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Flosstube and Variety Show #208

Emily WilliamsUnited States
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Emily Williams presents Flosstube and Variety Show #208, recorded on Friday, September 11th, 2026, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She begins with cross-stitch updates, showing progress on Harriet Salt by Hands Across the Sea Samplers, Jane Backhouse (a gift from Mrs. Parkman's Academy of Needlework), Madras Beanstalk by Robin Pickens, and Hannah Coughnet 1841, which she is stitching as a model for the LeRoy Historical Society. She notes that she took paper charts on her trip and worked on the church motif of Hannah Coughnet, comparing it to the antique at the LeRoy Historical Society.

  • Progress on Harriet Salt, Jane Backhouse, Madras Beanstalk, and Hannah Coughnet samplers.
  • Trip to Killarney Lodge in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, with canoeing, stargazing, and wildlife sightings.
  • Knitting projects: a drop-stitch scarf and the Reyna shawl, knitted in memory of her aunt.
  • Upcoming trip to Hobby House Needle Works for 'Imagination and Emotion: The Needle Speaks' workshop.
  • Plans to visit the LeRoy Historical Society Museum to compare her stitching to the antique Hannah Coughnet sampler.
  • Mention of a logic puzzle book she recommends.
Chat / life updateFinishes / FFOsNew startsWIPs
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#crossstitch  #flosstube #travel

SAVE THE DATE - Schoolgirl Samplers of Western New York - Hannah Coughnet 1841, a one-day event, held April 23 and 24, 2027 (same event held twice) Registration will open October 1.

Flosstube = cross stitch; Variety Show can be anything, and sometimes many things all at once!

Email: ehwilliams201@gmail.com
Instagram: @tworivers_58
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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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Cross stitch:

Hannah Coughnet 1841 - Will be available in 2027 from the LeRoy Historical Society, following a retreat in April 2027. I’m stitching the model on 36-count Cow Fodder by Dames of the Needle, 2 over 2 (except for 1 strand for eyelet stitches), DMC threads based on the antique. 

Harriet Salt 1866 - Hands Across the Sea Samplers - 37-count Russian Tea Cake by Legacy Linens, DMC 321 1-over-2

Jane Backhouse 1824 - HATS - 40-count Ballet Slippers by Fox and Rabbit, called-for DMCs plus Soie Surfine Noir for over-one section

Madras Beanstalk - Robin Pickens Cross Stitch - 28-count Ivy Cashel Linen from Fiber on a Whim, Cosmo floss, 2-over-2. (Kit)

Variety Show:

Knitting - Reyna shawl, simple drop-stitch scarf
Killarney Lodge, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada