Off the Grid Needlearts Flosstube - Two finishes and a huge Canvas work gift away!
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
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Projects I shared today:
Busy Hands - Kathy Barrick
32 count Panettone linen with Roxy Floss Co floss conversion
Halsingland Blommer - Modern Folk Embroidery
28 count OOAK linen with Roxy Floss Pippy and South Beach
You can email myself caroline@evertote.ca or Hannah hannah@evertote.ca if you would like more info on the Hearthside Craftworks lap and floor stands.
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Wow, I’m 70+, have I enough time to have a go at something new.......yes yes.
These canvas kits are lovely, what a generous lady to enable others.
What a wonderful gift from Sharon. People’s kindness never ceases to amaze me. Canvas certainly is very interesting and beautiful
A big thank you to Sharon for sharing her canvas patterns. I did a canvas piece eons ago and loved it. Now my interest has been renewed. Caroline, your canvas pieces are beautiful.
The canvas projects are fantastic. I enjoy your floss tubes very much. From the one yesterday I stopped it to order the owl ! Fun fun fun , Mary in alaska
It makes sense that stretcher bars are sold in pairs to allow flexibility in the size of any canvas needlework or other craft work like painting.
The generosity is amazing and what a great opportunity to try canvas work. Thank you for sharing them.
Wonderful finishes, Caroline! Love your hair! Many thanks to Sharon for sharing her canvas kits with your viewers!❤Very generous!
I've never done Canvas Work. The one you made is absolutely beautiful. I see a new craft in my future. Thanks so much for sharing.
What a counted canvas work revival you are waging! Your ‘Seasons’ is sure to be sensational. Lots of wows here. This art will gain new momentum thanks to you. And I do thank you tremendously too for a most interesting and informative session 😊
Canvas, canvas canvas.!!!! Love doing canvas work. nancy’s needles designs are great and I have been doing canvas work for decades! Thanks for all you do.
The canvas work is amazing. I had never see this needle art until you showed your framed pieces. What a nice thing for the person to do to give you the canvas kits to let others enjoy
I'm a quilter, and a cross-stitcher. These are beautiful canvas quilts. They would look lovely in my sewing room. I love your haircut...
Caroline, I love your channels! You always make me laugh. Thanks to Sharon for all the canvas goodies! They're gorgeous!
Those canvas kits are beautiful. I'd love to try something new. Super generous for Sharon to share them! Just lovely!
The piece you are gifting to your Mum is so beautiful! One woman’s trash is another woman’s treasure…I would love to work on one of those canvas pieces. Thank you!
Thank you friend of Caroline for sharing your amazing canvas kits with us. And thanks Caroline for sharing your beautiful stitching!❤
Congratulations on your two beautiful finishes. The canvas kits from Sharon are absolutely beautiful. Your hair is so nice and always remember that many women spends at least once a week getting curls put in their hair (not including perms every 6 weeks) so enjoy them even if they sometime become a little unruly. Have a great day.
Dear Caroline, I have loved the Halsingland Blommer as long as you have been stitching It. It is amazing!!! I am so happy you are back! And… the floss has arrived! A quick send! Thank you very much, I am going to start the pattern soon! And Sharon is the best for her canvas kits!
You are a great stitching enabler and Sharon is very generous to share those beautiful kits! Counted canvas is new to me and will be fun to explore and learn more about. Thanks!
I have never done canvas work but after seeing the summer one I was sold! The generosity of Sharon and your company makes it really easy to give it a whirl. I have done needlepoint, crewel, embroidery, cross stitch, quilting, knitting, crocheting; why not add canvas work to the list!
Your MFE finish is spectacular! Such an unusual colour combo and I LOVE it!
Wow, what a generous lady to donate 5 beautiful, fully kitted canvas kits! Thank you, Sharon. I would love to try canvas work - I've completed many Ehrman 'tapestry' kits over the year and would love to try my hand at canvas work!
