Flosstube and Variety Show #118

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:

The retreat featuring Jane Boyer 1834 will be in October - find details and register here: https://stmarksleroy.org/upcoming-events/cross-stitch-retreat/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2IRgs_Tr5f5P5BixpCwK6LDLEH3j5CmUrXDlfnANyVux_Ys5xWKxm7YW0_aem_AZl0zz2J9DJOvaRDE8FzCg6leyIiLD16wTxyLEl9BoNKyk6R6RjVB7Br-ib4gkAfQkwBN9A4fA-cy3B8hfHIzR8v

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

Under the Roof of Blue Ionian Weather (small) - Golden Kite
   18-count ivory Aida, 2 billion called-for DMCs and blends
   The original painting is by 19th-century artist Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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.

Nancy Cook - special project for Mrs. Parkman’s Academy of Needlework (the Great British Sampler Weekend 2025) - 36-count Paperbark and 36-count Flannel Flower by Fox and Rabbit, called-for DMC.

A B C - online workshop by Nicola Parkman (on her Flosstube channel) - my own choice of DMCs (307, 310, 312, 321, 367, 552) on 36-count Platinum (Zweigart).

Margaret Hutton - Hands Across the Sea - workshop with Nicola Parkman - 36-count Woodsmoke by Tabbycat Linens and called-for Soie d’Alger and 100.3 for the over-one elements

Harriet Salt 1866 - Hands Across the Sea - 37-count Russian Tea Cake by Legacy Linens, DMC 321 


Variety Show

George Müller and the orphanages at Bristol 
path2prayer.com has a lot of info, including something that Charles Dickens wrote in 1857.

WildflowerFoxCrafts on Etsy