I love your floss tube!!!!! I love what you are stitching! I’m glad we are two peas in a pod when it comes to being undisciplined!!!!! But I will nag you to finish “Checkers!!!!” I love that one!!!!! Love, Laura
Isn’t Checkers adorable? The colors the original stitcher chose just give me the giggles. I feel like that’s what I would’ve picked as a little girl. Heck, it’s what I would pick now! Thank you so much for your kind words and I am going to finish checkers soon!
OMG I just read your user name and you must have heard me squealing all the way up there in Yankeeland! Thank you so SO much for inspiring me to do this AND thank you and Brenda both for getting me through the darkest, scariest days of the pandemic. You made me feel less alone and your shenanigans still make me laugh out loud. FANGIRLING MADLY!!!
Omg! First of all, thank you for the shoutout! Honestly though, I think you hyped the praise a bit as I’m really just a stitcher like so many others including yourself! I thoroughly enjoyed your flosstube #1! Great job! Hopefully you know that we all need to see the wonderful samplers on the wall in detail on your next video! Do I spy Ann Grimshaw? Again, wonderful video and I’m off to watch it again, and maybe a third time as well! P.S. a colonial American history lesson/discussion would be fabulous!
Did you hear my fan girl screaming all the way down in Florida? I want to thank you for getting me through first the Covid lockdown and then losing most of my vision. I would have been almost totally isolated without you, Brenda, Laura, and a few others who were my “ friends” during a difficult time of my life. Yes that is Anne Grimshaw. She is my pride and joy. I recently acquired and started her sister Mary’s sampler, and once I’ve got a little more progress on her I will probably go ahead and do an entire video on the Quakers- mostly about their history and their beliefs that led them to wanting to educate girls but also showing some of the Quakers I have finished and the dozens of Quakers I have on the go. I think it’s the symmetry that makes them just so wonderful to stitch. It’s like meditation. I’m working on Notes for my next video. I think it’s going to be an introduction to the different ways women and girls have learned to stitch through time and start of looking into the different styles of the various schools. This will be rather simple and well-known information to people like you who have been immersed in Samplers for a long time, but I think it will be enlightening for some people who are new to Samplers. Again, thank you and Mr. Professor Saltbox for hours of entertainment, inspiration, laughs, and companionship.
Oh, you are so sweet! Thank you for letting me know you enjoyed it and I am definitely going to show your comment to my Adult children and let them know that not everybody finds me embarrassing!
I am so glad they did too! They are lovely ladies wouldn’t they be a hoot to hang out with? They really got me through the tough times of the Covid shutdown. thank you so much for watching my videos I hope to have another one ready about the middle of this month. “See” you there!
Oh, you are so sweet. Thank you so much. I’m really looking forward to making my next video. I’ve had so many lovely comments and I feel like I’ve made so many new friends.
Thoroughly enjoyed your first Flosstube. All about the needlework, sharing your knowledge, and sharing such beautiful needlework! Thank you for not slurping a drink and not smacking your lips, not even once!! It was just the right length. Great job! Keep going!
You’re so sweet. Now I just have to get rid of all the “uh” and “ummm…” I kept saying! I think I was too nervous to take a drink and now I’m glad I didn’t. My father was infamous for throwing dinner rolls at my sister and I if we smacked our lips at the dinner table and I guess that stuck, hopefully!
So very much enjoyed your first FlossTube, welcome!! I enjoy history, wish I had paid more attention to it in school. Colonial period is of particular interest to me, so looking forward to hearing more. I had to laugh when you said we are not "Swifties" but "Salties" - Yes!! Love Carol, admire her so much. You did a great job. I'd like to join the compound please. Looking forward to many more videos, Kristy.
I enjoy Carol’s video so much. She just has a way about her. That makes me wanna sit next to her and stitch and chat. Welcome to the compound! Dinner is at whatever time you want and of course has no fat, carbs, or calories. The pool is on the first floor and your personal assistant will bring your WIP basket to the stitching lounge after dessert.
Enjoyed your video..thanks so much...looking forward to viewing more of them. When you hold up your pieces, they are backwards to us. Is there something on your camera to avoid that? Loved it anyway!😊
Thank you you are just the sweetest! I hope you come back around the middle of the month and spend some time with me again I’m planning on talking about some of the schools that had stitching and needle work as part of their curriculum. It’s a fascinating subject and I’m looking forward to showing y’all some of the different styles of needle work different schools taught. See you soon.
Thank you, Janine for spending some time with me and for taking the time to let me know that you enjoyed the video. I had so much fun making it and everybody has been so sweet and supportive. It just makes it that much more fun.
I mean seriously the only other thing you need is chocolate to go with history and Samplers and you’ve got everything you need! Thank you for watching. I hope you’ll enjoy the next one even more.
I absolutely loved watching you. I'm from rural Pennsylvania and would love to learn some history on quakers and frakturs. Thank you so much. Can't wait for next video.❤❤❤❤❤😊
Oh, Frakturs are beautiful! I do not know that much about them, but I know my great grandfather’s birth certificate was illustrated and painted with several fraktur designs. I will be doing at least one but more likely to episodes on the Quakers and their schools and the things they believed that led them to opening school specifically for girls long before anybody else I hope you were join me then too!
Jamie, this was a wonderful first flosstube. I look forward to many more! You will want to set your camera on mirror image in order that your letters aren't backward as we see then. Other than that, well done! You will be big in the flosstube community; I know it! Hugs, Candace P.S. Finish some of those beauties😊
Oh yes, it never dawned on me that my camera would not be set to the right direction by default, but I think I found the setting to make everything look right. Of course, I also forgot to even tell anybody my name so it was an adventure I will definitely admit that. Thank you so much for watching and thank you for your encouragement. I hope you’ll come back again. Close to the middle of the month when I’ll have a new episode up looking at the different schools that thought it was important to teach. Their students needlework.
Fellow Texan stitcher here, Ft Worth, love your opening “Howdy”. Love your historical info on your charts. Girl, you’ve got some treasures in your wips. Get busy!
Oh thank you wouldn’t it be lovely if we all lived near each other or if Star Trek style travel was possible and we could just visit each other and who over our shared stitching? I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. I really enjoyed making it.
Well, thank you for reaching out and letting me know you enjoyed my video. It was fun to make and knowing that I reached so many people is just astounding to me.
Jamie...welcome to the neighborhood...I enjoyed your visit...love all the other flosstubers you mentioned...your lovely patterns and stitching were a joy to watch and any history of your pieces is a welcome bonus...best wishes ❤
Thank you so much. Watching floss two videos is literally the only thing that got me through the Covid lockdown so I owe this community so much. I’m hoping to get the new video up the first and middle of each month so hopefully I’ll come up with something that everybody can enjoy again. I really appreciate your support.
Really enjoyed your first flosstube - and your beautiful stitching! I also love the historical references you give because I’m a lover of not only stitching, but history as well. And doing my part to nag you about finishing “checkers”! 🤣
Brenda and Laura sent me over and boy am I glad they did. Loved all the samplers you showed. i too am a die hard reproduction sampler stitcher, and I live in TEXAS!
Well howdy there, sis! We Texas gals are Special and lucky! I’m so glad Brenda and Laura have sent so many of their friends over to support me and become my friends too. I really appreciate you reaching out and your kind words just warm my heart. I hope you’ll join me again around mid month when I think I’m gonna try to talk a little more about the history of when where and how people learn to stitch. Thank you again.
Wonderful Flosstube! As a relative newbie I appreciated the tips at the end. The tweezers you mentioned went into my Amazon wishlist. Looking forward to more inspiration and enjoyable conversation on your channel.
