Flosstube and Variety Show #125

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:

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.

Simone’s Biscornu - from Simone’s Smalls - 37-count Russian Tea Cake (Legacy Linen) with Roxy “11 Points More” red thread, 2 over 2 for top, 1 over 2 for bottom.

Bethlehem - design by Diane Arthurs, Imaginating 1839 - 32-count blue Lugana with DMC 3799, 1 over 2  #nativitysal

Planned #nativitysal start in the next couple of months: Dream of a Winter Garden by Modern Folk Embroidery.


Variety Show

New York Times The Reader Top 100 - top 100 books of the 21st century (so far!) as chosen by readers. 

I also mentioned a couple of books not on the list:

Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens