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Fiber Talk
By Gary L. Parr
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The podcast currently has 662 episodes available.
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July 21, 2024Fiber Talk with Rita Gekht We’ll Rise Again by Rita Gekht.Bending with the Blues by Rita Gekht.We’re weaving this week with artist Rita Gekht of Rita’s Dream Studio and the New Hope Arts Center. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America, the best thing you can add to your stash. When Rita began her studies she was focused on becoming a computer scientist. A class with Michelle Lester changed everything and she found her calling in the world of warps and wefts. In our conversation we learn how that happened and how she ended up breaking new ground in the weaving world. Rita is also an integral part of the New Hope Arts Center in New Hope, PA. She will join us live for the July 24 Fiber Talk Stitch Hour to give us a tour “Structures & Constructions in Fiber, an exhibit Rita curated for the New Hope Arts Center–Beth and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://www.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft349.mp3This show is also available on FlossTube.
Visit the EGA website at egausa.org and consider joining.You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Podbay, Podbean, and many other podcast sources. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.
Here are some links:
- Embroiderers’ Guild of America website
- Rita’s Dream Studio website
- Rita on Instagram
- Rita on Facebook
- New Hope Arts Center website
We hope you enjoy this week’s show with Rita Gekht. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.Name
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...more July 17, 2024Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 7-17-24 Fantasia: Stitched by Cindy Baldwin, designed by Debbie RowleyLearn how to make these needle minders from Jessica Grimm at jessicagrimm.com/blog.We are three sleeps from the weekend, so Cindy and Gary gathered to talk about needlework. This week’s topics include our upcoming Sunday show with Rita Gekht, followed by next week’s Stitch Hour in which Rita will give us a tour of the textile art exhibit at the New Hope Art Center. (Note that in the discussion, Gary got warp and weft mixed up. Warp is the vertical threads and weft is the horizontal.) We also talk about our plans for a Fiber Talk live event in March 2025 (send us your thoughts), basting ground cloth, the Tour de Broderie shows, wool and wool applique from The Woolen Needle, extending your Hardwicke Manor hoop stand, State Fair tips, Jessica Grimm’s needle minder finishing (learn how at https://www.jessicagrimm.com/blog), the value of alphabet samplers, breaking conventional practices when framing, and making ornaments. Sunday’s guest: Rita Gekht–Cindy and GaryListen to the podcast:
https://wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ftmw302.mp3This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
Tour de Broderie shows every day through July 21 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern.You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Podbay, Podbean, and many other podcast sources. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.Here are some links:
- Jessica Grimm’s blog with needle minder instructions
- Sassy Jacks Stitchery website
- EGA website
- CyberPointers website
- Avlea Folk Embroidery website
- The Woolen Needle website
We hope you enjoy the show. We’re always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.
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...more July 14, 2024Fiber Talk with Lucy Martin, Hand & Lock Goldwork from Hand & Lock.Goldwork insect designed by Lucy.Lucy Martin returns this week in her capacity as Head of Education at Hand & Lock. The show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. In our conversation, we learn about Hand & Lock’s origins, the role it plays in furthering textile arts, and gain some insights into how the Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery program works. Most of our conversation is focused on the Hand & Lock education program that Lucy and her staff have built in a very short time. The program includes an upcoming Diploma in Contemporary Hand Embroidery program (sign up here: https://forms.gle/ULrbN9qzhmzCWb42A), online and in-person courses, open studio time, and a digital embroidery master class. Lucy is just getting warmed up when it comes to developing educational opportunities. Follow Hand & Lock so you don’t miss out when new classes and programs are introduced.–Beth and GaryListen to the podcast:
https://www.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft348.mp3This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
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, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Podbay, Podbean, and many other podcast sources. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.Here are some links:
- Sassy Jacks Stitchery website
- Lucy Martin Embroidery website
- Hand & Lock website
- Hand & Lock on Facebook
- Hand & Lock on Instagram
- Hand & Lock Diploma program
We hope you enjoy this week’s show with Lucy Martin. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.Name
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...more July 03, 2024Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 7-3-24 This is the Tea Party design Beth is currently stitching in cars.The Avlea Sea of Light Border design Gary is stitching during the Tour de Broderie shows.Wednesday has arrived and so has the needlework chatting. This week’s topics include our trip to Sassy Jacks Stitchery, spinning thread, the Tour de Broderie shows (we resume July 9 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern), stitching in the car, Gary’s Avlea pieces and stitching on the Avlea ground cloth, looking for feedback on a possible Fiber Talk stitching event, and the talented Lucy Martin. Our next guest will be Lucy Martin talking about Hand & Lock on July 14.–Beth and GaryListen to the podcast:
https://wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ftmw301.mp3This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
Tour de Broderie shows resume, Tuesday, July 9 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern.You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Podbay, Podbean, and many other podcast sources. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.Here are some links:
- Sassy Jacks Stitchery website
- EGA website
- CyberPointers website
- Avlea Folk Embroidery website
We hope you enjoy the show. We’re always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.