Oh, I am so glad the video was helpful! The tweezers also make wonderful Christmas gifts, particularly for men who are hard to shop for! Thank you for letting me know
I loved your first floss tube, loved seeing your wips and finished projects. I'm married to a professor in history, from the university in Utrecht, in the Netherlands. So you have followers/fans allready from all over the world. Looking forward to the next episode!
Oh well thank you you are delightful for taking the time to reach out and tell me you enjoyed the video. Your encouragement means so much to me. Thank you again.
I really enjoyed your first floss tube Professor! I am 69 years old and have been stitching since I was a girl as well...embroidery, crewel and finally counted cross stitch and I never looked back. Like your daddy, I was a big Prairie Schooler fan and stitched many of their charts over the years. Now I am into samplers....right now I am working on Jane Hopkins and Sarah Milthorpe, both by Hands Across the Sea. Just subscribed and will be part of our online sewing circle!!
Wonderful! Those are both beautiful Samplers. Hands Across the sea does such a wonderful job with their charts don’t they? I am so glad you enjoyed the video. I hope you will join me near the middle of the month when I plan to talk a little bit about some of the schools that taught needlework as part of their curriculum.
@@yahska100 Yee-haw! We really are a special type of people, aren’t we. Actually, what first got me interested in history was wondering why my ancestors stayed here after the first time one of them had to stand outside on July day, stirring a cooking pot and watching babies while wearing a long dress and a petticoat. How did they do that?
@@professorstitch9171I got through your video and found myself enjoying quite a bit. Got me wondering as to how fun your classes of history would be and how lucky your students are. You are a natural and the time went by really quickly. Can’t wait for more of your videos. Good luck on this journey!!
Welcome to the FlossTube World! Very much enjoyed your content. Looking forward to seeing more. Love history, hope you dapple a little into the history part of stitching.
Oh absolutely I will be posting another video towards the middle of this month and I’m going to start looking at some of the schools that taught needlework as part of their curriculum. I hope you will join me then.
Enjoyed your 1st video! I agree, Carol stitches amazing pieces. Brenda & Laura were the first flosstubers I watched! Sarah's Stitchy Spot is another of my fav's! Oh, and I'm a quilter, too!
I enjoyed the video and will watch again! My mom and sister live in Saskatchewan where there are Hutterite colonies. I work at a university in Tennessee, so your work was another part that interests me. You have beautiful pieces in progress, so get to stitching!
Great first video! I love the reproduction samplers so much but also throw in some smalls so I have a few finishes throughout the year. I'd love to know the names of your samplers on the wall behind you. My first video was also backwards and would be happy to visit with you about what I do to reverse ours if that would be helpful. ❤
I just recently started stitching, smalls too, and I agree. It’s so nice to spend a day or two on a piece and then have a finish. I’m a little nervous about FFO’ing them now, but I guess if I mess up, it would take me long to make a new one right? I plan on doing one or even two episodes specifically about quaker Samplers, which are what the ones on the wall behind me are. I’ll probably pull one or two off the wall to show up close this next time when I talk about schools that taught needlework, but eventually you’ll get to see them all as well as a good look at all the many many quaker Samplers that are out there For us to reproduce. They’re really my favorite thing to stitch.
Hello! Thank you for your new flosstube! I enjoyed very much. You're a natural, for sure. I can't wait for your next one. Your father was a special person and I loved your story about his stitching. I am a Salties too! I am Paola and I am italian. Ciao from sunny and hot Italy!
Ciao, Paula! Ho imparato l'italiano al liceo, ma sono passati molti, molti anni ormai. Mio padre era un uomo meraviglioso e io ho avuto la fortuna di essere la "sua bambina" fino ai 50 anni. Grazie per avermi fatto sapere che ti è piaciuto il mio video. Viviamo in un mondo meraviglioso in cui le persone possono fare amicizia in tutto il mondo. Grazie!
Thank you so much. I will be doing one or possibly two episodes specifically on the Quakers and their Samplers and I will show the Samplers behind me in more details so I hope you will join me then.
I am planning to post a new video towards the middle of the month and I’m going to start looking at the different schools that taught stitching as part of their curriculum. I hope you’ll join me then.
The things you held up such as samplers and thread names were backwards on the video. Some flosstubers are Stitching Scottie, Colorado Cross Stitcher, Antique Needleworkers, The Sable Stitchers, Recovering Monogamous Stitcher, Karen Combs, 911 Stitcher (good source for Bristol Samplers, Nicola Parkman Hands Across the Sea (sampler queen of Bristol samplers, Country Stitchers, Carolina Cross Stitcher (husband is on with the wife and he shows all kinds of wood work. I really liked your video! Great variety and excellent diction. ❤❤ Looking forward to your second video.
Thank you so much. I watch most of the same floss tubes do but there are a couple you mentioned that are new to me and I will make sure to watch them and give them a shout out. I didn’t even notice my video was backwards until about the third time I watched it was also about the same time. Somebody commented that it was backwards. I think I found the right setting on my camera, but thank you for reminding me. I’m so glad you mentioned my diction. I actually have a very, very thick Texas twang and it’s usually not an issue when I’m teaching because my students speak the same way but often if I’m speaking or lecturing to people from different parts of the country or different parts of the world my accent seems to get worse. I hope you will join me for the next video around the middle of the month.
I didn't notice the Texas accent but you are very clear and I really appreciate that. I'm from Missouri and I just turned 73 and have been stitching on and off since my 30s. I'm excited for your second video!!! Hugs and stitches!
Enjoyed your flosstube! I live in the hill country so completely understand the size of Houston and San Antonio! Your stitched pieces are beautiful & and a bit enabling. I tend to enjoy stitching Plum Street Samplers and recently Stacy Nash designs. The size of some of the reproduction samplers is intimidating. Your tidbits of history sprinkled amongst your samplers was fun and interesting. I look forward to your next flosstube.
I was born in San Antonio so my heart lives in the Hill country even now. I absolutely adore Plum Street Samplers and have several on the go. If you can stitch Plum Street, a big reproduction sampler is nothing. How many thousands of Stitches is in one of Paulette’s gigantic houses? Or worse yet, one of her yards? I’m stitching her shepherd sampler, and I saw Carol saltbox stitcher showing her live on little sampler last night. That thing is full coverage and huge!
@@professorstitch9171 you have a point about the density of Plum Street samplers! I stitched This I Know for my daughter and felt the sheep were multiplying in the yard as I stitched! If you head into the hill country you will need to check out The Tinsmith’s Wife in Comfort, TX. It is my LNS and not to be missed. It is an easy drive from San Antonio. I look forward to your next flosstube.
Howdy from Fort Worth! Loved your first video. I’m looking forward to getting to know you more and learn what you would like to share with us. (I agree with the comment about not lip smacking or tongue clicking; those are my pet peeves when watching flosstube.)
Welcome to this wonderful community!! You are totally my jam. I love all things history -and Samplers make me so happy. I would love to hear more about colonial America from the perspective of sampler stitching. A great first video and I can't wait to see more!🤩
Oh, you betcha! I will be posting my next video around the middle of the month and I’m going to start looking at some of the schools that taught stitching and needle work as part of their curriculum. I hope you’ll join me then.
Boy, do you get around 🤣🤣🤣. I heard about you from a friend in South Africa and here you are being enjoyed in Illinois. I just started your video so off I go to watch the rest. Welcome to the cross stitch community. I hope there are many more videos coming our way.
Just to let you know I so enjoyed your first flosstube and have subscribed. I found you through Brenda and The Serial Starter. Love that you stitch the French samplers, have not seen that in a flosstube before (but of course there are so many I easily could have missed that). Looking forward to your next flosstube, greetings from The Netherlands!
“SALTIES” I love it!!!!! 🎉 Professor, I would love it if you made videos regarding the history of cross stitch! I can imagine myself having a great time sitting and learning from you in a classroom 💕 I have fully enjoyed your video and I very VERY much looking forward to more of your videos!
Thank you so much. I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. I will be uploading another video the middle of this month and I’m going to start talking about the different schools that taught needlework as part of their curriculum. I hope you will join me then until then happy stitching!
Oh, I love the Civil War era too although I am not really big on military history. It is so fascinating to me What the women and children and people on the homefront went through. We are so lucky in this country that wars have so seldom been fought in our own yards and homes. The sacrifices people made and the dangers they lived with and the bravery it took for them to make it through the Civil War are both sad and inspiring. I love Civil War fabrics, and quilts for just that reason. We are so lucky we live the comfortable safe lives we do and I think we owe a deep debt of thanks to the women and children who made the sacrifices for us to have what we have now.
It’s a pleasure to meet you too and thank you for taking the time to reach out and let me know you enjoyed the video. Your support and friendship means so much.
Enjoyed your video. Just an FYI - I contacted Marsha at The Scarlett Letter and "Chequers" was a limited run and is no longer available. Beautiful work on those projects.
Great floss tube! I have subscribed, touched the bell, and liked your channel. My favorite piece of yours is Water Lily Fairy. I want to start Blue Bell Fairy. I have Raven Queen as a WIP. I have changed the shades of green to reds. Looking forward to your next floss tube.
Oh, I bet your Raven queen is absolutely gorgeous. I would love to see it. I have the bluebell fairy kitted up and I’m thinking of doing it on a pretty yellow fabric but that’s far in the future. I am so close on the waterlily. I really need to buckle down and get through all that metallic thread. I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and reached out to me to tell me.
Hi there, fellow Texan! I grew up in Beaumont! I live in Washington state now but will always be a Texas girl at heart. I really enjoyed your first flosstube and will look forward to seeing more. You have some gorgeous stitching. Loved hearing about your dad and would love for you to show us some of the pieces he stitched for you. Have a great week! (I’m not sure you said your name in the intro so I apologize if you did and I missed it). Suzette
Oh, I am busted! I panicked when the video started, and I completely forgot to say my name, lol! (it’s Jamie, btw.) I need to FFO the rest of the Prairie school of Santas my dad stitched for me. I was always a daddy’s girl, but that last year us just having to take quiet time together and stitching was some thing I would not trade for anything in the world. A Texas gal is always a Texas gal, even though you get the chance to live someplace where I have heard, they have these things called “seasons?” Thank you for reaching out and letting me know you enjoyed my video. I can’t wait to share more with you and if you ever come back to Texas we have saved your spot for you
@@professorstitch9171 so nice to meet you, Jamie! I’m really thankful you had that time with your daddy.. How special to spend time together and stitching together on top of that! Your video was great and, though you forgot to introduce yourself with your name, the rest of the video was wonderful! Keep it up! Hope you have a great day, Jamie🥰 Suzette
@@professorstitch9171 and, yes, we do get seasons! That was always something I missed living in Texas. But there’s so much about Texas that I miss these days😕
So enjoyed your first Flosstube - your stitching is so beautiful - would you please share some information on the lovely Quaker pieces on your wall? Can’t wait for your next video 😊
Oh yes, those Quaker Samplers have to be my favorite to stitch. I will be doing at least one and more likely to episodes specifically on them looking at the Quakers and their beliefs about education and young girls and how it’s reflected in the style of Samplers they stitched you’ll get up close. Look at each one of those as well as a bunch more that I have started or want to stitch someday. It’ll be coming soon. I’m gonna show at least two of them on the next video around the middle of the month. I hope you’ll join me then.
I am loving your floss tube, but I had to pause to mention (before I forget) that you can buy a sticky bead mat made by Beadalon which will prevent bead spills & maybe make it easier to get a bead on your needle.
OMG! My husband and I lived in Stagecoach, TX for 16 years. We retired 10 years ago in PA. We lived on Stagecoach Road and we're very active in the Civic Club. I was treasurer for 8 years. My husband did the fireworks display for 5 years. What a small world
We only moved out here about six years ago from the champions area, but my husband and I both worked EMS in Tomball and South Montgomery County (that’s actually where we met on an ambulance call) and I remember we used to love to come up to stagecoach and watch your fireworks for the Fourth of July. Great fond memories such wonderful people up here and it’s still so beautiful even with so many more houses going in. This really is a tiny tiny world. Thank you so much for letting me know you saw my video and for reaching out and encouraging me so much.
Welcome to the flosstube world. Brenda an the serial starter sent me to your channel and I am glad they did. I too love samplers and would be interested in future videos where you talk about the history of samplers as well. ❤
Aren’t Brenda and Laura just charming? I would so love the chance to get to sit and stitch with them. Thank you so much for reaching out and letting me know you enjoyed my video. Your support means so very much to me.
You need a Brenda aka Deano shes a proo 🤣😂🤣 She’ll get you on the straight and narrow much like her prodding with her Jerry/Laura 😂 Great flosstube! Love history I am a retired Docent with the NC Museum of History and replicated a Cherokee girls sampler for them. Anxious to see Flosstube #2
See you saw Martin and Lewis in those two as well I knew! (do you think maybe Laura has a martini or two before they film, lol!) I think everybody needs a Brenda. But then again all the Brenda’s need their own Laura so it works out. We just have to find each other and I think floss tube is a good way to do that. Don’t you? Oh if I had been young enough to travel and move around after graduate school, I would’ve loved to have gone east and or North and work in museums, particularly as an interpreter. I have a dear friend from grad school, who is some sort of administrator for historic homes museums in the Washington DC area and that just seems like a dream job to me. For many years I was a performer at the Texas Renaissance Festival, and sometimes was able to take some Elizabethan black out and demonstrate on the path, but it is very different historical acting versus more accurate reenacting. I would love to see the Cherokee sampler you reproduced. I know nothing about Native American needlework, and stitching traditions. (well except for the planes, Indians and sewing.) I think you and I could sit and visit for days on end about the things that we like thank you so much for reaching out and letting me know you enjoyed the video and I look forward to a long friendship with you
O’Marie would look beautiful on your wall. Then you can admire it daily. Absolutely loved your first flosstube . Have subscribed and looking forward to watching you finishing many projects 😂
I’m working on Marie just a little bit every Sunday and I know she will eventually be finished. I have two other Samplers with the same sort of colors and motifs and they remind me so much of my childhood where every home in the neighborhood had a guardian angel or a picture of Mary in every child’s bedroom to protect them.
@@professorstitch9171 As we mature are we drawn to things that remind us of our childhood. I am currently kitting up a Artecy pattern of Guardian Angel Watching over Children on a Bridge. I also love samplers and look forward to following you on your new adventure as a flosstuber.
Oh yes, not only was everything backwards, but I completely forgot to even tell my name! I’ll let you in a little secret even though I’m used to speaking in front of large groups of people speaking on camera was terrifying and I was so nervous. I felt like a little kid again. Luckily everybody has been super kind and giving me a chance to keep improving. Thank you for letting me know you enjoyed the video. My name is Jamie. By the way hope to see you back here soon.
Thank you so much. The fact that people take the time and trouble to reach out and let me know. They watched my video and that they enjoyed it make it so very worthwhile.
Howdy! Your channel showed up in my feed so I clicked on it and thoroughly enjoyed watching. I am a fan of history also (my father was a history professor and my son just finished up his Master's degree in American History and has also published his third book). I collect antique samplers and try to trace the history of the person who stitched it (I love genealogy!) I like to stitch reproduction samplers as well and can't wait to pull out all my sampler WIPS for "Sampler September." I loved seeing your stitching - absolutely beautiful!
