Flosstube 45 I finished something! Plus #MonarchWatchSAL and a little garden chat

Hi everyone! My name is Nitya (nith-ya) and you are at my Flosstube channel, where we talk all things cross stitch. My pronouns are she / her. Thank you for stopping by!

Monarch and Strawberry:
- 18 or older
- Subscribe to my channel
- Not replacing any items damaged or missing during shipping
- No connection to YouTube – YouTube is not responsible or liable for anything
- Use the given words and random picker will be used to select name

Folks mentioned
Quad City Needle Minders: @marroomydesigns , @ModCrossPatterns , @julieinstitches16 
Veena on IG: @veenaparrikar
Marjorie Made @marjoriemade 
Jennifer, The Curly Stitcher, https://ko-fi.com/appelorchard/ @thecurlystitcher 
EJ & Shelia, The Sunshine Stitchers @SunshineStitchers 
Amy on IG: amy.k.graham 
Amy on Flosstube with Megan and Meghan, Long Distance Stitchers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KyioBLe8c 
Jerica, Daybreak Stitcher @Daybreak_Stitcher 
Denise,  @BlackRibbonStitchStudio  (mentioned in Garden Talk) 
Windy City chapter of the Embroiderer's Guild of America, https://www.facebook.com/WindyCityEGA/ 

Finishes

- Quirky Quaker Butterfly, Darling & Whimsy Designs, #MonarchWatchSAL
- Meet Amy in Long Distance Stitchers episode 25
- Traveling Stitcher, Little House Needleworks 
- Remembrance Sampler, Ancient Sage Designs
- Spring Sunshine, Jan Hicks Creates
- Strawberry Lemonade Spool, Crafty Bluebonnet Designs
- Beit Lahiya Strawberry, Cedar Hill Country, #StrawberryMoonSAL, Papyrus font pattern by StitchbyStitchHK on Etsy
- Hands off My Book bookmark, Kincavel Crosses, CardsofWoodCo 
-Yishay Garbasz, #Stitch4Pride2024 May, Dee's 20 Stitches 
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https://youtu.be/bbQ9mXKz5sg?si=yblF0qw7joBNAFki

- Frida Kahlo, #Stitch4Pride2024 June, Dee's 
- Book: Indigenous Ingenuity

WIPs 

- Know Thyself, Dee's 20 Stitches
https://ko-fi.com/appelorchard/ 100% of the proceeds split between Freedom Oklahoma and OUTreach Denton in Nex Benedict's memory

- Shipibo Textile, Peruvian Flair

- One Dozen Quakers, Rosewood Manor, #BakeMeAQuakerSAL

- Data Portraits in Paris, Shaded Stitchery, 
- Book: How to Live Free in a Dangerous World

- Lina's Hanging Design, Lina's Thobe 
- Ele Elna Elak, https://www.gofundme.com/f/EleElnaElakFood 
- Operation Olive Branch line 744 Wesam's family
https://www.gofundme.com/f/sos-help-wesam-evacuate-from-gaza?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaEuifOrMkx-4Pptla22a_xZRRTKWkVHyDlVkzOF7tu9NoDIvQ5H0RZW3w_aem_AbLFM5Ua3X4vhCyXWHll6zvP4yn6G4n8pXFcou1mT9M6CJgcqmk2HDp--d_VqneqkWYAqFDeXukndLt9aVxsRv8Z

- Sampler 56, 2x2StitchArt
- Book: Diaries of War by Nora Krug

- Chokeberry, Klart
- Bird Herd, Boomerang Stitches


New starts
- Gaza piece, MinAmanne Designs, all proceeds go to humanitarian aid in Gaza
- Ewe and Eye, Corn (mdamen in Potawatomi)
- Menagerie A Garden of Whimsical Beasties by Kathleen Taylor
- Pocketbook Peacocks, Michelle Bendy Stitchy
-Thirza Goes Goth, Hemlock and Rye, Kansas City Girl in a Colorado World
-Dining Room Ceiling, Heartland House Designs

Plans

#MonarchWatchSAL with Amy! Stitch on any patterns with a monarch, and read up on monarchs. If you live in their migration path, plant something that helps their journey.
- Dirty Annie's Monarch
- Silver Creek Samplers, Wings of Change 
- Carolyn Manning, Monarch, Butterfly Weed
- Yasmin's Made With Love Monarch Quaker
- Mill Hill Monarch
- The Blackberry Rabbit, The Monarch
- BugGalDesigns, Monarch stages
- Pigeon Coop Designs, Monarch
-CherryParker, The Monarch Butterfly
- StitchSprout Monarch Heart Frame


-#ModAboutYouSAL with Daybreak Stitcher, Julie in Stitches and Marroomy Designs, stitch on any patterns by Sarah @ModCross, including new releases like the one in Halloween Just Cross Stitch 2024

Garden chat! 
Main topic for today- why we're removing patches of lawn and replacing it with plants, what I’ve learned about what plants to choose

Ask me if you are interested in creating an ARK! 

Book: We Are the Ark- Mary Reynolds
Lisa Loves Plants
Let’s Argue About Plants podcast
Carrot growing tips from GrowVeg and Epic Gardening
Patreon- The Indigenous Anarchist – Landback zine 
Conservation Research Institute