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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-30-22

Sea of Light Border design/kit coming soon from Avlea Folk Embroidery.
It’s Wednesday and Cindy and Gary talked for a long while about needlework. This week’s topics include a huge moving sale at Sassy Jacks Stitchery, with lots of charts on sale, Sassafras Samplers charts at great prices, and Hands Across the Sea Samplers charts at clear-out prices. Many HATS charts can be had for $10. Visit the website and clean out Kim’s inventory. Also, sign up for the renewed Cosmo thread club. Other topics include creating our own designs, stitching plans for 2023, and threads from Be Stitch Me. In addition, we gush over the upcoming “Sea of Light Border” design from Avlea and speculate about varying quality of DMC floss, particularly the high quality that appears to come off of the cones. Sunday’s guest is the amazing Helen Stevens. Also, join us tonight for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour. We start at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel.–Cindy and Gary

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Gary’s progress on the banding sampler.
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-4-22

What’s your favorite needle brand?
It’s time for some Midweek Chatting. This week’s topics include petit point, dollhouse stitching, the EGA 2022 National Seminar, projects we’re working on, a new Alice Ellen Usher Bristol sampler from Sassy Jacks Stitchery, threads and linen we’re going to use to stitch that sampler, needles, scissors, and the Sharpening Doc. Join us tonight for the Fiber Talk Stitch Hour. We’ll be stitching and chatting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk Youtube channel.–Beth and Gary

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Do you have favorite scissors? Own a pair of cheap ones for travel?
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Fiber Talk with Allie Dudley

Keep Me Warm, 2019. Wool and cotton. 72 x 102 in.. Woven using a Pine Cone Bloom draft with an embedded tapestry. Featured in Of Threads, On Place at the Asheville Area Arts Council in 2019.

Allie Dudley is our guest this week and the show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Allie is a multifaceted textile artist and a weaver at heart. She practices several needlework techniques, designs needlework, and reproduces antique samplers for the Sassafras Samplers brand, owned by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Allie is also venturing into a new and fascinating phase of her life in which she is going to learn and experience the very basics of textile production, even growing her own flax. There is a lot going on with this talented artist and I’m confident you’ll enjoy the stories.–Gary

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Dasha, 2019. Cotton on perforated paper. 5” x 7”. Long and cross stitch motto modeled on historical Victorian motto samplers.

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 1-15-20

Jane Marshall 1857 from Hands Across the Sea Samplers
It’s Wednesday, Sassy Jacks is the sponsor, and Gary and Vonna are the chatters. Topics include Australian Fire fund-raising charts, a new live show on Saturday, Men’s Night at the Attic, beer, our many current projects and a lame plan to finish them, and several other things that fell out of our heads. Sunday’s guest is Allie Dudley, Sassafras Samplers–Vonna and Gary

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Fiber Talk Sampler Sunday, The Quakers, sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery

Sampler Sunday returns and this time we focus on Quaker Samplers. Learn about the history of Quaker samplers, the various types and enjoy a parade of 24 samplers from a variety of the top reproducers and designers in the hobby. Our sponsor, Sassy Jacks Stitchery is offering 15% off on charts, full kits, and thread/ground cloth kits (if you already own a chart) through Dec. 31. Use the code Fiber15 when you visit the website (sassyjacksstitchery.com) or call the shop (828-785-4405) to order. You must use the code to get the discount and the discount only applies to the samplers listed below. Thanks for watching our video and we hope you’ll discover some samplers you want to stitch.–Vonna and Gary

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The following samplers are eligible for the Sassy Jacks 15% discount with the code Fiber15:
Stitchybox Samplers:
Sarah Moon 1791
Hannah Gilpin 1800

Sassafras Samplers:
AC Bluebird Quaker Sampler

Queenstown Sampler Designs:
Sarah Comfort 1810
Martha Pettit 1804
Ruth Passmore 1804

Shakespeare’s Peddler:
Ragamuffin #2

The Scarlet Letter:
Dorothy Wapole
Ann Grimshaw
Heaven is my Hope

Rosewood Manor:
Quaker Diamonds
Quaker Compass
Winter Quakers

Long Dog Samplers:
Mouline Rouge
Scarlet Ribands
The Token

Modern Folk Embroidery:
Irish Quaker Sampler
Kindness and Fortitude
Love and Unity
Love, Peace and Tenderness
The Little Bird Quaker Sampler
Two Quaker Sisters
Peace to My Friend
Quaker Medallion, Bird in a Grapevine

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