Oh, I am excited for Sampler September too! Are you planning any new starts? I really shouldn’t but it’s sampler September. It’s OUR month! Your son is on his third book?! That is wonderful you must be so proud! What is his field? I would love to know his titles. I am always looking for history books to read. You would think I would’ve gotten enough of that in school. I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for taking the time to reach out and tell me.
@@professorstitch9171 Well, you never know about new starts - they just seem to happen even when you're not planning on it! 😄 I'm with you - History is the one subject I will never get tired of! My son's name is Nicholas Kane and the books he currently has out are: "An Alternate History of the United States - Volumes l & ll;" and "1805 - Book One of the Blanchard Family Saga." An Alternate History is a "what if" series based on if Washington had served a third term and how our history and whole political system would have been different. 1805 will be a three part series based on a family in early colonial America.
Thank you so much for reaching out and letting me know you enjoyed the video. I hope I can keep things fun and interesting. Everybody has been so kind.
I loved every second of this video! You are a natural and you stitch everything I love too. The Quaker samplers on the wall behind you is the envy of every Quaker lover here; especially me! Thanks for sharing your love of this craft that I’ve loved 🥰 forever! Can’t wait for your next one. ❣️❣️❣️
Oh thank you so much. I do plan on filming one or probably two video specifically on the Quakers and their schools and I will pull those down and show them in detail. And then, of course, there are the dozens I have started and the dozens I have kitted…
From one sampler lover to another, thank you for your video. I too mainly stitch reproduction samplers. I've stitched both of the Walton samplers and have them hanging with other girls and boys above the bed in our guest room. When I bought my chart a couple of years ago, the two extra charts you mentioned were not included so I need to ask Marsha about them. Like you, I mainly stitch on 36-count linen. I only recently found how to make stitching over one more enjoyable. Most of my current sampler (Ann Jonson, a HATS limited edition from Traditional Stitches) is stitched with AVAS on 38-count (or is it 37-count?) Legacy linen but I'm using soie surfine for the text. This is my first time using soie surfine, and I love how sharp the lettering looks. On a few samplers (stitched on 36-count), I've used 100.3 for the lettering and that also works well. Are you a member of the Tudor Rose Sampler Guild? Most, if not all, of their programs are offered via Zoom. Many of their members like me are out of state. I've heard so many interesting lectures. You might want to also want to consider joining my guild, the Queen City Sampler in Cincinnati, next year. I'm programs co-chair and some of our lecturers will be Claudia Dutcher Kisner on Colored Bristol Samplers, Kim Ivey from Williamsburg, Lianne from 1897 Schoolhouse Samplers, Joanne Lukacher on Samplers in the Vassar College Collection, and Katie Strachan on Needlework Caskets and 17th Century Embroidery. We will also offer two mini workshops via Zoom. We’ll also be offering a Day with Barbara Hutson of Queenstown Samplers (sorry, not via Zoom). If you haven't yet stitched any of Barbara's samplers, you should check them out. Sorry, I didn't mean to be so long-winded. Happy sampler stitching!
Oh my goodness, I want to do all that! I did not know so much was offered via Zoom. Yes please send me a Facebook friend request and let me know how I would go about joining both of those guilds. All of the speakers you mentioned are people I have looked up to for years. I can’t tell you how many of Barbara‘s Samplers are in my WIP pile she is one of my favorite designers. In fact, I think I will work on a video just on my Queenstown Samplers soon. I have never stitched with Soie Surfine, but I think I’m going to order some for the over one on Jane Atkinson. (I’m stitching a 40 count linen I dyed myself and it is so tight and there is so much over one!) thank you so much for watching it for all the wonderful ideas. I look forward to being friends with you and meeting other people in the guilds.
Perfect I am professor stitch on there too I think. I haven’t been on Instagram all that much since they changed the format I used to love to get on there and all I saw was old houses in the Irish countryside and stitching now I don’t know what’s going to be on any given page and I can’t find any of the people I used to follow
Great job! Would love history along with stitching, especially colonial. You have a wonderful way of presenting. I will definitely be back for more! Happy stitching!
I am so glad you enjoyed it. I’m planning on talking a little bit about some of the schools that taught needlework as part of their curriculum in my next video. I hope you will join me then.
Thank you for your first flosstube. Good job. You might want to rewatch this. It looks to me like the orientation is backwards as if I am looking at the back of your work.
Love the comparison of Carol to Taylor Swift. - I guess I’m a Salty too!
Loved watching your flosstube!! ❤
I love your floss tube!!!!! I love what you are stitching! I’m glad we are two peas in a pod when it comes to being undisciplined!!!!! But I will nag you to finish “Checkers!!!!” I love that one!!!!! Love, Laura
Isn’t Checkers adorable? The colors the original stitcher chose just give me the giggles. I feel like that’s what I would’ve picked as a little girl. Heck, it’s what I would pick now! Thank you so much for your kind words and I am going to finish checkers soon!
OMG I just read your user name and you must have heard me squealing all the way up there in Yankeeland! Thank you so SO much for inspiring me to do this AND thank you and Brenda both for getting me through the darkest, scariest days of the pandemic. You made me feel less alone and your shenanigans still make me laugh out loud. FANGIRLING MADLY!!!
@@professorstitch9171I’m fan girling right back at you!!!!!!
Great video love your stitching..i love seeing samplers,,, wish i could work on some...
Loved your flosstube ❤thank you!
Omg! First of all, thank you for the shoutout! Honestly though, I think you hyped the praise a bit as I’m really just a stitcher like so many others including yourself!
I thoroughly enjoyed your flosstube #1! Great job! Hopefully you know that we all need to see the wonderful samplers on the wall in detail on your next video! Do I spy Ann Grimshaw?
Again, wonderful video and I’m off to watch it again, and maybe a third time as well!
P.S. a colonial American history lesson/discussion would be fabulous!
Did you hear my fan girl screaming all the way down in Florida? I want to thank you for getting me through first the Covid lockdown and then losing most of my vision. I would have been almost totally isolated without you, Brenda, Laura, and a few others who were my “ friends” during a difficult time of my life. Yes that is Anne Grimshaw. She is my pride and joy. I recently acquired and started her sister Mary’s sampler, and once I’ve got a little more progress on her I will probably go ahead and do an entire video on the Quakers- mostly about their history and their beliefs that led them to wanting to educate girls but also showing some of the Quakers I have finished and the dozens of Quakers I have on the go. I think it’s the symmetry that makes them just so wonderful to stitch. It’s like meditation. I’m working on Notes for my next video. I think it’s going to be an introduction to the different ways women and girls have learned to stitch through time and start of looking into the different styles of the various schools. This will be rather simple and well-known information to people like you who have been immersed in Samplers for a long time, but I think it will be enlightening for some people who are new to Samplers.
Again, thank you and Mr. Professor Saltbox for hours of entertainment, inspiration, laughs, and companionship.
Please keep doing what you are doing, awesome!
You are a delight! I enjoyed your first floss tube!!! Your candor is refreshing ❤
Oh, you are so sweet! Thank you for letting me know you enjoyed it and I am definitely going to show your comment to my Adult children and let them know that not everybody finds me embarrassing!
Liked and subscribed within the first three minutes!
Brenda and the Serial starter sent me over and very happy they did. Great flosstuber.
I am so glad they did too! They are lovely ladies wouldn’t they be a hoot to hang out with? They really got me through the tough times of the Covid shutdown. thank you so much for watching my videos I hope to have another one ready about the middle of this month. “See” you there!
Me too
Me three!
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Enjoyed this!
Oh my goodness, I loved your first flosstube so much! You had me at history! Can’t wait for #2!
Oh, you are so sweet. Thank you so much. I’m really looking forward to making my next video. I’ve had so many lovely comments and I feel like I’ve made so many new friends.
Well done!
Thoroughly enjoyed your first Flosstube. All about the needlework, sharing your knowledge, and sharing such beautiful needlework! Thank you for not slurping a drink and not smacking your lips, not even once!! It was just the right length. Great job! Keep going!
You’re so sweet. Now I just have to get rid of all the “uh” and “ummm…” I kept saying! I think I was too nervous to take a drink and now I’m glad I didn’t. My father was infamous for throwing dinner rolls at my sister and I if we smacked our lips at the dinner table and I guess that stuck, hopefully!
What a wonderful first flosstube video
Well, thank you so much and you are wonderful for taking the time and trouble to let me know that you enjoyed it! I truly appreciate your support
This is great. You are going to be a big hit. Your work is beautiful. -Pam
Thank you so much, Pam. I really enjoyed doing it and getting to share what I love with other people who enjoy the same thing is such a blessing.
So very much enjoyed your first FlossTube, welcome!! I enjoy history, wish I had paid more attention to it in school. Colonial period is of particular interest to me, so looking forward to hearing more. I had to laugh when you said we are not "Swifties" but "Salties" - Yes!! Love Carol, admire her so much. You did a great job. I'd like to join the compound please. Looking forward to many more videos, Kristy.
I enjoy Carol’s video so much. She just has a way about her. That makes me wanna sit next to her and stitch and chat. Welcome to the compound! Dinner is at whatever time you want and of course has no fat, carbs, or calories. The pool is on the first floor and your personal assistant will bring your WIP basket to the stitching lounge after dessert.
Enjoyed your video..thanks so much...looking forward to viewing more of them. When you hold up your pieces, they are backwards to us. Is there something on your camera to avoid that? Loved it anyway!😊
I was afraid it was something wrong with my computer! :)
Your first video! Yay! Great job! I enjoyed every minute and can’t wait for another one! Happy stitching!
Thank you you are just the sweetest! I hope you come back around the middle of the month and spend some time with me again I’m planning on talking about some of the schools that had stitching and needle work as part of their curriculum. It’s a fascinating subject and I’m looking forward to showing y’all some of the different styles of needle work different schools taught. See you soon.
Jean Farish uses a moistened sponge too. Welcome to Flosstube! You have beautiful projects!
Wonderful first flosstube, I enjoyed seeing your stitching and the tips you shared. Thanks a bunch! Janine
Thank you, Janine for spending some time with me and for taking the time to let me know that you enjoyed the video. I had so much fun making it and everybody has been so sweet and supportive. It just makes it that much more fun.
Great video!
Thank you so much. I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
Thoroughly enjoyed your first flosstube! I’m all in! History and samplers!💯⭐️
I mean seriously the only other thing you need is chocolate to go with history and Samplers and you’ve got everything you need! Thank you for watching. I hope you’ll enjoy the next one even more.
I enjoyed your first flosstube. Great job! I signed up and look forward to seeing you again. Thanks for sharing your tips!
I absolutely loved watching you. I'm from rural Pennsylvania and would love to learn some history on quakers and frakturs. Thank you so much. Can't wait for next video.❤❤❤❤❤😊
I live in NW Pa.
Oh, Frakturs are beautiful! I do not know that much about them, but I know my great grandfather’s birth certificate was illustrated and painted with several fraktur designs. I will be doing at least one but more likely to episodes on the Quakers and their schools and the things they believed that led them to opening school specifically for girls long before anybody else I hope you were join me then too!
@@karenmartin5992 I'm in Indiana county. I didn't think there were any xstitchers anywhere near me.
Jamie, this was a wonderful first flosstube. I look forward to many more! You will want to set your camera on mirror image in order that your letters aren't backward as we see then. Other than that, well done! You will be big in the flosstube community; I know it! Hugs, Candace P.S. Finish some of those beauties😊
Oh yes, it never dawned on me that my camera would not be set to the right direction by default, but I think I found the setting to make everything look right. Of course, I also forgot to even tell anybody my name so it was an adventure I will definitely admit that. Thank you so much for watching and thank you for your encouragement. I hope you’ll come back again. Close to the middle of the month when I’ll have a new episode up looking at the different schools that thought it was important to teach. Their students needlework.
@@professorstitch9171 I'll look forward to that episode!
Fellow Texan stitcher here, Ft Worth, love your opening “Howdy”. Love your historical info on your charts. Girl, you’ve got some treasures in your wips. Get busy!
Thoroughly enjoyed your FlossTube! You stitch what I love! Thank you.!!
Oh thank you wouldn’t it be lovely if we all lived near each other or if Star Trek style travel was possible and we could just visit each other and who over our shared stitching? I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. I really enjoyed making it.
Hello! I so enjoyed your Flosstube episode, and love that you are a history professor. Am looking forward to your future episodes.
Well, thank you for reaching out and letting me know you enjoyed my video. It was fun to make and knowing that I reached so many people is just astounding to me.
Great first Flosstube❣️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! It was scary, but fun!
I just ran across your flosstube- we need #2!
Jamie...welcome to the neighborhood...I enjoyed your visit...love all the other flosstubers you mentioned...your lovely patterns and stitching were a joy to watch and any history of your pieces is a welcome bonus...best wishes ❤
Thank you so much. Watching floss two videos is literally the only thing that got me through the Covid lockdown so I owe this community so much. I’m hoping to get the new video up the first and middle of each month so hopefully I’ll come up with something that everybody can enjoy again. I really appreciate your support.
Really enjoyed your first flosstube - and your beautiful stitching! I also love the historical references you give because I’m a lover of not only stitching, but history as well. And doing my part to nag you about finishing “checkers”! 🤣
Sorry - nagging about “Sanctuary”! 🤪
Loved your video, beautiful stitching.Looking forward to the next one!
Thank you so much! I’m hoping to get another one up in about 2 weeks.
Loved your flosstube and also love old samplers especially early1800’s.
Wonderful first Flosstube. Looking forward to more.
I've done the drag thread over damp sponge. Game changer. Thank you so much.❤❤❤❤❤😊🎉
I also run my floss over a wet sponge. Process works great! I learned this trick from Jean Farish in one of her videos.
Brenda and Laura sent me over and boy am I glad they did. Loved all the samplers you showed. i too am a die hard reproduction sampler stitcher, and I live in TEXAS!
Well howdy there, sis! We Texas gals are Special and lucky! I’m so glad Brenda and Laura have sent so many of their friends over to support me and become my friends too. I really appreciate you reaching out and your kind words just warm my heart. I hope you’ll join me again around mid month when I think I’m gonna try to talk a little more about the history of when where and how people learn to stitch. Thank you again.
You are a natural! Loved your first Floss tube.
You are so sweet! The other people who make floss tube videos make it look so easy, but I was terrified. I’m glad people seem to have enjoyed it.
Wonderful Flosstube! As a relative newbie I appreciated the tips at the end. The tweezers you mentioned went into my Amazon wishlist. Looking forward to more inspiration and enjoyable conversation on your channel.
Oh, I am so glad the video was helpful! The tweezers also make wonderful Christmas gifts, particularly for men who are hard to shop for! Thank you for letting me know
Coming over from Brenda and Laura😊❤
Thank you so much for coming over! I have the nicest “ neighbors,” don’t I?
I have enjoyed your first video so very much. And look forward to your next one.❤
I loved your first floss tube, loved seeing your wips and finished projects. I'm married to a professor in history, from the university in Utrecht, in the Netherlands. So you have followers/fans allready from all over the world. Looking forward to the next episode!
Great 1st episode.
Do not change a thing, love your energy.
Cross stitch is a hobby, enjoy it at your own speed.
Welcome to the flosstubes, professor! You were delightful to watch. Looking forward to seeing more of you!
