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Fiber Talk with Stacy Nash

Rose Garden sewing basket by Stacy Nash.

Stacy Nash is a cross stitcher, designer, finisher, teacher, and Etsy owner. She’s also our guest this week. We had an enjoyable time talking with Stacy about her stitching roots, unique design/color palette, her animal cracker and sewing basket designs, the best sports for stitching, finishing her sewing basket designs, trades shows, other designers, and a couple of upcoming events.–Christine and Gary

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Mary Barres sampler snippets by Stacy Nash.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Stacy Nash. 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

Theodore animal cracker.

During the show, Stacy offered two recommendations:

 


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Fiber Talk with Janet Perry

Ornament stocking by Janet Perry

Our guest this week is Janet Perry, known to most needlepointers for her blogs, online classes, and books. We had a great conversation with Janet about her extensive online activities, trends she’s seeing in the hobby, and a variety of other subjects related to her teaching, design work, and online offerings. We trust you’ll enjoy hearing from one of the more visible and active people in the needlepoint world. –Christine and Gary

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One of Janet Perry’s designs.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Janet Perry. 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 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 Mid-Week Chat

Christine’s initial Diamond Delight X stitches.
We decided we wanted to talk amongst ourselves for 30 min. or so. We decided to record it and, as so often happens, we ended up talking for almost an hour. We covered an assortment of topics, including Christine’s initial efforts stitching Debbie Rowley’s Diamond Delight X chart, Welcome Stitchery’s 29th anniversary, Yvette enabling Gary to spend $50 on a pair of scissors, Mary Corbet’s sister stitching on birch wood, and next week’s guests. We hope you enjoy our ramblings.–Gary and Christine

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Fiber Talk with Vonna Pfeiffer

Vonna Pfeiffer,
The Twisted Stitcher

 

Vonna Pfeiffer, known as The Twisted Stitcher, joins us this week to talk about her needlework career, stitching, and finishing. Among many other things, you’ll learn where the Twisted Stitcher moniker comes from, a slick way to hang threads, and Vonna’s technique for stuffing ornaments.

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Vonna is very generous with her knowledge. You can follow her/learn from her through various social-media outlets. Here’s a list:

We hope you enjoy this week’s chat with Vonna. 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