Thank you for sharing your story. God bless your heart. I am so happy you have your faith keeping you strong. I, too, went through a rough period in my first marriage. I discovered cross stitch which helped a couple of years after my divorce. I didn’t believe in divorce but all my prayers were answered. I was shocked that divorce was what the answer was to my prayers. I am a very sensitive person and my feelings are exposed most of the time. I will never change. Keep sharing your beautiful stitching. I took up quilting when I was informed of a grand baby was on the way. I started quilting in 2006 and gave up cross stitching because quilting bit me hard. After finding floss tube this year, I got back into cross stitching and I can do both!! I wish I had discovered cross stitching in 2018 after having several surgeries due to colon cancer and having mesh removed from a previous surgery that was placed in 2013. I could have done a lot of cross stitching over the year of recouping! I was cancer free after my surgery and didn’t have to have chemo therapy or a colostomy. I was very lucky. If I have to have any abdominal surgery, I will have to go to Cleveland Clinic. My numbers have gone up since the surgery and I am having a PET scan October 8th to check for cancer. I would appreciate any prayers! Looking forward to seeing all you videos.❤️🙏🏼❤️
Candi Gordon I’m glad you are finding comfort in stitching. It’s such a soothing thing to have something beautiful you are creating with your hands. I’m glad you’re another sensitive friend. We can have that extra touch to be aware of other’s feelings and have a soft word or smile to share that others may not have noticed. There are so many lovely stitching options, it’s hard to find time for the ones I want to do, it seeing other ladies share them on Flosstube is fun as well. Let me know how your test results come out, you will continue to be in my prayers.
just found you today and was quilting a quilt while I watched and listened. First you have a beautiful testimony! You encouraged me in so many ways, my relationship with God, my husband, my grown son, my stitching (I am a beginner) but thank you for it all! I will keep watching! hugs!
You are wonderful. A breath of fresh air. I am a newbie first time watching you and it feels like you are a long time friend. From what you said about Your life, your hobbies your marriage I am on the same road as so many Of us has at 1 time. Been married 46 yrs in a few days. Had a tuff time at a spot being married so young and …… their ways ( men) but we are strong same had to hit bottom to get better. But listen we did and we will never get down there again. We learned and God helps us. We do need to ask him for His help. Enough of this anyway just loved all info you share. I also just restarted after loosing my Mom And had dad 5 yrs with us was a good thing to quilt and keep mind busy. Loosing a mom is the worst. Now restarted to do cross stitching after over 50 Yrs of not doing it. Having fun just my first one. It’s a start. Enjoy relax and love every moment of connecting with nature through our patterns we pick. Take care and keep smiling. God bless. Johanna
Johanne, I'm so glad you came to visit with me in my videos and found so much that we share in common!! You found me in an older video when I lived in California.....now, we are enjoying living in Colorado. It was a very long and challenging transition with lots of bumpy times as well as joyful times. I am now living in the town my parents moved to in the 90s. Some days are hard because she's not here and my Dad died almost 2 years ago. I go to her old quilt guild and so many of the sweet ladies there were her friends. Hope you come by and visit with me again. I've been quilting for the past several months and did several quilt videos, but I picked up my cross stitch again a few weeks ago and am just taking a break from stitching to catch up on comments.
I did not get to see you on the date the YT came out, but you are truly have heart and I think all of us are a work in progress every day. You are right us mothers love our son and wish for the best for them, and we would like them to pick a person that is close to our mannerism as possible, so we need to keep working on being the best person possible. I have days I cry just thinking of what is going on in the world, like you said we are tired and need to step back and relax and have a good nights rest, to have a better out look on things. Stay Safe and see you on the #5 Floss tube, sorry I gave up on quilting when we had a shortage on material to sew with in my SHOPS during COVID and picked up CS again. So will see you on the floss tube side.
Hi Bonnie! I very much enjoy watching your videos! I too am a cross stitcher, quilter, and dabble in beading too! I'm in the process of moving later this week to W Kentucky and am so excited! Enjoyed your haul -- the Weeks linen is so pretty! I also went thru a very difficult time in my life and became very depressed and suicidal -- this was about 16 years ago now for me. My husband and sons were very verbally abusive and rather than going to couples therapy my husband wanted a divorce. I also lost my mom a couple of years ago so each November is difficult for me too! My sons no longer speak to me so its been a tough road for me. I'm glad that you and your husband are still together - divorce has become too easy here in our country but for me it was the only way to get out of a very difficult situation. But life is good now with all my hobbies and friendships gained through sharing these beautiful crafts! Your mom's quilts and memories are precious -- especially those teddy bears! Be well and look forward to your next video!
Jean Jankovich I’m glad you found restoration for your life and a way to keep moving forward in living a rich life. Hobbies have been so helpful for me and a great way to connect with other ladies who share my passions in stitching, bracelet making and gardening. How wonderful that you can move and still keep this beautiful community of Flosstube and the friendships made no matter where you live. I mentioned the book Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend to another commenter. If you haven’t read it, I think it would be helpful as you keep healing from the abuse in the past and continue to see that choices they made are their responsibility and you are wise to separate and protect yourself. Thank you for sharing your heart and I hope you continue to find joy in sharing time with me in my Sewing Room.
God bless you sweet lady! I am praising The Lord with you that you and your husband are still together and that God brought you through that terrible time and you are better for it! I too have been with my husband since we were 15. Been married 36 years. Love your videos and your heart ❤️
Oh thank you! Yes, God’s Grace and His Word is the only thing we can count on to never change. Sounds like you’ve got a good, long-time relationship as well. Go’s bless you and thank you for your encouragement!
Your beautiful quilts reflect the spirit and grace of your family. You are to be respected for your not being afraid to share your feelings and faith. God is with you and us, but also never fear, we as a community have your back, and I appreciate you greatly. Keep safe, well, valiant and joyful. Happy stitching from Eastern 🍁 Canada 🇨🇦
Louise Monnette oh man you can’t know how much your comment means to me at this moment! To know that you have my back… I know the opposition will come up but I also know we all have a choice of who we want to connect with and I love the connection that you and others like you have with me no matter the distance of miles..... we are connected at the heart.
Dear Bonnie, Your videos have been so inspiring and very beautiful! I have loved how you share so deeply from your heart and Christian spirit. It resonates with me and it's lovely to hear these lovely videos in harsh times. So, thank you very much for everything you share with us!! God bless you deeply.
My dear thank you! It is just ‘me’, sometimes o am too direct and it throws people off. At 80, o am just letting me be me for my remaining days. I do love God, and His Truth.
Thank you for sharing your faith. God is so good,,,, I do not know where I would be today without him. Love all you do quilting, needlework ... I do all the same and also got back into cross stitch about 4 years ago now.. I too stopped in the early 90’s. I am so thankful for your videos and the time you share with us in this community. God Bless
Jody Clemens thank you so much for watching and commenting and sharing your encouragement to me. I am amazed at how quickly I have gotten drawn into this Crosstitch world but I love the floss tube Community it’s truly beautiful!
Yay for gardening! Yes get everything cleaned up this Fall. This past week we spread 100 bags of mulch out in the backyard. And I know I need to rip out all my zinnias because of powdery mildew, but it makes me so sad to see them gone! My first thought regarding your quote is the ultimate question of, “what is love”? If love (and the pain associated with it) is better than any other pleasure, than how do we acquire it? I’d say that God is love, thus God grants us the ultimate pleasure in Him. Now how it would be painful, I do not know. May as God sanctifies us and we feel pain as we die to our sinful nature? Thank you for such an honest video. We are all real people with real lives and real struggles and real sorrows. Your previous garden was beautiful. And I’m sure your current one will be too. #beautyforashes I get so excited seeing you flip through your floss away bags. So many pretty threads. I reinforce my split floss away bags with clear shipping tape.
Beautiful quilt on the wall. Love seeing all your projects. Storage of floss seem to be a problem for everyone. Im 82 so I only buy what I need but I'm still getting a stash. Enjoy your week
Evelyn Kennemuth I love that you’re still stitching and enjoying the process of gathering! I’m glad you said that about the challenges of storage and organization. I kept thinking, is this the BEST way? I know it’s the best way for me now and it’s what I already invested in, so it’s MY best!
GodBless you for not being afraid to share your faith and your experience and your heart. I feel a kindred spirit with you. , similar experience, but my outcome was not as fortunate as yours. But like you God was with me and I overcame. Keep your videos coming.😇
carol langevin Thank you for your wonderful encouragement! I am so grateful my husband and I were able to work through the hard stuff. I’m so glad you found my videos and we can connect! Bless you, sweet lady and stay resting I the Grace and Joy our Heavenly Father showers on us!
The poem reminds me of my husband I lost 10+ years ago. He was my soul mate. While times are difficult, I am focused on keeping things positive. So I stay busy with my many projects and reorganizing! Finding strength through my faith!
Oh, I can only imagine how difficult that must be. I see my father struggling with the grief of missing my Mom. I'm glad you've got your faith and your stitching to keep you moving forward. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the poem!
So happy I discovered you last night. 40 years for me since I picked up a cross stitch needle. I loved your demo on lights and CS Stands. I go today to Joanne’s to see what they have, 50% off today. I needed your knowledge. I just turned 80.
Well, Bonnie, I'm glad you found me and hope it's been fun to visit! I have taken a long time off, but just got back into my channel again after a long break and posted a video.
So Bonnie I stayed all the way to the end and let me say now I’m the one crying. I’d love to sit and chat all afternoon. Thank you for sharing your heart and your story and mostly for boldly sharing your faith. God bless you!!!!
Celeste Creates H Oh!! What a dear thing to say! I just knew we had so much in common! Celeste, thank you so much for joining me in my Sewing Room with the REAL me. I appreciate your encouragement about sharing my faith and my heart. How dear that you came to visit!
You are so genuine and gracious. Tears, compassion, love, strength, cross stitching and quilting! Who could ask for more. I feel like I was meant to watch this video this day. Even though I have watched all your previous, this one really got my emotions flowing and I connected with you on a different level. Thank God for bringing you through to where you are now. Another girl from California here 😍
Justgrams4short Oh, your words mean so much to me today as well! After I did that video and I was so raw from being so tired, I thought about redoing it and decided not to because this is the REAL me! I’m glad you found a connection with that. I think there is such a push for us to feel like we have to have it all together to share online, but that’s not reality! Life isn’t scripted and it gets messy sometimes, but we can choose Joy nevertheless! So glad you shared your comment with me!
I love the fact that you share your very personal life experiences with us. I am grateful you have Christ in your life, because God will cradle you and hold you up thru any challenges you are going thru. And thankfully he is always there beside us to encourage and protect us, all we need to do is ask and then listen. I am adding you to my prayer list, I hope that is ok with you. Now about cross stitch. I also use the bag system. I use FlossAway bags. I have been using that system for a very long time, I’m 69 and I’ve been cross stitching, embroidering and crewel embroidered since I was about 14. I am also a big Thirty-One fan too!!! You are awesome and I admire how you tackle life! Keep up your faith and God Bless you.
pj1zer oh your encouragement is extra special today! I needed this uplifting and God sent you to me today to read your comment even though you did it days ago. His timing is perfect. Yes and yes thank you for putting me on your prayer list I am so amazed at the connection of so many stitchers and Christian sisters out there. I just saw the floss away bags and noticed they were just a little bit different size do they also have the two holes on the bottom so you can do a double ring?
