crewel embroidery – Fiber Talk

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk with Dr. Susan Kay-Williams & Dr. Isabella Rosner, RSN

Embroidered slippers from the Royal School of Needlework collection.

Tambour jacket from the Royal School of Needlework collection.

Dr. Susan Kay-Williams, Executive Director of the Royal School of Needlework, returns this week, along with RSN Curator Dr. Isabella Rosner, in a show sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Our topic for this sixth visit from the folks at the Royal School is digitizing the entire Royal School of Needlework collection. This is the second, along with the RSN Stitch Bank, project that promises to significantly change the knowledge base needleworkers have at their disposal. Even more valuable is that the digitized collection and the RSN Stitch Bank will be connected in many ways. Maybe the best part is that these two monumental resources will be freely available to all needleworkers. In our conversation, we learn how this project got started, the vast amount of information that will be available, and when we’ll start seeing items from the collection. As with all other RSN activities, it pays to have your name on the school’s mailing list so you can keep up to date. To communicate with Isabella about this effort, you can send email to collection at royal-needlework.org.uk. Applause once again to the Royal School for its leadership role in educating needleworkers of all types and at all skill levels. Also, enjoy photos of items from the RSN Collection in the slideshow below.–Beth and Gary

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A selection of items from the RSN Collection

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Susan Kay-Williams and Isabella Rosner. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.

Posted on April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk with Di Cawdron and Debbie O’Brien, Appletons Wool

Appletons Wool offers 425 colors and that number is growing.

Designs/kits are also part of the Appletons offerings.

Di Cawdron, owner, and Debbie O’Brien, Wool Manager, of Appleton’s Wool are our guests this week. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. EGA is renewing its FiberTalk5 offer of $5 off a new or virtual lecture for EGA members. Appletons Wool was started in 1835 and Di and her now-retired partner Julia, purchased it in 2013. We learn about this historic needlework company and how Di, Debbie, and their team have worked to modernize the operations and continue to provide the quality wool thread that is associated with the Appletons name. They’ve also increased the number of colors–now 425 and growing–and have done so without any interruption in supply during the pandemic. Learn all about how they create the some of the finest wool thread in the needlework world with all-British sources from sheep to needle.–Gary

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Posted on November 5, 2022 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk with Kirsten Doogue

This week we have the privilege of exploring Kirsten Doogue’s wide-ranging needlework career. Kirsten’s needlework involves a wide variety of techniques. These days her focus is on 17th Century English techniques, including crewel embroidery and working on her Thistle Threads casket. She’s a graduate of the Royal School of Needlework and shares some of her experiences learning needlework at that hallowed institution. It was a lot of fun talking with this talented and enthusiastic needle artist and we’re confident you’ll enjoy the conversation. Be sure to visit Kirsten’s website to enjoy her art.–Beth and Gary

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

Posted on April 27, 2022 by Gary Parr — 1 Comment

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 4-27-20

More Than a Rose, stitched by Beth Ellicott.

We’re in the middle of the work week and can see the weekend on the horizon. That means it’s chatting day. This week Beth and Gary talk about the EGA National Seminar, EGA scholarships, thread manufacturing and what Kreinik has experienced, leaving your stash behind, what to do with old crewel kits/designs, and discovering a mistake long after you made it. Join us tonight for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour. Our guest will be Jenifer’s mom. We start at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel. Sunday’s guest: Diana Snyder–Beth and Gary

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Your creativity can revive old crewel kits.

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Posted on July 18, 2021 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk with Melinda Sherbring

Sweet bag, Borage side by Melinda Sherbring.

Elizabethan Enchantment by Melinda Sherbring

This week’s show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery and the Embroiderer’s Guild of America. Our guest is the multi-faceted, extremely talented designer and teacher, Melinda Sherbring. You’ll have a hard time deciding what aspect of Melinda is most interesting. It could be her work with the Hubble telescope, her medieval alter-ego Eowyn Amberdrake and Society of Creative Anachronism activities, historic-needlework research in some of the most famous collections in the world, sophisticated design work, or teaching activities, or all of the above. It was an absolute treat to hear from this very talented needle artist and we’re confident you’ll be tempted to explore her designs.–Gary and Beth

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