Flosstube and Variety Show #167

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”, excerpts from an arrangement by Byron Williams (my husband)

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Today I mentioned:

Cross stitch:

The Queen’s Flower Garden and Anniversary patterns - Robin Shappell - Samplerbird Stitchery Designs - kit materials, Zoom class with QCSG

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

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

Bertram Savile Ogle “Denke mein” - Hands Across the Sea Samplers - 46-count Latte and called-for 100.3s (from All Things Bright and Beautiful Red Box)

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

Hannah Green 1826 - Stitch-along starting January 1, going for 14 months, to end on March 1, 2026 (200 years after Hannah finished her sampler). I am using 36-count Just the Ticket (Tabbycat Linens) and the called-for DMC, 2 over 2. Email me if you would like to have me send you a PDF that shows the breakdown of sections that I am going to do, or watch my video #139 for more details. Please tag me and also use the hashtag (there is some question about how hashtags will be supported in Instagram …) @tworivers_58  #hannahgreen1826sal 

Change of sequence recommendation for following along with the SAL:

January-May, sections A-E plus one line of the over-one verse
June: section F, one line of the verse, start on L
July: section G, one line of the verse, continue on L
August: section H, one line of the verse, finish L
September: section I, one line of the verse, do the tree and birds from the left-hand section N
October section J, one line of the verse, start on M
November and December: Section K, continue on M, Hannah’s name, some of the over-one birds
January: finish section M, finish over-one birds
February: sections N, catch up on whatever else you have missed
March 1, 2026: put in the final stitches

Rice stitch instructions: https://rsnstitchbank.org/stitch/rice-stitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfx1Pn-A7UI at 25:59, Nicola does a tutorial on the Rice Stitch.

Variety Show

Country Fair Egg Bread
(Makes 4 loaves or about 65 rolls)

2 packages active dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening (I use Crisco, or sometimes butter)
4 teaspoons salt
2 cups milk, scalded
1/2 cup cold water
4 eggs, lightly beaten
9-10 cups flour

Make dough, knead, let rise twice, shape into loaves and place in greased loaf pans, let rise again, bake at 350 for about 45 minutes, until done. (205 internal on a probe thermometer.)