I find you to be such a real genuine person. I love how your not afraid to show your emotions. God has got me through some really tough times in my life too. Love your quilts and looking forward to seeing more of them in your next podcast.
Cindy Hansen I appreciate your sweet words! Thank you for encouraging me to be ME....a bit messy emotionally, but still wanting to have fun and make pretty things and connect with ladies like me...glad you’re one of those ladies.
Wow - I love your Big Tote From 31. That is nice and big. I need a Huge Basket or something to hold all of my Plastic Vinyl Zipper Project Bags that has my Current WIPS in them. I keep one WIP in each of my Plastic Vinyl Zipper Bags that I buy from Aamzon. Each WIP has its own Plastic Storage Floss Compartment Box with its own threads for that particular project. I have used the ring method in the past for each of my projects but I have a bad shoulder Blade area in my left shoulder and it will aggravate my Muscles when I have to keep and shutting the rings all of the time so I no longer use them. This is why I use the Floss Boxes. Looking forward to your next Floss Tube Video. Take Care & Happy Stitching ❤️XX❤️
Linda Klinedinst sounds like you’ve found a good system that fits your needs. It great that there’s so many out there, cause we all like or need something unique. I’ll share on this Friday’s Quilting video about the way I store and display my Valdani pearl cotton balls so I can enjoy looking at them. Thank you for sharing!
What an awesome video! I can totally see how God is working through you! And remember- God will bottle up all our tears one day and He will restore what the locusts have eaten- we just wait on Him! Looking forward to many more FT ‘s from you!
Hello, from Israel. UA-cam recommended your video, and I am happy that I found a sensitive soul that her garden, quilting, and now cross-stitching. Thanks for sharing, and it takes a lot of courage to share personal things and emotions. I am an easy crier as well.
Avigail Raphael from Israel! How wonderful! I am so glad we can connect because we have similar loves and personalities no matter the distance. Thank you for watching and I’ve got a big smile on my face thinking of you all the way over there.
Never apologize for your tears thank you for sharing your talents, your life and especially your love of God. How blessed we are to love and be loved. My husband and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 1. I cherish everyday we have with each other. I admire your openness about your life. I too am an open book. Life is so much easier when you’re not playing games over who you are. Wishing you good luck with your channels. God Bless! Be good to yourself. Lynn 💜
Geri Wasnesky congratulations on that amazing relationship that you have kept with your husband! What a witness and a treasure these days. Thank you for your encouragement to continue to share as openly as I have been. During this week when I thought about the video that I uploaded. I thought oh my goodness what did I do? But I have had so many women connect with me through this channel because they are similar and I love that especially during this time of separation we can connect maybe even better than before.
I like the real you, tears and all. The poem reminds me of my husband. I lost him 10 years ago after being married for 44 years. I had know him since I was 12. It has been 10 years and life is not getting easier. He was my strength and days are difficult without him.
Kay Whaley oh sweet lady thank you for sharing your thoughts and your heart! I am finding so much value in the depth of the comments that I’m reading in the deep connection with women who are similar to myself. I am so sorry for the loss of your husband but I am also glad that you had him for all those years! It helps me treasure my marriage the good times and the challenges because he has been my boyfriend my husband and my best friend. God bless you for your encouragement and I am so glad you’re part of my little stitching family here where we can connect no matter the distance between us.
Love your tender heart and opening up about your life, we also had a huge bump in the road time of marriage and with our work and God just hit 51 years together. Got married at age 16 and 17
Bonnie I think we must be soul sisters. You are darling and I have been searching for the things I need to begin cross stitching again. It has been 25 years and my eyes are terrible now so your ideas have helped me so much!!!! ❤️
I'm so glad I could inspire you!! Yes, it's harder on the eyes as we get older, but there are so many more awesome products out there to help. Did you get a chance to see my FlossTube #3 with the magnifying light??Game Changer!! Thank you for watching my videos!!
Thank you for sharing your story with us, I cried with you and felt the joy with you also. Though I still have my mother, she just turned 90 this year, I’ve wept for the woman and mother she used to be but I’m grateful that I can still hug her and tell her I love her. Your a very talented and creative person and I can’t wait to see all that you’ll share with us. Hugs♥️
Kathy MacKie oh I am glad that you have her with you even though she is in a challenge in stage in her life. My dad helped us to see that as my mom’s personality changed from her fun loving sweet personality tomorrow of a worrier and a very sad woman was that she is still the same person but her mind was altered and we had to learn to love her but remember who she really really was all those years. Thank you so much for sharing!
Another great video. Great quotes & the poem amazing! Yes, no one can share what one does not have. THANK YOU for your sweet tears when you remember your brokeness because it just shows how God's grace has brought you through a dark time.
The Pokey Little Pineapple oh your encouragement is such a blessing right now! Thank you for sharing that and I am so grateful that you’re in my stitching family now.
Hi Bonnie, my name is Paola, love the way that you're presenting yourself. When I get tired I cry too, so, you're are not alone. Love seen you're future projects, and those quilts!!! Wow. Happy stitching, stay safe.
Paola ODonnell oh thank you so much for encouraging me! I know my style is different than others out there but we all just share our heart along with our stitching. I know my style is not for everybody but that’s OK we all will find our comfort level and I am glad you’re part of my stitching family!
New subscriber. I love your videos. You are so real and genuine. Thank you for sharing your journey with depression. As a psychiatric nurse I know that hanging in there for just another day and seeking help can change your life. I pray that someone heard your story and will benefit from it. God bless. Now I have to go and catch up on your quilt videos.
Diane Roy Oh, thank you for that special encouragement! You must hear so many heartbreaking stories. What a blessing you found your way into my Sewing Room! Hope you got uplifted and enjoyed all my stories and projects!
carollin121 thank you! I’ll have the video ready Friday to share about the Harvest quilt and a few more. Thank you so much for watching and your lovely encouragement!
I looked up floss organization and got so much more. "They don't know I am a sissy." "I put my shoulders back and step forward." Love the reference to the bible. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing your life with us. It helps us all in a different way. Looking forward to all your pass projects and future ones. Love the quilt in the background.
Mary Lynn Lucas oh thank you for your encouragement about letting the real me come out on video. I never quite expected but boom there it is. I am working on getting my quilting video up today and you’ll see that harvest quilt and a few others soon as I finish my coffee!
Love that you are real. Thank you for being so clear in you instruction. I have been an empty nester for quite awhile. I am a new stitches. For the past 14 years I have been carrying for my Dad then my father-in-law and then my Mom. My husband is now retired and he is wonderful. I have been depresses this past year, grieving my mom's passing.I am trying to find out where I now fit in this world. I want to learn cross stitch as a way to fill my days. So delighted to have found your channel.
Me too Kelly😢 I lost my mom a year ago and have been depressed and going thru a lot. It changes our perspective about so many things. Very hard to figure out where we belong now in this world, as you said. Take care❤️
Kelly Drover oh I am so glad you found my channel! There’s so many other women out there like us that grieve for our loved ones yet know that we need to keep moving forward in our life. I have always found that my hobbies, my family and my faith have been what I cling to. I tend not to want to watch a lot of TV which is another alternative that people use but I have always liked producing something that I can look at. I am so glad you found your way in to my sewing room and hope that I can be of encouragement to you as we continue to move forward in this challenging year
"Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove. Oh, no, it is an ever fixed mark. . . ". Wm. Shakespeare, a sonnet the number I cannot remember. That is my favorite sonnet, and somewhere I have it stored in a book on a shelf. We studied it in high school, and that is all I can recite from memory now. All I can say at this moment in time is that we are given the ability to love by our Creator. He instills in all of us the ability to have emotions. Some are flawed by messed up genes, but for the most of us,the emotions are there to be developed. I cannot believe that I stumbled onto your first Flosstube and have stayed. I watch many videos. Some are only okay, some are really quite nice, and then there are those that sort of blow you away. Yours is the blowing away kind. I won't say any more here in thiis public forum. Love your stitching and your beautiful quilts. I used to use floss bags, and I just purchased a bunch more, because I want to reorganize my fiber. It's all in a very large mess right now. I will email you during the week, to tell you how much we are truly kindred spirits.
Karen Brett oh that makes my heart so happy to hear your sweet words of encouragement! When I went to do these I knew my style would not be for everyone because I’m quite open and I share what’s really inside but I knew that I would connect with other ladies like me I just didn’t realize what an incredible connection that God had for me in these videos with the comments that I get and I will look forward to reading your email I actually need to check my email once in a while!
Love your videos! You are a gift. Your stitching and quilting is beautiful and your soul is sweet and loving. Thank you for being so open with us. I look forward to your videos each week and learning through you.
Jennifer Christianson oh thank you for watching in joining in my sewing room with me and for encouraging me to be who I am here in this virtual community!
Your garden was fantastic!!!!! How jealous I am since I'm on the 3rd floor of an apartment complex (FL) with the tiniest of balconies. Oh well, I also don't have gardening time or energy available :) Your mother's quilts are just awesome! And I was thrilled to see you put the Bible verse at the end of your links!!!!! You are now on that little bell thing so I will get notice when you upload again - so until then be blessed! Linda
Oh thank you!! I was just out there watering my sad and crispy garden. After work tomorrow, I'm going to need to do more trimming. That gives the garden a chance to rest and come back even in the winter months here.
HI Bonnie, Lov Lov your Flosstube and quilting videos. I myself have been a quilter for approximately five years. And used to cross stitch like 30 years ago. I was watching quilting videos like yourself and heard someone say Flosstube. I think it was Anna G from Quilt Roadies. I said Flosstube? what is that well just over a year and a half I my self have fell down the rabbit hole. I also lov the primitive and reproduction fabrics. I just finished a civil war quilt called "Tavern Blues". Keep up the awesome Job. Looking forward to more videos!!!! Timm
Timm Isn’t it funny how you find something you never knew existed and then you think how did I ever live without it? I’m so glad you found your way into my sewing room and connected with another quilter\stitcher new floss tube lover and someone who loves the old primitive style! Thanks for watching!
I enjoy your videos. I am into quilting, embrodiery, and want to do cross stitch and needle turn applique. Love the stories. You are doing a great job.
Beverly Porter Thanks for watching and commenting! You’ll find so many ladies on Flosstube that share so many beautiful projects to inspire you! Have you watched Jan Patel on UA-cam? She shares needleturn appliqué how tos. I like the freezer paper method and will eventually do a tutorial. I do better at just talking, but I need to get organized and share my methods.
Great video Bonnie! I just love your energy and enthusiasm about life and your stitching! I must go see your aforementioned sampler, many samplers have lovely thoughtful sentiments, your research into the verse was very interesting!! Blessings to you and your stitching this week!
