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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-11-20

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Wednesday has arrived on schedule, it’s Veterans Day, Avlea Mediterranean Folk Embroidery is sponsoring the show, and Beth and Gary are doing the chatting. Topics this week include Andreia Cabral, meditative stitching, the pros and cons of challenges (including a new challenge for Gary), and analyzing and maximizing your time to free up stitching minutes. Join us tonight for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Our guest will be Cindy Baldwin.–Beth and Gary

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Gary’s Hannah Longstreth. Can he complete the challenge?

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Beth’s meditative stitching project.

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 10-14-20

Betsy Ross, designed by Gay Ann Rogers and available in her October sale on Oct. 15.
It’s time to start that downhill ride to the weekend and a little needlework chat always helps accelerate things. This week, Beth and Gary talk about meditative stitching, Fiber Talk Monday Hearts, Gay Ann Rogers, a quote from Marta Harvey about special talents, how we approach stitching,threads, and a variety of other topics. Sunday’s guest: Stephanie Bonneau, Atelier Saint Clare.–Beth and Gary

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Geometric designed by Gay Ann Rogers.
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Fiber Talk Meditates, 10-11-20

Today was our first in a series of seven shows focused on meditative stitching. We were joined today by Krista West of Avlea Mediterranean Folk Embroidery. She talked about what constitutes meditative stitching and the many health benefits it provides. Sheri Berger, the Colorado Cross Stitcher, then joined us to talk and demonstrate simple stretching exercises that will help you be more comfortable, particularly after long stitching sessions. That segment begins at 23:25. Here are some links to material that Krista West presented on meditative stitching. While the articles may refer to knitting, the information applies to all forms of needlework:

Here is the first show in the Meditative Stitching series:

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-30-20

Octokafe designed by Avlea Mediterranean Folk Embroidery, stitched by Beth Ellicott.

We’re chatting once again on a Wednesday. This week Beth and Gary gush about Gay Ann Rogers and her designing talent and talk about meditative stitching, the Avlea Octokafe embroidery design, how history adds interest to needlework projects, and the Thistle Threads 17th Century Whitework Samplers course. Gay Ann Rogers will return for our next live show on Wednesday, Oct. 7, to introduce a new design. Sunday’s guest is Karen Kluba of Rosewood Manor–Beth and Gary

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Avlea’s new Mediterranean Basketweave design.

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