Fiber Talk

By Gary L. Parr

A twice-weekly podcast for Fiber Art hobbyists.... more

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August 31, 2026Creative 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
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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
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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1h 5min
August 27, 2026Midweek 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
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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
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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1h 9min
August 23, 2026Deb De Crane Takes Us from Cross Stitch to Japanese Embroidery
Japanese Embroidery piece by Deb De Crane.Sampler stitched by Deb De Crane.Avlea Folk Embroidery is sponsoring this week’s conversation with longtime Fiber Talk follower, Deb De Crane. When you visit avleafolkembroidery.com, use the code FT10 to get 10% off of your order. Deb De Crane connected with recent guest Kris Andrews when she was working at Knox College in Illinois. That meeting introduced Deb much of what the embroidery world has to offer. Today, she enjoys most stitching techniques and, thanks to Kris, has reached Phase 9 of the Japanese Embroidery progression. It’s an enjoyable and insightful conversation with a talented fellow stitcher that may inspire you to expand your stitching horizons.—Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft438.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Watch the video
Please support our sponsor, Avlea Folk Embroidery, at avleafulkembroidery.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.
Support our sponsor, Avlea Folk Embroidery, and use code FT10 to save 10% on your order:
Avlea Folk Embroidery website
We hope you enjoy this conversation with Debra De Crane. 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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44min
July 29, 2026Midweek Chat: Fitness, Finishing, Unstitching
Beth’s journal cover.Debbie Yerike’s Home is Where the Heart Is.Beth’s sore stitching hands launched us into an unplanned fitness section. The conclusion: Sitting and stitching for long periods is not a good thing. We also talked about finishing a journal cover (link below), Jessica Grimm, needlepoint canvas from Avlea Folk Embroidery, and Gary stitching without thinking. The message: Read and follow the instructions. We’re taking a break after this show, except for Patreon content, and will return with a Patreon Silver Needle Zoom session, Aug. 19, and a regular Sunday interview, August 23. If you missed our Tour de Broderie shows, this is a good time to fire up the playlist on YouTube and let them run while you stitch. We may have recorded them while watching the Tour de France, but most of the content is about needlework.–Beth and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ftmw346.mp3
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Beth finished the Poppers design by Needle Delights.
Become a Fiber Talk Patreon member at patreon.com/FiberTalk.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 website
Modern Hoopla DIY Journal Cover: Insert and Instructions
Carolyn Standing Webb Fiber Talk interview
Fiber Talk’s new Patreon page
EGA website
Avlea Folk Embroidery website
CyberPointers 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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52min
July 26, 2026Embroidery is Edna Sanabia’s Passion
Edna Sanabia’s first embroidery project.A Mable Figworthy design Edna modified and stitched.Long-time Fiber Talk listener Edna Sanabia grew up on a farm in a creative household where idle-time activities focused on embroidery and other forms of needlework. That childhood enjoyment of needlework became a love when her children started going to school. Edna is the first listener in a new intermittent series in which we interview Fiber Talk listeners to learn how they came to enjoy needlework and make it an integral part of their lives. Edna shares how she goes about stitching, doing some designing and what aspects of stitching excite her. Let us know what you think about this new series and enjoy learning about a truly talented stitcher.—Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft437.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Watch the video
Agnus Dei by Edna Sanabia.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:
Gail Pan Designs
Yumiko Higuchi website
Lolita Newman of Stitching by the River does not appear to be active.
We hope you enjoy this conversation with Edna Sanabia. 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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44min
July 19, 2026Kris Andrews Focuses on Needlework Teaching
Oliver Octopus, an updated design by Kris Andrews.Butterfly Curio Box, designed by Kris Andrews.In this episode, sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America (egausa.org), Gary Parr talks with needlework teacher and designer Kris Andrews about a career spent mastering — and teaching — an impressive range of techniques, from surface embroidery and goldwork to Japanese embroidery and rug hooking. Kris traces her path back to teaching Hardanger at Tea Time Stitchery, and shares what’s kept her drawn to teaching ever since, including her work introducing needlework to children and her love of designing stitching gardens. She’s a Certified Japanese Embroidery instructor and a Certified Oxford Punch Needle Rug Hooking Instructor through The Oxford Company. She’ll be teaching classes at the EGA 2026 National Seminar, “Wish Upon a Stitch,” in Orlando, FL. It’s a conversation about craftsmanship, curiosity, and passing a love of the needle on to the next generation of stitchers.