Your projects and quilts are beautiful. Your floss system is great. Love all the information you share. Your heart and your honesty are appreciated. God never gives us more than we can handle. Thanks for sharing your strength is inspiring. Look forward to all your videos. ❤️
Theresa Laboda so glad you found your way into my sewing room! Oh thank you for your encouragement and I’m glad you’re part of my little stitching world.
Hi from Middle Georgia. Love your videos. They are so inspiring. I am stitcher, knitter, and quilter. I know what happens when you take time off from stitching...everything is so different. Thank goodness for Flosstubers. Your little dog is so sweet. I also love your quilting videos.
So glad you found your way into my Sewing Room all the way from Georgia! I’m fascinated with how we can be so far in distance, but the love of stitching and sharing brings us right smack together! Thank you for your encouragement!
Nevada Stitcher You’re so welcome! I’m glad to be able to bring hope and joy to this hurting world and I’m glad so many are finding it a blessing. Thank you for watching!
I've had my floss in those bags for 30 years! I haven't had a problem with the bottoms tearing... for every project I do, I pull them and put all the colors I need on the rings just for that project. I like this system because I can put the odd strings back in & no dust! I don't like the drop system because it's all just hanging around getting tangled and dusty!
Thanks for sharing and being transparent. So thankful for your testimony. I was listening to Stephen Curtis Chapman this morning, singing some of my favorites: Great is Thy Faithfulness and...My Redeemer is Faithful and True. Such words of comfort and hope. May you find time to stitch this week. Take care.
Merritt Crawford oh thank you for your encouragement to continue and letting the real me out...tears and laughter. I love connecting with other people like me thank you.
Love everything you show. I try every craft and master none - that's ok for me. I recently learnt quilting, now punch needle and cross stitch but with all that's going on in 2020 I'm glad to flit around. One thing about perfect gardens is it's transitory. Craft is more permanent for equal effort! Look forward to the quilts. Thanks For sharing Jen from Snowdonia UK x
Jenifer Jones I’m so glad you found your way into my Sewing Room! Actually, since I do other crafts in there I have thought of calling it my Studio or my Den. Lots of crafts and hobbies are a great way to never be bored! Sometimes I don’t have the patience for one hobby or another, but if there’s something to grab and have ready to work on, then I’m a happy woman. Sometimes a simple single crochet blanket to give a way is my best option so I don’t have to think too much. It’s so cool that you live so far away, yet you’re here visiting with me, specially during these hard days!
Cathy J Glad you get the joy of several awesome hobbies. I like always having something ready to stitch on,so when I’m tired I can just sit and stitch. Having several hobbies gives us the ability to do what we want. Love it that you’re a quilter, too. If you have time, I have 3 quilting videos already on my channel.
I love your Autumn quilt behind you❣️ I like the two hole storage bags, looks like it will not be as floppy as the one hole bags. Thank you for sharing your heart.
Becky Acosta thank you! I’m glad you got to spend time with me and comment as well. I so appreciate the support and encouragement in this lovely corner of UA-cam!
I love your boldness in sharing your faith! It's so needed especially in 2020. I'm so happy to have found your channel and to find out about your LNS. It's about an hour from where I live so I'll have to make the trip to check it out sometime soon. I look forward to more videos.
Julie Kelsay I’m so glad you found me, as well! This year has been one heartache after another, which had drawn me closer to the Lord and I’m grateful for your encouragement! Be sure to check the shorter hours of opening during this time for the store...I think it’s 3 o’clock closing right now.
We need you and you need us. God is with us. I too just came back to cross stitch and then I found flosstube. Yaaa company and learning with each other.
Hi Bonnie!! To me, the poem was saying that even the pain of love is all part of love. You have to have loved in order to feel the pain from it and even that pain is better than not loving at all. Which of course reminds me of the quote, “Better to have loved and lost than not loved at all.” I am not a poetry person, either, so I may be way off here. Stephanie of Lindy Stitches reads poetry a lot at the end of her floss tubes. She would probably understand it just fine. 😄. I love all your project bags, totes and baskets! They are wonderful. I use flossaway bags for all my overdyed cottons, but keep my DMC on bobbins in number order in 4 of the floss boxes. I have done it that way since 1980 and it seems to be working for me. Hope you aren’t as busy this next week and you get more stitching time. Take care and many blessings to you until next time! 🐝🌼🐿🍁🦔🍂🦉🍁🍂🍂🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😻
Cathy Lounsbury I love your insight and thoughts about the poem. It’s interesting to think about it from different aspects. I think we see things through the experiences we have had and the current emotional place we are in. Thank you for sharing! I see how keeping the DMC on the bobbin cards in number order can be a benefit. I was looking through my DMC wheel to try a conversion to oversized and I had a hard time finding the DMC because I have mine by color. I decided I need to get a DMC color chart since I don’t have all of them, but I’ve got lots of overdue data and have more on the way.
That was a nice "visit" Bonnie:):) I put your channel on, got my cup of coffee and my cross stitch.... and we "talked and talked". We need more ppl like you to build us up and I am so glad you are YOU and I laugh when you laugh (you are funny) and cried when you cried....I cried a bit when was time to say good bye. See you in 2 weeks :) :)
Nancy Brindley Oh sweet video friend, thank you so much! I feel like I’ve entered into a whole new amazing circle of wonderful friends who are so real, even though it’s through video because the comments help turn this into a conversation, rather than just me talking to a screen! That night I was able to do the Quilting ‘companion’ video to this Flosstube, so I’ll put that one up on Friday, so you get to spend time with me again this weekend! That will give me so,e time to do some essential oil videos for my neglected friends. I think that will be a rhythm I can maintain better. Thank you, Nancy!
I have so enjoyed your videos...and I’m looking forward to more. Blessings, Marlene (stitchinbythelake) Almost forgot to tell you...I love Young Living oils! Have a ton of them!
I love watching yours as well and am so glad you’re using YL oils! I couldn’t find this comment to reply when I was looking for it weeks ago. Have you tried PanAway or Deep Relief on your hands to help with the discomfort?
Blessings will be bestowed into you for acknowledging the Lord ; who saved your marriage!! None and I mean none of us are PERFECT for have we had perfect marriages!!! God Bless you and your husband!! HAPPY STITCHING TODAY AND EVERYDAY IN 2020!!
Karen Davis-Macon I am so very grateful that I missed your comment the other day and found it at this moment I needed the encouragement and God had that gift for me through you. Isn’t it totally amazing how we live our life as best we can and stumble along..... but then we ask God to orchestrate our day and work within us and he is so faithful no matter the hardships we face. Thank you and thank you
Love your videos. We are close neighbors. I live in West Covina and I too did a little Young Living Oils. I like that I can relate to local businesses.
martha miramontes Oh, sounds like we’ve got alot in common! I’m glad you’re enjoying the time hearing my stories and sharing in this love of stitching. You’ve got the good stuff with Young Living, I’m so glad I’ve got them, specially during this time to keep my family healthy and emotionally supported.
Ah you enabled me and I've bought the Merry One by Plum Street and also another Plum Street Sampler but cannot seem to get either of the called for linens in the UK. I'm just starting to stitch on linen so not very clued up on linen. Lovely video
I’m thinking 🤔 it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all because we take such chances with our heart it shows we still have that courage to live the life we dare ❤️
CripChicks Crypt I love that! ....The courage to live the life we dare! It sure does take courage to get out there and move forward in life! That’s also my ‘word for the year’....FORWARD!
Don’t worry about editing as you said is like we came into your stitching room and friends talking. I like that you are open and real as that is how I am. Wow would we shed a lot of tears and talk a lot if we meet. I am so much like you in those ways. I cry with you. I can relate to some of the things talking about such marriage one but won’t air that here in comments. Thanks for the bible verse and reading it .I so needed to hear that today ! Beautiful quilts. I am not a quilter and have no desire but I appreciate them and I do watch your quilt floss tube to hear your stories and see how beautiful they are. Love that teddy bear.
Susan Haywood Oh, wish we could get together and laugh and cry! All my close friends and I do that....this is the next best thing. Thanks for your encouragement about just being me and not trying to get wrapped up in editing. I like to spend the time putting the info in the About Section for reference , so if I spent forever editing, I wouldn’t have time to stitch! Susan, I’m glad you get to spend time with me even if it’s by screen!
Just found your channel. Thank you so much for sharing your heart and your talents! Even if you learn to edit please don't edit the tears or real life. So blessed by what you shared about your marriage. I needed to hear that!
Lori Arnold Oh thank you thank you! It is an odd thing to be so open on a video but there are so many women connecting with me because deep down inside we are so similar. I really appreciate your encouragement today!
Just watched another of your videos. I was so excited to see your reply. I am interested in what you said about essential oils. I take meds for anxiety and would love to be able to go natural but am nervous to go off meds.
Lori Arnold if you send me an email to bonnielogcabinstitcher@gmail.com I’d love to connect with you on your comfort level and share about my transition over to the oils I’m using. It’s a purposeful use of the high quality oils and I’m so very glad I made the choice I did. Wish I had done it earlier.
Love that you share you story and your journey! Your stitching is beautiful. Can’t wait to see some wool appliqué. I have a few of those old crates . I have to try my hand at making them footstools.
Oh thank you! When I realized how long that video was and how wrong I was I almost didn’t upload it and then I thought it’s the real me ladies here I come! I’ll have to show how the stool turned out next week on my floss tube I guess it would be number five. The padding was a little thicker than I expected but boy it’s nice and cushy when you sit on it.
Lee Ann Roberts Awesome! I am glad I am joined in that list because I am learning so much from all these amazing stitchers and women in this community!
Hi Bonnie! Thank you for your wonderful videos and sharing all of your beautiful stitching and quilts with us. Perhaps you could show us your gardening as well! Do you have pictures of your English gardens that you could insert sometime? Love it all! Also, it is so refreshing to hear you refer to us as ladies rather than the constant blending of “YOU GUYS “ as this term is constantly overused in everyday conversations. Silly of me , I know, but it sounds so good to be grouped in with the term ladies, and you most certainly portray high lady-like qualities. Thank you and happy stitching 🥰
Barbara Stillman After I shared that picture it made me when I get a little cleaning done in the garage so I can find my box that I have all my photos in from that beautiful garden are used to have. When I find it and learn how to do a pick Torrell video that I have seen other ladies do I will certainly do that. Now it’s very funny you said that about my reference to my viewers as ‘ladies’. I learned this week that it’s not just ladies that are viewing me. I think it’s because I am most comfortable with women....specially with women who are like-minded with me....sensitive and open so it’s gonna be interesting how I say that in the future. I so appreciate you sharing with me that you see me with the high lady like qualities. I know I got that from my sweet mom. thank you
My pop in my mind thoughts on the quote: Love like when I met my husband, I knew he was the one. The sweetness came from that “ Finally! Thank you God!” feeling. Choosing love, in the form of positivity, choosing to trust God in whatever He allows to come our way , always has the sweetest outcome.
