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Posted on March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk with Marie-Renee Otis

Marie-Renee Otis joins us this week to talk about her creative and multi-faceted needle art. Renee has been connected to art her entire life and found her home with needle and thread. Along the way her art received considerable influence from her time in South Korea and Bangui in the Central African Republic. She works primarily on Penelope canvas because of the versatility it provides and incorporates a variety of techniques into her pieces. Her goal is to lift up her soul and those of others through her work and to participate in the beauty of our world. After you listen to the podcast, be sure to visit Marie-Renee’s gallery to enjoy her art.–Beth and Gary

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Le Temps Semble avoir Ailes by Marie Renee Otis.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Marie-Renee Otis. We’re always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.–Gary

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Posted on June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk with April McNee

The Embroiderers’ Guild NSW will feature an exhibit on Italian Needlework in August 2020.

April McNee, Exhibition and Gallery Coordinator at the Embroiderers’ Guild NSW, is our guest this week in a show sponsored by the Embroiderers Guild of America and Sassy Jacks Stitchery. This is April’s second time as a Fiber Talk guest and much has happened since we last spoke. The guild is offering a number of online programs and, after a significant shift in scheduling, an excellent schedule of exhibitions, starting in August with “Remembering Ricamo, an Exhibition of Italian Needlwork.” Many of the upcoming exhibitions will have catalogs that needleworkers who can’t visit the galleries will be able to purchase and thus experience the needle arts. The Embroiderers’ Guild NSW is a dynamic organization and there is now much that needleworkers from all parts of the world can experience. Enjoy our conversation with April McNee and visit the Guild website soon.–Gary

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I hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with April McNee. I’m always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.–Gary

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Posted on June 26, 2019 by Gary Parr — Leave a comment

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-26-19

Yvette Stanton’s “Early-Style Hardanger” book.

It’s Wishful Wednesday, Fat Quarter Shop is sponsoring the show, and Arlene and I are talking about some (note the operative word “some”) of the projects we have in our stash that we would really like to stitch but simply can’t seem to get into the rotation. If you’re curious about techniques other than the one you do all of the time, you’ll enjoy this week’s discussion. Among the techniques we talk about are Japanese bead embroidery, various kinds of whitework, Jacobean crewelwork, blackwork, embroidery, lace, gold work, and charted needlepoint. To see photos of the projects we discuss, watch the slide show on the Fiber Talk page for this podcast (below) or our FlossTube video. We also celebrate one of Arlene’s designs making the cover of “Just Cross Stitch” magazine. Sunday’s guest: Margaret (not Michelle) Lee on Japanese and Chinese embroidery.–Gary

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Please support our sponsor Fat Quarter Shop at fatquartershop.com.

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Posted on June 9, 2019 by Gary Parr — 2 Comments

Fiber Talk with Patricia Goodson

Arlene Cohen designed it an Pat Goodson stitched it as a gift to her.

Patricia Goodson is our guest this week as we welcome our new sponsor, Fat Quarter Shop. Visit them at fatquartershop.com for all of your stitching needs. Our guest is a multi-faceted needle artist who learned how to stitch while she was growing up in Brazil. This week, in addition to learning about her needlework skills, we get some advice about how to maximize our stitching time, improve concentration/focus, eliminate stress and pain, and make the most of our limited stitching time. Pat also regularly stands to stitch and explains the various benefits she’s realized from that approach. You’ll be a better stitcher at the end of this show.–Gary

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I hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Pat Goodson. I’m always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.–Gary

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Posted on September 3, 2017 by Gary Parr — 4 Comments

Fiber Talk with Arlene Cohen

Arlene Cohen’s award-winning Spanish Savonnerie (Natalia Frank) design, stitched on 40-ct. silk gauze.

Arlene Cohen is our guest this week. Who is Arlene? She’s an extremely versatile and talented needlework artist and lace maker, owner of the Etsy shop WorksByABC, and produces some of the most interesting and informative Flosstube videos available. Skilled with needle and thread? Yes, and then some. At the recently completed ANG Seminar, Arlene earned category first place, Judges’ Choice, Presidents Award, and Delegates Choice awards for her Spanish Savonnerie (Natalia Frank) piece, stitched on 40-ct. silk gauze. We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation in which we cover a wide range of stitching topics.–Gary and Christine

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation Arlene Cohen. 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