Beth is making progress on her lizard canvas.We have arrived at the day in the middle of the week and the chatting subjects are Jessica Grimm’s Medieval Embroidery Study Group, Mystery in St. Tropez, the upcoming Mississippi River Valley EGA Chapter exhibit and demonstration (Oct. 1, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Central, Moline, IL Public Library), making claws on Beths lizard canvas, tips for testing threads and stitches, and what to put in a “to go” bag. Join us tonight at 8:00 p.m Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour. Our guest will be Krista West of Avlea Folk Embroidery and we’ll talk about some new designs and using needlework as part of home decor. Sunday’s guest: Nichole Vogelsinger of Wild Boho–Beth and Gary
Gary is testing threads on Mystery in St. Tropez.You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Podbay, Podbean, and many other podcast sources. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.
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Heatmap by Raina Chrobak Yee.Tanglewear Supernova design.
Cross-stitch heat maps like you’ve never seen are the subject of this week’s conversation with Raina Chrobak Yee of Tanglewear. The show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery and the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Raina is a data analyst, stitcher, and needlework designer who uses her computer programming skills to collect and organize data, assign DMC colors to the numbers and provide stitchers with charts they can stitch to remember a wide variety of life events. Listen to the show to learn how you can request a heat/data map and to hear us brainstorm about possibilities beyond mapping temperatures. There’s lots of creative potential in Raina’s approach.–Beth and Gary
Visit the EGA website at egausa.org and consider joining.Support our sponsor, Sassy Jacks Stitchery at sassyjacksstitchery.com.
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Raina Chrobak Yee. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary
Beth finished this Stitched Stories design called Start with Coffee.
It’s Wednesday so we did our weekly chat about needlework. Topics this week include several Beth finishes, the Mystery in St. Tropez project, the Queen’s funeral, camping and stitching, an exhibit at the St. Louis Art Museum, the Sassy Jacks September Soiree, more on warp and weft, WIPGOs, and the Hazel Blomkamp online class. Join us tonight for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour. We start at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel. Sunday’s guest: Raina Chrobak Yee–Beth and Gary
Button and Kathy Reese Inchies design finished by Beth.
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Wormspit is one of the great business names in the hobby and our guest, Michael Cook, is a fascinating talent. Michael raises silkworms from eggs, collects the silk filaments, twists them into thread, and dyes the thread. He doesn’t stop there. He also weaves and stitches while holding down a full-time job. We didn’t ask when he sleeps but we did have a great time learning about his silkworms and the beautiful, shiny silk they produce. After you listen to the podcast, be sure to check out the videos in the show notes and visit Michael’s website to learn more about how the silk threads we enjoy are produced.–Beth and Gary
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Michael Cook. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary
When you take a Hazel Blomkamp class, your stitching is on a doodle cloth.It’s Wednesday, we’re half way to another weekend of stitching, and it’s time to chat. This week Cindy and Gary talk about our experiences with the Mystery in St. Tropez project, upcoming guests, Cindy’s participation in the EGA Hazel Blomkamp seminar, Frixion pens, and Cindy and her chapter’s haul of ribbons at the state fair. Join us tonight at 8:00 Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel for another installation of the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour. Sunday’s guest: Michael Cook–Cindy and Gary
It took Gary three tries with the center diamond of Mystery in St. Tropez to get a satisfactory look.You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Podbay, Podbean, and many other podcast sources. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.
Gary and Beth’s Mystery in St. Tropez threads video.
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