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Fiber Talk with Margaret Bendig

Plum Blossom Kimono by Margaret Bendig

This week’s guest is needlepoint designer and teacher Margaret Bendig of Margaret Bendig Designs. She specializes in charted/counted-needlepoint designs and has created several kimono designs, many geometrics, and a large collection of Christmas ornaments. She also stays very busy teaching at her local shop and at seminars, ANG chapter events, and other needlepointer gatherings across the country. It’s an enjoyable conversation with an enthusiastic and talented designer and we’re confident you’ll enjoy hearing Margaret’s story.

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Margaret Bendig’s Mrs. Freeze ornament

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I hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Margaret Bendig. 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 with Freda Murfin

Celebrating Stitches by Freda Murfin
Freda Murfin, of Freda’s Fancy Stitching, is celebrating her 100th design, “Celebrating Stitches.” She joins us this week to talk about that design, many that have come before it, her long stitching and designing career, and her favorite stitching spot–inside a camping trailer where the bugs can’t get to her and she has a view of the mountains. Join us this week to learn more about how this talented artist creates beautiful charted-canvas designs.–Gary and Christine

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Variations on a Rhodes Theme by Freda Murfin.
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Freda Murfin. 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


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Fiber Talk Reprise with Kurdy Biggs

La Mision–Concepcion, the 2016 ANG Hilton Stitch Award design.

We’re still on our holiday break. For people who are new to the podcast, you may not have had a chance to listen to any of our early shows, so we thought we’d share our fifth show with guest Kurdy Biggs. If you’re a regular listener there is a good chance you’ll enjoy a repeat of this information filled conversation with Kurdy. We’ll be back Wednesday with a new midweek show and Needlepoint Now editor and publisher Elizabeth Bozievich returns Sunday to talk about the latest developments with her magazine and the needlework hobby in general.

This week’s guest is counted-canvas needlepoint designer and teacher Kurdy Biggs. Her design company is Threedles. Kurdy’s designs are inspired by her love of unique stitches, threads, color, and beading, with an emphasis on learning new stitches and creating unique projects. She has been stitching for nearly forty years and has progressed through counted cross-stitch and embroidery, settling on counted (canvas) needlework because of the large variety of results she can achieve. She teaches classes throughout the year at local needlepoint guilds and needlepoint shops. Her La Mision–Concepcion design earned the Hilton Stitch Award at the ANG 2016 New Orleans Seminar.

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This podcast is also available on Flosstube at https://youtu.be/q0PHgndxd7Y

Cleopatra’s Eyes, a design by Kurdy Biggs of Threedles.

We hope you enjoy this week’s Fiber Talk show. You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.

See Kurdy’s work and communicate with her through her online sites:

Cathedral-Notre Dame, a design by Kurdy Biggs of Threedles.

Here is a link to the ort bowls discussed in the show:

We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Kurdy Biggs. 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


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Fiber Talk with the Needle Arts Mystery Retreat Designers

One of the 2017 NAMR colorways.
One of the 2017 NAMR colorways.

This week we chat with all four of the designers who make the annual Needle Arts Mystery Retreat happen–Pat Hartman, Mary Knapp, Linda Reinmiller, and Debbie Rowley. These four talented ladies collaborate each year to design a piece that is stitched by the retreat attendees in any of four colorways. Our conversation explores how this 13-yr.-old event got started, how it works, the role each designer plays, what attendees learn, and what’s planned for 2018 in San Diego. It’s a fun conversation with four talented needlepoint designers.

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One of the 2017 NAMR colorways.

One of the 2017 NAMR colorways.

Learn more about the Needle Arts Mystery Retreat and the designers at the links below:

We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation about the Needle Arts Mystery Retreat. 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


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Fiber Talk with Kurdy Biggs

This week’s guest is counted-canvas needlepoint designer and teacher Kurdy Biggs. Her design company is Threedles. Kurdy’s designs are inspired by her love of unique stitches, threads, color, and beading, with an emphasis on learning new stitches and creating unique projects. She has been stitching for nearly forty years and has progressed through counted cross-stitch and embroidery, settling on counted (canvas) needlework because of the large variety of results she can achieve. She teaches classes throughout the year at local needlepoint guilds and needlepoint shops. Her La Mision–Concepcion design earned the Hilton Stitch Award at the ANG 2016 New Orleans Seminar.

Listen to the podcast:

Cleopatra’s Eyes, a design by Kurdy Biggs of Threedles.

We hope you enjoy this week’s Fiber Talk show. You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.

See Kurdy’s work and communicate with her through her online sites:

Cathedral-Notre Dame, a design by Kurdy Biggs of Threedles.

Here is a link to the ort bowls discussed in the show:

We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Kurdy Biggs. 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