Fiber Talk

Gary L. Parr
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A twice-weekly podcast for Fiber Art hobbyists.

Episodes

  1. 1D AGO

    Midweek Chat: Framing, Saving Threads, and Ronnie Rowe Advice

    Our favorite day of the week that begins with W has arrived and we’re talking about when to save stitched thread, how you might do it, and whether it’s worth it. In most cases, we vote no. We also do a heavy tease of Sunday’s show on Framing with David Lantrip, talk about the benefits of EGA and ANG, discuss Ronnie Rowe advice and creativity, and throw In a few other random topics. As always, leave your thoughts and questions in the comments section. We’d also appreciate it if you’d consider becoming a Patreon subscriber at Patreon.com/FiberTalk.–Cindy and Gary Listen to the podcast: Watch the video. Click here to view it. 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 CyberPointers website Avlea Folk Embroidery website Ronnie Rowe Designs 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.

  2. 4D AGO

    Needlework Growth and the Impact of Youth

    Trends and the online business aspects of the needlework world are the subjects of this week’s conversation. Our guests are Hayley Albright and Madeline Wrubel of The Stitch Strategy. Hayley and Madeline developed their business to help shops and designers take advantage of today’s online world and to keep up with growth that started with the pandemic and has not slowed. Much of the growth has come from younger stitchers and we devote a good deal of the conversation to understanding what that demographic is looking for and how they are enjoying the hobby outside of traditional channels. We hope you find the conversation enlightening and it gives you a better understanding of where this terrific art form is headed.—Gary Listen to the podcast: 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, 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: The Stitch Strategy website The Stitch Strategy on Instagram The Stitch Strategy on TikTok We hope you enjoy this conversation with Hayley Albright and Madeline Wrubel. 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.

  3. MAR 1

    Rules? What Rules? with Jayne Emerson

    She’s Jayne Emerson, her organization is the No Rules Textile Society, and she’s this week’s guest. Jayne has built her career by not following conventional rules and by constantly asking What if?. After many years working in the fashion world, Jayne transitioned to a business model that brings together textile artists from around the world and provides them with a place to collaborate, inspire, share, and grow. She also offers a variety of classes and has authored several books, all aimed at helping needleworkers create original textile art. We hope you enjoy our conversation and encourage you to visit Jayne’s websites and various social-media accounts. Looking for a creative community? Consider joining the No Rules Textile Society.–Beth and Gary Listen to the podcast: 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, 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: No Rules Textile Society website No Rules Textile Society on Facebook No Rules Textile Society on Instagram No Rules Textile Society on YouTube Jayne Emerson’s website Jayne Emerson on Instagram Jayne Emerson on Facebook We hope you enjoy this conversation with Jayne Emerson. 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.

  4. FEB 26

    Midweek Chat: Creativity, Stitch Stoppers, and Event Costs

    It’s the middle of the week and we’ve gathered to talk about how people lose creativity, the things that make you stop working on a project, and the rising cost of attending events. It’s a long one this week so grab your stitching, hit the play button, and make some progress on one of your projects. Also, consider becoming a Patreon supporter at patreon.com/FiberTalk.—Beth, Cindy, and Gary Listen to the podcast: Watch the video. Click here to view it. 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 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. 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.

  5. FEB 22

    Isabella Strambio Publishes Beginner Macrame Book

    Isabella Strambio returns this week to talk about her new book, “The Beginner’s Guide to Macrame. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderer’s Guild of America. This week we feature EGA’s Special Interest Groups, which are available to members and nonmembers. When we first talked with Isabella, Dec. 15, 2024, we learned about her macrame art and her new book at the time, “Mindful Macrame.” In the year that has passed, Isabella has been battling breast cancer. We spend the first 15 min. of the show talking about her journey. I’m pleased to report that she had her mastectomy Feb. 16 and, pending test results, they believe they have removed all of the cancer. After that discussion, we talk about her new book, which will be available in the U.S. March 17. In our conversation, we talk how the books helps beginners and how easy and inexpensive it is to try macrame. For needleworkers who are looking for a diversion/new inspiration, it might be a technique that satisfies your maker instincts. Check out Isabella’s new book and/or her other four books and visit her website for classes and tutorials.—Gary Listen to the podcast: 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, 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: EGA website Isabella Strambio’s website Isabella Strambio on Instagram Isabella Strambio on Facebook Isabella Strambio Dec. 2024 show We hope you enjoy this conversation with Isabella Strambio. 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.

  6. FEB 15

    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 volunteered to record this show because she wanted to talk about the role of psychogeography in her art, the City and Guilds Master Practitioner Program, and her experience so far participating in the No Rules Textile Society collective. All three of these things are influencing her art in different ways. Maybe one or some of them can help you expand your needlework horizons.—Gary Listen to the podcast: Watch the video. Click here to view it. 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 March 5, 2023 show with Holly Jackson Flossing in the Moonlight website Holly Jackson on Instagram City and Guilds website No Rules Textile Society website Fiber Talk’s Patreon page We hope you enjoy our conversation with Holly Jackson. 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.

  7. FEB 11

    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 perspective. The topics are the increasing cost of stitching and whether it really matters, copyright infringement (people do mind-boggling things to save a few bucks), and the back side of stitching (yes, it can matter and it’s definitely worth consideration). Let us know what you think about these topics in the comments section. Sunday’s guest: Holly Jackson, Flossing in the Moonlight—Beth and Gary Listen to the podcast: Watch the video. Click here to view it. 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 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. 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.

  8. FEB 8

    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 Hazel Blomkamp and Di van Niekerk were instrumental in advancing her design skills, and how her husband’s business travel was the catalyst for her latest book, “Contrast in Crewel Embroidery.” If you’re interested in giving crewel embroidery a try, the book is an excellent resource for how to do a wide variety of stitches and design elements. We encourage you to visit Tatiana’s website, owl-crafts.com, and explore her other books and many kits.—Beth and Gary Listen to the podcast: Watch the video. Click here to view it. 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: Owl Crafts website Owl Crafts on Facebook Owl Crafts on Instagram Fiber Talk’s Patreon page We hope you enjoy our 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. 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.

  9. JAN 21

    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 third Wednesday of each month) is to help people have success with needlepoint. To accomplish this, our focus will be on counted-canvas needlepoint. In our first show we talk about what we hope to accomplish with the series, stretcher bars and getting a canvas ready for stitching, and the projects we are working on as part of the series. All of the projects we are doing are available for free or can be purchased through some retail outlet, i.e., you don’t need to take a class to do them. We hope you’ll find this series informative and that it will prompt you to give needlepoint a try. Please let us know in the comment section if you have questions, suggestions for future shows, and/or ideas for topics you want covered.—Beth, Cindy, and Gary Links to items discussed in this show: Debbie Rowley’s website, DebBee’s Designs: https://debbeesdesigns.com/ American Needlepoint Guild: https://www.needlepoint.org/default.aspx CyberPointers: https://www.cyberpointers.org/ Anasazi Spirit (Gary’s project): https://stitchplay.com/anasazi-spirit/ Poppers (Beth’s project): https://needledelights.com/product/poppers/ Jeweled Valentine (Cindy’s project): https://www.rainbowgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Jeweled-Valentine.pdf Inchies (Beth’s project back project): https://needledelights.com/product/inchies/ EverTite stretcher bars, Frame Lock corner devices, and tacks: http://www.needlestack.com/WebStore/Accessories/StretcherBars.html Adjust-A-Frame stretcher bars: Send email to adjustaframesales@gmail.com for price list. Gary wrote to them the evening of Jan. 20 to confirm that they are still making the product. I’ll update when I hear.

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About

A twice-weekly podcast for Fiber Art hobbyists.

Information

  • Creator
    Gary L. Parr
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All material copyright Fiber Talk 2019-2025
  • Show Website
    Fiber Talk

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