Fiber Talk

Kylie, co-founder of The Silk Snail.Disco Moon design from The Silk Snail.Gabrielle Noe, of The Silk Snail, is our guest and the show is sponsored by CyberPointers, the online chapter of the American Needlepoint Guild. Learn about them at cyberpointers.org. Gabrielle and her partner Kylie met through TikTok, then IRL at a Houston needlepoint store. That meeting evolved in...

Beth has plans for her Fibres of Life eyeglass case.Gothic Pansy is a free class Jessica Grimm will be offering to her subscribers on Oct. 4.When Wednesday arrives, we like to get together and talk about needlework. In this week’s Midweek Chat, sponsored by CyberPointers, Beth and Gary talk about portable magnifier lights and portable batteries; helping the people of Nepa...

Tatiana Popova’s new book is “Modern Crewel Embroidery for Beginners.Snowdrop Swirl is one of the more advanced designs in Tatiana’s book.We learned all about Tatiana Popova, of Owl Crafts, in our Feb. 8, 2026 show when we talked about her background and her excellent book Contrast in Crewel Embroidery. At the time, she mentioned that a new book was in the works....

Natalie Tyler’s Memory Duvet. Photo by Jutta Klee.It’s My Life and I’ll Sigh if I Want, designed and stitched by Natalie Tyler.Natalie Tyler joins us this week in a show sponsored by the Embroiderers Guild of America at egausa.org. The pandemic was a turning point for Natalie, providing an opportunity to apply her art background to embroidery and develop her version of th...

Cindy’s Best in Show entry.Patterns in this book would be good for your library. Link in show notes.It’s Midweek Chat time. This show is sponsored by CyberPointers at cyberpointers.org. This week Cindy and Gary discuss our sponsors, an Avlea Folk Embroidery discount code, Hazel Blomkamp, the Iowa State Fair (hooray Cindy and Robin), stitching in public, a book you should ...