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October 11Lindsay Swearingen Converts Medieval History to Unique Cross Stitch
Cross-Stitch from the Dark Ages is Lindsay Swearingen’s third book.Plague Patron Saint is one of 25 designs in Lindsay Swearingen’s new book.The Embroiderers’ Guild of America sponsors the return of cross-stitch designer Lindsay Swearingen of Tusk and Cardinal. Lindsay’s new book, “Cross-Stitch from the Dark Ages,” is likely one of the most unique collections of cross-stitch designs you’ll encounter. She did a ton of research into medieval arts and practices to come up with a collection of 25 projects designed to “plague your walls.” Throughout the conversation, we all share our favorite designs and learn about the inspiration behind the book and how Lindsay worked with sample stitchers and a great photographer to create a terrific book.—Beth and Gary
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https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft446.mp3
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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, 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:
Embroiderers’ Guild of America website
Lindsay Swearingen’s first show
Tusk and Cardinal website
Tusk and Cardinal Etsy shop
Tusk and Cardinal on Instagram
Tusk and Cardinal on Facebook
Tusk and Cardinal on TikTok
We hope you enjoy this conversation with Lindsay Swearingen. 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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46 min
October 08Midweek Chat: Silk Threads, Jessica and Hazel Classes, Embroidery Cloth
This could be your next travel magnifier lamp.Gothic Pansy is a free class Jessica Grimm will be offering to her subscribers on Oct. 4.It’s Midweek Chat time a week early. The show is sponsored by CyberPointers at cyberpointers.org. This week it’s all three of us talking about needlepoint canvas at Avlea Folk Embroidery, top-quality embroidery ground cloth, shiny silk embroidery threads, a new line of silk needlepoint threads, Beth’s new portable magnifier light, slate frame, and slate-frame alternatives. Sunday: Lindsay Swearingen—Beth, Cindy, and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ftmw349.mp3
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Join CyberPointers at cyberpointers.org.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:
CyberPointers website
Avlea Folk Embroidery website
Jessica Grimm’s Gothic Pansy class
Hazel Blomkamp’s Workroom
Bradley Needlepoint Silk Threads
Brighttech LightView lamp
Fiber Talk’s Patreon page
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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1 hr 13 min
October 05Chicken Scratch and Quilting with Carolyn Forster
Carolyn Forster’s new book will teach you how to do chicken scratch embroidery.Carolyn Forster went back in time for her 1930s Quilts book.Textile artist Carolyn Forster of Quilting on the Go is our guest this week. The focus of our conversation is her two new books, “20 To Make: Chicken Scratch Embroidery” and “1930s Quilts.” Carolyn has been sewing, stitching, and quilting all of her life. She tried cooking in school but things went wonky so she stayed with needle and thread. We have great fun learning about all of the things she does, including organizing Stitchtopia Craft Holidays. If you want to spend some vacation time with needleworkers in interesting/historic venues, check out the upcoming schedule at Carolyn’s website. We hope you enjoy the conversation and encourage you to give chicken scratch a try.—Beth and Gary
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Carolyn Forster’s chicken scratch book offers 20 projects.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:
Carolyn Forster website
Carolyn Forster on Instagram
Carolyn Forster on Facebook
Carolyn Forster on YouTube
We hope you enjoy this conversation with Carolyn Forster. 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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1 hr 7 min
September 27Hazel Blomkamp’s New Book and Website Raise the Embroidery Bar
Crewelwork Then & Now by Hazel Blomkamp and Phillipa Turnbull.Hazel Blomkamp’s Contemporary Eagle.This week, Hazel Blomkamp returns to talk about her Workroom subscription program, her updated technique books, and the terrific new collaboration book, Crewelwork Then & Now, she wrote with Phillipa Turnbull. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America and Avlea Folk Embroidery. This is the second time we’ve had the privilege of talking with Hazel and, as the first time, it was an absolute treat to learn what goes on in the world of one of our most creative and talented embroidery artists. Be sure to visit her website and consider subscribing to the Workroom. Also, please support our sponsors, the EGA at egausa.org, and Avlea Folk Embroidery at avleafolkembroidery.com. Be sure to use FT10 to get 10% off of your next Avlea order, including needlepoint canvas.—Beth and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft445.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Watch the video
Visit the EGA website at egausa.org and consider joining.Please support our sponsor, Avlea Folk Embroidery, at avleafolkembroidery.com.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:
Embroiderers’ Guild of America website
Avlea Folk Embroidery website
Hazel Blomkamp’s first show
Hazel Blomkamp’s website
Hazel Blomkamp on Instagram
Hazel Blomkamp on Facebook
We hope you enjoy this conversation with Hazel Blomkamp. 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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1 hr 31 min
September 20Fiber Talk Remembers Margriet Hogue
A. Pinninger sampler from The Essamplaire.The Kutz sampler from The Essamplaire.Margriet Hogue, creator and owner of The Essamplaire, passed away on Sept. 14, 2026. As our way of remembering the tremendous contribution she made to samplers, and the needle arts in general, this week we re-play the conversation we had with her April 15, 2023.
Margriet Hogue, from The Essamplaire, joins us this week to talk about the world of reproduction samplers, particularly from the 16th and 17th centuries. If you’re searching for new and different samplers, particularly those that go beyond standard cross stitch, The Essamplaire is your destination. Margriet has a collection of reproductions unlike any you’ll see elsewhere. We explore her interest in samplers, what she’s learned studying them in museums, the silks and linens that were used to stitch the originals, and Margriet’s role in sharing samplers with the needlework world. We also learn how linen has changed through the centuries. It’s an enlightening conversation with one of the leading reproduction artists in the needle-arts world.–Beth and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft295postedit.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
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:
The Essamplaire website
The Essamplaire on Facebook
We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Margriet Hogue. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.

