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Fiber Talk with Lita O’Hara

Design by Lita O’Hara.
Ornaments by Lita O’Hara.
Lita O’Hara, the Nashville Needlepointer and Patron Saint of Chaos, is our guest this week. Lita is a self-taught painted-canvas designer and project finisher. In our conversation we learn about her design process, what it was like to paint those first canvases, and how her finishing business evolved. To keep sanity in her life and to be able to deliver quality product, she keeps her customer list to a limited number. That allows her to get to know what they like and prevents late nights trying to meet holiday deadlines. Throughout the conversation, we offer several tips that will help stitchers produce projects that will result in easier and better finishing. Lita also holds finishing classes regularly and her Instagram and YouTube accounts are good sources for finishing tips and techniques. Mixed in are several entertaining videos. If you’ve never made cord, she has an excellent YouTube video that will show you how.–Beth and Gary

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Lita taught them how to finish their ornaments.
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Fiber Talk with Nancy Lukoskie II

Nancy’s work on a chair at the Naval Academy.

Master needlepoint artisan Nancy Lukoskie of Fancywork Finishing returns for a second visit this week. Nancy’s passion for the heritage of needlepoint and ecclesiastical needlepoint design, spans more than 40 years. She has been instrumental in creating, reproducing, and restoring needlework art at a number of churches, including the Washington National Cathedral in Washington D.C., Trinity Church Manhattan in New York City, and the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah. In the four years that have passed since we last talked with Nancy, she has begun to transition out of doing actual needlework/restoration and is reconfiguring her business to help educate others about the art and craft. We enjoyed learning about her experiences and what her new business format will offer to needle artists.–Beth and Gary

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A challenging Fancywork Finishing kneeler project at Bruton Parish.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Nancy Lukoskie. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 10-7-20

The developing brocade section in Jenifer’s From Dawn to Dusk project.
Fiber Talk colorway for the Avlea Basketweave design using Cosmo threads. Available from Sassy Jacks Stitchery.

We have arrived at the middle of the week and Gary and Jenifer have decided to talk about the beauty of the From Dawn to Dusk design, upcoming Fiber Talk Meditates shows, tonight’s Gay Ann Rogers design introduction, a needlepoint finishing book by Eleanore Macnish, whether finishes need to be archival, and some of our favorite designers. Sunday’s guest is Eileen Bennett of The Sampler House.–Jenifer and Gary

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A Paula Vaughn design stitched by Jenifer.

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 3-21-18

It’s Wednesday and we’re chatting about Gary’s stitching activities and return to Joann’s, a warning about sealing packages when shipping projects for finishing, and handling skeins of thread. We also congratulate the winner of the Lucy Calcutt sampler chart. Sunday’s guest: Megan Chriswisser, editor of Needlework Retailer magazine.–Gary and Christine

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