Hi Sheri. Until I discovered floss tube and online American stores like 123 stitch, I usually did my pieces on cream 32 count, as that is what was available in my country! I seem to be in love with fancy ladies at the moment, so have kitted up my Celtic Ladies and some Mirabilia with the called for fabric which is exciting. Floss tube has widened my horizons considerably. From you wonderful you-tubers I have discovered so many designers, such as Long Dog, Modern Folk, Northern Expressions Needlework, Ink Circles, Rosewood Manor. I did not own a sampler pattern until a few months ago. I also love the way American stitchers decorate their houses with seasonal pieces. Thanks for your lovely videos
Interesting - do you not decorate for seasons? I always think that is so much fun! (Also, yet another reason to buy seasonal stitching patterns ...) ;-)
@@ColoradoCrossStitcher I never have, but I'm now beginning to stitch seasonal pieces. By this Christmas I'll have Celtic Christmas ready to put up, and I'll go from there!
Hi there, Stych Addict. I totally agree with everything you wrote in your comment as I live in Melbourne, Australia. Thanks to discovering FlossTube a couple of months ago, I have renewed my love of Cross Stitch, something I hadn’t done for over 5 years. And, even better, I am making some lovely new stitching friends, like Sheri, along the way. I am so envious of the local needlework stores that folks in America have access to. I also like the way their houses are decorated for the seasons and special days throughout the year. Stay well and happy stitching. Best wishes from Down Under 😊🇦🇺.
@@diannebernau3293 I live in Auckland, so we are practically neighbours! (actually, I did live in Melbourne for a few years). I think a cross stitching road trip across the States may be necessary to enhance stash. i've been stitching for nearly 30 years, but due to becoming an RN few years ago, my productivity has increased as a stress release from a crazy busy job! Thanks for your lovely comment!
Stych Addict Hi almost-neighbour. I haven’t been to New Zealand for a number of years but it is on my list to revisit as I loved it. I toured the South Island and visited Wellington a couple of times but never actually got to see much of the North Island - very long overdue! I have been stitching for decades as well, until about five years ago when I lost nearly everything, including my house, in a fire. I managed to save 2 of my Mirabilia ladies but lost the rest, including a number of completed quilt tops which needed quilting. All that work (not to mention expense) gone forever. I am so glad I have started again. You must be going through hell over there at the moment with COVID. I know our emergency service personnel are working beyond expectations and even contracting the virus through their workplace, so I hope you are being very careful. I agree, cross stitching is very relaxing and is just what you need!! Stay safe 💕🇦🇺
I just love watching your flosstube channel. The sound of your voice is so calming...I stitch away while listening and looking up from time to time! I am a long time stitcher but through the years have put down and taken up more projects than I can remember. I used to stitch with my mom - and when she died in 2013, I stopped for a while. My dad did not want me cleaning out her craft space, so I didn't until he died last year. Getting into her stuff that we shared a love for renewed my stitching and got me going again. I didn't know what to do with all of her unfinished projects. I had to make some really tough choices. I saved some, though...she loved Danish embroidery projects. We took classes together...and belonged to a local stitching group together. The local shop is gone...my stitching group is mostly gone now, too. So...my source for friends and stitching buddies is floss tube. Thank you!! Wow...long winded!!! I have more to say, but I'll stop now...my garden needs my attention!
How lovely that you and your mom shared a love for stitching, Shari. and it's great that you have some pieces from her. I'm glad that stitching brings your comfort and good memories. I'm sure she would love knowing that!
Hello fellow Aussie. I am from Melbourne and so happy Spring has arrived. I am looking forward to seeing all the pretty colours in the gardens around the neighbourhood. It will be nice to be able to get outside once lockdown has been freed up a bit. Stay safe and well, 🇦🇺.
I don’t have a budget that allows for buying a lot of cross stitch stash. I have been blessed to have been gifted with some and we have a thrift store that carried lots of charts, some kits, books, etc. I built my stash from that and use what I have to stitch my projects. We raise a GARDEN each year. What a joy to spend time in the sun picking fresh vegetables and gathering fruit from our trees! The garden stitch kit is adorable. I really enjoy your channel! Thank you for taking time to share your beautiful stitching with us and encouraging us to think outside the box when it comes to cross stitch. Happy Stitching! ❤️
How wonderful that you have a local thrift store with lots of charts and kits - that is awesome! I bet you find some great older patterns in there as well. That could be a treasure trove!
I’ve been meaning to tell you how you’ve helped me grow in my stitching journey (even though I’m 70 and have been cross stitching for a long time🤭) by talking about how to look differently at your pattern and being able to change it to what you want. I know you might find this incredible, but I’ve never changed anything in the design before! Only floss color🤭. So, this time, thanks to you, I’m changing something in my Coming to America sampler - Oy vey! The change isn’t as important to me as the fact that, going forward, I will now look with”new eyes” at patterns, motifs,etc to make it more of my own. Thank you!
Well I'm so proud of you for taking a look with new eyes, Susan! I hope it makes your pieces even more special and personal to you. Thanks for sharing that!
My daughter had me write out the motto of her college. She then had it tattooed on her upper foot . I hold anything my mom and dad wrote near and dear to my heart. Thanks for another great and calming video.
Another nice floss tube...great ideas and nice stitching ..I also love to garden besides stitching !..I’m now learning to not follow threads and fabric “rules” the chart says..I’m widening out,thanks to floss tubes like your!
When I first started stitching 30+ years ago, I stitched called for colors/ fabric. I started stitching again a year ago when we got a lns where I live. Now I change fabrics and threads 90% of the time. I miss the big garden we had growing up. Fresh produce from your own garden is the best.
Bring on FALLLL! I’ve been decorating this weekend for the fall season!😍 Loving your videos, you ask so many interesting questions! I’m also a knitter, so I love that you are multi-crafty. I’d love to Stitch the Friend/friends piece, it’s sooo true about your real, true friends in life!❤️
I love our neighbors garden....he takes such loving care of it..when I drive by he is always never far away from it and sits outside next to it sometimes and enjoys a cool drink!
I love sitting down with a cup of coffee, stitching and watching your Flosstube. I used to Stitch always with called for everything. But for a while I hardly use called for fabric. I usually stick with called for threads but sometimes change that too. It’s fun to mix things up and make it mine and what pleases my eye. I enjoy having a butterfly garden and it actually is doing well. Thank-you for your video and opening your home and all your stitching and thoughts.
I love the idea of pulling certain elements out of our charts and stitching them as stand alone pieces. Rosewood Manor patterns often suggest this. My Garden is really suffering right now as we have had several unbelievably hot days in Texas with no rain for weeks! I try to stitch with the called for threads and fabric. With that being said, since the China virus, that has become very difficult. Many of us have had to be very creative with substitutions.
I rarely use the called for fabric, I choose from my stash. Threads are usually a mix, I will change colors if they don't fit with my colors or I will pull from my stash of Victorian Motto threads. I really enjoy your videos! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for a great video. I love all your finishes. I’ve been gathering frames from second hand stores and you are right...we can sure find good ones. My son has a great garden this year...the snap peas were delicious. Barb
I'm glad you thrift frames, too! The only challenge is that sometimes they are weird sizes, but that just means you get to look for patterns that will work. :-)
WOW congratulations on all the new subscribers! But it doesn’t surprise me that they enjoy your floss tube as much as I do! Love this chart you are offering! My husband and I always had a garden for years and years. We no longer do for various reasons but I am really enjoying it that now my children are growing gardens of their own! Thank you for all that you contribute to the floss community! You do lovely work!
Your comments about handwriting really struck a chord with me. As you were talking, I could clearly see both of my grandmothers' handwriting as well as my mom's abbd my aunt's. All brought back memories of letters and care packages while I was in college. Thank you for the memory recall! I'm also enjoying your creativity and the changes you make. I began stitching in the late 80s... and found the AOL stitching boards in the mid 90s. I can clearly remember lively discussions over whether white aida or antique white was the "proper" color fabric for a specific thread palette... lol
That's so wonderful that you can picture the handwriting of your special relatives. I am afraid that a lot of the will be lost in the age of computers. I'm glad we have it from our growing up years!
I loved my grandmother's garden when I was growing up. I miss her so much. Just happened upon your channel this evening. Thank you for mentioning honoring our stitching & time by finishing. I'm a 50/50 stitcher on doing called for vs picking my own. Patricia
I love seeing mom's tomatoes getting yummy in her garden. I use the fabric I can get a Michaels unless I need a bigger piece then I can get for I have to order from the US and that gets super pricy. I ,over your talk about samplers at the beginning gave me some great ideas
I know shipping can really add up, if you're shipping overseas or across the border. Fortunately, it sounds like you can get good fabric at Michaels locally!
