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Fiber Talk

Gary L. Parr

A twice-weekly podcast for Fiber Art hobbyists.

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Fiber Talk with Sarah Resnick of Gist Yarn and Zollie...

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2025/05/04

Avlea Folk Embroidery is sponsoring this week’s show with Sarah Resnick of Gist Yarn and Zollie Makes. Our focus this week is the range of products produced by Sarah’s two companies, specifically the beautiful Array crewel wool yarn/thread and Palette Scout, a versatile tool designed to help you select a color palette for your next […]

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Designing Smalls from the Iesabella Kettlewell Sampler

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2025/04/14

This week’s show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America and the 2025 EGA National Seminar, Needlework Faire, Nov. 11 to 16 in Dallas, Texas. All of the details are at egausa.org, then select the Events page. One of the features of the national seminar is a new event called Sampler U, a two-day […]

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 4-9-25

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2025/04/09

A month has passed since we did a Midweek Chat. We’re back on our normal schedule and this week Beth and Gary covered basic news then started talking about the various projects we have in our queues. We got wound up talking about them and the show basically became a WIP parade. For those who […]

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Fiber Talk with Ilene Nebrasky of Stitch Sloth

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2025/03/30

The Embroiderers’ Guild of America is sponsoring this week’s show with Ilene Nebrasky, creator of the Stitch Sloth website/community. In our conversation, we learn about Ilene’s love of needlepoint and penchant for organization, and how the two came together to develop the Stitch Sloth website and community. Stitch Sloth is an ad-free, membership-only website where […]

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 3-5-25

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2025/03/05

It’s the first Wednesday in March so Jenifer and Gary fired up the recording system and had a needlework gab session. Topics include the upcoming Fiber Talk retreat, the new Fiber Talk Patreon offering (patreon.com/FiberTalk), what we’re working on (too many new projects for Gary), the new verb suespargoing, appliqué, and quilting. We also have […]

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Fiber Talk with Yvette Stanton IV

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2025/02/23

Yvette Stanton returns for the fourth time to talk about her latest book Hardanger Filling Stitches. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderer’s Guild of America. Be sure to check out the Through the Needle’s Eye galleries at the EGA website. Hardanger Filling Stitches is an impressive collection of 100 filling stitches and variations, all […]

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Become a Fiber Talk Patreon Member

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2025/02/22

For eight years, Fiber Talk has been providing interviews and education to needleworkers of all techniques and at all levels. During that time, we’ve developed a large and loyal audience and reached needleworkers all over the world. It’s time to raise the bar. We have started a Patreon community in which we plan to offer […]

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 2-19-25

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2025/02/20

It’s late in the day but we made the Wednesday midnight deadline. This week’s topics include The Fiber Talk Needle Arts Weekend, supporting Fiber Talk through our new Patreon page (patreon.com/fibertalk), progress on the Stitch Every Day challenge, the impact of JoAnns stores closing on needlework, the role of local needlework stores in our needle […]

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Fiber Talk ·

2025/02/11

If you register for the Fiber Talk Needle Arts retreat, either the full weekend or Saturday only, by Feb. 21, you will be entered in a drawing to win one of two kits from Clara Warschauer or a premium kit from Ecclesiastical Sewing. Learn all of the details in the video and in the video […]

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Fiber Talk with Amy Jones

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2025/02/09

We travel to Australia this week to talk with embroidery artist Amy Jones of Grandpa Cat. Our show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Amy is a multi-faceted artist who works primarily with needle and thread using new and recycled materials. She also designs coloring pages, creates embroidery kits, teaches embroidery workshops, and frequently exhibits […]

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Fiber Talk Remembers Jean Lea

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2025/02/02

The passing of Jean Lea will leave a huge void in the needlework world, particularly for those who love, reproduce, and stitch samplers. In addition to being a terrific person, Jean was widely known as the owner of The Attic, one of the few true destination needlework shops. Anyone who spent any time with her […]

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Fiber Talk with Melissa Galbraith

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2025/01/19

Imagine what your plain Jane sneakers would look like if they had a scene embroidered on the sides. Melissa Galbraith did just that and she wrote a book about it to help you turn your canvas shoes into works of art. Melissa is our guest this week and the show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks […]

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Fiber Talk with Kevin Lustik

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2025/01/12

Our sponsors are CyberPointers and Sassy Jacks Stitchery and our guest is needlepoint artist Kevin Lustik. “Velvetpark” magazine said it best, “Lustik’s imaginative work evokes a folksy Americana, yet upon closer inspection, you are confronted by piercing social commentary. Few artists can pull off hot button issues of the day such as climate change and […]

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 1-8-25

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2025/01/08

We return from our holiday hiatus to talk about the upcoming Fiber Talk Needle Arts Weekend, March 21 to 23. Register today at wetalkfiber.com/weekend. We also talked about Beth’s Stitch Everyday challenge (Can you do it?), our 2025 plans to stitch the Phoenix Band Sampler by Northern Expressions Needlework and the Floral Runner wool applique […]

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Fiber Talk with Isabella Strambio

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2024/12/15

TwoMe, 12 crafts in 12 months, journaling, and macrame are the foundations of “Mindful Macrame,” a new book from this week’s guest, Isabella Strambio. The show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery and the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Isabella is one of many who left the corporate world because it was stifling her creativity. That […]

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Fiber Talk with Jeannette Tombaugh

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2024/12/08

Needlepoint designer Jeannette Tombaugh of Mountain Peaks Studio is our guest this week. The show is sponsored by Cyberpointers and Sassy Jacks Stitchery. Jeanette is a versatile, talented creator of counted-canvas and painted-canvas needlepoint designs, along with stitch guides for painted canvases. She is also the resident canvas expert at A Stitching Shop in Denver. […]

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Fiber Talk with Birgit Tolman

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2024/11/24

Birgit Tolman of The Wishing Thorn joins us this week. The show is sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Birgit has lived a life of art, creativity, teaching, and needlework. She diverted for a year to work designing and cutting gravestones, then decided she was better off focusing on needle and thread. Today, her […]

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Fiber Talk with Joy Cobb, EGA National Seminar Chair

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2024/11/03

Our topic this week is the 2025 EGA National Seminar, our guest is Seminar chair Joy Cobb, and the show is sponsored by Sassy Jacks Stitchery at sassyjacksstitchery.com. Needlework Faire, the 2025 EGA National Seminar will be held Nov. 12 to 16 in Dallas. The Renaissance Faire theme is designed to encompass the variety of […]

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Fiber Talk with Ronnie Rowe II

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2024/10/27

We last talked with Ronnie Rowe in May 2019. Much has happened since then and it was great to learn how his design work has evolved, how he goes about creating his unique designs, and to see what’s coming up. Sassy Jacks Stitchery is sponsoring this week’s show. Ronnie first made his mark in the […]

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Fiber Talk Midweek Chat, 10-23-24

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2024/10/23

It’s one of those Wednesdays when we do a Midweek Chat show, March 21 to 23, 2025. This week we talk about the Fiber Talk Needle Arts Weekend. Registration is open and all of the details are at wetalkfiber.com/weekend. We also talk about the EGA Sampler University, the 2025 Woodlawn Needlework Show, the North Carolina […]

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