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Starting a 55,500+ Cross Stitch Project! Birthday start | Flosstube #30

ColourfullyCrossStitchedUnited Kingdom
1.3K views122 likes1:09:22English14 Aug 2026Watch on YouTube ↗

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Carrie, host of Colourfully CrossStitched, celebrates her birthday in this episode by starting the enormous 'Seventh Wave' by Long Dog Samplers, a project with over 55,500 stitches. She shares her progress on several WIPs, including the long-running 'Wizarding World' by Clouds Factory, and nature-themed pieces like 'Cherry Magpie' by JedxStitch, 'Nature's Journey' by Sprouting Lupine, and 'Extraordinary Birds' by Lola Crow. The video also features a birthday haul, including a pattern from Caterpillar Cross Stitch and fabric from Truro Fabrics, plus a discussion of her favourite authors.

  • Starts 'The Seventh Wave' by Long Dog Samplers, a 55,500+ stitch project, and documents the first stitches.
  • Shows progress on 'Wizarding World' by Clouds Factory, now at about 15% complete.
  • Works on nature-themed WIPs for August, including 'Cherry Magpie', 'Nature's Journey', and 'Extraordinary Birds'.
  • Shares a birthday haul with a 'Cozy Corner Bookshop' pattern from Caterpillar Cross Stitch and a needle minder.
  • Plans future projects, including 'Folk Birds' and 'Four Seasons Trees' by Tidy Patterns, and a piece from Emma Congdon's book.
  • Mentions a giveaway for subscribers and thanks viewers for 1,500 subscribers.
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Description from YouTube
In today’s video, I’m so excited to share my birthday cross stitch start: "The Seventh Wave" by Long Dog Samplers. This is a large project with over 55,500 stitches!

Alongside the new start, I am also sharing a progress update on my other WIPs. August is my Birds and Nature Themed Month, (Seventh Wave fits the theme perfectly) so I have a few lovely nature-inspired projects to show you.

Grab a drink, get some stitching ready, and thank you for spending part of your day with me.

Patterns 
Wizarding World - Clouds Factory
Cherry magpie - JedxStitch
Nature's Journey - Sprouting Lupine
Extraordinary Birds - Lola Crow
Seventh Wave - Long Dog Samplers 
Folk Birds - Tidy Patterns 
Four Seasons Trees - Tidy Patterns
Four Seasons - Stitchrovia 

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