FlossTube 65 - Sampler September Check-in Part 1 (September 15, 2026)

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Karen Combs hosts the first part of her Sampler September check-in, where she has committed to working on a different sampler every day of the month. In this video, she reviews the fifteen pieces she has stitched between 1 and 15 September, sharing her progress on a mix of reproduction samplers, contemporary designs and long-neglected WIPs. She explains that she laid out over thirty samplers in August and is using the challenge to decide which projects to keep in her rotation and which to set aside. Among the pieces shown are new starts such as Shakespeare’s Peddler’s Checkerboard House and Cross Stitch Antiques’ Emiline Hotchkus, alongside older works including Hands Across the Sea’s Fanny Brownley and Ann Tong Wendell 1835. Karen also discusses two troublesome pieces that have given her trouble—Sampler Roll and Elizabeth Dinsdale—revealing that she has finally settled on linens she likes for both after multiple attempts. The video includes a small haul of newly acquired charts from Blackbird Designs, The Scarlet Letter and Cross Stitch Stash, and she notes upcoming stitch-alongs for Harriet Goddard, Queen of the May and Charlotte Warrington. Her dog Ziggy also appears to mark his one-year anniversary of joining the household.

• Karen is stitching on a different sampler each day for Sampler September, showing fifteen projects in this first check-in.
• She revisits long-neglected WIPs including Fanny Brownley, Emiline Hotchkus and Hannah Smith 1802, plus new starts like Checkerboard House.
• Two troublesome pieces, Sampler Roll and Elizabeth Dinsdale, have been restarted on new linens she is finally happy with.
• She previews upcoming stitch-alongs for Harriet Goddard, Queen of the May and Charlotte Warrington.
• A small haul includes charts by Blackbird Designs, The Scarlet Letter and an older band sampler from Cross Stitch Stash.