Flosstube and Variety Show #91

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” - 19th century hymn - excerpts from an arrangement by Byron Williams (my husband) 

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Today I mentioned:

Cross stitch:

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.

Jane Thompson 1838 - The Scarlett House - exclusive through Homespun Needlework Facebook group from The Shepherd’s Needle. 36-count Sleeping Bear (Needle and Flax), called-for NPI silk.

Winter Rose Manor - With Thy Needle & Thread (Brenda Gervais) - called for linen and overdyed cottons (36-count Brenda’s Brew by R&R)

Sampler #193 - 2x2 Stitch Art (Ukrainian designer on Etsy) - 16-count white Aida (Zweigart) and 2-strands DMC #777

Mighty Acorn -  by Blackbird Designs (from the book Winds of Autumn). 18-count Aida Saltbush by Fox and Rabbit, called for Weeks Dye Works threads, 1 strand over one Aida square.  I work on this (or some Blackbird piece) the first weekend of every month. #bbdweekendsal 

Mathilde - Hands Across the Sea Samplers - from Letters from Europe birthday box for Nicola Parkman. 20-ct Aida, Just the Ticket, Tabby Cat Linen, Au Ver A Sole 100.3 779 (red) and 313 (blue)


Variety Show:

Books on design that I mentioned:
Selbu Mittens - by Anne Bårdsgård - Trafalgar Square, 2019
200 Fair Isle Motifs - by Mary Jane Mucklestone - Interweave, 2011

I mentioned also (without being able to recall the designer) the idea of figure and ground on contrasting colors - the designer I was trying to think of was Werkstatt für historische Stickmuster.