To add yourself to our mailing list and be notified whenever we post a new podcast, provide your name and email address below. You won’t get spam and we won’t share your address.
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...more June 30, 2024Fiber Talk with Lucy Martin Stumpwork by Lucy Martin.A member of the Bert & Ernie elephant team.This week’s guest, Lucy Martin, has packed an entire needle-art career into just a few years, and she’s just getting started. We’re sponsored this week by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Lucy’s business is Lucy Martin Embroidery and she is head of education at Hand & Lock. A graduate of the Royal School of Needlework, she’s a designer and teacher who has been involved in a variety of needlework areas in her short career, including the fashion and entertainment worlds, creating pieces for the coronation of King Charles, and designing large outdoor banners. Lucy specializes in stump work and goldwork designs. In addition to teaching embroidery, she provides industry mentoring sessions to help others succeed in the needlework world. On June 14, Lucy will return to talk to us about Hand & Lock and the work she does at that prestigious institution.–Beth and GaryListen to the podcast:
https://www.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft347.mp3This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
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, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Podbay, Podbean, and many other podcast sources. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.Here are some links:
- Sassy Jacks Stitchery website
- Lucy Martin Embroidery website
- Lucy Martin on Instagram
We hope you enjoy this week’s show with Lucy Martin. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.Name
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...more June 16, 2024Fiber Talk with Annette Boland Floral Pocket kits by Annette Boland, The Woolen Needle.Hello Summer design by Annette Boland.Wool applique, dyeing wool, and all things related is our focus this week. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America and our guest is Annette Boland of The Woolen Needle. A wool applique class Beth did with Annette triggered this conversation. We simply had to know more about the technique and the beautiful wool materials that make it possible. Annette designs wool applique, quilts, hooked rugs, and punch needle art. She also dyes wool, offers some beautiful variegated threads and, in her spare time, runs a shop and teaches classes. No matter what your favorite stitching technique, wool applique will make a fun, creative, diversion when you simply want to try something different. If you’re one of those stitchers who also quilts, Annette has some designs you’re likely to enjoy. It’s a fun conversation with a talented artist and we hope it will show you something different in the needle arts world.–Beth and GaryListen to the podcast:
https://www.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft346.mp3This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
Visit the EGA website at egausa.org and consider joining.You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Podbay, Podbean, and many other podcast sources. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.Here are some links:
- Avlea Folk Embroidery website
- Sassy Jacks Stitchery website
- The Sampler Guild website
- The Sampler Guild on Instagram
- The Sampler Guild on Facebook
- Solomon’s Porch research paper
We hope you enjoy this week’s show with Linda Hadden. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.Name
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...more June 12, 2024Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-12-24 Floral Pocket wool applique designs by Sunday’s guest, Annette Boland of The Woolen Needle.The day that’s in the middle of the week has arrived and it’s our 300th Midweek Chat. Our topics include our upcoming trip to Sassy Jacks Stitchery, June 24 and 25, and what we have planned and our upcoming Tour de France stitch sessions. We start with the Prologue on June 29 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel for the Prologue. Join us as we stitch and talk about bike racing and other topics. You can also talk about thread spinning with Jenifer because that’s her favorite bike-racing activity. We also explore monogamous stitching, how it has changed how Jenifer goes about her needlework, and the mental benefits she’s realized. We also ask the question: Would you rather have two hours of flawless stitching or an uninterrupted day of stitching no matter how it comes out? Sunday’s guest: Annette Boland of The Woolen Needle–Jenifer and GaryListen to the podcast:
https://wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ftmw300.mp3This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
Jenifer sporting the best Tour de France t-shirt ever. Our Tour de France shows start June 29.You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Podbay, Podbean, and many other podcast sources. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.Here are some links:
- Sassy Jacks Stitchery website
- EGA website
- CyberPointers website
- Avlea Folk Embroidery website
- Clara Warschauer website
We hope you enjoy the show. We’re always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.
To add yourself to our mailing list and be notified whenever we post a new podcast, provide your name and email address below. You won’t get spam and we won’t share your address.
