Fiber Talk

By Gary L. Parr

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

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July 23, 2025Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 7-23-25
Beth’s completed Pour ta Fete sampler.When Wednesday arrives we feel compelled to fire up the recording contraptions and talk about needlework. This week our topics include the Tour de Broderie, Fiber Talk Patreon content, Beth’s Pour ta Fete stitching, Lori Mann and Colorway Arts boxes, Beth’s Hapsburg lace needle book, Tim Buchheim and live classes, and supporting Stitchy Princess on Etsy and Olga Fishchuk Katrusya Studio on buymeacoffee.com. We also talk about card decks: The Palette Scout color cards, The Ultimate Sashiko Card Deck by Susan Briscoe, and Needlepoint: A Modern Stitch Directory in 50 cards by Emma Homent of themakersmarks.com. Consider supporting Fiber Talk by becoming a Patreon subscriber at patreon.com/FiberTalk. Sunday’s guest: Sue Reed.–Beth and Gary
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Beth’s version of the Tanya Berlin Hapsburg Lace needlebook is ready for assembly.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
Jessica Grimm’s 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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1h 4min
July 20, 2025Fiber Talk with Kirstie Macleod, The Red Dress
Jamaican embroiderer Lekazia Turner experiences The Red Dress.“The Red Dress: Conversations in Stitch,” by Kirstie Macleod is available from your favorite bookseller.The Red Dress project, created and developed by this week’s guest, Kirstie Macleod, can, at first, look like little more than a beautiful dress, embellished by a lot of colorful embroidery. If you spend more than 30 sec. exploring this project, you will quickly discover that the dress is a powerful symbol of what people of all kinds and from many cultures have experienced in their lives, many of those experiences worse than you can imagine. In this week’s conversation, we are privileged to hear the story of the Red Dress and, I hope, like me, you will be moved by what Kirstie has provided for us. Enjoy the story, share it with others, and consider buying the book about the project. It’s a good one. Kirstie will be back sometime in late August or early September to tell us about how the dress was created and how she incorporated so much embroidery from so many people.–Gary
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The Red Dress embroidery group in Aguacatenango, Mexico, embroider the dress while it’s worn by Vanessa Aguilar of Juarez.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:
The Red Dress website
Kirstie Macleod’s art website
We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Kirstie Macleod. 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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1h 2min
July 13, 2025Fiber Talk with Jessica Jane Pile and Robert Ossant
The Art of Couture Embroidery by Jessica Jane Pile and Robert Ossant.Jellyfish design from a creation by Rahul Mishra, created using the Aari technique.This week we travel to the world of Haute Couture in a conversation with couture historian Robert Ossant and embroidery artist and interior designer Jessica Jane Pile. They have combined their vast knowledge, experience, and talents to write an upcoming book, “The Art of Couture,” available Nov. 2025. You can pre-order it now from the usual book sources. It’s a unique publication that provides an excellent history of several famous and upcoming design houses, combined with stitching instructions that will enable you to implement couture designs and techniques in your own needlework. In addition to the expected tambour work, there is a dress made with canvas and one with feathers. We learn a lot about high fashion and the book will make a fine addition to your needlework library.–Gary
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Canvas work detail from a dress designed by Sarah Burton.Here are some links:
Jessica Jane Pile website
Jessica Pile on Instagram
House of Norica website
Robert Ossant website
Robert Ossant on Instagram
We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Robert Ossant and Jessica Jane Pile. 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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1h 9min
July 09, 2025Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 7-9-25
Luna, a Nora Corbett design stitched by Cindy Baldwin.Beth will be stitching Coffee Beans.The middle of the week is on time and Beth, Cindy, and Gary have gathered for a Midweek Chat. This week’s topics include upcoming Patreon shows (subscribe at Patreon.com/FiberTalk); supporting Kateryna, the Stitchy Princess, an Etsy cross stitch designer from Ukraine; Clara Warschauer and the 2025 EGA International Teacher Tour, the Phoenix Band Sampler project; and projects we’ve finished and/or are stitching, and new projects we have in our queues. Make a note to join us for the Tour de Broderie, each day of the Tour de France at 10:30 Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel. We’ll also have a live Phoenix Sampler show Sunday, July 13, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. Sunday’s guests: Robert Ossant and Jessica Pile–Beth, Cindy, and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ftmw324.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
We’ll be talking about Lori Mann’s Phoenix Band Sampler Sunday, July 13, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern on the Fiber Talk YouTube channel.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
Jessica Grimm’s website
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.
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1h 1min
July 06, 2025Fiber Talk with Alissa Cook, Alissa Cook Photoembroidery
Lyrebird by Alissa CookColumbia flower by Alissa Cook.Alissa Cook takes embroidery to a new level by combining it with beautiful nature photography to create truly unique needle art. This week’s show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. Alissa Cook is a talented photographer and embroiderer who decided to combine those two art forms to find a new level of art. It took considerable determination, much trial and error, and honest feedback from artist friends to develop her techniques. In our conversation, we learn how this approach came together and how Alissa gets her photos from camera to linen to stitched pieces that are admired in galleries. Her most-recent exhibition was a combined effort with Elizabeth Sullivan, our May 18 guest. Enjoy the conversation then follow Alissa on her Instagram account to fully appreciate her art.–Cindy and Gary
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Sampler University is a new offering for members and non-members at the 2025 EGA National Seminar.Here are some links:
EGA website
Alissa Cook on Instagram
Alissa Cook on Facebook
We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Alissa Cook. 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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1h 1min
June 15, 2025Fiber Talk with Hannah Arnold, Sherwood Forest Embroidery
