Ok, it’s late & I have no patience so I watched it on FF with volume off but OMG what even is this? Tambour Embroidery
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Interesting! I had to look it up:
I know I’ve heard of Tambour lace before.
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Announcement Time
And just like that, it’s June! 
How is everyone doing? I hope we are still enjoying the stitchalong! Since we only had 2 stitches last month and one was from the prior month’s winner, our May winner will be… @Abbeeroad!
Our theme for June will be… Inspired by Books! 
Stitch up a cozy reading spot, a stack of books, an inspiring quote, a far off land, a favorite character, or even a textbook diagram or dictionary definition. If it’s book related, it counts!
Some inspiration for this theme:
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Don’t forget! We also will have our 2nd quarterly drawing at the end of this month. A prize has generously been donated by @Magpie!
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Are you sure? I’m really not ready for June yet!!
Great new theme @Abbeeroad, I’m keen to make something with the gorgeous prize pack of silk threads I received from @AIMR. She sent some more for an OWS claim as well, so I’ve got a spectacular assortment to play with 
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I should share a picture …
Half of these are for an OWS claim, and half for the stitchalong prize - and they add up to one gorgeous pile of silk that my fingers are itching to stitch! The colours are just perfect for me!
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Wow! Gorgeous! What a great prize. We have a needlepoint shop here (somewhere) and their website shows these on the wall. I had no idea what it was. I will have to check out the store and give these a try!
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What a fun theme. I hope I have time this month to participate.
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Heho! I’ve an entry! I couldn’t pass up Inspired by Books. This piece is going to be framed and put into my craftroom, which is why the kite string looks a little weird. Didn’t consider the effect of frame’s glass on stem stitch. 
This is a stitched rendition of the original cover of my All Time Favorite book, The Tao of Pooh. Basically, the author explains Taoism through the 100 Acres wood characters. I won’t go any further and spoil it for those interested, but this is such a great book, as its sequel The Te of Piglet. 
I used back, stem and split stitches to outline my crayon tinting.
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One of my favourite books! Beautifully rendered, you got that exact Hundred Acre Woods grassy green just right. Nice.
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I’m enjoying seeing what y’all stitch, but haven’t been feeling well enough to participate. Maybe in July…
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@Bajita Wonderful stitch!!!
@steiconi - oh no! I hope you feel better soon. I have been missing your stitching.
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That is gorgeous @Bajita, your crayon tinting is especially beautiful!
Sorry to hear you haven’t been well @steiconi, I hope you feel much better soon!
I completed a small stitch for this month too, but nearly forgot to post it! The embroidery is a small preprinted piece, I got a piece of fabric with 30 small motifs, which are great for a little instant gratification stitching. This one fit the theme, and I decided to make it up into a mug rug, using some old stash fabrics.
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I love how you are using your embroideries to make something functional and beautiful!
What a great mug rug to use with a good cup of tea and a good book!
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Oh I love this so much!!! The perfect little stitch.
And Happy Birthday!!! 
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@jemimah I love how you used your stitching in the mug rug! It’s perfect. 
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@Bajita nice!! I love crayon tinted embroidery.
@jemimah Smart to stitch up a mug rug, a small piece of embroidery is likely to end up in the UFO pile for ages if you don’t handle them straight away.
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Hi All! I have a ton of stuff going on tomorrow. I can close June later on this evening and announce both our monthly winner and quarterly winner, OR give you all until Monday, July 3 to stitch up something Inspired by Books. What do you think?
- Close June Later Today!
- Wait until July 3!
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I have something almost done…I voted July 3!
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Maybe I’ll whip something out this weekend, let it ride until the 3rd!
Or maybe blue monkeys will fly out of my…er, never mind.
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Ok! Thank goodness you all voted for July 3 because I clearly had a lot going on tonight too! July 3 it is! Thanks for voting!
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