Michelle Bendy: swaps

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Flosstube #76 Show Notes

Happy Flosstubesday!!! It's September 25, 2018 and I'm BACK on the Blog!! YAY!! It feels good.

Best New Thing:

I received the SWEETEST Stitchy Kindness in the mail from Kaitlyn at Big Apple Stitching!! This is only part of it, but here is the teensy tiny necklace that she stitched for me. SHE STITCHED IT FOR ME!!

FFOs, just one, and it's not even stitching.

I finished a La D Da Scissors block and fob and it's FANTASTIC:

And I have quite a few of those pictures left, so I'm going to try to find more blocks and make some more of these!!
And, DUH!! I also finished my #CrossStitchATCs for this month!! The theme was Pirates vs Princesses:

This is the motif from Sue Hillis' Women Who Behave chart. And I stepped up my game on the finishing of the ATC and I'm SUPER proud of it!!

Finishes:

I finished the top left corner block and filigree on Quotes to Live By (aka the MIND SAL) from Stitchrovia:

Here is my finish for this week:

And here is the full thing right now:

I also put in quite a bit of work on the bottom right corner, who knows? Maybe I can finish this whole thing by the end of the month!!

I also finished Room 4 of the Tiny Modernist Haunted Mansion SAL: (click on the pic to purchase)

Here is what my room 4 looks like:

And here is my entire thing:

I subbed Dr. Frankenstein's skin and made him brown using DMC 436 which is Latisha (The Crafty Curator)'s base tone. ;-)

WIPs (Works in Progress):

I've been working on my Quotes to Live by Piece more, and here is where I am now:

I think I can have this finished by the end of the month!! (Did I say that already? The more you say it, the more likely it becomes!!)

And there was a LOT of work put in on A Bowl Full of Scaries this week! The weather has been SO nice and we were outside!

Last week it wasn't started and here it is now:

I hope this will be a finish by next week too!!

Thrifting:

Not TOO much thrifting this week, just a couple of gooies:

Purchases: Not so many this week!!

I went to Joann's. For ONE SKEIN of 761... and I came out with this:

All of the Fat Quarters are headed to Love You More Studio Co for custom sleeves. HELLO checking off the Christmas list!!

This Month's Colour & Cotton flosses came and they. are. GORGEOUS!! Angela does not disappont. EVER. I got the brights:

(I found the fifth one, it's Mermaid Shimmer on the left)

AND I got the Prims:

OMG. Rusted. Tin.

Happy Mail/Gifts:

First of all, a REALLY kind package arrived from Kaitlyn, Big Apple Stitching:

She wanted to remind me to take care of myself during this whole thing and this package is ALL about that, from the cool vintage postcards to the silks, it's perfect. Thank you!

The second half of my VMSS flosses came from Edwige! LOVE:

They're FANTASTIC and that Vivid Teal and Multi Orange are PERFECTION. (click on the pic to go to Nancy's blog for purchasing)

Sharon sent a gorgeous Jeannette Douglas chart that I haevn't seen before! and some stamps to help with Alzheimer's shipping:

Another bauble came for the Mr. X Stitch Bauble project, this one from Colette:

Flosstube Shoutouts:

Books:

I finished reading Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas this week and O. M. G!!!! (click on the picture for the Goodreads page)

I. LOVED. THIS. BOOK. I have new favourite characters; my old favourite characters were confirmed; previously disliked characters were fleshed out more and I get them and like them now. I want to be in Aelin's court. Basically. And ROWAN. DONE!! I"M DONE!! Dead on the floor.

Instagram Auction Items!!

Auction will take place today through Tuesday, July 24 at 0600 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!

Here are the winners of last week's auctions, with all of the donations going to Wade's Alzheimer's Walk so he could earn a t-shirt. And BOY did he earn a t-shirt.

First up, I asked Angela at Colour & Cotton if it would be possible for her to put together just one more of her SOLD OUT Halloween Mystery box. AND SHE DID!!! And Karyn won it!

The second box is the NEW Hocus Pocus box from Love You More Stuido Co!!! Won by Jen, Delicious Threads!!

And the new auctions: These will end on Tuesday, October 2 at 0600 PST. This week's theme is Every Dollar Counts

LaDonna from Sampling of Memories sent a GORGEOUS assortment of thread keeps, scissor fobs, and needleminders:

I'm SUPER thankful to LaDonna for donating these because they're AWESOME. They retail for $15 each and I'm starting them at $10 each, this way they're accessible to everyone. <3

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Flosstubers Mentioned

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):

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:

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.