Michelle Bendy: Flosstube #63 Show Notes

Happy Tuesday, June 12 everyone!! Here's a closer view (complete with links!) of what I talked about this week:

The elephant in the room:
My Millennium pink Millennium Falcon pin from Lindsayland Pins! (click on the link to buy or visit her Etsy Store: LindsaylandPins or her Instagram @lindsayland.pins)

Best New Thing:

Wendy, Hoodlumsx4, started a Facebook group, Cross Stitch Barter, so that we can all exchange cross stitch items (charts, fabric, floss, project bags, floss buddies, WHATEVER!!) without paying all the monies! BRILLIANT!!!

My mug:

It's another FANTASTIC donut mug from Danielle Stitcherista: (click on the picture to buy from my Amazon Associates)

FFOs: (none this week)

Finishes:

Stars & Stripes by Brenda Gervais:

I'm stitching mine on a random linen from my stash with (again) none of the called for flosses. Here is my progress as of last week:

And here it is now, all (that I'm going to stitch) finished:

My conversion is as follows:

GA Adobe = DMC 945
WDW Schneckley = WDW Chestnut
WDW Sage = WDW Wood Smoke
WDW Caper = WDW Juniper
GA Harvest Basket = C&C Golden Mum
GA Woodrose = DMC 3722
GA Roasted Marshmallow = GA Fudge Ripple
GA Heirloom Gold = GA Walnut
GA Endive = DMC 3012
CC Blue Corn = GA Midnight
CC Ye Old Gold = VMSS Americana Bronze

GA = Gentle Arts

WDW = Weeks Dye Works

CC = Classic Colorworks

C&C = Colour & Cotton

VMSS = Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe

WIPs (Works in Progress)

Just one, Stitchrovia's Mind SAL, aka, Quotes to Live By: (click on the link to buy)

Here's what it looked like last time:

And here it is now:

I'm stitching this with all of the called for colors on a piece of 16 count Aida that I tea dyed.

Purchases:

Earrings and pin from FemmeDeBloom on Etsy: (click on the pictures to purchase)
My Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe flosses came. this is my Limited Edition set this month, DROOL:

Click on the pic to go to Nancy's blog, from there you can email her to let her know that you NEED to be in the club!! ;-)

Okay, so I bought this LAST week, but it's worth mentioning again. Stephanie of LindyStitches just released the MOST amazing sampler, Birds to the Boughs: (click on the picture to purchase)

Heather, The Imperfectly Perfect Stitcher, and I are hosting a SAL on Facebook. We don't start till June 24, so don't worry, you have time. Join us on the Facebook group here:

Summer Splendor from Barbie Petal Pusher: (click to purchase)

And I also printed my Petal Pusher freebie that Barbie designed for the 2017 Eclipse:

If you love that chart, join the Petal Pushers Stitchers group on Facebook.

Thrift Store Finds: (none this week)

Happy Mail/Gifts:

From Jen, Alice In Wonderland looseleaf teas: (click on picture to buy from my Amazon Associates)
From Theresa, donut card, uneven weave, and Biscotti Belle Soie
From Lisa, The Silver Stitcher, Plum Street Samplers Maxim & Zoya and Hare's Winter along with Alice in Wonderland paperclips and a TACO notepad!! (click on pictures to buy)

Plans:

Start a Prairie Moon chart for Drew's birthday today! I'm starting In Lieu of Flowers:

I picked this up with a piece of the called for fabric when I was at Stitchers' Paradise in Las Vegas last September.

Just finished my Floss toss. I need DMC 500 and I'm ready to go!

Flosstube Shoutouts:

Books: (no finishes this week)

WIP Parade!!!

1. The Master and the Macabre from The Cricket Collection (stitched on Enchanted Glen 16 count Aida from Hand Dyed Fabrics by Stephanie)

2. Alice Under the Dreaming Tree from HAED (stitched 2/1 tent stitch on 28 count mushroom lugana with all the called for DMCs)

3. Whacky Witches in Stitches by Cloudsfactory (on a 28 count Monaco with the Vonna Bake and Baste in mostly the called for DMCs)

4. Halloween Luck by Glendon Place (on a 20 count Aida from eBay with all of the called for DMCs)

5. Skeleton Crew from The Cricket Collection (stitched on 28 count solo dye from Fabulous Fabrics with none of the called for colors)

6. Plague Doctor from Buzzbee Designs on Etsy (stitched on 32 count Lugana in Summer Spirit--May 2017 FOTM from Ship's Manor with all of the called for DMC)

7. Toasty Tardis by MandarinksDesigns on Etsy, original art by @illustoryart on Instagram (stitched on 16 count pink Aida with all of the called for DMC)

8. Alice in Wonderland by DonaStitch on Etsy (stitched on 20 count Aida dyed with Pearl Grey Rit with all of the called for DMCs)

9. Lady of the Flag, Moe by Mirabilia (stitched on 32 count French Lace linen from Whichelt in a Statue of Liberty Conversion from Diana, itiskismet)

10. Lady of the Flag, Sue by Mirabilia (stitched on 16 count preamble fabric by ??? with all of the called for colors)

11. Halloween Quaker from Lila's Studio (stitched on 32 count me-dyed linen with none of the called for colors)

12. The Skeleton Mosaic from Works By ABC (stitched on 22 count hardanger dyed with Pearl Grey Rit in all of the called for colors)

13. Scary Mouse from Brenda Gervais (stitched on 20 count Pearl Grey dyed by me Aida in most of the called for fancy flosses)

14. Brocade Boulevard from Stone Street Stitch on Etsy (stitched on a 32 count mystery linen in all of the called for DMC colors)

15. Merry Christmas SAL from Tiny Modernist (stitching on 16 count Evening Magic Aida from the Crafty Kitten in all of the called for DMCs)

16. Bee Study from Kathy Barrick (stitched on 14 count MAGENTA Aida with the called for DMCs)

17. Butterfly Freebie from Mirabilia (stitched on unknown Aida for a round robin)

(that's the model on the Mirabilia website; I haven't started mine yet)

18. Eliza Bell Cox from Hands Across the Sea (stitched on 46 count linen from VMSS with VMSS flosses)

19. Han & Leia from Tilton Crafts (stitched on 25-ish count mystery thrift store linen with the called for DMCs)

20. Here Lie My Needles from Shakespeare's Peddler (stitching on an estate sale un-evenweave with none of the called for colors)

21. My Stitching Box Lid from Jeannette Douglas (stitched with the kit silks on the kit linen)
22. My Stitching Box Sampler from Jeannette Douglas (on the kit linen with the kit silks)
23. Chang Er from Pinn (stitched on 18 count Aida in Zephyrus from Under the Sea Fabrics with some of the called for DMC and some fun substitutions to make it sparkle)