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...more June 09, 2024Fiber Talk with Linda Hadden Dorcas Haynes 1720 sampler from The Scarlet Letter, stitched by Linda Hadden.Box top stitched by Linda Hadden.This week, the show is sponsored by Avlea Folk Embroidery and Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Our guest is Linda Hadden of The Sampler Guild, a UK-based organization devoted to sampler history research. Linda, Jacob de Graaf of Modern Folk Embroidery, and Ruth Taylor of Crows Feet Stitching are the nucleus of this global organization, started in 2001. While they are committed to promoting samplers in general, their focus these days is researching the history behind samplers, particularly the various motifs and their origins, meanings, and travels throughout the world. Their most-recent research paper is “Solomon’s Porch,” a study of an interesting building motif that first appeared in the 1730s. The design, and its variations, has an interesting history. While research is ongoing, the Guild’s early findings are reported in a paper that is available on the Guild’s website. They have several other projects in the works and are always looking for information/input. To get involved, join the Guild so you can participate in their online meetings and email exchanges. Linda, Jacob, and Ruth are doing important work that is opening doors to our understanding of samplers and the roles they played in documenting history. We hope you enjoy the show and encourage you to visit the Guild website and become a member.–GaryListen to the podcast:
https://www.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft345.mp3This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
Please support our sponsor, Avlea Folk Embroidery at avlea embroidery.com.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, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Podbay, Podbean, and many other podcast sources. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.Here are some links:
- Avlea Folk Embroidery website
- Sassy Jacks Stitchery website
- The Sampler Guild website
- The Sampler Guild on Instagram
- The Sampler Guild on Facebook
- Solomon’s Porch research paper
We hope you enjoy this week’s show with Linda Hadden. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.Name
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...more May 29, 2024Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-29-24 Enter the drawing for this Sacred Heart project kit by Clara Warschauer. Her free class is June 15.We weren’t planning to offer a show until we do a Stitch Hour on June 5. Then Clara Warschauer came along and offered two Sacred Heart kits to give away to Fiber Talk listeners for her free June 15 online class. To give listeners a chance to enter the drawing, we dusted off the podcasting gear and put a show together. Instructions for entering the drawing are provided in the podcast. We also are doing a bit of experimenting. We recorded this show as a video so YouTube watchers can see us. We have a couple of kinks to work out, one being Gary’s camera going in and out of focus. Audio listeners shouldn’t notice any difference. If you like the video format, let us know. Aside from all of that, we talked about our upcoming trip to Sassy Jacks, monogamous stitching, Beth’s work on Dawn to Dusk, and designing our own samplers.–Beth and GaryListen to the podcast:
https://wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ftmw299.mp3This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
Beth’s Dawn to Dusk progress.You can listen by using the player above or you can subscribe to Fiber Talk through iTunes, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Podbay, Podbean, and many other podcast sources. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.Here are some links:
- Sassy Jacks Stitchery website
- EGA website
- CyberPointers website
- Avlea Folk Embroidery website
- Clara Warschauer website
We hope you enjoy the show. We’re always looking for guests, so let me know if there is someone you’d like me to have on the show.
To add yourself to our mailing list and be notified whenever we post a new podcast, provide your name and email address below. You won’t get spam and we won’t share your address.
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...more May 12, 2024Fiber Talk with Isabella Rosner Isabella Rosner’s new book, “Stitching Freedom: Embroidery & IncarcerationAn embroidered nutmeg, from the Witney Antiques collection.Isabella Rosner is one of those rare people who sets a course where no course exists and, with persistence and hard work, reaches her goals. In this week’s conversation, sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America and Sassy Jacks Stitchery, we learn how Isabella’s love of textile arts drove her all the way to earning a PhD from King’s College of London. Her thesis was “Women Professing Godliness with Good Works: British and American Quaker Women’s Art before Ackworth and Westtown, 1650-1800.” She is now a curator at the Royal School of Needlework, charged with digitizing the massive RSN collection (learn about that project in our March 2, 2024 show and visit the RSN website to enjoy the first 100 pieces from the collection), and Research Associate at Witney Antiques. In addition to that work, she has written a new book, “Stitching Freedom: Embroidery and Incarceration,” available at the RSN website, and is the host of the Sew What? podcast, a periodic show that will provide you with extensive information about textile arts. Folks who love textile arts and the history behind them would do well to closely follow Isabella’s work as we’ve only just begun to learn from this talented lady.–GaryListen to the podcast:
https://www.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft344.mp3This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
Visit the EGA website at egausa.org and consider joining.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, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Spotify, Audible, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Podbay, Podbean, and many other podcast sources. To receive e-mail notification of new podcasts, provide your name and e-mail address below. We do not sell/share e-mail addresses.Here are some links:
- Embroiderers’ Guild of America website
- Sassy Jacks Stitchery website
- Isabella Rosner’s website
- Isabella Rosner on Instagram
- Isabella’s Sew What? podcast
- Royal School of Needlework website
We hope you enjoy this week’s show with Isabella Rosner. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.Name
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FAQs about Fiber Talk:
How many episodes does Fiber Talk have?
The podcast currently has 662 episodes available.
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