Kory Wood I love that! I’m so glad you found the man God had for you. Hard times come to every relationship, it when we trust God and His Word, we will find the strength and hope He gives us. Thank You!
Hi Bonnie from Michigan... you can take your embroidery hoop and frame one of your Crosstitch items with it also… Just a thought ...do to it being sort of a small but workable disappointed with the crack in the hoop 🙆♀️💕
AnnMargaret Doran Michigan! So amazing that we can connect here, no matter the distance...the love of stitching and sharing life draws us close! I like your idea about the hoop. It’s still waiting for me to decide. I like just seeing it because it’s so old and time worn.
Jocelyne Maurice I’m sorry, it’s bonnielogcabinstitcher@gmail.com In Instagram it is in the bio are on my profile and on YpuTube, It is I the ABOUT tab and in the Videos if you click the little arrow right below the bottom right of the screen you can see what’s called the show notes which opens a box with all the things I talk about and how to connect with me. I’m also gearing up to do Young Living oil education in the public realm with Instagram and UA-cam, but I’m much more comfortable in my little Facebook group.
I am sure this was not what the author's meaning was, but my first thoughts regarding the sampler saying was it could refer to labor. It is painful, yet there is such joy and love over the new baby once it is over. The poem you read, I think does refer to a first and true love. The words are beautiful. Thank you for sharing. We all go through dark and hard times. Some of us are enduring heartbreak and great loss even now. It can be hard to move forward when times seem so unsettling. It is nice to see that you are willing to share your faith and to reveal that there can be light at the end of the tunnel and hope for better days. Thank you.
Carla Burgoon That is a beautiful thought about giving birth and the sweet pain that is. Thank you for sharing that and the awesome encouragement for me to keep sharing my faith and hope. I know I’ll have opposition, but this is the place for us to let our personal thoughts out and for those who want to enjoy them to come on in and hang out in my Sewing Room with me. Carla, thank you!
Hi Bonnie - another fabulous video. We must share a similar taste in charts as I have some of those you showed today. I too love organising my craft supplies and you've certainly given me some great ideas today. I'm off to find you on Instagram ;) Lesley x
Kory Wood oh yes I have seen Olivia from Pumpkin Hollow and I’m enjoying watching her as I stitch this week thank you so much for watching me as well and joining into my stitching family
Just found your youtube site and enjoying binge watching your videos. Loved hearing you say you are a YoungLiving Essential oil person. I've been a Critical Care RN for 38 years and I believe in oils (no medications for me, just oils). I love how transparent you are and talking about your beliefs in the Bible and your reference to the scripture. I'm a quilter and also love cross stitch. Looking forward to retirement so I can enjoy my time in my craft room. I'd love to know what oils you are using to keep yourself healthy during this troubling times in the world. I diffuse a couple of oils and have stayed healthy this past year while working during a very stressful and demanding time in healthcare. Do you have a site for your YoungLiving information? Off here to watch more of your videos. Thank you for being you!
Oh, another oil lover! I’m working towards a UA-cam channel about oils, but you will know how hard all the liability with talking public about natural health is. For right now, you can email me at bonnielogcabinstitcher@gamil.com and I’ll share my Little private group. If we’re talking the real oils...YL.. I use a lot as well as their supplements... but I use so many oils for every possible reason..like Thieves for immune support, Raven for respiratory support, Frankincense for everything, Endoflex, Progessence Plus and Clary Sage for hormone support, Sulfurzyme, Super B, Super C, Multi Greens, AgilEase, Essentialzyme, oh my goodness it’s so many others, too.
@@logcabinstitcher7274 yes I'm talking about Youngliving oils--that is what I use. Is your email @gmail.com or gamil.com. I would love to be part of your little private group. Still trying to get through all your youtubes and enjoying them.
I really admire your faith and sharing your story with us. Your idea of using the tote bag for storing your stitching supplies is very similar to what I do. I am loving the project bags!! The 'Pains of Love' poem is very thought provoking. I feel so blessed to have found you, another kindred spirit. Oh yes, you keep saying choose joy. I am a huge Tasha Tudor fan and one of her sayings is 'Take Joy'. Are you familiar with her? Take care and am looking forward to your next video.
Jan Richardson Oh I love Tasha! I have her videos and used to watch them when we visited my Mom and had the kids with me. It makes me want to get them out now and rewatch them. My son’s name is Jake and I used to call him JakieJoy when he was little. He saw the title of the Take Joy video and thought it said JakeJoy. I always think of that and smile.
@@logcabinstitcher7274 Hi, I am finding it amazing how our lives and likes are so similar. My favorite aunt's name was Bonny, she spelled her name with a 'y'. My dear Mama and I loved to get together and go fabric shopping and then get together and sew. She did beautiful handwork., she was also an artist. I have several paintings she did hanging in my home. In her later life she got Alzheimer's. It was so sad she lost her ability to sew and a lot of her painting skills. I miss her everyday! Hope you have a few minutes to enjoy your 'Take Joy ' video. I think I will get mine out and watch it too. Hope you have a blessed weekend.
Love all your videos! We have so much in common including appliqué....I have been looking for a new appliqué thread to use and tried the Aurifil that you mentioned, I love it and it will be my go to thread now. Thank you ❤️
Tammy F. Oh I’m glad you’re enjoying that Aurfil 80 wt. It is so thin so I know that will be something to consider but 08 stitches so nice for appliqué. I have found the best price and I love the service on an Etsy shop called TwistedThreadsFabric. I met her parents at a retreat that had a in-house vendor.
I watched your video for the first time. I so enjoyed it. You are extremely talented. loved all your projects. I am going to watch your quilting video next week. Quilting has been on my bucket list for some time and now that I am retired and I am one of the "elderly" crowd I signed up for quilting classes. They start in October. For the designer you are looking for you might want to try google. As far as am concerned Google knows everything. You may have to put it in in several different ways but you are bound to come out with something to continue the journey of finding the designer. If you need help let me know. Keep up the good work.
Fran Cohen oh thank you! I may just come back to you for some help. I am so glad to hear your words of encouragement and to know that you’re sharing in my stories and my stitching in this neat virtual community.
Hi Bonnie - New subscriber. Came over from Anna’s channel. Love watching her and gonna love watching you too. Need to go watch your other videos. I did glance at one but haven’t had time to watch all of it. I love the quilt behind you. So beautiful. May not get to watch all your videos but would like to. Long videos are nice but hard to watch them all. Happy Stitching!
pam ketron Oh, thank you for coming to visit me! I had planned on keeping all my videos short and sweet, but goodness...the last one I’m did was an hour! There’s always so much to share, but yes, longer videos and so many people to follow can be a challenge.
Thank you for sharing Lamentations 3:22-26, I often remind myself that I am "just waiting on the Lord", I find peace in that phrase. I love the quilt behind you. Looking forward to that video. Have you seen "Lakeside Lodge" by Little House Needleworks? You did make me cry, but it was good, tears are not alway's bad.
PR RUNE Those verses soothe my soul as well. Knowing He is totally trustworthy, helps me when I feel this world is out of control. I’m glad you love them as well. I just looked at that pattern and yes, it is sweet. Reminds me of the bear that saunters right by our cabin. Yikes!
@@logcabinstitcher7274, Back again, that poem reminds me of a book I once read to my son's kindergarten class, it was "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstien, I could not stop the tears right there in front of my son's class. I handed the book to his teacher and she finished it. I'm so grateful you are here to share your beautiful thoughts, my brother ended his life and I have missed him tremendously. I lived my life leaning on Jeremiah 29:11, we do have a hope. 🐝 God Bless you also!
@@logcabinstitcher7274 how wonderful to wach you my daughter and I aren't getting along how I know I need to get back to church. I love all the things you do.I also do many of them. I feel like we are kindred spirits. God bless you and keep your up always
I think people have a helpless admiration for someone who dares to be just who they really are. There`s a power in it. As you shared with us the challenges that flattened you to the ground and the spiritual imperatives you were faced with, the shining thing is that you were WILLING to honor them with the suffering and sacrifices, courage and faith required of you to overcome the old you.There is such a beauty in a person who has done that--when they are humbly willing, when they love the Lord and His righteousness more than they love their own lives. KJV Matt. 10:39/16:25 I love the beauty of your sweet spirit.
I’m enjoying your videos and your sincere thoughts. Getting back into cross stitch myself and other embroidery projects. Did you have the link handy to the leather cases you referred to? My kids asked me to create an Amazon wish list so those would be great gifts they could give me. I’ve already put the lapdesk and clip on light from your last video on my wishlist ☺️
Yikes, I'm sorry for the delay!! Let me grab a link and see if they still sell them. It's Maccase. They are so long lasting and I just love the feel of the leather! www.mac-case.com/collections/leather-macbook-and-ipad-cases-s Thank you for your encouragement!!
The verse I live by “In this world you will have tribulations; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 3:16. I know it’s the trails and suffering that make us strong. God also wants us to be joyful in all times, thus, why we all want to create. Your work is beautiful, stitching and quilting!!! God bless!!!
Sara Brunsvold oh that verse is perfect for today! Thank you for sharing that verse. I’m glad you joined me in my Sewing Room again this week! I love it!
Dear bonnie, I know God works in a mysterious way. I have been emotionally upset where I wrote in my diary for the first time yesterday. I felt getting depression and having anxiety attacks, that I was really warry about myself. I felt somewhat lost don't know what to do with the situation I am in. I haven't been able to cry for a long time.this is my third time I am watching your channel .the one before this when you read out a book from Devotion from prayer. I felt he is telling me why are you stop talking to me and try to take care of all by yourself and my tears ware ... I couldn't stop for a while. maybe he is reaching out through you. I pull out my bible next to me and going to read every day. so I can be with him again with me at all times and everywhere with me. Bonny pray for me. Thanks
I'm so glad I can be an inspiration to go directly to God's word..His love letter written for YOU, Jin. It's so very easy to go everywhere else, but His truth is the only thing that lasts and that fits that empty place He made within us that is His perfect fit. It's a good design...we just kinda mess it up filling it with other stuff that won't last. Yes. Fill it with the Bible and ask Him to gently and tenderly help you and be the lifter of your head and the joy in your heart. He will. I'm glad I can be a blessing, someone that you can watch and help to remind you to go to HIM!
Cindy Gaudet wouldn’t that be great? I knew this lovely Flosstube community was going to be a good place for me. Just to be myself and share the joy of stitching and meet so many wonderful friends! This is the next best thing to in person!
Hi there - would you mind giving me the dimensions of the bag you showed for organization of your project bag, floss etc. the website is listing the small utility tote at only 5” - 6” and it seemed a lot bigger in your video. Thanks in anticipation 🌴🌺🌴
So, I stop the video to answer you....So, in my world....I have know the pain of Love and I would not have change a thing...I know he would not ether, even though he would be sacrificing himself to save his men. I knew when I married him he was a soldier first and my husband second...He made me a strong women, so I could stand on my own two feet...but it doesn't mean it still doesn't hurt 19 years later...."life"...back to the video now... .Just saw your Bear....was you mom a Steiff bear maker????....thanks for sharing...great video..
