Below are all of the videos from our series about threads with Cathe Ray of Needle in a Haystack.
Thread Talk #1: Thread Overview
Thread Talk #2: Threads and Ground Cloth
Thread Talk #3: Thread Deconstruction
Fiber Talk- Fiber Talk with Isabella Strambio December 15, 2024TwoMe, 12 crafts in 12 months, journaling, and macrame are the foundations of “Mindful Macrame,” a new book from this week’s guest, Isabella Strambio. The show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery and the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Isabella is one of many who left the corporate world because it was stifling her creativity. That […]Gary Parr
- Fiber Talk with Jeannette Tombaugh December 8, 2024Needlepoint designer Jeannette Tombaugh of Mountain Peaks Studio is our guest this week. The show is sponsored by Cyberpointers and Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Jeanette is a versatile, talented creator of counted-canvas and painted-canvas needlepoint designs, along with stitch guides for painted canvases. She is also the resident canvas expert at A Stitching Shop in Denver. […]Gary Parr
- Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 12-4-24 December 4, 2024It’s the first Wednesday in December and time for another Midweek Chat. This week’s topics include our year-end schedule (join us Christmas Day at 2:00 p.m. Eastern), the Fiber Talk Needle Arts Weekend, great deals on sampler and “sampler-adjacent” charts at Sassy Jacks, Cindy’s new trestles from TF Woodcraft, and the cost of kitting projects […]Gary Parr
- Fiber Talk with Birgit Tolman November 24, 2024Birgit Tolman of The Wishing Thorn joins us this week. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Birgit has lived a life of art, creativity, teaching, and needlework. She diverted for a year to work designing and cutting gravestones, then decided she was better off focusing on needle and thread. Today, her […]Gary Parr
- Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-20-24 November 20, 2024The middle of the week is on schedule and that prompted Jenifer and Gary to gather and discuss some stitching things. Our topics include caskets, the Fiber Talk Needle Arts Weekend retreat (sign up at wetalkfiber.com/weekend), the Jackie du Plessis ornament available at Sassy Jacks, more things Jenifer learned during her week with Sue Spargo, […]Gary Parr