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Floss Tube 86 "New Charts and Start-A-Long Starts"

Susan Standley Stitch In TimeUnited States
1.1K views108 likes37:42English13 Jun 2026Watch on YouTube ↗

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Susan Standley of Stitch In Time presents episode 86, focusing on the upcoming 'I Lift My Lamp' start-along for July 4th 2026, marking the 250th anniversary of American independence. She details the kit contents, including 14 Au Ver à Soie silks and Legacy Linen 37ct Cloudburst, and encourages viewers to join the collective first stitch. She also introduces a related Liberty Coin design, offered as a giveaway with a $5 donation to the Veterans Memorial Museum Veteran Services in Chehalis, Washington.

  • Announces the 'I Lift My Lamp' start-along on July 4th 2026, with charts and kits available on her website.
  • Introduces a Liberty Coin design as a fundraising giveaway for a veterans' organisation.
  • Shows progress on the Queen Victoria quilt, including tumbling block borders and hexagon pieces.
  • Updates on Esther's marking sampler, inviting viewers to identify a familiar motif.
  • Shares a haul including Darlene Lera's Ackworth School sampler chart and a Sarah Moon sampler reproduction from The Stitchy Box.
  • Tells the story of Quaker migration to Ohio, including the Moon family's involvement in the Hicksite schism.
Chat / life updateHaulNew startsStitch-along (SAL)WIPs
Description from YouTube
Come join me for the start of "I Lift My Lamp" on July 4th 2026!  Gather with others who will be putting in their first stitches for this commemorative piece on the 250th Anniversary of America's Independence.
Charts and Kits are available on my website www.susanstandleystitchintime.com

Catch up with Esther and Judith Moon as we explore their journey to Waynesville, Ohio and the community they helped to establish. Find out why they were not there forever!

Chapters
00:00 - 06:25     "I Lift My Lamp" Start-A-Long   Charts and kits
06:26 - 13:08      Liberty Coin Veterans Donation project
13:09 - 16:16      Progress on Queen Victoria quilt
16:17 - 19:27      Progress on Esther's Marking Sampler
19:28 - 26:31     Haul
26:32 - 37:41     Judith and Esther and  Quakers settling in Waynesville, Ohio

Additional information about Esther and her life as a young Quaker girl in the Ohio Territory during 1837 can be found on the Playlist on this channel.

The pattern for Queen Victoria Quilt can be found in the Quiltmania book "Labors of Love"

The Sarah Moon Chart is available through Stitchy Box Samplers
The Hannah Whittaker Chart is available through Cross stitch Antiques
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