Hi - your projects are beautiful. My mother had a garden the size of my current house. It was fabulous. I also started stitching in the late 80's and I had to have the exact colors and fabric. I have recently changed and use either what I already have or what I want to choose!
Love your video!! Lots of great stuff!! I think the best garden is a friendship garden blooming with laughter, shared memories, forgiveness, and many many hugs!! Thanks for all you do!!
I couldn't find your floss tube channel for a while. But I got lucky and found you again. You are so delightful to watch. I love your projects and your needlework is awesome. I work only on small pieces as I am still working and stair at a computer screen for hours. My eyes can't handle too many small stitches. But next to working in my garden I love to cross stitch best. Your UA-cam videos are a joy. Thanks for making them.
I'm so glad you found me, Donna! Thank you for watching. If you subscribe and click the bell, I think you will get notification and a link when the new ones go up (just in case you lose me again!) :-)
Yes, take care of your eyes. At 71, I take my paper patterns to FedEx and enlarge them to a comfortable size, especially a HAED, and then I’m not starring back and forth at a computer screen.
Thoroughly enjoyed your first three videos! One just popped up in my video recommendations...am so happy I decided to take a look. I hope you plan on continuing. Don’t think I have ever used the called for fabric but use what I have on hand or can order easily. Very often I do use the called for threads - converted to DMC if necessary - or something I already own. Right now spring is beginning where I live, so the gardens and trees are beginning to show more flowers.
Funny story : I have had a garden for four years now but have only gotten anything out of it one year. For three years the squirrels in my area have eaten really well 😜 I’m finally getting a cage built around my garden. I love fall patterns. I have been looking into getting some.
New listener and new subscriber! I REALLY like your channel. It's calming, interesting, has a good variety of projects, and sometimes you fully finish things and sometimes you leave them for a bit and think on them. I always kit my own. It's very rarely that I follow kitting recommendations. I do not garden, I have a black thumb and am known for killing plants. But I do love to stitch. For September, I am doing a Sampler, A Shepherd's Song. I nearly have the house finished. Also I am working on the Coming to America piece celebrating 400 years of needlework in America. See you as soon!!
It is lovely to meet you Sheri.I am really enjoying your channel.Here in the uk samplers are not stitched in abundance.I have followed Lorrie Mischievous Stitches for a long time and when Lorrie mentioned you I subscribed immediately.I have stitched for 26 years and knitted for 3 years.I enjoy both so much and really enjoy watching other crafters' projects. I started with cross stitch kits and used the fabric and threads inside because when raising our sons' money was tight. Later I stopped buying kits and purchased charts I liked.I chose fabric I liked, hand dyed,sparkly etc and fabric with stars or snowflakes printed on them if I thought it would enhance my stitching.I chose my own colour palettes,got into over dyed threads and changed elements of the designs I still do that now, even when I purchase the occasional kit,which I have done recently.I also leave out certain elements if they just don't feel right to me and add others in the design instead 🙂
Sheri I just so enjoy your videos- I always learn something new and I find myself stopping my stitching just to watch and listen. I love the idea of your happy wall! Have a wonderful weekend! Blessings, Marlene
Hi Sheri, So glad you decided to Flosstube. I have enjoyed your 3 episodes. Actually watching #3 now as I see project bags. I love your Garden Kit this week. Have that garden pattern on my wish list. Thank you.
Beautiful stitching 🧵 I tend to buy my own fabric choice and pull threads from my stash with the exception of when I want a project to look exactly like the pattern ! Grew only tomatoes in my garden this year ! Becca
Lovely video..i am currently obsessed with Long Dog Sampler Pandemic..such a fantastic stitch.. i too was stitching in the 80’s and got back into XStitch last year..boy have things changed and i am so enjoying basically using called for threads, but I definitely enjoy choosing my own fabric..happy stitching Cheers!
We 80's ladies are coming back strong! I learned to stitch in 1982, but gave it up in the 1990s when my babies were born. Children and needIles, you know.... Now that I'm in my 50s and child-free, I've returned to stitching. I remember the Aida-only days -- and you didn't mention fiddler's cloth! I think I still have some. I would love to find some Meadow Rue, but, maybe because of Covid-19, most of the called for cannot be found. I use what I have or can find. This is my first time watching you, but I've subscribed. Best wishes!
everything you do I love.....your sewing room/basement pieces are fun fun fun and I would want to look at them all the time....I hope one day you will take us down there to see! I just love you!!!!
To answer your question of the day, I think it depends on your level of creativity and confidence. I usually go with the called for fabric and threads and only change if something is not available or I have something in a similar color. You are a master at colors and changing things to make them your own. I am getting more adventurous, especially if there is a color that I don't care for. I love your idea of taking parts to make smaller pieces and your happy designs in happy frames. I want a nice garden, but I'm not much of a gardener.
Our garden is beginning to fade, just tomato 🍅 plants left. You have me inspired to finish my ornaments. You are so nice to listen to. Happy Fall sampler stitching!
Thank you! I really enjoy your videos. I am a fairly new stitcher and usually pick my own fabric. For threads I usually use the DMC equivalent. I love to be out in the garden, it is such a peaceful place.
I am so very glad I found you! I will go back to see the 2 episodes I missed. I'm returning to crossstitch after stitching only a few months in the 80s to 90s, November will be my one year anniversary of falling down the rabbit hole as they say. Being a retired grandma I have more time than I did years ago when we were growing our little family of 5 babies (not arriving all at once!) I had time for a vegetable garden then, tho. I mostly use the called for threads in DMC (sometimes substituting) but I don't have the skills to use anything but aida cloth. I tried some lugana 28 count evenweave a while ago that annoyed and confused me and challenged my patience! May try that again later. I just don't get it. I love all the samplers so much but I am not ready to try such a big project ... I mostly stitch smaller projects by Lori Holt or the Real Housewives of Crossstitch and Lizzie Kate. I also make quilts. So many things and so little time when you're a slow poke like me. 🥰
It's wonderful that you have time for the things you love, now. I'm glad cross stitching is one of them! There is no race - you can be as slow pokey as you need to be - just enjoy. :-)
Hi Sheri, Another lovely video. I just enjoy listening to you, you have a very soothing and relaxing voice. (No, I don't fall asleep :-) ) You are spot on with Flosstube and Instagram. I searched for something cross stitch related and stumbled upon Stitchin' Jules Flosstube and was hooked. It is amazing and inspiring to watch all the cross stitchers, see their projects, their progress and their finishing ideas. I always thought you buy a kit, use the called for colors, the AIDA which comes with the kit and then you frame it (dead expensive). And here you are, personalizing your projects by changing out colors, using a different fabric, putting on initials, years etc. If I hadn't watched Flosstube, it would have never occured to me to change anything in the kit. I now ventured out and bought just patterns and toy with the idea of adjusting the colors and fabrics. Such an influence flosstubers have. However, if you do not already have a good stash, kitting up gets expensive, too. I don't stitch samplers myself (yet?), but I love watching others stitching them up. Nicola Parkman's flosstube is really educating and informative, when it comes to samplers. They are very pretty, but not necessarily my style. Thanks to Stacey, the Nineoneone Stitcher, I now also know what Quakers are. I was actually very surprised about all the various answers you received in regard to personalizing samplers. Your projects are very pretty, the blue pillow is so cute. And also, you have some very good ideas. I would have never thought of making cross stitch projects in little pillows and put them in a dauble or trough. That's why I like flosstube. I also appreciate your little tricks and hints, such as the stretching exercises. Or not stitching the whole pattern, but only bits and pieces. I have also opened an Instagram account now as it's very satisfying to share one's work and hobby with other like-minded people and see, what they are up to. You mentioned, you had a German grandmother; do you speak some German ? Which part of Germany did she come from ? My aunt married a G.I. and emigrated to the U.S. in the Sixties (I think) to Washington State. There was a huge group of Germans, and when we went to see my aunt, we met them as well. However, it seems their memory was frozen in time as they remembered how Germany (or Munich, rather) was when they left it. :-) Looking forward to your next video and some useful information ! Michaela
Hi Michaela! My grandparents were from the Black Forest area. One time when I visited my friend in Pfaffenhofen, we drove to their little town of Schneitheim to see where they were from. It was wonderful to be there. I don't speak German! I keep thinking I should learn it, but my friend in Bavaria tells me their German is different anyway, so it might not help. Fortunately she speaks good English!
I always look at the designer’s choices as a suggestion and rarely use the called for fabric. This often requires me to substitute fibers. Often I start with what I have on hand and then work from that. Right now I am working on Holiday Quaker by Lila’s Studio but I am using PTP Aerial on 32 count instead of 40 count Dapple. I am using the called for threads. Stitching is like planting a garden of flowers...so many choices.
