Oh my gosh Brenda. Your stitch Maynia plans are awesome. You are so talented and you Stitching is beautiful. Enjoy your Maynia and looking forward to how your month progresses. Happy stitching ❌❌❌❌❌
I'm embarrassed to say I'm just now finding your channel, thanks to Pam & Steph's "Silver & Gold" segment. What beautiful projects you have stitched! Can't wait to see your update videos as you go through Maynia :) Happy stitching!
Hi friend. Every year when you get out your board, I get so excited!! I love seeing you tear off your finishes and add new ones. I agree, start all the things!! So exciting!! Can’t wait for your update ❤
I love your finishes and your plans! Normally, I do the Blimey Cat method for all 31 days, but I am not doing Maynia this year because we are traveling for 5 1/2 weeks(3 cruises and a week in Rome!) and I just couldn’t bring all those projects! So I brought 4 and am happily stitching on those whenever I can. But I know what you mean about getting excited for Maynia. I’m starting 12 this year (1 each month) and I had so much fun picking out which projects to start for which month. I also plan to finish one each month as well as doing a calendar page each month and working on 48:47 all 52 of my WIPs this year, one each week. So far, I’m sticking to the plan and still excited. My new start for this month is a full coverage picture of Santorini, Greece. I thought it would be great to stitch on Santorini while I’m actually IN Santorini!!!
I´m a fairly new follower and making my way through your older videos at the moment. I just wanted to say that because of you mentioning "A stitcher´s shelf" I went and looked it up, instantly fell in love with it, downloaded the pattern (50% off, yay!) and went and got the fabric (I live 5 minutes from Zweigart so that was a quick visit). I´m not sure what I´ve gotten myself into but it was just too beautiful, so thank you (I think...)! 😁Love your videos by the way 😊
Hi Brenda. So excited for Stitch Maynia this year too. Here in Alberta, Canada, we are still waiting for Spring also. Please note, you get an extra start for the 23rd May - 23 projects for 2023, so you DO get 11 new starts 😊
Hi Joanne! Ohhh, I bet you are still freezing!!! I keep having to remind myself that Spring will come eventually, lol. And all the snow has been such a blessing for our multi-year drought. I knew my count was off, but I couldn't figure out where! And after I turned off the camera I found another planned new start in the bin that I didn't show, lol!! My goodness. Apparently my brain was done for the day! Thank You!!!
@@Handworkmaniac always fun to start a new project. I don’t know if I would start more than a dozen again but I now have some lovely new WIPs in my rotation.
Fun to see your Maynia wip/kit parade. I do wonder, would you (and anyone in the comments who read this) consider keeping a finished project on for another May and use said day as a dedicated Fully Finish day? I for one find it hard to motivate myself to get that last step done.
Love watching your planning videos. You got so many fabulous finishes. I’m thinking of doing a Mill Hill May and starting a new kit every Monday. I’m really trying to get my WIP number down this year!
I think I may do my own Maynia this year. Stitch at least 30mins a day. Going to dig out my WIPs and have them ready to go so I can work on whichever takes my fancy that day.
Hi Brenda! Your line up and review is always exciting to see. I feel the same about this time of year, and we still have small piles of snow here in the upper Midwest. I am stitching on Portuguese Bird Sampler today while watching your video. Happy stitching! -Leah Noel
Hi Leah Noel!!! Is your snow melted yet? We just have snow left in the mountains now, and it finally feels like summer. Ohhh your Portuguese Bird Sampler sounds lovely :)
I love your stitching and this format for Maynia is so so fun! I have to give special mention to how you did that water though!!! I gasped when I saw it, it looks like you used a bunch of colours but it's really just pooled variegated thread? So creative!
Your stitching is beautiful! I love all your plans. I am doing Maynia too and I felt like it reignited my enthusiasm too … in this stretch of weird weather and wondering what’s next! Thank you for sharing
Hello Kris and Victoria!!!!!!! I'm so glad to hear you did Maynia as well, how did it go!!! And yes, I thought the same thing, it kept me motivated during that crazy weather :)
What would your channel be without a stack of beautiful WIPS to show on your FT!! Thank you for sharing your Blimey method of Maynia!! Can't wait to see the progress of these new starts!! HAPPY STITCHING TODAY AND EVERYDAY IN 2023!!
Hi Brenda ❤️ Thank you for sharing your Maynia plans. I really like the method you use. If I had an easy solution to print my pattern images (printer hasn’t been working for color images lately) I would probably follow suite. I had planned to have a Maynia plans video up by now, but hopefully I will within the next couple of days. Happy Maynia!❤️
I remember watching your Flosstube last year about Maynia and I thought maybe I should do something like that. So, I got all my unstarted patterns kitted up and will just start them all in May. I currently have less than 10 WIPS going and have 10 to start. I have not started anything new so far this year. The problem is I am enjoying all my WIPS so I may end up changing my mind and not starting anything in May. Maybe it will all just become a June-tastic June or a Summer Startin' Sizzler in July. 😂
Hi Christy!!! Thank you for telling me what you are thinking about! I know what you mean about enjoying your current WIPs, lol!!! Maynia, June-tastic, Summer Startin Sizzler, all sound perfect, lol!!
I love all of your projects Brenda! I’m impressed that you have so many finishes and excited for you that you get to replace them with new starts! I have been watching your progress on Hoity Toity, and it totally enabled me. It will be one of my new starts for this month! I just put up my Maynia video, if you are interested in watching. Happy stitching!! ❤Emi
Hello!!! 🤗🤗Thanks for the video!!🥰 All your processes are very interesting and wonderfu😍😍😍😍l!!! I really don't know English🤭... but... I really like your work and your creativity!!😁😁😁😁🤩. If something is not written correctly🤭 ... then I'm sorry ... I'm writing through Google translator😅😅😅💥💥💥👍👍 I also embroidered a hen and a rooster from RTO... put it into a box... an interesting and useful thing turned out.😊😊😊
Hello Brenda! I love how organized you are. I don't do Maynia because I have to keep my WIPS to about 4 or 5 at the most. I feel completely overwhelmed and scattered if I try to do more than that. I admire those of you that can though. I'm sorry you're feeling a little vexed. This has been the longest winter! I suppose it's good for those affected by the runnoff to have it warm slowly. But I'm ready for sunshine, mowed grass, vegetable gardens and hummingbirds! They'll come - keep the faith! PS - look at ALL those finishes! That's got to feel amazing!
Thank You!!! I totally understand only having 4 or 5 WIPs, don't feel bad about doing what makes you happy :) And thank you for the pep talk! I made it through and summer is here finally :)
I've been checking ever day yo see if you've posted a new video! Finally! And, for some reason. I have not even thought about Maynia. WHAAAAT???? I think May has just snuck up on Mr. It's been so unusually cold here in Chicagoland, I think that might be why. So I'm thinking now about what I want to do. It was fun seeing your plans. I was hoping foe one of those foreign kits you got awhile ago, but you picked some good ones. Take care and happy Maynia!
Hi Christine! I feel the same say about May sneaking up on me!!! The weather this year has been SOOO bizarre. I was sorely tempted to start a kit, I do have a lot of lovely ones just calling me, lol. I can't wait to hear what you decide to do for Maynia :)
So many finishes! I'm very impressed! I am still plugging away on the H.A.E.D. and I finished the scene out the window and working those blue birds in the pink and white flowers and moving across to just below the head of the lady in the gold dress. I really want to finish my way fully across the row and a half of the shelves to be able to roll the fabric at the end of the year. I found a couple of fancy Victorian ladies from Dimensions Gold collection from way back though so I am starting one for May. The kit says it has beads and silk ribbons among the thread, fabric and needles so I hope to have something exciting to work on then for May too. Thanks so much for sharing Brenda. Have fun in May! Best wishes for a Happy Mother's Day and birthday!!!!
Hi Lilia!!! Wow, clear across the row by the end of the year! That is incredible!!! Your fancy victorian ladies sound amazing!! I can't wait to see them!
Hi Brenda, I always enjoy watching you. Your Maynia projects are beautiful! You inspire me with all your wonderful charts. I am planning on doing Maynia too. I will probably do 15 projects, two days in a row with a mix of new and old wips. Thank you for sharing and putting all the chart info in the description.
Thank You Kathy! Two days per project sounds wonderful! I always have such a hard time putting one down and starting another one, lol! And I love your idea of old and new starts, let me know how it goes :)
You can start 11 because don't you get to add the 23rd to the calendar? For the year 2023? I love your new starts and so glad that they'll make you happy in a part of the year that can be trying, kind of depressing, doesn't know what season it is - etc! I have an idea for Maynia, I've never done a "true" Maynia, but a couple of times have come up with my version and this will the year for another one! Probably have to email those plans as some is still undecided.
Hi Debby!!! Thank You for explaining my numbers to me!! I thought I had 11 slots and then there were only 10 all the sudden, lol! I had forgotten to add the 23rd, lol. I can't wait to hear what you decide to do for Maynia :)
It’s lovely seeing you Brenda and all of your great projects for May. You really have a wonderful variety and they are looking beautiful. Looking forward to seeing what else you have been up too. Thank you so much for sharing love and blessings xx
It is always so fun to see your Maynia plans and what you've finished during the year. Your new starts are beautiful. I like your board, too. I'm a visual person, and I like the organized way the board is done. Good luck with end of year school stuff and with Maynia. ❤
You are the only person I know who is making The Four Seasons by Lanarte. I have finally gotten up the nerve to start, but have lost the list of DMC needed. Can I ask for a copy of the list from you. I have my pattern and fabric, but evidently I lost the list. I hope you can help please.
Hi Cheryl! Ohhh, I love that project. I bought mine as a kit, and the floss is just numbered with kit numbers that have nothing to do with DMC numbers. I don't even know what brand of floss it is, the box just says it is cotton floss. So sorry!
What satisfaction to remove those projects from your Maynia board! Your stitching is beautiful, and you always tempt me to write down the names of patterns and designers. I think it takes a teacher to really understand how you feel this time of year! I always said it was like being pregnant (although I have never been) - when the 9th month comes along it is time to get it done! But there is such an overwhelming avalanche of "stuff" to get through before you are done. Hang in there! The end is in sight 🌹
Love your Maynia plans and glad that you are choosing what will bring you joy! Looking forward to following your progress! Thanks for sharing your stitching and happy birthday my friend!
Congratulations on all those finish’s! Now you have all those empty spaces to fill! What fun. I love the library piece but I know that one is going to take forever unless you focus more time on it or give it to your daughter. Who is the Queen of full coverage! I always enjoy your videos. Thanks
Thank You Diane!! I keep thinking the same thing, that the library piece needs dedicated time every week!! Or having Catherine stitch it would be a GREAT idea, lol!!!!
