Fiber Talk

By Gary L. Parr

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February 22, 2026Isabella Strambio Publishes Beginner Macrame Book
Isabella Strambio’s new book, “The Beginner’s Guide to Macrame,” will be available in the U.S. March 17. You can pre-order now.This drinking bottle holder is one of the eight beginner projects offered in Isabella Strambio’s new book.Isabella Strambio returns this week to talk about her new book, “The Beginner’s Guide to Macrame. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderer’s Guild of America. This week we feature EGA’s Special Interest Groups, which are available to members and nonmembers. When we first talked with Isabella, Dec. 15, 2024, we learned about her macrame art and her new book at the time, “Mindful Macrame.” In the year that has passed, Isabella has been battling breast cancer. We spend the first 15 min. of the show talking about her journey. I’m pleased to report that she had her mastectomy Feb. 16 and, pending test results, they believe they have removed all of the cancer. After that discussion, we talk about her new book, which will be available in the U.S. March 17. In our conversation, we talk how the books helps beginners and how easy and inexpensive it is to try macrame. For needleworkers who are looking for a diversion/new inspiration, it might be a technique that satisfies your maker instincts. Check out Isabella’s new book and/or her other four books and visit her website for classes and tutorials.—Gary
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https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft416.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
Visit the EGA website at egausa.org and consider joining.
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Here are some links:
EGA website
Isabella Strambio’s website
Isabella Strambio on Instagram
Isabella Strambio on Facebook
Isabella Strambio Dec. 2024 show
We hope you enjoy this conversation with Isabella Strambio. 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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February 18, 2026Canvas #2: Reading Charts and Using Laying Tools
It’s time for our second Fiber Talk Canvas show. It’s a long one. This month we talk about canvas supply and thread costs. Don’t blame your LNS owner. Then, at the 20-min. mark, we have an extended discussion about how to read charts for those stitches that look so complicated but aren’t. At the 1-hr. point, thanks to listener requests, we do an extended segment about laying tools and how to use them. As always, leave your thoughts and suggestions for future topics in the comment section.—Cindy and Gary
Cindy’s laying tools:
Island House Needlepoint laying tools
Merry L Needlework laying tools are sold wholesale only so ask your LNS to order one for you.
Links to items discussed in this show:
Debbie Rowley’s website, DebBee’s Designs: https://debbeesdesigns.com/
American Needlepoint Guild: https://www.needlepoint.org/default.aspx
CyberPointers: https://www.cyberpointers.org/
Anasazi Spirit (Gary’s project): https://stitchplay.com/anasazi-spirit/
Poppers (Beth’s project): https://needledelights.com/product/poppers/
Jeweled Valentine (Cindy’s project): https://www.rainbowgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Jeweled-Valentine.pdf
Inchies (Beth’s project back project): https://needledelights.com/product/inchies/
EverTite stretcher bars, Frame Lock corner devices, and tacks: http://www.needlestack.com/WebStore/Accessories/StretcherBars.html
Adjust-A-Frame stretcher bars: Download the price list.
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February 15, 2026Holly Jackson Expands Her Horizons
Tilghman Buoy Wall, designed and stitched by Holly Jackson.
Lady of Shallot, designed and stitched by Holly Jackson.Holly Jackson, of Flossing in the Moonlight, returns this week. The show is sponsored by Avlea Folk Embroidery at avleafolkembroidery.com. Holly volunteered to record this show because she wanted to talk about the role of psychogeography in her art, the City and Guilds Master Practitioner Program, and her experience so far participating in the No Rules Textile Society collective. All three of these things are influencing her art in different ways. Maybe one or some of them can help you expand your needlework horizons.—Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft417.mp3
Watch the video. Click here to view it.
