Month: October 2017

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 10-11-17

Coqui design by Orna Willis. $10 from each purchase goes to help Puerto Rico.
We’re back for another midweek show. This week’s topics include our Flosstube videos, Orna Willis’ design to help Puerto Rico, disaster protection/recovery/needlework value, stitching preparation time, and craftsy.com classes. Our Sunday guest: Lisa Crespo, president of ANG–Gary and Christine

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Orna Willis Coqui design to help Puerto Rico

Willett Vaughan’s The Needlesworth website

Craftsy website

Watch Mary McGuire’s 20 Favorite Needlepoint Stitches:

Enjoy a tour of The Attic’s samplers:


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Fiber Talk with Doug Kreinik

Kreinik threads

Doug Kreinik, owner of Kreinik Manufacturing, joins us this week to talk about the company, how it got started, and the world of manufacturing the braids, silks, and ribbons that we all love to use in our needlework activities. We also talk about the C.A.K.S. charity and even a bit about fly fishing. If you use Kreinik threads, you’ll enjoy learning the story behind them.–Gary and Christine

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This podcast is also available as a Flosstube video. Click here to see the video.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Doug Kreinik. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary and Christine


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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 10-4-17

Jan Fitzpatrick’s tall ship canvas at thread medley.wordpress.com.
It’s Wednesday and we’ve returned for another midweek show. Topics this week include stitching and stress relief, what we’re stitching, Jo Ippolito’s book, Nordic Needle, and Jan Fitzpatrick’s tall ship canvas. Our Sunday guest: Doug Kreinik.–Gary and Christine

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Read about Jan Fitzpatrick’s tall ship canvas.

Watch Mary McGuire’s 20 Favorite Needlepoint Stitches:


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Fiber Talk with Debbie Woodard

Painted Pony Designs display at Destination Dallas.
The Holiday Baking Angel, one of many of the angel designs for which Painted Pony Designs is famous.

Our guest this week is Debbie Woodard owner of Painted Pony Designs. Debbie began designing needlepoint in 1989, after working for several years in a needlepoint shop in Austin, TX. The company name reflects her love of art and design and her original goal which was to use the money she made from her original designs to fulfill her childhood dream of purchasing a horse. She realized that dream in 2000 when she purchased Dandy as a Christmas gift for her daughter, Christina.

In our conversation with Debbie we talk about how her company started, the many canvases the company offers, their trunk-show program, and Destination Dallas, an annual trade show partially owned by Debbie. We hope you enjoy listening to the conversation as much as we enjoyed participating in it. Be sure to look for Painted Pony Designs canvases in your local needlework store.–Gary and Christine

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This podcast is also available as a Flosstube video. Click here to see the video.

Painted Pony Designs model by Patricia Sone.

Learn more about Debbie and Painted Pony Designs at the links below:

We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation Debbie Woodard. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary and Christine