Came on over after a suggestion from Pam and Steph and so glad I did! Loved this content...so many designers/designs I've never seen! I love getting to see those that aren't in the mainstream yet. Your selection is very eclectic...I WILL be back!!!
Hi Lynette!!! Ohhhh, I love those gnome patters, and I want to do all of the caterpillar CS Trees! That winter one is gorgeous. Did you get them out and work on them?
You are right!!! I knew my count was off somewhere and I couldn't figure out why, lol! And thank you for the translation! What a perfect name for that chart!
I loved seeing all your last year mania stitching. I have to find the winter heart one and the halloween one, Hope I can find them in your box. Thank you for sharing these.
So fun to see your planning video for May. And so many finishes from last year. I am sad that the chickens are finished. Their faces and those colors always made me smile. Happy Birthday and I hope you have a great Maynia
My plans for Maynia are a different. I am going to dig into my box of finishes and do one final finish a day. It is May 3rd as I write this and I have 3 finally completely finished pieces!!
Translates to "In the land of gnomes". Love all your pieces! I will also be starting an Awesome Pattern Studio city chart, but I will be doing Venice. Looking forward to Maynia and happy stitching!
Thank You, lol!! I'm glad I am not the only one :) I would never do it for real, but it sure sounds tempting sometimes. My husband is great and takes me away for the weekend if I get really stressed out, lol.
Hi Theresa! I stitch with Sulky 12 wt thread, it is a little thicker than DMC. And my favorite fabric to use it on is 36ct over 2 fabric threads, and it also looks great on 32ct :)
I love it when you do Maynia! Like me, you’re not afraid to stitch the ‘big girls’. It’s alway so inspirational. I am doing WIPGO and my picks for May were 2 new starts. I haven’t picked what I will start but the only things I want to start are big. Pam
It was fun to watch you go through all of your Maynia projects. I could remember which ones you had finished before you showed them. I have a new start coming up, probably in May, and I have been planning on being good and starting something small. However, I love all of the Sara seasonal charts and have the Spring chart ready to start. Seeing that you are starting one of them makes me want to start mine. 😂
Hi Brian!!! I often feel that other flosstubers WIPs are like old friends. I wait to hear about them, and miss then when they aren't shown for a while, lol!! Oh no, I am a bad influence, LOL!! Those Sara charts have been calling my name for a few years now, they are so beautiful. On the plus side, they do have a lot of open space in them, lol. But I suspect "future you" would be much happier if you started something smaller that didn't lengthen your schedule of finishes, lol. I love all your WIPs and I love how you rotate them. Your last few finishes have been spectacular!!!!
I had all sorts of things I wanted to say and then work exploded and now it's about 6 hours later and I have no clue what I was going to say. It was fun watching you take finished pieces off and now you can have all sorts of new starts which is crazy exciting to me. I'm not even the one doing the new starts, but so so so so excited!!!!!
Hi Julie!!! LOL, I know exactly what you mean! It happens to me all the time, lol! And thank you for being so excited for me, lol, it helps to cheer me on. Happy Summer!!!!!
I'm almost as excited as you are for YOUR Maynia. I'm a 2 project at a time person, but I love your planning and organization. Yes you get 11 new ones this year.
@@Handworkmaniac I'm currently working on Winter Montage and then just keeping up with the Temperature Quaker by Stitchin Mommy. Pretty much monogamous but, the little Quaker adds a break.
Hi, I am up late at night bobbing my recent on sale DMC haul. While catching up on floss tube your channel popped up on my feed. I am very impressed with your past and 2023 mania plans. My mouth opened almost the whole time when you showed your past mania piece. Everything is beautiful. I had to subscribe just to watch your mania board.
Your Maynia board is like visiting with old friends. I have been watching your channel long enough that I remember when many of those were new starts! You give me hope for finishing my older WiPs. I have whittled my WiPs down to a half dozen after many years, which is a count that I'm comfortable with, so I won't be doing any new starts, but I'm going to be doing "Monogamous May" on a Kathy Barrick design ("My Day Complete" - my October birthday start) and will hopefully have a finish! That will start on May 12th because - vacation!!!
Hi Karla!! I feel exactly the same about other people's WIPs that I watch regularly :) And I talk to the TV and ask them "what about such and such? you haven't shown it in forever?" LOL I love your plans for monogamous May, and that you have your WIP pile down to a number that makes you happy :) What a fabulous feeling :) My Day Complete will be gorgeous!!!
I completed the Owl Forest Embroidery piece last year and it was addictive. It grabbed my attention and I completed it within 6 weeks, which is a record for me. Don’t be surprised if you get hooked, too. Each little item felt like a completion and that’s what made it go so quickly. I chose a pale pink fabric with 3799 floss. I think it took about 12 skeins on 32 count fabric over 2.
It’s great that you were able to get so many projects finished from your Maynia board. Congratulations! Your new projects are fun too. Good luck with them.
I’m so excited for Maynia too! I haven’t participated in a few years and I am itching for some new starts. I am starting 10 this year, one every three days starting on the 1st and then four days at the end for my biggest start. I wanted to have a few days with each piece this year so it felt a little less overwhelming to me. Can’t wait to see your progress. Everything you stitch is so lovely!
Thank You for sharing your plans!!! I love the idea of having a few days with each one! Which one are you most excited to start? And how will you choose which one you start next each time?
@@Handworkmaniac I am excited to start them all but I have Praiseworthy Stitches Simple Gifts-Faith first, I have wanted to start that one for awhile. I choose smaller ones on the days that fell Wed-Fri since I work those days (I work from home) but I might have less time.
@@Handworkmaniac Maynia went well! I kind of abandoned all plans about mid May and stitched an older project to completion, however a finish is always welcomed. The craziness of life always seems to alter my “plans” anyway. Hope your May was great and you got in some stitchy time!
Oh my gosh Brenda. Your stitch Maynia plans are awesome. You are so talented and you Stitching is beautiful. Enjoy your Maynia and looking forward to how your month progresses. Happy stitching ❌❌❌❌❌
Thank You Linnie! I am excited for May to get here! LOL
I'm embarrassed to say I'm just now finding your channel, thanks to Pam & Steph's "Silver & Gold" segment. What beautiful projects you have stitched! Can't wait to see your update videos as you go through Maynia :) Happy stitching!
oh hey girl!
Thank You Caitlin!!! I need to get a video made TONIGHT!!
Hi friend. Every year when you get out your board, I get so excited!! I love seeing you tear off your finishes and add new ones. I agree, start all the things!! So exciting!! Can’t wait for your update ❤
Hi Stacy! Thank You :) I had a ball in May, now I just need to get stitching, lol!!! I love every single one of your videos :)
I always love watching your Maynia plans videos. I like see the completed pieces coming off the board & seeing what is getting added each year. 😁
Thank You Peggy!! It is one of my favorite videos to make :)
I love your finishes and your plans! Normally, I do the Blimey Cat method for all 31 days, but I am not doing Maynia this year because we are traveling for 5 1/2 weeks(3 cruises and a week in Rome!) and I just couldn’t bring all those projects! So I brought 4 and am happily stitching on those whenever I can. But I know what you mean about getting excited for Maynia. I’m starting 12 this year (1 each month) and I had so much fun picking out which projects to start for which month. I also plan to finish one each month as well as doing a calendar page each month and working on 48:47 all 52 of my WIPs this year, one each week. So far, I’m sticking to the plan and still excited. My new start for this month is a full coverage picture of Santorini, Greece. I thought it would be great to stitch on Santorini while I’m actually IN Santorini!!!
Oh my goodness!!! That sounds amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your work is stunning!!! Hope you have fun and enjoy your Maynia😊
Thank You!!
Happy birthday Brenda! Glad to see a video from you
Thank You!
You have some very beautiful stitching! Can’t wait to get maynia started!!!
Thank You Gene! How did your Maynia go?
@@Handworkmaniac was able to touch every wip at least once. Thanks for asking!!
Yay!!
Always impressed with your beautiful stitching! See you in a few weeks at B !! ❤
Yay!!!!!!!!!! Counting the days!
I´m a fairly new follower and making my way through your older videos at the moment. I just wanted to say that because of you mentioning "A stitcher´s shelf" I went and looked it up, instantly fell in love with it, downloaded the pattern (50% off, yay!) and went and got the fabric (I live 5 minutes from Zweigart so that was a quick visit). I´m not sure what I´ve gotten myself into but it was just too beautiful, so thank you (I think...)! 😁Love your videos by the way 😊
Thank You!!! LOL, so glad to enable you on that one. I still love the pattern every time I get it out to work on it :)
Hi Brenda. So excited for Stitch Maynia this year too. Here in Alberta, Canada, we are still waiting for Spring also. Please note, you get an extra start for the 23rd May - 23 projects for 2023, so you DO get 11 new starts 😊
Hi Joanne! Ohhh, I bet you are still freezing!!! I keep having to remind myself that Spring will come eventually, lol. And all the snow has been such a blessing for our multi-year drought. I knew my count was off, but I couldn't figure out where! And after I turned off the camera I found another planned new start in the bin that I didn't show, lol!! My goodness. Apparently my brain was done for the day! Thank You!!!
That was fun! I’m doing a Maynia.🇦🇺
Hi Judy!!! Yay! How did you like it?
@@Handworkmaniac always fun to start a new project. I don’t know if I would start more than a dozen again but I now have some lovely new WIPs in my rotation.
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Thank You!!
Fun to see your Maynia wip/kit parade. I do wonder, would you (and anyone in the comments who read this) consider keeping a finished project on for another May and use said day as a dedicated Fully Finish day?
I for one find it hard to motivate myself to get that last step done.
Hi Biadora! I think that sounds like a fabulous idea!!!!!!!
Love watching your planning videos. You got so many fabulous finishes. I’m thinking of doing a Mill Hill May and starting a new kit every Monday. I’m really trying to get my WIP number down this year!
Thank You Susan! And I totally understand about getting your wip count down!! Did you start four new mill hill kits?
As always, you inspire me! Have fun!
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Thank You Jamie!
Happy Birthday! I forgot about Maynia! I need to get ready. I love seeing your plans every year.
Thank You!!! Yes, you do! Let me know what you decided to do!
Happy birthday, and have fun with Maynia! You really got lots of WIPS finished this year, way to go!😊
Thank You Pam!!! It was fabulous to get some of those older ones done!
I love how you organize your chart for Maynia. Congratulations on all of your finishes from the chart! Enjoy all of your new starts!
Thank You Maureen! I don't know why that chart is so fun for me, but it is :)
Such inspiration Brenda - I love your FTs and Maynia plans so much!
Thank You Sian!!
So much fun watching your Maynia plans! Also, your finishes are fantastic! What was that-10 or 11?!? Great job!!
Thank You Joyce!!! LOL, I can't count or think straight in front of the camera!
I think I may do my own Maynia this year. Stitch at least 30mins a day. Going to dig out my WIPs and have them ready to go so I can work on whichever takes my fancy that day.
Hi Rae!!! Sounds like a fabulous idea!!!!! Let me know how it goes :)
Hi Brenda! Your line up and review is always exciting to see. I feel the same about this time of year, and we still have small piles of snow here in the upper Midwest. I am stitching on Portuguese Bird Sampler today while watching your video. Happy stitching! -Leah Noel
Hi Leah Noel!!! Is your snow melted yet? We just have snow left in the mountains now, and it finally feels like summer. Ohhh your Portuguese Bird Sampler sounds lovely :)
I love your stitching and this format for Maynia is so so fun! I have to give special mention to how you did that water though!!! I gasped when I saw it, it looks like you used a bunch of colours but it's really just pooled variegated thread? So creative!
Thank You Eimear! Yes, it is just one variegated color thread. I was amazed when I was stitching it too, lol :)
Your stitching is beautiful! I love all your plans. I am doing Maynia too and I felt like it reignited my enthusiasm too … in this stretch of weird weather and wondering what’s next! Thank you for sharing
Hello Kris and Victoria!!!!!!! I'm so glad to hear you did Maynia as well, how did it go!!! And yes, I thought the same thing, it kept me motivated during that crazy weather :)
What would your channel be without a stack of beautiful WIPS to show on your FT!! Thank you for sharing your Blimey method of Maynia!! Can't wait to see the progress of these new starts!! HAPPY STITCHING TODAY AND EVERYDAY IN 2023!!
Thank You Karen!!!!
So excited to see all your projects 😘😘
Thank You Pam!!! I am counting the days until I am Cinci again!! And I am LOVING all the things you have been working on lately!
Hi Brenda ❤️ Thank you for sharing your Maynia plans. I really like the method you use. If I had an easy solution to print my pattern images (printer hasn’t been working for color images lately) I would probably follow suite. I had planned to have a Maynia plans video up by now, but hopefully I will within the next couple of days. Happy Maynia!❤️
Thank You!! So sorry your printer is not working, that is so frustrating! I will put your video on my list to watch :) I LOVE maynia videos :)
I remember watching your Flosstube last year about Maynia and I thought maybe I should do something like that. So, I got all my unstarted patterns kitted up and will just start them all in May. I currently have less than 10 WIPS going and have 10 to start. I have not started anything new so far this year. The problem is I am enjoying all my WIPS so I may end up changing my mind and not starting anything in May. Maybe it will all just become a June-tastic June or a Summer Startin' Sizzler in July. 😂
Hi Christy!!! Thank you for telling me what you are thinking about! I know what you mean about enjoying your current WIPs, lol!!! Maynia, June-tastic, Summer Startin Sizzler, all sound perfect, lol!!
I love all of your projects Brenda! I’m impressed that you have so many finishes and excited for you that you get to replace them with new starts! I have been watching your progress on Hoity Toity, and it totally enabled me. It will be one of my new starts for this month! I just put up my Maynia video, if you are interested in watching. Happy stitching!! ❤Emi
Hi Emi!!!! I did watch your video, and LOVED it!!!!!! So glad you are starting Hoity Toity as well! Happy Summer :)
Yesss Brenda! This video was like dessert! All your big beautiful projects you finished, bravo! So excited for all your new starts, wheeee! ❤❤❤
Thank You Phoebe!! That is exactly how I feel this week, wheeeeeeee!!! LOL
Hello!!! 🤗🤗Thanks for the video!!🥰 All your processes are very interesting and wonderfu😍😍😍😍l!!! I really don't know English🤭... but... I really like your work and your creativity!!😁😁😁😁🤩. If something is not written correctly🤭 ... then I'm sorry ... I'm writing through Google translator😅😅😅💥💥💥👍👍 I also embroidered a hen and a rooster from RTO... put it into a box... an interesting and useful thing turned out.😊😊😊
Thank You!!! Your hen and rooster box sounds gorgeous! And the translation was easy to understand :)
Hello Brenda! I love how organized you are. I don't do Maynia because I have to keep my WIPS to about 4 or 5 at the most. I feel completely overwhelmed and scattered if I try to do more than that. I admire those of you that can though.
I'm sorry you're feeling a little vexed. This has been the longest winter! I suppose it's good for those affected by the runnoff to have it warm slowly. But I'm ready for sunshine, mowed grass, vegetable gardens and hummingbirds! They'll come - keep the faith!
PS - look at ALL those finishes! That's got to feel amazing!
Thank You!!! I totally understand only having 4 or 5 WIPs, don't feel bad about doing what makes you happy :) And thank you for the pep talk! I made it through and summer is here finally :)
I've been checking ever day yo see if you've posted a new video! Finally! And, for some reason. I have not even thought about Maynia. WHAAAAT???? I think May has just snuck up on Mr. It's been so unusually cold here in Chicagoland, I think that might be why. So I'm thinking now about what I want to do. It was fun seeing your plans. I was hoping foe one of those foreign kits you got awhile ago, but you picked some good ones. Take care and happy Maynia!
