Month: June 2019

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Fiber Talk with Margaret Lee

Chinese and Japanese embroidery are two of the finest forms of needlework art and my guest this week, Margaret Lee, is one of the more talented practitioners of both embroidery forms. Margaret shares a wide range of insights into the history and techniques that result in art pieces that never fail to captivate viewers. In addition to the podcast, be sure to view the slide show of some of Margaret’s work below. Click on the images to see a larger image and a description.–Gary

Still Life with a basket of Glasses, by Margaret Lee, is based on a 1644 painting by Sebastian Stosskopf. Stitched using traditional and random stitch embroidery technique with random stitch embroidery being the main technique for the most part.

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Slide show of Margaret Lee’s work, with descriptions of each piece below.

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I hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Margaret Lee. I’m always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.–Gary

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-26-19

Yvette Stanton’s “Early-Style Hardanger” book.
It’s Wishful Wednesday, Fat Quarter Shop is sponsoring the show, and Arlene and I are talking about some (note the operative word “some”) of the projects we have in our stash that we would really like to stitch but simply can’t seem to get into the rotation. If you’re curious about techniques other than the one you do all of the time, you’ll enjoy this week’s discussion. Among the techniques we talk about are Japanese bead embroidery, various kinds of whitework, Jacobean crewelwork, blackwork, embroidery, lace, gold work, and charted needlepoint. To see photos of the projects we discuss, watch the slide show on the Fiber Talk page for this podcast (below) or our FlossTube video. We also celebrate one of Arlene’s designs making the cover of “Just Cross Stitch” magazine. Sunday’s guest: Margaret (not Michelle) Lee on Japanese and Chinese embroidery.–Gary

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Fiber Talk Sampler Sunday

Lydia Barnes Pidgeon 1827 by Scattered Seed Samplers

It’s Sampler Sunday with Vonna and Gary. We’ve been planning for some time to do a Wednesday show in which we talk about what we like about the samplers we own. We never seem to get to it, so we decided to record a special show, thus our first Sampler Sunday. Even better is that the show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Even better than that, Sassy Jacks Stitchery is offering a 15% discount on full kits (chart, threads, ground cloth) for each of the samplers we talk about in the show. Full details about this offer are provided in the show introduction. We hope you enjoy Sampler Sunday.–Gary and Vonna

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Slideshow of samplers in the order we talked about them.

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-19-19

Please support our sponsor, Sassy Jacks Stitchery.

It’s Wednesday, Sassy Jacks is sponsoring, and Vonna and Gary are the chatters. It’s a jam-packed show. Topics include May 2020 Nicola Parkman workshops, 2020 Lenten SAL with Jacob DeGraaf’s Agnus Dei design, the Queen’s Sampler, Vonna finishing designs, painted needlepoint canvas, Sarah Braizear, Jesus goes to the Fair, some math, and a Come-to-Jesus meeting. All very exciting and somewhat informative. Enjoy! Sunday’s guest is Michelle Lee.–Gary

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Vonna made this.

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Some Vonna finishing.

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Fiber Talk with Joanna Somers

Ohio Birds, one of the early designs from Joanna Somers.
Joanna Somers is a needlepoint stitcher; painted-canvas designer, painter, and curator; and owner of The Plum Stitchery, a terrific source for unique, artistic canvases. She’s a young designer who is contributing a new look to the painted-canvas landscape. You’ll enjoy learning how she got started in the needlepoint world, how she develops her own designs, and the process she uses to find artists and convert their paintings and illustrations to needlepoint canvas.–Gary

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Lemon Town–Original design by Joanna Somers.
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