FlossTube #46: Christmas Parade, Projects, Tool Cases
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Thanks for joining me today! I am sharing projects (starts, finishes, and progress), as well as doing a Christmas finishes parade and sharing ideas for gifts for your stitching friends.
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What a great treat to watch this morning while I am stitching and the snow is falling outside!
Snow, snow, snow, we always get tons of snow. Downtown is always so pretty, lots of lights. Even the ammunition plant lights up their silos for the holidays. Along with all the deer that they feed during the Winter. Properly 5-6 does and some really big Bucks. No hunting allowed !
Blessings to all. Claudia
Thank you for the ideas for the boxes and showing those and all the other ways to finish them. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
I live in the country but love decorating the 50 foot pine at the community center with Christmas lights. I go up in the crane bucket and putthe lights up every year. In a couple of years I will be 70 so hopefully I will be able to keep doing it for a bit longer.
I live in Missouri where we get more snow than I care to see. I enjoy small town living where the pace is slower, and I especially enjoy the Christmas house tour. It's always so much fun to see how others decorate. Your videos are always so full of inspiration!
My favorite thing about winter is drinking hot chocolate and watching it snow outside. I love seeing all the beautiful projects you've finished. All your pillows look so good!
Thank you, Cheryl!
Right now as I’m watching you I’m watching the snow outside.
I love your "JOY" releases. Really creative. You are so generous with your creativity. Thanks for all of this. You embody the holiday spirit with your enthusiasm.
Thank you so much!
Sheri…I’m “snow” in awe of you and your talent. Thank you for sharing with all us in our cross stitch community.
Thank you, Judy!
I love our winter fest with campfires, Santa, skating rink, animals, wagon ride, tree lighting and more. It is so Cold here. I loved this video so much Thank you. .
Thanks for watching, Anne!
Hi, Sheri! I started this new floss tube over four times, and just today I sat down to watch the entire episode! I loved seeing all of your Christmas pieces... so beautiful. My favorite thing about living here is that Colorado is my birthplace and all of my childhood, college, wedding, and raising my daughters memories are here. I love the views of the Rockies and the snow. Winter is my favorite season. Viewing the Old Town lights while drinking homemade hot cocoa with snow swirling around is my idea of a perfect winter evening. Thank you so much for the inspiration you bring to all of us.
I love Snow, when I can sit, stitch, and watch it fall! I always love your videos!❤️🪡
I love to see the SNOW covering everything like a soft marshmallow blanket. Your Christmas framed pieces are stunning!
I love that my Florida town has a Christmas lighted boat parade throughout the chain of lakes that run through our city. I'm happy I get to be stitching in the sunshine streaming in my windows, rather than looking at snow falling. Happy holidays!
A lighted boat parade sounds really pretty!
We aren't expecting snow in Florida this year!
What a wonderful video! Thank you so much for sharing
So appreciate how You enable us to make the changes to designers work……we have no Snow in Olympia…..one year it fell on Christmas Eve…..
That must have been a magical Christmas Eve!
We don’t often get snow here in the Dallas area, but I really love to see snow falling softly on a wintry day. It makes me feel extra cozy inside with my coffee and my stitching.
Thanks so much for sharing your stitching and beautiful stitchy boxes. Love your monthly Flosstubes.
Best,
Carol in TX
I love that you showed Shannon and Erin's charts and are carrying them - they are fellow Canadians and I love to support them - I believe they are sisters-in-law - Erin is married to Shannon's brother and boy they are sure talented :) I am so loving your Advent Calendar - Thank you
Oh - sisters in law! That's fun. They are both wonderful designers!
Your flosstubes are always so enjoyable! Thank you, thank you, thank you for remembering Penny and showing her amazing works!! I miss sitting on her couch and stitching with all the ladies. Fun things in my town… there’s always SNOW!😉
Penny was a beautiful stitcher. I'm so glad I had these two special pieces that she stitched!
I’ve never seen snow, but I love the snowy cross stitch patterns that are available at Christmas time ❄️
I do love winter here on the Olympic Peninsula in WA. It will snow in the higher elevations throughout the winter but here at sea level, we may get one or two days of it. A few years ago, we experienced our first white Christmas. What a gift that was for a born and raised northern CA gal! Another fabulous video.
