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Flosstube 59: Summer Stats Wrap-Up and Spooky Starts

Stitcher with the Laughing FaceUnited States
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Nancy Joy Trower, host of Stitcher with the Laughing Face, shares her summer stitching stats and plans for the autumn in Flosstube episode 59. She begins with personal updates, including her son Sam returning home from California, her children heading back to school, and two new kittens, Tiger and Trixie. She then recaps her summer projects: three quilts (including a long-awaited bee quilt), several finished cross-stitch pieces, and progress on various WIPs. She discusses her tracking methods using a Happy Planner and a notebook, noting she worked on 25 projects over the summer, started 9 new ones, and finished 11 (plus one on the first day of school).

  • Summer stats: 25 projects worked on, 9 new starts, 11 finishes (plus one on the first day of school).
  • Finished three quilts, including a bee quilt that took ten years and a ghost quilt inspired by a picture book.
  • Completed several Halloween and Christmas cross-stitch pieces, including the 'Spooky Season' and 'Black Cats and Spooky Bats' from Stitching with the Housewives.
  • Started 'It's a Long Story: Halloween' by Stitching with the Housewives, using stash threads with some substitutions.
  • Plans for September include starting 'Ember Witch' by Cherry Hill Stitchery, 'Sneaky Spooky Spells' by Luminous Fiber Arts, and a candy corn saltbox house from Pinker n Punkin.
  • Read several books, including 'Daisy Chain Flower Shop' by Laurie Gilmore and 'The Faraway Inn' by Sarah Beth Durst.
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Email: nancyjoytrower@gmail.com
Instagram : Stitcherwiththelaughingface 
Named for the song Nancy with the Laughing Face, (which was my Dad's favorite) with a stitchy twist.

QUILT
• Bee Quilt (only took 10 years!)

FFO's
• Whimsical Quaker - Primrose Cottage @PrimroseCottageQuiltsStitches 
• Dream Big - Tiny Modernist ‪@TinyModernist
 
FO's 
• Spooky Season - Stitching with the Housewives @priscillas2000 
• Black Cats and Spooky Bats - SWTH
• Hark the Herald Angels - SWTH

WIPS
• Stitch Witch - Tiny Modernist
• Halloween Is For - Anabella's ‪@AnabellasShop 

NEW FRIENDS 
• It's a Long Story: Halloween - SWTH

PLANS - All the Halloween! 
• Ember Witch - Cherry Hill Stitchery
• Sneaky Spooky Spells - Luminous Fiber Arts
• Candy Corn Saltbox - Pinker n Punkin
• Start Thanksgiving stuff

BOOKS
• Daisy Chain Flower Shop - Laurie Gilmore
• The Faraway Inn - Sarah Beth Durst
• The Poisoned King - Katherine Rundell
• Lighthouse at the End of the World - Amy Sparkes