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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-15-23

Avlea Folk Embroidery stitching by Beth.

We’re, once again, two days from the weekend and it’s time to talk needlework. Topics for this Wednesday include a question from listener Sharon Saunders about buying linen when you don’t have a store, whether a stitch path is useful, sampler borders, challenging reproduction samplers from The Essamplaire, Lucky Jonquil thread drops, and a number of other topics. Mark your calendar for March 15, when Margaret Hagen will be our Stitch Hour guest so we can see more of her sampler collection. Sunday we have a great conversation about needlework techniques with Robin-Ann Rossignol.–Beth and Gary

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Sarah Parr sampler by Gary.

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Fiber Talk with Jennifer White

Swatch thread drops from Lucky Jonquil.
Bobbins for heavy threads from Lucky Jonquil.

This week’s show with Jennifer White of Lucky Jonquil is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America and Avlea Folk Embroidery. Note that FIBERTALK5 gets you $5 off when you sign up for Katherine Diuguid’s EGA class, “Haystacks of Giverny.” In our conversation with Jennifer White, we talk about her creative career, her new business venture, and new thread organizer products. Jennifer has some excellent thread bobbins and drops that improve your thread storage while adding an element of fun. She also followed quite an interesting journey from needlework as a child to needlework as an adult, with lots of other things in between. Be sure to watch the Feb. 8 Fiber Talk Stitch Hour (wetalkfiber.com/jonquil). Jennifer was our guest and we got to see her thread drops and bobbins and talk about their features.–Gary

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Please support our sponsor, Avlea Folk Embroidery at avleaembroidery.com.

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 12-14-22

Design by Hillary Waters Fayle on a ginkgo leaf.
Embroidery and beadwork by Nichole Vogelsinger.

It’s our final Midweek Chat of the year and all four of us gathered to talk about the many great things we’ve experienced and heard about needlework in 2022. We name our favorite guests, favorite designs, new books we like, things we’ve accomplished, and discuss our 2023 plans. Also, a huge thanks to our sponsors: Sassy Jacks Stitchery, Avlea Folk Embroidery, EGA, CyberPointers, and Needle in a Haystack. Without them, we couldn’t provide interviews with all of the amazing designers we’ve met in 2022, along with the live shows and Midweek Chats. Please support our sponsors. They make the difference. This is our final Midweek Chat for 2022 and the Sunday show with Sharon Wells will be our final podcast for the year. We’ll return with a new schedule January 8. Also, join us January 1 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel when we kick off the new year with a celebration of Jenifer’s birthday and some stitching fun. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone in the Fiber Talk audience and thanks to all for listening.–Beth, Jenifer, Cindy, and Gary

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La Grande Arche by Marie Renee Otis.

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-30-22

Sea of Light Border design/kit coming soon from Avlea Folk Embroidery.
It’s Wednesday and Cindy and Gary talked for a long while about needlework. This week’s topics include a huge moving sale at Sassy Jacks Stitchery, with lots of charts on sale, Sassafras Samplers charts at great prices, and Hands Across the Sea Samplers charts at clear-out prices. Many HATS charts can be had for $10. Visit the website and clean out Kim’s inventory. Also, sign up for the renewed Cosmo thread club. Other topics include creating our own designs, stitching plans for 2023, and threads from Be Stitch Me. In addition, we gush over the upcoming “Sea of Light Border” design from Avlea and speculate about varying quality of DMC floss, particularly the high quality that appears to come off of the cones. Sunday’s guest is the amazing Helen Stevens. Also, join us tonight for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour. We start at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel.–Cindy and Gary

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Gary’s progress on the banding sampler.
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Fiber Talk with The School of Needlework for Disobedient Women

Stitching and talking at a School of Needlework for Disobedient Women meeting.
Student stitching at the Disobedient Women school.

This week we talk with Cecelia Rhoden and Kiana Mahjub, founders of the School of Needlework for Disobedient Women. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America and Avlea Folk Embroidery. The school is an excellent, forward-thinking program for teenage girls that provides them with a place to escape school and challenging life situations, relax and share with fellow students, meet new teenagers, make new friends, recoup from pandemic isolation, and develop social skills. Connecting all of them is needle and thread. A large number of sponsors/supporters/grant agencies have made this effort possible and Cecelia and Kiana hope the program soon will be offered to others in the needlework community so that other teenagers can benefit. These folks have worked with the ladies to make the program possible: The Kentucky Foundation For Women, Badass Crossstitch (Shannon Downey), Peg + Awl Public House, Rebel Rebel Studio & Lounge, First Friday Berea, The Stay Project, Erica Chambers Photography, Berea Kids Eat, and Native Bagel Co. The school is an excellent program that demonstrates the power of the needlearts.–Gary

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Visit the EGA website at egausa.org and consider joining.
Please support our sponsor, Avlea Folk Embroidery at avlea embroidery.com.

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