Loved watching your first flosstube! You are a delight. Looking forward to many more. Thank you!
Oh well thank you you are delightful for taking the time to reach out and tell me you enjoyed the video. Your encouragement means so much to me. Thank you again.
You had me from Howdy! Thank you for sharing your WIPs and favorite tools. I look forward to your next video.
I really enjoyed your first floss tube Professor! I am 69 years old and have been stitching since I was a girl as well...embroidery, crewel and finally counted cross stitch and I never looked back. Like your daddy, I was a big Prairie Schooler fan and stitched many of their charts over the years. Now I am into samplers....right now I am working on Jane Hopkins and Sarah Milthorpe, both by Hands Across the Sea. Just subscribed and will be part of our online sewing circle!!
Wonderful! Those are both beautiful Samplers. Hands Across the sea does such a wonderful job with their charts don’t they? I am so glad you enjoyed the video. I hope you will join me near the middle of the month when I plan to talk a little bit about some of the schools that taught needlework as part of their curriculum.
Wishing you all success Jamie!! From one Texan to another 🤠👢
@@yahska100 Yee-haw! We really are a special type of people, aren’t we. Actually, what first got me interested in history was wondering why my ancestors stayed here after the first time one of them had to stand outside on July day, stirring a cooking pot and watching babies while wearing a long dress and a petticoat. How did they do that?
@@professorstitch9171I got through your video and found myself enjoying quite a bit. Got me wondering as to how fun your classes of history would be and how lucky your students are. You are a natural and the time went by really quickly. Can’t wait for more of your videos. Good luck on this journey!!
What a wonderful video ❤enjoyed it from the very beginning….
Great first flosstube! Welcome to the Flosstube community. Love your work and presentation. Anxiously awaiting your next episode.❤
Thank you so much. I’m hoping to have another video with a bit more history to it. Posted around the middle of the month. I hope you’ll join me then.
Welcome to the FlossTube World! Very much enjoyed your content. Looking forward to seeing more. Love history, hope you dapple a little into the history part of stitching.
Oh absolutely I will be posting another video towards the middle of this month and I’m going to start looking at some of the schools that taught needlework as part of their curriculum. I hope you will join me then.
Enjoyed your 1st video! I agree, Carol stitches amazing pieces. Brenda & Laura were the first flosstubers I watched! Sarah's Stitchy Spot is another of my fav's! Oh, and I'm a quilter, too!
I truly enjoyed your flosstube Professor! Thank you. 😊
I enjoyed the video and will watch again! My mom and sister live in Saskatchewan where there are Hutterite colonies. I work at a university in Tennessee, so your work was another part that interests me. You have beautiful pieces in progress, so get to stitching!
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I loved your flosstube. Looking forward to the next one.
Everybody has been so kind and supportive. The video was a lot of fun to make and all the great comments have made it just that much better.
Great first video! I love the reproduction samplers so much but also throw in some smalls so I have a few finishes throughout the year. I'd love to know the names of your samplers on the wall behind you. My first video was also backwards and would be happy to visit with you about what I do to reverse ours if that would be helpful. ❤
I just recently started stitching, smalls too, and I agree. It’s so nice to spend a day or two on a piece and then have a finish. I’m a little nervous about FFO’ing them now, but I guess if I mess up, it would take me long to make a new one right? I plan on doing one or even two episodes specifically about quaker Samplers, which are what the ones on the wall behind me are. I’ll probably pull one or two off the wall to show up close this next time when I talk about schools that taught needlework, but eventually you’ll get to see them all as well as a good look at all the many many quaker Samplers that are out there For us to reproduce. They’re really my favorite thing to stitch.
Hello! Thank you for your new flosstube! I enjoyed very much. You're a natural, for sure. I can't wait for your next one. Your father was a special person and I loved your story about his stitching. I am a Salties too! I am Paola and I am italian. Ciao from sunny and hot Italy!
Ciao, Paula!
Ho imparato l'italiano al liceo, ma sono passati molti, molti anni ormai. Mio padre era un uomo meraviglioso e io ho avuto la fortuna di essere la "sua bambina" fino ai 50 anni. Grazie per avermi fatto sapere che ti è piaciuto il mio video. Viviamo in un mondo meraviglioso in cui le persone possono fare amicizia in tutto il mondo. Grazie!
Welcome to Flosstube! So glad I found your channel!
Thank you for your video. Love the quakers on your wall. Happy stitching.
Thank you so much. I will be doing one or possibly two episodes specifically on the Quakers and their Samplers and I will show the Samplers behind me in more details so I hope you will join me then.
Enjoyed your first video. I'm in Sealy...not too far from you.
I would love to hear about the history of cross stitch.
I am planning to post a new video towards the middle of the month and I’m going to start looking at the different schools that taught stitching as part of their curriculum. I hope you’ll join me then.
Beautiful stitching. I love your projects ❤
Thank you so much. I really had a great time getting to show them off.
What a wonderful floss tube. Thank you for starting floss tube. Your stitching is beautiful.
Thank you for your kind words and thank you for reaching out and letting me know you enjoyed the video. It means the world to me.
The things you held up such as samplers and thread names were backwards on the video. Some flosstubers are Stitching Scottie, Colorado Cross Stitcher, Antique Needleworkers, The Sable Stitchers, Recovering Monogamous Stitcher, Karen Combs, 911 Stitcher (good source for Bristol Samplers, Nicola Parkman Hands Across the Sea (sampler queen of Bristol samplers, Country Stitchers, Carolina Cross Stitcher (husband is on with the wife and he shows all kinds of wood work.
I really liked your video! Great variety and excellent diction. ❤❤ Looking forward to your second video.
Thank you so much. I watch most of the same floss tubes do but there are a couple you mentioned that are new to me and I will make sure to watch them and give them a shout out. I didn’t even notice my video was backwards until about the third time I watched it was also about the same time. Somebody commented that it was backwards. I think I found the right setting on my camera, but thank you for reminding me.
I’m so glad you mentioned my diction. I actually have a very, very thick Texas twang and it’s usually not an issue when I’m teaching because my students speak the same way but often if I’m speaking or lecturing to people from different parts of the country or different parts of the world my accent seems to get worse. I hope you will join me for the next video around the middle of the month.
I didn't notice the Texas accent but you are very clear and I really appreciate that. I'm from Missouri and I just turned 73 and have been stitching on and off since my 30s. I'm excited for your second video!!! Hugs and stitches!
Enjoyed your flosstube! I live in the hill country so completely understand the size of Houston and San Antonio! Your stitched pieces are beautiful & and a bit enabling. I tend to enjoy stitching Plum Street Samplers and recently Stacy Nash designs. The size of some of the reproduction samplers is intimidating. Your tidbits of history sprinkled amongst your samplers was fun and interesting. I look forward to your next flosstube.
I was born in San Antonio so my heart lives in the Hill country even now. I absolutely adore Plum Street Samplers and have several on the go. If you can stitch Plum Street, a big reproduction sampler is nothing. How many thousands of Stitches is in one of Paulette’s gigantic houses? Or worse yet, one of her yards? I’m stitching her shepherd sampler, and I saw Carol saltbox stitcher showing her live on little sampler last night. That thing is full coverage and huge!
@@professorstitch9171 you have a point about the density of Plum Street samplers! I stitched This I Know for my daughter and felt the sheep were multiplying in the yard as I stitched! If you head into the hill country you will need to check out The Tinsmith’s Wife in Comfort, TX. It is my LNS and not to be missed. It is an easy drive from San Antonio. I look forward to your next flosstube.
Howdy from Fort Worth! Loved your first video. I’m looking forward to getting to know you more and learn what you would like to share with us.