I just got back into cross stitch today after 25 years of not stitching. I am a quilter but I saw the Queen of Freedom Lady Cross stitch on “Pumpkin hollow quilting you tube and I knew I had to make it. So today I have been practicing on a small piece to see how much I can remember. I have glaucoma so I’m stitching my first project in Aida 14. My husband and I are both veterans so Queen of freedom lady will go on our veterans wall. Right now, I don’t have any supplies for cross stitching but I found some monks cloth from a rug I hooked so I’m using that to practice and I’m using some embroidery floss I found in a drawer. I ordered everything I need for the queen of freedom so I’m looking forward to getting my supplies to start! I’m also a gardener but it’s been too hot to work in the garden so why not stitch😉
Garden. I love your voice. Definitely loved the exercises. I had used the neck ones for years with my bad neck from reading and crocheting. Deb from Country Stitchers could answer all your questions about silk threads etc. she does beautiful work and always changes everything. Lol.
Yay!! I was so excited to see a new video from you! I just love everything you stitch!! Your fully finishes abs happy framed pieces are so pretty! September samplers and fall stitching are my very favorite, it’s such a special time of year!! Happy stitching!!
I enjoy your floss tube. I do not have a garden but I sure do remember my Dads garden. He grew so many good things. Of course at the time we kids didn't always think so. It seemed we ate things till they came out of our ears. It's funny when I think back on it.
I enjoy your videos very much. Your comments about the importance and value of handwritten items is so true. The letters my mother wrote to me while I was in college are such treasure to me now she has passed. I love stitching flowers and gardens but I'm not very good at growing real gardens. Thank you for your videos!
New subscriber to your channel and so fun to realize the connection to The Loopy Ewe (2015 Camp Loopy Alumnus). I got back into cross stitching in 2019 and am really enjoying it again. I gave it up in 1994 due to carpal tunnel syndrome while I was expecting my second child. I put my knitting down for several months too but just this week I picked up a hibernating sock project. To answer your question, I don't always use the called for cross stitch fabric. My fabric stash isn't big so I purchase what I need to get the look I want. Love your flosstube and happy that I didn't have several videos to catch up with!
Hi Lisa - how fun that you're also one of our Loopy customers, too! (Yay Camp Loopy!) I'm glad that you've been able to both knit and stitch again. So needed, especially during these times, right?
I love what you said about signing your things. When I first started stitching I was very young & never thought of doing that & I think of all the crewel, cross stitch, quilts, crochet items that I did, but a couple years ago I started signing everything. When my mom passed away I was looking through the pictures she had & nothing was signed so I have no idea who these people are. So I even sign all my grand kids school pictures name age , grade & school. So when I’m gone who ever sees them will know who these people are. Also I love your happy frames. All your finishes are lovely & also you look beautiful in the happy frame. You can also do a smaller cross stitch pattern & mat it to use that frame. I mostly use DMC floss since I can’t afford the silks & I have I think just about every color. When it comes to the fabric I use what I like. I have a lot of 14 & 18 count in my stash but now I’m hooked on 28 & 32. So I try to order either the call for fabric color but in 28 or 32 no matter if it’s in 36 or higher cause I just started a year ago stitching on the higher count & im not brave enough to try even higher yet lol
In my garden I grew okra, tomatoes, green beans and beets. I can't wait to get it all canned for the winter. Congratulations 🎉 4000, so excited I'm one of them!!!
Enjoyed your podcast! I usually dont use called for fabric but mostly use called for threads. I changed the house color on a smallish Blackbird sampler I’m stitching now. I had never seen the sweet garden design you shared.
My garden is full of our bees gathering pollen for honey. Lovely chart. This has been on my to find list. You have such an enjoyable floss tube channel!
I just found your channel! I used to cross stitch obsessively through the 80's and 90's and when my eyes started to get "old" I gave it up and got more into yarn crafts. But recently started back in (I surrendered to the reading glasses, lol). Thanks so much for so many great ideas... a "garden" of ideas!
I am a knitter and started watching your first video when you mentioned your shop, The Loopy Ewe, which so many of my friends and I are familiar with here in IL. I cross stitch, too and it's fun seeing all your stitching each week. And, I love all things with flowers and just love the little garden fence cross stitch. Keep the videos coming...I look forward to the inspiration!!
I think you’re now my favorite flosstuber! Your content and presentation style is right up my alley! Your Happy Frames are beautiful...especially the bright and sunny yellow one. I do stitch samplers, but also a bunch of other things. I stitch whatever calls to me. I don’t plan on stitching a sampler in September; I’m busy knitting sweaters for Christmas gifts so probably won’t do much stitching.
As for the question of the day, I stitch a project exactly the way it was designed, the threads in the exact colors and the fabric as well. I started stitching long before hand dyed fabrics and quite frankly I don’t like most of them, but when a project calls for a hand dyed linen in a certain color, that’s exactly what I will use. I tend to stitch mostly videos rage and antique reproductions so those are stitched on natural linens for the most part
I love your channel! I love your stitching! I love your calm and pleasant voice! Like the other 80's ladies and the virus, I have picked up my cross stitch needles again, to the joy of my mother! I loved the sampler roll so much I ordered it! A great addition to my garden of cross stitches! You inspire me!!!!
I understand about the aida fabric in the 80's. I still use a lot of it. Just purchased a lot of dyes when A.C. Moore went out of business and some from other stores. My 60 year old eyes enjoy the aida more. Can't wait for fall to finish cleaning up the garden for next year.
I generally use the called for flosses, but rarely use the called for fabric. Going through my fabric stash and picking out a fabric adds to the fun of starting a new project! I really appreciated all the good advice you gave this episode. Garden
I think everyone is so ready for autumn!!! I have not heard one person say that summer needs to continue. I love samplers but I’m working on projects for my granddaughters💖💝. I’m not a person that can have 10 or 20 projects going at once!!! Too much for me. I have to make time to play in my flower garden 😊 As far as floss and fabric goes, I choose my own fabric and usually use most of the called for colors...I substitute a few of them most of the time. I have also started to look at my patterns with a different eye. I like the idea of choosing bits and parts!!! Thanks for your sharing with us ❣️❣️❣️ ~jeanne~
Hi, it was so fun to hear what people said about putting their name in the sampler. I have often wondered about what most people do. I have to saying I rarely use the called for items but that’s because it usually isn’t in my budget. The garden kit is lovely.
Thank you for sharing more of your stitching and Happy Frames what a great way to showcase those bits and pieces that make you happy. I miss having a garden and recently I was looking after someone's fish and while they were away I was fortunate to pick from their vegetable garden.
I tend to do my own thing. I’ve been quilting for 20 years and typically pick a pattern and get fabric I love instead of replicating it as pictured. That has carried over into my stitching. I’m picking a handful of cherry tomatoes from my garden everyday.
Hi Sheri! Another lovely video 😊...all your finished pieces are so pretty and cute!.. I love your variety of stitching! I too love to stitch many different patterns. I have a laundry room upstairs and each wall has it’s own season filled with bright, fun and comical stitched pieces! I also have a sewing room downstairs that I am trying to fill with crafty themed pieces.... then around the house, I hang more traditional, inspirational, samplers and types like that...I sometimes change fabric and floss colors...especially on “fun” patterns, but usually on Samplers I use what is called for....Thank you so much for sharing Sheri! I love spending time with you ❤️....and also, I love the Garden Kit 💕
I was so surprised when you showed the wool trees!!!! My sister and I took a class at a local quilt shop and we each made one. Ours were a little bigger and done in Christmas plaid wool, but it looks like the same principle in construction. 😎
Hi Sheri, greetings from Down Under. First of all, congrats on reaching over 4,000 subscribers in only 3 videos. What an amazing achievement! Love your little pillows - the finishing is gorgeous. I think your happy wall is a wonderful idea, might have to copy that one as we all need a happy wall or happy place. I prefer the look of linen or evenweave and will change over for a large project like Mirabilia. Aida is fine in a kit or for something small or uncomplicated providing it is 14 count or higher so the holes aren’t too obvious. Spring has just sprung in Melbourne and I am so looking forward to all the pretty colours in the garden. Take care and stay safe, my stitching friend. 💕🇦🇺
Yes, Sheri, we are. I have noticed already in some of the UA-cam videos I subscribe to that long sleeve tops and jeans are replacing summery tops and shorts so I can only guess that the weather is changing. Fortunately in Melbourne we don’t get the freezing temperatures and snow unless you live in the mountains so Winter is manageable. I look forward to your next video. In the meantime, keep on stitching and stay well. With best wishes, Di 💕🇦🇺.
I’m so glad I found your channel. I love the garden chart! I mostly pick my own fabric. I do a mix of called for threads and using what I have in my stash.
During this difficult time, I find comfort in my stitching and my garden. I usually use the called for threads, but try to use my linen stash. So enjoy your visit.