We rarely get measurable snow I Alabama but when we do
everyone rushes to take pictures of their houses before the neighborhood kids run around and roll yards to make snowballs! Love your floss tube because of such a variety of content!
Love your floss tube- one of my favorites-your stitching is amazing-we have had snow a few times already but now in December we have had none
I am so glad to go south for the winter and miss the snow of Michigan. I always learn so much from you. Even though we aren't there for it, we have Christmas in the Park. Santa and Mrs. Claus come each year for the lighting of the Christmas tree in the park and the lighting of our walking path on the lake.
I’m visiting my son in Georgetown Co. I was so happy to see a little snow while I’m here. It feels like Christmas now.
I love snow and snowmen - especially looking at it from the inside ❤
I am now inspired to make a stitchy box for one of my stitchy friends. Yay! I also live in Colorado and I too, love the snow but I also love the fall when the leaves turn. There are so many beautiful bright yellows and reds and if I'm able to get into the mountains before the snow falls....oh my, I don't think i've seen anything quite so beautiful!
Yes, the Aspens in the middle of all of the Evergreens - so gorgeous!
I’ve become used to very little snow, but it’s nice to visit Colorado for a little taste now and again. Love love love those themed sewing boxes! I may need to make one that showcases my old house and tiny little community. Last night we just had our community LoveFeast celebration. It’s based on a Moravian tradition and my favorite part is the lighting each others candles while you pray for that neighbor and listening to our bell choir. Pure magic! Merry Christmas everybody!
That sounds wonderful!
I love that we hold a Christmas parade!
Loved seeing your Christmas parade! So many designs that I would love to stitch. One of the best things about our neighborhood is how everyone decorates for Christmas. People come from all over to drive or walk up and down the streets. It’s lots of fun! The only thing missing is real snow!
I always love your flosstubes. Such a joy to watch. I live near St. Charles, MO and what I love most about the old town is their weekends of Christmases past. It's wonderful with the Santa parade, the singers, angels, and carriages. It's amazing. I wish you and your family a wonderful holiday! snow
Thank you, Lisa! St. Charles is beautiful any time of year, but I especially loved visiting there at Christmas time. Such a quaint town!
All your finishes are amazing. It would be so nice to have a snow fall to watch while stitching.
I love how you incorporated other crafting in with your cross stitching. I love doing alot of other crafts too. Snow ❄️🌨️
We have no snow on NH, but it will come. Thanks for another great video. For the last few weeks I have been binge watching your videos while I stitch. Thanks for keeping me company and the inspiration.
I wish we could stitch together in person, but I'm glad to keep you company virtually!
Thank you , Shari, I so enjoyed your video. The snow patterns are so beautiful, I can’t decide which one to do first. I lived in the Midwest for many years and I’m now in SC where I don’t miss the snow at all. Enjoy the season and time with family!
Always enjoy your flosstubes. Growing up in SD and living in Nebraska, I know snow. Our little town does Christmas right❤ We have a huge donated tree in the middle of Main Street. Our elementary students design and place ornaments on tree with the city workers. Our annual Tannanbaum festival includes electing our own Grinch and Grinchette. We have Carol singing, tree lighting, trolley rides and Cocoa drinking.
I think I would like living in your town at Christmas time!
I love snow! I love seeing your beautiful finishes, so much inspiration! Thank you for all you share with us.
We live in a touristy town. It gets pretty busy in summer but I love it in winter because things slow down. We get one or two SNOW storms, but it doesn’t stick around long. ❄️
Beautiful work today! As a Minnesota native in GA, we know there won't be any snow this Christmas. But I can dream! Thanks for sharing everything Christmas!
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!! I love snow!!
We have fresh snow in our mountains. Yippee!! Merry Christmas. I love the small town happenings here. We had a holiday parade last night and the entire town shows up and it ends at the tree lighting with singing. So joyful.
That's fun that the whole town shows up. A special night!
We are lucky here in south west Ohio that we do not get a lot of snow! I love the ice skating rinks (fake ice) that a business sets up in the winter and seeing families enjoying their time together skating!
Our little town in Indiana is special. I enjoy going to most crafts sales. There is many creative people and I enjoy supporting their work. Starting December 1st the local park sponsor a Christmas lights event for businesses, schools or charity organizations set their own lighting corner. It's beautiful. There is a Santa Claus house for pictures as well. I look forward to these events every year.
It sounds like your town really knows how to make Christmas special!
I'm from the Midwest, and have been living in Florida now for a while. I do miss the snow, but I sure don't miss the cold!! I love that I don't have to bundle up in the winter too take the pup out!
We usually have snow here in Ontario, Canada, but we don't have any right now.We had 24 hours of rain.I enjoyed all your flosstubes.
Snow is so pretty to see in winter.
I love the Festival of Lights which features The 12 Days of Christmas in huge displays as you drive through the area.
What a wonderful video. I know this must take so much time and effort to prepare. I truly appreciate you! Let your work continue to snow blessings on you! I love my Colorado mountain town because there are so many outdoor activities. I love the sun between the snowstorms too!
Thank you so much, Maureen!
Hi Sheri. Another year come and gone without any snow where I live. What a creative, organized gal you are. So many great projects/ideas! You are so productive.
Thank you, Cindy! I just love stitching, so I do it a LOT! 🙂
So much information and inspiration in your videos !! Thank you for taking the time it requires to do these videos. No SNOW yet in upstate New York.
There are small towns and cities around us who have fun activities during the long winter months. At this point in life we are observers!! Merry Christmas!!!!
There isn’t anything better than a snow shower on Christmas Day.
My first time watching and it was a delightful hour. I wish we had snow in So. Cal. but none here. It’s fun to see the new cross patterns that look like snowy scenes. I do want to add my favorite scenes of Christmas in my town are the 5foot nutcrackers on each corner and tucked into alcoves and the beautiful Christmas tree at city hall.
Those big nutcrackers sound really fun!
Here in Bristol in the UK we get a sprinkling of snow perhaps once a year. I love it as it feels like the world is holding its breath for just a moment. All silent and white. It seldom lasts more than a day or so but causes absolute chaos as everything grinds to a halt. Our town puts on a lovely evening Christmas fair at the beginning of December to mark the switching on of the Christmas lights. This year was a cold and frosty so just had to keep warm with mulled wine and mince pies. Delicious! Thank you for a lovely podcast. Your projects and finishes are beautiful.
Your town sounds lovely in December!
Thanks for another great video Sheri. I always look forward to them and always appreciate everything that you share with us. I miss living in a small town. There were so many more things to appreciate in my opinion. We live in Dallas now and I do appreciate the warmer weather. No snow and ice to deal with. Only on occasion do I miss the snow! 🤶🏻🎅🏻🎄💕
I always enjoy your FlossTubes so much! You just inspire me! I babysat my grandson tonight and what a pleasant surprise to drive home late at night and see some snow falling... 🎄🎅🦌☃ I live in a city right along the Mississippi River and it looks so beautiful with the snow and some areas of open water and lots of eagles!
I grew up along the Misssissippi River! (Clinton, Iowa) Where do you live?
@@ColoradoCrossStitcher Red Wing, MN.
We don’t get a lot of SNOW right down on the valley floor (Willamette Valley, Oregon) so when we do, it’s magical.
Livingston, Montana has an annual Christmas tree lighting which is charming, all the big downtown trees are lit up in gold and one perfectly shaped tree is lit up with all sorts of beautiful colors. It is a fun event! And it is starting to snow right now!
Around Christmas one thing I love about my town, which is a small town in Arkansas, is the lighting of the Courthouse. It’s it oldest operating courthouse west of the Mississippi. It’s kinda like being at a Hallmark movie tree lighting and so beautiful when they flip the switch
It’s winter in beautiful Montana. I hope we have snow for Christmas! Thanks, Sherri for a great flosstube!
Thank you for showing all the wonderful Christmas pieces…..there just seems not to be enough hours in the day to do all one wants to do! I live in a suburb of Phoenix where there is no SNOW but we have wonderful beautiful winter weather and lots of great Christmas light displays.
I really enjoy your Flosstube!! I live on the Southern Oregon Coast so we don't get much snow but when I lived in Colorado Springs, we got lots of snow, as you know!! Thank you for all you put into your videos!!
I love, love, love your green Christmas stitchy box and oh, that Tidings of Comfort and Joy!!!
What I super love is your Christmas Garden with brighter colors and the size (that is so outstanding!!!)
