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:

• From Barefoot Needlart, Amy and Memory, an exclusively designed chart for our Autism fundraising along with a needleminder and scissor fob: 
  

Also use code BENDY10 in their Etsy shop for 10% off!

• A CUUUUUUTE Minions bag from Kara at Kay's Cross Stitch: 
  
  
  
  
  
• Samplers Not Forgotten, With Needle and Thread full kit: 
  

• Purple Martin Apiary by Shakespeare's Peddler, donated by Jen of Jen's Stitching Niche on Etsy, along with a piece of 28 count jobelan from me: 
  
  
  
  
  

• Two books from the DMC Museum Collection, Cross Stitch Folklore and Cross Stitch Folklore (click to buy via Amazon Affiliate links):
  
  
  

Outside Links:

• Threads Entwined, use code BENDY15 through the end of May for a discount!
• Lindy Stitches on Etsy
• School of Magical Stitches & Literature on Facebook
• Full Coverage Fanatics on Facebook
• XStitchEu on Etsy (use code BENDY10 for a 10% discount)
• Acorns & Threads
• Gulf Coast Stitches
• BagzPlus by Corina
• Love You More Studio Co for book/project sleeves (use code BENDY10 for 10% off)
• 1884 Stitchery
• Trisha, Three Owl Threads on Etsy

It may be too soon, but....

Flosstube #106 Show Notes: It's Gonna Be May

It's the last Flosstube of April and you know what that means....

Best New Thing: 

• Ode to Josephine mug: 
  

I know this came from Etsy. I don't know the exact store but I know it's FABULOUS!!!

• Bloom and Grow Designs on Etsy makes Ear Jackets!!
  

I'm not affiliated at all, just OBSESSED!!! Go check out all of her gorgeous stuff. 

FFO -- none this week

Finishes:

• Page three DONE on Josephine!! 
  

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, I managed a LOT of stitching!!  

I got my page finish AND THEN SOME in April!! Woohoo!!

• I also worked on the Dimensions Kit, Going to Market, for #MagicalStitches extra credit: a chart produced in the 1990s or before:
  

  

Here is where she was last time, this is all work done by Diana, Itiskismet_stitches, and passed on to me:

And here is where she is now: 

I keep it in a full sized sleeve from Love You More Studios, use code BENDY10 for your discount. Needleminders from Simply Serving (the Owl Post wax seal) and 1884 Stitchery (the spoon). I'll also be using this for the 1000 stitches Yearly EC assignment: 7 Tasks, because Going to Market is a TASK. 

• My travel project this week has been Brocade Boulevard from Stone Street Stitchworks on Etsy: 
  
  
  

Here is where it was last time, not bad:

And here it is now: 

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: 

• For the May/June Extra Credit tasks for Magical Stitches I've been able to make TWO projects work with all of the tasks. 
• First is Black'd Skie by The Primitive Needle: 
  

Here is where I am with this:

• Secondly, Toasty TARDIS from Mandarinks Designs on Etsy: 
  

Here is where I am now:

I expect to get well over 2000 stitches in on this in May and June. 

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.

Thrifting: 

• We went thrifting but I didn't buy anything!! WHAT?!?! It's true. 

Purchases: Just a few....

• CUTE little tin from The Sexy Knitter on Etsy: 
  

• Stitch markers from Teresa of Adore Knit on Etsy:
  
  
  
  
  
• Josephine needleminders from Heather of TheIPSNeedleminders on Etsy:
  

Product review: 

• The Floss Inn by Julie

I'd like to talk about: 

• Nobody this week. =/

Books: 

• I finished listening to The Ship Who Won by Anne McCaffrey. 
  
  I have to admit that I did not love this book as much as I loved it when I was 15. I read it for the #MagicalStitches task: reread a book. It's OKAY. A little patriarchical for 37 year old me to avoid scoffing at. But a solid 3/5 and a quick listen on audiobook.

Instagram Auction Items!!

• Auction will take place soon through Saturday, March 9 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:

• I have a Dimensions Chickadeees in Lilac kit. This kit is new and unopened!
  
  
  
  

• Teresa of Diddly Daddle Designs on Etsy donated a bag set to us!! This fabric is hard to find and may be out of print, I'm no expert. But LOOK AT THE BAGS!!!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Our friend Jodi has kitted up Three Little Kittens from Ink Circles with all of the called for DMC and a 16 count dirty Aida! SO CUTE!

• The lovely Kara of Kay's Cross Stitch on Flosstube has donated a great SewMuch2Luv bag set from her monthly club!!! 
  
  
  

• Last but not least is a GORGEOUS handpained needlepoint canvas of a Cloisonne Frog, complete with all of the DMC Pearle Cottons you'd need!
  
  
  

Outside Links:

• Threads Entwined, use code BENDY15 through the end of May for a discount!
• Lindy Stitches on Etsy
• School of Magical Stitches & Literature on Facebook
• Full Coverage Fanatics on Facebook
• XStitchEu on Etsy (use code BENDY10 for a 10% discount)
• Acorns & Threads
• Gulf Coast Stitches
• BagzPlus by Corina
• Love You More Studio Co for book/project sleeves (use code BENDY10 for 10% off)
• 1884 Stitchery
• Trisha, Three Owl Threads on Etsy