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Fiber Talk with Ilke Cochrane III

Ilke Cochrane’s Ciao Willow design.

Ilke Cochrane returns for a third visit this week. We learn more about her RSN activities, her upcoming embroidery SAL, slate and scroll frames, and a variety of other topics. We also establish proper terminology for how you position your seat/fanny frames and learn about another seat-frame option. It’s an informative and fun-filled conversation with one of our favorite designers and instructors. Enjoy the show.–Vonna and Gary

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Carousel design by Ilke Cochrane.

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I hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Ilke Cochrane. I’m always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.–Gary

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 7-25-18

You may want to own this book from RSN.
Have you ever wondered why it’s spelled Wednesday instead of Wendsday? We don’t talk about that this week, but we do talk about lost needles, canvas on the top or bottom of stretcher bars, Christine’s magnet-gluing skills, and the RSN method for adding side tension to scroll bars. Sunday’s guest: Melinda Cole, Merry Wind Farm.

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Fiber Talk at the Nashville Market VII

Dan King of The Splinter Shoppe, facebook.com/rolaframehsv, leads off our second set of videos from day two of the Nashville Market. Dan is creator of the Rolaframe system of frames and stands and gives us a tour/demonstration of his versatile tools.

LaDonna Snellbaker of Sampling of Memories, joins us for video 18 to share her wide range of needlework products, including some very attractive thread rings.

In video 19 we’re joined by Tanya Brockmeyer of The Scarlett House. Tanya shows us two new samplers and a variety of other designs, all with a scarlett element or theme.


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Fiber Talk with Mary Corbet

Mary Corbet’s Octoberfest Kaeleidoscope design

Mary Corbet joins us for a terrific and wide-ranging conversation about all things needlework. Topics this week include backing up our computers, Alba Maxima linen, stitching frames and stands, slate frames from Mythic Crafts, bad stitching habits, correcting errors, stitching what you don’t really like, and the impact of material quality on stitching enjoyment.

We hope you enjoy listening to the conversation as much as we did recording it.–Christine and Gary

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Mary Corbet’s Birthday Fest Keleidoscope design.

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Links to three of Mary’s designs:

Mary Corbet’s alphabet sampler.

In the conversation we talked about the following items:

We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Mary. 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