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Floss Boss at Evertote. Roxy Floss Co conversions by request - email [email protected] 🪡 Non stitching account is @hannahsopranahh

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Holy 🍌🍌🍌Batman…this border is done 😅 This is going to go away for a while to move onto other things.

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Pattern: Summer Quaker
Designer: Lila’s Studio @lilas_studio
Fabric: Roxy Floss Co. 40ct Porcelain
Threads: Roxy Floss Co. conversion by @flossbosshannah available @evertotes
Stand: Hearthside Craftworks Mark II
started May 15, 2026

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#roxyflossco #roxyflossconversion #crossstitch #lilasstudiosummerquaker

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Finished!

Pattern: European Bee-Eater by @boomerangstitches
Stitched with two strands of floss on 18 ct Speculaas aida by @roxy.flossco and using the Roxy Floss Co thread conversion by @flossbosshannah

Started: June 27, 2026
Finished: September 16, 2026

#crossstitch #xstitch #aida18ct #roxyflossco

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One more week of progress and quickly approaching 50% complete. All my other wips are jealous at this point! #lilasstudiosummerquaker

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Pattern: Summer Quaker
Designer: Lila’s Studio @lilas_studio
Fabric: Roxy Floss Co. 40ct Porcelain
Threads: Roxy Floss Co. conversion by @flossbosshannah
Stand: Hearthside Craftworks Mark II
started May 15, 2026 available @evertotes

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#roxyflossco #roxyflossconversion #crossstitch #crossstitchersofinstagram

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At the 30% point with Mary Gypsun by @whilstirisnaps with floss and linen from @roxy.flossco with floss conversion by @flossbosshannah. All available from the fine foxes at @evertotes
A glorious stitch! 100% recommend.

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Say hello to my 40th birthday BAP! l turned 40 last Tuesday (ta-da!), and my gift to myself was a full @roxy.flossco conversion (including 40ct Dirty Teacup linen) for All Things Wise + Wonderful by @heartstring_samplery. This is such a satisfying stitch, and I’m having so much fun choosing which motif to stitch next, and ugh, it’s just the best. 🤩

#crossstitch #crossstitchalaska #allthingswiseandwonderful

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New finish: “Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds”, designed by Amity Phillips of @boomerangstitches and stitched by NSG member @obsessively_stitching on 40-count Vanilla Custard linen by @roxy.flossco, with a Roxy Floss thread conversion by @flossbosshannah, all available from @evertotes.

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Thank you thank you thank you. I can't express much fun i had vensingvthis weekend. So thank you!!! Here a a peek of some of the tops I made this weekend
#crossstitch #xstitch #stitchnorth2026 #handmade #customtop

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Back to my series about colour!

I am working on a SAL in collaboration with @evertotes stitching the small I designed & released recently to compliment my big, beautiful Eliz Topham.

I amped up the colour & chose 40 count Smooth Sailing by @roxy.flossco using @flossbosshannah conversion from my called for threads to #roxyflossco

When switching out floss, thread & fabric, some common techniques to assess colour are a floss toss (tossing the floss onto the fabric to see how they look) & stitching into a scrap piece of cloth to test the colours.

I find that I get mixed results with these techniques. They are a good first step, but the true test for me is to stitch on the fabric & see how colours interact with each other & the ground cloth. Sometimes I can make an immediate decision. Yes, that works or No, that absolutely isn’t working. Other times, like with the dark green I am using from the conversion, Deep Woods by Roxy Floss Co, I am on the fence…

As a designer, I am thinking is there enough contrast between the fabric and the floss, will it show up on camera? In this case, a lot of this green isn’t contained within brighter / more vibrant colours, instead much of it sits on the blue fabric, so I can see it up close, but not from any distance or on camera, the foliage is just disappearing. Not really what I want.

So, my question becomes, “Is contrast important?”

I have to remember this piece isn’t for my enjoyment. But I like low contrast in my samplers as this is a characteristic of many antique samplers.

For someone selecting their own colours, your questions may be different. Lean into them, what do I like about colour, what draws me, what repels me? Can I afford to switch out this? Will I have to wait for a replacement? What do I have in my stash?

As much as unstitching is a drag & sometimes crushes motivation, I try my best to not let it slow me down. I think of a quote by a weaver, Jim Bassler, from an episode of @craftinamerica “Decisions I make are never based on how long it’s going to take me.”

Sometimes our attitude impacts our experience and doesn’t serve us / increase our enjoyment, but can be hard to reframe.

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So, let’s continue to talk about colour. This post is part of a series, so I hope you read from the beginning.

The called for floss, as well as the fabric for an upcoming release are all the work of Kerri of @roxy.flossco which I deliberately chose because of the deep, saturated, gorgeous colour palette she & her team have been developing. I am so happy that I have a stash of her complete line of floss & I can choose any colours I want to use for any piece. Again, you don’t have to have all the stash I do, use what you have and buy what you need. Believe me, you can make it work. This piece, though incomplete and faded, screamed for her palette. So, I listened. One thing, as an artist bringing my antique samplers to life, that can affect how a piece turns out is whether I can find “that colour” and Kerri’s palette always delivers. She and @flossbosshannah who has been responsible for creating the #roxyflossco palettes for my patterns, available for purchase from @evertotes work to make sure if there is a “hole” or a colour missing, they create it. The more options, the better!! The hand-dyed variation of @roxy.flossco is also something I take advantage of, rather than see as an issue (more about this in an upcoming post).

So, back to talking colour and how to select your own.

The Roxy floss, which are the called for threads, are the ones with their ends down toward the bottom of the cutting mat in this video. Then the threads on the immediate left of each Roxy colour are the colours similar to, but not the same as the Roxy that I pulled. But to the right, they are what I have pulled to represent a more inspired and artistic choice.

There is no right or wrong, there isn’t just one choice, each has the potential to be included. But in the end, I will have to narrow down my selection.

How do I do that??

I don’t rush.

I have ideas about which ones I like, but the palette will sit on a piece of matboard in my studio & I will ignore it for a couple of days. Slowly I will start editing the palette.

I have a couple of tricks that I use to bypass my critical brain as I edit a palette, which I will share in the coming days.

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First finish of 2026! This was so much fun to stitch and I cannot wait to start another design from Boomerang Stitches.

Pattern: Bauble Birds by @boomerangstitches
Stitched with two strands of floss on 18 ct Glacier aida by @roxy.flossco and using the Roxy Floss Co thread conversion by @flossbosshannah

Started: Dec 25, 2025
Finished: Jan 24, 2026

#crossstitch #xstitch #aida18ct #roxyflossco

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It is time for this year’s first #24HOCS marathon. I won’t attempt 24 hours, but I will definitely enjoy a stitch focused weekend. First on my list of WIPs is Bauble Birds and I’m getting close to a finish.

Pattern: Bauble Birds by @boomerangstitches
Stitched with two strands of floss on 18 ct Glacier aida by @roxy.flossco and using the Roxy Floss Co thread conversion by @flossbosshannah

#crossstitch #xstitch #aida18ct #roxyflossco

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