Flosstubes
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.

The Elizabethan Valentine class is presently open for registration: katie-strachan.com/shop
Full details on the class can be found here: https://katie-strachan.com/elizabethan-valentine
It is a 5 month, online class beginning September 1, 2024, although it is strictly work at your own pace.  The kit includes full spools of threads in filament silks and real silver thread, in an authentic 17th century palette, as well as everything you need to make the Elizabethan Valentine, with the exception of a frame to work it in.  The options for a frame, as well as lacing your fabric and stitching with a frame will be fully covered in the course.
If you have additional questions, please contact me using the form here: katie-strachan.com/contact

Kits for Plum Street Chocolate Harts are available at: katie-strachan.com/shop
Edit 5/23: Stacy Nash Feathered Nest pin book is now fully sold out - thank you!
Both conversions are exclusive to their kits and will not be shared or published in future

Chocolate Harts includes all threads used (8 spools, with one substitution if your kit is labeled restock or preorder) and linen, with a written guide to the conversion.
Please note that you will need to provide the chart for both kits, as it is not included.
Feathered Nest kits include all threads used, linen, and the finishing extras: crystal bead for the bird's eye, coordinating silk ribbon, and Liberty Tana Lawn for the lining of the pinkeep

The conversion for Snow Magical can be found in episode 72, and my tutorial for the embellished ornament hanger is here: https://youtu.be/A76El_Tn4UI

The Santa pattern is a free, downloadable PDF from What a Curly Life: https://www.whatacurlylife.com/products/advent-calendar-santa-pdf-pattern
You can find a full collection of Christmas patterns here (they start towards the end of page 1 and continue onto the second and third pages)  https://www.whatacurlylife.com/collections/patterns-and-tutorials

The new class project from Katie Strachan Artisan Embroidery will be revealed later this year.  To be notified when registration opens for this and other classes, please sign up for the Stay Connected mailing list, first on this page: https://katie-strachan.com/mailing-list

Cross Stitch Antiques O Sweet Humility, Eliza Townsend's Work stitched on Legacy Linen 45 count Jersey Cream with the following threads (please note this is not a complete conversion):
Soie Surfine: 2099, 2179, 2307, 2396, 2401, 2494, 2561, 2664, 2707, 2718, creme
For the 100/3 equivalents, take off the 2 in front - 2099 is 099 in 100/3, etc

My quote is from Andrew Marvell's poem The Garden: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44682/the-garden-56d223dec2ced
And you can see the Green casket in episode 54: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qXh1KCViGc

The new flosstube mentioned is Comfort Stitching, and you can see her beautiful finish of Consider the Lilies on her first flosstube

Santina M. Levey's book The Embroideries of Hardwick Hall is a wonderful look at the spectacular textile collection of Hardwick Hall and Bess of Hardwick's embroidered legacy.  The book goes into detail about how many of the hangings were assembled by combining new embroideries with appliqued pieces of cut up ecclesiastical vestments, where and how Bess sourced those, and how many of these pieces evolved over time.  It is, in a nutshell, the story of how embroidery changes and evolves over the course of history.
Hardwick Hall is operated by the National Trust and is open to the public, so you can still see her wonderful textiles today.
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