Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Show Notes: Flosstube #58

Hey y'all!! Welcome back to the blog! Here's your close up of what I talked about ths week:



Best New Thing: Heather the Imperfectly Perfect Stitcher and Alzheimer's Needleminders!

Heather and I teamed up (it was totally her idea... I'm just talking it up!) to sell Alzheimer's Needleminders and raise money for my walk! Here's the video:

And you can click on this picture to go to her Etsy store and buy the needleminders: 

Go watch Heather, like her videos, and subscribe. =)

FFOs: none

Finishes: none 


WIPs (Works in Progress)
  • My first WIP this week is Here Lie My Needles from Shakespeare's Peddler: 
Here's what it looked like last time:

And here is what it looked like in today's video:


How AMAZING is that black border looking?!? It's actually Gentle Arts Black Coffee, which I probably need to get more of this week at Acorns & Threads.

I'm stitching with two of the called for flosses and everything else is a conversion to what I had in stash. For details on the conversion, see my Stitch With Me #20 Show Notes post.

  • Next up is the Sally Spencer Sampler, started on May 1: 
I'm stitching with none of the called for colors on a random piece of 25 count greenish linen. The full conversion is on my Stitch With Me #22 Show Notes post. Here's my progress:

  • Next WIP is Leia & Han from Tilton Crafts, started on May the Fourth: 
And here is my progress:

It doesn't look like much, but it's a shoulder. I'm stitching it in all of the called for DMC colors on a piece of 28-ish count linen that I picked up in a bolt at St. Vinnie's. 

  • Last WIP for this week is my HAED, Alice Under the Dreaming Tree: 
Here is what it looked like last time, with two full pages completed:

And here is where I am now: 

That's about 2650 stitches so far on page 3. I'm stitching 2/1 tent stitch with DMC on 28 count Lambswool Lugana from Wichelt (purchased at Hobby Lobby). The goal for this month is to catch up on the 'By the Numbers' challenges in the FB Full Coverage Fanatics group. 


Thrift Store Finds: 
  • Did I not GO to the thrift store this week?!?! I didn't!! 

Purchases: (click on the pictures to shop)
  • Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe Limited Edition colors for May: 

  • Plum Street Samplers, Heritage Sampler WIP from Lynda Jo: 
She's stitching this 2/2 on 36 count fabric with all of the called for colors, so I will be doing the same!
  • Martha Agnes Sampler Roll from Stacey Nash Primitives: 
  • Prairie Schooler Prairie Fairies: 
Ignore the pumpkins. I bought the other three. These were stitched by Darleen B and finished by JoLynn at Acorns & Threads. I want mine JUST like that!
  • We all know and love Sarah Braizear from Hands Across the Sea:
And when I was at Acorns & Threads, Jeannine mentioned that she is going to convert hers to overydyed silks, so I HAD to get the Glorianas!

I LEGIT cannot wait to start that. Any guesses on what the fabric is? I think I need to just call the shop. 
  • Bucilla Ready to Stitch canvases from Walmart Clearance:


Happy Mail

  • From Tasha for Giveaways/to keep: 

  • From Leslie H for Borrows, Blackbird Designs In Friendship's Way: 


  • Giant box of giveaway goodies.
    Here's what I'm keeping: Little House Needleworks, Autumn Spice Victoria Sampler, Ocean Boulevard Victoria Sampler, Strawberry Fields Farm

  • Linda Coles: 
    EAP Needleminder, EAP The Raven from 1845, donut towel, Littlest Pet Shop creatures for Rose


Flosstube Shoutouts: 
Books: 
I gave this book a 4/5. It was REALLY interesting when Solange was discovering her Grandmother Marte and when Marte was telling stories about her past. Marte wasn't always likeable; she could be a cold, self-indulgent, narcissist. But she was fascinating!! Solange was always likeable. And the male characters, while they took a back seat and were fairly one-dimensional, were well written. The ending was a bit abrupt for me and felt like a "summary" of the rest of Solange's life, which I didn't love, but it didn't spoil the overall experience for me.
    Here's an article about the Apartment from The Daily Beast. 

    And here's a short YouTube video about the contents. 





    Outside Links:
    Gulf Coast Stitches
    Acorns & Threads
    The IPS Needleminders on Etsy
    MKissaCreations on Etsy
    FibergeekCreations on Etsy
    Full Coverage Fanatics on Facebook
    Lone Star Mercantile on Etsy
    Tasha on Instagram
    Bewitched Stitches on Facebook
    Satsuma Street on Etsy
    A Stitcher's Book Club on Goodreads





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    Sunday, May 6, 2018

    Show Notes: Stitch With Me #22




    Happy Sunday (again)! Today on my Stitch With Me video I worked on the Sally Spencer Sampler  from Birds of a Feather. (click on the pic to purchase)



     I super love this sampler! It's small, 156x156! It was my start for May 1 with SO many wonderful stitchers. <3 <3 we're doing it for the #MustangSallySampler SAL on Instagram

    At the start of the video: 

    I'm stitching this 2/2 on a mystery 25 count linen (WHY am I doing 2/2 on 25?!?!) with exactly none of the called for flosses. See below the second picture for my conversion. 

