Flosstube and Variety Show #190

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Five years of Flosstube! Where does the time go?!

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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Today I mentioned:

Cross stitch:

The Little Book of English Samplers - Jane Greenoff.  32-count Cat’s Whiskers by Tabbycat Linens, called-for DMC, 1 over 2 full cross

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. (Now generally available)

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

Oscar Topsfield 1904 - Hands Across the Sea Samplers - 40-count something from Tabbycat Linens, 1-over-1 called-for DMCs. #nativitysal 

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

A Rice Stitch Cushion - Shakespeare’s Peddler - 32-count Dusty Road by Seraphim (?) - called-for Weeks Dye Works, 2 threads over 4 linen threads (rice stitch)

National Female Model School Sampler - Antique Sampler Reproductions (Kathleen Littleton) - 36-count natural linen (Zweigart) and called-for DMCs except for one substitution



Variety Show

Charting an antique sampler - Hannah Coughnet 1841 from LeRoy Historical Society