Ladies!! Agreed- Kits are everything! And yes to Bisquorn! I love you two. Please continue as you do and hopefully I can acquire some of your fabric. Also, I adore Modern Folk. Your podcast had me squirrelling everything! 💗❤️💓
I love the captions on your videos. Makes it so easy to be enabled, but also like the info - like Lila’s studio. I am obsessed with trying a biscornue (sp) so the BAL would be perfect for me!
Sue I completely agree with you on Maynia. I would go crazy kitting up 31 separate projects and then I would feel pressure to get them finished. Way to much pressure! It was fun chatting with you ladies tonight. Happy Stitching❤️
Fabulous video! Love the kit ideas “ Lilas Studio “ has fantastic charts great designer!! Sue, your Little Birds is spectacular ♥️Happy Spring to you both ...🤗♥️🌷🌷🌷
I am so happy I found you! I am a newbie to your floss tube, but I feel like I have been stitching forever. I love the calm conversation you offer with personal info and cross stitch inspiration. The perfect combination of both! I look forward to following along during upcoming episodes and will surely binge back to the ones I missed! God bless you both!
You two never fail to be delightful! I was so pleased to find Rachel plans to kit up A Tisket A Tasket, the lovely new Lila stitches, and so many other favorites on Sue's fabric. I don't have an LNS so these kits simplify things tremendously. Loved the different ideas for Maynia. Wishing you both loads of happy stitches!!
I am a morning person as well and feel it is my best time of day to be productive. Rachel, you certainly get a lot done as my orders have been shipped more promptly than I ever expected! I recently purchased the Owlsmoor Cottage kit and it arrived so quickly and was just perfect! I squealed when I opened the beautiful package! Also, I love Lila's Studio designs and was so glad you showcased her a bit! Thank you both for all you do!!
I recently found your channel and binged every episode. Each one gets better and better. But when you added "Drunks on Bicycles" theme music to the end of episode 34 when Sue couldn't figure out how to turn off the video (and Rachel was modeling ornaments), I was literally laughing out loud. My husband even walked over to see why I was laughing. If you ever needs a phrase for a drinking game (mine would be a cold Coke) my vote is every time Sue says, "Game changer." 😂 Keep up the great work! Two thumbs up! 👍👍
Crabapple Hill is great. I have done two quilts with the embroidery. They will sell to you to put in your online store I would think. You do heat set the crayon but use a paper towel to not ruin your iron with the wax. It becomes permanent. I will send you pictures of mine.
It was lovely stitching with you today. In reference to wax. Rachel, I’m 100% on board with your suggestion to only wax the very end. It will not coat the rest of the floss as you pull it through though. Quilting thread can be waxed with reckless abandon. When using floss, the cotton fibers are very short and have a tendency to fray at the very end regardless of the size of the needle you’re using. Many silks will also fray. Waxing the entire length of cotton or silk is unnecessary and will destroy any shininess the mercerized cotton might have or the silk naturally has. It also changes the color and puts this dusty haze on the floss. I have found the best way to wax the end is to use your thumb, press the last two inches of floss/silk into the flat side of your waxer. Pull the floss out and repeat. Pinch the waxed portion of floss between your thumb and index finger as you pull it through a couple of times. This will impregnate the wax into the fiber giving it strength where it needs it most-the end. The end with the wax will be cut off eventually and there will be no frayed fibers left as you stitch.
In my happy room I use an old glass Victorian style jar for my orts... at work I use a beautiful glass candle holder... I've been considering getting a fabric one for when I travel! Love the Discord community!!!
Another great ep, thanx ladies! YES, let’s do Maynia!!! My plan is to pick up WIP’s and work on each one for 2 days and then have a new start every Saturday (maybe Sunday too?!) You’re so right Rachel…Christmas in July will be here in 3 seconds! I’m in your Aida club and I’m expecting a delivery from your shop any day now too 🥳 I think it’s awesome that you both have thriving women owned businesses - congrats! Happy Stitching everyone! Kim
A great way to keep your thread from knotting while stitching, is to run the thread over a dampened sponge, just prior to use. It wets the thread and then dries in seconds and dries straighter. I learned this tip from Jean Farish in one of her early floss tubes. I’ve been doing it ever since and rarely have knotting. I took a regular kitchen sponge and cut it to the size of the smallest Tupperware type of container. (The kind for a bit of dressing for a “lunchbox”. The sponge fits inside and puffs up to the top so I open it and run the thread across the top just before using. It takes a second or two. Very easy. I keep the air free top on when not in use and don’t have to re dampen the sponge very often. Stays damp a long time. This water trick and keeping the length of the thread less than 18 inches long works like a charm. No more knots.
The bisornu SAL sounds like fun. My alterations on Maynia is to stitch on the remaining Maynia starts from the previous years on the days I started the project. I can only start a new project if I completed the project started on that day on a previous Maynia. It makes me bring out the WIPs from the bottom of the basket and give them some time to rediscover why I loved them. Thank you for the suggestion of fabrics for my A Savior's Praise. I love stitching it on the new fabric choice. I use a glass milk bottle I found under my grandmother's house for my orts. Since she taught me to stitch, I thought it was appropriate.
I would LOVE it if you would start carrying embroidery. Not a lot of the Needlepoint shops I've been to carry embroidery items. I have 1 of the Salem Witches quilt guild patterns. I want to make it into a wall hanging. Crabapple Hill, Blueberry Backroads are 2 of favorites hand embroidery designers.
Sue try Pellon iron on SF101 on the back of the embroidery. Try some on an edge so you can see how it works. So many new stitch alongs. I’m looking forward to Maynia now. I love the littles to stitch.
Love stitching and visiting with you both again today. I’m in for ALL the things! I’ve had a biscornu on my list 👍🏻 and yes to Maynia & of course a HUGE yes to Christmas in July! Let the planning begin. 🙌🏻
We have a covid collie. She was born Oct. 30 of 2020. She is our 4th collie and definitely different from the others. We weren’t able to socialize her like we did our other dogs. She is great in the house but is an issue with other dogs and takes a bit to warm up to people she is meeting. Our other dogs went to markets and school yards as pups and were well socialized. When we got Lizzie I was doing palliative care for my mother for the first 6 months and even once she was fone we had high covid rates here so going too far from home was not possible. She will learn but it is going to take some patience.
I totally agree with what you just said! I came back to stitching after 35 years and started on 14 ct which was lovely with my glasses on and now I can easily stitch on 36 ct with my same glasses on! If I stitch in anything higher or do any beading I will add a layer of magnifying glasses on top! My hubby has to laugh every time but that’s ok! 🤣😉 love your fabrics ladies and thanks for all you do! Your embroidery is so pretty are you going to watercolor inside of the stitching? I have before and it’s so pretty, it’s lovely either way! Blessings💖
I just finished my 2nd Biscornu and they are fun! I have my 3rd one kitted and ready to start with you ladies. I love your kitting up idea for Lila’s studio Xmas ornaments! I’ve wanted to stitch those since I first saw them.
Great video once again! Bennigan and I watched it together--he's my ever faithful stitching partner/dog. Two years ago, my school shut down during spring break for the last 9 weeks of school. I taught at home then had the entire summer at home. When I returned to school in the fall, B would sit in my lap when I got home (all 65lbs of him) and cry and cry for a good couple of nights. It took a bit of time for him - and me - to adjust! We always love the breaks (like this week-spring break) when he can be my "stuck like glue" partner :). Only 8 weeks until summer and the longest break of them all! I love ALL of your sal ideas! I've never done a biscornu, but have wanted to . . . a sal is a great motivator! I'll have to start looking around at patterns! The tomato book for Maynia is an AWESOME idea and I'm totally doing it!!!! Christmas in July - love it. I didn't do it last year and totally regretted it this Christmas when I had NOTHING to put out or to gift. This will be perfect! Love it all!
I always enjoy your videos. Rachel your dog at the beginning had me cracking up. Sue for the thread tangling my sister told me when you take thread off a spool you put the top of the thread put it through the needle and then knot the end where you cut it off the spool. I was listening to Alex Anderson today for National Quilting Weekend and she said the same thing. She said it’s like a rope if you run your hand down a rope it is smoother than if you run your hand up a rope. Hope that helps. It has to do with the twist of the thread. Rachel for Christmas in July I would like to do the ornaments you showed before that you put in the lacy wooden frames you sell. What pattern was that? I loved those. So many beautiful new patterns, so hard to choose. I never get bored I could listen to you both for another hour. Have a great two weeks.
Ever since I read your reply I've been feeling my one strand both ways and one way does feel a little smoother! Thank you for sharing that! The Christmas ornaments I did last year with the lace wood frames was from Erica Arndt store.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113&products_id=606 They are so fast and fun!
A WONDERFUL video! You have made me want to order the smalls now! I also thank you for sharing about your glasses. Rachel would you mind sharing the brand of your bifocals? I think I need to do what you did & make my close-up part be stronger. I have had problems conveying to my optometrist how I need something stronger so I can stitch easier. Thank you again!
HI Lois, my eye doctor is taking my old Maui Jack's and putting custom progressives in them. Just tell your eye doctor that is what you want to do so you can stitch and watch tv/see people at medium range. I haven't yet gotten them, so I will let you all know how they work for me when they come in! Good luck
This is off topic but I’ve been wanting to mention this for a while and keep forgetting. Or maybe I’ve already mentioned it and have forgotten. ( ugh, memory and old age suck. ) Anyway, When I see Sue tilt her head back to look at the screen thru her bifocals, reminds me of the same problem I’ve had. But from experience, by constantly tilting my head back to see close up, I ended up with Occipital nerve pain. It was bad but I got thru it. I’ve had progressive lenses for years and love them but adding computer glasses to my life, for up close work, is such a life saver!! Check into them!! I’ve got you Sue!!
Hi Sue! You would be our first from Australia - if you're interested, send me your address at rachel@treehousefiberarts.com and I could let you know what shipping would be?
Tamar Nahir Yanai is being sold in shops - at least at The Stitcher's Muse in Canada - a shop in British Columbia - so I would think she would be willing to let you do the same.
Ladies!! Agreed- Kits are everything! And yes to Bisquorn! I love you two. Please continue as you do and hopefully I can acquire some of your fabric. Also, I adore Modern Folk. Your podcast had me squirrelling everything! 💗❤️💓
I love the captions on your videos. Makes it so easy to be enabled, but also like the info - like Lila’s studio. I am obsessed with trying a biscornue (sp) so the BAL would be perfect for me!
Sue I completely agree with you on Maynia. I would go crazy kitting up 31 separate projects and then I would feel pressure to get them finished. Way to much pressure! It was fun chatting with you ladies tonight. Happy Stitching❤️
Loved this episode! Look forward to the new kits. You ladies are awesome ❤️❤️
Fabulous video! Love the kit ideas “ Lilas Studio “ has fantastic charts great designer!! Sue, your Little Birds is spectacular ♥️Happy Spring to you both ...🤗♥️🌷🌷🌷
I am so happy I found you! I am a newbie to your floss tube, but I feel like I have been stitching forever. I love the calm conversation you offer with personal info and cross stitch inspiration. The perfect combination of both! I look forward to following along during upcoming episodes and will surely binge back to the ones I missed! God bless you both!
Thank you so much!
Yes! A biscornu along!
Thanks for another great flosstube. I learn so much from you two!
I run my whole length of thread though the Bee's wax,helps with tangling. Was fun stitching while watching you. Thanks 😊
You two never fail to be delightful! I was so pleased to find Rachel plans to kit up A Tisket A Tasket, the lovely new Lila stitches, and so many other favorites on Sue's fabric. I don't have an LNS so these kits simplify things tremendously. Loved the different ideas for Maynia. Wishing you both loads of happy stitches!!
Happy stitches to you!!!!
I love your kits and you have mentioned all the patterns I love from market can’t wait to see them in the shop.
I am a morning person as well and feel it is my best time of day to be productive. Rachel, you certainly get a lot done as my orders have been shipped more promptly than I ever expected! I recently purchased the Owlsmoor Cottage kit and it arrived so quickly and was just perfect! I squealed when I opened the beautiful package! Also, I love Lila's Studio designs and was so glad you showcased her a bit! Thank you both for all you do!!
