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Fiber Talk Friday Night Live, 3-13-20

Please support our sponsor Stitchy Box at shop.stitchybox.com
We’re back for Fiber Talk Friday Night Live, sponsored by Stitchy Box. Gary demonstrates the Rainbow Gallery Eyelash thread (Vonna won’t be using it), we talk about Agnus Dei and show our progress, and share the many charts we brought back from the Nashville Market. Enjoy the show and go to fibertalk.stitchybox.com to buy some beautiful silk threads–Vonna and Gary

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-26-20

Just Stitching Along design finished by Vonna.
Vonna and Gary are doing the chatting this week and Sassy Jacks is sponsoring the show. Topics include all of our upcoming events/SALs, breaking down the Agnus Dei chart so it will be finished by Easter, bike riding, charted-canvas needlepoint, linen preparation, rotary cutters, and whatever else fell out of our heads. Join us Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Eastern for a live Stitch with Vonna show on our YouTube channel and don’t miss our Sunday show with Megan Chriswisser, editor of Needlework Retailer magazine.–Vonna and Gary

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Also, please consider helping friends of Dr. Gloria Seaman Allen gift the Mary Orr 1831 sampler to the Winterthur Museum in honor of Dr. Allen. To contribute, send a check payable to Winterthur Museum to Ms. Linda Eaton, Director of Collections and Senior Curator of Textiles, 5101 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735 or, to contribute with credit card payment, follow this link: http://inside.winterthur.org/give. After selecting a donation amount, set the “Designation” to “Other” and enter “To honor Gloria”.

Mary Orr 1831

To help raise money, Fiber Talk is conducting a drawing of six gift certificates. Donate at least $10 toward the purchase of Mary Orr. After you donate, send an email to Vonna at [email protected]. We’ll use the honor system for contributions. Contributions must be made by midnight Eastern time, March 14. The drawing will be held March 15. The certificates will be for our sponsors. One each $50 certificate to Sassy Jacks and The Attic, and four $25 certificates to Fire Poppies, Needle in a Haystack, Shepherd’s Needle, and Stitchy Box.

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I hope you enjoy this show. I’m always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.

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Fiber Talk Friday Night Live, 2-14-20

Barbara Hutson is our special guest and Stitchy Box is our sponsor. Barbara talks about the effort to purchase Mary Orr 1831 in memory of Dr. Gloria Seaman Allen and shows us her outstanding lineup of Nashville releases. We also talk about charted canvas needlepoint, the Queens sampler, our Modern Folk Embroidery Lenten projects, establish a new May 1 SAL, speculate why there are so many February birthdays (it’s the sap), and enjoy a moment from the leader of Team PigPen.–Vonna and Gary

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-12-20

Sam the Snowman, By the Bay Needleart, finished by Vonna Pfeiffer.
We are half way between Sundays and Gary and Vonna have gathered once again to talk about our favorite hobby. The show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery and we’re talking about cloche, helping Barbara Huston raise funds for the Mary Orr 1831 sampler (information below), laying tools, charted-canvas needlepoint, keeping thread and projects clean, and our upcoming activities. Be sure to visit our Nashville 2020 introductions page to see many designs that will be presented at Nashville Market. Join us Friday at 8:00 p.m. Eastern for Fiber Talk Friday Night Live. Sunday’s guest is Susan Winter of Fire Poppies.–Vonna and Gary

Listen to the podcast:

The show is also available on FlossTube. Click here.

Please support our sponsors.

Also, please consider helping friends of Dr. Gloria Seaman Allen gift the Mary Orr 1831 sampler to the Winterthur Museum in honor of Dr. Allen. To contribute, send a check payable to Winterthur Museum to Ms. Linda Eaton, Director of Collections and Senior Curator of Textiles, 5101 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735 or, to contribute with credit card payment, follow this link: http://inside.winterthur.org/give. After selecting a donation amount, set the “Designation” to “Other” and enter “To honor Gloria”.

Mary Orr 1831

To help raise money, Fiber Talk is conducting a drawing of six gift certificates. Donate at least $10 toward the purchase of Mary Orr. After you donate, send an email to Vonna at [email protected]. We’ll use the honor system for contributions. Contributions must be made by midnight Eastern time, March 14. The drawing will be held March 15. The certificates will be for our sponsors. One each $50 certificate to Sassy Jacks and The Attic, and four $25 certificates to Fire Poppies, Needle in a Haystack, Shepherd’s Needle, and Stitchy Box.

Here are some links:

I hope you enjoy this show. I’m always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 1-29-20

Firm strawberries finished by Vonna.

Vonna and Gary are back for another Wednesday chat and we’re sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Our subjects this week include our overwhelming number of unfinished projects, SALs, Nashville Market, Angel’s motif books, Friday Night Live shows, and other random topics. Sunday’s guest is Rebecca Dallimore of SEED Madagascar–Vonna and Gary

Listen to the podcast:

The show is also available on FlossTube. Click here.

Please support our sponsors.

Here are some links:

I hope you enjoy this show. I’m always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.

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