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Fiber Talk with Jessica Grimm

Jessica’s St. Laurence goldwork project, based on a late-medieval Dutch orphrey.
We’re off to Bavaria this week to talk to embroidery teacher and designer Jessica Grimm. In 2011, Jessica left her career as an archeozoologist to become a needlework teacher. In 2014 she and her husband relocated to Bavaria where she “lives to stitch, loves fair trade, has a vegetable plot, and avoids processed foods.” Jessica studied at the Royal School of Needlework and taught several of their classes in England and the U.S. She is proficient in a variety of stitching techniques, some rather unusual. Through her workshops and courses, she spreads the love for embroidery as widely as possible. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Jessica. At the very least, you’ll learn a bit about archeozoology.–Christine and Gary

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Fox design based on a coloring book design my Millie Marotta. This project won first prize in the 2016 Inspirations Magazine Stitch Your Heart Out competition.

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One of Jessica’s stumpwork embroidery kits.
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Jessica. 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 Midweek Chat, 11-8-17

The Twisted Stitcher finished this stocking. Absolute perfection.
We return for another Wednesday chat, this time about stumpwork, Vonna Pfeiffer’s finishing talents, Mary Beale’s sampler stockings, photographing finished projects, and the many factors behind stash accumulation. Our Sunday guest: Jessica Grimm–Gary and Christine

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The Twisted Stitcher’s Finishing Service

Mary Beale sampler stockings


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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-1-17

Christine’s stumpwork project in progress.

It is another Wednesday and time for another midweek chat. This time we are talking about what we’re stitching, needlepointing, stumpwork, young stitchers, male stitchers, stitching without infrastructure. Our Sunday guest: Tanya Brockmeyer of The Scarlett House–Gary and Christine

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Fiber Talk with Lorna Bateman

Lorna Bateman’s Springtime design
Lorna Bateman’s Berries for the Birds pincushion design.

Lorna Bateman joins us this week from England to talk about embroidery, stumpwork, silk-ribbon embroidery, teaching in the Alps, and her business. Teaching is Lorna’s passion. Her goal is to try and encourage people to try as many different forms of embroidery as possible, using a kit as an aid to move onto working and experimenting with their own designs.

She has been teaching for the past 27 years in related fields of three-dimensional and textured hand embroidery and has designed her own kits for the past 16 years. She enjoys working with a variety of threads and silk ribbons to achieve a raised and textured effect and experimenting with a number of different embroidery techniques. Lorna often uses flowers and landscapes as sources of inspiration.

Lorna Bateman’s workshop.

Lorna was trained by Lesley Turpin-Delport in creative embroidery and initially worked under her as a franchise teacher, before branching out on her own. Her upcoming book, Embroidered Country Gardens, will be published by Search Press in spring 2019. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Lorna Bateman–Christine and Gary

Inside view of Lorna Bateman’s workshop.

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Lorna Bateman’s Bouquet de Fleurs design.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s chat with Lorna Bateman. 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, 7-12-17

Yvette Stanton’s books.

It’s time for another mid-week chat. Our topics for this go-round are Yvette Stanton’s Early-Style Hardanger book, Jane Nicholas’ Complete Book of Stumpwork, stump work in general, Orna Willis, Gary’s stand modification, a story by Mary Corbet, and some tips from Louise’s Needlework that will help you wrestle with Neon Rays. We hope you enjoy the show and will tell others.–Gary and Christine

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