Our small (population 498) town has an amazing 4th of July fireworks 🎇 display! Now, winter bonuses, I think I'd say we don't overdo the snow thing! We get a few inches a few times each winter...just enough to enjoy the beauty but usually not enough to be too much of a hardship!!! I'm grateful for that!!!
I was in Colorado over Thanksgiving and enjoyed how fast the snow disappeared. Didn't make it to the store, but will on my next visit. Enjoy your videos. Please keep up the good work.
We usually have snow around this time of year, however, it has been mostly rain now. Last year, we had a blizzard around Christmas and was stuck at home. Love your floss tubes! 💕
We have received over 20 inches of snow this week! Wowser! It’s so beautiful…until about February 1😀❄️🎅🏼⛄️🎄
Snow is expected tonight in the Appalachian Mountains of NC. Some of the ski slopes are already open. I love to watch the snow fall, as it is so peaceful and pretty.
Loved the Christmas parade. So many beautiful patterns. I really enjoy driving around Gurnee and Grayslake this time of year to see all of the lights , displays and decorations. It is magical . I do enjoy the snow but it does not usually melt as fast as I would like it to. Have a wonderful Christmas.
I love snow. However in NC, it’s hit or miss. Thank you again for another wonderful floss tube.
Thanks for watching, Lynette!
My town is at sea level. We don't usually get a lot of snow, but it was snowing as I watched your Floss Tube! Our town is beautiful during Christmas. Several years ago a glass artist in town started to make giant figures for various businesses for the holidays. They are made of iron rebar which is then covered with lights or lighted tubing. There are now 65 giants ( 8-10 feet tall) and everybody drives around town trying to find them all. The chamber of commerce prints a Holiday brochure with a map of the giants and with printed songs for the annual Christmas sing to start off the season. Have a Joyous Christmas!
That sounds so fun! 65 giants and more each year. What a fun tradition!
I love our Christmas Eve celebration at church which many many people from our surrounding area attend. Our daughter lives in Colorado, and I was quite surprised to learn of your lovely winter weather! We usually have snow here where I live. Love it!
I love seeing all your ideas for the boxes- it’s very inspiring. We have not had any snow for 18 months!
I love driving around seeing the neighborhood lights. Every time we are out at night we take a different route home. The patterns you design are really nice. I enjoyed seeing all your stitching as well as all the Christmas charts. Thank you for your time. MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🎄🎀🎄🎀🎄
Thank you, Donna!
I bought before I watched to the end. Oh well, I will make another trip to your online store after I get all these made. We rarely see snow here in Texas so all my Illinois relatives come here to scape the snow. I enjoy all the craft shows and Christmas events that we have in the winter/Christmas time.
Hello from Tennessee! It was lovely to watch your flosstube while stitching today. Thank you for sharing your time with us all. We are " snow " lucky to have you! 😉 In East Tennessee we have such nice winter weather. The Great Smokey Mountains are just an hour away and the holiday lights are so pretty in Gatlinburg.
Thank you for watching! And I think the Smokey Mountains are just gorgeous.
I loved seeing all of your beautiful finishes and your fun boxes! You have such a wonderful imagination! What a fun project to do on a snow day! Thank you for sharing with us!
Thanks so much for watching!
I love snow and my favorite holiday decor theme is snowmen. ☃️
I live not far from Bethlehem in Pennsylvania, also known as Christmas City, as a matter fact, my daughter and her family live there, so I’m there a lot. I love their historic tour and also their Luminaria Night where the neighborhoods line their streets with white bags illuminated by votive candles, and also tours of older Victorian homes decorated for Christmas. It’s a great city!
That sounds beautiful and so special!
Snow days are the best! Not just for students, but because I’m a teacher! 🤭
We don't get snow where I live in California but I do live in an area where I can drive 2 hrs east and be in the mountains & enjoy snow and 2 hrs west I can be at the beach and enjoy the ocean. So not bad overall. My favorite thing in my town during this Season is the lighting of the tree and Santa comes in a firetruck. My friend is Mrs Claus and it's a wonderful event. The next week is the Dicken's Faire held in the old part of town. I love Christmas!
Your videos are always so enjoyable. I love all the ideas you give for people to try something new and you make something that might seem challenging...accessible (like stitching boxes). Thank you!
