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Expo has consumed Kevin and I for the past few weeks! The prep work, the expo weekend and the shipping afterwards …..not to mention rebuilding stock because we underestimated how well the show would go. We sold way more than we anticipated so thank you to all of you who pre-ordered from your LNS.

Below are some photos of the booth and my view from the booth. Watch the below video for more behind the scenes of Needlework Expo.

Here’s Flosstube 110

WIPS

Needlework

Honestly….I don’t have photos this week of my punchneedle and cross stitch WIPS but they are shown in the video above.

Art

I’m very close to being done with Brigid…..

I mentioned in my video how I worked a few hours on my Whatcha Paintin Wednesday painting on my own without going live….I just needed time to really focus on her face and decide how I wanted the rest of the painting to look. Here is a short time lapse video showing how I got from the before to the after.

Here’s our Whatcha Paintin Wednesday video:

FINISHES

In CW Live we painted #patrioticchicks

To learn more about CW Live go here. The next session starts April 6.

HAUL

Another great week! Below are photos of my art journaling haul. Starting in April I’m going to art journal every Monday. I will recording my process on my YouTube art channel: www.youtube.com/c/teresakogut

All products shown below (except for the Valdani Floss) can be purchased at my Amazon shop here.

Valdani Pearl Cotton. This is great for punchneedle because it’s already in three strands and is in a continuous ball of 73 yards. These Valdani balls equal .08/yard for three strands. But to do this comparison we need to double that because it’s 3 strands vs 6 strands which makes Valdani .16/yard. Most other over-dyed floss companies (Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks and Gentle Arts) are 6 strands of floss and cost around .48-.50/yard. DMC is .07/yard. So for punchneedle Valdani makes sense. They offer a large range of overdyed floss in gorgeous colors.

I can’t wait to start journaling in this book!

I also got these awesome storage boxes for all my journaling supplies (I need to get a few more). I used the lable maker shown below to label the boxes.

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We started shipping orders from Expo Monday March 8th and hoped to get them all out by the end of the week….which might have been possible if we had enough inventory. We had to continuously print, cut, and stuff patterns all week. It looks like it will flow into next week, too.

WIPS

Needlework

No new WIPS

Art

I didn’t work anymore on Brigid, but I prepared the cradled board for our next CW Live project #maddyshearttrio Here’s a time lapse video and photo.

I stared a new painting for Whatcha Paintin Wednesday called “Perfect Love”.

Finishes

Needlework

Unfortunately no time for cross stitching. I did, however, finish the punchneedle for Park Designs and it is beautiful! I worked on it while binge watching Anne with and “E”.

(Hopefully I’ll remember to insert the photo later)

Your Finishes

Jan Holder finished Land That I Love CW Sampler. She stitched on 36 ct Iced Cappuccino used all called for floss with the exception of subbing DMC 3865 in place is the DMC 712.

Deanna Ellet stitched my Work of Heart Good Tidings. “It is stitched on 18ct aida with all the called for threads. I found the frame at Hobby Lobby and had them cut a mat to size for me.”

Tammy Easterling stitched Snowman Greetings. “Done on 18 count nutmeg aida from an Etsy shop vintage needlework. With all called for colors except for the grass is Lexington green. I also included a picture of the fabric on the back.”

Sarah Goodman Strobl stitched this piece from my Celebrate Cross Stitch book. “I changed the red birds to blue to remind me of the bluebird of happiness heirloom that was handed down to me by my great aunt.
The background fabric is used from an old park design quilt. Frame was purchased at hobby lobby.”

Thank you ladies for sharing your finishes! If you want your Teresa Kogut design finish featured on my Flosstube, please email me at teresakogut3@gmail.com

Art

This was a project for CW Live and I just needed to paint the verse on it…well, I used a waterproof pen thinking it was permanent but when I rubbed the raw umber wash over top to antique the painting much of the words rubbed off! It was a happy accident because it looks more aged this way