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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-31-23

Our short hiatus is over and we’re back in action with a Midweek Chat. This week, Cindy and Gary talk about mental health and needlework, Gary and Beth and their hopeless stitch-from-stash effort, a Dritz storage box for perle cotton balls, Painters threads, Debbie Rowley’s mermaid design, Gay Rogers’ Drawn Thread Sampler sale, and the changing retail landscape and it’s impact on designers and LNSs. We hope you enjoy the show and encourage you to share with others. Sunday’s guest: Lori Pengelly of Pansy Patch Quilts & Stitchery–Cindy and Gary

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Needlework by Lisa Dziuban.
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-17-23

Avlea’s Aegean Sunrise getting attached to Beth’s jean jacket.
Wednesday has arrived and we’re chatting. Topics include our May 14 mental health and needlework show, EGA National Seminar registration changes, summer stitching time, traveling projects, the Gay Ann Rogers whitework sampler sale, stitching muscle memory, and our June 1, Not One More Thing attempt to go an entire year without buying new projects and other needlework items. Exceptions to the buying stoppage are purchases from the Sassy Jacks store opening, additional threads for an existing project, projects already ordered, 2024 projects that need to be purchased ahead of time, the Gay Ann Rogers whitework sampler sale, gifted items. Join us or watch from the sidelines to see when our willpower collapses. Note that there won’t be any new shows until the May 31 Midweek Chat.–Beth and Gary

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Mill Hill bead kits make great travel projects.
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Fiber Talk: Mental Health & Needlework

The King’s Pineapple by Kathy Andrews.
Trevelyon’s Garden by Kathy Andrews.

May is Mental Health Month and it’s important to discuss the subject at all levels to raise awareness and and encourage people in need to seek professional help. This week, in a show sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery, Kathy Andrews, of The Unbroken Thread, joins Beth and Gary to explore the many aspects of mental health and the role needlework plays in helping people cope with long-term and daily stresses and mental issues. Note that we are not trained professionals and are only offering our thoughts and opinions. If you are struggling with mental-health issues, seek professional help but keep in mind that your needle and thread can make a difference.–Kathy, Beth, and Gary

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Fiber Talk with Orna Willis IV

Gage by Orna Willis, offered as a class through the Shining Needle Society.

Nomi’s Dragons, one of Orna’s newest designs.
Orna Willis makes her fourth visit this week in a show sponsored by CyberPointers. The focus of our conversation is Orna’s new Gage design and the suicide and mental-illness stories behind it. Gage is a collaboration Orna did with Cecelia Stricklin of The Thread Gatherer in honor of the life of her son Gage. Our awareness of mental health is growing significantly these days and needlework can play a role in helping people who are struggling. The Gage project is being offered as a class through the Shining Needle Society and there is still room left in the class. You must act quickly. The extended deadline is Dec. 16, 2022 and the class starts Feb. 1, 2023. Learn more in the Cyber Classes section of Orna’s website. We also talk about avoiding getting into a design rut, explore Orna’s design process, and how she views older designs. It’s always enlightening and fun to talk with Orna and this week’s conversation is no different. After you listen to the show, visit Orna’s website to explore her catalog of designs and consider participating in the Gage class.–Beth and Gary

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