NeedleXChange
Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers interviews needlework and textile artists to find out how they make their art, how they build their business and why they love working with a needle and thread.
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![Tal Fitzpatrick - The Doctor of Craftivism [NX106]](https://media.rss.com/needlexchange/ep_cover_20250831_030852_719d2dc4ed85493207a1f189c6a186a5.jpg "Tal Fitzpatrick - The Doctor of Craftivism [NX106]")
![Meredith Woolnough | Organic Machine Embroidery [NX008]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/646746df8364380011938924/1695214781158-82dcb82ea6b9c26b94f86916354afe43.jpeg "Meredith Woolnough | Organic Machine Embroidery [NX008]")
![Jane Sanders | Pop Portrait Perfection [NX005]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/646746df8364380011938924/1690316393087-be23a2e4cf7f9e538dab7d37f88112da.jpeg "Jane Sanders | Pop Portrait Perfection [NX005]")
![John Thomas Paradiso | Exotic Embroiderings [NX011]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/646746df8364380011938924/1697541954629-30783d180c94a1cc3e8843db9d2c98ea.jpeg "John Thomas Paradiso | Exotic Embroiderings [NX011]")
![Dr. Isabella Rosner | Highlighting Historical Embroidery [NX019]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/646746df8364380011938924/1713997896196-9c15f5502603fbeb34426d8a91ed53ed.jpeg "Dr. Isabella Rosner | Highlighting Historical Embroidery [NX019]")
![Per Fhager | Soft Pixels [NX029]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/646746df8364380011938924/1709199234400-d7f70d327e3493ba359ab0bfef98522a.jpeg "Per Fhager | Soft Pixels [NX029]")
![Kate Tume | Creating Cosmology [NX031]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/646746df8364380011938924/1709904416365-a760c2bde893bd35f8d1bd12189316c5.jpeg "Kate Tume | Creating Cosmology [NX031]")
![Orly Cogan - Modern Fictions [NX033]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/646746df8364380011938924/1711456809651-94d4fe89e3dfad23ad0dbe68a0717d3b.jpeg "Orly Cogan - Modern Fictions [NX033]")
Recent Episodes
Sept. 14, 2025
Tal Fitzpatrick - The Doctor of Craftivism [NX106]
In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Tal Fitzpatrick . Tal is a socially engaged artist and craftivist whose quilts and textile projects blend creativity with activism. We talk about her artistic journey from early in...
![Melissa English Campbell - Warping Reality Part 2 [NX105]](https://media.rss.com/needlexchange/ep_cover_20250831_020828_5f7436f795d5ba0459230c2d38c3f89e.jpg "Melissa English Campbell - Warping Reality Part 2 [NX105]")
Sept. 7, 2025
Melissa English Campbell - Warping Reality Part 2 [NX105]
In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Melissa English Campbell . Melissa is a textile artist known for her experimental weaving practice that pushes the boundaries of pattern, structure, and meaning. In this second hal...
![Melissa English Campbell - Warping Reality [NX104]](https://media.rss.com/needlexchange/ep_cover_20250831_010829_9295c0d0341039b82f088da2c04b154f.jpg "Melissa English Campbell - Warping Reality [NX104]")
Aug. 31, 2025
Melissa English Campbell - Warping Reality [NX104]
In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Melissa English Campbell . Melissa is a textile artist whose weaving combines painting, double-layer structures, and found objects to create works that shift between glitch-like di...
![Claire Voelkel-Sedlmeir - Domestic Documentary Part 2 [NX103]](https://media.rss.com/needlexchange/ep_cover_20250816_010809_2fb629474dcaa56dc4ccd5c9b8e20adf.jpg "Claire Voelkel-Sedlmeir - Domestic Documentary Part 2 [NX103]")
Aug. 17, 2025
Claire Voelkel-Sedlmeir - Domestic Documentary Part 2 [NX103]
In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Claire Voelkel-Sedlmeir . Claire is a textile storyteller whose work transforms scraps of family life - old clothes, baby socks, even diaper cloth - into intimate quilts and stitc...
![Claire Voelkel-Sedlmeir - Domestic Documentary [NX102]](https://media.rss.com/needlexchange/ep_cover_20250811_060856_944fdef42050b129c5badc1d7cbe5f60.jpg "Claire Voelkel-Sedlmeir - Domestic Documentary [NX102]")
Aug. 10, 2025
Claire Voelkel-Sedlmeir - Domestic Documentary [NX102]
In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Claire Voelkel-Sedlmeir . Claire is a self-taught textile artist who uses embroidery as a storytelling tool to explore memory, motherhood, and creative discipline. We discuss her ...
![Fuzzy Mall - Having It Large Part 2 [NX101]](https://media.rss.com/needlexchange/ep_cover_20250731_050741_aa90560878e05507d92dfe280b3c9f89.jpg "Fuzzy Mall - Having It Large Part 2 [NX101]")
Aug. 3, 2025
Fuzzy Mall - Having It Large Part 2 [NX101]
In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Fuzzy Mall . Fuzzy is a visionary textile artist who transforms reclaimed fabrics into playful, large-scale works that break the mould of traditional quilting. We explore how he us...
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