That was a super fun way to share your 12x12. I love the idea of all WIP's and one start. I might try something like that next year. I love your beautiful sentiment about sharing our common thread, it's a beautiful way to start the year with intention.
Thank you! I was hoping it would be well received :) sometimes I get so lost in the NYE WIP parades esp when there are so many. I get stitching anxiety watching them lol.
Happy New Year, Arica! Best wishes to you and your family for a happy and healthy 2024. Thanks for sharing your first 12-by-12 with us. I don't think I'd be up to doing one personally, so I appreciated being able to experience it vicariously through you. In answer to your question, my first foray into counted cross stitch was in 1975, although other different needlecrafts came before and afterwards. My main influences were my mother and grandmother and I treasure those memories with them. I also really appreciate the ability to have an online community of stitchers and to be able to access resources (materials, education, etc.) from all over the world. I could never have envisioned such a thing in the 70s!
Thank you for tuning in and sharing your story with us :) do you have any younger family in your life you can share in stitching with. It would be lovely to pass it to a 4th+ generation. And I couldn’t agree more with flosstube, what an incredible resource we never could have dreamed up - I’m glad someone did though! Happy stitching :)
Arica, thank you! You are so very eloquent and summed up what stitching means to us. I find stitching very meditative and try very hard to make time each evening to stitch. It was great fun to see what you worked on each hour! Dutch Beauty is so beautiful! Thanks for the book recommendation (actually paused and ordered it)! Thanks so much Arica and happy stitching!
Thank you for your lovely comments Wanda. I hope this year you are able to continue to make time to slow down and stitch and enjoy the book too! Happy new years and happy stitching!
Thank you so much for taking the time to tune in and comment. Crosstitch and all needle arts are so relaxing aren’t they?? I feel so strongly that we need to do more of this in such a busy world… The key is not to do too much lol?
Great video! Loved seeing your progress on your 12X12 projects. I learned how to embroider in Jr High and needlepoint in High School. When I learned how to cross stitch everything was stamped and it was frustrating because the lines didn’t get covered up all the way and it didn’t wash out. My mother-in-law introduced me to counted cross stitch when I was dating my husband. Stopped doing any crafts for years because we started having kids and I didn’t have time. Got into quilting for a long time and then started stitching again just before the pandemic. So about 4-5 years ago, and I have fallen down a very very deep rabbit hole😂😮. I am loving every minute. My soon to be daughter-in-law asked me if I could teach her how to cross stitch. She has some friends that stitch so she wants to learn how. So for Christmas I got her everything she needs to get started. I showed her how to get started but I’m sure when she comes back over she will have some questions. Looking forward to your next video. Have a Happy New Year with your family🎉🎉🎉
What a fantastic journey!! And how fabulous to be sharing your skill and love with your DIL via stitching :)) perhaps you will even get to share your skills and create some new connections with her friends. Thank you so much for sharing your story and tuning in today! Happy new years and happy stitching!
Very enjoyable chat Arika! I always enjoyed stitching since I began in grade school, but work kind of took over my life after college and until I retired. I did continue with projects here and there mostly for baby or wedding gifts, I didn’t stitch much for myself. Now in retirement I am enjoying stitching for myself and love the calming effect it brings me. I love your flosstubes, they are very thoughtful, and I look forward to hearing your 2024 plans next time! Happy New Year!
Thank you so much for your kind comments Karen. I love to hear you are finally able to stitch for yourself! Thank you for tuning today and I hope I can be a source of interest and inspiration in 2024! Happy new years and happy stitching :)
I think I’m most excited about just having all the starts!😅 the Type Face patriotic set, little Quaker Christmas, little Quaker Halloween, Halloween sampler…
I really enjoyed the format of your video and it was fun to see how you organized your 12x12 experience. OMG about how many flosses that Wentzler piece needed! I can't even wrap my head around that! Look forward to your next video!
