Flosstube #65 Show Notes

Happy Tuesday, July 10! I'm BACK!!! I missed y'all. <3

Best New Thing: 

• Cash Andrew Carter of course!
  
  He's amazing. Congrats Chelsea!! 

My mug: 

• It's the Stitch Con cup!! 
  
  

Things we all need:

• COMING SOON

• 
  

FFOs:

• I finished my #crossstitchatcs fro June (sad, but true). The theme was Horror: 
  

This is a perler bead pattern that I found online. It seemed simple but it was BIG and took DAYS!! But I love it. 

Finishes (none this week)

WIPs (Works in Progress)

• My first WIP is exactly 87 stitches different than last time, Stitchrovia's Mind SAL, aka, Quotes to Live By: (click on the pic to buy)
  

Here is what it looked like last time: 

And here it is, 87 stitches later: 

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

• Next I worked on the freebie from the 2017 Midwest Cross Stitchers' Retreat in Minnesota: Pattern is from Les Grille de Maryse
  

I'm stitching mine in DMC on a linen that Michelle R dyed for us. Here it is last time:

• Finally, my Stitch Con start, I worked on Stacey Nash Primitives' Martha Agnes Sampler Roll. And it's amazing: 
  
  

I'm stitching mine on 18 count Long Coffee from xJuDesign on Etsy with some of the called for colors. 

I'm as far along as I can be until I get more flosses from friends. I love love love the Stitchy Community because the flosses are on their way! 

StitchCon Stuff:

• Smalls Exchange from the incomparable Sarah Mille (@hoopcatstitches): 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• From Jessie Marie: 
  

• Fiona the Fay by Brooke's Books (click on the picture to purchase)
  

• Wrong Side of the Tracks outline by Raise the Roof designs (click to purchse the border pattern)
  

• Victoria Sampler Stitching Witches (click to view on 123stitch)
  

• Jeannette Douglas Vintage Birds (click to purchase from Gulf Coast Stitches)
  

• Carriage House SAmplings Acorns & Threads (click to purchase)
  

• Stacey Nash Christmas at Hollyberry Farm (click to purchase from 123Stitch)
  

• Tellin Emblum Potted Posies (click to purchase from 123Stitch)
  

• The Primitive Hare Yule Queen (click to purchase from Gulf Coast Stitches)
  

I'm starting this on August 1 with Michelle Mich Stitch and Melissa Cupcake Stitcher. Join us!

• Mill Hill Grand Canyon Santa (click to purchase from 123Stitch)
  

• From Mindi: leftover flosses for Victoria Sampler Beach Cottages: (click to purchase from 123Stitch)
  

• StitchCon Grab Bag of goodies: 
  
  
  

Purchases: 

• This month's Colour & Cotton Thread of the Month (click on the pic to go to the Thread of the Month listing): 
  

• Julie Gulf Coast Stitches' Grab Bag Thread of the Month
  

• Purple Martin Apiary by Shakespeare's Peddler from Jen's Stitching Niche (click on the photo to purchase)
  

• The Eliza Bell Cox double Bitzy Bob from ThatsSoKellyCo on Etsy: (click on the picture to purchase)
  

• Ship's Manor Prim Fabric of the Month for June: 

• Brooke's Books, Sleeping Beauty
  

• Country au Point de Croix book (in French) Flip through is coming, click on the pic to purchase from my Amazon Affiliates link): 
  

Happy Mail/Gifts: 

• I won a needleminder and got a beautiful bookmark from Karen at KEB Creations Studio: 
  

• The great biscornu swap package from Nancy, with a Jeannette Douglas Pineapple Biscornu: 
  

• Midwest Cross Stitchers' first annual retreat package from Jamie N. 

• Baubles: 
  

• Noah's Christmas Ark 2 from Brenda D: (click to purchase from Gulf Coast Stitches)
  

• From Susan in the UK: 
  

• Pretty Little Hawaii from Satsuma Street: (click on the pic to purchase)
  

• A gift from Paolo: Stay tuned for a flip through on this book!!
  

