<figure class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_15014" style="width: 300px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-15014">Cindy’s First-place-winning needle book.</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_15015" style="width: 225px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-15015">Robin’s first-place-winning Swedish weaving entry.</figcaption></figure>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 winning entries, talk about stitching each of them, and hear what the judges had to say about many of the entries. This is a chance to see several excellent needlework pieces and maybe gain some inspiration that will help you advance your stitching and/or start a new project. If you have questions, be sure to ask them in the comments section so Cindy, Robin, and Ruth can help you. For audio-only folks, there is a slide show of the entries we discussed on the Fiber Talk website page for this show. This is the link to the 2025 Iowa State Fair Fabric and Threads Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=705081965902437&id=100092019203694&rdid=ePj1gssC9Reqev7H We also invite you to support Fiber Talk by becoming a Patreon member at Patreon.com/FiberTalk. –Gary

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<figure class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_15017" style="width: 269px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-15017">Ruth’s first-place-winning sampler.</figcaption></figure>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.

Slide show of State Fair entries from Cindy, Robin, and Ruth:

Here are some links:

• Facebook page for the Iowa State Fair

We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Cindy, Robin, and Ruth. 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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