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Fiber Talk with Kirsten Doogue

Embroidery by Kirsten Doogue.
Needlework by Kirsten Doogue.
This week we have the privilege of exploring Kirsten Doogue’s wide-ranging needlework career. Kirsten’s needlework involves a wide variety of techniques. These days her focus is on 17th Century English techniques, including crewel embroidery and working on her Thistle Threads casket. She’s a graduate of the Royal School of Needlework and shares some of her experiences learning needlework at that hallowed institution. It was a lot of fun talking with this talented and enthusiastic needle artist and we’re confident you’ll enjoy the conversation. Be sure to visit Kirsten’s website to enjoy her art.–Beth and Gary

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A Kirsten Doogue creation.
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Kirsten Doogue. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 10-20-21

This tree, filled with beaded ornaments, is the object of a fund-raising effort at the Attic for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

It’s two days before Friday and Jenifer and Gary decided to do some chatting. Our topics include Fiber Talk activities at the Attic; answering the burning question: What do men talk about when stitching?; a fund raiser at the Attic for the the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and more on the confidence gap between males and females and whether the quest for perfection is a good thing. Sunday’s guest: Victoria Matthewson.–Jenifer and Gary

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The photo doesn’t come close to showing the beauty of this pieced stitched by Brent Loertscher.

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Fiber Talk with Patricia Nguyen II

The Harmony Casket, developed by Tricia Nguyen.

Patricia Nguyen of Thistle Threads returns this week in a show sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Our topics this week are perfection being the enemy of good/progress, the impact of social media on needlework expectations, learning from classes without being overwhelmed, and what causes women to lack confidence in their needlework. It’s a thought-provoking conversation and we encourage you to share it with your stitching friends.–Beth and Gary

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This week’s sponsor is Sassy Jacks Stitchery, your source for the Sarah Braizear 1829 sampler chart and kit.
Detail from a 17th Century whitework sampler from the Thistle-Threads course.

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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Patricia Nguyen. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 1-6-21

Detail from a 17th Century whitework sampler from the Thistle-Threads course.
Our holiday break has ended and the podcasting resumes. For our first Midweek Chat of the new year, Beth and Gary gather to talk about raising our needlework efforts to a new and more-creative level, the 17 Century Whitework Sampler class we’re both taking from Thistle Threads and what our early studies have taught us about advancing our needlework, modifying projects to better express what we see in the design, and those projects that require complete silence and full concentration. Join us tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel when the weekly Stitch Hour show resumes with guest Dewn Rivera and his Mirabilia projects.–Beth and Gary

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Spring HIll by Karen Kluba of Rosewood Manor. Our SAL, sponsored by Needle in a Haystack, will start Jan. 1
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-25-20

Spring HIll by Karen Kluba of Rosewood Manor. Our SAL, sponsored by Needle in a Haystack, will start Jan. 1
Stitched by Linda Mischloney.

Wednesday has arrived as scheduled and Beth and Gary have gathered to chat about needlework. This week’s topics include our upcoming Springhill SAL by Rosewood Manor and the kits sponsor Needle in a Haystack is assembling, using digital technology to organize needlework projects, Beth’s venture into casket making, our participation in the Thistle Threads 17th Century Whitework Sampler project, and the pros and cons of saying yes to challenging projects. We hope you enjoy the show and encourage you to join us for the Springhill SAL. Kit details from Needle in a Haystack are coming soon.–Beth and Gary

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Stitched by Sharon Bruce.

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