Needlework piece, that was damaged from aggressive cleaning, repaired and re-framed by Melissa.Antique firescreen Melissa Beck repaired.
Melissa Beck joins us this week to talk about a variety of subjects. Melissa shares the same as Christine and Gary in that she is constantly looking to learn new things. In our conversation we talk about retreats, writing, basket weaving, various types of needlework, and Melissa’s specialty, needlework repair. We hope you enjoy the conversation and are confident somewhere in the hour you’ll hear something that interests you.–Christine and Gary
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Baskets woven by Melissa.
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We hope you enjoy this week’s chat with Melissa Beck. 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
Melissa’s nonfiction book “Blue Ridge Scenic Railway.”
Ryan Evelyth, Christian Braden, Mary Ann Ouradnik, and Cassie Slaby (l-r) from Nordic Needle.
Four members of the Nordic Needle staff join us this week to talk about one of the largest online businesses in the needlework hobby. We had a great time talking with co-owners Ryan Evelyth and Christian Braden, purchaser Mary Ann Ouradnik, and shop supervisor Cassie Slaby. You’ll enjoy the story about how Nordic Needle got started and grew from a small local business to an international resource operated by dedicated people, driven by a mission to keep alive as many of the traditional cultural stitching techniques as possible.–Christine and Gary
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Shooting Star blackwork design stitched by Cassie Slaby.
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Brazilian design from Ryan and Jackie.
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Ryan, Christian, Mary Ann, and Cassie. 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
To The BeachThis week we have the pleasure of a wonderful conversation with needlepoint designer, author, business owner, and teacher, Sandra Arthur. She is active in ANG, EGA, NAN, NETA and TNNA; a past member of American Needlepoint Guild’s Board of Directors as the Director of Seminars; and is a Senior Master Teacher certified through the ANG Master Teacher Program. She also just received a diploma from the Royal School of Needlework, recognizing her stumpwork expertise. In our conversation we covered a wide range of needlework topics and Sandy sprinkled in some tips as we went along. We hope you enjoy our conversation with one of the more influential personalities in the needlework hobby.–Christine and Gary
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Pumpkin Spiced Tea
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Sandra Arthur. 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
This week’s guest is Yvette Stanton of Vetty Creations in Sydney, Australia.Considered by many to be the hobby’s leading whitework expert, she has traveled the world to research various whitework techniques and share their origins and how the stitching is still done today. Yvette has written eight books about stitching and we talk about all of them in the podcast, in addition to a variety of other topics. Her newest book, Early Style Hardanger, is a beautiful and knowledge-packed publication that resulted from her research trip to the Hardangerfjord region in Norway where she learned about the very origins of the stitching technique and how the Norwegian stitchers, to this day, produce some of the most beautiful needlework in the world. Please join us this week and learn about the world of whitework stitching. –Christine and Gary
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Projects from the Early Style Hardanger book.Yvette Stanton’s books.
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Yvette’s Recommendations At the end of the show, Yvette recommended a book and that you visit the Hardanger Folk Museum. Below are links to those items:
We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Yvette Stanton. 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
This week we welcome the multi-talented master stitcher and stitching educator Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n Thread, one of the best resources available for needlework artists of all types. Join us this week for a terrific conversation with Mary about a wide range of needlework topics. Also, as part of this podcast, Mary has extended her 15%-off sale on all of her ebooks for a week. Take this opportunity to purchase some great resources at a very nice discount. Mary’s ebooks are available at shop.needlenthread.com. Don’t miss this show. We had a lot of fun doing it and are confident you’ll enjoy it. –Christine and Gary
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A gold-work silk rose that Mary designed and stitched.
Follow Mary and communicate with her through her online channels: A design from Mary’s book “Lavender Honey & Other Little Things.
We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Mary Corbet. 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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