Thanks again for your order, Lesley!
It’s always great to spend some time with you two!!!
Awww thanks Sheila!
I recently found your channel and binged every episode. Each one gets better and better. But when you added "Drunks on Bicycles" theme music to the end of episode 34 when Sue couldn't figure out how to turn off the video (and Rachel was modeling ornaments), I was literally laughing out loud. My husband even walked over to see why I was laughing. If you ever needs a phrase for a drinking game (mine would be a cold Coke) my vote is every time Sue says, "Game changer." 😂 Keep up the great work! Two thumbs up! 👍👍
Hi Carla! Thanks for watching and your nice comments! We do have a lot of fun here - and I love the idea of a new drinking game for our channel! ;)
Crabapple Hill is great. I have done two quilts with the embroidery. They will sell to you to put in your online store I would think. You do heat set the crayon but use a paper towel to not ruin your iron with the wax. It becomes permanent. I will send you pictures of mine.
I loved seeing yours, Cheryl! Thank you!
Smalls, Biscournu ….yes, please!!! I just got a dough bowl and need to fill it up. I love, love, love my Lenny pouch. I use it for my Sashiko.
Love listening to you two chat - have a good week.
Have a great week, Peg!
It was lovely stitching with you today. In reference to wax. Rachel, I’m 100% on board with your suggestion to only wax the very end. It will not coat the rest of the floss as you pull it through though. Quilting thread can be waxed with reckless abandon. When using floss, the cotton fibers are very short and have a tendency to fray at the very end regardless of the size of the needle you’re using. Many silks will also fray. Waxing the entire length of cotton or silk is unnecessary and will destroy any shininess the mercerized cotton might have or the silk naturally has. It also changes the color and puts this dusty haze on the floss.
I have found the best way to wax the end is to use your thumb, press the last two inches of floss/silk into the flat side of your waxer. Pull the floss out and repeat. Pinch the waxed portion of floss between your thumb and index finger as you pull it through a couple of times. This will impregnate the wax into the fiber giving it strength where it needs it most-the end. The end with the wax will be cut off eventually and there will be no frayed fibers left as you stitch.
Thank you for such an informative reply!
When I saw Lori Holt's video shouting you out I was so excited! You deserve all the hype, way to go, ladies!
It was a thrill, that's for sure!
In my happy room I use an old glass Victorian style jar for my orts... at work I use a beautiful glass candle holder... I've been considering getting a fabric one for when I travel! Love the Discord community!!!
To get hoop tighter…wrap the inside hoop (I think it’s the inside hoop 😀 trying to remember! Lol) with fabric strips…bias tape works…
Another great ep, thanx ladies! YES, let’s do Maynia!!! My plan is to pick up WIP’s and work on each one for 2 days and then have a new start every Saturday (maybe Sunday too?!) You’re so right Rachel…Christmas in July will be here in 3 seconds! I’m in your Aida club and I’m expecting a delivery from your shop any day now too 🥳 I think it’s awesome that you both have thriving women owned businesses - congrats! Happy Stitching everyone! Kim
Yes!!! I would love to join a biscornu sal!!!
What a fun video!!
Great video ladies! I stitched on Mary while I watched!
Thank you Sarah!
A great way to keep your thread from knotting while stitching, is to run the thread over a dampened sponge, just prior to use. It wets the thread and then dries in seconds and dries straighter. I learned this tip from Jean Farish in one of her early floss tubes. I’ve been doing it ever since and rarely have knotting. I took a regular kitchen sponge and cut it to the size of the smallest Tupperware type of container. (The kind for a bit of dressing for a “lunchbox”. The sponge fits inside and puffs up to the top so I open it and run the thread across the top just before using. It takes a second or two. Very easy. I keep the air free top on when not in use and don’t have to re dampen the sponge very often. Stays damp a long time. This water trick and keeping the length of the thread less than 18 inches long works like a charm. No more knots.
Cozy Blue is an embroidery designer from NC. Her kits and patterns are great. It was fun to spend some time with you.