It all happens in Hannah Arnold’s back yard studio.Instructions for Hannah’s designs are provided in video form to make it easier to learn embroidery.Hannah Arnold creates new embroidery designs in a beautiful building her husband built entirely of reclaimed materials. In this week’s show, sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America, we learn about that she shed and the inspirational environment it provides and how Hannah transitioned from a career as a physical therapist to full-time embroidery designer and teacher. Hannah has a unique approach in that she provides her instructions as videos instead of written word. She has a fascinating second aspect of her business. She stitches bespoke replicas of wedding bouquets to provide brides with long-term memories and to challenge her stitching skills. She has a unique style and puts a much-needed focus on young stitchers. Visit her website to learn about upcoming classes.–Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft390.mp3
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Here are some links:
EGA website
Sherwood Forest Creations website
Sherwood Forest Creations on Instagram
Hannah Arnold on YouTube
Sherwood Forest Creations on TikTok
We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Hannah Arnold. 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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55min
June 12, 2025Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 6-11-25
Jessica Grimm’s website at acupictrix.com. Sign up for her blog and subscribe to her Patreon channel.Pennsylvania panel from the America’s Tapestry project, americastapestry.com.We’re at the point where the weekend is visible, so Beth and Gary fired up the Internet software to talk about things. We spent a lot of time talking about articles in the June 2025 issue of “Needle Arts,” EGA’s official publication. Mainly we gushed about Jessica Grimm and the amazing work she does in the world of medieval embroidery (acupictrix.com). There will be a test so you’ll need to know the differences between Opus anglicanum, Opus cyprense, and Opus romanum. We also talk about the America’s Tapestry project (americastapestry.com), Beth’s Quaker drum, and the “Quaker Samplers” book by Lesley Wilkins (Search Press). Buy it. You’ll be glad you own it. Other topics include our upcoming Tour de France shows (more about Jessica), and all of the things we’re doing on Patreon (subscribe at patreon.com/FiberTalk). Sunday’s guest: Hannah Arnold, Sherwood Forest Embroidery–Beth and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ftmw323.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
Beth’s Quaker drum sampler.
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
Jessica Grimm’s website
America’s Tapestry website
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.
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55min
June 08, 2025Fiber Talk with Stefan Romero, America’s Tapestry
The Georgia panel is an example of what the needleworkers will use for their stitching.This is the Connecticut panel, created by illustrator Sarah Naidich.One way the needlework world will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary is the America’s Tapestry project. This week we talk to Stefan Romero, creator and driving force behind the project. America’s Tapestry involves original art that tells mostly unknown stories about how people in the 13 colonies contributed to the Revolutionary War effort. The art will be stitched by local EGA Guilds and other groups of stitchers in the 13 states. In our conversation with Stefan, we learn how the project came to be, what’s involved in creating these pieces of needle art, and how stitchers from across the country can participate. At about the 50-min. mark, Stephan describes the 13 panels and the stories they tell. For audio listeners, there is a slide show of the 13 panels on the page for this podcast. This is a terrific project. If you want to help in any way, write to Stefan at [email protected]. As we approach the 250th anniversary, make plans to see the finished display.–Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft391.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
Stefan used a large light table to trace all of the illustrations on to ground cloth.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.
Slideshow of the 13 panels that make up the America’s Tapestry project.
[See image gallery at wetalkfiber.com]
Here are some links:
America’s Tapestry website
America’s Tapestry on Instagram
America’s Tapestry on Facebook
Contact Stefan Romero at [email protected]
We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Stefan Romero. 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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1h 24min
June 01, 2025Fiber Talk with Gina Barrett of Gina-B Silkworks
Gina Barrett designs a lot of buttons.Embroidered buttons by Gina Barrett.We’re making buttons this week with our guest Gina Barrett of Gina-B Silkworks. Actually, we’re exploring all types of passementerie with a very talented designer and author. Her start was making buttons in the costume world. That beginning blossomed into a business that offers passementerie supplies for a wide variety of techniques, a long list of books and instruction manuals, TV shows, and classes and workshops. If you’ve never made Dorset or thread-wrapped buttons, now is the time to give it a try. You may get addicted and want to try your own button-a-day challenge.–Beth and Gary
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https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ft387.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
Gina Barrett also makes beautiful tassels.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:
Gina-B Silkworks website
Gina Barrett on Instagram
Gina-B Silkworks on Facebook
Gina-B Silkworks on YouTube
We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Gina Barrett. 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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58min
May 28, 2025Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 5-28-25
You can win a free kit of the Immaculate Heart design by Clara Warschauer.“Life in Seasons” by Nicola JarvisThe day between Tuesday and Thursday has arrived so we seized the opportunity to talk about needlework. This week’s topics include a drawing to win one of two Immaculate Heart kits from Clara Warschauer of clarastitching.com. The kits are for her free workshop on June 21. We explain how to enter the drawing in the show (yes, you have to listen). We also talk about the list of items we’re posting for Patreon members (subscribe at patreon.com/FiberTalk), Dorset and wrapped buttons, fast fashion and the impact it’s having at several levels, Nicola Jarvis’ “Life in Seasons” book (you want this book), and a couple of schedule changes. When you’re listening to the show, please like, subscribe, comment, and share through whatever social media source you use. Sunday’s guest: Gina Barrett of Gina-B Silkworks–Cindy and Gary
Listen to the podcast:
https://nocache.wetalkfiber.com/podcasts/ftmw322.mp3
This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
Milverton Mallard from the “Life in Seasons” book by Nicola Jarvis.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
Clara Warschauer’s website
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.
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1h 3min

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