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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 1-10-18

Petite Very Velvet is one of Mary McGuire’s 10 Favorite Threads.
This week’s Midweek Chat is a new video Gary recorded with talented needlepointer Mary McGuire. In the video Gary and Mary discuss Mary’s 10 favorite threads and look at the effects they have in several needlepoint designs and painted canvases. Mary’s favorites are Petite Very Velvet, Impressions, Gloriana silks, Threadworx overdyed floss, Vineyard silk, Petite Sparkle Rays, DMC Floche, Watercolors and Wildflowers, DMC Perle Cotton, and Kreinik metallics. We hope you enjoy this thread exploration and will maybe identify one or two you’d like to try on your next project.–Christine and Gary

The video is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.

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Fiber Talk with Debbie Woodard

Painted Pony Designs display at Destination Dallas.
The Holiday Baking Angel, one of many of the angel designs for which Painted Pony Designs is famous.

Our guest this week is Debbie Woodard owner of Painted Pony Designs. Debbie began designing needlepoint in 1989, after working for several years in a needlepoint shop in Austin, TX. The company name reflects her love of art and design and her original goal which was to use the money she made from her original designs to fulfill her childhood dream of purchasing a horse. She realized that dream in 2000 when she purchased Dandy as a Christmas gift for her daughter, Christina.

In our conversation with Debbie we talk about how her company started, the many canvases the company offers, their trunk-show program, and Destination Dallas, an annual trade show partially owned by Debbie. We hope you enjoy listening to the conversation as much as we enjoyed participating in it. Be sure to look for Painted Pony Designs canvases in your local needlework store.–Gary and Christine

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Painted Pony Designs model by Patricia Sone.

Learn more about Debbie and Painted Pony Designs at the links below:

We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation Debbie Woodard. 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 with Abigail Timmis

Abigail Timmis at work.

This week’s guest is Abigail Timmis. Abby is a hand embroiderer, needlepoint canvas designer, needlepointer, embroidery instructor, and lover of all things handmade. She has studied at the Royal School of Needlework where, will designing needlework, she realized she needed and wanted more formal training and decided to pursue a degree in illustration. She now creates and offers needlepoint and embroidery designs through her Abigail Cecile website. Abby tells us that, “While embroidery is finally gaining popularity, needlepoint is still fairly obscure with millennials. It’s my goal to not only create beautiful and attractive designs (while still being rooted in the gorgeous history of needlework) but also to educate crafters and needlepointers alike.”
We hope you enjoy our conversation with the very talented Abigail Timmis.–Christine and Gary

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Abby’s Rooftops of Paris canvas.
One of Abby’s needlepoint designs.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Abigail Timmis. 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

One of Abby’s embroidery designs.

During the show, Abby offered two recommendations:

 


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Fiber Talk with Tess and Thorn

Tess and Thorn are talented needlepoint designers/painters with a unique approach to the hobby.

This week we have the pleasure of talking with Brooke Thorn McGowan and Tess Nagle, the talented needlepoint designers who make up Tess and Thorn. Tess and Brooke describe themselves as “young bloods on a stitching mission.” We had a riveting conversation about how they got started, their approach to stitching, inspirations and deeper meaning behind their canvases, and their ongoing efforts to introduce younger people to needlepointing. We also got to learn about their design and canvas-painting process and how they work together from two locations.These are two talented and enthusiastic ladies who are definitely injecting young blood into the hobby.–Christine and Gary

Brooke and Tess have a unique approach to needlepoint.

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Endangered animals are a part of the Tess and Thorn design concept.

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Tess and Thorn canvases are available through your local needlework shop. Stores that currently carry their designs are listed on their website shop page.

One of their recommendations is the book Hygge: The Art of Getting Cozy.

Tess and Thorn Recommendations
At the end of the show, Brooke and Tess offered several recommendations. Below are links to those items:

Brooke and Tess are always looking for unique ways to use their finished designs.

We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Tess and Brooke. 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 with Elizabeth Bozievich

Poppies and Lavender, stitched by Elizabeth Bozievich.
This week’s guest is Elizabeth Bozievich, owner, publisher, and editor of Needlepoint Now magazine. Join us as we learn about the magazine, how Elizabeth came to own the publication, her stitching interests, the annual tour she hosts, and trends she’s seeing in the hobby. We also talk about Gary’s obsession with having stretcher bars and canvas square and a variety of other topics. We had a terrific conversation with Elizabeth and are confident you’ll enjoy the show. Below are several links to help you follow Elizabeth and Needlepoint Now. We also appreciate it if you share our podcasts with your stitching friends.–Christine and Gary

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We hope you enjoy this week’s Fiber Talk show. You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, Podbay, and Podbean. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.

Tudor Lady, stitched by Elizabeth Bozievich.

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Here are links to other items we talked about in the show:

We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Elizabeth Bozievich. 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