Flosstube and Variety Show #194

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

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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:

Jane Thompson 1838 - The Scarlett House - exclusive through Homespun Needlework Facebook group from The Shepherd’s Needle. 36-count Sleeping Bear (Needle and Flax), called-for NPI silk. (Now generally available)

Hannah Weeks 1848 - Red Barn Samplers (Rae Niles) - 40-count Cactus Wren by Fox and Rabbit, called-for Weeks and Classic Color Works threads. (This is a workshop release for a May 2nd event for the Queen City Sampler Guild.)

Madras Beanstalk - Robin Pickens Cross Stitch - 28-count Ivy Cashel Linen from Fiber on a Whim, Cosmo floss, 2-over-2. (Kit)

The Little Book of English Samplers - Jane Greenoff.  32-count Cat’s Whiskers by Tabbycat Linens, called-for DMC, 1 over 2 full cross

Harriet Salt 1866 - Hands Across the Sea Samplers - 37-count Russian Tea Cake by Legacy Linens, DMC 321 

Jane Backhouse 1824 - HATS - 40-count Ballet Slippers by Fox and Rabbit, called-for DMCs plus Soie Surfine Noir for over-one section

Ultimate Sampler Motifs Source Book - Brenda Keyes 

Possible threads for over-one on 40-count: Au ver a soie Soie Surfine, Aurifil size 40 or size 50 sewing thread (100% cotton)

Variety Show

Podcast about the space program: 13 Minutes to the Moon (BBC production) - includes episodes from 2020 about the Apollo program and the lunar landing by Apollo 11, and also episodes about Artemis II.