Well done on your beautiful finishes!! And Sharon, thank you for your kindness in passing on those canvas kits, wow!! 😍
What a beautiful gift from Sharon. I keep being amazed about the cross stitch community. It lights up my days and keeps me stitching. The canvas gifts are awesome! Esp. 1 4 and 5. Greetings from Belgium.
"Let's check because I can't count to 7" Oh, the plight of a stitcher in one sentence! 🤣 Wouldn't it be great if we could all have more time to craft?? Your FOs are gorgeous as usual and your counted canvas WIP is beautiful!
From one Sharon to another, thanx for the generous canvas kit donations. Always enjoy watching you. See you at Stitch North.
Wow! I had no idea that canvas work could be sooo stunning! I will be researching more as these are incredibly beautiful! Thank you Sharon for your generous sharing! And your finish, Caroline, is AMAZING…I’m sure your mom feels so special to have it!!
The canvas work kits were beautiful. I would love to have any one of the kits.. Thank you Sharon for your kindness and generosity. Caroline, I loved your pillow. . .the color contrast with the green fabric and the reddish brown /pink floss is amazing. I enjoy your videos. . . they are wonderful and when I am stressed out I select any of your videos and relax. Thank you again, Florence
Poor Luna getting blamed for unusual noises. 😂 Love your hair! Congrats on your finishes! Love them both. ❤
Your finishes are so beautiful Caroline! The canvas kits that Sharon has been so generous with are truly lovely. It would be a fun new hobby to start. 🙂
Thank you so much for offering these kits. Love your channel. Your kindness is nice to see in these crazy times ❤
Oh my goodness - those canvas kits are all stunning! I think I sense a new hobby coming on haha
Stitchers are so generous with their time and donating supplies to others! I would love to try some canvas work, it looks beautiful!
Sharon is so generous with her beautiful canvas kits!
This is the first time I saw your video. I have heard of Evertote from other floss tubers. So I am happy to find you. I get it about your hair. My hair is the same way. What a wonderful gift of the kits. I don’t do that kind of stitching but whoever does will love it. Have a blessed week.
Beautiful canvas work kits! I liked all of them. Thank you, Sharon and Caroline. I am so happy you are back! I liked seeing your finishes. Great design and color choices. Happy 2024!
So nice to see you again, Caroline! The new hair style looks great! I' ve never done canvas work before and I would love to try it!.So I will keep my fingers crossed ! Sharon's and your generosity are incredible. Thank you!
I've wanted to do canvas work since I saw your episode with Miss Patty. Such variety in all your podcasts. THANK YOU!
Oh my goodness Caroline! First of all, thank you so much for sharing your finishes❤️ I was waiting with bated breath to see your Modern Folk Embroidery finish. It is stunning! Like you I am going to miss seeing it. I guess I’ll just have to rewatch your videos when I need a fix! Either that or I’m going to have to cross stitch one of my own in exactly the same colours as yours! I just love the colours you’ve chosen for both the fabric and the threads ❤️❤️❤️I am so excited for the opportunity to adopt a piece of the canvas work you have shared with us today. Your video this December really inspired me to jump down the canvas work rabbit hole! Caroline! You’re killing me here! I Thank you both, Sharon and Caroline🙏 so much for this opportunity. And lastly Caroline, I am so loving the new hairdo ❤️You are totally rockin’ it!
The canvas kits are just beautiful! Very generous of Sharon! Your MFE finish is so pretty, your Mom will love it. You look fabulous! Thanks for sharing and happy stitching! 😊
I really enjoyed seeing the beautiful finishes. Canvas work is my first needlework love. Each canvas piece is beautiful. Thank you Sharon for your generosity of each canvas piece.
The canvas kits are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them with flosstube folks.