Glad you enjoyed it! I wasn’t sure how it would be received…. And yes, so so so many flosses! It took me 7 hours to organize them all - crazy!! Happy stitching :)
Happy New Year! Thank you for such a thoughtful video. I so enjoyed your segment on connection and appreciate the call to slow down and practice being present. Looking forward to seeing your beautiful peacock and love seeing the beautiful progress on Dutch Beauty ❤
You are so welcome! I was hoping ppl will receive that well and I don’t come across like a crazy person. 🤪 thank you for taking the time to tune in and comment. I hope you are able to slow down and get some good stitches in this year :6
@@anneshaheen3188 I think it’s neat to see how fiber arts tie so many of us makers together, world wide. My fiber art experience and meaning to me is, I am sure, different from yours and different from those sharing their essays. I’m quite enjoying getting a peak into others lives and see how fiber arts has contributed to the creation of our community :)
Lovely, interesting presentation. I have been able to have some stitching time with 5 of our 8 grandchildren, ages 13 to 9. Two of them had their own stitched ornaments on their Christmas tree this year!
Thank you for taking the time to tune in and comment today :) i absolutely love to hear you are sharing this skill with your grandchildren and some have even made ornaments this year - how special is that! Happy new years and many happy stitches in 2024 :)
By the way, knew Nora Corbett when we both lived in Columbus,Ohio. It is so good to see her fantastic artwork has been turned into artwork by stitching.
Thank you for taking the time to tune in and comment. Do you have any new start for this year? Any wips you were excited about?? Happy New Year’s, and happy stitching
@@FibersandFlossCanada Yes- I am excited to work on the summer Quaker from Lila’s studio and I want to start on a mirabilia- I’ve had three mirabilias kitted up for over a year but have not started. I’m really intimidated! I don’t really like the huge chart- I wish it came in pages. I also have winter rose manor nearly finished but ughhhhhh- I’m not a fill in the house stitcher🤣🤪 but I will try and get that knocked out this year.
@@tamimorgan1487 oh start a Mira!!! You will love it! Although they are big they have a lot of block stitching and the stitches flow in a natural direction - they are soooooo nice to stitch :) which Mira’s do you have ready to go?? I also love the winter rose manor!
Hi Erica. I am from Australia and have owned the peacock pattern for many years. It's rather a daunting one. Looking forward to your next video on how to get it organised. Thank you.
Oh wow! Have you ever started the peacock design even though I researched it a lot I feel like I still have a lot to learn about stitching a TW pattern. I’ll make a video within the next week sharing what I’ve learned so far happy stitching!
I had a couple of my grandmothers start teaching me crochet when I was in elementary school but then I moved to the other side of the US and ended up giving up on crafting until I went back to visit as a teenager. Then I started relearning crochet and didn’t rediscover cross stitch until I was almost 20. Then I loved it but I didn’t stick with it because the craft store I was getting my supplies from closed and it was hard to get supplies, especially the specialty flosses and any fabric other than 14 count white Aida. I’ve picked it back up off and on over the years but I injured my shoulders so it’s taken me awhile to get back into the habit of stitching. I now have more supply choices than I can imagine and since discovering flosstube I am getting answers to all my stitchy questions that I couldn’t find help with before. I’m looking forward to your Teresa Wentzler video since when I started stitching I bought a book of her projects that I am too intimidated to try now that I’m not as ignorant to how complicated her patterns are. Happy New Year and thanks for sharing.🎉
What a lovely story! I encourage you to tackle one of your Wentzler patterns! There’s some good tips I’ll share in my next video which will make it a little less intimidating :) if you were to start one of her patterns which one would you choose?? Thank you so much for taking the time to share your story with me today :) Happy New Years and here’s to a healed shoulder and many hours of stitching in your future!
@@FibersandFlossCanada There’s a few of her patterns that I have that I would love to try. I have one featuring the poem “Footprints”, a dragon wrapped around a castle, some fairytale ones, and a medieval sampler, just to list a few. I think the first one I’ll tackle would be the medieval sampler. It looks really beautiful. Maybe next year after I get the hang of stitching on linen. I’m about to start my first project on linen as soon as my order arrives. But I will probably start kitting the sampler up this year and maybe it’ll be 2025’s “new year, new start.”
Love your videos, enjoy the content and your encouragement to kindness. Also love your hair style! Wish you would do a short video on how to style hair like that.