I simply love seeing your finishes an md your fun frames. Next time I go to Hobby Lobby or JoAnn’s I need to start looking for things I can mount some of my stitched pieces. I mostly do samplers but the more I watch flosstube, the more I want to stitch smaller things. Thank you for all your ideas. My sister has a garden and two of her tomato plants have recently died due to too much rain.
Week three and wow over 4K subscribers - that speaks to how sweet you are and your sharing....currently I am weeding my garden. I use what is in my stash and buy when I see something I like so yes I mix and match to my favorite colors and threads.
Sheri, I’m definitely drawn to warm colors so your floss tube was very helpful today. I need to step out of my comfort zone and do some color changes. Fall in Colorado is very different than the Midwest autumn but like it here.
I just enjoy your videos so much!! Thank you! I thought your idea about " parts & pieces" was great!! There are so many things that I want to stitch, but I guess I am a slow stitcher . It takes many hours to make a little progress.....I realize that I am definitely a process stitcher, but would sometimes like to have more to show for my all the time I spend! Bits & pieces of large patterns is a good solution! When I start a new project I usually choose my own fabric, b/c in these "pandemic days" it is sometimes hard to find called for fabric. I can make appropriate substitutions. I do usually use the called for floss . I have been back to stitching for a little over a year, & have not yet accumulated a large enough floss stash to make my own substitutions. And I am not confident enough many times to make my own color conversions. Hurricane Laura blew away my favorite shade tree 2 weeks ago {thankfully it did not end up on my house!} So my impatient garden is really suffering from the hot sun! Can't wait til your next video!
Oh, so sad to lose your favorite tree, Sylvia! But I'm glad you all were safe. What a crazy weather year it has been (in addition to everything else that is crazy about this year!)
Oh, Sheri, I love seeing your projects. Thanks so much for sharing them with us. I feel at a total loss when it comes to selecting fabrics and threads because I do not have a LNS, I can never actually see and compare. It is very difficult to choose from a picture on the computer. I have to rely on the designer. I almost always go by the designer's choice of fabric and thread. I love to garden. Thanks so much for the opportunity. Best, K
I do a lot of pieces and parts for the holidays. For example I took some pumpkins out of a pattern and just stitched those and will do Pincushions. I also found a pattern called Know my ABC’s and I am doing that with variegated DMC and putting something related to the season. Congratulations on 4K! I love Sampler September and I am doing 3 new and 3 WIPS and spending 5 days on each. Doing the new Needlework Press, Shakespeare Peddler and Sarah Needham. WIPS are some Hands Across the Sea samplers and Anna Rossi. So much fun. For your question, I am from the 80’s stitching era as well and my highest count was a 32 Jobelan so I thought it was a huge accomplishment. Now that I have acquired some linen and I am in the Victorian Motto linen club, I usually pull the threads and then pick linen. On special occasions like my birthday or Christmas I will splurge for the silks. I only ran into trouble once and the off white color was not blending in well. Sampler was done on a 36 count with 2 threads so the white wasn’t popping so I just put that project away for the time being. You may want to try Hobby House Needleworks or Fire Poppies for your silk threads, great customer service.
Wow! You are so generous to offer Friendship Garden as a treat prior to it’s release! Sadly, my garden is a wreck this year returning to clinical arena in a busy Operating Room after a “furlough”! I’m returning to stitching after decades away, so I’m almost always changing the fabric to the beautiful hand dyed pieces and trying linen for the first time! 🙌🏻💖✨✨✨
About my garden: I was out pulling weeds one day, and a neighbor stopped to tell me how much she enjoyed my flowers - and I mentioned that the weeds were making me crazy - and she told me that no one ever saw the weeds - only the flowers! I usually use the called for threads, but I’ ll use different fabrics if my LNS doesn’t have the called for linen. I’m not a big fan of the very mottled dark hand dyed fabrics, so I will usually sub those. I love stitching samplers, especially Blackbird Designs - I’ve done three since April! For sampler September I’m branching out and doing 4 samplers (two wips and two new starts; two are reproductions and two are originals- but no Blackbirds). If I don’t put my name or initials on a pronext, I’ll put a label on the back of a framed piece I so enjoy your floss tubes!
You know, I can see that with the garden. If I was walking by your house, I'm sure my attention would be 100% on the beautiful flowers, too! Love hearing about your sampler plans. I'm not a big fan of excessive mottling either, but I do love the hand-dyed options in the lighter colors.
I have a friend who ignores the broken fence and looks into the garden. I usually go with the called-for fabric and floss because I am not good with colors. This year am learning to take color combinations that I have liked in other projects and use them for new projects with different fabrics. The new colored and dyed fabrics have made me more adventurous.
I have been stitching Happy Halloween by Little Dove Designs for my eight grandchildren. This is my first piece!! I love fall and sharing time with all of my family in the garden. I also am a quilter and have several quilt s that I am doing. Really enjoy you on your floss tube!!
I pick my fabric/threads by what i think suits my tastes and the design for my own home. Sometimes the design model is so perfect you don't want to change anything, other times it might need some "tweaking" :-) No disrespect intended to the actual designers - just slightly different styles. Some times it is by the supply - right now I need some oscar and cannot find it any where so will probably be substituting with something else . Loved your framed piece and I have also started looking at patterns differently now, since I have started watching flosstube - the creativity out there is amazing! Garden
Hi Sheri! Another inspiring video! When starting a new project, I am most likely to change the fabric, and some times the threads. Stitching is such a personal journey and I love that it is so easy to make our pieces our own with just a few changes. Have a great week!
Hi Sheri. Until I discovered floss tube and online American stores like 123 stitch, I usually did my pieces on cream 32 count, as that is what was available in my country! I seem to be in love with fancy ladies at the moment, so have kitted up my Celtic Ladies and some Mirabilia with the called for fabric which is exciting.
Floss tube has widened my horizons considerably. From you wonderful you-tubers I have discovered so many designers, such as Long Dog, Modern Folk, Northern Expressions Needlework, Ink Circles, Rosewood Manor. I did not own a sampler pattern until a few months ago. I also love the way American stitchers decorate their houses with seasonal pieces.
Thanks for your lovely videos
Interesting - do you not decorate for seasons? I always think that is so much fun! (Also, yet another reason to buy seasonal stitching patterns ...) ;-)
@@ColoradoCrossStitcher I never have, but I'm now beginning to stitch seasonal pieces. By this Christmas I'll have Celtic Christmas ready to put up, and I'll go from there!
Hi there, Stych Addict. I totally agree with everything you wrote in your comment as I live in Melbourne, Australia. Thanks to discovering FlossTube a couple of months ago, I have renewed my love of Cross Stitch, something I hadn’t done for over 5 years. And, even better, I am making some lovely new stitching friends, like Sheri, along the way. I am so envious of the local needlework stores that folks in America have access to. I also like the way their houses are decorated for the seasons and special days throughout the year. Stay well and happy stitching. Best wishes from Down Under 😊🇦🇺.
@@diannebernau3293 I live in Auckland, so we are practically neighbours! (actually, I did live in Melbourne for a few years). I think a cross stitching road trip across the States may be necessary to enhance stash.
i've been stitching for nearly 30 years, but due to becoming an RN few years ago, my productivity has increased as a stress release from a crazy busy job! Thanks for your lovely comment!
Stych Addict
Hi almost-neighbour. I haven’t been to New Zealand for a number of years but it is on my list to revisit as I loved it. I toured the South Island and visited Wellington a couple of times but never actually got to see much of the North Island - very long overdue! I have been stitching for decades as well, until about five years ago when I lost nearly everything, including my house, in a fire. I managed to save 2 of my Mirabilia ladies but lost the rest, including a number of completed quilt tops which needed quilting. All that work (not to mention expense) gone forever. I am so glad I have started again. You must be going through hell over there at the moment with COVID. I know our emergency service personnel are working beyond expectations and even contracting the virus through their workplace, so I hope you are being very careful. I agree, cross stitching is very relaxing and is just what you need!! Stay safe 💕🇦🇺
I just love watching your flosstube channel. The sound of your voice is so calming...I stitch away while listening and looking up from time to time! I am a long time stitcher but through the years have put down and taken up more projects than I can remember. I used to stitch with my mom - and when she died in 2013, I stopped for a while. My dad did not want me cleaning out her craft space, so I didn't until he died last year. Getting into her stuff that we shared a love for renewed my stitching and got me going again. I didn't know what to do with all of her unfinished projects. I had to make some really tough choices. I saved some, though...she loved Danish embroidery projects. We took classes together...and belonged to a local stitching group together. The local shop is gone...my stitching group is mostly gone now, too. So...my source for friends and stitching buddies is floss tube. Thank you!! Wow...long winded!!! I have more to say, but I'll stop now...my garden needs my attention!
