Shownotes: Flosstube #15: November is Here!

Recorded on November 3, 2019.
It's finally the BEST month of the year :D I hope to see lots of gorgeous projects on the birthday SAL hashtag!

Admin:

~ #ladywingturns23 is happening now! Help me celebrate my birthday month by basically stitching on anything LOL.

What I'm Wearing: Brimmish by Imagined Landscapes

UFO'd:

Butterfly Effect (didn't show in episode) // Mythical Medieval Mansion SAL

WIPs:

Tranquil Tulip // The BOFA Sampler // Letters from Hogwarts
Dead Man's Chess // Cardinal Points

Cravin' It:

Quotes to Live By
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (& the sequel)

October Recap:

4 new starts // 0 WIP finishes // 2 page finishes
Magical Stitches -> 2 weeks of homework (missed 2)
Stitch From Stash -> still in the black!
23 stitching days and 9,988 total stitches

Retail Therapy:

36 ct Doubloon linen by Picture This Plus (bought from 123stitch)
36 ct Willow linen by Picture This Plus (bought from Kitten Stitcher)
Dead Man's Chess by Plum Street Samplers (bought from The Cottage Needle on Etsy)
Pins from MillyPins Etsy shop
Qsnaps (Amazon link, not affiliated)

Facebook Groups:

School of Magical Stitches and Literature
Semi Sane Stitchers (Stitchopoly hosted here!)
Stitch From Stash

Instagram/Ravelry: @ladywingdesigns
Goodreads: Zakiya Ladywings
Email: ladywingdesigns@gmail.com

Shownotes: Flosstube #14

Recorded on October 8, 2019.

It's finally fall here in Tuscaloosa!! I should be knitting, but my stitchy mojo is good at keeping me distracted 😍

WIPs:

Hogwarts Castle // Tranquil Tulip // Cardinal Points 

Cravin' It:

Letters from Hogwarts by Cunning Cross Stitch 

September Recap:

2 new starts

3 WIP FOs // 3 page FOs

Stitch from Stash - still in the black!

Magical Stitches - turned in all September homework :D

Shoutouts:

Kim, Kim Hollenback 

Derek & Christian, Married With Stitches 

Holly, Forensic Flosser 

Felicity, Flissy Fish 

Retail Therapy/Stitchy Kindness:

Messy Bun Day from Bendy Stitchy Designs 

Papillon Francais kit from artiste 

butterfly pillow (Thanks, Candice!! <3)

People Mentioned (flosstubes linked):

Amy, Creativity by Gidge 

Candice, slubloverstitches 

Facebook Groups:

School of Magical Stitches and Literature 

Full Coverage Fanatics 

Stitch from Stash 

#24hoursofcrossstitch 

Instagram/Ravelry: @ladywingdesigns

Goodreads: Zakiya Ladywings

Email: ladywingdesigns@gmail.com

Shownotes: Flosstube #13

Recorded on September 17, 2019.
September is off to a pretty great start with these finishes!! And of course that means I've got a new start happening :D

Admin:

~ #ladywingturns23 bday SAL from November 1-30, 2019. Yellow, fall, Harry Potter, butterflies, elephants, Gilmore Girls, anything you think I'd love ❤️

FOs:

Painted Wings // Spring Beauty // Wine a Bit

WIPs:

Hogwarts Castle // Autumn Tree

Cravin' It:

Cardinal Points by Long Dog Samplers - project bag from Pretty Southern

Books:

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Tea, Tiramisu, and Tough Guys by Harper Lin

Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham

Earth-Sim by Jade Kerrion

Shoutouts:

Meagan, Stitching Mae 

Lisa, Jenny, and others; ShadyTreezStitchers

Vickie, Reading and Stitching

Joann, Desert Stitcher

Vicki, StitchnButton

Kerry, Kerry in Stitches

Ellen, Maximum Cross Stitch Power Hour

Retail Therapy:

GaRon Tottenbags (FB Group)

@bendystitchydestash

BagzPlus for flossbuddies

Love You More Studio

StitchnButton (Etsy shop; IG page)

Threads Entwined

Lindy Stitches

1884 Stitchery

Geek Pins

Thanks for watching!!

