Hi friends! Starting in the middle always confused me, but here we are! This weeks cross stitch podcast? report? update? not sure what to call it, maybe just flosstube video? Well what ever it is, it’s full with stitching! You can watch it below or over at youtube. Under the video I will showcase the projects I have been working on and add all the details!
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FFN (Finish For Now)
A finish for now is a project that isn’t finished but you can’t work on anymore, for example a mystery stitch along, where you get a new part of the pattern on a regular schedule.
Castle Homecoming SAL – The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery
I’m a big fan of The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery, I love their cute and adorable style and I have stitched many of their patterns! This is their current Mystery SAL, which I’m finally caught up on. Now to wait for the next clue to drop in the middle of October. But if you are like me and is itching for some more, they did release their new halloween patterns yesterday!
Details:
Pattern: Castle Homecoming SAL by The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery
Fabric: 16 ct Aida in Valor by Picture This Plus
Threads: As charted in DMC and Classic Colorworks
SAF (Start And Finish)
A SAF is a project that has been started and finished inbetween recordings of flosstube videos. For example the SAFs in this post was started after September 23rd and finished before October 6th 2023.
Baby Sampler by Lucie Heaton
When I saw this sampler I just fell in love, I loved the colors that it was in, however I needed some more pink in my life. So I decided to do a color conversion to some pinks, purples and blues! I also choose a pink fabric to stitch on tom make it even more sweet!
Details:
Pattern: Baby Sampler from Issue 263 of World of Cross Stitching Magazine, Designed by Lucie Heaton
Fabric: 16 ct Aida in Blush by Zweigart
Threads: Color conversion below
| Charted thread | Conversion |
| 3766 | 818 |
| 747 | 957 |
| 3825 | 153 |
| 722 | 554 |
| 3822 | 800 |
| 3821 | 799 |
| 721 | 553 |
| 807 | 956 |
| Charted thread | Conversion |
| 3825 | 818 |
| 722 | 957 |
| Charted thread | Conversion |
| 3822 | 3864 |
| 3821 | 3863 |
Rockin’ Robin Ornaments by Lucie Heaton
Last year I made 18 ornaments that I sent out to friends and family, and I really wanted to make it a tradition. However the part I didn’t want to make a tradition was to stress stitch them to get them to friends and family before Christmas. So I decided to make my first set of ornaments already here in September. I picked out designs from a design library in the World Of Cross Stitching Magazine designed by Lucie Heaton. I ended up choosing 15 designs, I counted the sizes of them and then laid that out in a grid. I’m unsure if I should count these individually or as one project. What do you think?
Details:
Pattern: Rockin’ Robins Design Library from Issue 195 of The World Of Cross Stitching, Designed by Lucie Heaton
Fabric: 14 count aida in Parchement by Zweigart
Threads: As charted in DMC
New Start
A new start is a project started since the last time I recorded.
Into the Woods by Mill Hill
If you been with me over at youtube you know how much I love my Mill Hill Kits! And this one has been on my todo list for awhile. And as it usually happens, I was scrolling through instagram and saw that Christine from calico_whimsy had started hers and I knew that I needed to start this. It took me a couple of days as I did finish the robins first. And this is how far I have come.
Details:
Kit: Into The Woods, Button & Beads by Mill Hill
Fabric: Black Perforated Paper
Threads, Beads and Button: From Kit
I hoped you have enjoyed this little post. If you have read this far, please comment down below and tell me if there is something more you would like to see here on my blog!
Hope you have a great week and see you next Saturday!
Marika Stitches 