Flosstube and Variety Show #201

SAVE THE DATE - Schoolgirl Samplers of Western New York - Hannah Coughnet 1841, a one-day event, held April 23 and 24, 2027 (same event held twice)

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”, excerpts from an arrangement by Byron Williams (my husband)

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Today I mentioned:

Cross stitch:

A Myriad of Happy Spirits - Cross Stitch Antiques - special chart for participants at Hobby House event this fall. 36-count Mayflower by Fox and Rabbit, 1 over 2 border and capitals with Cosmo 602; over-one verse with Aurifil 40-weight 2692

Hannah Coughnet 1841 - Will be available in 2027 from the LeRoy Historical Society, following a retreat in April 2027. I’m stitching the model on 36-count Cow Fodder by Dames of the Needle, 2 over 2 (except for 1 strand for eyelet stitches), DMC threads based on the antique. 

Alice Noon 1893 - Red Barn Samplers - 37-count Russian Tea Cake, 1-over-1 my own DMC choices

Madras Beanstalk - Robin Pickens Cross Stitch - 28-count Ivy Cashel Linen from Fiber on a Whim, Cosmo floss, 2-over-2. (Kit)

Hannah Campbell 1838 - Hands Across the Sea Samplers - called-for Soie d’Alger and Soie 100.3 by Au Ver a Sole; Ballet Slippers 36-count by Fox and Rabbit.


Variety Show:

Books about people “on the spectrum”

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
A Man Called One by Fredrik Backman
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
The Maid by Nita Prose
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
The Dead Come to Stay by Brandy Schillace

Other books I mentioned:
Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

Opening greetings 0:10
Cross stitch 1:33
Books 16:10