Flosstube and Variety Show #144

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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Cross stitch:

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. 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. Here is a summary:

1 lettered section per month, starting January 2025.
Starting with section E, also do one line of the over-one verse until you are done.
Along with section K, do the line with her name.
Along with sections L and M, do the little over-one birds and the large bird in the middle, finish out the text that is in that area of the sampler.
Section N - finish up. Please tag me and also use the hashtag (there is some question about how hashtags will be supported in Instagram …) @tworivers_58  #hannahgreen1826sal 

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.

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.

Blooming Sunflowers sewing bag - from Winds of Autumn, Blackbird designs. 36-count tan-ish linen with a mixture of Weeks and DMC, 2-over-2 #bbdweekendsal 

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

Variety Show

Shrinklits: Seventy of the world’s towering classics cut down to size by Maurice Sagoff

How to Become Ridiculously Well-Read in One Evening Compiled and edited by E. O. Parrott

Cliffs Notes and Sparks Notes available online