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Fiber Talk with Lita O’Hara

Design by Lita O’Hara.
Ornaments by Lita O’Hara.
Lita O’Hara, the Nashville Needlepointer and Patron Saint of Chaos, is our guest this week. Lita is a self-taught painted-canvas designer and project finisher. In our conversation we learn about her design process, what it was like to paint those first canvases, and how her finishing business evolved. To keep sanity in her life and to be able to deliver quality product, she keeps her customer list to a limited number. That allows her to get to know what they like and prevents late nights trying to meet holiday deadlines. Throughout the conversation, we offer several tips that will help stitchers produce projects that will result in easier and better finishing. Lita also holds finishing classes regularly and her Instagram and YouTube accounts are good sources for finishing tips and techniques. Mixed in are several entertaining videos. If you’ve never made cord, she has an excellent YouTube video that will show you how.–Beth and Gary

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Lita taught them how to finish their ornaments.
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Lita O’Hara. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.
 

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-4-21

This sampler project is now set up properly.

It’s W day so it’s chat time. This week Gary and Beth talk about our World Embroidery Day show and the things we learned, taking that first step to learn something new, lessons Gary learned when he started working on a shelved project that wasn’t set up properly, what projects warrant what level of framing/finishing, and our plans for celebrating World Cross Stitch day. If you missed our World Embroidery Day show you can find it at wetalkfiber.com/youtube in the live video section. Also, join us tonight for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and August 13 at 2:00 p.m. when we celebrate World Cross Stitch Day.–Beth and Gary

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Beth’s Royal Garden is looking great. Fiber Talk needle minders are always available.

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Fiber Talk Encore: The Twisted Stitcher X2

It’s holiday break time for us and we have a treat for you. Instead of the promised encore presentation of a previous show, we’re doubling up and sharing two full hours of the Twisted Stitcher, Vonna Pfeiffer. Vonna was our second Fiber Talk guest and joined us again for more stitching talk not too long ago. We’ve combined both of those shows into a mini-marathon. Break out your needle and thread and favorite listening device, tell everyone in the house to go find something else to do, and settle in for two hours of stitching and listening to us talk stitching with the Twisted Stitcher.–Christine and Gary

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We hope you enjoy this Fiber Talk encore show. You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, Podbay, and Podbean. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.

There is much to learn on Vonna’s website. Be sure to explore it: https://thetwistedstitcher.blogspot.com

We hope you enjoy this week’s encore presentation with Vonna Pfeiffer. 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 Vonna Pfeiffer II

From Sea to Shining Sea by Little House Needleworks, stitched by Vonna Pfeiffer.

We’re very pleased to have The Twisted Stitcher return for a second visit. While we enjoyed another great conversation with Vonna Pfeiffer about stitching in general and the projects she’s working on, our focus this week was on techniques and tips. We also talked at length about the pieces Vonna receives for finishing

With Thy Needle and Thread’s Flag Day design, stitched and finished by Vonna Pfeiffer.

and how what she sees can help you improve your stitching and deliver needlework that will provide finishers with the best opportunity to produce a perfect finished product. We also get an update on Vonna’s progress in her all-America room. Don’t miss this podcast with one of the hobby’s most talented stitchers and finishers.–Christine and Gary

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Hats Off Inside by Black Bird Designs; stitched and finished by Vonna Pfeiffer.

Vonna is very generous with her knowledge. You can follow her/learn from her through various social-media outlets. Here’s a list:

We hope you enjoy this week’s chat with Vonna. 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 Stacy Nash

Rose Garden sewing basket by Stacy Nash.

Stacy Nash is a cross stitcher, designer, finisher, teacher, and Etsy owner. She’s also our guest this week. We had an enjoyable time talking with Stacy about her stitching roots, unique design/color palette, her animal cracker and sewing basket designs, the best sports for stitching, finishing her sewing basket designs, trades shows, other designers, and a couple of upcoming events.–Christine and Gary

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Mary Barres sampler snippets by Stacy Nash.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Stacy Nash. 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

Theodore animal cracker.

During the show, Stacy offered two recommendations: