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Fiber Talk Celebrates 500 Shows

Download this free chart from Sassy Jacks Stitchery at wetalkfiber.com/friends. Send a photo of your finished project to Kim at Sassy Jacks to receive a free scissor fob.
On Sunday, May 29, we celebrated 500 podcasts with a long list of designers and stitchers. The shows sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery and Cyberpointers, the online chapter of ANG. It’s a 2+ hr. show of celebration and and pure enablement. Have pen and paper handy when you watch so you can make notes. Please mention Fiber Talk when you make purchases and support our sponsors and guests. We also were treated to a free chart created by Kim Young and Allie Dudley of Sassy Jacks Stitchery. The Fiber Talk Friends chart is free to everyone. Stitch it and send a photo of your finished project to Kim at Sassy Jacks and she will send you a scissor fob with a photo of your stitching. Download the free chart at: Fiber Talk Friends Chart from Sassy Jacks Stitchery.–Beth, Jenifer, Cindy, Debbie, and Gary

Here are sponsor links:

Guest links:

  • Debbie Rowley, DebBee’s Designs
  • Mabel Figworthy’s Fancies, Ilke Cochrane
  • Queenstown Sampler Designs, Barbara Hutson,
  • Rosewood Manor, Karen Kluba
  • Jessica Grimm Embroidery, Jessica Grimm
  • Avlea Folk Embroidery, Krista West
  • Needle in a Haystack, Cathe Ray
  • Sew By Hand, Natalie Dupuis
  • The Unbroken Thread, Kathy Andrews
  • We hope you enjoy our celebration. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary

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    Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-25-22

    Stitched by Cindy Russell.

    It’s Wednesday, Jenifer has returned from her hiatus, and we gathered for a needlework conversation. This week’s topics include what’s planned for the Fiber Talk 500th Show celebration. Lots of guests, giveaways, and general needlework fun will start at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, Sunday, May 29, on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel. Listen to this podcast to learn how to enter yourself for the drawings. We also talk about an upcoming project we’re doing with Gay Ann Rogers. Then we get to hear about Jenifer’s trip and the time she spent with her family of “makers.” We’re also treated to a verbal tour of Jenifer’s visit to A Stitching Shop in Denver. If you’re in the area, it’s clearly a shop to visit. Join us tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour. This week Beth will show us the beautiful fabric prints she’s been making and take us through the process she uses.–Jenifer and Gary

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    This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.

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    From the needle of Sharon Bruce.

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    We hope you enjoy this show. We’re always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.

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    Fiber Talk with Debbie Hodge

    Sometimes a bundle of Stitched Stories designs will satisfy your stitching needs.
    What’s swirling in your head when you create? Design by Debbie Hodge, Stitched Stories
    This week’s show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery and our guest is the talented designer Debbie Hodge of Stitched Stories. The name of her company is an accurate description of her needle art. She tells stories with her embroidery designs which use a limited variety of stitches to keep you interested and successful. Her bright color palette and well-designed kits will appeal to beginners and veterans. In our conversation, we learn about her “maker” career and what has gone into developing her business. Be sure to visit her website, stitchedstories.com and please support our sponsor, Sassy Jacks Stitchery at sassyjacksstitchery.com–Beth and Gary

    Listen to the podcast:

    This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.

    Please support our sponsor, Sassy Jacks Stitchery, at sassyjacksstitchery.com
    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.

    Stitched Stories unboxing video

    Here are some Debbie Hodge links:

    We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Debbie Hodge. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary

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    Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-18-22

    We gather once again in the middle of the week for a chat session. This week Beth and Gary gather to talk about our 500th show on May 29 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel, Debbie Hodge’s (Stitched Stories and our Sunday guest) benefits of incorporating embroidery in your life, the latest issue of “Inspirations” magazine, what products future shops will carry, and roadblocks to starting a new project. To be entered in the giveaway drawings for our 500th Show celebration, send email to gary at wetalkfiber.com with the subject line 500 and your name and address in the body of the email. You must send email before midnight Central, May 28 to be including in the giveaway drawings during the show. No entries will be accepted after that time. Join us tonight for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour. Our guest will be Nancy Lukoskie of Fancywork Finishing. We’ll have a chance to talk with her and enjoy needlepoint work she’s done for the National Cathedral and other churches. We start at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel.–Beth and Gary

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    This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.

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    Stitched by Gabriele Olley.

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    We hope you enjoy this show. We’re always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.

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    Fiber Talk with Nancy Lukoskie II

    Nancy’s work on a chair at the Naval Academy.

    Master needlepoint artisan Nancy Lukoskie of Fancywork Finishing returns for a second visit this week. Nancy’s passion for the heritage of needlepoint and ecclesiastical needlepoint design, spans more than 40 years. She has been instrumental in creating, reproducing, and restoring needlework art at a number of churches, including the Washington National Cathedral in Washington D.C., Trinity Church Manhattan in New York City, and the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah. In the four years that have passed since we last talked with Nancy, she has begun to transition out of doing actual needlework/restoration and is reconfiguring her business to help educate others about the art and craft. We enjoyed learning about her experiences and what her new business format will offer to needle artists.–Beth and Gary

    Listen to the podcast:

    This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.

    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.

    A challenging Fancywork Finishing kneeler project at Bruton Parish.

    Here are some Nancy Lukoskie links:

    We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Nancy Lukoskie. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary

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