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Midweek Chat: Needlepoint, Rolaframes, and Felt Bowls
April 29, 2026 - By Gary Parr
It’s the W day and all three of us gathered to talk about projects and do some enabling. Among our…
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Midweek Chat: What Do You Call Those Stitches?
April 8, 2026 - By Gary Parr
Wednesday has made an appearance once again so Cindy and Gary seized the opportunity to talk about needlework. Our list…
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Fiber Talk with Gina Barrett of Gina-B Silkworks
June 1, 2025 - By Gary Parr
We’re making buttons this week with our guest Gina Barrett of Gina-B Silkworks. Actually, we’re exploring all types of passementerie…
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-28-25
May 28, 2025 - By Gary Parr
The day between Tuesday and Thursday has arrived so we seized the opportunity to talk about needlework. This week’s topics…
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-8-24
May 8, 2024 - By Gary Parr
We’ve reached the week’s midpoint so we gathered to chat about needlework. Topics this week include the show we did…
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Judy Coates Perez Practices “What if?” at the Highest Level June 7, 2026
For this week’s show, sponsored by EGA, we had the privilege of spending time with textile artist Judy Coates Perez. Her textile arts career started with an extended family car trip when Judy was in 8th grade. In Guatemala, she learned how to do backstrap (not backstop ;)) weaving. That triggered a lifelong love of […]
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Ruth O’Leary Thread Paints Impressive Needleart May 31, 2026
Our May 31 guest is Ruth O’Leary from Rostara. Ruth is a thread painting artist who uses her own version of the technique. Her stitching approach creates a different texture than “conventional” thread painting and provides Ruth with the color-transition flexibility she desires in her art. Equally interesting is Ruth’s design process. To make the […]
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Embroider Felt Bowls and Ogle Laura Wasilowski’s Art Quilts May 25, 2026
EGA is sponsoring our conversation with versatile textile artist Laura Wasilowski. After a short stint in theater, Laura built a career dyeing fabrics and threads while raising her children. That led to her captivating art quilts. These days she still creates quilts, but on the much smaller side of the art form and with a […]
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Canvas #7: Match Master Painter Threads with Master Painter Designs May 20, 2026
After listening to our show with Jane Garrison of Threadnuts/The Painter’s Threads Collection (https://wetalkfiber.com/2023/08/19/fiber-talk-with-jane-garrison/), Robin Rossignol was inspired to purchase some of those threads and match them with some of the Kick Back and Stitch designs she owned. In this video, we talk about 10 of those pieces and explore the threads and design features. […]
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The Finishing Fairy Helps You Learn to Finish Needlepoint May 17, 2026
Amanda Metes, The Needlepoint Finishing Fairy, joins us to talk about her journey from stitcher to finisher to finishing educator. She’s accomplished a lot in a short time and the result is a terrific resource that will help you “get your ornaments to the tree” and eventually tackle bigger, more complex projects. During the conversation, […]
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