I love to see all of your projects. They are beautiful . I used to watch grandmothers in my neighborhood crocheting doilies with tiny thread and hooks. I wanted to learn how to crochet. I taught myself with a little book . I also embroidered and did crewel work. My sister did cross stitch so I learned from her. My hands are always busy doing something.😂
Thank you for your comments Mary :) isn’t it funny how we tend to move from one craft to another. A maker is always a maker and what joy it gives us ❤️
That was very enjoyable and I like that take on a 12x12. I would have to do 12 starts, I did not though. I don’t have enough WIPs to work on them for 12 hours. I am however, working hard on a WIPGO board with tons of starts on it 😂
I started the peacock Teresa Wentzler over 20 years ago made the huge mistake of not making a working copy (who knew you needed to make a working copy). I think I’ll pick it up and finish this year. Actually I think it’s 75 % done but now it looks daunting. 😊
WOW! 75% done?! You should definitely pull it out and work on it with me this year! I’ve downloaded the copy from patterns online too as the backstitching is MUCH clearer, this whole pattern is really. I will use that as my working copy. Fingers crossed I enjoy my first TW! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment and tune in. Happy New Years and Happy Stitching!
Happy New Years to you and your family!!! Oh my, that peacock stitch is gorgeous!!! I really loved seeing your progress on all of the WIPs you showed they are really really amazing!!! Im about to commence the Fox & Rabbit 2024 stitch along, Ive pulled the fabric and threads Cottage Garden Threads - they are over dyed and variegated.
Oh I will have too look up that’s SAL - is it a mystery SAL? Thank you for taking the time to tune in and comment today. Happy New Years and may it bring you many happy stitches :)
I really enjoy your flosstube as you give so much information, I always feel inspired and motivated. I would love to be a part of a knitting/ stitching group, however I do think as I work long hours it will have to be when I retire.
Thank you so much Debbie! I feel we save a lot of our “wants” for when we retire. But why not have that joy now rather than wait for it? For many ppl they save everything till they retire then they are faced with health issues etc and they never get to do the fun things they’ve wait their whole life for. I encourage you to take the time now and live in the present :) Even spending one day a month with a group would be a lot of fun and really fill your bucket! Thanks for watching and Happy New Years!
Happy New Year! Terrific Floss tube! I love your point about stitching bringing people from all walks of life together 😊. My 5th grade teacher taught the class to do basic embroidery stitches and then we designed our own projects for the school’s art show. I loved it and later did some stitching in my teens and 20’s but stopped. I recently picked up it up again because I feel I need a regular hobby going into retirement. Flosstube creators, such as yourself, has motivated me. I never knew there was such a large connected community.
Oh that’s awesome! I hope you find the joy you are looking for in needlearts. I didn’t even realize how extensive this stitching community is until 2 years ago. It’s so amazing, truly, and so many kind and generous ppl participating in our community, I just love it. Thank you for watching and I hope you continue to find motivation and inspiration in this community ❤️
LOVED the 12x12. Thank you so much. I will not be joining the peacock stitch along...lol....but will find it interesting to hear how you organize your floss etc. My needlework journey is a long one as I am old...lol. My grandmother was. a sewist and made many clothes for me and from what I heard from my mom, she also did embroidery but I never sew her do it myself. She did share knitting with my mom and although I did learn how to knit, it was not something I needed to do. In my teen years, I think I learned cross stitch on my own from a magazine I think. It was not something I did regularly at all. Once married there came along a stitching club of some sort which was promoted through home parties and I partook in some of that but I really did not start stitching until later in life when we moved to Ottawa where I discovered the 'Cross Stitch Cupboard"....wow.... I loved that place and now the rest is history....lol... I have no siblings with whom I stitched...just myself. I do find it calming and soothing for sure. I also love the colour of the projects and of course the subject matter also counts. Thanks again and have a Very Happy and Healthy New Year with lots more stitching of course.
