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Fiber Talk with Megan Chriswisser II

Needlework Retailer magazine
This week’s guest is Megan Chriswisser, editor of Needlework Retailer magazine, owned by YarnTree, producers of the Nashville Market event. We talk with Megan about the show, how it’s grown, and the needlework hobby as a whole. Be sure to join us for several shows during the Nashville Market, March 6 to 8.–Gary and Vonna

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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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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.

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-19-20

Italian Tiles by Arlene Cohen, Works by ABC.

Fire Poppies is sponsoring this week’s chat between Arlene and Gary. Topics include upcoming Fiber Talk activities, Arlene’s Kurdy Biggs interpretation, keeping threads and needlework clean, old-thread integrity, when stitching becomes a chore, and Arlene’s Nashville 2020 introductions.

Please support our sponsor, Fire Poppies.

This podcast is accompanied by a special video we made in which we talk in-depth about Arlene’s four Nashville Market designs. That video can be seen on the Fiber Talk website page for this podcast, i.e., below, or on our YouTube channel. We hope you enjoy the Midweek Chat and the special video about Arlene’s designs. Also, please support our new sponsor, Fire Poppies–Arlene and Gary

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Enjoy this video discussion of Arlene’s new designs

 

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Landscape by Arlene Cohen, Works by ABC.
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 1-22-20

Pathways of Color by Anne-Marie Anderson-Maye is being offered as a fund-raiser to help with the Australian fires.
Help with the Australian firefighting effort by purchasing Pathways of Colour by Ann-Marie Anderson-Maye of Beautiful Stitches.

It’s chatting day and Arlene and Gary have things to talk about. Our subjects include Australian fund-raising efforts, stitching on high-thread-count linen, Nashville designs, and modifying a project so it reflects your vision. Join Vonna and Gary this Friday for Friday Night Live and don’t miss Sunday’s guest, Lizzy Pye of Laurelin Embroidery.–Arlene and Gary

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The beginnings of Arlene’s Kurdy Biggs project.

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 3-13-19

The Bunny Lace Trio from Lindy Stitches
It’s the day that falls midway between Sunday and Saturday. This week Gary and Vonna talk about diamond painting, her Jesus project and Easter sampler start from Shakespeare’s Peddler, the Nashville Market, Ronnie Rowe Designs, a trio of rabbits, the impressive Queen’s Sampler from Needlemade Designs (see slideshow below), and a guy Vonna dated in high school. Sunday’s guest: Stephanie Webb of Lindy Stitches.

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The Queen’s Sampler by Linda Vinson of Needlemade Designs

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