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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-15-23

Frog on a lily pad by Sue D., designed by Clara Warschauer
It’s the middle of the week and time to chat. Cindy and Gary have gathered to talk about copyrights, whether we are doing enough to help new stitchers and what can be done at no cost to local chapters, goldwork projects, and why it’s important/useful to try new techniques. Overrated/underrated topics are aida cloth, silk thread, perle cotton, and thread conditioners. Sunday’s guest is textile artist Roberta Wagner–Cindy and Gary

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Two hearts stitched by Beth and designed by Clara Warschauer.
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Fiber Talk with Thea Dueck

A Thea Dueck gingerbread house design.
This week I have the privilege of conversing with Thea Dueck of Victoria Sampler. Thea is a talented needleworker and needlework designer who has done it all from becoming proficient with several stitching techniques to working in a needlework store and moving on to create and develop two needlework design businesses and a active teaching schedule. We learn about her design process, her valuable staff of employees, and other aspects of her business. Victoria Sampler offers a significant catalog of needlework designs and kits, along with a wide variety of stitching accessories. Thea has had a fascinating career and it was a treat to talk with her. I’m confident you’ll agree.–Gary

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Thea Dueck’s Bumblebee pin cushion design.
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I hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Thea Dueck. I’m always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.–Gary


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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-6-19

Debbie Rowley’s Hippity Hoppity design.
Wednesday is prompt, as always, and it’s Debbie Rowley’s turn in our co-host rotation. We hope you’re enjoying this new arrangement. This week’s topics include the Dayton, Ohio EGA Chapter 2019 symposium, teaching confidence, ANG, EGA, and business travel and downtime. Sunday’s guest: Ann-Marie Anderson-Mayes of Beautiful Stitches

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Debbie Rowley’s Wave the Flag design.
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Fiber Talk with Lorna Bateman

Lorna Bateman’s Springtime design
Lorna Bateman’s Berries for the Birds pincushion design.

Lorna Bateman joins us this week from England to talk about embroidery, stumpwork, silk-ribbon embroidery, teaching in the Alps, and her business. Teaching is Lorna’s passion. Her goal is to try and encourage people to try as many different forms of embroidery as possible, using a kit as an aid to move onto working and experimenting with their own designs.

She has been teaching for the past 27 years in related fields of three-dimensional and textured hand embroidery and has designed her own kits for the past 16 years. She enjoys working with a variety of threads and silk ribbons to achieve a raised and textured effect and experimenting with a number of different embroidery techniques. Lorna often uses flowers and landscapes as sources of inspiration.

Lorna Bateman’s workshop.

Lorna was trained by Lesley Turpin-Delport in creative embroidery and initially worked under her as a franchise teacher, before branching out on her own. Her upcoming book, Embroidered Country Gardens, will be published by Search Press in spring 2019. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Lorna Bateman–Christine and Gary

Inside view of Lorna Bateman’s workshop.

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Lorna Bateman’s Bouquet de Fleurs design.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s chat with Lorna Bateman. 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