Flosstube #43 - Needlework Marketplace Recap

Summary AI

Hannah, host of Ladybug Stitches, shares her experience exhibiting at the Needlework Marketplace, an online wholesale event, for the first time. She discusses her top three sellers, which surprised her: Ornaments 2, Christmas Lantern, and her set of three full-coverage cube presents, which was her highest seller. She reflects on the hard work involved and her plans for next year, and thanks her customers for their support.

Hannah then opens up about a personal loss: her aunt passed away earlier in the month after a long battle with cancer. She shares that she has been struggling to stitch and has turned to mindless projects like crochet and stamped cross stitch kits. She shows several WIPs and finishes, including a new start on Home Sweet Coupe, a finish of Double Double by the Prairie Schooler, and progress on her cat sampler, which features her barn cats.

She also shares a haul from a gift card, which she used to buy floss for Cardinal Kin by Plum Street Samplers and a pattern called Grandma's House from the Hometown Holiday series by Little House Needle Works. She explains her plans to stitch the cardinals in memory of her relatives. The video ends with a tribute to her aunt, including a photo and a poem called 'Don't Quit' by Edgar Albert Guest, which was on her aunt's obituary card.

• Hannah exhibits at Needlework Marketplace for the first time and exceeds her 'delusional' sales goal.
• Her top three sellers are Ornaments 2, Christmas Lantern, and her set of three cube presents, which she didn't expect to be popular.
• She shares the loss of her aunt and how she has been coping through stitching and crochet.
• She shows a new start on Home Sweet Coupe and a finish of Double Double, which she finished on a painted board.
• She uses a gift card to buy floss for Cardinal Kin and a new pattern, Grandma's House.
• She shares progress on her cat sampler, finishing the cat Jelly, and plans to stitch more in memory of her aunt.