Fiber Talk

By Gary L. Parr

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A twice-weekly podcast for Fiber Art hobbyists.

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Fiber Talk with Carolyn Man...

12.03.2023

Carolyn Manning of Carolyn Manning Designs joins us this week in a show that is sponsored by Avlea Folk Embroidery and Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Carolyn is a prolific and talented designer who frequently uses mandala and quilt inspirations. In addition ...

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12.03.2023 Fiber Talk with Carolyn Manning Carolyn Manning of Carolyn Manning Designs joins us this week in a show that is sponsored by Avlea Folk Embroidery and Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Carolyn is a prolific and talented designer who frequently uses mandala and quilt inspirations. In addition ...
11.26.2023 Fiber Talk with Brittany Kiertzner Mixed-media and textile fine artist Brittany Kiertzner joins us this week. Her work in abstract embroidery transcends the boundaries of traditional stitching, creating a world of imaginative and evocative designs. Through a dynamic interplay of woven threads, Brittany’s work is ...
11.22.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-22-23 Wednesday arrived right on schedule and Gary and Beth connected over the inter webs to talk about needlework. Happy Thanksgiving to all of our U.S. listeners. Topics on our list this week include Roberta Wagner, Nancy Hillis and The Artist’s ...
11.19.2023 Fiber Talk with Roberta Wagner Sassy Jacks Stitchery sponsors this week’s show with textile artist Roberta Wagner. Roberta describes herself as an intuitive artist, which means she rarely starts with a plan. “Often, the idea behind my work is not apparent when I am making ...
11.15.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-15-23 It’s the middle of the week and time to chat. Cindy and Gary have gathered to talk about copyrights, whether we are doing enough to help new stitchers and what can be done at no cost to local chapters, goldwork ...
11.13.2023 Fiber Talk with Dawn Fisher This week’s needle artist is Dawn Fisher of Morning Glory Needleworks. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Dawn’s love, passion, and specialty is reproducing antique samplers and her large collection contains some unique pieces. When she ...
11.05.2023 Fiber Talk with Jamie Chalmers Jamie Chalmers, Mr. X Stitch, joins us this week in a show sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. We have a fascinating conversation with Jamie about the multi-faceted textile-arts business that started with a cross-stitch kit he picked up while traveling. ...
11.01.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-1-23 Yet another Wednesday has arrived and Beth and Gary have gathered to converse. Our topics include Beth’s new goldwork addiction (“I don’t do goldwork.”), Clara Warschauer’s role in addicting Beth, Gary’s goldwork plans, having respect for copyrights, Lisa Call’s art ...
10.29.2023 Fiber Talk with Lisa Call The stunning textile art of Lisa Call is our focus this week. Lisa grew up in Colorado in a creative environment. Creativity took a bit of a back seat when she chose computer science for a day job/career. An art ...
10.22.2023 Fiber Talk with Christine Miller II This week’s Fiber Talk show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. When we first talked with Christine Miller in Feb. 2022 about her weaving-with-wire art, she was in the early stages of writing a book. That book, “Weaving with Wire: ...
10.15.2023 Fiber Talk with Susan Fay Schauer John Susan Fay Schauer John is a terrific textile artist and artist in general and is partnering with Gail Patterson to create the Spiralis Gallery. She’s also our guest this week in a show sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. For Susan ...
10.11.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 10-11-23 It’s midweek chattin’ day and we’ve gathered to talk about EGA Virtual Lectures, Gary’s sampler progress, Jenifer’s new Under the Garden Moon class/project, Clara Warschauer’s frog goldwork project, temari stitching, learning from teachers/classes, making French knots, and the importance of ...
10.08.2023 Fiber Talk with Gail Patterson This week’s Fiber Talk podcast is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. Our guest is Gail Patterson, director and curator of the Spiralis Gallery. As Gail reaches the end of her career as an anesthesiologist, she already ...
10.01.2023 Fiber Talk with Ruth Singer Artist-maker Ruth Singer is this week’s guest. Ruth is a true textile artist and a master at dealing with the What if? question. To quote Ruth, “I work mainly with old cloth, often damaged, torn and worn, which I combine ...
09.24.2023 Fiber Talk with Sue Reed Our guest this week is counted-canvas designer Sue Reed in a show sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Sue Reed is one of the top counted-canvas designers in the stitching world, known for her creative designs for needleworkers of all levels. ...
09.20.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-20-23 It’s the day after Tuesday and Gary and Beth gathered to discuss our favorite subject. This week’s topics include the Sassy Jack’s September Soiree, EGA Virtual Lectures, samplers and other things we’re stitching, Clara Warschauer projects, and potentially ending our ...
09.17.2023 Fiber Talk with Georgina Bellamy This week’s Fiber Talk guest is That Embroidery Girl, Georgina Bellamy. The show is sponsored by Avlea Folk Embroidery. Out of commuting necessity, Georgina developed her technique for creating Sculptural Goldwork. She has combined that with her fashion background and ...
09.10.2023 Fiber Talk with Lucy Newman This week’s Fiber Talk podcast is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. Our guest, Lucy Newman of LJN Studio, is the 2022 Hand and Lock Prize winner, a 2023 Fine Art Textile Awards finalist, and an extremely ...
09.06.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-6-23 (repost) It’s time for that chat we have in the middle of the week every other week. This time, Cindy and Gary talk about stitching in public, our Sept. 3 show on vision, Jane Garrison and Painter’s Threads, events at Sassy ...
09.06.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-6-23 It’s time for that chat we have in the middle of the week every other week. This time, Cindy and Gary talk about stitching in public, our Sept. 3 show on vision, Jane Garrison and Painter’s Threads, events at Sassy ...
09.03.2023 Fiber Talk: Your Eyes and Stitching This week we are joined by Rinda Just and Kelly Lea Teske. The show is sponsored by CyberPointers and Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Our topic is vision issues that go beyond using a good light and magnifier. Rinda and Kelly share ...
08.27.2023 Fiber Talk with Clara Warschauer Clara Warschauer combines embroidery, goldwork, and stump work to create striking needle art. Our conversation with Clara is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Clara is a talented, creative artist who loves to teach and can’t resist having at least a ...
08.23.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-23-23 The calendar says it’s Wednesday so we gathered to talk about needlework. This week’s topics include upcoming events at Sassy Jacks, the EGA’s FiberTalk5 discount for virtual lectures, what we’re stitching (it’s a lot), Painter’s Threads (you’re going to want ...
08.20.2023 Fiber Talk with Jane Garrison Our guest this week is Jane Garrison from Threadnuts/The Painter’s Threads Collection. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. Jane is a wholesale provider of a wide range of thread types, all marketed as the ...
