Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
Ornamentations (noun): 2. That in which the process of ornamenting is embodied; the ornaments which adorn a thing collectively; ornament in general
Or, in music, the grace notes that embellish a melodic line.
Registration for Queen Anne's Pyn Pillow will open on Tuesday, September 12 at 8:15 am PDT
You can sign up to be notified on my mailing list (the first one, titled Class Information) here: katie-strachan.com/mailing-list
All details regarding the class, registration, and a full kit unboxing will be on my next flosstube
Summer School projects: my own class was The Things They Kept, a sparkle prim embellished wool applique piece inspired by the soldier's huswife of my great great great grandfather and its story
Special thanks to @susanstandleystitchintime for her insights on historic prints, and knowledge of modern reproduction prints
And very special thanks to Rae Niles of @redbarnsamplers (so sorry I forgot to mention this, I was so scatterbrained today!) who helped all the faculty, including myself, get our presentations working
Shown with my stitches of Blueskin (conversion in episode 23) and Not Forgotten Farm's Patriot Shield, stitched on 38 count Legacy Linen Cloister Cream with:
Gobelins 2644, Brut
Soie de Paris 1745
100/3 718
Please note that all of these threads have been in flosstube kits from 2023, so be sure to keep an inventory and check what you have - you may not need anything beyond the linen and chart.
If you are ever looking for past conversions, a list is in my episode guide: katie-strachan.com/episode-guide
From the Scarlett House, Mary K Nichols 1827 & Mary's Pinkeep
Needlework Press, Strive to Mend
Five Times Blessed, My Heart is Full
Needlemade Designs, Cathrin Sherar 1829 & Scottish Garden Pin Drum
Modern Folk Embroidery AKGIT 1833: A Vierlande Sampler stitched with Soie Surfine 2099 on Legacy Linen 53/63 Sicilian Marzipan
The Attic has silk packs for AKGIT of the Surfine, and also has Sicilian Marzipan in stock
Not yet started, but Scattered Seed Samplers Gathering Together is the chart that I was going to start, and have put my threads into the spool holder I purchased from the Attic
O Sweet Humility by Cross Stitch Antiques will be my upcoming start for Sampler September
Charts shown:
Needlework Press Sarah Stewart Hardman, Gigi R & Needlework Press A Deventer Duo, From the Heart Hannah Hetherington as finished by @wideeyedstitchingchild , Scarlett House Sarah Hopwood 1847, Gigi R Red Deer Sampler, Shakespeare's Peddler Maria Phinney
And I will be stitching Elizabeth Campbell 1838 after it is released, we had the privilege of seeing @FoxandRabbit 's fabulous in progress model at Summer School
And the beadwork basket that was on display at the Attic for Summer School appeared in episode 26
Ornamentations (noun): 2. That in which the process of ornamenting is embodied; the ornaments which adorn a thing collectively; ornament in general
Or, in music, the grace notes that embellish a melodic line.
Registration for Queen Anne's Pyn Pillow will open on Tuesday, September 12 at 8:15 am PDT
You can sign up to be notified on my mailing list (the first one, titled Class Information) here: katie-strachan.com/mailing-list
All details regarding the class, registration, and a full kit unboxing will be on my next flosstube
Summer School projects: my own class was The Things They Kept, a sparkle prim embellished wool applique piece inspired by the soldier's huswife of my great great great grandfather and its story
Special thanks to @susanstandleystitchintime for her insights on historic prints, and knowledge of modern reproduction prints
And very special thanks to Rae Niles of @redbarnsamplers (so sorry I forgot to mention this, I was so scatterbrained today!) who helped all the faculty, including myself, get our presentations working
Shown with my stitches of Blueskin (conversion in episode 23) and Not Forgotten Farm's Patriot Shield, stitched on 38 count Legacy Linen Cloister Cream with:
Gobelins 2644, Brut
Soie de Paris 1745
100/3 718
Please note that all of these threads have been in flosstube kits from 2023, so be sure to keep an inventory and check what you have - you may not need anything beyond the linen and chart.
If you are ever looking for past conversions, a list is in my episode guide: katie-strachan.com/episode-guide
From the Scarlett House, Mary K Nichols 1827 & Mary's Pinkeep
Needlework Press, Strive to Mend
Five Times Blessed, My Heart is Full
Needlemade Designs, Cathrin Sherar 1829 & Scottish Garden Pin Drum
Modern Folk Embroidery AKGIT 1833: A Vierlande Sampler stitched with Soie Surfine 2099 on Legacy Linen 53/63 Sicilian Marzipan
The Attic has silk packs for AKGIT of the Surfine, and also has Sicilian Marzipan in stock
Not yet started, but Scattered Seed Samplers Gathering Together is the chart that I was going to start, and have put my threads into the spool holder I purchased from the Attic
O Sweet Humility by Cross Stitch Antiques will be my upcoming start for Sampler September
Charts shown:
Needlework Press Sarah Stewart Hardman, Gigi R & Needlework Press A Deventer Duo, From the Heart Hannah Hetherington as finished by @wideeyedstitchingchild , Scarlett House Sarah Hopwood 1847, Gigi R Red Deer Sampler, Shakespeare's Peddler Maria Phinney
And I will be stitching Elizabeth Campbell 1838 after it is released, we had the privilege of seeing @FoxandRabbit 's fabulous in progress model at Summer School
And the beadwork basket that was on display at the Attic for Summer School appeared in episode 26