How lovely that you and your mom shared a love for stitching, Shari. and it's great that you have some pieces from her. I'm glad that stitching brings your comfort and good memories. I'm sure she would love knowing that!
My garden is like another room in my house- it’s that important. I love when my cross stitch is all about my garden and reflects my love of plants.
Glad your floss tube garden is growing. Enjoy your videos.
The garden kit does describe a true friend.
The garden pattern is really cute. I don't always use the called for fabric , but I usually use the called for threads. Really enjoy your videos.
Thanks for watching, Linda!
My garden at the moment is full of colour and beautiful scents. Spring is in the air here in Australia. Love your videos and all of your stitching.
Hello fellow Aussie. I am from Melbourne and so happy Spring has arrived. I am looking forward to seeing all the pretty colours in the gardens around the neighbourhood. It will be nice to be able to get outside once lockdown has been freed up a bit. Stay safe and well, 🇦🇺.
Thanks for watching, Marilyn!
I don’t have a budget that allows for buying a lot of cross stitch stash. I have been blessed to have been gifted with some and we have a thrift store that carried lots of charts, some kits, books, etc. I built my stash from that and use what I have to stitch my projects. We raise a GARDEN each year. What a joy to spend time in the sun picking fresh vegetables and gathering fruit from our trees! The garden stitch kit is adorable. I really enjoy your channel! Thank you for taking time to share your beautiful stitching with us and encouraging us to think outside the box when it comes to cross stitch. Happy Stitching! ❤️
How wonderful that you have a local thrift store with lots of charts and kits - that is awesome! I bet you find some great older patterns in there as well. That could be a treasure trove!
ColoradoCrossStitcher, I found a whole kit with actual linen in it for around 30-40 cents once! Yes, I’ve gotten some great deals there.
I’ve been meaning to tell you how you’ve helped me grow in my stitching journey (even though I’m 70 and have been cross stitching for a long time🤭) by talking about how to look differently at your pattern and being able to change it to what you want. I know you might find this incredible, but I’ve never changed anything in the design before! Only floss color🤭. So, this time, thanks to you, I’m changing something in my Coming to America sampler - Oy vey! The change isn’t as important to me as the fact that, going forward, I will now look with”new eyes” at patterns, motifs,etc to make it more of my own. Thank you!
Well I'm so proud of you for taking a look with new eyes, Susan! I hope it makes your pieces even more special and personal to you. Thanks for sharing that!
My daughter had me write out the motto of her college. She then had it tattooed on her upper foot . I hold anything my mom and dad wrote near and dear to my heart. Thanks for another great and calming video.
Oh, that's so fun! She must get great comfort from your handwriting. I love that.
Another nice floss tube...great ideas and nice stitching ..I also love to garden besides stitching !..I’m now learning to not follow threads and fabric “rules” the chart says..I’m widening out,thanks to floss tubes like your!
Good job on trying new things that you're seeing and learning, Kathie!
When I first started stitching 30+ years ago, I stitched called for colors/ fabric. I started stitching again a year ago when we got a lns where I live. Now I change fabrics and threads 90% of the time. I miss the big garden we had growing up. Fresh produce from your own garden is the best.
Fresh produce really is the best!
Bring on FALLLL! I’ve been decorating this weekend for the fall season!😍
Loving your videos, you ask so many interesting questions! I’m also a knitter, so I love that you are multi-crafty.
I’d love to Stitch the Friend/friends piece, it’s sooo true about your real, true friends in life!❤️
I am always so ready to decorate for fall by the end of the summer. Glad to hear I'm not alone in that!
I love our neighbors garden....he takes such loving care of it..when I drive by he is always never far away from it and sits outside next to it sometimes and enjoys a cool drink!
I can just picture that. Lovely!
Stitching and working in the garden are my favorite pass times!
I love sitting down with a cup of coffee, stitching and watching your Flosstube. I used to Stitch always with called for everything. But for a while I hardly use called for fabric. I usually stick with called for threads but sometimes change that too. It’s fun to mix things up and make it mine and what pleases my eye. I enjoy having a butterfly garden and it actually is doing well. Thank-you for your video and opening your home and all your stitching and thoughts.
Butterfly gardens are so beautiful!
I love the idea of pulling certain elements out of our charts and stitching them as stand alone pieces. Rosewood Manor patterns often suggest this. My Garden is really suffering right now as we have had several unbelievably hot days in Texas with no rain for weeks! I try to stitch with the called for threads and fabric. With that being said, since the China virus, that has become very difficult. Many of us have had to be very creative with substitutions.
True - we have had to get a bit more creative as supplies are scarcer!
I rarely use the called for fabric, I choose from my stash. Threads are usually a mix, I will change colors if they don't fit with my colors or I will pull from my stash of Victorian Motto threads. I really enjoy your videos! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching, Cristi!
Thanks for a great video. I love all your finishes. I’ve been gathering frames from second hand stores and you are right...we can sure find good ones. My son has a great garden this year...the snap peas were delicious. Barb
I'm glad you thrift frames, too! The only challenge is that sometimes they are weird sizes, but that just means you get to look for patterns that will work. :-)
WOW congratulations on all the new subscribers! But it doesn’t surprise me that they enjoy your floss tube as much as I do! Love this chart you are offering! My husband and I always had a garden for years and years. We no longer do for various reasons but I am really enjoying it that now my children are growing gardens of their own! Thank you for all that you contribute to the floss community! You do lovely work!
Thank you so much!
Your comments about handwriting really struck a chord with me. As you were talking, I could clearly see both of my grandmothers' handwriting as well as my mom's abbd my aunt's. All brought back memories of letters and care packages while I was in college. Thank you for the memory recall! I'm also enjoying your creativity and the changes you make. I began stitching in the late 80s... and found the AOL stitching boards in the mid 90s. I can clearly remember lively discussions over whether white aida or antique white was the "proper" color fabric for a specific thread palette... lol
That's so wonderful that you can picture the handwriting of your special relatives. I am afraid that a lot of the will be lost in the age of computers. I'm glad we have it from our growing up years!
@@ColoradoCrossStitcher Yes, I still write in curvature. I hear that’s not taught anymore.
I loved my grandmother's garden when I was growing up. I miss her so much. Just happened upon your channel this evening. Thank you for mentioning honoring our stitching & time by finishing. I'm a 50/50 stitcher on doing called for vs picking my own. Patricia
I miss my grandmother, too. We are both lucky to have such wonderful memories of them!
Totally enjoying your videos. My garden is mostly "weeds" and love how they draw the bees, butterflies and dragonflies.
There are a lot of beautiful weeds, and I'm glad they draw the good insects to your garden!
I love seeing mom's tomatoes getting yummy in her garden. I use the fabric I can get a Michaels unless I need a bigger piece then I can get for I have to order from the US and that gets super pricy. I ,over your talk about samplers at the beginning gave me some great ideas
I know shipping can really add up, if you're shipping overseas or across the border. Fortunately, it sounds like you can get good fabric at Michaels locally!
Totally enjoyed watching your floss tube, new to stitching after 30 yrs of stopping.
So glad you're back to stitching, Elizabeth!
Hi - your projects are beautiful. My mother had a garden the size of my current house. It was fabulous. I also started stitching in the late 80's and I had to have the exact colors and fabric. I have recently changed and use either what I already have or what I want to choose!
Thanks so much, Deborah!
Love your video!! Lots of great stuff!! I think the best garden is a friendship garden blooming with laughter, shared memories, forgiveness, and many many hugs!! Thanks for all you do!!
Thanks for watching, Rita!
I couldn't find your floss tube channel for a while. But I got lucky and found you again. You are so delightful to watch. I love your projects and your needlework is awesome. I work only on small pieces as I am still working and stair at a computer screen for hours. My eyes can't handle too many small stitches. But next to working in my garden I love to cross stitch best. Your UA-cam videos are a joy. Thanks for making them.
I'm so glad you found me, Donna! Thank you for watching. If you subscribe and click the bell, I think you will get notification and a link when the new ones go up (just in case you lose me again!) :-)
Yes, take care of your eyes. At 71, I take my paper patterns to FedEx and enlarge them to a comfortable size, especially a HAED, and then I’m not starring back and forth at a computer screen.
Thoroughly enjoyed your first three videos! One just popped up in my video recommendations...am so happy I decided to take a look. I hope you plan on continuing. Don’t think I have ever used the called for fabric but use what I have on hand or can order easily. Very often I do use the called for threads - converted to DMC if necessary - or something I already own. Right now spring is beginning where I live, so the gardens and trees are beginning to show more flowers.
Hi Judy - I'm glad you took that recommendation. Thanks for watching! Are you in Australia or New Zealand? Spring sounds nice right now!
@@ColoradoCrossStitcher I live in Brazil - South America.