Your finishes are gorgeous. I haven’t tried stitching canvas. That sounds interesting. I understand about your hair! I have had straight hair for 70 years! I had grown it out to my mid back. About a year ago I decided to cut it about your new length. The hairdresser did her magic. All was well. Then, I washed it! I had curly hair for the first time in my life! I was shocked. I had to buy all new products and try to make the best of it. My sister says I’m lucky because I can have straight or curly hair. The problem is the frizz! It’s not humid in California except in the winter when we have fog. Oh boy, I’m right there with you. lol.❤
Your hair looks great Caroline. How wonderful of Sharon to share such beautiful canvas kits. ❤
Oh gosh…I can feel myself falling head first down the canvas stitch rabbit hole…drop dead gorgeous and so generous!
😊hi Caroline, you are so talented and genuine. Love your channel. The canvas kits are gorgeous and how generous Sharon was to give them to you for giveaways.
That finished MFE on the green is so stunningly beautiful!! The generosity of Sharon is amazing. I have not done a canvas piece of work but I clearly must add that to my to-do-list !
The canvas kits are AMAZING! I’ve been so curious about this hobby.
It’s all so generous.
Caroline, the piece for your mother is beautiful!! She’s so lucky! I think they sell the bars for the cavas in pairs as not all patterns are square. I stitched on canvas years ago - I loved it as well- that were rectangular. Sharon is so generous!! Amazing!!!!❤❤❤❤
Beautiful canvas projects. What a nice gift from Sharon. Thanks Caroline.
Thank you to Sharon and Caroline for your generosity. The canvas work is beautiful. Have never done it before but would love to give it a try.
Hi Caroline, I’ve not watched you for a while and I’m so glad I did! Your hair is absolutely gorgeous and really suits you! The MFE finish is stunning, I love the colour choices you’ve made. Then finally you show us the beautiful canvas kits and that’s a whole rabbit hole! I have to look into adding one to my stash. Thank you for sharing x
Thank you, Caroline and Sharon, for sharing your stash. Your patterns are beautiful. The canvas work looks like something I would like to try. Caroline, your stitching is amazing!
Hi Caroline. Stretcher bars are used primarily in needlepoint and counted canvas projects. Needlepoint canvases especially hand painted canvases come in many different sizes and shapes and measurements. The stretcher bars are paired in twos to accommodate the size and measurements of a piece. Counted canvas projects are typically square, 12 x 12, 10 x 10, etc. I have needlepoint projects that measure 22 x 14 so those are the pairs needed. Beautiful finishes for you and really cute hair! Stitch on!
What an incredible gift Sharon gave to you/us. Looking forward to learning more about counted canvas work. Each of the designs is absolutely beautiful. Many thanks for all you do. Jennifer
I would love, love, love to try canvas work, I have been quilting, knitting, and crossing stitching for 40 years.
Your finished pieces are beautiful!
I am so relieved to hear you are going to frame your Halsingland Blommer project! Logs are gorgeous!!
I have 3 addictions - cross stitch, canvas work and quilting. Maybe four, knitting. Okay five, reading. Oh life is way too short for everything I want to do!
Congratulations on your finishes. Your mom is very special to receive your amazing piece. My local needle shop closed several years ago and I have not done any canvas work since. I didn’t realize it until I saw the amazing kits. Love your hair. Have a great week.
Loving the hair. Congratulations on your beatiful finishes, the gift for your mom is stunning. ABSOLUTELY love the canvas pieces (Thanks Sharon)
Halsingland Blommer! Stunning! Love everything about it!
Congratulations on your finishes, Caroline! The canvas pieces are stunning. Thank you to Sharon for her generosity! I'm still stitching on my Santa piece by Lavender & Lace. So fun! Have a great weekend. ☺
Would love to try canvas stitching. Very generous of Sharon to offer them to the world. Thank you.
I ❤❤❤ your Halsingland Blommer and would love to stitch in the same colors. Your finishes and canvas pieces are beautiful. In fact, all the canvas work you showed is inspiring me to get my canvas work pieces back out. I feel the need, especially, to work on a piece by Carole Lake, who passed away recently. She was a great teacher and designed both counted canvas pieces and painted canvas stitching guides. I may even show some of my canvas WIPs on my next FlossTube.
