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): 
  

• Toasty TARDIS from Mandarink's Designs on Etsy. Kalu (@kalukitas.02 on Instagram) found the chart for us!! (click on the picture to go directly to the listing)
  

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)
  

• And an adaptation of Fancey Blackett By the Light of the Moon for Dixiesamplar Exchange Group's Very Merry Unbirthday Pynkeep: 
  

Finishes: 

• In Lieu of Flowers from Priaire Moon:
  

  
  
  
I'm stitching mine on 32 count Stitches and Spice Linen that came with the chart when I purchased it at Stitchers' Paradise in Las Vegas  last year. I started it after my Flosstube last week, and here is the finish:




My conversion is listed in the show notes for Stitch With Me #27. 

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)
  

• S. Ward kit from Theresa at KittenStitcher.com
  

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!)
  

And for a GREAT flip through, see Danielle, Stitcherista's video!

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: 

• My card from Denise for Cross Stitch Card and ATC SAL on Facebook:
  

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!!! 
  
  
  
  

Flosstube Shoutouts: 

• Aaron, Marilyn's Boy
• Linda Spalding

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.

Outside Links:

• Mandarink's Designs on Etsy
• Cross Stitch Card and ATC group on Facebook
• Jen's Stitching Niche, Etsy
• The Cottage Needle, Etsy
• Joydiri Designs
• The IPS Needleminders on Etsy 
• Acorns & Threads
• Gulf Coast Stitches

Flosstubers Mentioned

• Jessie Marie, Jessie Marie Does Stuff
• Angel, Girl with a Needle
• Sam, Sammy J Stitches
• Kerry, Kerry In Stitches
• Jamie Chalmers, Mr. X Stitch
• Amber & Melissa, In Stitches with Melissa and Amber
• Michelle, Mich Stitch
• Annie & Hanane, Stitchin Misfits
• Gerald, Ginger Gerald Stitcher
• Theresa, KittenStitcher
• Gary & Christine, Fiber Talk
• Drew & Phil, Weasley Studios
• Diana, itiskismet stitches
• Jennifer Upton

And, TWO. DAYS. 

Swap Finishes!!

Y'all. I may have signed up for too many swaps lately.... lol. I definitely did!! But no worries, I'm getting myself together and I have two already shipped, two FFO'd today, and "only" four more to go!! Woohoo!!

First up, in order of deadline, is the Dixie Samplar Merry Unbirthday Pynkeep Exchange in the Dixie Samplar Exhange Group on Facebook. It's run by the incomparable Terri of Dixie Samplar and I'm there because Lynda Jo, Pretty Southern, (one of my absolute FAVES) showed me her exchanges!

So, after reading about my partner's preferences, I decided to go with Fancey Blackett, By the Light of the Moon by Pineberry Lane:

But because that is WAY to big as charted (153x97 I think) to be a pynkeep, I "condensed" everything and stitched it 1/1 with the called for DMC on a mystery bright green fabric (per my partner's preference and I came up with this: 

And to make it more "Bendy" (lol), I FFO'd it onto a decorative metal butter dish from the thrift store and added some lace that I picked up at an estate sale: 

I have some GREAT clay beads from Vikki, StitchNButton on Flossstube and QnVikki on Etsy, and I'm going to make her ask her to teach me how to turn them into pins. Yay! This one is due on May 25 so I'm well ahead of schedule, yay! 

The second swap that I finished is my biscornu for The Great Biscornu Swap hosted by Jennifer Upton. 

For this swap, the theme is Spring and I'm stitching the May Butterfly Biscornu from Tiny Modernist on Etsy: 

Mine is stitched on 30 count Apple Blossom linen (from Wichelt? I'm not sure!) in MOSTLY the called for colors. I used DMC 991 in place of 993 and 3712 and 3706 in place of the called for 3700s for the pinks because I had certain colors handy and other colors not handy. Here is how mine ended up: 

How CUTE are these little birds?!? 

I used alternating dark pink and dark green beads around the edges. It's the first time I've done that and it went really well so I'll definitely do it again.  

This swap is due June 1, so I'm quite ahead of schedule. I need to gather some extras and get everything wrapped prettily and packaged up and sent off to my partner. 

Next up is a bit of selfish stitching before I go on to my garden themed ATC for the Facebook Cross Stitch ATC and Card SAL group and my Brenda Gervais for the Midwest Cross Stitchers' First EVER Secret Stitcher Exchange!! 

Thanks for stopping by and keep sprinkling that stitchy kindness! <3