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft436.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
Kris Andrews website
The Oxford Company website
We hope you enjoy this conversation with Kris Andrews. 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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51min
July 12, 2026From Haute Couture to Hand Embroidery: Gimena Romero on Preserving Mexico’s Textile Heritage
Gimena Romero’s new book is a standout publication.Gimena’s new book shares stories of Mexican embroidery.In this episode, Beth Ellicott and Gary Parr sit down with embroidery artist and researcher Gimena Romero to explore her journey from university studies and a career in haute couture to becoming a devoted preservationist of traditional Mexican needlework. Gimena shares the story behind her book, The Embroidery of Mexico: A Vibrant Celebration of Traditional and Modern Designs, and the years she spent traveling across Mexico connecting with different communities to learn their embroidery techniques firsthand — work documented in striking photography by Pedro Aragón. The conversation covers everything from a spontaneous street embroidery workshop she led in Mexico City to Lavín embroidery, a rare and experimental technique that incorporates human hair as thread. It’s a rich look at how one stitch can carry the weight of culture, memory, and identity.
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft434.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Watch the video
Have you considered embroidering with your hair? Learn how Gimena’s new book.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:
Gimena Romero’s website
Gimena Romero on Instagram
Gimena Romero on Facebook
Gimena Romero on TikTok
We hope you enjoy this conversation with Gimena Romero. 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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59min
July 09, 2026Midweek Chat: Clean Stitching, Wool, State Fair Entries
Cindy’s Ho Ho Ho state fair entry.Cindy’s biscornu.Cindy and Gary have gathered once again to discuss stitching topics we’ve encountered in recent weeks/days. This week’s topics include, the Tour de Broderie, eating while stitching, removing stains, whether wool is making a comeback, state fair entries and the techniques that are still alive, and the new Colour & Cotton store. They got it right. Sunday: Gimena Romero. Please consider supporting Fiber Talk by becoming a Patreon subscriber at patreon.com/FiberTalk—Cindy and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ftmw345.mp3
Watch the video. Click here to view it.
Become a Fiber Talk Patreon member at patreon.com/FiberTalk.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
Avlea Folk Embroidery website
CyberPointers 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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58min
July 05, 2026Embroidered Gardens, Ribbon Work & Converse Shoes — Lorna Bateman
Lorna Bateman’s “Embroidered Country Gardens” has proven to be a popular book.Bluebell Bonanza is Lorna’s latest contribution to “Inspirations” magazine, issue 131.Lorna Bateman of Lorna Bateman Embroidery returns to Fiber Talk to talk about her flourishing embroidery design business — from her beautiful “Embroidered Country Gardens” book to stitching on Converse trainer shoes.
In this episode:
– Her book “Embroidered Country Gardens” and the inspiration behind it
– Silk ribbon embroidery techniques and design
– How her business has grown and outgrown her studio
– Designing for “Inspirations” magazine
– The fun and creativity of embroidering Converse trainer shoes.
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft435.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Watch the video
This is one of the Converse trainers Lorna embroidered for her son and daughter in law.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:
Lorna’s first Fiber Talk appearance
Lorna Bateman’s website
Lorna Bateman on Instagram
Lorna Bateman on Facebook
Lorna Bateman on YouTube
We hope you enjoy this conversation with Lorna Bateman. 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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54min
June 29, 2026Appenzeller Whitework & the RSN Certificate Program — Tammy McBean
Tammy’s Jacobean piece she created for the RSN Certificate program.The stand Tammy uses for Appenzeller embroidery.Tammy McBean, the Needle Lady of Helvetia joins Gary to explore the beautiful world of Appenzeller whitework — a traditional Swiss embroidery style — and shares her experience with the Royal School of Needlework certificate program. This show is sponsored by Avlea Folk Embroidery at avleafolkembroidery.com. In this episode:
—What Appenzeller whitework is and its Swiss cultural roots
—Tammy’s journey through the Royal School of Needlework certificate program
—Jacobean embroidery and how it fits into her needlework activities
—Tammy’s stunning Alpaufzug table runner project. See the entire table runner at the 42-min. mark of the video version of this show.
The Appenzeller history video is below.
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft433.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Watch the video
Please support our sponsor, Avlea Folk Embroidery, at avleafulkembroidery.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:
Avlea Folk Embroidery website
Appenzeller history video
Tammy McBean on Instagram
Appenzeller history:
We hope you enjoy this conversation with Tammy McBean. 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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45min

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