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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 David McCaskill

Carousel by David McCaskill.
David’s Bottles design also serves as his color wheel.

Our guest this week is needlepoint designer and teacher, David McCaskill. The podcast is sponsored by CyberPointers at cyberpointers.org. David has a long history in the hobby as a painted-canvas designer, counted-canvas designer, teacher, shop owner, and advocate for the hobby. His career is a most-interesting journey and we explore just about all of it in an entertaining conversation. We’re confident you’ll enjoy the show and encourage you to visit David’s online channels and sign up for an upcoming class.–Beth and Gary

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with David McCaskill. 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 with Shana Benhayoun II

The new SBT Stitches store.

This week’s conversation with Shana Benhayoun is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. When we first talked with Shana in 2018, she was getting her painted-canvas design business underway and having great success creating original pieces that, in particular, had great appeal to younger stitchers. But painting canvases wasn’t enough for Shana. Since that conversation, she has created and opened a new store in the Miami area while continuing to create canvases on a limited basis. Shana is constantly stretching the envelope and her beautiful store is one more step in the journey. Enjoy our conversation and explore all that Shana has to offer at sbtstitches.com and on her social-media pages.–Beth and Gary

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Shana Benhayoun. 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 with Melissa MacLeod and Megan Holmes

These canvases and stitch guides are available from Melissa MacLeod at The Wool & The Floss.

They’re good friends who own needlepoint shops in different states. Melissa MacLeod owns The Wool &The Floss in Gross Pointe, MI, and Megan Holmes owns The Needlepoint Club House in Kirkwood (St. Louis), MO. They’ve taken different paths to where they are today and we get to learn about their needlepoint careers, how they’ve worked their way through this pandemic-induced boom time for needlework, and the trends they are seeing in the market. Be sure to visit their respective websites to learn more about the many activities they produce now and have planned for the future.–Gary

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Fiber Talk with Patricia Sone

Angels designed and stitched by Patricia Sone.
Nativity by Patricia Sone.

Our topic this week is painted-canvas needlepoint and our guest artist is Patricia Sone. Patricia created her first design when she was a little girl and has been stitching and designing ever since. Join us for an enjoyable conversation about her needlework journey and some tips for needlepointers. Patricia will also be our guest for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour, Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel at wetalkfiber.com/youtube. Join us as Patricia shares her design insights and talks about how she stitched and finished several of her designs.–Gary

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Heart ornaments by Patricia Sone.

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