Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Flosstube #64 Show Notes

Happy Tuesday, June 19 everyone!! TWO DAYS TILL STITCH CON!!! Here's a closer view (complete with links!) of what I talked about this week:

First of all, I want to take a second to thank you all for hitting our goal for Alzheimer's fundraising AGAIN!!
Since we keep pushing up and over the goals I set, and we still have the live sale to contend with, I'm going to up my goal a LOT. I'm shooting for us to raise $4000 for Alzheimer's research by the middle of October! Can we do it? I think we can!! Click on the picture above to donate or for more information. 

Best New Thing: 
  • Barbie's Vlog on YouTube!! 


My mug: 
  • It's the Maryland You Are Here Mug: 

Updates:
  • Ginger Gerald's Confessions of a Flosstuber is late this week! But he's editing and it will be up tonight. With ME!!! I'm going to watch it again because we filmed it a while ago! (click on the picture to be taken to Gerald's playlist): 



FFOs: (previous FFOs were featured because they were for swaps and the recipients have received)
  • May Butterfly Biscornu from Tiny Modernist on Etsy: (click on picture to buy)



Finishes: 

WIPs (Works in Progress)
  • The first one is a goat card for the Facebook Cross Stitch Card and ATC SAL group. I'm stitching a motif from Donna Kooler's 555 Cross Stitch Motifs book: (click on the pic for my Amazon Affiliate link)
I chose an adorable little goat:

And he's almost done!
  • And this one is exactly where it was last week, Stitchrovia's Mind SAL, aka, Quotes to Live By: (click on the pic to buy)

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


Purchases: 
  • Robert Capes' Creative Needlepoint book: (click on the pic to buy, Amazon Affiliate Link)

It's sold out but Theresa did order supplies for 100 more kits. This time kits will be available in Linen or Aida. Just message Theresa through her site (link above), through her Instagram, @kittenstitcher, or  go watch her YouTube videos at KittenStitcher and get her email address. 
  • My copy of X-Stitch Magazine came this morning!!! (click on the picture to get yours!)

My favourite design in here? The one I stitched of course!!

It's by The Hawthorn Tree, whom you should DEFINITELY check out. They have an Etsy store and a Folksy store.  But again, watch out for your credit card!!



Happy Mail/Gifts: 
Thanks Denise!!
  • ALL the charts for the Alzheimer's Sale!! Yay!! Thank you Kelly and Tamara!

Thrift Store Finds: 
  • So many Save the Stitches' this week! First up is a cute little framed piece that I don't know the name of but KNOW I've seen before: 

  • Second is what I think is probably a Prairie Schooler? Or a piece of a Prairie Schooler? It definitely has that look: 

  • Then I found ANOTHER pair of scroll rods! And the piece on these is just about finished. If anyone can tell me what this is, I'd be SUPER happy to find the chart and finish it: 

  • Last but not least, the piece de resistance, Pinky and Blue Boy!!! 



Books: 

The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman (click on the pic to purchase from Amazon)

Two stars; here is my Goodreads review: 

I so wanted to enjoy this book. The premise is amazing: the zookeeper and his wife at the Warsaw zoo use their zoo to save as many people as possible during the bombing, takeover, occupation, and liberation of Warsaw during WWII. I dont' know if it was the narrator (I listened via audiobook) or the story itself, but I just didn't care. I'm going to find other books on this theme, because I want to find a great story. If you're also looking for a great story, skip this one.

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