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Fiber Talk with Cecilia Ajayi

Queen B by Cecilia Ajayi.

The Embroiderers Guild of America is sponsoring this week’s show with Cecilia Ajayi of Celia Jayi designs. Cecilia’s speciality is three-dimensional bead embroidery. Most needleworkers view beads as embellishment items. Cecilia takes them to a new level by using them as her “thread.” It’s fascinating and creative work and was great fun learning about her and how she creates her needle art. Visit her website and maybe try a kit. It’ll give you some creative fun.–Gary

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Eyes of the Jungle by Cecilia Ajayi.

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I hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Cecilia Ajayi. I’m always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.–Gary

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-26-19

Yvette Stanton’s “Early-Style Hardanger” book.
It’s Wishful Wednesday, Fat Quarter Shop is sponsoring the show, and Arlene and I are talking about some (note the operative word “some”) of the projects we have in our stash that we would really like to stitch but simply can’t seem to get into the rotation. If you’re curious about techniques other than the one you do all of the time, you’ll enjoy this week’s discussion. Among the techniques we talk about are Japanese bead embroidery, various kinds of whitework, Jacobean crewelwork, blackwork, embroidery, lace, gold work, and charted needlepoint. To see photos of the projects we discuss, watch the slide show on the Fiber Talk page for this podcast (below) or our FlossTube video. We also celebrate one of Arlene’s designs making the cover of “Just Cross Stitch” magazine. Sunday’s guest: Margaret (not Michelle) Lee on Japanese and Chinese embroidery.–Gary

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Fiber Talk with Jessica Grimm

Jessica’s St. Laurence goldwork project, based on a late-medieval Dutch orphrey.
We’re off to Bavaria this week to talk to embroidery teacher and designer Jessica Grimm. In 2011, Jessica left her career as an archeozoologist to become a needlework teacher. In 2014 she and her husband relocated to Bavaria where she “lives to stitch, loves fair trade, has a vegetable plot, and avoids processed foods.” Jessica studied at the Royal School of Needlework and taught several of their classes in England and the U.S. She is proficient in a variety of stitching techniques, some rather unusual. Through her workshops and courses, she spreads the love for embroidery as widely as possible. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Jessica. At the very least, you’ll learn a bit about archeozoology.–Christine and Gary

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Fox design based on a coloring book design my Millie Marotta. This project won first prize in the 2016 Inspirations Magazine Stitch Your Heart Out competition.

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One of Jessica’s stumpwork embroidery kits.
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Jessica. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary and Christine