Gary Parr

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-27-25
August 26, 2025 - By Gary Parr
We’ve located Wednesday so it’s time to chat. This week Beth asked the question: If you could only keep 10…
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Fiber Talk with Ekaterina Sinchinova
August 23, 2025 - By Gary Parr
Embroidery artist Ekaterina (Kate) Sinchinova joins us this week for a show sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at…
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Fiber Talk with Loetitia Gibier, Korry’s Little Shop
August 17, 2025 - By Gary Parr
Our guest this week is gold work/stumpwork/cross stitch artist Loetitia Gibier of Korry’s Little Shop. The show is sponsored by…
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-13-25
August 13, 2025 - By Gary Parr
The “W” day has arrived and Cindy and Gary gathered to talk about Iowa State Fair results (lots of ribbons)…
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Fiber Talk with Emma Homent, The Makers Marks
August 10, 2025 - By Gary Parr
Emma Homent of the Makers Marks joins us this week to talk about needlepoint, printed vs. painted canvas, the changing…
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-27-25 August 27, 2025
We’ve located Wednesday so it’s time to chat. This week Beth asked the question: If you could only keep 10 projects what would they be? That simple question triggered a lot of stash searching and two lists that are really not all of the projects we would keep. Also, Gary cheated on his list. But […]
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Fiber Talk with Ekaterina Sinchinova August 24, 2025
Embroidery artist Ekaterina (Kate) Sinchinova joins us this week for a show sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. Kate describes herself as creating “realistic embroidery with a 3D effect.” What that means is she stitches outstanding pieces of landscape needleart using scenes near her home on the east coast. The depth and […]
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Fiber Talk with Loetitia Gibier, Korry’s Little Shop August 18, 2025
Our guest this week is gold work/stumpwork/cross stitch artist Loetitia Gibier of Korry’s Little Shop. The show is sponsored by Avlea Folk Embroidery at avleafolkembroidery.com. Please support our sponsors. Loetitia is a talented needlework artist who does a lot of stunning gold work, even though she doesn’t care for the gold color. In our conversation […]
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-13-25 August 13, 2025
The “W” day has arrived and Cindy and Gary gathered to talk about Iowa State Fair results (lots of ribbons) and becoming a Fiber Talk Patreon subscriber. We also discuss analyzing a design and determining whether to stitch all of it or to modify it to make it the design you want. Then we move […]
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Fiber Talk with Emma Homent, The Makers Marks August 10, 2025
Emma Homent of the Makers Marks joins us this week to talk about needlepoint, printed vs. painted canvas, the changing stitcher demographic, her design work and view of collaboration, and today’s wool threads. We also learn about her two needlepoint stitch books, her new project journal, and the two decks of stitch cards (one available […]
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