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Regency Embroidery with Hilary Leslie

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-24-25

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Opus Anglicanum with Tanya Bentham

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Regency Embroidery with Hilary Leslie
September 28, 2025 - By Gary Parr
Embroidery artist Hilary Leslie, of HLeslie Design, joins us this week. Hilary combined her drawing addiction, a small bag of…
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-24-25
September 24, 2025 - By Gary Parr
We return in the middle of the week to converse about needlework. Our topics include new Patreon videos, Beth’s Pour…
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Opus Anglicanum with Tanya Bentham
September 21, 2025 - By Gary Parr
Our topic this week is Opus Anglicanum and our artist is Tanya Bentham. In our conversation, we learn how Tanya…
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Making the Red Dress with Kirstie Macleod
September 13, 2025 - By Gary Parr
Kirstie Macleod, creator of the Red Dress, returns this week to talk about the mechanics of creating the dress and…
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-10-25
September 9, 2025 - By Gary Parr
The second Wednesday of the month arrived so we decided to get together and talk about stitching. For topics, we…
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Regency Embroidery with Hilary Leslie September 28, 2025
Embroidery artist Hilary Leslie, of HLeslie Design, joins us this week. Hilary combined her drawing addiction, a small bag of embroidery materials she picked up at a yard sale, and extra time during the pandemic to develop an embroidery design business that now offers a huge number of patterns, videos, and classes. In the five […]
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-24-25 September 24, 2025
We return in the middle of the week to converse about needlework. Our topics include new Patreon videos, Beth’s Pour ta Fete finish (work on a project 15 min. a day and you make significant progress), the Phoenix Band Sampler, taking a social-media break, and our sampler short lists. We each chose five-ish and ended […]
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Opus Anglicanum with Tanya Bentham September 21, 2025
Our topic this week is Opus Anglicanum and our artist is Tanya Bentham. In our conversation, we learn how Tanya became attached to the art form/technique and why, the difference between pre-Black Death and post-Black Death techniques, and how she approaches color. Tanya reproduces original pieces and creates many of her own designs. Her own […]
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Making the Red Dress with Kirstie Macleod September 14, 2025
Kirstie Macleod, creator of the Red Dress, returns this week to talk about the mechanics of creating the dress and growing the project. This week’s show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. In our first conversation with Kirstie, we talked about how the project started, how it evolved, and the impact […]
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-10-25 September 10, 2025
The second Wednesday of the month arrived so we decided to get together and talk about stitching. For topics, we dreamed up Gary’s Needlework Galleria trip, the St. Louis Stitchers Facebook group, Boomerang Stitches, what’s happening with Karen Kluba of Rosewood Manor, Cindy’s version of Kurdy Biggs’ Tequila Sunrise, and buying from European companies. This […]
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