Instagram/Ravelry: @ladywingdesigns
Goodreads: Zakiya Ladywings
Email: ladywingdesigns@gmail.com

Shownotes: Flosstube #12: Jessie Marie Status

Recorded on September 3, 2019.
Three months worth of progress to catch up on! It's practically a WIP parade 😂

Admin:

~Arbitrary August 2019 is over :( But check out the vlog playlist and shownotes to catch up!
~@amyhineline is destashing some cross stitch patterns on her page!
~Magical Stitches will be Disney themed in 2020!!
~Get ready for my birthday SAL!!! November 1-30, 2019 will be a big celebration for my birthday month. Anything yellow or fall, elephant, butterfly, or Harry Potter related :D #ladywingturns23

FOs:

Well Suited // Unicorn in Captivity // Age Improves With Wine
12 Days of Stitchmas // Coexist // My To Do List // Alice's Mad Plant

WIPs:

Pride Mashup // Love & Unity // Hello Pumpkin // Thanksgiving // Autumn Tree
Autumn Smile Sampler // Miss Solar Elipse // Quotes to Live By
Painted Wings (has since been finished) // Hogwarts Castle // Caterpillar & Alice

Monthly Recaps:

JUNE:
2 new starts // 1 WIP finish // 0 page finishes
Stitch from Stash - ended Session I in the negative
Stitchathons - 5,600+ stitches
Magical Stitches - had 8 completed extra credits for May/June

JULY:
2 new starts // 3 WIP finishes // 0 page finishes
Stitch from Stash - Session II started, ended month in black!

AUGUST:
2 new starts // 3 WIP finishes // 2 page finishes
Stitch from Stash - still in the black!
Magical Stitches - had 8 completed extra credits for July/August
Stitched all 31 days: 20,394 total stitches, averaging 658 stitches per day

Retail Therapy:

Notebook that I use for stitching
Clear cover for above notebook

Facebook groups:

School of Magical Stitches and Literature
Cross Stitch Finish Line (find Stitchathons here)
Stitch from Stash
Semi Sane Stitchers (Dodgeball hosted here; they're doing Stitchopoly (Monopoly) again in October!)
Virtual Stitchers (FB group) - come join us on Zoom!
Virtual Stitchers YouTube channel

Thanks so much for watching!

Instagram/Ravelry: @ladywingdesigns
Goodreads: Zakiya Ladywings
Email: ladywingdesigns@gmail.com

FO: Wine a Bit

Pattern: Wine a Bit

Designer: Lizzie Kate (@lizziekatestitch)

Fabric: 30 ct Baby's Breath linen from Weeks Dye Works (bought via 123stitch) 

Floss: DMC stashdive

Started on September 6, 2019. Finished on September 10, 2019.

This was a fun little stitch that I started just to have a palette cleanser. I have a couple more LK patterns that are small and should be easy to complete, so I'm looking forward to whenever I get around to stitching those. I'm not sure yet whether I'll be keeping this or gifting to someone else.

FO: Spring Beauty

Pattern: Spring Beauty

Designer: Barbara Tingley for Petal Pusher  

Fabric: 28 ct Monaco, coffee/tea-dyed by Barbara, stitched 2/2

Floss: called for DMC

Started on September 19, 2018. Finished on September 9, 2019.

Part of a seasonal set of the same house scene. This is the first one I've stitched. I was lucky enough to win a kit (all of these patterns, the floss, the fabric, and a needle minder) from Barbara herself via one of Michelle @ BS's Walk to End Alzheimer's auctions.

This was a really quick stitch once I actually focused on it. Should not have been sitting for a year, but these things happen when you have so many WIPs lol. I'm hoping to have the next piece in this series started soon!

FO: Painted Wings

Pattern: Painted Wings (retired)

Designer: Kathy Barrick (@kathybarrick)

Fabric: 36 ct Vintage Pear linen from Lakeside Linens (bought from 123stitch), stitched 2/2

Floss: provided DMC conversion

Started on February 24, 2019. Finished on September 5, 2019.