Nannett McDougal-Dykes thank you so much for commenting! I read your comment and it touched me so deeply I had to wait a while till I can come back and respond. Your husband was an amazing man that I can tell and I am so glad he helped you be a strong woman and oh my goodness life is hard but God is good! I am glad you found this amazing community where we can uplift each other and support each other while we get into our lovely stitching. No my mom did not make Steiff bears, She was in the community but it was all handmade and hand designed bears and boys she loved it and the community she found. They were very lovely moments in her retirement years.
@@logcabinstitcher7274 ....Your mothers Bear are so amazing...I'm sure everyone that purchase one from her back then, have treasure....God is good, and has walked with me my whole life. Sometimes the path has been rocky, but I just kept walking...sometimes thats all you can do....Take care and be safe....and keep stitching..
Thank you for sharing your story. God bless your heart. I am so happy you have your faith keeping you strong. I, too, went through a rough period in my first marriage. I discovered cross stitch which helped a couple of years after my divorce. I didn’t believe in divorce but all my prayers were answered. I was shocked that divorce was what the answer was to my prayers. I am a very sensitive person and my feelings are exposed most of the time. I will never change. Keep sharing your beautiful stitching. I took up quilting when I was informed of a grand baby was on the way. I started quilting in 2006 and gave up cross stitching because quilting bit me hard. After finding floss tube this year, I got back into cross stitching and I can do both!! I wish I had discovered cross stitching in 2018 after having several surgeries due to colon cancer and having mesh removed from a previous surgery that was placed in 2013. I could have done a lot of cross stitching over the year of recouping! I was cancer free after my surgery and didn’t have to have chemo therapy or a colostomy. I was very lucky. If I have to have any abdominal surgery, I will have to go to Cleveland Clinic. My numbers have gone up since the surgery and I am having a PET scan October 8th to check for cancer. I would appreciate any prayers!
Looking forward to seeing all you videos.❤️🙏🏼❤️
Candi Gordon I’m glad you are finding comfort in stitching. It’s such a soothing thing to have something beautiful you are creating with your hands. I’m glad you’re another sensitive friend. We can have that extra touch to be aware of other’s feelings and have a soft word or smile to share that others may not have noticed. There are so many lovely stitching options, it’s hard to find time for the ones I want to do, it seeing other ladies share them on Flosstube is fun as well. Let me know how your test results come out, you will continue to be in my prayers.
just found you today and was quilting a quilt while I watched and listened. First you have a beautiful testimony! You encouraged me in so many ways, my relationship with God, my husband, my grown son, my stitching (I am a beginner) but thank you for it all! I will keep watching! hugs!
You are wonderful. A breath of fresh air. I am a newbie first time watching you and it feels like you are a long time friend. From what you said about
Your life, your hobbies your marriage I am on the same
road as so many
Of us has at 1 time. Been married 46 yrs in a few days. Had a tuff time at a spot being married so young and …… their ways ( men) but we are strong same had to hit bottom to get better. But listen we did and we will never get down there again. We learned and God helps us. We do need to ask him for
His help. Enough of this anyway just loved all info you share. I also just restarted after loosing my Mom
And had dad 5 yrs with us was a good thing to quilt and keep mind busy. Loosing a mom is the worst. Now restarted to do cross stitching after over 50
Yrs of not doing it. Having fun just my first one. It’s a start. Enjoy relax and love every moment of connecting with nature through our patterns we pick. Take care and keep smiling. God bless. Johanna
Johanne, I'm so glad you came to visit with me in my videos and found so much that we share in common!! You found me in an older video when I lived in California.....now, we are enjoying living in Colorado. It was a very long and challenging transition with lots of bumpy times as well as joyful times. I am now living in the town my parents moved to in the 90s. Some days are hard because she's not here and my Dad died almost 2 years ago. I go to her old quilt guild and so many of the sweet ladies there were her friends. Hope you come by and visit with me again. I've been quilting for the past several months and did several quilt videos, but I picked up my cross stitch again a few weeks ago and am just taking a break from stitching to catch up on comments.
I did not get to see you on the date the YT came out, but you are truly have heart and I think all of us are a work in progress every day. You are right us mothers love our son and wish for the best for them, and we would like them to pick a person that is close to our mannerism as possible, so we need to keep working on being the best person possible. I have days I cry just thinking of what is going on in the world, like you said we are tired and need to step back and relax and have a good nights rest, to have a better out look on things. Stay Safe and see you on the #5 Floss tube, sorry I gave up on quilting when we had a shortage on material to sew with in my SHOPS during COVID and picked up CS again. So will see you on the floss tube side.
Hi Bonnie! I very much enjoy watching your videos! I too am a cross stitcher, quilter, and dabble in beading too! I'm in the process of moving later this week to W Kentucky and am so excited! Enjoyed your haul -- the Weeks linen is so pretty! I also went thru a very difficult time in my life and became very depressed and suicidal -- this was about 16 years ago now for me. My husband and sons were very verbally abusive and rather than going to couples therapy my husband wanted a divorce. I also lost my mom a couple of years ago so each November is difficult for me too! My sons no longer speak to me so its been a tough road for me. I'm glad that you and your husband are still together - divorce has become too easy here in our country but for me it was the only way to get out of a very difficult situation. But life is good now with all my hobbies and friendships gained through sharing these beautiful crafts! Your mom's quilts and memories are precious -- especially those teddy bears! Be well and look forward to your next video!
Jean Jankovich I’m glad you found restoration for your life and a way to keep moving forward in living a rich life. Hobbies have been so helpful for me and a great way to connect with other ladies who share my passions in stitching, bracelet making and gardening. How wonderful that you can move and still keep this beautiful community of Flosstube and the friendships made no matter where you live. I mentioned the book Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend to another commenter. If you haven’t read it, I think it would be helpful as you keep healing from the abuse in the past and continue to see that choices they made are their responsibility and you are wise to separate and protect yourself. Thank you for sharing your heart and I hope you continue to find joy in sharing time with me in my Sewing Room.
God bless you sweet lady! I am praising The Lord with you that you and your husband are still together and that God brought you through that terrible time and you are better for it! I too have been with my husband since we were 15. Been married 36 years. Love your videos and your heart ❤️
Oh thank you! Yes, God’s Grace and His Word is the only thing we can count on to never change. Sounds like you’ve got a good, long-time relationship as well. Go’s bless you and thank you for your encouragement!
Your beautiful quilts reflect the spirit and grace of your family. You are to be respected for your not being afraid to share your feelings and faith. God is with you and us, but also never fear, we as a community have your back, and I appreciate you greatly. Keep safe, well, valiant and joyful. Happy stitching from Eastern 🍁 Canada 🇨🇦
Louise Monnette oh man you can’t know how much your comment means to me at this moment! To know that you have my back… I know the opposition will come up but I also know we all have a choice of who we want to connect with and I love the connection that you and others like you have with me no matter the distance of miles..... we are connected at the heart.
Dear Bonnie, Your videos have been so inspiring and very beautiful! I have loved how you share so deeply from your heart and Christian spirit. It resonates with me and it's lovely to hear these lovely videos in harsh times. So, thank you very much for everything you share with us!! God bless you deeply.
My dear thank you! It is just ‘me’, sometimes o am too direct and it throws people off. At 80, o am just letting me be me for my remaining days. I do love God, and His Truth.
@mariawells8026….my last comment supposed to be for you.
Thank you for sharing your faith. God is so good,,,, I do not know where I would be today without him. Love all you do quilting, needlework ... I do all the same and also got back into cross stitch about 4 years ago now.. I too stopped in the early 90’s. I am so thankful for your videos and the time you share with us in this community. God Bless
Jody Clemens thank you so much for watching and commenting and sharing your encouragement to me. I am amazed at how quickly I have gotten drawn into this Crosstitch world but I love the floss tube Community it’s truly beautiful!
Yay for gardening! Yes get everything cleaned up this Fall. This past week we spread 100 bags of mulch out in the backyard. And I know I need to rip out all my zinnias because of powdery mildew, but it makes me so sad to see them gone!
My first thought regarding your quote is the ultimate question of, “what is love”? If love (and the pain associated with it) is better than any other pleasure, than how do we acquire it? I’d say that God is love, thus God grants us the ultimate pleasure in Him. Now how it would be painful, I do not know. May as God sanctifies us and we feel pain as we die to our sinful nature?
Thank you for such an honest video. We are all real people with real lives and real struggles and real sorrows. Your previous garden was beautiful. And I’m sure your current one will be too. #beautyforashes
I get so excited seeing you flip through your floss away bags. So many pretty threads. I reinforce my split floss away bags with clear shipping tape.
Loved, loved loved your video. I love the insight to your life, the cross stitch is a bonus!!!
Beautiful quilt on the wall. Love seeing all your projects. Storage of floss seem to be a problem for everyone. Im 82 so I only buy what I need but I'm still getting a stash. Enjoy your week
Evelyn Kennemuth I love that you’re still stitching and enjoying the process of gathering! I’m glad you said that about the challenges of storage and organization. I kept thinking, is this the BEST way? I know it’s the best way for me now and it’s what I already invested in, so it’s MY best!
GodBless you for not being afraid to share your faith and your experience and your heart. I feel a kindred spirit with you.
, similar experience, but my outcome was not as fortunate as yours. But like you God was with me and I overcame. Keep your videos coming.😇
carol langevin Thank you for your wonderful encouragement! I am so grateful my husband and I were able to work through the hard stuff. I’m so glad you found my videos and we can connect! Bless you, sweet lady and stay resting I the Grace and Joy our Heavenly Father showers on us!
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The poem reminds me of my husband I lost 10+ years ago. He was my soul mate. While times are difficult, I am focused on keeping things positive. So I stay busy with my many projects and reorganizing! Finding strength through my faith!
Oh, I can only imagine how difficult that must be. I see my father struggling with the grief of missing my Mom. I'm glad you've got your faith and your stitching to keep you moving forward. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the poem!
I’m all caught up now! Looking forward to more of your honest, inspiring videos. Please keep sharing the love of Christ 🙌🙏😘
So happy I discovered you last night. 40 years for me since I picked up a cross stitch needle. I loved your demo on lights and CS Stands. I go today to Joanne’s to see what they have, 50% off today. I needed your knowledge. I just turned 80.
Happy we share such a wonderful name. B.1943, my Mother took my name from Gone With The Wind. Bonnie Blue, a young girl…..
Well, Bonnie, I'm glad you found me and hope it's been fun to visit! I have taken a long time off, but just got back into my channel again after a long break and posted a video.
@@logcabinstitcher7274 how often will you post on your YT channel?
So Bonnie I stayed all the way to the end and let me say now I’m the one crying. I’d love to sit and chat all afternoon. Thank you for sharing your heart and your story and mostly for boldly sharing your faith. God bless you!!!!
