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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 4-28-21

Jenifer’s Springhill project.

It’s been seven days since our last chat. This week, Jenifer and Gary gather to talk about thread and fabric testing Jenifer did with a silk samplings kit from Needle in a Haystack, deciding on single or double strands when doing cross stitch, back stitch strategies, the value of partial stitches, not underestimating DMC floss, upcoming activities, and Jenifer’s experiences with the Springhill project. Reminder: The Marion Lang chart is available for free until 9:00 p.m. Eastern at wetalkfiber.com/lang. Kits available at wetalkfiber.com/langkit. Join us tonight for some stitching and chatting during the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Sunday’s guest is Joanna Kabanoff of Mojo Stitches and we’ll start her Take Wing design. Chart and kits available Sunday from Sassy Jacks at wetalkfiber.com/wing.–Jenifer and Gary

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Take Wing from Joanna Kabanoff of Mojo Stitches.

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Fiber Talk with Jean Farish

Needlepoint class project for 2018 cruise.

Jean Farish, designer, teacher, stitcher, and stitching cruise director, joins us this week for a fascinating conversation about stitching in general; her early days in the hobby, including a TV show she once did; stitching cruises and what it’s like to participate; and we go back to the early days of her blog to re-visit some advice and tips she still uses today. No matter what kind of stitching you do, you’ll learn something from Jean Farish.–Gary and Christine

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Down Home ABCs design by Jean Farish.

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2018 Stitchers’ Escape cruise sewing case design by Jean Farish.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Jean Farish. 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 at the Nashville Market, I

Our first video is with Krista Gramer of Just Stitching Along. Krista shows us her two Nashville sampler introductions: Lucy Calcutt 1825 and Gertrude’s Garden.

Our second video is with Barbara Hutson of Queenstown Sampler Designs. Barbara is introducing six new samplers at the Nashville show.

Our third video is Nicola Parkman from Hands Across the Sea Samplers, demonstrating what can be done with the charts that are printed on the backs of her very popular greeting cards.


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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-28-18

Gary’s new lap stand from K’s Creations
It’s Wednesday and it’s chatting time. First: Christine got married! After that, we talk about Vonna, Gary’s new lap stand, Persnickety Stitchers, fabric, and our plans for the Nashville Market this weekend. This weekend: Reports from the Nashville Market–Gary and Christine

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 1-24-18

Eliza Bell Cox 1832, Hands Across the Sea Samplers

It’s Chat day and Christine’s job got in the way. So Nicola Parkman volunteered to fill in and we had a fun conversation about reproduction samplers. We start off with some sampler stitching tips then talk about five new samplers Hands Across the Sea Samplers is introducing at the Nashville show and Nicola’s recent trip to the U.S. Enjoy the show and head to your LNS to pre-order the new samplers.–Gary and Christine

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