▶ Watch on YouTubeIn this video, the host wraps up the week's stitching content, mentioning that they will be back the following Saturday with new starts and a kit video. They thank viewers for watching and say goodbye.
This week I’m sharing a big stitching update with 15 WIPs, including two finishes and three new starts, plus the stitch counts and challenges (Big Brother stitching, my Focus on a Finish board, and my push to wrap up small projects before the month ends). I also reveal my finalized August plan—Tiny Modernist August with a spin-the-wheel, 1,000-stitches-per-start approach—along with two exciting August 1st starts: Ode to Libraries and The Blue Flower’s Abode of Magic. Finally, I talk about seeing Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and how it reshaped (and affirmed) my favorite mythology themes, with a recommendation for Emily Wilson’s translation. Time Stamps: 01:20 Finishes 06:08 WIPs and New Starts 31:43 Stitchy Stats 35:30 Upcoming Plans 40:22 Haul 42:26 The Odyssey Movie and a Chat about Mythology from a former Mythology teacher 🔗 Flosstubers Mentioned: ▪️Chris - @CrossStitchMeadow - His method of stitch full coverage inspired me to pick up another full coverage that I had given up on. ▪️Katie - @WanderingFootCo - An Ode to Libraries stitch-a-long for Katie’s Birthday! #stitchmadness2026 #birthdaystitch ▪️Join Sarah and Sarah in their #midsummerstart with A Magic Boat by The Blue flower @Handmadebysarahw @sarahsstitchery 🌟Finishes: Happy Valentine’s Day Primrose Cottage 32 ct. Blush Lugana by Zweigart +329 stitches | 100% Started February 8, 2026 Finished July 24, 2026 Square Dance January Heart in Hand 25 ct. Vintage Country Mocha +128 stitches | 100% Started May 25, 2026 Finished July 22, 2024 😆 New Starts: Blooming Quakers Hello from Liz Matthews 32 ct. Vintage Rose Lugana by Zweigart +493 stitches | 10.3% Started July 21, 2026 Let’s Do Laundry Imaginating 14 ct. Crumpled Paper Aida by Fabric Flair +543 stitches | 1-.23% Started July 24, 2026 Never Ending Cycle Hands on Design 14 ct. Crumpled Paper Aida by Fabric Flair +277 stitches | 12.19% Started July 23, 2026 🪡 Currently working on: Broadway Taylor and Cromwell 28 ct. White Lugana by Zweigart +165 stitches | 9.35% Started February 8, 2026 Catch Some Rays Tiny Modernist 32 ct. Gaia Lugan by Picture This Plus +111 stitches | 6.8% Started June 5, 2026 Happy 250th Birthday America! Primrose Cottage 16 ct. “We the People” Aida by Fabric Flair +291 stitches | 60.4% Started February 8, 2026 Hello Petal Caterpillar Cross Stitch 14 ct. Malted Milk Aida by Lori Holt +346 Stitches | 31.1% Started: March 1, 2026 Lady of the Flag Mirabelia 32 ct. Constitution on Parchment by Fabric Flair +122 stitches | 3.29% Started on June 15, 2026 Paris of My Dreams Heaven and Earth Designs Artwork by Leonid Afremov 25 ct Easy Grid Lugana +210 tent stitches | 0.20% Started November 4, 2025 Santa's 12 Days of Christmas The Prairie Schooler 32 ct. Platinum Lugana by Zweigart +136 stitches | 3.75% Restarted April 12, 2026 Sayings of the Season: Spring Stitching with the Housewives 25 ct. Black Lugana by Zweigart +424 Stitches | 45.58% Started March 1, 2026 Saying of the Season: Winter Stitching With the Housewives 25 ct. Black Lugana +179 stitches | 83.34% Started November 7, 2025 Watercolor Floral & Bee Stitches Sew Beautiful Artwork by Bryna T. Art & Design 20 ct. Easy Grid Aida +201 stitches | 2.11/% Started May 16, 2026 --- You can also find me over on IG: https://www.instagram.com/stitchwithlesli/ Or you can email me at stitchwithlesli@gmail.com Stitchy Mail: 63 E. 11400 S. PMB: 162 Sandy, UT 84070