08.13.2023 Fiber Talk with Jacqueline Fox Cross-stitch designer Jacqueline Fox of Waxing Moon Designs is our guest this week. The show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery, your source for Waxing Moon Designs charts. Jacque learned how to do cross stitch from a college roommate and ...
08.09.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-9-23 The calendar says it’s Wednesday so Jenifer and Gary gathered to chat about needlework. This week’s topics include upcoming Sassy Jacks workshops, Jessica Grimm’s reaction to our conversation with Richard and Cindy Lippert, stitching from stash, techniques we won’t do ...
08.06.2023 Fiber Talk with Richard and Cindy Lippert This week’s show is not about needlework, but it is about artists, specifically actors. Our guests are SAG-AFTRA actors Richard and Cindy Lippert and our focus is to learn more about what’s behind the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild (WGA) strikes. ...
07.30.2023 Fiber Talk with Yvette Stanton III Designer, teacher, author, and master whitework artists Yvette Stanton, of Vetty Creations, returns for a third conversation in a show sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. This time we talk about saving old/traditional techniques, what it’s like to research those techniques, ...
07.26.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 7-26-23 We found a Wednesday so we decided to chat. This week’s topics include celebrating Dee Hill’s life, places to donate finished needlework, Lois Caron and the impact she had on needlework, Kathy Andrews and slate frames, studying the backs of ...
07.23.2023 Fiber Talk with Taetia McEwen This week we talk with talented embroidery artist Taetia McEwen from Adelaide, Australia. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Taetia is a multi-faceted artist who enjoys creating designs that include woodland creatures, foliage, and fairies. She ...
07.16.2023 Fiber Talk with Maureen Laughlin Needlework tours, cruises, and the upcoming World Needlework Convention are our topics this week with Maureen Laughlin of Needlework Tours & Cruises. The show is sponsored by Avlea Folk Embroidery. Maureen is a needleworker who loves to travel. She combined ...
07.12.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 7-12-23 The hiatus is behind us and we’re back on schedule with a midweek chat. This week Beth and Gary discuss an upcoming trip to celebrate the life of Cindy’s mother, Dee Hill, and enjoy a lecture and workshop with Kathy ...
07.09.2023 Fiber Talk with Elizabeth Ashdown This week we’re talking about passementerie art with Elizabeth Ashdown. The show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Typically, when passementerie is discussed, the focus is on decorative trimming such as tassels, braids, and fringes. This time, we are taking ...
06.21.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-21-23 We’ve found the middle of the week and Cindy and Gary have gathered to talk about signing needlework, early stitching on Jane Turner and Gary, saving old/vintage techniques, bobbin lace, how our needlework will be viewed many years from now, ...
06.18.2023 Fiber Talk with Rae Niles Our subject this week is reproduction samplers, specifically those produced by our guest, Rae Niles of Red Barn Samplers. Sassy Jacks Stitchery is sponsoring this week’s show and Kim’s shop is your source for Rae’s charts and the linen and ...
06.11.2023 Fiber Talk with Jen Weber This week’s guest is temari artist Jen Weber of the Clever Bunny Studio. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. Jen Weber is a Shihan (certified teacher) of the Japanese Temari Association who has received ...
06.07.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-7-23 It’s Wednesday so that means it’s time for some midweek chatting. This week’s topics include Swedish Death Cleaning, our efforts to go a year without buying new needlework items, the Jane Turner project, how we prep linen for new projects, ...
06.04.2023 Fiber Talk with Lori Pengelly This week, in a show sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery, we talk with Lori Pengelly of Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery. Lori is a needleworker, cross stitch designer, quilter, quilt designer, wool appliqué artist, combines needlework with her quilt designs, ...
05.31.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-31-23 Our short hiatus is over and we’re back in action with a Midweek Chat. This week, Cindy and Gary talk about mental health and needlework, Gary and Beth and their hopeless stitch-from-stash effort, a Dritz storage box for perle cotton ...
05.17.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-17-23 Wednesday has arrived and we’re chatting. Topics include our May 14 mental health and needlework show, EGA National Seminar registration changes, summer stitching time, traveling projects, the Gay Ann Rogers whitework sampler sale, stitching muscle memory, and our June 1, ...
05.14.2023 Fiber Talk: Mental Health & Needlework May is Mental Health Month and it’s important to discuss the subject at all levels to raise awareness and and encourage people in need to seek professional help. This week, in a show sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery, Kathy Andrews, ...
05.07.2023 Fiber Talk with Claire Edwards Sassy Jacks Stitchery is sponsoring this week’s conversation with Claire Edwards, The Nomadic Maker. Claire and her partner have a unique lifestyle. Their permanent dwelling is a large mobile home and, when Beth isn’t teaching, they travel all over Europe. ...
05.02.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-3-23 We’re halfway between weekends and have lots to talk about. This week’s topics: Appletons Wool and whether wool thread is becoming more popular, EGA and a renewal of the FiberTalk5 Virtual Lecture code, vintage sewing machines, stash projects we’d really ...
04.30.2023 Fiber Talk with Di Cawdron and Debbie O’Brien, Appletons Wool Di Cawdron, owner, and Debbie O’Brien, Wool Manager, of Appleton’s Wool are our guests this week. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. EGA is renewing its FiberTalk5 offer of $5 off a new or ...
04.23.2023 Fiber Talk with Wendy Lynn Sassy Jacks Stitchery is sponsoring this week’s conversation with Wendy Lynn, Director of Membership and Marketing for the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Our overall goal in this conversation is to help listeners better understand the depth and breadth of what ...
04.19.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 4-19-23 Once again, we have arrived at the middle of the week and Jenifer and Gary have gathered to do some needlework chatting. Topics include current discounts, Dawn Cook Ronningen’s new book, more about vintage sewing machines, spinning stitching thread, Jenifer’s ...
04.16.2023 Fiber Talk with Margriet Hogue Margriet Hogue, from The Essamplaire, joins us this week to talk about the world of reproduction samplers, particularly from the 16th and 17th centuries. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. If you’re searching for ...
04.09.2023 Fiber Talk with Dawn Cook Ronningen II Dawn Cook Ronningen, the Collector with a Needle, joins us this week for the second time to talk about her new book, “Sewing Rolls, Needle Rolls and Huswifs.” This week’s show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery at sassyjacksstitchery.com and ...
04.06.2023 Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 4-5-23 We’re a bit late this week but we got the chat in. This week’s topics include EGA and Sassy Jacks discounts, Dawn Cook Ronningen’s new book, vintage sewing machines, Jane Turner, when to rip out stitching, and the impact of ...
04.02.2023 Fiber Talk with Diane L. Murtha This week we visit the quilting world and art-quilt designer Diane L. Murtha. In Diane’s creative mind, most quilts aren’t finished until she’s added some beads, embroidery, appliqué, or anything else that might embellish or tell more of the quilt’s ...