Celeste Creates H Oh!! What a dear thing to say! I just knew we had so much in common! Celeste, thank you so much for joining me in my Sewing Room with the REAL me. I appreciate your encouragement about sharing my faith and my heart. How dear that you came to visit!
You are so genuine and gracious. Tears, compassion, love, strength, cross stitching and quilting! Who could ask for more. I feel like I was meant to watch this video this day. Even though I have watched all your previous, this one really got my emotions flowing and I connected with you on a different level. Thank God for bringing you through to where you are now. Another girl from California here 😍
Justgrams4short Oh, your words mean so much to me today as well! After I did that video and I was so raw from being so tired, I thought about redoing it and decided not to because this is the REAL me! I’m glad you found a connection with that. I think there is such a push for us to feel like we have to have it all together to share online, but that’s not reality! Life isn’t scripted and it gets messy sometimes, but we can choose Joy nevertheless! So glad you shared your comment with me!
I love the fact that you share your very personal life experiences with us. I am grateful you have Christ in your life, because God will cradle you and hold you up thru any challenges you are going thru. And thankfully he is always there beside us to encourage and protect us, all we need to do is ask and then listen. I am adding you to my prayer list, I hope that is ok with you. Now about cross stitch. I also use the bag system. I use FlossAway bags. I have been using that system for a very long time, I’m 69 and I’ve been cross stitching, embroidering and crewel embroidered since I was about 14. I am also a big Thirty-One fan too!!! You are awesome and I admire how you tackle life! Keep up your faith and God Bless you.
pj1zer oh your encouragement is extra special today! I needed this uplifting and God sent you to me today to read your comment even though you did it days ago. His timing is perfect. Yes and yes thank you for putting me on your prayer list I am so amazed at the connection of so many stitchers and Christian sisters out there. I just saw the floss away bags and noticed they were just a little bit different size do they also have the two holes on the bottom so you can do a double ring?
I find you to be such a real genuine person. I love how your not afraid to show your emotions. God has got me through some really tough times in my life too. Love your quilts and looking forward to seeing more of them in your next podcast.
Cindy Hansen I appreciate your sweet words! Thank you for encouraging me to be ME....a bit messy emotionally, but still wanting to have fun and make pretty things and connect with ladies like me...glad you’re one of those ladies.
You make the most beautiful quilts! I just love watching you. You are the cutest and most genuine person. Keep up the great work!
Wow - I love your Big Tote From 31. That is nice and big. I need a Huge Basket or something to hold all of my Plastic Vinyl Zipper Project Bags that has my Current WIPS in them. I keep one WIP in each of my Plastic Vinyl Zipper Bags that I buy from Aamzon. Each WIP has its own Plastic Storage Floss Compartment Box with its own threads for that particular project.
I have used the ring method in the past for each of my projects but I have a bad shoulder Blade area in my left shoulder and it will aggravate my Muscles when I have to keep and shutting the rings all of the time so I no longer use them. This is why I use the Floss Boxes.
Looking forward to your next Floss Tube Video.
Take Care & Happy Stitching ❤️XX❤️
Linda Klinedinst sounds like you’ve found a good system that fits your needs. It great that there’s so many out there, cause we all like or need something unique. I’ll share on this Friday’s Quilting video about the way I store and display my Valdani pearl cotton balls so I can enjoy looking at them. Thank you for sharing!
Hi, Bonnie! God bless your kind soul - I was crying with you. You are who you are, and I thank you for that. Have a blessed day! Xo
Cathy Behle-Ernst oh thank you and may God bless you too! What words of encouragement that soothe my heart today and put a smile on my face.
What an awesome video! I can totally see how God is working through you! And remember- God will bottle up all our tears one day and He will restore what the locusts have eaten- we just wait on Him! Looking forward to many more FT ‘s from you!
Ahh Thank you for that reminder!! I do often think of the promise of His restoring what the locust has eaten. Oh, to be with our gracious Father now!
You know for sure how loved your new hoop is.
Hello, from Israel. UA-cam recommended your video, and I am happy that I found a sensitive soul that her garden, quilting, and now cross-stitching. Thanks for sharing, and it takes a lot of courage to share personal things and emotions. I am an easy crier as well.
Avigail Raphael from Israel! How wonderful! I am so glad we can connect because we have similar loves and personalities no matter the distance. Thank you for watching and I’ve got a big smile on my face thinking of you all the way over there.
Never apologize for your tears thank you for sharing your talents, your life and especially your love of God. How blessed we are to love and be loved. My husband and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 1. I cherish everyday we have with each other. I admire your openness about your life. I too am an open book. Life is so much easier when you’re not playing games over who you are. Wishing you good luck with your channels. God Bless! Be good to yourself. Lynn 💜
Geri Wasnesky congratulations on that amazing relationship that you have kept with your husband! What a witness and a treasure these days. Thank you for your encouragement to continue to share as openly as I have been. During this week when I thought about the video that I uploaded. I thought oh my goodness what did I do? But I have had so many women connect with me through this channel because they are similar and I love that especially during this time of separation we can connect maybe even better than before.
I like the real you, tears and all. The poem reminds me of my husband. I lost him 10 years ago after being married for 44 years. I had know him since I was 12. It has been 10 years and life is not getting easier. He was my strength and days are difficult without him.
Kay Whaley hugs Kay... I pray it somehow gets easier... we just had our 43rd and I can’t imagine, my heart breaks for you.💜
Kay Whaley oh sweet lady thank you for sharing your thoughts and your heart! I am finding so much value in the depth of the comments that I’m reading in the deep connection with women who are similar to myself. I am so sorry for the loss of your husband but I am also glad that you had him for all those years! It helps me treasure my marriage the good times and the challenges because he has been my boyfriend my husband and my best friend. God bless you for your encouragement and I am so glad you’re part of my little stitching family here where we can connect no matter the distance between us.
Love your tender heart and opening up about your life, we also had a huge bump in the road time of marriage and with our work and God just hit 51 years together. Got married at age 16 and 17
Bonnie I think we must be soul sisters. You are darling and I have been searching for the things I need to begin cross stitching again. It has been 25 years and my eyes are terrible now so your ideas have helped me so much!!!! ❤️
I'm so glad I could inspire you!! Yes, it's harder on the eyes as we get older, but there are so many more awesome products out there to help. Did you get a chance to see my FlossTube #3 with the magnifying light??Game Changer!! Thank you for watching my videos!!
Thank you for sharing your story with us, I cried with you and felt the joy with you also. Though I still have my mother, she just turned 90 this year, I’ve wept for the woman and mother she used to be but I’m grateful that I can still hug her and tell her I love her. Your a very talented and creative person and I can’t wait to see all that you’ll share with us. Hugs♥️
Kathy MacKie oh I am glad that you have her with you even though she is in a challenge in stage in her life. My dad helped us to see that as my mom’s personality changed from her fun loving sweet personality tomorrow of a worrier and a very sad woman was that she is still the same person but her mind was altered and we had to learn to love her but remember who she really really was all those years. Thank you so much for sharing!
Another great video. Great quotes & the poem amazing! Yes, no one can share what one does not have. THANK YOU for your sweet tears when you remember your brokeness because it just shows how God's grace has brought you through a dark time.
The Pokey Little Pineapple oh your encouragement is such a blessing right now! Thank you for sharing that and I am so grateful that you’re in my stitching family now.
Hi Bonnie, my name is Paola, love the way that you're presenting yourself. When I get tired I cry too, so, you're are not alone. Love seen you're future projects, and those quilts!!! Wow. Happy stitching, stay safe.
Paola ODonnell oh thank you so much for encouraging me! I know my style is different than others out there but we all just share our heart along with our stitching. I know my style is not for everybody but that’s OK we all will find our comfort level and I am glad you’re part of my stitching family!
Sending lots of love and gratitude for your heartfelt talks and chat.💓❤️❤️🙏
New subscriber. I love your videos. You are so real and genuine. Thank you for sharing your journey with depression. As a psychiatric nurse I know that hanging in there for just another day and seeking help can change your life. I pray that someone heard your story and will benefit from it. God bless. Now I have to go and catch up on your quilt videos.
Diane Roy Oh, thank you for that special encouragement! You must hear so many heartbreaking stories. What a blessing you found your way into my Sewing Room! Hope you got uplifted and enjoyed all my stories and projects!
Wow, thank you so much for the Bible verse, I needed that!
Thank you for sharing your heart and stitching....I love the quilt behind you...
Will continue to watch your flosstubes....
carollin121 thank you! I’ll have the video ready Friday to share about the Harvest quilt and a few more. Thank you so much for watching and your lovely encouragement!
I looked up floss organization and got so much more. "They don't know I am a sissy." "I put my shoulders back and step forward." Love the reference to the bible. Thank you for sharing!
Oh! I’m so glad you found my video and got encouraged with my sharing my way to make it through some hard times. Thank you for your kind comment!
I am about 10 minutes into your video and loving it. I’d love to be a friend in your sewing room!!!!!
Thank you for sharing your life with us. It helps us all in a different way. Looking forward to all your pass projects and future ones. Love the quilt in the background.
Mary Lynn Lucas oh thank you for your encouragement about letting the real me come out on video. I never quite expected but boom there it is. I am working on getting my quilting video up today and you’ll see that harvest quilt and a few others soon as I finish my coffee!
Love that you are real. Thank you for being so clear in you instruction. I have been an empty nester for quite awhile. I am a new stitches. For the past 14 years I have been carrying for my Dad then my father-in-law and then my Mom. My husband is now retired and he is wonderful. I have been depresses this past year, grieving my mom's passing.I am trying to find out where I now fit in this world. I want to learn cross stitch as a way to fill my days. So delighted to have found your channel.
Me too Kelly😢 I lost my mom a year ago and have been depressed and going thru a lot. It changes our perspective about so many things. Very hard to figure out where we belong now in this world, as you said. Take care❤️
Kelly Drover oh I am so glad you found my channel! There’s so many other women out there like us that grieve for our loved ones yet know that we need to keep moving forward in our life. I have always found that my hobbies, my family and my faith have been what I cling to. I tend not to want to watch a lot of TV which is another alternative that people use but I have always liked producing something that I can look at. I am so glad you found your way in to my sewing room and hope that I can be of encouragement to you as we continue to move forward in this challenging year
"Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove. Oh, no, it is an ever fixed mark. . . ". Wm. Shakespeare, a sonnet the number I cannot remember. That is my favorite sonnet, and somewhere I have it stored in a book on a shelf. We studied it in high school, and that is all I can recite from memory now. All I can say at this moment in time is that we are given the ability to love by our Creator. He instills in all of us the ability to have emotions. Some are flawed by messed up genes, but for the most of us,the emotions are there to be developed.
I cannot believe that I stumbled onto your first Flosstube and have stayed. I watch many videos. Some are only okay, some are really quite nice, and then there are those that sort of blow you away. Yours is the blowing away kind. I won't say any more here in thiis public forum.
Love your stitching and your beautiful quilts. I used to use floss bags, and I just purchased a bunch more, because I want to reorganize my fiber. It's all in a very large mess right now. I will email you during the week, to tell you how much we are truly kindred spirits.
