June 2021 – Fiber Talk

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Gary Parr — 1 Comment

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-30-21

Gary makes significant progress with his new stitching room/studio.

Illness shut us down for a week but Gary is on the mend and the midweek chatting resumes. This week’s conversation focuses on Beth’s burning desire to start a painted-canvas project and how to approach it, progress on Gary’s new studio and how it will be set up, and making a trip to the Needlepoint Club House to help Beth spend money. Join us tonight when the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour returns with returning guest Dima Santina. We gather at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel. Sunday’s guest: Michelle May, The Raspberry Rabbits–Beth and Gary

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Posted on June 20, 2021June 21, 2021 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk with Melissa MacLeod and Megan Holmes

These canvases and stitch guides are available from Melissa MacLeod at The Wool & The Floss.

They’re good friends who own needlepoint shops in different states. Melissa MacLeod owns The Wool &The Floss in Gross Pointe, MI, and Megan Holmes owns The Needlepoint Club House in Kirkwood (St. Louis), MO. They’ve taken different paths to where they are today and we get to learn about their needlepoint careers, how they’ve worked their way through this pandemic-induced boom time for needlework, and the trends they are seeing in the market. Be sure to visit their respective websites to learn more about the many activities they produce now and have planned for the future.–Gary

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I hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Melissa and Megan. 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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Posted on June 16, 2021 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-16-21

View of Gary’s studio space from the door.

It’s End the Hiatus with a Midweek Chat Day and Gary and Beth are talking about the pain of moving, early stages of Gary’s new studio, tempting Beth with threads and painted canvases, Natalie Dupuis’ Ode to the Palette and Humble Couching Stitch classes and her teaching style, and whether to correct mistakes when the unstitching is massive. Join us tonight for Stitch Hour and Thread Talk with Cathe Ray at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel. Sunday’s guests: Melissa MacLeod and Megan Holmes.–Beth and Gary

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View of Gary’s studio from the window wall.

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Posted on June 6, 2021 by Gary Parr — 1 Comment

Encore: Fiber Talk with Jenny Adin-Christie

Passiflora in stump work by Jenny Adin-Christie.

Moving day is tomorrow. We’ll be in our new place Wednesday and Fiber Talk will be back to our regular full schedule Wednesday, June 16 with Gary and Beth doing the podcast and Carrie Noess demonstrating needle lace during the Stitch Hour. This week, enjoy an encore presentation of the conversation Gary had with the remarkable Jenny Adin-Christie. Since we recorded the conversation, she’s done some amazing needlework. Follow her on Instagram to see some of it.

Here’s the original podcast: This week I’m joined by Jenny Adin-Christie. She is a graduate of the Royal School of Needlework and a veteran teacher at the school. Her primary needlework efforts these days involve creating her own designs and teaching all over the world, along with regular classes in her own studio. She also is a regular contributor to Inspirations magazine. Most of her work involves various combinations of whitework, stumpwork, and goldwork. Enjoy my conversation with one of the standout talents in the needle-arts community.–Gary

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Blue wren etui with mossy hillock by Jenny Adin-Christie.

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

The Gawthorpe needle case by Jenny Adin-Christie.

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Posted on June 2, 2021 by Gary Parr — 2 Comments

Fiber Talk Stitch Hour: Enchanting Silk Exhibition at Gallery76 with Margaret Lee

No matter what your skill level, favorite technique, or needlework interest, you are guaranteed to thoroughly enjoy this tour through the new Gallery76 tour “Enchanting Silk,” with artist Margaret Lee. You’ll see things that should not be possible with needle and thread. Huge thanks to Margaret and curator April for making the time so we could enjoy needle art at its finest.