Thrift Store Finds: (none this week)

Flosstube Shoutouts: (none this time)

Books: 


Outside Links:

• Jen's Stitching Niche, Etsy
• Under the Sea Fabrics
• Joydiri Designs
• xJuDesign on Etsy
• Made by Mama Joan on Etsy
• Reflections Framing & Stitching
• Keepsakes
• Acorns & Threads
• Gulf Coast Stitches
• Stitch from Stash on Facebook

Flosstubers Mentioned (not all links are working yet, just copy/paste the name into the YouTube search bar)

• Marlene, Stitchin by the Lake
• Priscilla & Chelsea
• Nell, Little Yellow House Crafts
• Abi, Abibellastitch
• craftsmakeupfood
• Rachel D, The Hipster Stitcher
• Michelle, Mich Stitch
• April, KnittenKitten
• Michelle, farm girl
• Lynda Jo, Pretty Southern
• Lisa, The Silver Stitcher
• Diana, itiskismet stitches
• Candy, CandyStitches
• Emily C, Eclectic Possessions
• Abby, TopKnotStitcher
• Jessie Marie, Jessie Marie Does Stuff
• Kimberly Butler, Stitch Adventures
• Tammy Spruce, Spruced up Stitching
• Paolo, Crescent Moon Maker
• Julie McConnell
• Kelli Anne
• Lolly, Lollypop Stitches

Stitch With Me #28 Show Notes

Happy Sunday!! I'm back and I'm SUPER glad to be back! The time off was nice but I missed you all!

Anyway, this week I worked on the Martha Agnes Sampler Roll from Stacey Nash Primitives:

Here is where it was when we started the video: 

I'm stitching this 2/1 on 18 count Long Coffee Aida from xJuDesign on Etsy with a surprising number of the called for flosses. See below for my stitch from stash conversion.

At the end of the video: 

 I put in a total of 170 stitches during the video. I'm totally in love with this and I can't wait to have it finished!! 

Here is my conversion: 

• GA Cinders --> same
• GA Walnut --> same
• GA Caramel Corn --> same
• GA Gingersnap --> C&C Kalamata
• GA Toasted Barley --> GA Autumn
• added GA Antique Lace for the words

C&C = Colour & Cotton

GA = Gentle Arts

What I purchased at StitchCon: 

• Leslie LeFleur, Under the Sea Fabrics, two pieces of 55 count lusciousness. 
• Tellin Emblem chart, Potted Posies (click on pic to purchase from 123Stitch): 
  
• Primitive Hare Yule Queen chart plus the one overdyed floss that is called for (click on the pic to purchase from Casa Cenina)
  
• "Short Cuts" from Keepsakes of GA Atutumn, GA Walnut, and GA Antique Lace
• Mill Hill Grand Canyon Santa (click on the pic to purchase from 123Stitch)
  

During StitchCon, I worked on Quotes to Live By and put in EXACTLY 83 stitches, raising almost $883 for Alzheimer's!! (if you'd like to make a direct donation to my walk, click on the pic of Quotes below:)

I also didn't mention it, but here is one of my highlights from StitchCon: 

Flosstube Mentions:

• Diana, itiskismet stitches
• McKenna, Stitching in Sequins
• Jessie Marie, Jessie Marie Does Stuff
• Sarah, Stitchin Mommy
• Steph & Pam, Just Keep Stitchin
• Drew, Weasley Studios
• Michelle Ruedy, Farm Girl
• Paolo, Crescent Moon Maker
• Mindi, MintyStitcher
• Jen, Delicious Threads
• Jen, Felicity Stitches
• Abby, TopKnot Stitcher
• Michelle, Mich Stitch
• Julie McConnell
• Kimberly Butler, Stitch Adventures
• Lori, Organic Granny
• Sammy, SammyJStitches
• Heather, the Imperfectly Perfect Stitcher
• In Stitches with Melissa and Amber

Outside links:

• Acorns & Threads
• Reflections Framing & Stitching
• Donate to my Alzheimer's Walk
• StitchCon
• Midwest Cross Stitchers -- for the Minnesota retreat
• Under the Sea Fabrics
• Cross Stitch, It's Fun! -- for Tour De Stitches
• Stitch from Stash on Facebook
• Colour & Cotton
• Birds to the Boughs SAL on Facebook
• Stephanie, LindyStitches

See you Tuesday!! Look for announcements regarding the Alzheimer's Benefit live sale at the end of July!

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.