Funny story : I have had a garden for four years now but have only gotten anything out of it one year. For three years the squirrels in my area have eaten really well 😜 I’m finally getting a cage built around my garden. I love fall patterns. I have been looking into getting some.
Oh no!! But your squirrels must love you. :-)
I love gathering the vegetables my husband and I plant in our garden each year.
New listener and new subscriber! I REALLY like your channel. It's calming, interesting, has a good variety of projects, and sometimes you fully finish things and sometimes you leave them for a bit and think on them. I always kit my own. It's very rarely that I follow kitting recommendations. I do not garden, I have a black thumb and am known for killing plants. But I do love to stitch. For September, I am doing a Sampler, A Shepherd's Song. I nearly have the house finished. Also I am working on the Coming to America piece celebrating 400 years of needlework in America. See you as soon!!
Thanks so much for watching and subscribing, Desiree! I'm like you - do not have a green thumb, although I wish I did!
It is lovely to meet you Sheri.I am really enjoying your channel.Here in the uk samplers are not stitched in abundance.I have followed Lorrie Mischievous Stitches for a long time and when Lorrie mentioned you I subscribed immediately.I have stitched for 26 years and knitted for 3 years.I enjoy both so much and really enjoy watching other crafters' projects.
I started with cross stitch kits and used the fabric and threads inside because when raising our sons' money was tight. Later I stopped buying kits and purchased charts I liked.I chose fabric I liked, hand dyed,sparkly etc and fabric with stars or snowflakes printed on them if I thought it would enhance my stitching.I chose my own colour palettes,got into over dyed threads and changed elements of the designs I still do that now, even when I purchase the occasional kit,which I have done recently.I also leave out certain elements if they just don't feel right to me and add others in the design instead 🙂
I like how you are making things your own as you work on projects, Lesley. That's what I do, too!
.I use what I like for the colors and fabric. Samplers are my favorite.
Love the saying in the friendship garden. Thanks for your kindness
Sheri I just so enjoy your videos- I always learn something new and I find myself stopping my stitching just to watch and listen. I love the idea of your happy wall! Have a wonderful weekend! Blessings, Marlene
Thank you for watching again, Marlene! I keep checking to see if YOU have put up another video yet. I need a Marlene fix! xo
I am enjoying your videos so much! Thank you for all the tips and ideas you give to all of us.
I so appreciate you watching, Adela!
Another wonderful video! Your pieces are all so lovely! Happy Stitching!
Thank you, Linda!
A friend looks at your garden... how sweet
Hi Sheri,
So glad you decided to Flosstube. I have enjoyed your 3 episodes. Actually watching #3 now as I see project bags.
I love your Garden Kit this week. Have that garden pattern on my wish list. Thank you.
Beautiful stitching 🧵 I tend to buy my own fabric choice and pull threads from my stash with the exception of when I want a project to look exactly like the pattern ! Grew only tomatoes in my garden this year ! Becca
Homegrown tomatoes are the best. :-)
Lovely video..i am currently obsessed with Long Dog Sampler Pandemic..such a fantastic stitch.. i too was stitching in the 80’s and got back into XStitch last year..boy have things changed and i am so enjoying basically using called for threads, but I definitely enjoy choosing my own fabric..happy stitching Cheers!
That really is a cool pattern. BIG project!
We 80's ladies are coming back strong! I learned to stitch in 1982, but gave it up in the 1990s when my babies were born. Children and needIles, you know.... Now that I'm in my 50s and child-free, I've returned to stitching. I remember the Aida-only days -- and you didn't mention fiddler's cloth! I think I still have some. I would love to find some Meadow Rue, but, maybe because of Covid-19, most of the called for cannot be found. I use what I have or can find. This is my first time watching you, but I've subscribed. Best wishes!
Thank you for subscribing, Jan! And I do remember using Fiddler's Cloth back in the day. But my favorite was Kali cloth!
everything you do I love.....your sewing room/basement pieces are fun fun fun and I would want to look at them all the time....I hope one day you will take us down there to see! I just love you!!!!
To answer your question of the day, I think it depends on your level of creativity and confidence. I usually go with the called for fabric and threads and only change if something is not available or I have something in a similar color. You are a master at colors and changing things to make them your own. I am getting more adventurous, especially if there is a color that I don't care for. I love your idea of taking parts to make smaller pieces and your happy designs in happy frames. I want a nice garden, but I'm not much of a gardener.
I think I gain more confidence in making changes, the more I do it. You will find that, too!
Love a fall GARDEN, my favorite time of year.
Our garden is beginning to fade, just tomato 🍅 plants left. You have me inspired to finish my ornaments. You are so nice to listen to. Happy Fall sampler stitching!
Thanks so much, Nancy!
Fall is just so lovely. All of the beautiful colors . Although the garden is coming to an end ,it is rejuvenated by for a short time.
Fall colors are just the best!
Thank you! I really enjoy your videos. I am a fairly new stitcher and usually pick my own fabric. For threads I usually use the DMC equivalent. I love to be out in the garden, it is such a peaceful place.
Thanks so much for watching!
I am so very glad I found you! I will go back to see the 2 episodes I missed. I'm returning to crossstitch after stitching only a few months in the 80s to 90s, November will be my one year anniversary of falling down the rabbit hole as they say. Being a retired grandma I have more time than I did years ago when we were growing our little family of 5 babies (not arriving all at once!) I had time for a vegetable garden then, tho. I mostly use the called for threads in DMC (sometimes substituting) but I don't have the skills to use anything but aida cloth. I tried some lugana 28 count evenweave a while ago that annoyed and confused me and challenged my patience! May try that again later. I just don't get it. I love all the samplers so much but I am not ready to try such a big project ... I mostly stitch smaller projects by Lori Holt or the Real Housewives of Crossstitch and Lizzie Kate. I also make quilts. So many things and so little time when you're a slow poke like me. 🥰
It's wonderful that you have time for the things you love, now. I'm glad cross stitching is one of them! There is no race - you can be as slow pokey as you need to be - just enjoy. :-)
Hi Sheri,
Another lovely video. I just enjoy listening to you, you have a very soothing and relaxing voice. (No, I don't fall asleep :-) )
You are spot on with Flosstube and Instagram. I searched for something cross stitch related and stumbled upon Stitchin' Jules Flosstube and was hooked. It is amazing and inspiring to watch all the cross stitchers, see their projects, their progress and their finishing ideas. I always thought you buy a kit, use the called for colors, the AIDA which comes with the kit and then you frame it (dead expensive). And here you are, personalizing your projects by changing out colors, using a different fabric, putting on initials, years etc. If I hadn't watched Flosstube, it would have never occured to me to change anything in the kit. I now ventured out and bought just patterns and toy with the idea of adjusting the colors and fabrics. Such an influence flosstubers have. However, if you do not already have a good stash, kitting up gets expensive, too.
I don't stitch samplers myself (yet?), but I love watching others stitching them up. Nicola Parkman's flosstube is really educating and informative, when it comes to samplers. They are very pretty, but not necessarily my style. Thanks to Stacey, the Nineoneone Stitcher, I now also know what Quakers are. I was actually very surprised about all the various answers you received in regard to personalizing samplers.
Your projects are very pretty, the blue pillow is so cute. And also, you have some very good ideas. I would have never thought of making cross stitch projects in little pillows and put them in a dauble or trough. That's why I like flosstube. I also appreciate your little tricks and hints, such as the stretching exercises. Or not stitching the whole pattern, but only bits and pieces.
I have also opened an Instagram account now as it's very satisfying to share one's work and hobby with other like-minded people and see, what they are up to.
You mentioned, you had a German grandmother; do you speak some German ? Which part of Germany did she come from ? My aunt married a G.I. and emigrated to the U.S. in the Sixties (I think) to Washington State. There was a huge group of Germans, and when we went to see my aunt, we met them as well. However, it seems their memory was frozen in time as they remembered how Germany (or Munich, rather) was when they left it. :-)
Looking forward to your next video and some useful information !
Michaela
Hi Michaela! My grandparents were from the Black Forest area. One time when I visited my friend in Pfaffenhofen, we drove to their little town of Schneitheim to see where they were from. It was wonderful to be there. I don't speak German! I keep thinking I should learn it, but my friend in Bavaria tells me their German is different anyway, so it might not help. Fortunately she speaks good English!
@@ColoradoCrossStitcher so now you have two Bavarian friends. 😍😁
The Black Forrest area is really beautiful.
@@michaelafrommunich4264 :-)
I always look at the designer’s choices as a suggestion and rarely use the called for fabric. This often requires me to substitute fibers. Often I start with what I have on hand and then work from that. Right now I am working on Holiday Quaker by Lila’s Studio but I am using PTP Aerial on 32 count instead of 40 count Dapple. I am using the called for threads. Stitching is like planting a garden of flowers...so many choices.
