Shownotes: Flosstube #8: February 2019 Recap

Recorded on March 29, 2019.

I'm back with a "short" and sweet video to catch y'all up on February, which was quite the exciting stitching month!

FOs:

- September Cottage by Country Cottage Needleworks
- Arranging Tools by Ink Circles
- October Cottage by Country Cottage Needleworks
- Eat Sleep Craft Repeat by Stitchrovia
- Arranging the Orchestra by Ink Circles

Retail Therapy:

- Colour & Cotton Feb. Fabric of the Month:  32 ct "Thistle." Pictured below: (1) a picture of the fabric outside, NOT accurate; (2) a picture of pears, the fabric is kind of this colour -- more pastel? -- with brown tones.

February Recap:

• Daily Tracker from Tricia the Left Handed Stitcher's blog 
• 4 new starts
• 5 WIP finishes
• 2 page finishes
• Stitchathon (Cross Stitch Finish Line FB group)
• Stitch From Stash (FB group)
• Temperature Quilt - no further progress
• School of Magical Stitches and Literature - 0 books, all homework, some extra credits
• Full Coverage Fanatics (FCF) 2400 sts challenge, no 1200 sts this month
• FCF Q1 90 Day Challenge with HW Castle: dropped out near end of month

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FO: Arranging for Orchestra

Pattern: Arranging for Orchestra

Designer: Ink Circles 

Fabric: 30 ct Angel Hair linen from Weeks Dye Works, stitched 2/2

Floss: called for DMC + conversions (see below)

Started on December 12, 2018. Finished on February 22, 2019.

I have been a big lover of music for as long as I can remember. Not to mention I eventually fell in love with dance during middle and high school (here I mean classical training; I've always loved dance in general). This pattern soothes my soul, and it matches my living room! ;)

Colour conversions:

920 --> Terracotta from Colour & Cotton 

950 --> 712

FO: Eat Sleep Craft Repeat

Pattern: Eat Sleep Craft Repeat

Designer: Stitchrovia / Emma Congdon (@stitchrovia)

Fabric: 32 ct Antique White Belfast linen, stitched 2/2

Floss: called for DMC

Needle minder: sheep from Sampling of Memories (@samplingofmemories)

Started on September 9, 2018. Finished on February 20, 2019.

I bought and started this pattern as a part of the Tour de Designers SAL in a group on Facebook. I finally picked it back up -- because of Magical Stitches, of course lol. This one is going to my mom, who asked me to stitch "Eat" and "Repeat" in the originally-charted pinks. I will stitch this again with my yellow conversion later this year.

As far as the fabric goes, I can barely tell a difference between Antique White and White.

Wanna check out how I'd FFO'd this project? Click here!

FO: October Cottage

Pattern: October Cottage (from the Cottage of the Month collection)

Designer: Country Cottage Needleworks (@countrycottageneedleworks)

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

Floss: called for DMCs

Needle minder: ThriftyThreadNZ (@thriftythreadnz)

Started on February 4, 2019. Finished on February 18, 2019.

I immediately started this one the day after finishing September Cottage because these patterns are just super quick and super fun (not to mention super cute!). I'm honestly already getting excited about stitching November :D