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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 100 with Debbie Rowley

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Today we celebrate 100 Sunday shows. Returning to help with the celebration is Debbie Rowley, the person who was kind enough to record the first Fiber Talk show. In this show we covered a variety of needle arts topics, only a couple of which were on the list we put together for the show. Also, to help us celebrate, Debbie has made available to all Fiber Talk subscribers a copy of her 2018 ornament design. Listeners who have already subscribed on our website (not FlossTube/YouTube) will automatically receive an email with the link to download the chart. If you are not a subscriber, provide your name and email address in the form below and you’ll receive the link to download the chart. Note that FlossTube-only subscribers must also subscribe on the Fiber Talk website to receive the link. We are confident you’ll enjoy our conversation with Debbie Rowley and thank everyone for being loyal listeners through these 100 Sunday shows.

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Debbie Rowley’s Happy Hour design.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Debbie Rowley. 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 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 Midweek Chat, 1-10-18

Petite Very Velvet is one of Mary McGuire’s 10 Favorite Threads.
This week’s Midweek Chat is a new video Gary recorded with talented needlepointer Mary McGuire. In the video Gary and Mary discuss Mary’s 10 favorite threads and look at the effects they have in several needlepoint designs and painted canvases. Mary’s favorites are Petite Very Velvet, Impressions, Gloriana silks, Threadworx overdyed floss, Vineyard silk, Petite Sparkle Rays, DMC Floche, Watercolors and Wildflowers, DMC Perle Cotton, and Kreinik metallics. We hope you enjoy this thread exploration and will maybe identify one or two you’d like to try on your next project.–Christine and Gary

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-20-17

Gary’s Shepherd’s Bush stocking finish.
We made our way to the middle of the week once again and that means it’s time for a midweek chat. This week we talk about Gary’s Shepherd’s Bush stocking finish; wrinkled linen; tips from Jane Wood/Coni Rich, Pam Tanner, and Connie Lynn Borserine; and Christine’s abuse of the English language. Our Sunday guest: Mary Legallet.–Gary and Christine

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