Jamaican embroiderer Lekazia Turner experiences The Red Dress.The Red Dress project has been recognized with the opening two pages of the latest Guinness World Records book.Kirstie Macleod, creator of the Red Dress, returns this week to talk about the mechanics of creating the dress and growing the project. This week’s show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. In our first conversation with Kirstie, we talked about how the project started, how it evolved, and the impact it had on people around the world, including Kirstie. You can see/hear that July 19, 2025 conversation at https://wetalkfiber.com/2025/07/19/fiber-talk-with-kirstie-macleod-the-red-dress/. This week we talk about making the actual dress; the many ramifications of caring for, preserving, and traveling with the dress; and Kirstie’s experiences arranging for, receiving, and incorporating contributions from needleworkers all over the world. To learn even more about the Red Dress project, you can buy the book, The Red Dress, Conversations in Stitch. Though the dress itself is completed, the project is still very much alive and active. Today’s focus is the upcoming book signing and traveling around the world to share the dress. To support this effort, you can contribute by going to the Red Dress website at reddressembroidery.com. You’re also invited to support Fiber Talk by becoming a Patreon subscriber at Patreon.com/FiberTalk.–Gary
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