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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 7-31-24

Beth is going to mount this on a slate frame and embellish it.
Beth’s Dawn to Dusk is looking rather stunning.
It’s Wednesday, it’s Beth’s Birthday (21? 22? Not sure, but young), and it’s time to talk about needlework. (We were getting some background feedback during the recording and couldn’t get it to stop. Sorry.) Our topics include the Kathy Andrews conversation about textile art conservation and restoration, our reactions to the Rita Gekht tour of the New Hope Arts Center, Tour de France shows (shall we stitch during the women’s Tour de France?), the benefits of basting, Avlea designs we’re stitching, Jessica Grimm’s needle minder finishing technique, floss drops, slate frames and some beautiful printed cloth Beth is going to embellish, and Beth’s Dawn to Dusk progress. Sunday’s guest is Gail Stafford.–Beth and Gary

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Fiber Talk with Kathy Andrews V

Mary Parsons sampler from The Unbroken Thread.
Kathy Andrews of The Unbroken Thread returns for a fifth visit. The show is sponsored by the Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Kathy has just finished a textile-conservation course at Beloit College in Beloit, WI, and joins us to talk about her experience and share a few of the things she learned. Among the many topics we discussed are handling and storing textiles, effect of environmental factors on all textiles, and what a simple microscope can reveal about textiles, particularly antiques. This was a game-changing class for Kathy and when you hear our conversation, you’ll understand why. Interested in taking the Sampler Care/Conservation class? Let Kathy and Beloit College know by completing a survey at https://forms.gle/yCWNFUVTRG8tgAsE8. Learn more about related classes offered by Beloit College at the links below. Also, you might like to own the textile conservation books Kathy mentioned/uses. They’re also linked below.–Beth and Gary

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-28-24

Beth’s Susan Schlichter sampler from Queenstown Sampler Designs.
The middle of the week is upon us once again and it’s time to talk stitching. This week’s topics include Fibonacci Swirls colorways, Kathy Andrews, sampler research, motifs and what we can learn about their history, the benefits of using quality threads, Beth’s empty scroll bar, stitching a sampler on perforated paper, shopping at LNSs in New Mexico, teaching young people how to stitch, and digitizing the RSN collection. Overrated/underrated topics are determining stitch paths and needlework books. Sunday’s guests: Dr. Susan Kay-Williams and Dr. Isabella Rosner, Royal School of Needlework.–Beth and Gary

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Tambour jacket from the Royal School of Needlework collection.
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Fiber Talk with Kathy Andrews IV

Trevelyon’s Needlebook, and upcoming EGA class taught by Kathy Andrews.
The maze in the Mary Parsons sampler.
Kathy Andrews of The Unbroken Thread joins us this week for her fourth visit. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. This week’s topics include Kathy’s upcoming EGA class, Trevelyon’s Needlebook. Registration closes March 6 so join the EGA and sign up quickly. We also talk about the pros and cons of online and live teaching and designing for teaching vs. designing for art. Our main topic is the history behind the various motifs in reproduction samplers, Kathy’s upcoming research on alphabets and text, the Solomon’s Porch motif, and what Kathy has learned about samplers with mazes and/or labyrinths. While we typically focus on the girls who stitched the samplers, the elements that make up the samplers and their history is an equally, if not more, interesting topic. Be sure to follow Kathy on social media and bookmark her website to keep up on the exciting things she’s doing.–Gary

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Visit the EGA website at egausa.org and consider joining.
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 7-12-23

Beth's Drawn Thread Sampler project.The hiatus is behind us and we’re back on schedule with a midweek chat. This week Beth and Gary discuss an upcoming trip to celebrate the life of Cindy’s mother, Dee Hill, and enjoy a lecture and workshop with Kathy Andrews. We also talk about our Not One More Thing adventure and Jenifer’s policing efforts, Jane Turner and thread and ground questions, Beth’s Drawn Thread Sampler project, packing stitching tools for travel, whether to ask Kathy Andrews to help us set up our slate frames, and the July 9 show with Elizabeth Ashdown. Sunday’s guest: Maureen Laughlin, Needle Work Tours–Beth and Gary

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Will Kathy Andrews help us set up our slate frames?
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