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:
Avlea Folk Embroidery website
March 5, 2023 show with Holly Jackson
Flossing in the Moonlight website
Holly Jackson on Instagram
City and Guilds website
No Rules Textile Society website
Fiber Talk’s Patreon page
We hope you enjoy our conversation with Holly Jackson. 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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February 11, 2026Midweek Chat: Topics that Might Ruffle Feathers
Christian Henry sampler from Sassafras Samplers, Sassy Jacks Stitchery, stitched by Beth.Beth’s bargello project is going to become a project bag.It’s Midweek Chat time. This week, Beth and Gary tackle some topics that might be feather-ruffling to stitchers and/or designers, depending on your perspective. The topics are the increasing cost of stitching and whether it really matters, copyright infringement (people do mind-boggling things to save a few bucks), and the back side of stitching (yes, it can matter and it’s definitely worth consideration). Let us know what you think about these topics in the comments section. Sunday’s guest: Holly Jackson, Flossing in the Moonlight—Beth and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ftmw337.mp3
Watch the video. Click here to view it.
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:
Fiber Talk’s new Patreon page
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.
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February 08, 2026Creating Crewel Art with Tatiana Popova
Tatiana’s latest book provides a unique approach to crewel design.One of the doodle designs from Tatiana’s book.Crewel and ribbon embroidery artist Tatiana Popova joins us this week. In our conversation we hear the story of her learning how to embroider, how Hazel Blomkamp and Di van Niekerk were instrumental in advancing her design skills, and how her husband’s business travel was the catalyst for her latest book, “Contrast in Crewel Embroidery.” If you’re interested in giving crewel embroidery a try, the book is an excellent resource for how to do a wide variety of stitches and design elements. We encourage you to visit Tatiana’s website, owl-crafts.com, and explore her other books and many kits.—Beth and Gary
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https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft414.mp3
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Silk ribbon work by Tatiana Popova.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:
Owl Crafts website
Owl Crafts on Facebook
Owl Crafts on Instagram
Fiber Talk’s Patreon page
We hope you enjoy our conversation with Tatiana Popova. 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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February 01, 2026Exploring the Counted-Canvas World of Kathy Rees
Liberty is the 2026 Mystery design from Kathy Rees, available at the Shining Needle Society.Colorwaves design by Kathy Rees.Counted-canvas needlepoint is this week’s technique and we got to talk about it with Kathy Rees, one of the best designers in that world. Kathy earned a business degree, got tired of the corporate world, worked with her parents in their needlework shop, then owned her own shop. When that era came to an end, she committed herself to full-time designing and teaching. One of her signature series is annual mystery projects. She just announced her latest mystery, Liberty, through the Shining Needle Society. Registration is open for that class which offers four color ways. Deadline for registering is Feb. 16, so act quickly. Kathy is also planning a stitching cruise with Toni Gerdes. That nine-night Caribbean Cruise sails in April 2027. We learned a lot talking with Kathy and encourage you to visit her website and explore her catalog of terrific designs.—Cindy and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft415.mp3
Watch the video. Click here to view it.
Summer Logs design by Kathy Rees.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:
Needle Delights Originals website
Needle Delights on Facebook
Shining Needle Society website
Sailing Stitches Facebook group
Fiber Talk’s new Patreon page
We hope you enjoy our conversation with Kathy Rees. 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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1h 9min
January 28, 2026Midweek Chat: Needle Delights Gush Fest
Color Waves by Kathy Rees, Needle Delights Originals.Summer Logs by Kathy Rees, Needle Delights Originals.It’s Midweek Chat time. This week we started out with the planned topics and were doing well until the subject of “Land of the Free” by Kathy Rees came up. That led to her new Shining Needle Society class, then we remembered Color Waves, and then it was all over. We simply went to needledelights.com and gushed and remembered all of the great designs. The spending of money will happen in the next few days. Our apologies to the folks who listen to the show on podcast apps. We also cooked up a live show to kick off National Embroidery Month. Join us on the FiberTalk YouTube channel at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, Sunday, Feb. 1 for a couple of hours of stitching fun. Be sure to check out our first Fiber Talk Canvas video and leave any questions or comments to help us put together the next show. Also, consider becoming a Patreon supporter at patreon.com/FiberTalk.—Cindy and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ftmw336.mp3
Watch the video. Click here to view it.