Karen Brett oh that makes my heart so happy to hear your sweet words of encouragement! When I went to do these I knew my style would not be for everyone because I’m quite open and I share what’s really inside but I knew that I would connect with other ladies like me I just didn’t realize what an incredible connection that God had for me in these videos with the comments that I get and I will look forward to reading your email I actually need to check my email once in a while!
Love your videos! You are a gift. Your stitching and quilting is beautiful and your soul is sweet and loving. Thank you for being so open with us. I look forward to your videos each week and learning through you.
Jennifer Christianson oh thank you for watching in joining in my sewing room with me and for encouraging me to be who I am here in this virtual community!
Your garden was fantastic!!!!! How jealous I am since I'm on the 3rd floor of an apartment complex (FL) with the tiniest of balconies. Oh well, I also don't have gardening time or energy available :) Your mother's quilts are just awesome! And I was thrilled to see you put the Bible verse at the end of your links!!!!! You are now on that little bell thing so I will get notice when you upload again - so until then be blessed! Linda
Oh thank you!! I was just out there watering my sad and crispy garden. After work tomorrow, I'm going to need to do more trimming. That gives the garden a chance to rest and come back even in the winter months here.
HI Bonnie, Lov Lov your Flosstube and quilting videos. I myself have been a quilter for approximately five years. And used to cross stitch like 30 years ago. I was watching quilting videos like yourself and heard someone say Flosstube. I think it was Anna G from Quilt Roadies. I said Flosstube? what is that well just over a year and a half I my self have fell down the rabbit hole. I also lov the primitive and reproduction fabrics. I just finished a civil war quilt called "Tavern Blues". Keep up the awesome Job. Looking forward to more videos!!!! Timm
Timm Isn’t it funny how you find something you never knew existed and then you think how did I ever live without it? I’m so glad you found your way into my sewing room and connected with another quilter\stitcher new floss tube lover and someone who loves the old primitive style! Thanks for watching!
I enjoy your videos. I am into quilting, embrodiery, and want to do cross stitch and needle turn applique. Love the stories. You are doing a great job.
Beverly Porter Thanks for watching and commenting! You’ll find so many ladies on Flosstube that share so many beautiful projects to inspire you! Have you watched Jan Patel on UA-cam? She shares needleturn appliqué how tos. I like the freezer paper method and will eventually do a tutorial. I do better at just talking, but I need to get organized and share my methods.
Great video Bonnie! I just love your energy and enthusiasm about life and your stitching! I must go see your aforementioned sampler, many samplers have lovely thoughtful sentiments, your research into the verse was very interesting!! Blessings to you and your stitching this week!
Carrie Proulx Thank you for your encouragement and amazing comment! I treasure all these kind words!
Your projects and quilts are beautiful. Your floss system is great. Love all the information you share. Your heart and your honesty are appreciated. God never gives us more than we can handle. Thanks for sharing your strength is inspiring. Look forward to all your videos. ❤️
Theresa Laboda so glad you found your way into my sewing room! Oh thank you for your encouragement and I’m glad you’re part of my little stitching world.
Hi from Middle Georgia. Love your videos. They are so inspiring.
I am stitcher, knitter, and quilter. I know what happens when you take time off from stitching...everything is so different. Thank goodness for Flosstubers. Your little dog is so sweet. I also love your quilting videos.
So glad you found your way into my Sewing Room all the way from Georgia! I’m fascinated with how we can be so far in distance, but the love of stitching and sharing brings us right smack together! Thank you for your encouragement!
Thank you for sharing, we are sisters in the Lord! Amen I agree, I have 3 sons and feel the same way.
Susan Bucklin so glad you came in for a visit! Thank you for watching and connecting! Sisters indeed!
So many beautiful handmade items! Thank you for sharing them and your faith with us! 😊
Nevada Stitcher You’re so welcome! I’m glad to be able to bring hope and joy to this hurting world and I’m glad so many are finding it a blessing. Thank you for watching!
I've had my floss in those bags for 30 years! I haven't had a problem with the bottoms tearing... for every project I do, I pull them and put all the colors I need on the rings just for that project. I like this system because I can put the odd strings back in & no dust! I don't like the drop system because it's all just hanging around getting tangled and dusty!
Thanks for sharing and being transparent. So thankful for your testimony. I was listening to Stephen Curtis Chapman this morning, singing some of my favorites: Great is Thy Faithfulness and...My Redeemer is Faithful and True. Such words of comfort and hope. May you find time to stitch this week. Take care.
Merritt Crawford oh thank you for your encouragement to continue and letting the real me out...tears and laughter. I love connecting with other people like me thank you.
Thx Bonnie love visiting with you you definitely inspire me take care :-)))))
Praise the Lord for his Grace and Mercy. Enjoying your video, we * speak* the same language.
Love everything you show. I try every craft and master none - that's ok for me. I recently learnt quilting, now punch needle and cross stitch but with all that's going on in 2020 I'm glad to flit around. One thing about perfect gardens is it's transitory. Craft is more permanent for equal effort! Look forward to the quilts. Thanks For sharing Jen from Snowdonia UK x
Jenifer Jones I’m so glad you found your way into my Sewing Room! Actually, since I do other crafts in there I have thought of calling it my Studio or my Den. Lots of crafts and hobbies are a great way to never be bored! Sometimes I don’t have the patience for one hobby or another, but if there’s something to grab and have ready to work on, then I’m a happy woman. Sometimes a simple single crochet blanket to give a way is my best option so I don’t have to think too much. It’s so cool that you live so far away, yet you’re here visiting with me, specially during these hard days!
I’m enjoying your videos. I do both quilting and cross stitch. 🤗
Cathy J Glad you get the joy of several awesome hobbies. I like always having something ready to stitch on,so when I’m tired I can just sit and stitch. Having several hobbies gives us the ability to do what we want. Love it that you’re a quilter, too. If you have time, I have 3 quilting videos already on my channel.
I love your Autumn quilt behind you❣️ I like the two hole storage bags, looks like it will not be as floppy as the one hole bags. Thank you for sharing your heart.
Becky Acosta thank you! I’m glad you got to spend time with me and comment as well. I so appreciate the support and encouragement in this lovely corner of UA-cam!
I love your boldness in sharing your faith! It's so needed especially in 2020. I'm so happy to have found your channel and to find out about your LNS. It's about an hour from where I live so I'll have to make the trip to check it out sometime soon. I look forward to more videos.
Julie Kelsay I’m so glad you found me, as well! This year has been one heartache after another, which had drawn me closer to the Lord and I’m grateful for your encouragement! Be sure to check the shorter hours of opening during this time for the store...I think it’s 3 o’clock closing right now.
Thank you for sharing you faith in you video. I had tissues by my chair while I watched. Love your enthusiasm and passion.
Karen Tatum oh thank you for your encouragement, it means so much! I need to keep those Kleenex handy next time!
We need you and you need us. God is with us. I too just came back to cross stitch and then I found flosstube. Yaaa company and learning with each other.
Elizabeth Jones You sweetheart! Thank you for that encouragement!
Love to see your videos!
Hi Bonnie!! To me, the poem was saying that even the pain of love is all part of love. You have to have loved in order to feel the pain from it and even that pain is better than not loving at all. Which of course reminds me of the quote, “Better to have loved and lost than not loved at all.” I am not a poetry person, either, so I may be way off here. Stephanie of Lindy Stitches reads poetry a lot at the end of her floss tubes. She would probably understand it just fine. 😄. I love all your project bags, totes and baskets! They are wonderful. I use flossaway bags for all my overdyed cottons, but keep my DMC on bobbins in number order in 4 of the floss boxes. I have done it that way since 1980 and it seems to be working for me. Hope you aren’t as busy this next week and you get more stitching time. Take care and many blessings to you until next time! 🐝🌼🐿🍁🦔🍂🦉🍁🍂🍂🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😻
Cathy Lounsbury I love your insight and thoughts about the poem. It’s interesting to think about it from different aspects. I think we see things through the experiences we have had and the current emotional place we are in. Thank you for sharing! I see how keeping the DMC on the bobbin cards in number order can be a benefit. I was looking through my DMC wheel to try a conversion to oversized and I had a hard time finding the DMC because I have mine by color. I decided I need to get a DMC color chart since I don’t have all of them, but I’ve got lots of overdue data and have more on the way.
That was a nice "visit" Bonnie:):) I put your channel on, got my cup of coffee and my cross stitch.... and we "talked and talked". We need more ppl like you to build us up and I am so glad you are YOU and I laugh when you laugh (you are funny) and cried when you cried....I cried a bit when was time to say good bye. See you in 2 weeks :) :)
Nancy Brindley Oh sweet video friend, thank you so much! I feel like I’ve entered into a whole new amazing circle of wonderful friends who are so real, even though it’s through video because the comments help turn this into a conversation, rather than just me talking to a screen! That night I was able to do the Quilting ‘companion’ video to this Flosstube, so I’ll put that one up on Friday, so you get to spend time with me again this weekend! That will give me so,e time to do some essential oil videos for my neglected friends. I think that will be a rhythm I can maintain better. Thank you, Nancy!
I have so enjoyed your videos...and I’m looking forward to more. Blessings, Marlene (stitchinbythelake) Almost forgot to tell you...I love Young Living oils! Have a ton of them!
I love watching yours as well and am so glad you’re using YL oils! I couldn’t find this comment to reply when I was looking for it weeks ago. Have you tried PanAway or Deep Relief on your hands to help with the discomfort?
You are so inspirational. Thank you for your testimonies.
Blessings will be bestowed into you for acknowledging the Lord ; who saved your marriage!! None and I mean none of us are PERFECT for have we had perfect marriages!!! God Bless you and your husband!! HAPPY STITCHING TODAY AND EVERYDAY IN 2020!!
Karen Davis-Macon I am so very grateful that I missed your comment the other day and found it at this moment I needed the encouragement and God had that gift for me through you. Isn’t it totally amazing how we live our life as best we can and stumble along..... but then we ask God to orchestrate our day and work within us and he is so faithful no matter the hardships we face. Thank you and thank you
Love your videos. We are close neighbors. I live in West Covina and I too did a little Young Living Oils. I like that I can relate to local businesses.
martha miramontes Oh, sounds like we’ve got alot in common! I’m glad you’re enjoying the time hearing my stories and sharing in this love of stitching. You’ve got the good stuff with Young Living, I’m so glad I’ve got them, specially during this time to keep my family healthy and emotionally supported.
Ah you enabled me and I've bought the Merry One by Plum Street and also another Plum Street Sampler but cannot seem to get either of the called for linens in the UK. I'm just starting to stitch on linen so not very clued up on linen. Lovely video
I’m thinking 🤔 it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all because we take such chances with our heart it shows we still have that courage to live the life we dare ❤️
CripChicks Crypt I love that! ....The courage to live the life we dare! It sure does take courage to get out there and move forward in life! That’s also my ‘word for the year’....FORWARD!