Hi Christine! I feel the same say about May sneaking up on me!!! The weather this year has been SOOO bizarre. I was sorely tempted to start a kit, I do have a lot of lovely ones just calling me, lol. I can't wait to hear what you decide to do for Maynia :)
So many finishes! I'm very impressed! I am still plugging away on the H.A.E.D. and I finished the scene out the window and working those blue birds in the pink and white flowers and moving across to just below the head of the lady in the gold dress. I really want to finish my way fully across the row and a half of the shelves to be able to roll the fabric at the end of the year.
I found a couple of fancy Victorian ladies from Dimensions Gold collection from way back though so I am starting one for May. The kit says it has beads and silk ribbons among the thread, fabric and needles so I hope to have something exciting to work on then for May too.
Thanks so much for sharing Brenda. Have fun in May! Best wishes for a Happy Mother's Day and birthday!!!!
Hi Lilia!!! Wow, clear across the row by the end of the year! That is incredible!!!
Your fancy victorian ladies sound amazing!! I can't wait to see them!
Hi Brenda, I always enjoy watching you. Your Maynia projects are beautiful! You inspire me with all your wonderful charts. I am planning on doing Maynia too. I will probably do 15 projects, two days in a row with a mix of new and old wips. Thank you for sharing and putting all the chart info in the description.
Thank You Kathy! Two days per project sounds wonderful! I always have such a hard time putting one down and starting another one, lol! And I love your idea of old and new starts, let me know how it goes :)
You can start 11 because don't you get to add the 23rd to the calendar? For the year 2023? I love your new starts and so glad that they'll make you happy in a part of the year that can be trying, kind of depressing, doesn't know what season it is - etc! I have an idea for Maynia, I've never done a "true" Maynia, but a couple of times have come up with my version and this will the year for another one! Probably have to email those plans as some is still undecided.
Hi Debby!!! Thank You for explaining my numbers to me!! I thought I had 11 slots and then there were only 10 all the sudden, lol! I had forgotten to add the 23rd, lol. I can't wait to hear what you decide to do for Maynia :)
It’s lovely seeing you Brenda and all of your great projects for May. You really have a wonderful variety and they are looking beautiful. Looking forward to seeing what else you have been up too. Thank you so much for sharing love and blessings xx
Thank You Julie!!!
Love your spirit! Start 11 new wips, why not! Hahaha I'm certainly not stopping you because I love to see all your progress and finishes.♥️ -Aubrey
Thank You Aubrey! I appreciate the cheering on, I have a lot to get done this year, lol!
It is always so fun to see your Maynia plans and what you've finished during the year. Your new starts are beautiful. I like your board, too. I'm a visual person, and I like the organized way the board is done. Good luck with end of year school stuff and with Maynia. ❤
Thank You Judy!! Sometimes I think I like the organizing as much as the actual stitching, lol!
So many pretty finishes. Always delight to see you post a video. Love the mania choices. Will be fun to watch your progress. Thank you for sharing.
Thank You Jo Marie!!
You are the only person I know who is making The Four Seasons by Lanarte. I have finally gotten up the nerve to start, but have lost the list of DMC needed. Can I ask for a copy of the list from you. I have my pattern and fabric, but evidently I lost the list. I hope you can help please.
Hi Cheryl! Ohhh, I love that project. I bought mine as a kit, and the floss is just numbered with kit numbers that have nothing to do with DMC numbers. I don't even know what brand of floss it is, the box just says it is cotton floss. So sorry!
What satisfaction to remove those projects from your Maynia board! Your stitching is beautiful, and you always tempt me to write down the names of patterns and designers. I think it takes a teacher to really understand how you feel this time of year! I always said it was like being pregnant (although I have never been) - when the 9th month comes along it is time to get it done! But there is such an overwhelming avalanche of "stuff" to get through before you are done. Hang in there! The end is in sight 🌹
Thank You Julie!!! That is the perfect analogy!!! And all my respect and gratitude go out to you as a teacher. I am so happy it is summer!!!!!!!
Love your Maynia plans and glad that you are choosing what will bring you joy! Looking forward to following your progress! Thanks for sharing your stitching and happy birthday my friend!
Thank You Sharon!!!
Congratulations on all those finish’s! Now you have all those empty spaces to fill! What fun. I love the library piece but I know that one is going to take forever unless you focus more time on it or give it to your daughter. Who is the Queen of full coverage! I always enjoy your videos. Thanks
Thank You Diane!! I keep thinking the same thing, that the library piece needs dedicated time every week!! Or having Catherine stitch it would be a GREAT idea, lol!!!!
Came on over after a suggestion from Pam and Steph and so glad I did! Loved this content...so many designers/designs I've never seen! I love getting to see those that aren't in the mainstream yet. Your selection is very eclectic...I WILL be back!!!
Thank You Jenni!!!! It was so nice of Pam and Steph to shout me out :)
Great stitching projects and plans for Maynia,enjoy them all no pressure,Thankyou for sharing 👍🇳🇿🪡
Thank You Donna! I did enjoy May and can't wait to stitch on them all summer :)
Love your Maynia plans. I have the cute gnome pattern and the caterpillar cross stitch winter tree started. Might get it out again.
Hi Lynette!!! Ohhhh, I love those gnome patters, and I want to do all of the caterpillar CS Trees! That winter one is gorgeous. Did you get them out and work on them?
It is 2023, so you could add a 23rd project 🙃, so you can fit in all 11.
De gnomes one says: in the land of the gnomes... (pays is country)
You are right!!! I knew my count was off somewhere and I couldn't figure out why, lol! And thank you for the translation! What a perfect name for that chart!
So looking forward to watching your new projects taking shape in the coming weeks. A very happy birthday, enjoy your day.
Thank You Cathy!!!
Hi Brenda! I love all your videos but my favorites are your WIP parades and Maynia plans/updates. I can’t wait to see the progress you made!
Thank You Jackie!!!
Hi Brenda. Thank you for this video! I love the way you organise your stitching, and watching the Maynia 'reveal' is great fun. ⚘️
Thank You Margaret!!
I loved seeing all your last year mania stitching. I have to find the winter heart one and the halloween one, Hope I can find them in your box. Thank you for sharing these.
Thank You Lori! Those were some of my favorites!
It's always so great to see your progress and Maynia plans. Your stitching and fabric choices are so beautiful.
Thank You Lorraine!!
Love the idea pf a picture board! Love the summer heart, just gorgeous. Good luck with all your new starts !!
Thank You Michelle!
I love your Mania planning. Happy Birthday!🎈 I know this time of year is hard. We have 17 days left!
Thank You Lisa!!! We made it to summer!!!! Yay!!!
Happy Birthday Brenda! You are so well organized! Love all your finishes and all you new starts!
Thank You Devra!
So fun to see your planning video for May. And so many finishes from last year. I am sad that the chickens are finished. Their faces and those colors always made me smile. Happy Birthday and I hope you have a great Maynia
Thank You Sarah! Oh, those chickens, lol. They make me smile too. I will have to put them up where I can see them every day :)
My plans for Maynia are a different. I am going to dig into my box of finishes and do one final finish a day. It is May 3rd as I write this and I have 3 finally completely finished pieces!!
Yay Karen!!! What a fabulous idea!!! How many did you get finished?
I’m going to join you by stitching Estate. I’ve had it forever and it so pretty. Thanks for the nudge!
Yay!!! I was just working on that last night, I LOVE it!!!
Beautiful stitching. Thank you for sharing your organizational skills.
Thank You Linda! Sometimes I think I enjoy the organizing as much as the stitching, lol!
You are so talented and I love your Maynia plan! Can’t wait to see your progress. Thanks for sharing.
Thank You Monica!!!
Translates to "In the land of gnomes". Love all your pieces! I will also be starting an Awesome Pattern Studio city chart, but I will be doing Venice. Looking forward to Maynia and happy stitching!
Thank You Jane!!! The perfect name for that chart :) Ohhh, the Venice one is gorgeous!
Love your finishes and your progress on your wips. Happy stitching!
Thank You Karin!
I love your Maynia plans! Makes me wish I had kept better notes! If I can find any, I'm going to copy you! 💝
Thank You Denise!!! Did you find notes from last year? I need to get caught up on your videos, I love them!!
@@Handworkmaniac Hi Brenda! I never found my notes! 😞💝
Oh no!!!! Oh well, I guess that means you just have to start fresh, lol!
I want to run away from home sometimes too , LOL , love ya stitching!
Thank You, lol!! I'm glad I am not the only one :) I would never do it for real, but it sure sounds tempting sometimes. My husband is great and takes me away for the weekend if I get really stressed out, lol.
Love your mania videos!
Thanks for sharing!
Thank You Kim!!!
I've noticed that you use sulky thread, What weight or ct. is it?
Hi Theresa! I stitch with Sulky 12 wt thread, it is a little thicker than DMC. And my favorite fabric to use it on is 36ct over 2 fabric threads, and it also looks great on 32ct :)
I love it when you do Maynia! Like me, you’re not afraid to stitch the ‘big girls’. It’s alway so inspirational. I am doing WIPGO and my picks for May were 2 new starts. I haven’t picked what I will start but the only things I want to start are big. Pam
Hi Pam!!! Yes! We do both seem to love the big projects, lol!!!!! I will be watching your video this week to see what you started!
Soooooo exciting!! I love how you keep a board!
Thank You!!! I love having visual organization :)
It was fun to watch you go through all of your Maynia projects. I could remember which ones you had finished before you showed them. I have a new start coming up, probably in May, and I have been planning on being good and starting something small. However, I love all of the Sara seasonal charts and have the Spring chart ready to start. Seeing that you are starting one of them makes me want to start mine. 😂
Hi Brian!!! I often feel that other flosstubers WIPs are like old friends. I wait to hear about them, and miss then when they aren't shown for a while, lol!! Oh no, I am a bad influence, LOL!! Those Sara charts have been calling my name for a few years now, they are so beautiful. On the plus side, they do have a lot of open space in them, lol. But I suspect "future you" would be much happier if you started something smaller that didn't lengthen your schedule of finishes, lol. I love all your WIPs and I love how you rotate them. Your last few finishes have been spectacular!!!!
Your Maynia is going to be awesome. It was so fun to see you in St George
Thank You Rae!!!!!
I had all sorts of things I wanted to say and then work exploded and now it's about 6 hours later and I have no clue what I was going to say. It was fun watching you take finished pieces off and now you can have all sorts of new starts which is crazy exciting to me. I'm not even the one doing the new starts, but so so so so excited!!!!!
