Flosstube and Variety Show #84

Flosstube = cross stitch; Variety Show can be anything, and sometimes many things all at once!

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Special intro and outro music: “Leaning On the Everlasting Arms” - 19th century hymn - excerpts from an arrangement by Byron Williams (my husband) 

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Cross stitch:

Emilie Kalwar 1890 - Hands Across the Sea 18-count White Clay by Fox and Rabbit

Winter Rose Manor - With Thy Needle & Thread (Brenda Gervais) - called for linen and overdyed cottons (36-count Brenda’s Brew by R&R)

The Nativity Scene - by Stitchy Princess (Etsy shop) 18-count light blue Aida and called-for DMC threads (#nativitysal  the third weekend of every month)

Mighty Acorn -  by Blackbird Designs (from the book Winds of Autumn). Planned to be stitched on 18-count Aida Saltbush by Fox and Rabbit, called for Weeks Dye Works threads, 1 strand over one Aida square. Will start this the first weekend in July #bbdweekendsal 

Blast from the Past:

Bird Watching - an out-of-print chart from 1983 - “Cardinals” on 18-count gray Aida with called-for DMC

“Centennial” - from a photo by Douglas Hill, a cross stitch of 12 Church Street, LeRoy, NY. (Unpublished digital chart made in the proto-digital camera era in the early 1980s.) 14-count Aida, 10 shades of browns to recreate the sepia tones of vintage photos.