I have an order into her to stock my shop! Glad you like her!
The bisornu SAL sounds like fun. My alterations on Maynia is to stitch on the remaining Maynia starts from the previous years on the days I started the project. I can only start a new project if I completed the project started on that day on a previous Maynia. It makes me bring out the WIPs from the bottom of the basket and give them some time to rediscover why I loved them.
Thank you for the suggestion of fabrics for my A Savior's Praise. I love stitching it on the new fabric choice.
I use a glass milk bottle I found under my grandmother's house for my orts. Since she taught me to stitch, I thought it was appropriate.
I bet the leftover threads are really pretty in that glass milk bottle!!!
I would LOVE it if you would start carrying embroidery. Not a lot of the Needlepoint shops I've been to carry embroidery items. I have 1 of the Salem Witches quilt guild patterns. I want to make it into a wall hanging. Crabapple Hill, Blueberry Backroads are 2 of favorites hand embroidery designers.
Sue try Pellon iron on SF101 on the back of the embroidery. Try some on an edge so you can see how it works. So many new stitch alongs. I’m looking forward to Maynia now. I love the littles to stitch.
Awesome Video!! I would love to do a Biscornu along. Maynia would be great. I would love to do the smalls and I would love for you to kit them.
Love stitching and visiting with you both again today. I’m in for ALL the things! I’ve had a biscornu on my list 👍🏻 and yes to Maynia & of course a HUGE yes to Christmas in July! Let the planning begin. 🙌🏻
Hi Kari! xoxox
We have a covid collie. She was born Oct. 30 of 2020. She is our 4th collie and definitely different from the others. We weren’t able to socialize her like we did our other dogs. She is great in the house but is an issue with other dogs and takes a bit to warm up to people she is meeting. Our other dogs went to markets and school yards as pups and were well socialized. When we got Lizzie I was doing palliative care for my mother for the first 6 months and even once she was fone we had high covid rates here so going too far from home was not possible. She will learn but it is going to take some patience.
Thank you for the covid puppy validation! lol! They require soooo much patience!
I totally agree with what you just said! I came back to stitching after 35 years and started on 14 ct which was lovely with my glasses on and now I can easily stitch on 36 ct with my same glasses on! If I stitch in anything higher or do any beading I will add a layer of magnifying glasses on top! My hubby has to laugh every time but that’s ok! 🤣😉 love your fabrics ladies and thanks for all you do! Your embroidery is so pretty are you going to watercolor inside of the stitching? I have before and it’s so pretty, it’s lovely either way! Blessings💖
Tiger Lily, Kari, just finished A Quaker Welcome, which is Lila’s Studio ❤️
It's gorgeous -- and on my list to do as well!
it's so gorgeous!!! I have that one in my stash and have wanted to do it for so long!! Love the silks she used!!!
My favorite embroidery designers are hook, line, tinker; cozy blue; and stitched stories. I'm not sure if any of them sell through a distributor.
Thank you!!
Hi, bisornu sounds great and would be my first. Nurge hoops are great. I work on a thick one for my hands. Love ya gals.💟
oooh, thanks for the feedback on the Nurge! Waiting to hear back from them....
So much stitching, so little time ladies! Loved joining your natter today.
Sue, I have The Mystery of the Salem Witches guild too!
have you started it?!
@@flosstoss221 No, I haven’t.
I just finished my 2nd Biscornu and they are fun! I have my 3rd one kitted and ready to start with you ladies. I love your kitting up idea for Lila’s studio Xmas ornaments! I’ve wanted to stitch those since I first saw them.
Looks like we have a professional Biscornu viewer! We may need your help when we're finishing!
Great video once again! Bennigan and I watched it together--he's my ever faithful stitching partner/dog. Two years ago, my school shut down during spring break for the last 9 weeks of school. I taught at home then had the entire summer at home. When I returned to school in the fall, B would sit in my lap when I got home (all 65lbs of him) and cry and cry for a good couple of nights. It took a bit of time for him - and me - to adjust! We always love the breaks (like this week-spring break) when he can be my "stuck like glue" partner :). Only 8 weeks until summer and the longest break of them all!
