Michelle Bendy: Flosstube #107 Show Notes: That's No Moon...

Happy Saturday, May the Fourth!!

Best New Thing:

TWINNING WITH KITTEN STITCHER!!

We both get the Smuggler's Bounty Box from Funko via Amazon. This month's box was Chewbacca themed. RIP Peter Mayhew. It was timely. Click on the picture to shop for the Smuggler's Bounty Box with my Amazon Affiliate link.

Don't forget about making your wishlist on Threads Entwined!

Every month Trish chooses one lucky wishlist and sends you something free!! Also, email your wishlist to me at bendystitchy@gmail.com and I'll send someone a freebie each month too!!

For April, Angela Gibson will find this in her mailbox:

Click on the pic to buy it from Trish! It made my wishlist too.

FFO

Count Twice, Stitch Once by The Primitive Hare, aka Mignon:

Here is my color conversion if you'd like to use it:

DMC 3031 --> C&C Coven

GA (?) Brick Path --> WDW Eggplant

GA (?) Raspberry Frost --> CC Chocolate Cream Pie

DMC 3782 --> GA Vintage Lace

B5200 --> C&C Mycelium

Called for metallic --> Kreinik something

C&C = Colour & Cotton, GA = Gentle Arts, WDW= Weeks Dye Works, CC = Classic Colorworks

Finishes:

Only Mignon, see FFO section. ;-)

WIPs (Works in Progress):

First up, 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...

Not much stitching at all this week; I was focused on Mignon and BBD Quaker Garden. But, she's a marathon!

Needleminders from: Abi @topknotstitcher on Instagram, Emmy WoodletTrading Post on Etsy, Heather TheIPSNeedleminders on Etsy, OtterlyinXStitches on Etsy, and Jen of WhatRUDoinStudio on Etsy. Happy shopping!!

I also worked on Blackbird Designs Quaker Garden:

Here is where it was last time:

And here is where it is now:

I keep it in a full sized sleeve from Love You More Studios, use code BENDY10 for your discount on regular sleeves and code USETHEFORCE for a 20% discount on all Star Wars and Space Sleeves this weekend!

I also stitched just a little bit on Brocade Boulevard from Stone Street Stitchworks on Etsy:

Here is where it was last time, not bad:

And here it is now:

I put in the balance of the 300 stitches that I needed to finish my Magical Stitches Homework for Year 3 Week 9. I can't wait to work on this more now that I've held it in my hands!

My bag is from MKissaCreations on Etsy and my floss holder is from Suzette, the Primitive Stitcher on Flosstube. You can get the floss organizers and also stitching journals in her Facebook Group HERE.

Plans:

Because today is May the Fourth, I MUST get out my Star Wars project, Leia & Han from Tilton Crafts (click on the picture to buy):

Here is where I am with this:

I'm stitching this on a piece of very slubby thrift store linen that I bought a BOLT of. It works for non-full coverage pieces well, but not for this. I'm going to restart it on a piece of 20 count Aida from Silkweaver. I think I'll be much happier with that!

Knitting:

The Simple yet effective cowl from Tin Can Knits on Ravelry (I'm michellebendy on Ravelry!!)

This is available as a FREE Ravelry Download HERE. Anne P of Wooly Wonka Fibers chose this for me and I'm using her Aeslin DK SW Merino in Skygazer.

Here is where I was last time:

And here is where I am now:

I think I'm about halfway done? And I'm OBSESSED!!!

Thrifting:

So. Much. Thrifting:

Purchases: Not many at ALL this week!

I got my Beltane shipment from Anne P's Wooly Wonka Fibers Celtic Year Club:

You use it to make this FABULOUSNESS, La Bealtaine by Janelle Martin on Ravelry:

This is above my current knitting pay grade, but I can either keep it till I learn these skills, or farm it out to a friend to stitch! =D

Check out the Wooly Wonka Fibers Ravelry group HERE.

My only other purchase this week was my Star Wars Smuggler's Bounty Box:

Click here to get the Smuggler's Bounty Box via my Amazon Affiliate Link.

I'd like to talk about:

Nobody this week. =/

Books:

No finishes this week, but I'll have one for sure next week!

Instagram Auction Items!!

Auction will take place soon through Saturday, May 11 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: