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Mini Christmas in July + A Cracker of an FFO | Flosstube #5

Melanie Makin MakesUnited Kingdom
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Melanie Makin Makes presents her fifth Flosstube video as a video diary, stitching across nine projects over a week. She begins with her weekend focus on The Library of Cats, a Heaven and Earth Designs piece, adding 500 stitches each on Saturday and Sunday. She also completes Clovis, a Stacey Nash Animal Cracker, which she fully finishes into a squishy ornament filled with crushed walnut shells, despite disliking the fabric. The video then follows her 'mini Christmas in July' week, where she works on five Christmas-themed pieces, including new starts on Tiny Modernist's Mini Christmas Banner and The Prairie Schooler's Button Up, alongside progress on the Yule Goddess, 2024 Santa, and Shannon Christine Designs' Nutcracker. She also updates on her Satsuma Street temperature stitch, Local Conditions, and discusses her 'Festive Friday' decisions wheel for rotating Christmas projects.

  • Melanie completes Clovis, her first Stacey Nash Animal Cracker, and fully finishes it with crushed walnut shells.
  • She adds 1,000 stitches to The Library of Cats over the weekend, using a typewriter method without parking.
  • A 'mini Christmas in July' week features five projects, including new starts on Mini Christmas Banner and Button Up.
  • She tries a new video diary format, stitching snippets from each day, and asks viewers for feedback.
  • Melanie discusses her 'Festive Friday' decisions wheel for rotating Christmas projects.
  • She praises the 32-count Belfast linen from Fiber on a Whim for Button Up, contrasting it with the Edinburgh linen she disliked for Clovis.
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Description from YouTube
Welcome to my channel.

In this video diary I work in 9 projects. 5 Christmas in July projects 3 of which are new starts. I also work in my regular WIPs and have a cracker of an FFO.

Projects in this video:

The library of cats - Charted by Heaven and Earth Designs

Clovis - Part of the Stacey Nash animal cracker series

The Magic Dragon Shop - Letistitch

The Yule Goddess - Tiny Modernist

Mini Christmas Banner - Tiny Modernist

Button up - The Prairie Schooler

2024 Santa - The Prairie Schooler

Nutcracker - Part of Shannon Christine Designs continuous Christmas

Local Conditions - Satsuma Street

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to comment and I will try to answer your questions.

Thank you for watching.

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