I started my first ever sampler as my very first Sunday High Tea project!! The pattern was a lovely gift from a stitchy friend, and the butterflies (of course) and sentiment both speak to me. I absolutely loved stitching on this linen as well; I've already got plans to stitch on more 36 ct in the future <3

I changed the initials in the center to LD for Ladywing Designs. The Z and R at the bottom also have changed places and colours, as those are my government initials lol. I seriously love this so much!!🦋🦋🦋

Shownotes: Arbitrary August 2019: Day 29-Sept 1

And here we are at the end of these vlogs... I'll have to do more of these soon!

WIP:

Caterpillar & Alice

I'm so happy that I got to work on this project again! It's really fun to see the image come together just from using 3 shades of blue (originally charted in grey & white).

StitchnButton needleminders (and more!) can be found on Etsy and on her Instagram page.

Facebook groups:

School of Magical Stitches & Literature
Semi Sane Stitchers (hosts of Dodgeball this month)
Virtual Stitchers - Come and join us in our Zoom room!

Thanks to everyone who's hung out with me over the past month. Regular flosstube updates & stitch with me's will be back soon! <3

Happy Stitching!

Instagram/Ravelry: @ladywingdesigns
Goodreads: Zakiya Ladywings
Email: ladywingdesigns@gmail.com

Shownotes: Arbitrary August 2019: Days 22-28

How is the month already almost over!? At least it's almost fall 🥰

FO:

Alice's Mad Plant

WIPs:

Painted Wings

I really enjoyed picking up PW again! The fabric is a gorgeous colour, and I'm really liking the 36 ct. I will definitely (hopefully) be trying more 36 ct soon!

**If you're interested in shopping StitchnButton's items, here are links to her Etsy shop and her IG page.

Thanks so much for watching!

Instagram/Ravelry: @ladywingdesigns
Goodreads: Zakiya Ladywings
Email: ladywingdesigns@gmail.com

Shownotes: Arbitrary August 2019: Days 9-21

Finally getting this next vlog posted!! Both a lot and not much have happened LOL.

FO:

My To Do List

WIPs:

Quotes to Live By // Hogwarts Castle

Facebook groups:

Virtual Stitchers
24 Hours of Cross Stitch
School of Magical Stitches & Literature

Shops Mentioned:

LousCrossStitch (apparently not on Etsy anymore)
BagzPlus

Happy Stitching!

Instagram/Ravelry: @ladywingdesigns
Goodreads: Zakiya Ladywings
Email: ladywingdesigns@gmail.com

FO: Alice's Mad Plant

Pattern: Alice's Mad Plant

Designer: Bendy Stitchy Designs (@michellebendy)

Fabric: 30 ct Baby's Breath linen from Weeks Dye Works (@weeksdyeworks)

Floss: DMC & Colour and Cotton (@colourandcotton)

Started on August 22, 2019. Finished on August 23, 2019.

Another fun, quick stitch!! I really enjoyed working on this, especially the vines using the fancy floss. Watching the variegation as I stitched made it go even faster. I definitely will be getting more of Michelle's designs (which so far are all small and look like fun between big projects!).

FO: My To Do List

Pattern: My To Do List

Designer: Lizzie Kate (@lizziekatestitch)

Fabric: 32 ct Light Mocha linen

Floss: DMC conversion

Started on August 16, 2019. Finished on August 22, 2019.

I really enjoyed stitching this project!! It was a great breather in between the more detailed patterns I've been working on lately. I already have plans to stitch this again for my mom, as she requested one soon after I finished haha. I can't wait to have this hanging up.

As far as the "Stab some fabric" addition: I used the lettering you see here in the rest of the pattern. Also, I changed up some of the colours on certain motifs, but all the colours used are the ones that were "called for."

Shownotes: Arbitrary August 2019: Days 5-8

Another rotation has come and gone! A lot of projects in this one, too, because I got to ring the finish bell again! Lots of good progress to be seen :D

FO:

Coexist

WIPs:

Miss Solar Elipse // Hogwarts Castle

#commonthreadedstitcher is happening on Instagram till the end of the month! Click the link to head to the hashtag and meet lots of wonderful stitchers <3

Happy Stitching!

