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Flosstube: Ornamentations #125 - Summer School recap and meet the Sparkling Sweet Bag!

Katie Strachan EmbroideryUnited States
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Katie Strachan shares her August stitching progress, including her 12x12 ornament 'Joy' by Shakespeare's Peddler and her summer school stitch 'Elizabeth Campbell 1838' by Fox & Rabbit. She recaps the Attic Summer School, describing the projects from each faculty member, including her own 'A Love Letter to the Attic' and Teresa's 'True Happiness'. Katie also introduces her new embroidery class, the 'Sparkling Sweet Bag', and shows her latest linen haul, including the new 'Fog Bank' colour. She finishes with an update on her beaded basket project and a look back at older beaded flowers.

  • Katie shows progress on 'Joy' by Shakespeare's Peddler, noting a colour conversion issue with the contrast flower.
  • She recaps the Attic Summer School, describing each faculty project and her own 'A Love Letter to the Attic'.
  • Katie introduces her new embroidery class, the 'Sparkling Sweet Bag', with no braiding required.
  • She shows a linen haul including the new 40ct 'Fog Bank' from Legacy Linen.
  • Katie updates on her beaded basket, having completed four roses and many leaves.
  • She shows older beaded flowers intended for a future dimensional beaded garden.
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Description from YouTube
Ornamentations (noun): 2. That in which the process of ornamenting is embodied; the ornaments which adorn a thing collectively; ornament in general Or, in music, the grace notes that embellish a melodic line.

Joy by Shakespeare's Peddler is stitched on Legacy Linen 48 count Marchpane with (incomplete) Surfine 2152, 2631

Elizabeth Campbell by Fox & Rabbit is stitched on 48 count Legacy Linen Marchpane with the following (incomplete):
Soie Surfine 2627, 2681, 2707, 2718, 2779

Linens shown, darkest to lightest
Legacy Linen 38 count Wayfarer's Cloak, 40 count Fogbank, 40 count Coastal Haze

Susan's Standley's 50 Stars and States signatures and inking instructional booklet:
https://susanstandleystitchintime.com/product/50-states-stars-signatures-and-embellishment-booklet-ships-early-august/

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