Cindy Baldwin’s version of Debbie Rowley’s Fantasia was an Iowa State Fair winner.Robin Rossignol earned Best in Show honors at the Iowa State Fair with this beautiful piece.The weekend is two days away so we connected through the interwebs to talk about Elizabeth Ashdown and creating finishing pieces, how counted-canvas needlepoint fits in the lineup of techniques, the 2024 ANG Seminar and what Cindy and Robin are expecting to experience, Lorene Salt’s “Holst Meets Webb” design, and how plans are firming up for the Fiber Talk Stitch Weekend in March, 2025. We’re also looking for suggestions about what you want to learn in classes and at help tables. This week we introduce Tool Talk, a new segment in which we talk about tools you can use for needlework that you don’t necessarily by from a local needlework store. This time we talk about clamps for woodworking, telescoping/lighted magnets, and dental picks. Do you have any tools you use? Share them with us. Note that there will not be a podcast this Sunday. We’re taking a break for the Labor Day weekend. Our regular schedule will resume next Wednesday with a Stitch Hour show.–Cindy and Gary
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Tool talk. Not a purchasable tool per se, but a clamp substitute. Sometimes a table is too precious to its owner or the shape of the edge doesn’t suit clamp use. One of my Embroidery Guild NSW tutors suggested at a workshop that we make weighted bags. So, I made a couple of small fabric bags, purchased some heavy fishing weights and wrapped them in off cuts of fabric and batting to fill the bag. They sit on the edge of a frame or largish hoop to hold it in place at the edge of a table for 2 handed stitching.
Enjoy your Labor Day weekend break. I appreciate so much the work you put into the podcast and YouTube segments that I don’t begrudge you some time off.
Leslie, Thanks for the kind words and the suggestion. Change of plans. I went to the eye doctor today and have stories to tell so we’re recording a show with Kelly Lea Teske that will be posted Sunday. So much for some time off, but I wanted to share my experiences.
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Tool talk. Not a purchasable tool per se, but a clamp substitute. Sometimes a table is too precious to its owner or the shape of the edge doesn’t suit clamp use. One of my
Embroidery Guild NSW tutors suggested at a workshop that we make weighted bags. So, I made a couple of small fabric bags, purchased some heavy fishing weights and wrapped them in off cuts of fabric and batting to fill the bag. They sit on the edge of a frame or largish hoop to hold it in place at the edge of a table for 2 handed stitching.
Enjoy your Labor Day weekend break. I appreciate so much the work you put into the podcast and YouTube segments that I don’t begrudge you some time off.
Leslie,
Thanks for the kind words and the suggestion. Change of plans. I went to the eye doctor today and have stories to tell so we’re recording a show with Kelly Lea Teske that will be posted Sunday. So much for some time off, but I wanted to share my experiences.