SO MANY CHOICES! (Not shouting. Loudly agreeing. Ha!)
I just got back into cross stitch today after 25 years of not stitching. I am a quilter but I saw the Queen of Freedom Lady Cross stitch on “Pumpkin hollow quilting you tube and I knew I had to make it. So today I have been practicing on a small piece to see how much I can remember. I have glaucoma so I’m stitching my first project in Aida 14. My husband and I are both veterans so Queen of freedom lady will go on our veterans wall.
Right now, I don’t have any supplies for cross stitching but I found some monks cloth from a rug I hooked so I’m using that to practice and I’m using some embroidery floss I found in a drawer. I ordered everything I need for the queen of freedom so I’m looking forward to getting my supplies to start! I’m also a gardener but it’s been too hot to work in the garden so why not stitch😉
Thank you for your service, Betsy. I think the Queen of Freedom Lady will be perfect for you both!
Garden. I love your voice. Definitely loved the exercises. I had used the neck ones for years with my bad neck from reading and crocheting. Deb from Country Stitchers could answer all your questions about silk threads etc. she does beautiful work and always changes everything. Lol.
Thank you for watching, Peggy! I'm glad the exercises have been helpful. I always like seeing Deb's projects!
Yay!! I was so excited to see a new video from you! I just love everything you stitch!! Your fully finishes abs happy framed pieces are so pretty! September samplers and fall stitching are my very favorite, it’s such a special time of year!! Happy stitching!!
I'm with you - love fall stitching and samplers. It's our time of year!
Love flower garden. Love your fall display.❤️
I enjoy your floss tube. I do not have a garden but I sure do remember my Dads garden. He grew so many good things. Of course at the time we kids didn't always think so. It seemed we ate things till they came out of our ears. It's funny when I think back on it.
Such a healthy upbringing, when you're eating things you've grown. I bet your Dad loved providing for you all that way!
I enjoy your videos very much. Your comments about the importance and value of handwritten items is so true. The letters my mother wrote to me while I was in college are such treasure to me now she has passed. I love stitching flowers and gardens but I'm not very good at growing real gardens.
Thank you for your videos!
I'm glad you have letters from your mom, Susan. What a treasure!
New subscriber to your channel and so fun to realize the connection to The Loopy Ewe (2015 Camp Loopy Alumnus). I got back into cross stitching in 2019 and am really enjoying it again. I gave it up in 1994 due to carpal tunnel syndrome while I was expecting my second child. I put my knitting down for several months too but just this week I picked up a hibernating sock project. To answer your question, I don't always use the called for cross stitch fabric. My fabric stash isn't big so I purchase what I need to get the look I want. Love your flosstube and happy that I didn't have several videos to catch up with!
Hi Lisa - how fun that you're also one of our Loopy customers, too! (Yay Camp Loopy!) I'm glad that you've been able to both knit and stitch again. So needed, especially during these times, right?
@@ColoradoCrossStitcher Stitching keeps me sane!
I love what you said about signing your things. When I first started stitching I was very young & never thought of doing that & I think of all the crewel, cross stitch, quilts, crochet items that I did, but a couple years ago I started signing everything. When my mom passed away I was looking through the pictures she had & nothing was signed so I have no idea who these people are. So I even sign all my grand kids school pictures name age , grade & school. So when I’m gone who ever sees them will know who these people are. Also I love your happy frames. All your finishes are lovely & also you look beautiful in the happy frame. You can also do a smaller cross stitch pattern & mat it to use that frame.
I mostly use DMC floss since I can’t afford the silks & I have I think just about every color. When it comes to the fabric I use what I like. I have a lot of 14 & 18 count in my stash but now I’m hooked on 28 & 32. So I try to order either the call for fabric color but in 28 or 32 no matter if it’s in 36 or higher cause I just started a year ago stitching on the higher count & im not brave enough to try even higher yet lol
I love that you are labeling things, Denise. I think that is so important for historical (and nostaligia) reasons!
In my garden I grew okra, tomatoes, green beans and beets. I can't wait to get it all canned for the winter. Congratulations 🎉 4000, so excited I'm one of them!!!
I'm excited that you're one of them, too! :-)
Enjoyed your podcast! I usually dont use called for fabric but mostly use called for threads. I changed the house color on a smallish Blackbird sampler I’m stitching now. I had never seen the sweet garden design you shared.
Thanks for watching, Lori!
My garden is full of our bees gathering pollen for honey. Lovely chart. This has been on my to find list. You have such an enjoyable floss tube channel!
Thank you, Winona!
I just found your channel! I used to cross stitch obsessively through the 80's and 90's and when my eyes started to get "old" I gave it up and got more into yarn crafts. But recently started back in (I surrendered to the reading glasses, lol). Thanks so much for so many great ideas... a "garden" of ideas!
Reading glasses and magnifiers are the best. :-)
I am a knitter and started watching your first video when you mentioned your shop, The Loopy Ewe, which so many of my friends and I are familiar with here in IL. I cross stitch, too and it's fun seeing all your stitching each week. And, I love all things with flowers and just love the little garden fence cross stitch. Keep the videos coming...I look forward to the inspiration!!
Happy to know you're a knitter, too, Karen!
I think you’re now my favorite flosstuber! Your content and presentation style is right up my alley! Your Happy Frames are beautiful...especially the bright and sunny yellow one. I do stitch samplers, but also a bunch of other things. I stitch whatever calls to me. I don’t plan on stitching a sampler in September; I’m busy knitting sweaters for Christmas gifts so probably won’t do much stitching.
Aww - well that just makes my day, Amy! :-)
Hi. Another enjoyable video - you are so at ease that it feels like I’m sitting with you in my garden.
As for the question of the day, I stitch a project exactly the way it was designed, the threads in the exact colors and the fabric as well. I started stitching long before hand dyed fabrics and quite frankly I don’t like most of them, but when a project calls for a hand dyed linen in a certain color, that’s exactly what I will use. I tend to stitch mostly videos rage and antique reproductions so those are stitched on natural linens for the most part
I wish I could pop over and stitch with you in your garden, Suzanne!
I would love the garden! I hardly ever use the called for fabrics but yes to the threads!
I love your channel! I love your stitching! I love your calm and pleasant voice! Like the other 80's ladies and the virus, I have picked up my cross stitch needles again, to the joy of my mother! I loved the sampler roll so much I ordered it! A great addition to my garden of cross stitches! You inspire me!!!!
So happy that you're going to make that Sampler Roll - it was such a fun one to stitch!
I understand about the aida fabric in the 80's. I still use a lot of it. Just purchased a lot of dyes when A.C. Moore went out of business and some from other stores. My 60 year old eyes enjoy the aida more. Can't wait for fall to finish cleaning up the garden for next year.
Aida is definitely easier on the eyes - I totally agree!
The garden is quite nice this time of year.
I generally use the called for flosses, but rarely use the called for fabric. Going through my fabric stash and picking out a fabric adds to the fun of starting a new project! I really appreciated all the good advice you gave this episode. Garden
You sound just like me in your floss and fabric use. :-)
I think everyone is so ready for autumn!!! I have not heard one person say that summer needs to continue. I love samplers but I’m working on projects for my granddaughters💖💝. I’m not a person that can have 10 or 20 projects going at once!!! Too much for me. I have to make time to play in my flower garden 😊
As far as floss and fabric goes, I choose my own fabric and usually use most of the called for colors...I substitute a few of them most of the time.
I have also started to look at my patterns with a different eye. I like the idea of choosing bits and parts!!! Thanks for your sharing with us ❣️❣️❣️ ~jeanne~
I haven't heard anyone say that about summer, either, Jeanne!
Hi, it was so fun to hear what people said about putting their name in the sampler. I have often wondered about what most people do. I have to saying I rarely use the called for items but that’s because it usually isn’t in my budget. The garden kit is lovely.
Thank you for sharing more of your stitching and Happy Frames what a great way to showcase those bits and pieces that make you happy. I miss having a garden and recently I was looking after someone's fish and while they were away I was fortunate to pick from their vegetable garden.
That's a great trade - garden picking for fish watching!
I tend to do my own thing. I’ve been quilting for 20 years and typically pick a pattern and get fabric I love instead of replicating it as pictured. That has carried over into my stitching. I’m picking a handful of cherry tomatoes from my garden everyday.
Good point - quilters are used to subbing in fabrics that they love!
An autumn garden is my favourite
Hi Sheri! Another lovely video 😊...all your finished pieces are so pretty and cute!.. I love your variety of stitching! I too love to stitch many different patterns. I have a laundry room upstairs and each wall has it’s own season filled with bright, fun and comical stitched pieces! I also have a sewing room downstairs that I am trying to fill with crafty themed pieces.... then around the house, I hang more traditional, inspirational, samplers and types like that...I sometimes change fabric and floss colors...especially on “fun” patterns, but usually on Samplers I use what is called for....Thank you so much for sharing Sheri! I love spending time with you ❤️....and also, I love the Garden Kit 💕
Hi Mary! Love your fun idea of a different wall for each season in your laundry room. That makes the room a HAPPY one!
