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Fiber Talk with Joy Cobb, EGA National Seminar Chair
November 2, 2024 - By Gary Parr
Our topic this week is the 2025 EGA National Seminar, our guest is Seminar chair Joy Cobb, and the show…
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Fiber Talk with Elizabeth Reese of Woodlawn
October 19, 2024 - By Gary Parr
The goal for the 62nd Woodlawn Needlework Show, March 2025, is to have at least one piece from each of…
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Fiber Talk with Lea Peacock
September 7, 2024 - By Gary Parr
This week’s guest is Lea Peacock, newly elected president of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Thanks to Sassy Jacks Stitchery…
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Fiber Talk with Lucy Martin, Hand & Lock
July 13, 2024 - By Gary Parr
Lucy Martin returns this week in her capacity as Head of Education at Hand & Lock. The show is sponsored…
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Fiber Talk with Lucy Martin
June 29, 2024 - By Gary Parr
This week’s guest, Lucy Martin, has packed an entire needle-art career into just a few years, and she’s just getting…
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Midweek Chat: Silk Threads, Jessica and Hazel Classes, Embroidery Cloth October 8, 2026
It’s Midweek Chat time a week early. The show is sponsored by CyberPointers at cyberpointers.org. This week it’s all three of us talking about needlepoint canvas at Avlea Folk Embroidery, top-quality embroidery ground cloth, shiny silk embroidery threads, a new line of silk needlepoint threads, Beth’s new portable magnifier light, slate frame, and slate-frame alternatives. […]
Gary Parr
Chicken Scratch and Quilting with Carolyn Forster October 5, 2026
Textile artist Carolyn Forster of Quilting on the Go is our guest this week. The focus of our conversation is her two new books, “20 To Make: Chicken Scratch Embroidery” and “1930s Quilts.” Carolyn has been sewing, stitching, and quilting all of her life. She tried cooking in school but things went wonky so she […]
Gary Parr
Fiber Talk Canvas #9: Prep is Key for Red Rocks Bright Sun Success October 1, 2026
In show #9 of our Canvas Series, Cindy and Beth discuss how they prepared to stitch Wendy Moore’s Red Rocks Bright Sun design. The show is sponsored by Cyberpointers (cyberpointers.org) and Avlea Folk Embroidery (avleafolkembroidery.com). Red Rocks Bright Sun is an advanced design that presents several stitching challenges. In the video we talk about many […]
Gary Parr
Hazel Blomkamp’s New Book and Website Raise the Embroidery Bar September 27, 2026
This week, Hazel Blomkamp returns to talk about her Workroom subscription program, her updated technique books, and the terrific new collaboration book, Crewelwork Then & Now, she wrote with Phillipa Turnbull. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America and Avlea Folk Embroidery. This is the second time we’ve had the privilege of […]
Gary Parr
Fiber Talk Remembers Margriet Hogue September 20, 2026
Margriet Hogue, creator and owner of The Essamplaire, passed away on Sept. 14, 2026. As our way of remembering the tremendous contribution she made to samplers, and the needle arts in general, this week we re-play the conversation we had with her April 15, 2023. Margriet Hogue, from The Essamplaire, joins us this week to […]
Gary Parr