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Fiber Talk Live, Stitch with Gary 2-9-20

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Fire Poppies (firepoppies.com) is sponsoring this month’s Fiber Talk Live Stitch with Gary show. Gary stitches on his Debbie Rowley Glitz and Glamour Opal counted-canvas needlepoint project. One of the “highlights” is when Gary gets to rip out an entire Rhodes stitch because he didn’t cut the thread long enough.

Also, please consider helping friends of Dr. Gloria Seaman Allen gift the Mary Orr 1831 sampler to the Winterthur Museum in honor of Dr. Allen. To contribute, send a check payable to Winterthur Museum to Ms. Linda Eaton, Director of Collections and Senior Curator of Textiles, 5101 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735 or, to contribute with credit card payment, follow this link: http://inside.winterthur.org/give. After selecting a donation amount, set the “Designation” to “Other” and enter “To honor Gloria”.

Mary Orr 1831

To help raise money, Fiber Talk is conducting a drawing of six gift certificates. Donate at least $10 toward the purchase of Mary Orr. After you donate, send an email to Vonna at [email protected]. We’ll use the honor system for contributions. Contributions must be made by midnight Eastern time, March 14. The drawing will be held March 15. The certificates will be for our sponsors. One each $50 certificate to Sassy Jacks and The Attic, and four $25 certificates to Fire Poppies, Needle in a Haystack, Shepherd’s Needle, and Stitchy Box.–Vonna and Gary

 

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2 thoughts on “Fiber Talk Live, Stitch with Gary 2-9-20

  1. Gary – watching your do Rhode Stitches. Please do not put your finger on top of your stitch – you transfer oil and dirt.! use a mellow to hold the stitch down as you bring your needle up. That is why you want a proper Nellie in this case rather than another needle. Painful to watch you stitch this way. Darcy Walker

  2. Thanks for your feedback. Good advice. I’ll work to touch stitches less. Note that I’m extremely careful when stitching, typically washing my hands two or three times in a stitching session, particularly when working with light-colored threads. I also do not eat anything while stitching. In the vein of not touching the thread, what steps do you take to minimize touching when you are removing threads from skein/cards, separating strands, and threading needles. Seems to me those actions are where the vast majority of skin/thread contact occurs and, therefore dirt/oil transfer. Do you wear gloves? Use finger-tip covers of some kind? I’ve heard of people wearing gloves but seems that the loss of tactility would be too much. Appreciate your additional thoughts.

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