I was so surprised when you showed the wool trees!!!! My sister and I took a class at a local quilt shop and we each made one. Ours were a little bigger and done in Christmas plaid wool, but it looks like the same principle in construction. 😎
Christmas plaid wool would be adorable!!
Hi Sheri, greetings from Down Under. First of all, congrats on reaching over 4,000 subscribers in only 3 videos. What an amazing achievement! Love your little pillows - the finishing is gorgeous. I think your happy wall is a wonderful idea, might have to copy that one as we all need a happy wall or happy place. I prefer the look of linen or evenweave and will change over for a large project like Mirabilia. Aida is fine in a kit or for something small or uncomplicated providing it is 14 count or higher so the holes aren’t too obvious. Spring has just sprung in Melbourne and I am so looking forward to all the pretty colours in the garden. Take care and stay safe, my stitching friend. 💕🇦🇺
I think every needs a Happy Wall - I'm glad you like that idea. You're heading into lovely spring and we're gearing up for cold winter!
Yes, Sheri, we are. I have noticed already in some of the UA-cam videos I subscribe to that long sleeve tops and jeans are replacing summery tops and shorts so I can only guess that the weather is changing. Fortunately in Melbourne we don’t get the freezing temperatures and snow unless you live in the mountains so Winter is manageable. I look forward to your next video. In the meantime, keep on stitching and stay well. With best wishes, Di 💕🇦🇺.
Have to tell you I so so love watching you! So pleasant, helpful and inspiring! Many thanks
Aww - thank you so much!
Congrats on 4,000+!! I adore the Friend in the garden kit. Wowza!
Thank you Julie!
I’m so glad I found your channel. I love the garden chart! I mostly pick my own fabric. I do a mix of called for threads and using what I have in my stash.
During this difficult time, I find comfort in my stitching and my garden. I usually use the called for threads, but try to use my linen stash. So enjoy your visit.
Thanks for watching, Maria!
I simply love seeing your finishes an md your fun frames. Next time I go to Hobby Lobby or JoAnn’s I need to start looking for things I can mount some of my stitched pieces. I mostly do samplers but the more I watch flosstube, the more I want to stitch smaller things. Thank you for all your ideas. My sister has a garden and two of her tomato plants have recently died due to too much rain.
Smalls are fun for the immediate gratification they provide!
Week three and wow over 4K subscribers - that speaks to how sweet you are and your sharing....currently I am weeding my garden. I use what is in my stash and buy when I see something I like so yes I mix and match to my favorite colors and threads.
Thanks so much for watching, Marth!
I would love the garden. Thanks for sharing. I have been looking for a friend cross stitching for Christmas.
Sheri, I’m definitely drawn to warm colors so your floss tube was very helpful today. I need to step out of my comfort zone and do some color changes. Fall in Colorado is very different than the Midwest autumn but like it here.
I just enjoy your videos so much!! Thank you!
I thought your idea about " parts & pieces" was great!! There are so many things that I want to stitch, but I guess I am a slow stitcher . It takes many hours to make a little progress.....I realize that I am definitely a process stitcher, but would sometimes like to have more to show for my all the time I spend! Bits & pieces of large patterns is a good solution!
When I start a new project I usually choose my own fabric, b/c in these "pandemic days" it is sometimes hard to find called for fabric. I can make appropriate substitutions. I do usually use the called for floss . I have been back to stitching for a little over a year, & have not yet accumulated a large enough floss stash to make my own substitutions. And I am not confident enough many times to make my own color conversions.
Hurricane Laura blew away my favorite shade tree 2 weeks ago {thankfully it did not end up on my house!} So my impatient garden is really
suffering from the hot sun!
Can't wait til your next video!
Oh, so sad to lose your favorite tree, Sylvia! But I'm glad you all were safe. What a crazy weather year it has been (in addition to everything else that is crazy about this year!)
Oh, Sheri, I love seeing your projects. Thanks so much for sharing them with us. I feel at a total loss when it comes to selecting fabrics and threads because I do not have a LNS, I can never actually see and compare. It is very difficult to choose from a picture on the computer. I have to rely on the designer. I almost always go by the designer's choice of fabric and thread. I love to garden. Thanks so much for the opportunity. Best, K
Yes, I can relate to that. I do like that 123 Stitch will often tell you the DMC color that matches the fabric - that helps!
Really enjoying your lovely channel, thank you. I have had a wonderful garden this year. Thank you.
I do a lot of pieces and parts for the holidays. For example I took some pumpkins out of a pattern and just stitched those and will do Pincushions. I also found a pattern called Know my ABC’s and I am doing that with variegated DMC and putting something related to the season. Congratulations on 4K! I love Sampler September and I am doing 3 new and 3 WIPS and spending 5 days on each. Doing the new Needlework Press, Shakespeare Peddler and Sarah Needham. WIPS are some Hands Across the Sea samplers and Anna Rossi. So much fun. For your question, I am from the 80’s stitching era as well and my highest count was a 32 Jobelan so I thought it was a huge accomplishment. Now that I have acquired some linen and I am in the Victorian Motto linen club, I usually pull the threads and then pick linen. On special occasions like my birthday or Christmas I will splurge for the silks. I only ran into trouble once and the off white color was not blending in well. Sampler was done on a 36 count with 2 threads so the white wasn’t popping so I just put that project away for the time being. You may want to try Hobby House Needleworks or Fire Poppies for your silk threads, great customer service.
I was thinking this week that Christmas and Birthday splurges of silk might be a good way to go. I'm glad to know you've tried that!
Wow! You are so generous to offer Friendship Garden as a treat prior to it’s release! Sadly, my garden is a wreck this year returning to clinical arena in a busy Operating Room after a “furlough”! I’m returning to stitching after decades away, so I’m almost always changing the fabric to the beautiful hand dyed pieces and trying linen for the first time! 🙌🏻💖✨✨✨
Aren't the materials fun now? I'm glad you've returned to stitching!
ColoradoCrossStitcher absolutely!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻✨
About my garden: I was out pulling weeds one day, and a neighbor stopped to tell me how much she enjoyed my flowers - and I mentioned that the weeds were making me crazy - and she told me that no one ever saw the weeds - only the flowers!
I usually use the called for threads, but I’ ll use different fabrics if my LNS doesn’t have the called for linen. I’m not a big fan of the very mottled dark hand dyed fabrics, so I will usually sub those. I love stitching samplers, especially Blackbird Designs - I’ve done three since April! For sampler September I’m branching out and doing 4 samplers (two wips and two new starts; two are reproductions and two are originals- but no Blackbirds). If I don’t put my name or initials on a pronext, I’ll put a label on the back of a framed piece
I so enjoy your floss tubes!
You know, I can see that with the garden. If I was walking by your house, I'm sure my attention would be 100% on the beautiful flowers, too! Love hearing about your sampler plans. I'm not a big fan of excessive mottling either, but I do love the hand-dyed options in the lighter colors.
I have a friend who ignores the broken fence and looks into the garden. I usually go with the called-for fabric and floss because I am not good with colors. This year am learning to take color combinations that I have liked in other projects and use them for new projects with different fabrics. The new colored and dyed fabrics have made me more adventurous.
Great idea - transferring color combos into new projects!
I have been stitching Happy Halloween by Little Dove Designs for my eight grandchildren. This is my first piece!! I love fall and sharing time with all of my family in the garden. I also am a quilter and have several quilt s that I am doing. Really enjoy you on your floss tube!!
So happy that you've taken up stitching - I hope you love it!
I love to stitch in the Garden. Love that kit
I use the called for. The given colors attracted me so I go with them.
I rarely use the called for threads or fabric. Enjoyed another Saturday watching your lovely floss tube and spent time in the garden.
Thanks for watching, Diana!
I pick my fabric/threads by what i think suits my tastes and the design for my own home. Sometimes the design model is so perfect you don't want to change anything, other times it might need some "tweaking" :-) No disrespect intended to the actual designers - just slightly different styles. Some times it is by the supply - right now I need some oscar and cannot find it any where so will probably be substituting with something else . Loved your framed piece and I have also started looking at patterns differently now, since I have started watching flosstube - the creativity out there is amazing! Garden
I don't intend any disrespect for designers, either. I think most of them are probably fine with our tweaks!
Hi Sheri! Another inspiring video! When starting a new project, I am most likely to change the fabric, and some times the threads. Stitching is such a personal journey and I love that it is so easy to make our pieces our own with just a few changes. Have a great week!
Yes - totally agree with that, Lori!