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54 min
September 14Gabrielle Noe Shares The Silk Snail’s Printed Canvas Story
Kylie, co-founder of The Silk Snail.Disco Moon design from The Silk Snail.Gabrielle Noe, of The Silk Snail, is our guest and the show is sponsored by CyberPointers, the online chapter of the American Needlepoint Guild. Learn about them at cyberpointers.org. Gabrielle and her partner Kylie met through TikTok, then IRL at a Houston needlepoint store. That meeting evolved into their new printed-canvas business, The Silk Snail. Their first set of canvases went on sale Tuesday, Sept. 8 at navynoo.com. In our conversation, we learn about their experiences forming the business and how they go about designing canvases. We also discuss the dynamics of the needlepoint stitching community. The Silk Snail has all of the usual social media outlets so it’s easy to follow them. When you have a minute, visit their website and check out their merch.—Cindy and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft442.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Watch the video
Join CyberPointers at cyberpointers.org.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:
CyberPointers website
The Silk Snail website
The Silk Snail on Instagram
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Navy Noo website
Help I Need Thread Facebook group
We hope you enjoy this conversation with Gabrielle Noe. 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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59 min
September 09Midweek Chat: Lights, Nepal, Goldwork, and the Stitch Beth Loves
Beth has plans for her Fibres of Life eyeglass case.Gothic Pansy is a free class Jessica Grimm will be offering to her subscribers on Oct. 4.When Wednesday arrives, we like to get together and talk about needlework. In this week’s Midweek Chat, sponsored by CyberPointers, Beth and Gary talk about portable magnifier lights and portable batteries; helping the people of Nepal by direct contribution or purchasing products from Fibres of Life; what Beth’s going to do with her wool felt eyeglass case; Beth’s MH 1656 sampler and her favorite, the Montenegrin stitch (it’s not); and a free class Jessica Grimm is offering to her subscribers. As an extension of that, we’d like to know where we can buy quality goldwork materials in the States. Sunday: Gabrielle Noe of The Silk Snail.—Beth and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ftmw348.mp3
Watch the video. Click here to view it.
Join CyberPointers at cyberpointers.org.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:
CyberPointers website
Avlea Folk Embroidery website
Jessica Grimm’s Gothic Pansy class
Help the people of Nepal
Fibres of Life website
Brighttech LightView lamp
Fiber Talk’s new Patreon page
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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1 hr 3 min
September 06Tatiana Popova Helps You Experience Crewel Embroidery
Tatiana Popova’s new book is “Modern Crewel Embroidery for Beginners.Snowdrop Swirl is one of the more advanced designs in Tatiana’s book.We learned all about Tatiana Popova, of Owl Crafts, in our Feb. 8, 2026 show when we talked about her background and her excellent book Contrast in Crewel Embroidery. At the time, she mentioned that a new book was in the works. The book, Modern Crewel Embroidery for Beginners, is now available and we spent a few minutes with Tatiana learning about it. If you’ve never done crewel embroidery, or have tried and need an assist, this book should help you. It has an extensive tools-and-stitches section and offers eight very approachable projects, designed to help you develop your skills. Crewel is fun to do and has its own unique style. If you’re tempted, this book would be handy to have at your side.–Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft440.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Watch the video
Floral Butterfly uses 14 different stitches.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:
Tatiana’s first show
Owl Crafts website
Owl Crafts on Instagram
Owl Crafts on Facebook
We hope you enjoy this 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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22 min
August 31Creative Embroidery and Impressive Projects Define Natalie Tyler
Natalie Tyler’s Memory Duvet. Photo by Jutta Klee.It’s My Life and I’ll Sigh if I Want, designed and stitched by Natalie Tyler.Natalie Tyler joins us this week in a show sponsored by the Embroiderers Guild of America at egausa.org. The pandemic was a turning point for Natalie, providing an opportunity to apply her art background to embroidery and develop her version of the art form. The result is a wide array of designs and design types, including pet portraits (including a snake), people portraits, 3D pieces, and using a thrift-store sweater as a canvas. She hasn’t stopped at small pieces. Her Memory Duvet is one of what will likely be many installation pieces designed for public viewing. Her current project is stitching a flower a day for a year. It’s been a scramble at times, but she’s delivered and will complete the project sometime in October. Fiber Talk Patreon subscribers can enjoy an extra video that shares details about that project. Natalie is full of creative ways to express her art through embroidery and you’ll enjoy hearing her story.—Beth and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft441.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Watch the video
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, 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:
Embroiderers’ Guild of America website
Natalie Tyler website
Natalie Tyler on Instagram
Natalie Tyler’s Numonday shop
We hope you enjoy this conversation with Natalie Tyler. 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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1 hr 5 min
August 27Midweek Chat: New Sponsor, Discount Code, State Fair Success, a Book, and Organizing Your Library
Cindy’s Best in Show entry.Patterns in this book would be good for your library. Link in show notes.It’s Midweek Chat time. This show is sponsored by CyberPointers at cyberpointers.org. This week Cindy and Gary discuss our sponsors, an Avlea Folk Embroidery discount code, Hazel Blomkamp, the Iowa State Fair (hooray Cindy and Robin), stitching in public, a book you should own, organizing your stitching library, and embellishing felt bowls. If we’ve enabled you, the links are below. Sunday: Natalie Tyler.—Cindy and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ftmw347.mp3
Watch the video. Click here to view it.
Join CyberPointers at cyberpointers.org.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:
CyberPointers website
Avlea Folk Embroidery website
Hazel Blomkamp website
Iowa State Fair Facebook Group
Fibres of Life website
Stunning Stitches for Crazy Quilts book
Fiber Talk’s new Patreon page
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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1 hr 9 min