▶ Watch on YouTubeFlosstube #23 Before The Travel Chaos: a quick hit
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Jill, a cross-stitcher living in Southern California, shares a quick video before a month-long trip. She shows one fully finished object, two finishes, one new start, and one WIP. The fully finished piece is a project bag made from her 'Modern Floral Abstract' cross-stitch, which she sewed herself using a tutorial from Mx Domestic. She also finishes 'Amur Leopard' from Lindy Stitches and 'Life's A Stitch' by Lizzie Kate for a smalls exchange. Jill starts 'Wild Charm' from a magazine and shows progress on 'Cucumber Harvest' by Owl Forest Embroidery.
- Jill shows off a fully finished project bag made from her 'Modern Floral Abstract' cross-stitch, which she sewed with interfacing and a zipper.
- She finishes 'Amur Leopard' from Lindy Stitches, stitched on 36ct Vintage Homespun Linen, and plans to add backstitching and a raw edge finish.
- For the smalls exchange, she stitches 'Life's A Stitch' by Lizzie Kate with a few colour substitutions, including using Classic Colorworks Frog Legs instead of the called-for greens.
- She starts 'Wild Charm' from a magazine on mystery 28ct linen, a project from a journal cover class by Jandy Dean at Midsummer Stitch.
- Her WIP is 'Cucumber Harvest' by Owl Forest Embroidery, stitched on 36ct grey sand from xJuDesigns, which she plans to dedicate to her grandma.
- Jill hauls 56ct Cedar River Linen for a massive Dutch sampler, threads from Lindy Stitches, and charts including 'Trust the Universe' by Snowflower Diaries with a Pirate and Robin conversion.