & the RSN Certificate Program — Tammy McBean
Tammy McBean, the Needle Lady of Helvetia joins Gary to explore the beautiful world of Appenzeller whitework — a traditional Swiss embroider...
Fiber Talk Canvas #8: Starting a New Needlepoint Project
The June Canvas video focuses on the various things Beth, Cindy, and Gary do when starting a new needlepoint project. This is a very long vi...
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How Teaching Transformed Her Goldwork Designs — Clara Warschauer
Goldwork embroidery artist Clara Warschauer of Clara Stitching joins Gary to talk about her creative journey–how her design work has e...
Midweek Chat: What Sermon?, Stanton, and Perez
It’s time for another Midweek Chat. In this show, we gush about Judy Coates Perez and her creativity, learn what Gary does during sermons, a...
Judy Coates Perez Practices “What if?” at the Highest Level
For this week’s show, sponsored by EGA, we had the privilege of spending time with textile artist Judy Coates Perez. Her textile arts career...
Ruth O’Leary Thread Paints Impressive Needleart
Our May 31 guest is Ruth O’Leary from Rostara. Ruth is a thread painting artist who uses her own version of the technique. Her stitchi...
Embroider Felt Bowls and Ogle Laura Wasilowski’s Art Quilts
EGA is sponsoring our conversation with versatile textile artist Laura Wasilowski. After a short stint in theater, Laura built a career dyei...
Canvas #7: Match Master Painter Threads with Master Painter Designs
After listening to our show with Jane Garrison of Threadnuts/The Painter’s Threads Collection (https://wetalkfiber.com/2023/08/19/fiber-talk...
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The Finishing Fairy Helps You Learn to Finish Needlepoint
Amanda Metes, The Needlepoint Finishing Fairy, joins us to talk about her journey from stitcher to finisher to finishing educator. She’s acc...
Midweek Chat: Cords, Scroll Frames, & Felt Bowls
We’re chatting late this Wednesday, but still chatting. Cindy and Gary talk about needlepoint finishing, making cord, Michelle Agnew’s goldw...
Michelle Agnew Sculpts with Gold Thread
Michelle Agnew wanted more for her designs than traditional gold work and stump work techniques could provide. So, using those techniques as...
No show for May 3
An unusual set of technical issues is preventing us from posting a show this week. We’ll have the planned show next week. We hope you...
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Midweek Chat: Needlepoint, Rolaframes, and Felt Bowls
It’s the W day and all three of us gathered to talk about projects and do some enabling. Among our topics this week are Jessica Grady’s embr...
Jessica Grady’s Embroidery Reaches Many Levels
This week’s guest is embroiderer Jessica Grady. The show is sponsored by Avlea Folk Embroidery. Please support our sponsors and let th...