Thank you for taking the time to share your beautiful journey with needlearts! Funny how many of us started as a young teen only to return many years later! Is the cross stitch cupboard still open? Can I ask what is your favourite piece you have ever stitched? Thank you for the well wishes. Happy new years to you and your family and I’m wishing you many happy stitches in the coming years :)
No, unfortunately, The Cross Stitch Cupboard' is no longer open. It closed many many moons ago. I must admit that the one I am working on at the moment, well, maybe not at 'this' moment as the one I am working on is about to put on time out....ugh.... lol. I made the Nora Corbett letter fairies for my granddaughters which I really loved...I still have two A's and an M to go. I am rather slow at stitching as I am also quilting and am making a quilt for all my grandchildren (13 of them). In between that of course there are other quilts to made as well....lol.....you get the picture...lol. Sometimes it is more fun collecting. @@FibersandFlossCanada
@@hannamansfield2894 I love hearing to you making the letters and quilts for the kids! Do you have the A pattern yet?? I have it and am done with it. I would be happy to pass it on to you :) just let me know…
Yes I do actually. i am working on it now for granddaughter Alexa and great granddaugter Aubrey, i started on recomended fabric but was not really happy with it so will have to start again.@@FibersandFlossCanada
Thank you for doing this video and I agree with you 100% about community and bringing people together. I will accept the challenge to introduce stitching to someone new. I guess I was lucky when I purchased my Peacock Tapestry - it came all kitted up with silks! And I bought it from a shop!. The only problem is that the numbers are in DMC conversions and I have no idea what the silks are. So I have had to get out my DMC floss card and match them up and write in the DMC numbers for the symbols.
That was a super fun way to share your 12x12. I love the idea of all WIP's and one start. I might try something like that next year. I love your beautiful sentiment about sharing our common thread, it's a beautiful way to start the year with intention.
Thank you! I was hoping it would be well received :) sometimes I get so lost in the NYE WIP parades esp when there are so many. I get stitching anxiety watching them lol.
Happy New Year, Arica! Best wishes to you and your family for a happy and healthy 2024.
Thanks for sharing your first 12-by-12 with us. I don't think I'd be up to doing one personally, so I appreciated being able to experience it vicariously through you.
In answer to your question, my first foray into counted cross stitch was in 1975, although other different needlecrafts came before and afterwards. My main influences were my mother and grandmother and I treasure those memories with them. I also really appreciate the ability to have an online community of stitchers and to be able to access resources (materials, education, etc.) from all over the world. I could never have envisioned such a thing in the 70s!
Thank you for tuning in and sharing your story with us :) do you have any younger family in your life you can share in stitching with. It would be lovely to pass it to a 4th+ generation. And I couldn’t agree more with flosstube, what an incredible resource we never could have dreamed up - I’m glad someone did though! Happy stitching :)
Arica, thank you! You are so very eloquent and summed up what stitching means to us. I find stitching very meditative and try very hard to make time each evening to stitch. It was great fun to see what you worked on each hour! Dutch Beauty is so beautiful! Thanks for the book recommendation (actually paused and ordered it)! Thanks so much Arica and happy stitching!
Thank you for your lovely comments Wanda. I hope this year you are able to continue to make time to slow down and stitch and enjoy the book too! Happy new years and happy stitching!
Great floss tube! I see that you are a really relaxed person. I cross stitch to relax and enjoy! Beautiful stitched projects.😊
Thank you so much for taking the time to tune in and comment. Crosstitch and all needle arts are so relaxing aren’t they?? I feel so strongly that we need to do more of this in such a busy world… The key is not to do too much lol?
Great video! Loved seeing your progress on your 12X12 projects. I learned how to embroider in Jr High and needlepoint in High School. When I learned how to cross stitch everything was stamped and it was frustrating because the lines didn’t get covered up all the way and it didn’t wash out. My mother-in-law introduced me to counted cross stitch when I was dating my husband. Stopped doing any crafts for years because we started having kids and I didn’t have time. Got into quilting for a long time and then started stitching again just before the pandemic. So about 4-5 years ago, and I have fallen down a very very deep rabbit hole😂😮. I am loving every minute. My soon to be daughter-in-law asked me if I could teach her how to cross stitch. She has some friends that stitch so she wants to learn how. So for Christmas I got her everything she needs to get started. I showed her how to get started but I’m sure when she comes back over she will have some questions. Looking forward to your next video. Have a Happy New Year with your family🎉🎉🎉
What a fantastic journey!! And how fabulous to be sharing your skill and love with your DIL via stitching :)) perhaps you will even get to share your skills and create some new connections with her friends. Thank you so much for sharing your story and tuning in today! Happy new years and happy stitching!
Very enjoyable chat Arika! I always enjoyed stitching since I began in grade school, but work kind of took over my life after college and until I retired. I did continue with projects here and there mostly for baby or wedding gifts, I didn’t stitch much for myself. Now in retirement I am enjoying stitching for myself and love the calming effect it brings me. I love your flosstubes, they are very thoughtful, and I look forward to hearing your 2024 plans next time! Happy New Year!
Thank you so much for your kind comments Karen. I love to hear you are finally able to stitch for yourself! Thank you for tuning today and I hope I can be a source of interest and inspiration in 2024! Happy new years and happy stitching :)
Lovely organized video full of delicious stitching! I stopped the video and ordered the book immediately. ❤️
Haha that’s awesome! I’ve been reading it today and am really enjoying it!
I think I’m most excited about just having all the starts!😅 the Type Face patriotic set, little Quaker Christmas, little Quaker Halloween, Halloween sampler…
Sounds fun!
I really enjoyed the format of your video and it was fun to see how you organized your 12x12 experience. OMG about how many flosses that Wentzler piece needed! I can't even wrap my head around that! Look forward to your next video!
Glad you enjoyed it! I wasn’t sure how it would be received…. And yes, so so so many flosses! It took me 7 hours to organize them all - crazy!! Happy stitching :)
Happy New Year! Thank you for such a thoughtful video. I so enjoyed your segment on connection and appreciate the call to slow down and practice being present. Looking forward to seeing your beautiful peacock and love seeing the beautiful progress on Dutch Beauty ❤
You are so welcome! I was hoping ppl will receive that well and I don’t come across like a crazy person. 🤪 thank you for taking the time to tune in and comment. I hope you are able to slow down and get some good stitches in this year :6
Love your progress on your wips. Happy stitching!
Thank you! You too! 🧵🪡
Bought Sharp Notions for my Kindle. Look forward to reading. So much enjoy you and Sam on flosstube.
Hope you enjoy it! Please let me know what you think of it :)
Read three or four chapters, not exactly what I thought it would be, but enjoying the book.
@@anneshaheen3188 I think it’s neat to see how fiber arts tie so many of us makers together, world wide. My fiber art experience and meaning to me is, I am sure, different from yours and different from those sharing their essays. I’m quite enjoying getting a peak into others lives and see how fiber arts has contributed to the creation of our community :)
I enjoyed your style of 12x12. If I was ever to do a 12x12, it would be this stlye with 12 WIP's.
Thank you! Happy Stitching 🧵 🪡
Very nice approach to 12 x 12. Well done.
Thank you! Cheers!
Lovely, interesting presentation. I have been able to have some stitching time with 5 of our 8 grandchildren, ages 13 to 9. Two of them had their own stitched ornaments on their Christmas tree this year!
Thank you for taking the time to tune in and comment today :) i absolutely love to hear you are sharing this skill with your grandchildren and some have even made ornaments this year - how special is that! Happy new years and many happy stitches in 2024 :)
By the way, knew Nora Corbett when we both lived in Columbus,Ohio. It is so good to see her fantastic artwork has been turned into artwork by stitching.
Oh wow! That’s very cool :) do you stitch many of her designs? Thank you for taking the time to watch today! Happy stitching and happy new years!
@@FibersandFlossCanadaI have Christmas Elf Fairy but havent started yet.
@@anneshaheen3188 lovely! Maybe it’s something to start for Christmas in July this summer :)
Wow! You are so organized! Great flosstube! Lots of great progress made! Thank you for sharing! Happy new year!
Thank you for taking the time to tune in and comment. Do you have any new start for this year? Any wips you were excited about??
Happy New Year’s, and happy stitching
@@FibersandFlossCanada Yes- I am excited to work on the summer Quaker from Lila’s studio and I want to start on a mirabilia- I’ve had three mirabilias kitted up for over a year but have not started. I’m really intimidated! I don’t really like the huge chart- I wish it came in pages. I also have winter rose manor nearly finished but ughhhhhh- I’m not a fill in the house stitcher🤣🤪 but I will try and get that knocked out this year.
@@tamimorgan1487 oh start a Mira!!! You will love it! Although they are big they have a lot of block stitching and the stitches flow in a natural direction - they are soooooo nice to stitch :) which Mira’s do you have ready to go??
I also love the winter rose manor!
@@FibersandFlossCanada I have September sapphire fairy, miss cherry blossom and the Renaissance mermaid . I have linen, threads and all beads.
Hi Erica. I am from Australia and have owned the peacock pattern for many years. It's rather a daunting one. Looking forward to your next video on how to get it organised. Thank you.
