Needlepoint designer and teacher, jewelry designer, and all-around artist Orna Willis joins us this week to talk about her design classes, Coqui design that raises money to help people in Puerto Rico, her latest jewelry designs, and how she views the finer aspects of stitching. It’s a fun and interesting discussion with one of the hobby’s leading and most creative designers.–Christine and Gary
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Orna Willis. 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
We’re back for another midweek chat. This time we talk about our respective stitching activities, stumpwork, the Twisted Stitcher finishing another stocking for Gary, and go off on a tangent about the detailed aspects of stitching that may or may not make a difference in the finished project. Our Sunday guest: Orna Willis–Gary and Christine
Elizabeth Bozievich, owner, publisher, and editor of Needlepoint Now magazine returns to talk about a wide variety of subjects including the magazine and upcoming articles, male stitchers, stitching tours, the health benefits of stitching, and Elizabeth’s dogs.–Christine and Gary
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Elizabeth Bozievich. 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
We return from our holiday break to talk about new projects for Gary, the Stitchery Row needlework store Christine visited, Mary Corbet activities, Lorene Salt’s Autumn Kaleidoscope design and the Needle Artists by the Sea year-long project, Omanik’s Quantum frame, Victoria Samplers, and a Hands Across the Sea Samplers greeting card giveaway. Our Sunday guest: Elizabeth Bozievich–Gary and Christine
We’re still on our holiday break. For people who are new to the podcast, you may not have had a chance to listen to any of our early shows, so we thought we’d share our fifth show with guest Kurdy Biggs. If you’re a regular listener there is a good chance you’ll enjoy a repeat of this information filled conversation with Kurdy. We’ll be back Wednesday with a new midweek show and Needlepoint Now editor and publisher Elizabeth Bozievich returns Sunday to talk about the latest developments with her magazine and the needlework hobby in general.
This week’s guest is counted-canvas needlepoint designer and teacher Kurdy Biggs. Her design company is Threedles. Kurdy’s designs are inspired by her love of unique stitches, threads, color, and beading, with an emphasis on learning new stitches and creating unique projects. She has been stitching for nearly forty years and has progressed through counted cross-stitch and embroidery, settling on counted (canvas) needlework because of the large variety of results she can achieve. She teaches classes throughout the year at local needlepoint guilds and needlepoint shops. Her La Mision–Concepcion design earned the Hilton Stitch Award at the ANG 2016 New Orleans Seminar.
We hope you enjoy this week’s Fiber Talk show. You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Kurdy Biggs. 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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