I love ALL of your sal ideas! I've never done a biscornu, but have wanted to . . . a sal is a great motivator! I'll have to start looking around at patterns! The tomato book for Maynia is an AWESOME idea and I'm totally doing it!!!! Christmas in July - love it. I didn't do it last year and totally regretted it this Christmas when I had NOTHING to put out or to gift. This will be perfect! Love it all!
Hi Tina! Have a great week!
For the frequent knots in your thread, Jean Farish runs her thread through a damp sponge and she never gets knots.
I always enjoy your videos. Rachel your dog at the beginning had me cracking up. Sue for the thread tangling my sister told me when you take thread off a spool you put the top of the thread put it through the needle and then knot the end where you cut it off the spool. I was listening to Alex Anderson today for National Quilting Weekend and she said the same thing. She said it’s like a rope if you run your hand down a rope it is smoother than if you run your hand up a rope. Hope that helps. It has to do with the twist of the thread.
Rachel for Christmas in July I would like to do the ornaments you showed before that you put in the lacy wooden frames you sell. What pattern was that? I loved those.
So many beautiful new patterns, so hard to choose. I never get bored I could listen to you both for another hour. Have a great two weeks.
Ever since I read your reply I've been feeling my one strand both ways and one way does feel a little smoother! Thank you for sharing that! The Christmas ornaments I did last year with the lace wood frames was from Erica Arndt store.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113&products_id=606
They are so fast and fun!
Please, please put together the Teresa Kogut biscornu. I don't have it and would definitely purchase it from you!
working on it! Thanks, Debora!
Sue - are you going to stitch the Witches from Crapapple Hill with DMC floss or with a perle cotton like Valdani?
I will ask Sue on our Live this morning!
Kits and embroidery, please.
A WONDERFUL video! You have made me want to order the smalls now! I also thank you for sharing about your glasses. Rachel would you mind sharing the brand of your bifocals? I think I need to do what you did & make my close-up part be stronger. I have had problems conveying to my optometrist how I need something stronger so I can stitch easier. Thank you again!
HI Lois, my eye doctor is taking my old Maui Jack's and putting custom progressives in them. Just tell your eye doctor that is what you want to do so you can stitch and watch tv/see people at medium range. I haven't yet gotten them, so I will let you all know how they work for me when they come in! Good luck
@@flosstoss221 Thank you so much! I have been struggling & I appreciate your sharing with me.
❤️❤️😃
I have a snowball book and I have the threads but do you have 16 count Aida and about how much would it run I’m on a very limited income
We do carry 16 ct hand dyed Aida in the shop - thknits.com/new-products?category=Linens%2FAida
Sue, for an ort container you can use a small jam jar - the ones you buy to do jam - while you are waiting for one from Rachel
Wrap the inside hoop with twill tape.
This is off topic but I’ve been wanting to mention this for a while and keep forgetting. Or maybe I’ve already mentioned it and have forgotten. ( ugh, memory and old age suck. ) Anyway, When I see Sue tilt her head back to look at the screen thru her bifocals, reminds me of the same problem I’ve had. But from experience, by constantly tilting my head back to see close up, I ended up with Occipital nerve pain. It was bad but I got thru it. I’ve had progressive lenses for years and love them but adding computer glasses to my life, for up close work, is such a life saver!! Check into them!! I’ve got you Sue!!
Thank you for the feedback! Good advice!
Covid dogs are definitely a thing! I got 2 during the last 2 year and never had such "naughty" kids with all of the dogs I've had!
We have an accidental COVID dog, Chinese Shar Pei, Albus Dumbledore. He’s a dream… but certainly COVID-clingy haha
Biscornu!!!! Yes!!
Is it possible to join your fibre club from Australia?
Hi Sue! You would be our first from Australia - if you're interested, send me your address at rachel@treehousefiberarts.com and I could let you know what shipping would be?
Tamar Nahir Yanai is being sold in shops - at least at The Stitcher's Muse in Canada - a shop in British Columbia - so I would think she would be willing to let you do the same.
thank you for the feedback on Tamar's embroidery! Off to check that out!
Back your embroidery with pellon SF101