Stitches with Charly Feathers - Flosstube #4

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In this episode of Stitches with Charly Feathers, the host shares a fully finished object (FFO) and a finished piece, along with several works in progress (WIPs) and new starts. She begins by showing a rose hip-themed pillow stitched from a free pattern from an Italian Facebook group, discussing her colour-matching process and her use of kapok fibre for stuffing. She then presents her finished 'Four Seasons Cats and Dogs' by Barbara Ana, detailing the challenges she faced with alignment and frogging, and her solution using a Pilot Friction pen to mark centres.

• FFO: Rose hip pillow stitched from a free pattern, finished as a pillow with kapok fibre stuffing.
• Finish: 'Four Seasons Cats and Dogs' by Barbara Ana, stitched on 32ct Vintage Country Mocha, with a note on changing the cat's eye colour in 'Floral Dreams'.
• New start: 'Garden Cat' by Satsuma Street, stitched on 28ct Cashel linen in raw natural, using DMC flosses.
• New start: 'Wind Dreams' mystery SAL by Barbara Ana, using DMC Color Variations flosses, stitched on leftover fabric from 'Dreaming Girl'.
• WIP progress: 'Cosmic Dreams' by Barbara Ana and 'Moonshine Cabin' by Modern Folk Embroidery, with the latter requiring a husband's work light for stitching on dark fabric.
• Haul: Cotton & Twine subscription box for May, a forest embroidery kit from Owl Forest Embroidery gifted by Yasmin, and a Charlene Tarbox floral design book from eBay.