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Fiber Talk Samplers Series

Wednesday night, Oct. 6, we broadcast our fourth in the series of live sampler shows. This week we were live at The Attic (attic needlework.com) with Jean Lea and our pocketbooks are lighter for it. For the other three shows in the series, we enjoyed seeing a number of samplers from the collection of Kim Young, Sassy Jacks Stitchery (sassyjacksstitchery.com), fawned over some of the collection owned by Melinda Cole of Merry Wind Farm, and received an excellent sampler education from Vickie LoPiccolo Jennett of Needlework Press. If you missed any shows or want to see them again, they are all presented below. We hope you enjoy them.–Gary, Beth, and Jenifer

Kim Young, Sassy Jacks Stitchery

Melinda Cole, Merry Hill Farm

Vickie LoPiccolo Jennett, Needlework Press

Jean Lea, The Attic

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Fiber Talk with Melinda Cole

A Merry Wind Farm sampler.

Melinda Cole of Merry Wind Farm joins us this week. We really enjoyed talking with Melinda about stitching in general, how she got hooked on reproduction samplers, her charting process, how she chooses colors, and a variety of other topics. Merry Wind Farm produces some beautiful samplers and we hope you enjoy our conversation with Melinda.–Gary and Christine

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A Merry Wind Farm sampler.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Melinda Cole. 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


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Fiber Talk at the Nashville Market III

Nashville video number seven is about samplers being offered by Merry Wind Farm. Nicola Parkman fills in to show us the highlights of Ellen Spedding and Girls in Blue Dresses.

For our eighth Nashville video we visit Eileen Gurak of Handblessings Patterns to see a number of new designs she’s introducing at the Nashville Market. Several of the designs are stitched on perforated paper, including several new additions to her postage stamp line.

Our ninth video is with Sally London of Rainbow Gallery. Thread lovers will enjoy this tour of a large number of new threads from one of the more creative thread companies in the hobby. We also see some designs by needlepoint designer Kurdy Biggs.


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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-7-18

Cross-stitch chart that Mary McGuire stitched on Congress cloth.

It’s the middle of the week and we are back with our uniquely named Midweek Chat. Topics for this week’s conversation are a cross-stitch project that Mary McGuire needlepointed; Nashville show introductions from Rosewood Manor, Hands Across the Sea Samplers, and Merry Wind Farms; a tip for dealing with knots/loops/short stubs of thread; stitcher stitching rooms; and the Shoreline Stitchers’ Showcase, presented by the Needle Artists by the Sea ANG chapter. Sunday’s guest: Terri Bay at Terri Bay Needlework Designs.–Gary and Christine

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Sunset from Rosewood Manor.

Links to items mentioned in the show: