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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 7-20-22

Purple Mountains Majesty heart design stitched by Beth and designed by Gay Ann Rogers.
Hannah Longstreth 1805 by Queenstown Sampler Designs, stitched by Gary.

After a week off, we’re back with more needlework chatting. This week’s topics include Sunday’s guest Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo, the Mystery in St. Tropez project by Gay Ann Rogers and sponsored by Needle in a Haystack, Hannah Longstreth, the Purple Mountains Majesty design by Gay Ann Rogers, stitching white on white, Beth stitching while immobilized, and how we use library resources to obtain audio books and other items. We also talk at length about the recent video by Krista West of Avlea embroidery, in which she showed some terrific new fabrics and talked about small business partnering. Join us tonight for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour. Our guest will be Robin-Ann Rossignol and we’ll be drooling over her many finished projects. We start at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel. Sunday’s guest: Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo–Beth and Gary

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-8-22

This is the kit Beth got from Stitched Stories. Watch our unboxing video to learn more.
Beth finished Spring Hill by Karen Kluba of Rosewood Manor.
We return from our post-500 hiatus to talk about our 500th show, the upcoming Hannah Longstreth framing, storing needlework and threads, our upcoming project with Gay Ann Rogers, our new unboxing video showing kits from Stitched Stories, yellow linen Beth dyed, and a variety of other things that came to mind. Join us tonight for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour. Our guest will be Natalie Dupuis of Sew By Hand. She’ll be taking us through the design process she uses from concept to stitching. We start at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel. Sunday’s guest: Brandy of the new shop BeStitchMe.–Beth and Gary

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-24-21

Gary’s finished Hannah Longstreth 1805.

It’s Midweek Chat time once again. Beth and Gary talk about color, making changes to the Springhill design, what we learned from Emillie Ferris about color and thread painting, linen, our versions of playing with thread and stitches, and a handful of other topics. We hope our conversation is thought-provoking. Also, join us tonight for the Fiber Talk Stitch hour. Our guest is Natalie Dupuis and our topic will be color. Sunday: Brendon and Karen Kirk–Beth and Gary

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Hardanger pillow by Martha Dewald.
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 1-13-21

Jenifer’s chicken.

Tomorrow is Thursday so we’ll chat about needlework today. Jenifer and Gary talk about our Springhill and Hannah Longstreth project progress, one or two threads with 37-ct. linen, railroading, stitching the hard parts first, making time to stitch, and a variety of other topics. Join us for our Springhill SAL. You can purchase your kit from Needle in a Haystack at wetalkfiber.com/springhill. Our Wednesday Stitch Hour guest is Orna Willis and our Sunday guest is Lori Markovic of La-D-Da Designs.–Jenifer and Gary

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Spring HIll by Karen Kluba of Rosewood Manor. Our SAL, sponsored by Needle in a Haystack, started Jan. 1

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-26-20

Join us for a live tour of The Secret Garden exhibition, Sept. 2 at 8:00 p.m. Easter on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel.
Wednesday has arrived on time and we’re talking about the upcoming “The Secret Garden” tour from Gallery76, Sept. 2 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel. We also talk about how we’re stitching From Dawn to Dusk and whether it can be stitched horizontally, help with Royal Garden stitches, not flipping the canvas, Hannah Longstreth 1805, and Gary’s new K’s Creations Stow-Away floor stand. We also talk at length about the process of creativity and the various approaches artists take to develop their art. Join us tonight for the Wednesday Stitch Hour at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Sunday’s guest is Diane Grick of Silver Creek Samplers–Beth and Gary

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Tuxedo colorway of From Dawn to Dusk by Textured Treasures.
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