Oh wow! Have you ever started the peacock design even though I researched it a lot I feel like I still have a lot to learn about stitching a TW pattern. I’ll make a video within the next week sharing what I’ve learned so far happy stitching!
I had a couple of my grandmothers start teaching me crochet when I was in elementary school but then I moved to the other side of the US and ended up giving up on crafting until I went back to visit as a teenager. Then I started relearning crochet and didn’t rediscover cross stitch until I was almost 20. Then I loved it but I didn’t stick with it because the craft store I was getting my supplies from closed and it was hard to get supplies, especially the specialty flosses and any fabric other than 14 count white Aida. I’ve picked it back up off and on over the years but I injured my shoulders so it’s taken me awhile to get back into the habit of stitching. I now have more supply choices than I can imagine and since discovering flosstube I am getting answers to all my stitchy questions that I couldn’t find help with before. I’m looking forward to your Teresa Wentzler video since when I started stitching I bought a book of her projects that I am too intimidated to try now that I’m not as ignorant to how complicated her patterns are. Happy New Year and thanks for sharing.🎉
What a lovely story! I encourage you to tackle one of your Wentzler patterns! There’s some good tips I’ll share in my next video which will make it a little less intimidating :) if you were to start one of her patterns which one would you choose??
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your story with me today :) Happy New Years and here’s to a healed shoulder and many hours of stitching in your future!
@@FibersandFlossCanada There’s a few of her patterns that I have that I would love to try. I have one featuring the poem “Footprints”, a dragon wrapped around a castle, some fairytale ones, and a medieval sampler, just to list a few. I think the first one I’ll tackle would be the medieval sampler. It looks really beautiful. Maybe next year after I get the hang of stitching on linen. I’m about to start my first project on linen as soon as my order arrives. But I will probably start kitting the sampler up this year and maybe it’ll be 2025’s “new year, new start.”
@@Luvs2read33 oh my nana LOVED the footprints poem - I will have to check out that pattern!
@@FibersandFlossCanada It’s gorgeous but very intricate.
Happy New Year! This was a fun video. Your work is beautiful!
Thank you so much!
Love your videos, enjoy the content and your encouragement to kindness. Also love your hair style! Wish you would do a short video on how to style hair like that.
Thank you for tuning in again and your kind comments. I just feel in this day and age we need all the kindness ❤️ Happy stitching!
I love to see all of your projects. They are beautiful . I used to watch grandmothers in my neighborhood crocheting doilies with tiny thread and hooks. I wanted to learn how to crochet. I taught myself with a little book . I also embroidered and did crewel work. My sister did cross stitch so I learned from her. My hands are always busy doing something.😂
Thank you for your comments Mary :) isn’t it funny how we tend to move from one craft to another. A maker is always a maker and what joy it gives us ❤️
That was very enjoyable and I like that take on a 12x12. I would have to do 12 starts, I did not though. I don’t have enough WIPs to work on them for 12 hours. I am however, working hard on a WIPGO board with tons of starts on it 😂
Thanks for tuning in and taking the time to comment :) what are some of your starts you are most excited for this year??
I started the peacock Teresa Wentzler over 20 years ago made the huge mistake of not making a working copy (who knew you needed to make a working copy). I think I’ll pick it up and finish this year. Actually I think it’s 75 % done but now it looks daunting. 😊
WOW! 75% done?! You should definitely pull it out and work on it with me this year! I’ve downloaded the copy from patterns online too as the backstitching is MUCH clearer, this whole pattern is really. I will use that as my working copy. Fingers crossed I enjoy my first TW! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment and tune in. Happy New Years and Happy Stitching!
Happy New Years to you and your family!!! Oh my, that peacock stitch is gorgeous!!! I really loved seeing your progress on all of the WIPs you showed they are really really amazing!!! Im about to commence the Fox & Rabbit 2024 stitch along, Ive pulled the fabric and threads Cottage Garden Threads - they are over dyed and variegated.
Oh I will have too look up that’s SAL - is it a mystery SAL? Thank you for taking the time to tune in and comment today. Happy New Years and may it bring you many happy stitches :)
@@FibersandFlossCanada yes its a mystery SAL, a portion of the chart is released once per month
I really enjoy your flosstube as you give so much information, I always feel inspired and motivated. I would love to be a part of a knitting/ stitching group, however I do think as I work long hours it will have to be when I retire.
