Fiber Talk
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Fiber Talk
A twice-weekly podcast for Fiber Art hobbyists.
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Canvas #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....
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Holly Jackson Expands Her Horizons
Holly Jackson, of Flossing in the Moonlight, returns this week. The show is sponsored by Avlea Folk Embroidery at avleafolkembroidery.com. Holly volun...
Midweek Chat: Topics that Might Ruffle Feathers
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 pe...
Canvas: Thanks to Donna Gotts for Offering Stretcher Bar Fine Points
An email from listener Donna Gotts prompted this second stretcher-bar video. This time we cover some of the finer points of using stretcher bars that...
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Creating Crewel Art with Tatiana Popova
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 Haz...
Mounting Needlepoint Canvas on Stretcher Bars
Mounting needlepoint canvas on stretcher bars the first time can be a bit intimidating. In this video, we take you through the process using standard...
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Exploring the Counted-Canvas World of 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...
Midweek Chat: Needle Delights Gush Fest
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 cam...
Discussing Issues of the Day with 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 con...
Fiber Talk Canvas: A New Needlepoint Series
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 thir...
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Kate Cross Loves Teaching, Whitework, and More Teaching
Kate Cross, of Bespoke Embroidery, joins us this week. Kate is a lifelong artist who connected with textile art when her grandmother suggested she vis...
New Videos on the Fiber Talk Patreon Site
If you’ve considered supporting Fiber Talk through a Patreon subscription but haven’t yet pulled the trigger, maybe our latest offerings will tempt yo...
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Midweek Chat: “WIPing” into 2026
Our long Holiday Hiatus is finally over and we’re back to our regular schedule. This week we talk about our upcoming needlepoint series (send us quest...
Fleur Woods Puts Art on Ground Cloth
Our topic this week is needle art, our artist is Fleur Woods, and our sponsor is Avlea Folk Embroidery (avleafolkembroidery.com). Fleur started her ca...
Wendy Moore’s Counted-Canvas Artwork
We’re joined this week by brilliant counted-canvas artist Wendy Moore. The show is made possible by CyberPointers (cyberpointers.org), the online chap...
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 12-10-25
For our final Wednesday conversation, we decided to do a recap of 2025 by naming our favorite needlework artist(s) of the year, the top item in the li...
Nicole Chui, The Disruptive Embroidress
Our guest this week is embroidery artist Nicole Chui. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderer’s Guild of America. Nicole describes her work as “color...
Don’t Miss Out on These Opportunities
A short video to remind you of three opportunities that are ending by Nov. 30. Act quickly so you don’t miss out.
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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-26-25
It’s always fun when Wednesday arrives and we get to talk about stitching. The first item on the list is a drawing for Clara Warschauer’s Goldwork Cro...
The Creative Designs of Lola Crow’s Amie Corbin
This week we’re privileged to talk with designer Amie Corbin of Lola Crow Cross Stitch. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderer’s Guild of America at...
Fiber Talk Year-End Schedule
Fiber Talk Year-End Schedule Sunday, Dec. 21: Fleur Woods Thursday, Dec. 25, Christmas Day Stitch Hour, 2:00 p.m. Eastern Thursday, Jan. 1, New Year’s...
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Stitches and Stories with Rachel Wright
We’re joined this week by artist Rachel Wright of VirtuoSew Adventures. Ancient history, particularly Egypt, is what captivates and drives her embroid...
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 11-12-25
The day after Tuesday has arrived and Cindy and Gary volunteered to spend some time talking about stitching. Our conversation focuses on new and upcom...
How to Schedule Uninterrupted Stitching Time, Krista West, Avlea Folk Embroidery
This week we are joined by designer Krista West of Avlea Folk Embroidery (avleafolkembroidery.com). But we’re not talking (much) about her designs. Ou...
EGA’s Many Facets with Brad Cape, Exec. Dir.
EGA’s Executive Director Brad Cape is our guest this week, the show is sponsored by Avlea Folk Embroidery (20% off everything in November), and our to...
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 10-29-25
We return from an unannounced hiatus (sorry Helen) and plow through a ton of subjects. The list includes Krista West’s Thank you sale (20% off everyth...
America’s Tapestry: The Delaware Panel
The Embroiderers’ Guild of America (egausa.org) is sponsoring this week’s show about the America’s Tapestry Delaware project. In our June 7, 2025 show...
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 10-8-25
It appears that another Wednesday has arrived and our habit is to gather for some needlework chat. This week Cindy and Gary fired up the online record...
Indigo Dyeing and Sashiko with Suzanne Connors
Suzanne Connors of Aya Fiber Studio joins us this week to talk about her career practicing a variety of Japanese dyeing techniques. While Shibori and...
Regency Embroidery with Hilary Leslie
Embroidery artist Hilary Leslie, of HLeslie Design, joins us this week. Hilary combined her drawing addiction, a small bag of embroidery materials she...
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-24-25
We return in the middle of the week to converse about needlework. Our topics include new Patreon videos, Beth’s Pour ta Fete finish (work on a project...
Opus Anglicanum with Tanya Bentham
Our topic this week is Opus Anglicanum and our artist is Tanya Bentham. In our conversation, we learn how Tanya became attached to the art form/techni...
Making the Red Dress with Kirstie Macleod
Kirstie Macleod, creator of the Red Dress, returns this week to talk about the mechanics of creating the dress and growing the project. This week’s sh...
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 9-10-25
The second Wednesday of the month arrived so we decided to get together and talk about stitching. For topics, we dreamed up Gary’s Needlework Galleria...
Fiber Talk: Winning at the State Fair
Cindy Baldwin, Robin Rossignol, and Ruth Topp had a successful 2025 Iowa State Fair, winning several ribbons. This week we take a look at their winnin...
Bunny Bobbins Make Stitching Fun
Maker Dana Jones, of Selah Creative Company, is our guest this week. Dana and her laser cutter/engraver are a rather creative duo that produces a wide...
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-27-25
We’ve located Wednesday so it’s time to chat. This week Beth asked the question: If you could only keep 10 projects what would they be? That simple qu...
Fiber Talk with Ekaterina Sinchinova
Embroidery artist Ekaterina (Kate) Sinchinova joins us this week for a show sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America at egausa.org. Kate descri...
Fiber Talk with Loetitia Gibier, Korry’s Little Shop
Our guest this week is gold work/stumpwork/cross stitch artist Loetitia Gibier of Korry’s Little Shop. The show is sponsored by Avlea Folk Embroidery...
Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 8-13-25
The “W” day has arrived and Cindy and Gary gathered to talk about Iowa State Fair results (lots of ribbons) and becoming a Fiber Talk Patreon subscrib...