    At the end of the video: 




    My Sally Spencer Conversion:
    • GA Buckeye Scarlet (DMC 321) --> VMSS Garden Rose
    • GA Black Crow (DMC 310) --> WDW Mascara
    • GA Brethren Blue (DMC 501) --> C&C Sherwood
    • GA Melon Patch (DMC 758) --> VMSS  Tahital Floral
    • GA Buttermilk (DMC 3823) --> WDW Parchment
    • GA Tropical Ocean (DMC 598) --> VMSS Coastal Seaweed

    GA = Gentle Arts
    VMSS = Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe
    C&C = Colour & Cotton
    WDW = Weeks Dye Works


    And here's a pic of my mani, it's still on there! 
    (that's Weeks Dye Works Straw linen)


    Flosstube Mentions:






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    Tuesday, May 1, 2018

    Show Notes: Flosstube #57

    Hey y'all!! Thanks again for popping over to the blog for a better look at what I talked about this week! Here we go:


    Best New Thing: Shine Lip Last

    I'm wearing the shade Honor. Click on the picture for a link directly to the color and you can navigate from there. Use code: Eden10. (Hey Eden!!)


    FFOs

    • Sweet as Hone by Durene Jones from Cross Stitcher, September 2017: 
      • Here's what it looked like last time: 
      • And here it is finished: 

    This is going out to my partner in the Facebook Cross Stitch Card and ATC SAL group. I used most of the called for colors with a substitution here and there for ones I couldn't find and it's on a piece of 14 count printed Aida

    This is an ALMOST FFO. I did all of the hand stitching and construction yesterday with EXTREME amounts of hand holding from Angel, Girl with a Needle.


    All I have left to do is sew down the PINS piece and grab a piece of felt from Acorns & Threads to put next to PINS. This was a hugely satisfying finish!! 

    Finishes
    • A Sheltering Tree from All Through the Night: 

    I stitched this with one strand of DMC 4140 over two threads on Weeks Dye Works 40 (or maybe 36?) count Straw Linen. And here is my finish: 

    This was a great stitch, a drop-everything-and-stitch stitch. Sometimes you gotta do that! 


    WIPs (Works in Progress)
    • My one and only WIP this week is Here Lie My Needles from Shakespeare's Peddler: 
    Here's what it looked like last time:

    And here is what it looked like in today's video:

    How AMAZING is that black border looking?!? It's actually Gentle Arts Black Coffee, which I probably need to get more of this week at Acorns & Threads.

    I'm stitching with two of the called for flosses and everything else is a conversion to what I had in stash. For details on the conversion, see my Stitch With Me #20 Show Notes post.


    Thrift Store Finds: 
    • One amazing picture frame: 

    I'm thinking of putting Oh Whale from Hands on Design: (click on the picture to go to 123 Stitch)

    Let me know what you guys think, will it work?! 

    Purchases: (click on the pictures to shop)
    • eBay, Bent Creek Starry Starry Night WIP:

    • eBay, Bent Creek Snowbound chart (which I think I destashed not too long ago)

    • eBay, Silver Creek Samplers Promise of Spring

    • The Goode Huswife, The Wedding Sampler:

    • Neeldminders from Vikki, Stitch N Button on Flosstube, QnVikki on Etsy:
    And Vikki is so amazing that she also sent me a scissors fob!! So I can "Put a bird on my scissors" lol

    • And, IT CAME!!! The Sally Spencer by Birds of a Feather:

    I'm starting her TODAY as part of a SAL with all my ladies: Donna Rae, Lanette, Lorrie, Candy, Julie (see below for links to ALL of their Flosstubes)
    • Okay, it's May 1, so you know what that means: SARAH BRAIZEAR 1829!!!! 
    I'm ridiculously excited about this sampler!! I'm going to pick up just a few of the Soie d'Alger (you KNOW I had to look up how to spell that) this Thursday at Acorns. 

    Happy Mail

    • Sampler & Antique Needlework CD, Complete Collection 1991-2015!
    • Thea Gouverneur Bumblebee: 
    • Soda Stitch Aloha Sisters: 
    • Kathy Barrick Ann Smith Sampler: 


    Flosstube Shoutouts: 
    Books: 

    • No books this week but I'm reading something GREAT that should be done by next week! 


    My Mani by Jamberry:
    It's a combination of Wallflower (the floral), Blushing Marble (the pink under the floral), Black Cherry Gel, and Gel top coat. Love it? Buy it from my cousin Amanda. 



    Outside Links:
    Gulf Coast Stitches





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