(I agree with the comment about not lip smacking or tongue clicking; those are my pet peeves when watching flosstube.)
Welcome to this wonderful community!! You are totally my jam. I love all things history -and Samplers make me so happy. I would love to hear more about colonial America from the perspective of sampler stitching. A great first video and I can't wait to see more!🤩
Oh, you betcha! I will be posting my next video around the middle of the month and I’m going to start looking at some of the schools that taught stitching and needle work as part of their curriculum. I hope you’ll join me then.
You are a natural flosstuber! Thanks
Thank you so much. I was so nervous but it really turned out to be great fun.
Boy, do you get around 🤣🤣🤣. I heard about you from a friend in South Africa and here you are being enjoyed in Illinois. I just started your video so off I go to watch the rest. Welcome to the cross stitch community. I hope there are many more videos coming our way.
Nice video. I liked it. You are a joy to watch. You make me laugh. Looking forward to more.
Just to let you know I so enjoyed your first flosstube and have subscribed. I found you through Brenda and The Serial Starter. Love that you stitch the French samplers, have not seen that in a flosstube before (but of course there are so many I easily could have missed that). Looking forward to your next flosstube, greetings from The Netherlands!
“SALTIES” I love it!!!!! 🎉 Professor, I would love it if you made videos regarding the history of cross stitch! I can imagine myself having a great time sitting and learning from you in a classroom 💕 I have fully enjoyed your video and I very VERY much looking forward to more of your videos!
Thank you so much. I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. I will be uploading another video the middle of this month and I’m going to start talking about the different schools that taught needlework as part of their curriculum. I hope you will join me then until then happy stitching!
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Really enjoyed your first video very much!!! Your stitching is beautiful!!! Loved seeing your tools that you use!
Loved the first video. Civil war history along with Victorian era. I love primitive patterns. Old lady here, mostly retired nurse
Oh, I love the Civil War era too although I am not really big on military history. It is so fascinating to me What the women and children and people on the homefront went through. We are so lucky in this country that wars have so seldom been fought in our own yards and homes. The sacrifices people made and the dangers they lived with and the bravery it took for them to make it through the Civil War are both sad and inspiring. I love Civil War fabrics, and quilts for just that reason. We are so lucky we live the comfortable safe lives we do and I think we owe a deep debt of thanks to the women and children who made the sacrifices for us to have what we have now.
@professorstitch9171 well said!
Big hello from Belfast Northern Ireland x ❤️
Wow! it is so exciting to me that I am able to communicate with somebody so far away about something we both enjoy. Thank you for reaching out.
Pleasure to meet you and thank you for sharing your beautiful work 🎉
It’s a pleasure to meet you too and thank you for taking the time to reach out and let me know you enjoyed the video. Your support and friendship means so much.
Enjoyed your video. Just an FYI - I contacted Marsha at The Scarlett Letter and "Chequers" was a limited run and is no longer available. Beautiful work on those projects.
Great floss tube! I have subscribed, touched the bell, and liked your channel. My favorite piece of yours is Water Lily Fairy. I want to start Blue Bell Fairy. I have Raven Queen as a WIP. I have changed the shades of green to reds. Looking forward to your next floss tube.
Oh, I bet your Raven queen is absolutely gorgeous. I would love to see it. I have the bluebell fairy kitted up and I’m thinking of doing it on a pretty yellow fabric but that’s far in the future. I am so close on the waterlily. I really need to buckle down and get through all that metallic thread. I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and reached out to me to tell me.
Hi there, fellow Texan! I grew up in Beaumont! I live in Washington state now but will always be a Texas girl at heart. I really enjoyed your first flosstube and will look forward to seeing more. You have some gorgeous stitching. Loved hearing about your dad and would love for you to show us some of the pieces he stitched for you. Have a great week! (I’m not sure you said your name in the intro so I apologize if you did and I missed it). Suzette
Oh, I am busted! I panicked when the video started, and I completely forgot to say my name, lol! (it’s Jamie, btw.) I need to FFO the rest of the Prairie school of Santas my dad stitched for me. I was always a daddy’s girl, but that last year us just having to take quiet time together and stitching was some thing I would not trade for anything in the world. A Texas gal is always a Texas gal, even though you get the chance to live someplace where I have heard, they have these things called “seasons?” Thank you for reaching out and letting me know you enjoyed my video. I can’t wait to share more with you and if you ever come back to Texas we have saved your spot for you
@@professorstitch9171 so nice to meet you, Jamie! I’m really thankful you had that time with your daddy.. How special to spend time together and stitching together on top of that! Your video was great and, though you forgot to introduce yourself with your name, the rest of the video was wonderful! Keep it up! Hope you have a great day, Jamie🥰 Suzette
@@professorstitch9171 and, yes, we do get seasons! That was always something I missed living in Texas. But there’s so much about Texas that I miss these days😕
So enjoyed your first Flosstube - your stitching is so beautiful - would you please share some information on the lovely Quaker pieces on your wall? Can’t wait for your next video 😊
Oh yes, those Quaker Samplers have to be my favorite to stitch. I will be doing at least one and more likely to episodes specifically on them looking at the Quakers and their beliefs about education and young girls and how it’s reflected in the style of Samplers they stitched you’ll get up close. Look at each one of those as well as a bunch more that I have started or want to stitch someday. It’ll be coming soon. I’m gonna show at least two of them on the next video around the middle of the month. I hope you’ll join me then.
Greetings from Utah. Loved your video. Can’t wait to see your progress. Whatever you chat to us about will be delightful.
I am loving your floss tube, but I had to pause to mention (before I forget) that you can buy a sticky bead mat made by Beadalon which will prevent bead spills & maybe make it easier to get a bead on your needle.
OMG! My husband and I lived in Stagecoach, TX for 16 years. We retired 10 years ago in PA. We lived on Stagecoach Road and we're very active in the Civic Club. I was treasurer for 8 years. My husband did the fireworks display for 5 years. What a small world
We only moved out here about six years ago from the champions area, but my husband and I both worked EMS in Tomball and South Montgomery County (that’s actually where we met on an ambulance call) and I remember we used to love to come up to stagecoach and watch your fireworks for the Fourth of July. Great fond memories such wonderful people up here and it’s still so beautiful even with so many more houses going in. This really is a tiny tiny world. Thank you so much for letting me know you saw my video and for reaching out and encouraging me so much.
Welcome to the flosstube world. Brenda an the serial starter sent me to your channel and I am glad they did. I too love samplers and would be interested in future videos where you talk about the history of samplers as well. ❤
Aren’t Brenda and Laura just charming? I would so love the chance to get to sit and stitch with them. Thank you so much for reaching out and letting me know you enjoyed my video. Your support means so very much to me.
You need a Brenda aka Deano shes a proo 🤣😂🤣 She’ll get you on the straight and narrow much like her prodding with her Jerry/Laura 😂 Great flosstube! Love history I am a retired Docent with the NC Museum of History and replicated a Cherokee girls sampler for them. Anxious to see Flosstube #2
See you saw Martin and Lewis in those two as well I knew! (do you think maybe Laura has a martini or two before they film, lol!) I think everybody needs a Brenda. But then again all the Brenda’s need their own Laura so it works out. We just have to find each other and I think floss tube is a good way to do that. Don’t you? Oh if I had been young enough to travel and move around after graduate school, I would’ve loved to have gone east and or North and work in museums, particularly as an interpreter. I have a dear friend from grad school, who is some sort of administrator for historic homes museums in the Washington DC area and that just seems like a dream job to me. For many years I was a performer at the Texas Renaissance Festival, and sometimes was able to take some Elizabethan black out and demonstrate on the path, but it is very different historical acting versus more accurate reenacting. I would love to see the Cherokee sampler you reproduced. I know nothing about Native American needlework, and stitching traditions. (well except for the planes, Indians and sewing.) I think you and I could sit and visit for days on end about the things that we like thank you so much for reaching out and letting me know you enjoyed the video and I look forward to a long friendship with you
O’Marie would look beautiful on your wall. Then you can admire it daily. Absolutely loved your first flosstube . Have subscribed and looking forward to watching you finishing many projects 😂
I’m working on Marie just a little bit every Sunday and I know she will eventually be finished. I have two other Samplers with the same sort of colors and motifs and they remind me so much of my childhood where every home in the neighborhood had a guardian angel or a picture of Mary in every child’s bedroom to protect them.