Instagram/Ravelry: @ladywingdesigns
Goodreads: Zakiya Ladywings
Email: ladywingdesigns@gmail.com

FO: Coexist

Pattern: Coexist

Designer: xminibergerx & PrfctlyWcked on Twitch

Fabric: 32 ct Thistle from Colour & Cotton 

Floss: DMC (see below)

Started on May 1, 2019. Finished on August 7, 2019.

This is my first every Maynia start!!!! I saw this pattern on an episode of Slubloverstitches flosstube, and I immediately had to stitch it! It's a free pattern that was designed by Twitch users she watched. I absolutely love that it's done in rainbow colours. I didn't stitch the black fill-in because this piece and the sentiment would've looked way darker, which isn't what I wanted. I might give this to one of my best friends, or I might have to be selfish LOL.

Colours used (L to R in pattern): 995, 666, 720, 725, 906, 792, White, 310, 3706.

Shownotes: Arbitrary August 2019: Days 1-4

Happy August!! Summer is just zooming by, but there are always tons of events and SALs to keep us going :D

WIP:

Hogwarts Castle

Two page finishes!! I'm really excited about the progress I made during this four days. I don't want to put this project down, but luckily it's getting another 4 days later in the month. I'm hoping that will bring a third page finish 🤞🏾

Retail Therapy:

StitchnButton needleminders (Etsy shop; IG page, where she also sells things)

If you're wanting one of the planners that I showed, here's the Amazon link to where you buy them. There are also clear covers you can get for them, which are here.

#commonthreadedstitcher is going through all of August! Check it out on IG.

Facebook groups:
- School of Magical Stitches and Literature
- Cross Stitch Finish Line (Stitchathons are hosted here.)

Happy Stitching!!

Instagram/Ravelry: @ladywingdesigns
Goodreads: Zakiya Ladywings
Email: ladywingdesigns@gmail.com

FO: 12 Days of Stitchmas

Pattern: 12 Days of Stitchmas

Designer: Caterpillar Cross Stitch

Fabric: 32 ct Cream Belfast Linen, stitched 2/2

Floss: called for DMC

Started on September 13, 2018. Finished on July 29, 2019.

I started this pattern along with the SAL that Sally of CCS hosted. I'm not a big Christmas fan, but I've liked the song "12 Days of Christmas," and I loved the way that Sally presented it in this pattern! It was really fun to see each bauble come together. I'm thinking this best friend will be sold or auctioned or gifted or something because I have another Christmas-y piece that I know I will keep for myself.

I changed the rings (5) and the drumsticks (12) to gold metallic pearle cotton, just to add some sparkle. I also changed the skin colours in 5 (801), 9 (869), and 10 (3856). [All colours are DMC.]

FO: Age Improves With Wine

Pattern: Age Improves With Wine

Designer: C Street Samplerworks

Fabric: 32 ct Light Mocha Belfast linen, stitched 2/2

Floss: DMC 869 & 3041 and Colour and Cotton "Pickle" & "Tuscan Sun"

Started on July 21, 2019. Finished on July 22, 2019.

This was a seriously quick stitch! I stitched this for a Magical Stitches yearly extra credit revolving around the 7 Horcruxes (Ravenclaw's diadem...crown...👌🏾). I think this one will go to my parents to hang above their wine fridge, if they like it LOL.

FO: Unicorn in Captivity

Pattern: Unicorn in Captivity

Designer: Wild Violet Cross Stitch

Fabric: 16 ct "Dusk" handdyed aida from Picture This Plus, stitched 2/1

Floss: DMC stashdive (see below)

Started on May 9, 2019. Finished on July 19, 2019.

I loved stitching this pattern from beginning to end. I'm a little sad because it's over, but I think I'll end up stitching this again for myself in the future (this one's a gift). Just from how gorgeous this pattern is, I can see how the designer was inspired by the tapestry of the same name 😍

These are the DMC colours I used. If there's no arrow and a second number, I used the called for :)