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Eleanor Fredrick (pictured in center) is the host and creator of Like a Tiny Green Podcast, speaking with fellow artists and crafters around the world! Photo credit: Like a Tiny Green UnicornIt's True! I'm on Like a Tiny Green PodcastI'm pinching myself as I type this because it's almost too good to be true - but it really happened! Eleanor Fedrick, host and creator of Like a Tiny Green Podcast, invited me to be on her show! Say what?!?
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Turning the Tables
I can't help but imagine typing this in the voice of Michael Scott from The Office: "Well, well, well. How the turntables." (I hope you can all picture the scene!)
When Eleanor asked me to be on her Like a Tiny Green Podcast, I thought it would be so fun to switch roles a bit and ask her to be interviewed for the Stitchery & Co. blog! Grab yourself a cuppa, get comfy, and enjoy!
Interview with Eleanor of Like a Tiny Green Unicorn
Can you tell us a bit about yourself?
I was born in Ohio and moved to the UK roughly 4 years ago, as my husband is British. I grew up doing art from a very young age, but it was mostly paints, sketching, writing, and it wasn't until about 7 or 8 years ago when I lost a pet, and had a lot of free time on my hands that I bought an Eeyore cross stitch kit (which I still cannot remember buying... it was as if it got dropped in my art stuff by fairies) and gave it a shot.
In 2018, I won at the National Needlecraft Awards here in the UK for 'Best Contemporary Embroidery,' which I still don't know if I fully believe 2 years later.
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| A close-up look at Eleanor's National Needlecraft Award! Photo credit: Like a Tiny Green Unicorn |
Ever since then I've branched out into dyeing my own fabrics, stitching through materials not meant for embroidery, and most recently have figured out how to use the pictures I take at zoos to transform them into one-of-a-kind animal portraits.
What motivated you to launch a podcast?
The quick answer is getting made redundant from my job, and a friend's podcast I hadn't listened to in ages, and listening to podcasts (almost) constantly. The friend's podcast was doing a recap episode and the idea just sorta fell on me all at once. The more I thought about it the more I realized this was something I could do, and should do, because there's a lot of great crafters out there who would either like to talk about the crafts they make, or listen to it.
Directing a podcast while maintaining an active art practice seems like a lot to juggle! How is your artistic practice connected to running a podcast?
It sometimes does feel a bit like I wish I could clone myself to have that extra pair of hands to get everything done, but so far I've not felt like there's too much on my plate - one of the benefits of being jobless at the moment.
Also it helps to know that I tend to want to do too much perhaps too soon, so I schedule the episodes for every two weeks, at least for now, and that way I have plenty of time to stay ahead of myself and not have to edit an episode the night before I want to release it.
Plus it's nice to be able to take a break from one with the other, so neither feels stale, like going off to do watercolor when stitching feels bland.
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| A sample of Eleanor's embroidery hoops dedicated to animal portraits on dyed fabric. Photo credit: Like a Tiny Green Unicorn |
What's in your WIP pile at the moment?
I started the tag on Instagram #finishthewipsfirst at the start of the year and so far, well... I have gotten a few done. I used to be a "don't start a new project until the current one is done," but over the last few years have accumulated 4 or 5 W.I.Ps that are in a holding pattern, which I know doesn't sound like a lot but when you're used to none.... ::cue internal screaming::
Most of the time it's because I don't know quite what to do with them next, and it's better to wait and work on another project for a while than rip stitches out...
What should I ask you that I didn't know enough to ask?
This is a tough one... Probably where the name Like a Tiny Green Podcast/Unicorn came from...
My Instagram name is Like a Tiny Green Unicorn. I am a big Star Wars fan, and my favorite character has always been Yoda. The Yoda from the swamp where Luke shows up and Yoda tries to steal his flashlight... that Yoda.
I had told my husband at one point, "You never see another of whatever Yoda is, (or at the time you hadn't... thanks Mandalorian ^.^), He's like a tiny green unicorn." So when I was trying to be clever and think of a name to go with, I had to use that.
Plus it helps I like unicorns.
Where can people find you?
The best place you can find me is on Instagram at @likeatinygreenunicorn or @likeatinygreenpodcast. You can also find my podcast on Apple Podcasts!
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