This 36-in.-long sampler will be available soon from Morning Glory Needleworks.Dawn Fisher’s Alphabet of Stitchers sampler.This week’s needle artist is Dawn Fisher of Morning Glory Needleworks. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Dawn’s love, passion, and specialty is reproducing antique samplers and her large collection contains some unique pieces. When she isn’t reproducing samplers, Dawn designs her own samplers, in addition to creating blackwork and whitework designs. Dawn also loves to teach needlework and does so regularly either live or online. A favorite teaching project is her popular button box. In our conversation we talk about the various aspects of Dawn’s stitching career and how she started Morning Glory Needleworks, shut it down to go to school, then renewed the business and made it her full-time love and occupation. At the end of the conversation we talk about a new design Dawn is finishing and will have available soon. Beth and Gary have claimed the first two copies, but there will be plenty for others.–Beth and Gary
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Dawn Fisher. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.
Yvette Stanton’s new book will be available in early 2024 in the U.S. and possibly late 2023 in Australia.Part of the sampler project that will be in Yvette Stanton’s upcoming “Hardanger Filling Stitches” book.Designer, teacher, author, and master whitework artists Yvette Stanton, of Vetty Creations, returns for a third conversation in a show sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. This time we talk about saving old/traditional techniques, what it’s like to research those techniques, Yvette’s upcoming book “Hardanger Filling Stitches” and what we’ll learn from it, her view of online classes, and some tips for those interested in giving whitework a try. If your interest is whitework, you want to expand your whitework skills/techniques and/or you want to learn how to do whitework, Yvette and her library of books are your best starting point. Her books and the supplies you need are all available at Sassy Jacks Stitchery.–Beth and Gary
This week’s sponsor is Sassy Jacks Stitchery at sassyjacksstitchery.com.You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Podbay, and Podbean. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.
We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Yvette Stanton. We’re 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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Art by Sally Mavor, the April 2023 Virtual Lecture presenter.Whale Tale Journal online class by Catherine Jordan.
Sassy Jacks Stitchery is sponsoring this week’s conversation with Wendy Lynn, Director of Membership and Marketing for the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Our overall goal in this conversation is to help listeners better understand the depth and breadth of what the EGA has to offer to needleworkers of all ages, skill levels, and technique interests. In other words, it’s not an organization just for surface embroiderers. You’ll also learn that there are several ways to participate in EGA activities, from local chapters to regional organizations to the national level. If you don’t want to join a local chapter or one doesn’t exist nearby, become a member at large. There are also many free offerings to non-members. We hope you’ll enjoy learning more about EGA and what it provides to needleworkers.–Beth and Gary
Support our sponsor, Sassy Jacks Stitchery at sassyjacksstitchery.com.
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Wendy Lynn. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.
Sara Dennis at the Repair Shop.Designed and stitched by Sara Dennis.
This week we talk with Sara Dennis, of Sara Dennis Embroidery, in a show sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Sara is a graduate of the Royal School of Needlework and a multi-faceted stitcher and needlework designer and one of the artisans who works at The Repair Shop, a popular restoration TV show. She also is a skilled conservator and needlework restorer. Her real love is teaching others to become needleworkers and to advance their skills, especially in her studio at the historic Lancaster Castle. She has also taught at historic landmarks such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, Hampton Court Palace, British Library, and the Royal Free Hospital. Join us to learn more about Sara Dennis and all that she does to further the art of needlework.–Gary
This week’s sponsor is Sassy Jacks Stitchery at sassyjacksstitchery.com
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with David McCaskill. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary
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
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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