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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-22-23

Beth’s Susan Schlichter sampler from Queenstown Sampler Designs.
Wednesday arrived right on schedule and Gary and Beth connected over the inter webs to talk about needlework. Happy Thanksgiving to all of our U.S. listeners. Topics on our list this week include Roberta Wagner, Nancy Hillis and The Artist’s Journey, washi paper, making ugly work, goldwork, goldwork books to consider, and helping Jamie from California get started with cross stitch. Underrated/overrated items are needle minders, needle threaders, and Inspirations magazine. Sunday’s guest is Brittany Kiertzner.–Beth and Gary

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Beth’s Sampler Book by Erica Michaels.
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-15-23

Avlea Folk Embroidery stitching by Beth.

We’re, once again, two days from the weekend and it’s time to talk needlework. Topics for this Wednesday include a question from listener Sharon Saunders about buying linen when you don’t have a store, whether a stitch path is useful, sampler borders, challenging reproduction samplers from The Essamplaire, Lucky Jonquil thread drops, and a number of other topics. Mark your calendar for March 15, when Margaret Hagen will be our Stitch Hour guest so we can see more of her sampler collection. Sunday we have a great conversation about needlework techniques with Robin-Ann Rossignol.–Beth and Gary

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Sarah Parr sampler by Gary.

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Fiber Talk with Brandy Prather

Brandy Prather dyes a lot of fabric and thread.
Beautiful BeStitchMe thread.

Our conversation this week is with Brandy Prather of BeStitchMe. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America (egausa.org) and Avlea Folk Embroidery (avleaembroidery.com). Brandy is a passionate dyer of needlework ground cloth and silk thread. In fact, her whole family is passionate about dyeing the basics of needle art, and they all help Brandy keep up with the demand. We learn quite a bit about how Brandy developed her business and what it offers today. We also got to talk at length about the new BeStitchMe retail store that will be opening in early August. It’ll be a large cross stitch store with plenty of room for stitching and classes. Brandy also has a new line of threads ready to be introduced at the grand opening. We hope you enjoy the conversation and encourage you to visit bestitchme.com to explore the beautiful linen, aida, and threads.–Beth and Gary

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Visit the EGA website at egausa.org and consider joining.
Please support our sponsor, Avlea Folk Embroidery at avlea embroidery.com.

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

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-4-22

What’s your favorite needle brand?
It’s time for some Midweek Chatting. This week’s topics include petit point, dollhouse stitching, the EGA 2022 National Seminar, projects we’re working on, a new Alice Ellen Usher Bristol sampler from Sassy Jacks Stitchery, threads and linen we’re going to use to stitch that sampler, needles, scissors, and the Sharpening Doc. Join us tonight for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour. We’ll be stitching and chatting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk Youtube channel.–Beth and Gary

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Do you have favorite scissors? Own a pair of cheap ones for travel?
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-23-22

Table cloth stitched by listener Alicia Clark.
We’re half way between weekends and we’ve done some chatting. This week’s topics include new Ronnie Rowe designs, handling and storing threads, and the various things we do to set up a new project. It’s a Stitch and Chat night on the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour tonight. We’ll look at the new designs from Ronnie Rowe, talk about whatever comes up, and try to do some stitching. Bring your favorite project and beverage and join us at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel. Sunday’s guest: Beth Hoyes of Rabbit Hat Designs–Beth and Gary

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Stitched by the talented Sharon Bruce.
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