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Flosstube and Variety Show #206

Emily WilliamsUnited States
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Emily Williams welcomes viewers to Flosstube and Variety Show #206 from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She shares progress on several cross-stitch projects, including 'A Myriad of Happy Spirits' by Cross Stitch Antiques, which she is stitching for an upcoming event at Hobby House. She also shows updates on 'Nativity Tiny Town' by Heart in Hand Needleart, 'Hannah Campbell 1838' by Hands Across the Sea Samplers, and a finished rice stitch cushion by Shakespeare's Peddler. Emily discusses plans for a Schoolgirl Samplers of Western New York event featuring 'Hannah Coughnet 1841' and considers starting a new sampler from a chart given by Hands Across the Sea.

  • Progress on 'A Myriad of Happy Spirits' with one bird completed and the verse finished.
  • Finish of the rice stitch cushion, though Emily is unhappy with the cording closure and may redo it.
  • Announcement of the Schoolgirl Samplers event for April 2027, with registration opening October 1st.
  • Discussion of a new potential start: a chart from Hands Across the Sea with no thread legend, which Emily plans to stitch using her own DMC selections.
  • Variety Show segment on board games Alhambra and Carcassonne, including tips on learning games via Board Game Geek.
  • Personal note about her son's birthday and his new beekeeping suit.
Chat / life updateFinishes / FFOsNew startsStitch-along (SAL)WIPs
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#crossstitch  #flosstube #boardgames #games 

SAVE THE DATE - Schoolgirl Samplers of Western New York - Hannah Coughnet 1841, a one-day event, held April 23 and 24, 2027 (same event held twice)

Flosstube = cross stitch; Variety Show can be anything, and sometimes many things all at once!

Email: ehwilliams201@gmail.com
Instagram: @tworivers_58
Discord: Emily Williams aka tworivers

Special intro and outro music: “Leaning On the Everlasting Arms”, excerpts from an arrangement by Byron Williams (my husband)

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Today I mentioned:

Cross stitch:

A Myriad of Happy Spirits - Cross Stitch Antiques - special chart for participants at Hobby House event this fall. 36-count Mayflower by Fox and Rabbit, 1 over 2 border and capitals with Cosmo 602; over-one verse with Aurifil 40-weight 2692

Hannah Coughnet 1841 - Will be available in 2027 from the LeRoy Historical Society, following a retreat in April 2027. I’m stitching the model on 36-count Cow Fodder by Dames of the Needle, 2 over 2 (except for 1 strand for eyelet stitches), DMC threads based on the antique. 

A Rice Stitch Cushion - Shakespeare’s Peddler - 32-count Dusty Road by Seraphim (?) - called-for Weeks Dye Works, 2 threads over 4 linen threads (rice stitch)

Nativity Tiny Town - Heart in Hand Needleart - 32-count Windsor Castle by Tabbycat Linens, called-for DMC, 2-over-2 #nativitysal 

Hannah Campbell 1838 - Hands Across the Sea Samplers - called-for Soie d’Alger and Soie 100.3 by Au Ver a Sole; Ballet Slippers 36-count by Fox and Rabbit.


Variety Show:

Carcassonne - published by Z-Man Games
Alhambra - I believe this is currently published by Queen Games
Board Game Geek - online site related to board games of all types
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