I TOTALLY understand about hair…I also have very curly hair (or did until I left it go gray…lol!). My aunts would admonish me when I would complain in my younger years that they paid lots of money to get hair like mine, but what folks with straight hair often don’t get is that the curls do what they want and sometimes you end up with lots of frizz instead of curls. I finally came to embrace my curls as I got older, but it took quite a while…lol! Your hair looks great.
FYI: I always assumed stretcher bars come in pairs so we can make rectangles as well as squares. 😊
I did a canvas stitch many years ago and I didn’t know what the heck I was doing, but I stumbled through and really enjoyed it. That was about the time I left stitching behind, so I never tried a second one. I think the reason they sell stretcher bars in pairs is so if you want a rectangle instead of a square, you have plenty of options.
Wow! The Modern Folk Embroidery piece is gorgeous in the color way that you chose. I would love to try a counted canvas project. It is so kind of Sharon to share her stash with your subscribers.
Sharon can clean out her canvas stash anytime at my house. 😁 I’m sure it was difficult to part with them. How wonderful to share.
YAY...you finished the green one!!! Your mom will love it although I think it would look good as a cushion too. I guess I did not realize that it was a Jacob DeGraaf...no wonder it is beautiful. Starry Sky is also very beautiful. Yes to Canvas. Love it all. You have a great weekend too
Thanks to Sharon and Caroline for the gorgeous canvas kits!!! I hope I win!!
You are 100% right that all of these canvas pieces are equally amazing!
Those canvas kits are beautiful. I've never stitch anything like this before. Another thing to add to my bucket list. Thank you for the chance to get these.
Thank you for introducing me to the world of canvas! That looks like something I would really enjoy (and thus another rabbit hole to fall into!!)
Canvas work was added to my bucket list when you showed your creations back in December. I will be checking out the tutorials and Nancy's Needles. Thank you for reminding me of this crafty goodness. Caroline, I absolutely love your hair at that length!! Happy crafting!!!
Stretcher bars are used for counted canvas but also because you stretch painting canvas which can be done in a rectangle as well as a square, so in sets of twos you can make any size you want without having extras hang around if it is not equal sides. Sharon thank you for your generosity. And yes each one is amazing.
What lovely finishes, and what a great gift for your mom (though it would have been a beautiful pillow for your sofa, also)! The stretcher bars are sold in pairs so that if you have a rectangular canvas, you simply buy a pair for each dimension and create the best size for the canvas. A square is just a rectangle with both height and width the same, so you'd order 2 pairs of the size needed.
Love your hair! I get the curl issues, too. Mine is currently long so the weight keeps it a bit straighter, but with any humidity the shorter hairs go curly/frizzy so I need lots of product. Probably going back to a shorter style again later this year but need it long enough to tie back or put up for summer.
Congrats on both your finishes! The smaller one is so cute and the larger one is stunning! All the canvas work kits are beautiful too!
Wonderful to see you again...straight hair or curly hair, it doesn't really matter. My 2 daughters have extremely straight hair and, when they were teenagers & wishing for curly hair, tried all sorts of rollers etc etc and trips to the hairdresser...but the waves & curls would last only an hour or two at the most! At the same time, their friends with wavy curly hair, were extremely envious of my daughters' straight hair! Anyway, I always enjoy your videos.
Congratulations on your finishes Caroline, they are beautiful. The colours in the canvas work are glorious.
Canvas work is so much fun. I have done Starry Skies and have a couple more in my stash. Sharon, thank you for your generosity in passing along your kits.
Wow! What an amazing selection of crafts. So generous of the viewer! There is a very small LNS about an hour from me that has counted canvas. I always admire it when I'm there and think about trying one. I'd love to stitch one of those kits and learn yet another craft! Oh if I only had more hours in the day to do them all!
