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Creating Crewel Art with Tatiana Popova

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Mounting Needlepoint Canvas on Stretcher Bars

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Exploring the Counted-Canvas World of Kathy Rees

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Midweek Chat: Needle Delights Gush Fest

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Creating Crewel Art with Tatiana Popova
February 8, 2026 - By Gary Parr
Crewel and ribbon embroidery artist Tatiana Popova joins us this week. In our conversation we hear the story of her…
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Mounting Needlepoint Canvas on Stretcher Bars
February 4, 2026 - By Gary Parr
Mounting needlepoint canvas on stretcher bars the first time can be a bit intimidating. In this video, we take you…
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Exploring the Counted-Canvas World of Kathy Rees
February 1, 2026 - By wetalk
Counted-canvas needlepoint is this week’s technique and we got to talk about it with Kathy Rees, one of the best…
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Midweek Chat: Needle Delights Gush Fest
January 28, 2026 - By Gary Parr
It’s Midweek Chat time. This week we started out with the planned topics and were doing well until the subject…
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Discussing Issues of the Day with Ruth Cartwright
January 25, 2026 - By Gary Parr
Our guest this week is Ruth Cartwright of Craft with Cartwright. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderer’s Guild of…
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Mounting Needlepoint Canvas on Stretcher Bars February 4, 2026
Mounting needlepoint canvas on stretcher bars the first time can be a bit intimidating. In this video, we take you through the process using standard stretcher bars. Once you’ve done it, you’ll see that it’s a rather simple process. If you’re using Ever-Tite or Adjust-A-Frame bars, the process is the same. But don’t tack the […]
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Exploring the Counted-Canvas World of Kathy Rees February 1, 2026
Counted-canvas needlepoint is this week’s technique and we got to talk about it with Kathy Rees, one of the best designers in that world. Kathy earned a business degree, got tired of the corporate world, worked with her parents in their needlework shop, then owned her own shop. When that era came to an end, […]
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Midweek Chat: Needle Delights Gush Fest January 28, 2026
It’s Midweek Chat time. This week we started out with the planned topics and were doing well until the subject of “Land of the Free” by Kathy Rees came up. That led to her new Shining Needle Society class, then we remembered Color Waves, and then it was all over. We simply went to needledelights.com […]
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Discussing Issues of the Day with Ruth Cartwright January 25, 2026
Our guest this week is Ruth Cartwright of Craft with Cartwright. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderer’s Guild of America at egausa.org. In our conversation, we learn about Ruth’s business, her Friday free designs, and her 2026 365 Days of Crafting challenge. Our main focus is discussing topics Ruth has posted on her Instagram […]
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Fiber Talk Canvas: A New Needlepoint Series January 21, 2026
This is the first of a new needlepoint series we’re calling Fiber Talk Canvas. The purpose of this video series (there will be a new video on the third Wednesday of each month) is to help people have success with needlepoint. To accomplish this, our focus will be on counted-canvas needlepoint. In our first show […]
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