Christmas Rounds by Kathy Rees, Needle Delights Originals.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:
Fiber Talk’s new Patreon page
Needle Delights Originals website
EGA 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.
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January 25, 2026Discussing Issues of the Day with Ruth Cartwright
Pineapple design by Ruth Cartwright.Variegated Swan by Ruth Cartwright.Our guest this week is Ruth Cartwright of Craft with Cartwright. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderer’s Guild of America at egausa.org. In our conversation, we learn about Ruth’s business, her Friday free designs, and her 2026 365 Days of Crafting challenge. Our main focus is discussing topics Ruth has posted on her Instagram account. Among those are copyright infringement, granny crafts, why cross stitch is viewed as needlework’s “poor cousin,” organizing floss by color or number, and those magic moments when the house is empty and you’re left to stitch in peace. We hope these topics will get you thinking and invite you to offer your reactions in the comment section.–Beth and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft413.mp3
Watch the video
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.
Visit the EGA website at egausa.org and consider joining.Here are some links:
Embroiderer’s Guild of America website
Craft with Cartwright website
Ruth Cartwright on Instagram
Ruth Cartwright on Facebook
Ruth Cartwright on YouTube
We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Ruth Cartwright. 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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January 21, 2026Fiber Talk Canvas: A New Needlepoint Series
Anasazi Spirit from StitchPlay Designs.Poppers from Needle Delights.This is the first of a new needlepoint series we’re calling Fiber Talk Canvas. The purpose of this video series (there will be a new video on the third Wednesday of each month) is to help people have success with needlepoint. To accomplish this, our focus will be on counted-canvas needlepoint. In our first show we talk about what we hope to accomplish with the series, stretcher bars and getting a canvas ready for stitching, and the projects we are working on as part of the series. All of the projects we are doing are available for free or can be purchased through some retail outlet, i.e., you don’t need to take a class to do them. We hope you’ll find this series informative and that it will prompt you to give needlepoint a try. Please let us know in the comment section if you have questions, suggestions for future shows, and/or ideas for topics you want covered.—Beth, Cindy, and Gary
Links to items discussed in this show:
Debbie Rowley’s website, DebBee’s Designs: https://debbeesdesigns.com/
American Needlepoint Guild: https://www.needlepoint.org/default.aspx
CyberPointers: https://www.cyberpointers.org/
Anasazi Spirit (Gary’s project): https://stitchplay.com/anasazi-spirit/
Poppers (Beth’s project): https://needledelights.com/product/poppers/
Jeweled Valentine (Cindy’s project): https://www.rainbowgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Jeweled-Valentine.pdf
Inchies (Beth’s project back project): https://needledelights.com/product/inchies/
EverTite stretcher bars, Frame Lock corner devices, and tacks: http://www.needlestack.com/WebStore/Accessories/StretcherBars.html
Adjust-A-Frame stretcher bars: Send email to [email protected] for price list. Gary wrote to them the evening of Jan. 20 to confirm that they are still making the product. I’ll update when I hear.
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January 18, 2026Kate Cross Loves Teaching, Whitework, and More Teaching
Schwalm whitework, designed and stitched by Kate Cross.Pulled work and drawn-thread design by Kate Cross.Kate Cross, of Bespoke Embroidery, joins us this week. Kate is a lifelong artist who connected with textile art when her grandmother suggested she visit an exhibition at the Royal School of Needlework. That led to studying and graduating from the RSN and she now teaches students and future tutors for the school. In addition, she has her own Bespoke Embroidery business. That involves design work using a long list of whitework and other stitching techniques, commissions, and more teaching, her second love after stitching. She’s a multi-faceted and highly talented artist and we had a great conversation about her career and love of needlework. Enjoy the show and visit her website to learn more and see more of her work. Teach Me Tuesdays are your chance to learn from Kate in online classes.—Gary
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https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft412.mp3
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“Garden View” fine whitework by Kate Cross.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.
Here are some links:
Bespoke Embroidery website
Kate Cross on Instagram
Kate Cross on Facebook
We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Kate Cross. 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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