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Fiber Talk episodes:

Fiber Talk with Carolyn Manning

Fiber Talk with Brittany Kiertzner

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-22-23

Fiber Talk with Roberta Wagner

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-15-23

Fiber Talk with Dawn Fisher

Fiber Talk with Jamie Chalmers

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-1-23

Fiber Talk with Lisa Call

Fiber Talk with Christine Miller II

Fiber Talk with Susan Fay Schauer John

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 10-11-23

Fiber Talk with Gail Patterson

Fiber Talk with Ruth Singer

Fiber Talk with Sue Reed

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-20-23

Fiber Talk with Georgina Bellamy

Fiber Talk with Lucy Newman

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-6-23 (repost)

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-6-23

Fiber Talk: Your Eyes and Stitching

Fiber Talk with Clara Warschauer

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-23-23

Fiber Talk with Jane Garrison

Fiber Talk with Jacqueline Fox

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-9-23

Fiber Talk with Richard and Cindy Lippert

Fiber Talk with Yvette Stanton III

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 7-26-23

Fiber Talk with Taetia McEwen

Fiber Talk with Maureen Laughlin

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 7-12-23

Fiber Talk with Elizabeth Ashdown

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-21-23

Fiber Talk with Rae Niles

Fiber Talk with Jen Weber

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-7-23

Fiber Talk with Lori Pengelly

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-31-23

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-17-23

Fiber Talk: Mental Health & Needlework

Fiber Talk with Claire Edwards

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-3-23

Fiber Talk with Di Cawdron and Debbie O’Brien, Appletons Wool

Fiber Talk with Wendy Lynn

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 4-19-23

Fiber Talk with Margriet Hogue

Fiber Talk with Dawn Cook Ronningen II

Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 4-5-23

Fiber Talk with Diane L. Murtha