It’s Gary and Christine this week. How original! This week’s topics include stumpwork, embroidery, Trish Burr, and a lengthy discussion about what to do with charts when you’re finished (don’t copy them). Sunday’s guest: Cathe Ray, Needle in a Haystack.
We travel to South Africa this week to have a conversation with the talented and innovative embroidery designer Trish Burr, a self-taught master of the art of embroidery. Her needlepainted birds and botanicals are eye-popping and her whitework-with-color designs have broken new ground for surface embroiderers.
She has authored numerous books, including her latest ebook, “Floral Alphabet,” which offers beautiful designs that combine whitework and needlepainting. Trish has a blog that should be on everyone’s feed list and is making a change in her business to allow more time for stitching and to create more advanced designs. We talk about all of those topics and learn about the early days when she was teaching herself the skills from which we all benefit today. Enjoy the conversation and please share it with your fellow needleworkers.–Gary and Christine
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Trish Burr. 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
Break out your stitching. Arlene’s in the house and we talked for a long time about the importance of hobbies, Winterthur’s treasures, and changing design colors and stitches. As always, Arlene brings a lot of insight to the stitching table and the conversation is interesting and fun. We’re confident you’ll enjoy and learn from it. Sunday’s guest: Trish Burr.
She relaxes by stabbing cloth, is a wine lover and dog mama, and the Mistress of Snark. This week’s guest, Dana Batho, is also a needlework designer, owner of Peacock & Fig, and recently introduced a line of clothing and accessories in conjunction with Suzy Swede. She also is a cyclist, retired military veteran, and has overcome a significant injury to be able to stitch and create fun, uplifting needlework designs. Break out your stitching and enjoy hearing about this fascinating and talented needleworker.–Gary and Christine
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Dana Batho. 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
Gary flies solo this week. It’s scary. He babbles about Linda Eaton, Janet Brandt’s casket, traveling with stitching tools, and tips from Mary Corbet. Sunday’s guest: Dana Batho, Peacock & Fig.
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