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Of Russians, Music, and Linen Floss

Happy Advent!

Because it's not Christmas yet! However, I have decorated the Christmas tree 🎄 Other Christmas preparations include gift wrapping, and the unearthing from storage of my Christmas mug. (Which I neglected to bring with me when I sat down to write this post. I will post a picture in the next blog post). 

I'm a big fan of Christmas music. However, this Advent music CD is stunning. Those nuns sure can sing! 

Mind you, I do like some Michael Buble around Christmas as well. 

25/7 Update 

This system of stitching is really remarkable. I've made a good amount of progress on Russian Hunt by Riolis using the 25/7 method. 

Progress so far:

Tackling it in 10x10 squares, like HAED people do. Also parking my floss. So far so good! I am currently working on some trees and what I think is the sky. 

It's really incredible how much one can acccomplish in 25 minutes. 

The first time I saw this beautiful Riolis kit was on the blog The Copper Fox. After that I had to have it, and my lovely Mama gifted it to me. 💖

Sneak Peek of the Next Etsy Chart 

No pictures yet! But tomorrow I'll be putting the Ivory Aida into a q-snap. My Irish themed charts are very popular in the shop (link here to the most popular one) so I thought, why not make another? The new chart will be a sampler, in one color. The color will be that amazing Anchor floss on a spool that I picked up recently:

It will have a house, various band motifs, and an alphabet. It will also have a place where you can stitch your surname. 

Have you Heard of this Floss Before?

I hadn't. I never saw it for sale. Linen floss was a thing apparently!

From the website Lord Libidan:

"Back in 2009 DM produced a line of 24 linen threads.
They were released only in the mainland US (and only some states as far as we can tell), and were originally only sold in packs.
There were 2 packs with 12 colors each and 10 designs included; one themed on flowers, and the other on hearts. There was also a larger special edition set of 23 (one shy of the whole set) with a Flowering Herbs pattern book with 40 patterns."


Happy Stitching!





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