Celebrating Stitches by Freda MurfinFreda Murfin, of Freda’s Fancy Stitching, is celebrating her 100th design, “Celebrating Stitches.” She joins us this week to talk about that design, many that have come before it, her long stitching and designing career, and her favorite stitching spot–inside a camping trailer where the bugs can’t get to her and she has a view of the mountains. Join us this week to learn more about how this talented artist creates beautiful charted-canvas designs.–Gary and Christine
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Variations on a Rhodes Theme by Freda Murfin.Here are some Freda Murfin links:
We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Freda Murfin. 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
Debbie Rowley’s Black Magic designIt’s Midweek Chat time once again. This week we talk about stitching on a ferry, Debbie Rowley’s Glitz and Glamour Opal and Black Magic designs, the Sharpening Doc and Dovo scissors, our new video tour of the HATS Bathya c. 1680 sampler with Nicola Parkman, and that never-ending debate about aida vs. even weave cloth. Sunday’s guest: Freda Murfin of Freda’s Fancy Stitching
Detail from Bathya c. 1680 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
Bathya c. 1680 is an impressive reversible band sampler with significant history behind it. In this special Fiber Talk offering, Gary joins Nicola Parkman of Hands Across the Sea Samplers for a tour of this colorful, sophisticated, and absolutely beautiful piece of history. For more about the history watch the Joy Jarrett video at the link below. Nicola will also be teaching Bathya in the coming months. For more information about the classes, contact the respective stores. Availability is as of 9-25-2018: Fobbles, Holbrook Cumbria, UK: Nov. 3-4, 2018 (sold out); Nov. 5-6, 2018, space available Sassy Jacks Stitchery, Weaverville, NC: May 30-31, June 1-2, June 3-4; space available for all dates The Attic Needlework Shop, Mesa, AZ: June 6-7, June 8-9; space available for all dates
Detail from Bathya c. 1680 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
Detail from Bathya c. 1680 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers
Patti Hoffmann, owner of the Stitch-Stash needlework shop in Rehoboth Beach, DE, joins us this week. Her shop has been open just a few months and we get to learn what it’s like to start a local-needlework store from scratch, how she decided on the type of needlework she offers, inventory decisions, location, and how she sees her shop growing in the future. It’s an interesting look behind the scenes with an owner who appears to have all the right pieces in all the right places. We hope you enjoy the conversation.–Gary and Christine
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Patti Hoffmann. 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
Gossamer Lace in Blackwork by Arlene Cohen, Works by ABC
Once again we find ourselves in the middle of the week, this time with a ton of things to talk about. Arlene Cohen joins Gary this time to talk about Vonna’s hair, Vonna’s corners, international travel with needlework, Debbie Rowley’s Glitz and Glamour Opal design, the Sharpening Doc and Dovo scissors, Local Needlepoint Shop Day, 2 Needle Chicks store, a stabbing design from Peacock and Fig, and lots of blackwork. It’s a long show because we talked a lot. Hope you enjoy it. Sunday’s guest: Patti Hoffmann, owner of the Stitch-Stash store
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