January 2019 – Page 2

Podcasts
Fiber Talk with Margaret Bendig
January 13, 2019 - By Gary Parr
This week’s guest is needlepoint designer and teacher Margaret Bendig of Margaret Bendig Designs. She specializes in charted/counted-needlepoint designs and…
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 1-9-19
January 9, 2019 - By Gary Parr
It’s that day again and Vonna Pfeiffer joins Gary to talk about irons, the Linen and Threads SAL, stitching rotations,…
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Podcasts
Fiber Talk 100 with Debbie Rowley
January 6, 2019 - By Gary Parr
Today we celebrate 100 Sunday shows. Returning to help with the celebration is Debbie Rowley, the person who was kind…
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 1-3-19
January 2, 2019 - By Gary Parr
It’s the first Wednesday of 2019 and time to resume the midweek chats. This week’s topics include 2019 goals, Bendy’s…
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-10-25 September 10, 2025
The second Wednesday of the month arrived so we decided to get together and talk about stitching. For topics, we dreamed up Gary’s Needlework Galleria trip, the St. Louis Stitchers Facebook group, Boomerang Stitches, what’s happening with Karen Kluba of Rosewood Manor, Cindy’s version of Kurdy Biggs’ Tequila Sunrise, and buying from European companies. This […]
Gary Parr
Fiber Talk: Winning at the State Fair September 7, 2025
Cindy Baldwin, Robin Rossignol, and Ruth Topp had a successful 2025 Iowa State Fair, winning several ribbons. This week we take a look at their winning entries, talk about stitching each of them, and hear what the judges had to say about many of the entries. This is a chance to see several excellent needlework […]
Gary Parr
Bunny Bobbins Make Stitching Fun August 31, 2025
Maker Dana Jones, of Selah Creative Company, is our guest this week. Dana and her laser cutter/engraver are a rather creative duo that produces a wide variety of items designed to enhance your hobbies. For needleworkers, those products are her animal thread bobbins. In addition to those bobbins, Dana has created a very useful travel […]
Gary Parr
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-27-25 August 27, 2025
We’ve located Wednesday so it’s time to chat. This week Beth asked the question: If you could only keep 10 projects what would they be? That simple question triggered a lot of stash searching and two lists that are really not all of the projects we would keep. Also, Gary cheated on his list. But […]
Gary Parr
Fiber Talk with Ekaterina Sinchinova August 24, 2025
Embroidery artist Ekaterina (Kate) Sinchinova joins us this week for a show sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. Kate describes herself as creating “realistic embroidery with a 3D effect.” What that means is she stitches outstanding pieces of landscape needleart using scenes near her home on the east coast. The depth and […]
Gary Parr