Hi Elizabeth, I live in Fresno so I have about the same distance as you to the snow. A little farther to the beach. Where are you located? Susan😊
@@susanhernandez7770 near Sacramento. Elk Grove.
It sounds like you live in a near perfect place - equal access to mountains and beach!
Snow much fun! You always show the most beautiful pieces. Thanks so much for sharing.
No snow here in NC, but it is chilly here tonight. I enjoyed you showing your ideas for presents for other stitchers. Thanks so much!
Thanks for all the lovely things you shared❤
Snow, Snow Snow…. Here in MN where we live we don’t have any snow as of yet. But when it comes it will be around for months! I miss CO Winters ~ we lived in Canon City for 3 years and experienced just what you described; snow, melting and lots of sunshine! My favorite kind of winter!! Merry Christmas 🎄
I live in a place where we get a lot of snow and where it hangs on, so dirty snow is definitely a part of the landscape (along with lots of gray skies). There's nothing like a sunny winter day, though, with the bright white snow. Good winter experience--fireworks on New Year's Eve over the scenic creekbank. Have a merry Christmas!
Your videos are always so enjoyable and I learn a lot from them. Your projects are always lovely and you are such a prolific stitcher. Thanks for sharing.
I still have to see actual falling snow. Stay safe Sheri 💕
Thank you so much!
I love to watch it snow, but I don't like to shovel it. Thank you for all the enabling 😁
Lots of great stitching Sherri.. I love popping into the local tea shop for a hot chocolate drink in winter and people watch as they shop. Very comforting especially when there is snow. Happy stitching
Hot chocolate it always good - I'm with you on that!
To cross-stitch is so much snow! Thank you for your video, I enjoyed it.
Those stitching boxes may be a good idea for my granddaughters. Our town puts up a skating rink in the park for about a month so even if there is no snow for sledding, there is a winter sport to enjoy. Thanks for all the great ideas!
I bet they would have fun making them up!
Oh i wish we had snow in our little town, but in the NW it is often a wet Christmas. I do love the greenery everywhere and the smell of cedar boughs around my door. We do have a Christmas parade downtown every year and it is fun to run into friends and wish them all happy holidays during this event
Thank you for sharing your time and creative gifts with us. I learn something new with every one of your videos. I found your color theory video particularly impactful. It's made my attempts at substituting floss much more successful. I adore snow. In fact, when we retire, we'd love to move to the New England area. I know many folks go south to the Carolinas or Florida, but snow is my jam. ☃
Snow is my jam, too! I love the direction you're going to move when you retire!
I live close to St Augustine, Fl which has an amazing lights display. The whole town is lit up. It is beautiful, if anyone is traveling to the area I highly recommend it! We don’t get snow but a few towns and shopping areas nearby have fake snow falling, which is fun!
Oh, I bet that is so pretty during the holidays!
Wow I couldn't believe my eyes when you showed Judith Kirby's Victorian house #9 in your video. I was just at a recent estate sale and bought this framed pattern for $5. I knew how much work and time it took and plus it was already framed and in great condition, so I had to rescue it. I had no idea the pattern went back to the late eighties. I absolutely think it is a timeless piece. Living in Michigan we always have more than enough snow for the winter. Thanks for all the great ideas.
That was a lucky find!
The festival of trees benefits Primary Children's Hospital. There are hundreds of trees and wreaths that are decorated by volunteers and auctioned off to benefit the hospital It's a great way to begin the holiday season. Snow!
This is my first time watching you while the snow is falling! Wonderful video.
Yay for falling snow!
I jumped out of my chair when I saw your Hu bars! My daughter-in-law works for them and she lives in Littleton south of you. I'm in North Carolina so I don't get to see too much snow.
Ohhh - I am sure she gets an unlimited supply. I would work there just for that!!
Love watching you and the bag is snow cute! I lice in CA now but lived in WY for 30 years so the warm weather is what I like the most.
I loved your flosstube today. Those silhouettes patterns are killer. Thanks Sherry.
We live in Indiana so we get enough snow to satisfy my need for the 4 seasons. We even had snow in October 😊. Thank you for another great video❤
Thank you for sharing all your beautiful finishes and project ideas. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and all the best in the new year. Snow
I love snow, especially during the holidays. Loved seeing all your case finishes and suggestions