@@professorstitch9171 As we mature are we drawn to things that remind us of our childhood. I am currently kitting up a Artecy pattern of Guardian Angel Watching over Children on a Bridge. I also love samplers and look forward to following you on your new adventure as a flosstuber.
BRAVO, Professor! Excellent video. I enjoyed every minute. Looking forward to your future videos, and learning your name. Big smile!
Oh yes, not only was everything backwards, but I completely forgot to even tell my name! I’ll let you in a little secret even though I’m used to speaking in front of large groups of people speaking on camera was terrifying and I was so nervous. I felt like a little kid again. Luckily everybody has been super kind and giving me a chance to keep improving. Thank you for letting me know you enjoyed the video. My name is Jamie. By the way hope to see you back here soon.
@@professorstitch9171 Hi, Jamie. I subscribed and requested notifications. So, I will watch your videos regularly. Big smile.
Welcome to Flosstube. Really enjoyed your first episode and look forward to many more.
Thank you so much. The fact that people take the time and trouble to reach out and let me know. They watched my video and that they enjoyed it make it so very worthwhile.
Howdy! Your channel showed up in my feed so I clicked on it and thoroughly enjoyed watching. I am a fan of history also (my father was a history professor and my son just finished up his Master's degree in American History and has also published his third book). I collect antique samplers and try to trace the history of the person who stitched it (I love genealogy!) I like to stitch reproduction samplers as well and can't wait to pull out all my sampler WIPS for "Sampler September." I loved seeing your stitching - absolutely beautiful!
Oh, I am excited for Sampler September too! Are you planning any new starts? I really shouldn’t but it’s sampler September. It’s OUR month! Your son is on his third book?! That is wonderful you must be so proud! What is his field? I would love to know his titles. I am always looking for history books to read. You would think I would’ve gotten enough of that in school. I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for taking the time to reach out and tell me.
@@professorstitch9171 Well, you never know about new starts - they just seem to happen even when you're not planning on it! 😄
I'm with you - History is the one subject I will never get tired of! My son's name is Nicholas Kane and the books he currently has out are: "An Alternate History of the United States - Volumes l & ll;" and "1805 - Book One of the Blanchard Family Saga."
An Alternate History is a "what if" series based on if Washington had served a third term and how our history and whole political system would have been different. 1805 will be a three part series based on a family in early colonial America.
Enjoyed your first video, subscribed and liked. History is one of my favorite things.
Thank you so much for reaching out and letting me know you enjoyed the video. I hope I can keep things fun and interesting. Everybody has been so kind.
Congratulations ! Great video
I’m so glad you liked it. Thank you for letting me know.
@@professorstitch9171 Hi Marion - Karen Combs mentioned you on her last video so I had to come back to watch again 😉
I loved every second of this video! You are a natural and you stitch everything I love too. The Quaker samplers on the wall behind you is the envy of every Quaker lover here; especially me! Thanks for sharing your love of this craft that I’ve loved 🥰 forever! Can’t wait for your next one. ❣️❣️❣️
Oh thank you so much. I do plan on filming one or probably two video specifically on the Quakers and their schools and I will pull those down and show them in detail. And then, of course, there are the dozens I have started and the dozens I have kitted…
@@professorstitch9171 can’t wait 😜
So pleased to have found you. Thank you so much for your gracious manner. I’ll be watching ❤️
Oh thank you so much for your sweet words. I’m hoping to have another video up near the middle of the month and I really hope you will join me then.
Certainly will be there. We’ll done Professor!
You did amazing! Love your enthusiasm, and I especially loved the G Leger sampler! Happy stitching from New Zealand.
From one sampler lover to another, thank you for your video. I too mainly stitch reproduction samplers.
I've stitched both of the Walton samplers and have them hanging with other girls and boys above the bed in our guest room. When I bought my chart a couple of years ago, the two extra charts you mentioned were not included so I need to ask Marsha about them.
Like you, I mainly stitch on 36-count linen. I only recently found how to make stitching over one more enjoyable. Most of my current sampler (Ann Jonson, a HATS limited edition from Traditional Stitches) is stitched with AVAS on 38-count (or is it 37-count?) Legacy linen but I'm using soie surfine for the text. This is my first time using soie surfine, and I love how sharp the lettering looks. On a few samplers (stitched on 36-count), I've used 100.3 for the lettering and that also works well.
Are you a member of the Tudor Rose Sampler Guild? Most, if not all, of their programs are offered via Zoom. Many of their members like me are out of state. I've heard so many interesting lectures.
You might want to also want to consider joining my guild, the Queen City Sampler in Cincinnati, next year. I'm programs co-chair and some of our lecturers will be Claudia Dutcher Kisner on Colored Bristol Samplers, Kim Ivey from Williamsburg, Lianne from 1897 Schoolhouse Samplers, Joanne Lukacher on Samplers in the Vassar College Collection, and Katie Strachan on Needlework Caskets and 17th Century Embroidery. We will also offer two mini workshops via Zoom. We’ll also be offering a Day with Barbara Hutson of Queenstown Samplers (sorry, not via Zoom). If you haven't yet stitched any of Barbara's samplers, you should check them out.
Sorry, I didn't mean to be so long-winded. Happy sampler stitching!
Oh my goodness, I want to do all that! I did not know so much was offered via Zoom. Yes please send me a Facebook friend request and let me know how I would go about joining both of those guilds. All of the speakers you mentioned are people I have looked up to for years. I can’t tell you how many of Barbara‘s Samplers are in my WIP pile she is one of my favorite designers. In fact, I think I will work on a video just on my Queenstown Samplers soon.
I have never stitched with Soie Surfine, but I think I’m going to order some for the over one on Jane Atkinson. (I’m stitching a 40 count linen I dyed myself and it is so tight and there is so much over one!) thank you so much for watching it for all the wonderful ideas. I look forward to being friends with you and meeting other people in the guilds.
@professorstitch9171 I don't use my Facebook page for stitching so I'll pm you on
Instagram.
Perfect I am professor stitch on there too I think. I haven’t been on Instagram all that much since they changed the format I used to love to get on there and all I saw was old houses in the Irish countryside and stitching now I don’t know what’s going to be on any given page and I can’t find any of the people I used to follow
Welcome to flosstube! So glad I found you. I love what you're stitching. Beautiful work. I look forward to your next video.
Thank you so much. I’m really excited to make another video and I hope to see you in the comments often
Love your work 😍🇦🇺
I am so glad Brenda and the Serial Starter recommended you! I loved your video and I have subscribed. I look forward to seeing more of your videos.❤
Great job! Would love history along with stitching, especially colonial. You have a wonderful way of presenting. I will definitely be back for more! Happy stitching!
I am so glad you enjoyed it. I’m planning on talking a little bit about some of the schools that taught needlework as part of their curriculum in my next video. I hope you will join me then.
Thank you for your first flosstube. Good job. You might want to rewatch this. It looks to me like the orientation is backwards as if I am looking at the back of your work.
Welcome to FlossTube! I’m a relative newcomer, as well. The more the merrier. I love me some samplers and some history!