Hi Julie!!! LOL, I know exactly what you mean! It happens to me all the time, lol! And thank you for being so excited for me, lol, it helps to cheer me on. Happy Summer!!!!!
wow you cleared a lot of your board! Cant wait to see all the new ones!
Thank You Jamie!!
Happy early Birthday, Brenda! Have a blessed day!
Thank You Cathy!
Enjoy your Maynia.
Groetjes, Evelien
Thank You Evelien!
Great video again. Great finishes
Thank You Jacqueline!!
I'm almost as excited as you are for YOUR Maynia. I'm a 2 project at a time person, but I love your planning and organization. Yes you get 11 new ones this year.
Thank You Dorothy!!! Which two projects are you working on?
@@Handworkmaniac I'm currently working on Winter Montage and then just keeping up with the Temperature Quaker by Stitchin Mommy. Pretty much monogamous but, the little Quaker adds a break.
Ohhh, those are both fabulous projects :)
What a wonderful video!
Thank You Susan!
Love seeing all your projects on past Maynia and your plans for upcoming Maynia . I’m new to flosstube I’ll probably just work on wips for Maynia.
Thank You!! Working on WIPs sounds like a fabulous idea!!! Let me know how it goes :)
@@Handworkmaniac will do have a great week!
Your work is so beautiful!
Thank You Kristin!
Hi, I am up late at night bobbing my recent on sale DMC haul. While catching up on floss tube your channel popped up on my feed. I am very impressed with your past and 2023 mania plans. My mouth opened almost the whole time when you showed your past mania piece. Everything is beautiful. I had to subscribe just to watch your mania board.
Thank You Sheila! Such kind words :) I love to watch Flosstube while I bobbinate or organize thread :) And so glad you found a sale!!!
Your Maynia board is like visiting with old friends. I have been watching your channel long enough that I remember when many of those were new starts! You give me hope for finishing my older WiPs. I have whittled my WiPs down to a half dozen after many years, which is a count that I'm comfortable with, so I won't be doing any new starts, but I'm going to be doing "Monogamous May" on a Kathy Barrick design ("My Day Complete" - my October birthday start) and will hopefully have a finish! That will start on May 12th because - vacation!!!
Hi Karla!! I feel exactly the same about other people's WIPs that I watch regularly :) And I talk to the TV and ask them "what about such and such? you haven't shown it in forever?" LOL
I love your plans for monogamous May, and that you have your WIP pile down to a number that makes you happy :) What a fabulous feeling :)
My Day Complete will be gorgeous!!!
I completed the Owl Forest Embroidery piece last year and it was addictive. It grabbed my attention and I completed it within 6 weeks, which is a record for me. Don’t be surprised if you get hooked, too. Each little item felt like a completion and that’s what made it go so quickly. I chose a pale pink fabric with 3799 floss. I think it took about 12 skeins on 32 count fabric over 2.
Hi Julie!!! Ohhhh, your version sounds gorgeous!!!!! And wow, 6 weeks! I can't wait to work on mine this summer :)
It’s great that you were able to get so many projects finished from your Maynia board. Congratulations! Your new projects are fun too. Good luck with them.
Thank You Karen!
Happy Birthday
Thank You Linda!!!
Nice to meet you
Thank You!!!
Loved seeing your Maynia plans!! Kudos on all of your finishes of last years Maynia projects! And your new starts look very fun too!
Thank You Lisa! I can't wait for May to get here :)
Your Maynia scheme is stellar! I love watching your projects on all your many projects.
Thank You Sally!
Wow! You completed a lot of previous Mania projects this past year! I’m so impressed! Have fun with all your new starts!
Thank You Dee!
Great to see you! Such beautiful projects!! 👏👏👏👏👏
Thank You Connie!!
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Thank You Daniela!
Which weekend are you going to stitchcon ?
Hi Jennifer! I will be at Weekend B :)
@@Handworkmaniac me too!!! My first cross stitch retreat!
Yay!! I can't wait to meet you!
Oh, so much goodness! I can hardly wait to see all of these after Mania. Have fun.
Thank You Lynn! Me too!!! LOL I am planning on doing a couple of updates during May :)
Great seeing all your finishes and plans for Maynia!
Thank You Mary!
I’m so excited for Maynia too! I haven’t participated in a few years and I am itching for some new starts. I am starting 10 this year, one every three days starting on the 1st and then four days at the end for my biggest start. I wanted to have a few days with each piece this year so it felt a little less overwhelming to me.
Can’t wait to see your progress. Everything you stitch is so lovely!
Thank You for sharing your plans!!! I love the idea of having a few days with each one! Which one are you most excited to start? And how will you choose which one you start next each time?
@@Handworkmaniac I am excited to start them all but I have Praiseworthy Stitches Simple Gifts-Faith first, I have wanted to start that one for awhile. I choose smaller ones on the days that fell Wed-Fri since I work those days (I work from home) but I might have less time.
Ohhhh, Simple Gifts Faith it s a gorgeous one! How did Maynia go?
@@Handworkmaniac Maynia went well! I kind of abandoned all plans about mid May and stitched an older project to completion, however a finish is always welcomed. The craziness of life always seems to alter my “plans” anyway. Hope your May was great and you got in some stitchy time!
I’m so envious of your water effect on Serenity Harbor! Sure wish I had thought of doing that. You have so many beautiful projects!😊
Thank You Leslie! Yours is gorgeous the way it is :) And you can always use it on another project in the future!
So much fun to be had! Enjoy!❤
Thank You Barbara!