Our new Quarantine Stitch Hour schedule started tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. We appreciate the continued support of Fire Poppies and Shepherd’s Needle. If you missed the live show, we hope you enjoy the recording.–Gary and Vonna
Fiber Talk- Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-8-24 May 8, 2024We’ve reached the week’s midpoint so we gathered to chat about needlework. Topics this week include the show we did May 5 about the RSN work for the Coronation, Beth’s work on Mary Ann Bickerton’s Tudor Rose pocket and the Woolen Needle wool appliqué class, Ariane Zurcher’s Dorset button eyeglass case, Kim’s May 1 Stitch […]Gary Parr
- RSN: Needlework for the Coronation May 5, 2024This week we visit with Gemma Murray, Anne Butcher, and Dr. Susan Kay-Williams of the Royal School of Needlework. These ladies were responsible for managing all of the needlework that was done for the Coronation of King Charles III a year ago. In our conversation, we learn about the various aspects of the work that […]Gary Parr
- Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 4-24-24 April 24, 2024It’s a Wednesday so we’re chatting about needlework. Topics this week include our upcoming May 5 show about the work done by the Royal School of Needlework to provide embroidered pieces for the Coronation, needle case kits from Tanja Berlin of Berlin Embroidery, Mary Corbet, museums, Wintertur, goldwork, blackwork, and making linen and specialty threads. […]Gary Parr
- Fiber Talk with Sian Fish April 21, 2024Blackwork is our topic this week and our guest is Sian Fish of The Urban Stitches. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America and Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Sian Fish is a self-taught stitcher and designer who loves to work in the macabre/gothic world of needlework design. But not all of her topics […]Gary Parr
- Fiber Talk with Lita O’Hara April 14, 2024Lita O’Hara, the Nashville Needlepointer and Patron Saint of Chaos, is our guest this week. Lita is a self-taught painted-canvas designer and project finisher. In our conversation we learn about her design process, what it was like to paint those first canvases, and how her finishing business evolved. To keep sanity in her life and […]Gary Parr