Every time you show canvas work -- I wanna and I wanna. I think I am going to try a canvas kit ! Quilts and stitching what could be better ?! Thank you getting me hooked.
Thank you and your friend for offering these wonderful canvas kits.
Just discovered your channel. I’ve done all the needle and thread arts over the years - I’m currently in a needlepoint phase. So your conversation about canvas work was a new term to me. Guess that makes sense for the linen and Aida cross stitchers. I enjoy both charted needlepoint and painted canvas designs. Charted saves quite a bit of money and there are some great old school books out there. I love the traditional works by Beth Russell and the amazing colors of Kaffe Faasett. Can’t wait to see binge some more of your videos. Best wishes.
How generous of Sharon to give her canvas kits! I went to a canvas class and learned how to do this and LOVED it. My granddaughter claimed it for her own. Love your hair no matter what it looks like! Happy stitching!
Caroline, your hair looks amazing! Sharon, thank you for offering these beautiful canvas pieces! Nothing like working on something beautiful when you are at home, watching the snow, sitting by the fireplace.
Your canvas embroidery is stunning! This could very well be another rabbit hole.
Your finishes are fabulous! Those canvas kits are fantastic. It is extremely generous of Sharon to donate them and you to ship them anywhere. Thank you both.
I used to do a lot of canvas work years ago and still have a few UFOs to finish. Stretcher bars are sold in pairs because not all canvases are square; two sides may require an 18” bar while the other two sides may require a 16”.
Caroline your finishes are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing. I bought Caron threads back in the 90’s when they were $2.50 for Watercolours and $2.30 for Wildflowers. They are beautiful. The canvas kits are amazing!!
So good to see you again! What an awesome gift sharing from Sharon! The canvas kits are just stunning!
I just wanted to let you know that I like new hairstyle, I like the shorter length, color and straightness of it. My mom had curly hair and struggled against the curls for many years before leaving it more natural and curly. Have a wonderful week and take care.
I have never heard of canvas work before your video in december but now there is one more hobby on the endless list of crafts that I just have to try 😅
Watched your Flosstube for the first time! Loved it! Your Modern Folk Embroidery finish is absolutely stunning! I liked seeing the canvas kits...I have never done canvas work before. I look forward to your next video. Happy stitching!
The canvas kits are lovely, I find the texture of the designs intriguing.
Wow! Your Halsingland Blommer is gorgeous! Thank you for sharing. I also love those canvas kits! Such beautiful colors!
Thank you Caroline and Sharon.
Your finishes are stunning, you have such a good eye for colour.
Maybe stretcher bars are sold in pairs in case someone needs to make a rectangle instead of a square? 🤔 Sharon is very generous to pass the kits on but I’m sad that she no longer wants them. 🙁 I stitched many counted canvas projects 44 years ago! Most were made into pillows and gifted. For the last year, as I picked up cross stitching again, I have seriously thought about also getting back into counted canvas. After seeing these kits I am very motivated to make it happen! Thank you!
Caroline, your hair is gorgeous! Congrats on all your finishes🎉! Sharon is amazingly generous 😊. I’ve only seen a finished canvas once in real life!
I stitched all 4 of the seasonal logs. Quite enjoyable. I had already been stitching using carons watercolours for years so i was fortunate to not have to buy all the colors for each season except for a few and of course the two matching skeins for the border. Those will be a wonderful gift for any stitcher. plus the instructions were superb. The instructions ask you to pencil in the logs but each log is finely detailed with a chart and even includes the compensating stitches so it was not necessary to draw the logs
Your Halsingland Blommer is stunningly beautiful
I would absolutely love to try canvas stitching! My hands are itching to dig in and get started. Sharon is incredibly generous....thank you for sharing!
Stitchers are really the kindest and best people, thank you Sharon! Caroline, your canvas piece is gorgeous 😍 I think it might be fun to give it a go....☺
Being a straight haired stitcher....who always wanted curly hair....maybe not so much now...haha🤭 either way, your hair is alway beautiful.