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Fiber Talk Update with Gary Parr

Esther Benson 1738, a Sassy Jacks exclusive.

This week, as a result of our trip to Sassy Jacks, we have broken our normal format. We don’t have a guest today, but Gary gives an update, some advice on how to handle/save podcast files, and we provide you with a video tour of MH 1656, a band sampler from Hands Across The Sea Samplers. We’ll be back Wednesday with our normal show and next Sunday with guests from the San Francisco School of Needlework & Design.-–Gary and Christine

Listen to the podcast:

MH 1656, a new reversible band sampler from HATS.

This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.

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Video tour of Esther Benson 1738 with Nicola Parkman.

Video tour of MH 1656 with Nicola Parkman.

Here are links to our activities at Sassy Jacks:

We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Gay Ann Rogers. 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 at Sassy Jacks Stitchery, Day Two

Esther Benson 1739

It’s day two of the seminar at Sassy Jacks Stitchery, focused on the exclusive reproduction sampler Esther Benson 1739. Nicola Parkman of Hands Across the Sea Samplers reproduced the sampler and her presentation focuses on sampler history and stitching Esther Benson. Below is a FaceBook Live podcast Christine and Gary did at Sassy Jacks, a video tour of Esther Benson Gary did with Nicola, part of Nicola’s presentation on sampler history, and a video on how to do the stem stitch. Stitchers interested in owning Esther Benson should contact Sassy Jacks at sassyjacksstitchery.com.

FaceBook Live video:

Gary and Nicola Parkman tour Esther Benson 1738

Sampler history with Nicola Parkman

Nicola Parkman’s Stem Stitch lesson

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Fiber Talk at Sassy Jacks with Nicola Parkman

Nicola Parkman
Day one of the first of three two-day seminars with Nicola Parkman is in the books. The focus is Esther Benson 1739, a new sampler from Hands Across the Sea Samplers. Today’s workshop was centered on stitching a small design that incorporates all of the stitch techniques used in Esther Benson. Tomorrow will be all about stitching Esther Benson. Here is a link to today’s FB Live podcast and some videos from today’s activity.

Facebook Live podcast:

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-8-18

Sweary Stitcher’s Stabby design.

Wednesday has arrived once again so we’re chatting. Topics include Theresa Venette’s new sampler zine, our Sassy Jacks visit, finding needlework stores while traveling, scissor sharpening, stitch-guide writers, and the “stabby” design–Gary and Christine Sunday’s guest: Gay Ann Rogers

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The podcast is also available on FlossTube.

Theresa Venette’s first issue of Samplers Yesterday & Today

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-13-18

Anasazi Song by Carole Lake

We’ve arrived, once again, at that day that falls in the middle of the week and we’re offering up more stitching chat. Among this week’s topics are Gary and his Anasazi Song project, Michelle Garrette’s Alzheimer’s Awareness fund raising, Nicola Parkman’s sampler history story, beginning and ending threads, and Christine’s fabric-dying efforts. Sunday’s guest: Carole Lake–Gary and Christine

Listen to the podcast:

The podcast is also available on FlossTube.

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