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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 10-9-24

Fibonacci Swirl by Cindy Baldwin.
Join us for the first Fiber Talk Needle Arts Weekend, March 21 to 23, 2025.

Tomorrow is Thursday so that makes today Midweek Chat day. This week Cindy and Gary talk about EGA’s Sampler University, the classes that will be offered at Fiber Talk’s Needle Arts Weekend (wetalkfiber.com/weekend), and What Would You Tell a Rookie about ground cloth, threads, lighting, and magnification. Registration details for the Fiber Talk Needle Arts Weekend are at wetalkfiber.com/weekend. Register soon so you get the classes you want. Sunday’s guest is Deanna David of Ribbon Candy Hooking–Cindy and Gary

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Sampler University is a new offering for members and non-members at the 2025 EGA National Seminar.

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-11-24

Beth’s lizard canvas wins Honorable Mention at the ANG National Seminar.
Sampler University is a new offering for members and non-members at the 2025 EGA National Seminar.
The schedule was tight, but we got this week’s Midweek Chat recorded. Our topics include encountering world-class athletes, Beth’s Modern Folk Embroidery project, Beth’s lizard canvas winning Honorable Mention at the ANG National Seminar, Tanya Berlin, Parkinson’s disease, the importance of moving/exercising, a process for handling WIPs, the 2025 EGA National Seminar, and creating roadblocks to finishing a project by changing it. Sunday’s guest is Ana Luiza Catalano–Beth and Gary

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-28-24

Cindy Baldwin’s version of Debbie Rowley’s Fantasia was an Iowa State Fair winner.
Robin Rossignol earned Best in Show honors at the Iowa State Fair with this beautiful piece.
The weekend is two days away so we connected through the interwebs to talk about Elizabeth Ashdown and creating finishing pieces, how counted-canvas needlepoint fits in the lineup of techniques, the 2024 ANG Seminar and what Cindy and Robin are expecting to experience, Lorene Salt’s “Holst Meets Webb” design, and how plans are firming up for the Fiber Talk Stitch Weekend in March, 2025. We’re also looking for suggestions about what you want to learn in classes and at help tables. This week we introduce Tool Talk, a new segment in which we talk about tools you can use for needlework that you don’t necessarily by from a local needlework store. This time we talk about clamps for woodworking, telescoping/lighted magnets, and dental picks. Do you have any tools you use? Share them with us. Note that there will not be a podcast this Sunday. We’re taking a break for the Labor Day weekend. Our regular schedule will resume next Wednesday with a Stitch Hour show.–Cindy and Gary

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Fiber Talk with Gail Stafford

Laurel Mill by Gail Stafford.

Gail Stafford is our guest this week and the show is sponsored by CyberPointers at cyberpointers.org. Gail is a retired math teacher who has used her number skills to help her develop a significant talent for designing counted-canvas needlepoint. Her initial efforts were Bargello designs. Then she stepped up her game and is now creating stunning landscape designs with depth and texture that is not normally seen. Gail holds EGA Master Craftsman certificates in canvas embroidery, color, and design. She is also an EGA Seminar faculty member and a member of the ANG National Seminar faculty. Her husband is a highly skilled woodworker and, toward the end of the conversation, Beth and Gary make a discovery about Mike.–Beth and Gary

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Norway Harbor by Gail Stafford.
Join CyberPointers at cyberpointers.org.

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 1-31-24

Cindy’s Fibonacci Swirls floss toss. It’s going to look great.
It’s time for another Midweek Chat. This week Cindy and Gary discuss counted-canvas work and how it fits in the stitching world, ANG and CyberPointers, beginning and ending threads, and keeping a project notebook. Overrated/underrated topics include corner measuring squares, adjustable stretcher bars, and stitching chairs/ergonomics. Be sure to check out the Jan. 28 podcast with Nicola Jarvis in which we talk about her new book “Life in Seasons.” Sunday’s guest is Deb Rucker from Stitches of Heritage. Our topic is the role of African Americans in needlework history.–Cindy and Gary

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