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Flosstube: Ornamentations #127 - The Sparkling Sweet Bag, Sampler September, and a rabbit hole!

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Katie Strachan presents Ornamentations #127, the September episode of her Flosstube. She begins by announcing that registration is open for two new embroidery classes: the Sparkling Sweet Bag, a one-time offering on silk satin, and Queen Anne's Pyn Pillow, a nine-month class being retired due to discontinued materials. She then gives updates on her own stitching, including finishing the border on her long-running Elizabeth Campbell sampler by Fox & Rabbit and explaining her plan to personalise it as a paternal heritage sampler.

  • Registration opens for the Sparkling Sweet Bag and Queen Anne's Pyn Pillow classes
  • Completes the border on Elizabeth Campbell by Fox & Rabbit and reveals plans to adapt it into a paternal heritage sampler
  • Shows a new start on Millie the party elephant by Stacy Nash
  • Finishes Owliver by Notforgotten Farm as a surprise gift for her mother
  • Unboxes the Thistle Threads Frostings Box and discusses its threads and trims
  • Takes a nostalgic detour into dollhouse miniatures, her first creative love
Description from YouTube
Ornamentations (noun): 2. That in which the process of ornamenting is embodied; the ornaments which adorn a thing collectively; ornament in general Or, in music, the grace notes that embellish a melodic line.

You can register for the Sparkling Sweet Bag and/or Queen Anne's Pyn Pillow at katie-strachan.com/shop

The Sparkling Sweet Bag costs $300 and is a 3 month class, beginning February 1, 2027 and will cover every detail of the stitching and finishing of this beautiful piece.
This is a one time offering to make a truly unique piece.  Full details: https://katie-strachan.com/sparkling-sweet-bag

Queen Anne's Pyn Pillow costs $425 and is is a 9 month class, beginning February 1, 2027 and covers the stitching and finishing of the dazzling pincushion in detail.  This will be the last time this class is offered due to discontinued materials.  
Full details: https://katie-strachan.com/pyn-pillow

Elizabeth Campbell by Fox & Rabbit is stitched on 48 count Legacy Linen Marchpane with the following (incomplete):
Soie Surfine 2627, 2681, 2707, 2718, 2779

Millie by Stacy Nash is stitched on Legacy Linen 48 count Marchpane with (incomplete conversion):
Soie Surfine 2076, 2561, 2673

Owliver by Notforgotten Farm is stitched on Legacy Linen 37 count Lady Baltimore Cake with
Gobelins 524, 671, 3845, 5021, Blanc
100/3 616
Bijoux Renaissance Gold
Edged with multicolor blue/gold braid from the latest Thistle Threads Frostings Box

Shown: Green Woodpecker by MommaLovesYouGB, available from her Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MommaLovesYouGB
Silk conversion to come in early December

Thistle Threads Frostings Box: https://thistle-threads.myshopify.com/collections/frostings-club

Miniatures: 
The tulipiere was made by Sally Anne Meekins, the vase was made by Christopher Whitford
Books shown:
Miniature Rooms: The Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago
Magnificent Miniatures by Kevin Mulvany and Susie Rogers of the firm Mulvany and Rogers: https://mulvanyandrogers.com/
The Queen's Dolls' House by Lucinda Lambton

The channel mentioned is Make Miniatures with Josje
Particular videos that may be of interest in discovering her work and her channel
Tour of her first canal house: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzWn2df-uyzIsLGHG84LocCapMencfp_g

A recently completed set of commissioned roomboxes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AbsB2DlxLs&t=983s

A peek into some of her collection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz5BzzM5nC0

The roombox in the MFA Boston exhibition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mXK--mKNxk