December 2021 – Fiber Talk

Podcasts
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 12-15-21
December 15, 2021 - By Gary Parr
It’s our last Midweek Chat for 2021 and a long holiday break is upon us. This week Beth and Gary…
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Podcasts
Fiber Talk with Cynthia Jackson
December 12, 2021 - By Gary Parr
This week’s show with Cynthia Jackson is sponsored by Stitchville USA (stitchville.com) and Avlea Mediterranean Folk Embroidery (avleaembroidery.com). Cindy is…
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Videos
Needle Art and Breast Cancer with Kathy Andrews
December 9, 2021 - By Gary Parr
We hear time and time again about the meditative and calming powers of needlework, particularly when life gets difficult. Kathy…
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Podcasts
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 12-8-21
December 8, 2021 - By Gary Parr
It’s the middle of the week and Cindy and Gary gathered to talk about needlework. This week’s topics include the…
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Podcasts
Fiber Talk with Danielle Clough
December 5, 2021 - By Gary Parr
Danielle Clough describes herself as an accidental professional and her path to making a living with her embroidery is varied,…
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Fiber Talk Canvas: A New Needlepoint Series January 21, 2026
This is the first of a new needlepoint series we’re calling Fiber Talk Canvas. The purpose of this video series (there will be a new video on the third Wednesday of each month) is to help people have success with needlepoint. To accomplish this, our focus will be on counted-canvas needlepoint. In our first show […]
Gary Parr
Kate Cross Loves Teaching, Whitework, and More Teaching January 18, 2026
Kate Cross, of Bespoke Embroidery, joins us this week. Kate is a lifelong artist who connected with textile art when her grandmother suggested she visit an exhibition at the Royal School of Needlework. That led to studying and graduating from the RSN and she now teaches students and future tutors for the school. In addition, […]
Gary Parr
New Videos on the Fiber Talk Patreon Site January 17, 2026
If you’ve considered supporting Fiber Talk through a Patreon subscription but haven’t yet pulled the trigger, maybe our latest offerings will tempt you.
Gary Parr
Midweek Chat: “WIPing” into 2026 January 14, 2026
Our long Holiday Hiatus is finally over and we’re back to our regular schedule. This week we talk about our upcoming needlepoint series (send us questions and things you want us to cover), a cool hand massager Beth got for Christmas (enabling alert), our stitching plans for the coming year, what we’re stitching for our […]
Gary Parr
Fleur Woods Puts Art on Ground Cloth December 21, 2025
Our topic this week is needle art, our artist is Fleur Woods, and our sponsor is Avlea Folk Embroidery (avleafolkembroidery.com). Fleur started her career in the corporate arena to “see how the world works.” It worked by suppressing her creativity. She left the 9-to-5 world and dabbled in various art media as she tried to […]
Gary Parr