Flosstube Episode 5: In which Julie does her version of Christmas in July!

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Julie, host of Stitching By The Numbers, presents a Christmas in July episode from her home in Eastern Washington. She begins by showing three fully finished Christmas stockings she stitched for her children between 2012 and 2021, using Heritage patterns from Cross Stitch and Country Crafts on 25-count bone Lugana, and explains how she sourced alternate cuffs from the original magazines. She also shares a nearly finished Prairie Schooler Santa's 12 Days of Christmas project, which she is turning into pear-shaped ornaments using an Annie Beez Folk Art template, and discusses plans for a Silver Creek Samplers 'My Christmas List' piece she intends to stitch in December, inspired by a thrift-store shelf she found to display it.

Julie then updates viewers on her July stitching, which was limited by illness and hot weather. She shows progress on Plum Street Samplers' 'Stars' on 40-count Cedar River linen and on 'Let Love Reign' on 20-count Spindrift, also by Cedar River. She shares a haul from Shabby Fabrics' showroom in Post Falls, Idaho, where she bought Permin of Copenhagen French Lace 32-count linen and Picture This Plus 'Alchemy' fabric, with plans for Blackbird Designs' 'My Day Complete' (part of the Blackbird Academy SAL), Pigeon Coop Designs' 'Atlantic Shores', and other pieces. She also mentions buying 3D-printed floss drops from XDitch on Etsy, a business started by Brenda (The Handwork Maniac)'s daughter and husband.

Looking ahead, Julie outlines her August plans: starting the Blackbird Academy SAL assignment on alphabets, working on her neglected Fox and Rabbit stitch-along, and joining Jacob de Graaf's 'Fast Frisian' daily stitch-along from Modern Folk Embroidery, for which she has chosen her own DMC colours and an orange 32-count Lugana fabric. She ends by recommending Flosstube as a way to pass time when unwell, listing many channels she watched while recovering from the flu.

• Shows three finished Heritage Christmas stockings stitched for her children, with alternate cuffs from the original magazines.
• Almost finishes a Prairie Schooler Santa's 12 Days of Christmas piece, turning the motifs into pear-shaped ornaments.
• Plans to stitch Silver Creek Samplers' 'My Christmas List' in December, inspired by a thrift-store shelf.
• Updates on WIPs: Plum Street Samplers' 'Stars' and Cedar River's 'Let Love Reign'.
• Haul from Shabby Fabrics showroom in Post Falls, Idaho, including Permin French Lace and Picture This Plus 'Alchemy' fabrics.
• Joins the Blackbird Academy SAL and Jacob de Graaf's 'Fast Frisian' stitch-along for August.
• Recommends watching Flosstube when unwell, listing many channels she enjoyed.
• Bought 3D-printed floss drops from XDitch on Etsy, designed by Brenda's daughter and husband.