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Flosstube #333 A Long Time Project Finished and a Couple of Full Finishes Too!

Stitching By The ShoreUnited States
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In this episode, Laura celebrates a long-awaited finish and several full finishes, sharing her joy in completing pieces that had been sitting in her drawer for some time. She explains her finishing techniques, including using cardstock, snowflake brads, and a hole punch to create scrapbook-ready finishes, and offers tips for framing pieces temporarily. She also discusses her stitching rotation, noting that she worked on ten projects this week, with two new starts and the rest works in progress.

  • Laura finishes Blue Rhapsody by Rosewood Manor, a long-term project, and shows off two other full finishes.
  • She demonstrates her scrapbook finishing method using cardstock, brads, and a hole punch.
  • She shares progress on multiple WIPs, including Celestial Tide, Sampler Seasons Summer, and Forest Goddess.
  • Laura talks about her love for hand-dyed fabrics and mentions several favorite dyers.
  • She sets a goal to reach 1,000 stitches on a full-coverage piece and achieves it.
  • She discusses her preference for using two strands of floss on 18-count fabric.
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**All fabric counts this week are 18 count. 

Projects I worked on this week:
Blue Rhapsody (Rosewood Manor)
     Darling David (Those Missing Stitches)

Black Bird Sampler (Pansy Patch)
     Celestial Tide (To Dye For Fabrics)

Sampler Seasons Summer (Blueberry Ridge)
     Unnamed (Coffee Crafts Fabrics)

Forest Goddess (Quaternian Creations)
     Crypt Cloth (Lapin Loops)

Raining Love (Paddock Lane)
     Bubblegum (Paddock Lane)

Wee Highland Calf (Needlelot Designs)
     Parfait set of 4 (To Dye For Fabrics)

Doughnut (Stitch Happens Malta)
     two strands over one, full cross

Mini Watching the World Go By (Retired - Heaven and Earth Designs)
     Artwork by Lucy Pittaway
     two strands over one, full cross

Sea Otter (Mill Hill kit)

Lucky Shamrock (Stitching Elf Store)
     Sensitive Sylvie (Those Missing Stitches)

Facebook Groups mentioned for challenges:
Crafts and Books
Magazine Monthly Cross Stitch Challenges
WIP Warriors 

Mentions:
Beth: @thesteadfaststitcher 
Jenna: @redheadedstitcher715 
Karen: @TheStitchingOwl 
Karen D: @TwitchyStitcher 
Kat: @catkinandlillie 
Katherine: @accounting.my.stitches 
Mary: @marysstitchingcorner 
Melanie: @UpliftStitches 
Michael: @UpliftStitches

Some of My Favorite Fabrics:
Fabrics By Stephanie:https://www.fabricsbysteph.com/
BeStitchMe: https://www.bestitchme.com/ 
Those Missing Stitches: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThoseMissingStitches
To Dye For Fabrics: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ToDyeForFabricsNMore
Coffee Craft Fabrics: https://coffeecraftfabrics.co.uk/
Dyeing For Cross Stitch: https://dyeing4crossstitch.com/ 
Under the Sea Fabrics: https://undertheseafabrics.com