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Fiber Talk with Susan Hoekstra

Instructor and designer Susan Hoekstra.
Joining us this week is designer and ANG Certified Master Teacher Susan Hoekstra. Our discussion covers how Susan got started with the needlepoint hobby, the Master Teacher program, the ANG 2016 Stitch of the Month project, her approach to design, teaching efforts, painted vs. charted designs, and several tips. We hope you enjoy the show and encourage you to participate in one of Susan’s classes. Below are several links so you can follow Susan and her needlepoint efforts. We also appreciate it if you share our podcasts with your stitching friends.–Christine and Gary

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Susan is teaching Birds on a Limb at the ANG Seminar in Anaheim.

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Follow Susan and communicate with her through her online channels:

Waiting for the Chickens, a multi-dimensional Susan Hoekstra design.
Here is a link to the bread-baking book Susan is using:

We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Susan Hoekstra. 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 with Kurdy Biggs

This week’s guest is counted-canvas needlepoint designer and teacher Kurdy Biggs. Her design company is Threedles. Kurdy’s designs are inspired by her love of unique stitches, threads, color, and beading, with an emphasis on learning new stitches and creating unique projects. She has been stitching for nearly forty years and has progressed through counted cross-stitch and embroidery, settling on counted (canvas) needlework because of the large variety of results she can achieve. She teaches classes throughout the year at local needlepoint guilds and needlepoint shops. Her La Mision–Concepcion design earned the Hilton Stitch Award at the ANG 2016 New Orleans Seminar.

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Cleopatra’s Eyes, a design by Kurdy Biggs of Threedles.

We hope you enjoy this week’s Fiber Talk show. You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.

See Kurdy’s work and communicate with her through her online sites:

Cathedral-Notre Dame, a design by Kurdy Biggs of Threedles.

Here is a link to the ort bowls discussed in the show:

We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Kurdy Biggs. 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