Michelle Bendy: Flosstube #102 Show Notes

Happy Saturday again!! And welcome to the NEW blog, from the NEW Flosstube. It's all NEW!! And it's all exactly the same. ;-)

Best New Thing:

I FORGOT to come up with a Best New Thing today!!! So do me a favor and send me a comment with YOUR best new thing!

FFO (SO MANY!!)

My own little design is FFO'd!!! And I love it. The frame is from Home Sense by way of the thrift store and it's crooked but I couldn't be happier!!

You can find this in the newest issue of XStitch Magazine, it's only a digital subscription so it won' take up any space! Here is what the cover of the current issue looks like: You can click on it to subscribe. ;-)

This one is ALMOST an FFO! It's Fraktur Bird by Shakespeare's Peddler and it will be a trivet finish once I cover the back and get it all settled into place.

I love to keep my finishes simple, so I may put the twine around the outside of the stitching and I may not. We shall see.

Last but not least, I have a JoLyn FFO!!! When you need Quotes to Live By from Stitchrovia finished into something INCREDIBLE, you just give it to JoLyn and TRUST. And your trust will be rewarded. As was mine:

Finishes:

Rose Weasley, aka, I Give You My Heart by Barbara Ana Designs, is DONE!!! She's amazing and I could NOT be happier with her!!

I made three color changes: her skin is DMC 436 rather than DMC 712; her dress is Gentle Arts Highland Heather rather than DMC 3779 (which I didn't have!); and her hair is Victorian Motto Headless Horseman rather than DMC 301 to make it REEEEEDDD!!!

WIPs (Works in Progress):

Next, of course, my evening project, Contessa with Squid from Heaven and Earth Designs:

Or, as I affectionately call them, Josephine and Humphrey. Here is where I was last week:

And this week, I managed a LOT of stitching!!

I've put in 1710/2400 stitches for the last Full Coverage Fanatics Challenge of the month. Goal is a page finish of course.

And secondly, I worked on Alice in Wonderland from XStitchEu on Etsy:

Here is where she was last time:

And here is where she is now:

I put in a TON of work on her because I was able to use her for three homework assignments for a total of 600 stitches this week. The homework was to stitch on things for our 3rd year Hogwarts classes and I was able to use Alice for Muggle Studies, Care of Magical Creatures, and Arithmancy this week. Woohoo!

Thrifting: SO much goodness!

Purchases: Just a few....

From eBay, I found a new chart I NEED from my designer obsession right now, the Workbasket. This one is the Aqua Sampler:

From Drew's destash on Instagram: Stitch Night at the Crypt Club by Prairie Moon:

I can't wait to stitch this!!

And then I went to Acorns & Threads....

I bought the rest of Jeannette Douglas' Letters from Mum series. This was not a Market Purchase

I grabbed March through August, the last six months that I needed. Now I'm ready to stitch the entire thing.

Next up, from Rovaris, Skeleton:

Then, of COURSE!!, some Jeannine McGowan The Blue Flower goodness: I picked up Quilting Bee, Winter Squirrel, and Spring Squirrel.

Call Acorns & Threads, 503-292-4457, and ask for Auto Squirrel. ;-)

Are these two the sleepers of Market?! This is Innocence 1840 by Cross Stitch Antiques and I LOVE IT!!

I also picked up a piece of 40 ct Vintage Meadow Rue to stitch this on. And it's going to be INCREDIBLE.

I didn't see this one ANYWHERE on Flosstube, but Gigi R and Needlework Press hit it out of the park with their Deventer Duo:

They're just a little bit scribbly and wonky and I LOVE THEM!!! I also grabbed a piece of 46 ct Lakeside Linens Maritime White that is SPECTACULAR and perfection.

Flosstube Shoutouts:

Valerie, Stitching in the Barn:

She's smart and hilarious and shows fantastic stitching!

Books:

I finished listening to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling for School of Magical Stitches & Literature. I forgot how much I love these books. 4.5/5 stars for PoA for me.

Instagram Auction Items!!

Auction will take place soon through Saturday, March 9 at 6am PST on @michellebendy on Instagram. Here's an amazing diagram describing how to bid:

Under the picture of the item that you'd like to purchase, you put your bid in $1 increments AND you tag the person who bid above you. Only the person who bid DIRECTLY above you!

There are more detailed pictures on my Instagram, but for now, here's a peek at this week's items:

First up is a pair of Shepherd's Bush bag kits. They come with everything you need to stitch these adorable little bags. They're still available and retail for $24 each.

Then we have three AMAZING needleminders by Ava of TrulyWickedCrafts. They're beaded, Peyote? and they're AWESOME.
Third is a set of Michael Powell charts. There are six gorgeous charts that retail around $21 or $22 each!!