Thank you so much Debbie! I feel we save a lot of our “wants” for when we retire. But why not have that joy now rather than wait for it? For many ppl they save everything till they retire then they are faced with health issues etc and they never get to do the fun things they’ve wait their whole life for. I encourage you to take the time now and live in the present :) Even spending one day a month with a group would be a lot of fun and really fill your bucket! Thanks for watching and Happy New Years!
Happy New Year! Terrific Floss tube! I love your point about stitching bringing people from all walks of life together 😊. My 5th grade teacher taught the class to do basic embroidery stitches and then we designed our own projects for the school’s art show. I loved it and later did some stitching in my teens and 20’s but stopped. I recently picked up it up again because I feel I need a regular hobby going into retirement. Flosstube creators, such as yourself, has motivated me. I never knew there was such a large connected community.
Oh that’s awesome! I hope you find the joy you are looking for in needlearts. I didn’t even realize how extensive this stitching community is until 2 years ago. It’s so amazing, truly, and so many kind and generous ppl participating in our community, I just love it. Thank you for watching and I hope you continue to find motivation and inspiration in this community ❤️
LOVED the 12x12. Thank you so much. I will not be joining the peacock stitch along...lol....but will find it interesting to hear how you organize your floss etc. My needlework journey is a long one as I am old...lol. My grandmother was. a sewist and made many clothes for me and from what I heard from my mom, she also did embroidery but I never sew her do it myself. She did share knitting with my mom and although I did learn how to knit, it was not something I needed to do. In my teen years, I think I learned cross stitch on my own from a magazine I think. It was not something I did regularly at all. Once married there came along a stitching club of some sort which was promoted through home parties and I partook in some of that but I really did not start stitching until later in life when we moved to Ottawa where I discovered the 'Cross Stitch Cupboard"....wow.... I loved that place and now the rest is history....lol... I have no siblings with whom I stitched...just myself. I do find it calming and soothing for sure. I also love the colour of the projects and of course the subject matter also counts. Thanks again and have a Very Happy and Healthy New Year with lots more stitching of course.
Thank you for taking the time to share your beautiful journey with needlearts! Funny how many of us started as a young teen only to return many years later! Is the cross stitch cupboard still open?
Can I ask what is your favourite piece you have ever stitched?
Thank you for the well wishes. Happy new years to you and your family and I’m wishing you many happy stitches in the coming years :)
No, unfortunately, The Cross Stitch Cupboard' is no longer open. It closed many many moons ago. I must admit that the one I am working on at the moment, well, maybe not at 'this' moment as the one I am working on is about to put on time out....ugh.... lol. I made the Nora Corbett letter fairies for my granddaughters which I really loved...I still have two A's and an M to go. I am rather slow at stitching as I am also quilting and am making a quilt for all my grandchildren (13 of them). In between that of course there are other quilts to made as well....lol.....you get the picture...lol. Sometimes it is more fun collecting. @@FibersandFlossCanada
@@hannamansfield2894 I love hearing to you making the letters and quilts for the kids! Do you have the A pattern yet?? I have it and am done with it. I would be happy to pass it on to you :) just let me know…
Yes I do actually. i am working on it now for granddaughter Alexa and great granddaugter Aubrey, i started on recomended fabric but was not really happy with it so will have to start again.@@FibersandFlossCanada
I forgot to thank you for your generous offer. That is very sweet of you ♥@@FibersandFlossCanada
Happy New Year, Arica 🎉 !!
Thank you Wendy, wishing you a happy new years as well :) thank you for watching and taking the time to comment today!
Happy New Year❣️❤️❤️❤️
Happy new year to you as well. Thank you for watching :)
Thank you for doing this video and I agree with you 100% about community and bringing people together. I will accept the challenge to introduce stitching to someone new. I guess I was lucky when I purchased my Peacock Tapestry - it came all kitted up with silks! And I bought it from a shop!. The only problem is that the numbers are in DMC conversions and I have no idea what the silks are. So I have had to get out my DMC floss card and match them up and write in the DMC numbers for the symbols.
Yes I’ve heard this is a problem with the kit, but how nice to get exactly what you need all in one place :) now you are off to the races!