Don’t worry about editing as you said is like we came into your stitching room and friends talking. I like that you are open and real as that is how I am. Wow would we shed a lot of tears and talk a lot if we meet. I am so much like you in those ways. I cry with you. I can relate to some of the things talking about such marriage one but won’t air that here in comments. Thanks for the bible verse and reading it .I so needed to hear that today ! Beautiful quilts. I am not a quilter and have no desire but I appreciate them and I do watch your quilt floss tube to hear your stories and see how beautiful they are. Love that teddy bear.
Susan Haywood Oh, wish we could get together and laugh and cry! All my close friends and I do that....this is the next best thing. Thanks for your encouragement about just being me and not trying to get wrapped up in editing. I like to spend the time putting the info in the About Section for reference , so if I spent forever editing, I wouldn’t have time to stitch! Susan, I’m glad you get to spend time with me even if it’s by screen!
Just found your channel. Thank you so much for sharing your heart and your talents! Even if you learn to edit please don't edit the tears or real life.
So blessed by what you shared about your marriage. I needed to hear that!
Lori Arnold Oh thank you thank you! It is an odd thing to be so open on a video but there are so many women connecting with me because deep down inside we are so similar. I really appreciate your encouragement today!
Just watched another of your videos. I was so excited to see your reply. I am interested in what you said about essential oils. I take meds for anxiety and would love to be able to go natural but am nervous to go off meds.
Lori Arnold if you send me an email to bonnielogcabinstitcher@gmail.com I’d love to connect with you on your comfort level and share about my transition over to the oils I’m using. It’s a purposeful use of the high quality oils and I’m so very glad I made the choice I did. Wish I had done it earlier.
Love that you share you story and your journey! Your stitching is beautiful. Can’t wait to see some wool appliqué. I have a few of those old crates . I have to try my hand at making them footstools.
Oh thank you! When I realized how long that video was and how wrong I was I almost didn’t upload it and then I thought it’s the real me ladies here I come! I’ll have to show how the stool turned out next week on my floss tube I guess it would be number five. The padding was a little thicker than I expected but boy it’s nice and cushy when you sit on it.
Love your video! You mentioned some of my favorite floss tube’s. Now you are on the list. Thank you!
Lee Ann Roberts Awesome! I am glad I am joined in that list because I am learning so much from all these amazing stitchers and women in this community!
Hi Bonnie! Thank you for your wonderful videos and sharing all of your beautiful stitching and quilts with us. Perhaps you could show us your gardening as well! Do you have pictures of your English gardens that you could insert sometime? Love it all! Also, it is so refreshing to hear you refer to us as ladies rather than the constant blending of “YOU GUYS “ as this term is constantly overused in everyday conversations. Silly of me , I know, but it sounds so good to be grouped in with the term ladies, and you most certainly portray high lady-like qualities. Thank you and happy stitching 🥰
Barbara Stillman After I shared that picture it made me when I get a little cleaning done in the garage so I can find my box that I have all my photos in from that beautiful garden are used to have. When I find it and learn how to do a pick Torrell video that I have seen other ladies do I will certainly do that. Now it’s very funny you said that about my reference to my viewers as ‘ladies’. I learned this week that it’s not just ladies that are viewing me. I think it’s because I am most comfortable with women....specially with women who are like-minded with me....sensitive and open so it’s gonna be interesting how I say that in the future. I so appreciate you sharing with me that you see me with the high lady like qualities. I know I got that from my sweet mom. thank you
@@logcabinstitcher7274 thank you, Bonnie! How about, “ladies and gentlemen?” Covers everyone!😅💖
My pop in my mind thoughts on the quote: Love like when I met my husband, I knew he was the one. The sweetness came from that “ Finally! Thank you God!” feeling. Choosing love, in the form of positivity, choosing to trust God in whatever He allows to come our way , always has the sweetest outcome.
Kory Wood I love that! I’m so glad you found the man God had for you. Hard times come to every relationship, it when we trust God and His Word, we will find the strength and hope He gives us. Thank You!
Hi Bonnie from Michigan... you can take your embroidery hoop and frame one of your Crosstitch items with it also… Just a thought ...do to it being sort of a small but workable disappointed with the crack in the hoop 🙆♀️💕
AnnMargaret Doran Michigan! So amazing that we can connect here, no matter the distance...the love of stitching and sharing life draws us close! I like your idea about the hoop. It’s still waiting for me to decide. I like just seeing it because it’s so old and time worn.
Thank you so much for looking into the pattern of your mother’s embroidery quilt. It’s so appreciate
Jocelyne Maurice you’re welcome! I’m hoping to get a response. You can send your email to my email and if I get word I’ll let you know.
Log Cabin Stitcher where can I find your email? I am new to this
Jocelyne Maurice I’m sorry, it’s bonnielogcabinstitcher@gmail.com
In Instagram it is in the bio are on my profile and on YpuTube, It is I the ABOUT tab and in the Videos if you click the little arrow right below the bottom right of the screen you can see what’s called the show notes which opens a box with all the things I talk about and how to connect with me. I’m also gearing up to do Young Living oil education in the public realm with Instagram and UA-cam, but I’m much more comfortable in my little Facebook group.
I am sure this was not what the author's meaning was, but my first thoughts regarding the sampler saying was it could refer to labor. It is painful, yet there is such joy and love over the new baby once it is over. The poem you read, I think does refer to a first and true love. The words are beautiful. Thank you for sharing. We all go through dark and hard times. Some of us are enduring heartbreak and great loss even now. It can be hard to move forward when times seem so unsettling. It is nice to see that you are willing to share your faith and to reveal that there can be light at the end of the tunnel and hope for better days. Thank you.
Carla Burgoon That is a beautiful thought about giving birth and the sweet pain that is. Thank you for sharing that and the awesome encouragement for me to keep sharing my faith and hope. I know I’ll have opposition, but this is the place for us to let our personal thoughts out and for those who want to enjoy them to come on in and hang out in my Sewing Room with me. Carla, thank you!
I am so glad to have found you. You are so real and lovely. God bless you and be strong in our Lord Jesus Christ. He will NEVER let us down. 🙂🙏👏
Laura Kelly oh my God bless you too! I am so grateful for your encouragement and so glad you’re part of my little stitching virtual family.
Hi Bonnie - another fabulous video. We must share a similar taste in charts as I have some of those you showed today. I too love organising my craft supplies and you've certainly given me some great ideas today. I'm off to find you on Instagram ;) Lesley x
That quilt! You do remind me of Olivia from Pumpkin Hollow Quilts because you are warm and gentle spoken. An instant friend!
Kory Wood oh yes I have seen Olivia from Pumpkin Hollow and I’m enjoying watching her as I stitch this week thank you so much for watching me as well and joining into my stitching family
Just found your youtube site and enjoying binge watching your videos. Loved hearing you say you are a YoungLiving Essential oil person. I've been a Critical Care RN for 38 years and I believe in oils (no medications for me, just oils). I love how transparent you are and talking about your beliefs in the Bible and your reference to the scripture. I'm a quilter and also love cross stitch. Looking forward to retirement so I can enjoy my time in my craft room. I'd love to know what oils you are using to keep yourself healthy during this troubling times in the world. I diffuse a couple of oils and have stayed healthy this past year while working during a very stressful and demanding time in healthcare. Do you have a site for your YoungLiving information? Off here to watch more of your videos. Thank you for being you!
Oh, another oil lover! I’m working towards a UA-cam channel about oils, but you will know how hard all the liability with talking public about natural health is. For right now, you can email me at bonnielogcabinstitcher@gamil.com and I’ll share my Little private group. If we’re talking the real oils...YL.. I use a lot as well as their supplements... but I use so many oils for every possible reason..like Thieves for immune support, Raven for respiratory support, Frankincense for everything, Endoflex, Progessence Plus and Clary Sage for hormone support, Sulfurzyme, Super B, Super C, Multi Greens, AgilEase, Essentialzyme, oh my goodness it’s so many others, too.
@@logcabinstitcher7274 yes I'm talking about Youngliving oils--that is what I use. Is your email @gmail.com or gamil.com. I would love to be part of your little private group. Still trying to get through all your youtubes and enjoying them.
I really admire your faith and sharing your story with us. Your idea of using the tote bag for storing your stitching supplies is very similar to what I do. I am loving the project bags!! The 'Pains of Love' poem is very thought provoking. I feel so blessed to have found you, another kindred spirit. Oh yes, you keep saying choose joy. I am a huge Tasha Tudor fan and one of her sayings is 'Take Joy'. Are you familiar with her? Take care and am looking forward to your next video.
Jan Richardson Oh I love Tasha! I have her videos and used to watch them when we visited my Mom and had the kids with me. It makes me want to get them out now and rewatch them. My son’s name is Jake and I used to call him JakieJoy when he was little. He saw the title of the Take Joy video and thought it said JakeJoy. I always think of that and smile.
@@logcabinstitcher7274 Hi, I am finding it amazing how our lives and likes are so similar. My favorite aunt's name was Bonny, she spelled her name with a 'y'. My dear Mama and I loved to get together and go fabric shopping and then get together and sew. She did beautiful handwork., she was also an artist. I have several paintings she did hanging in my home. In her later life she got Alzheimer's. It was so sad she lost her ability to sew and a lot of her painting skills. I miss her everyday! Hope you have a few minutes to enjoy your 'Take Joy ' video. I think I will get mine out and watch it too. Hope you have a blessed weekend.
Hi, love your videos and I am another follower coming to you from Anna Bates. Thank you for taking time for us.🙏💗
Love all your videos! We have so much in common including appliqué....I have been looking for a new appliqué thread to use and tried the Aurifil that you mentioned, I love it and it will be my go to thread now. Thank you ❤️
Tammy F. Oh I’m glad you’re enjoying that Aurfil 80 wt. It is so thin so I know that will be something to consider but 08 stitches so nice for appliqué. I have found the best price and I love the service on an Etsy shop called TwistedThreadsFabric. I met her parents at a retreat that had a in-house vendor.
I watched your video for the first time. I so enjoyed it. You are extremely talented. loved all your projects. I am going to watch your quilting video next week. Quilting has been on my bucket list for some time and now that I am retired and I am one of the "elderly" crowd I signed up for quilting classes. They start in October. For the designer you are looking for you might want to try google. As far as am concerned Google knows everything. You may have to put it in in several different ways but you are bound to come out with something to continue the journey of finding the designer. If you need help let me know. Keep up the good work.
Fran Cohen oh thank you! I may just come back to you for some help. I am so glad to hear your words of encouragement and to know that you’re sharing in my stories and my stitching in this neat virtual community.
Hi Bonnie - New subscriber. Came over from Anna’s channel. Love watching her and gonna love watching you too. Need to go watch your other videos. I did glance at one but haven’t had time to watch all of it. I love the quilt behind you. So beautiful.
May not get to watch all your videos but would like to. Long videos are nice but hard to watch them all.
Happy Stitching!
pam ketron Oh, thank you for coming to visit me! I had planned on keeping all my videos short and sweet, but goodness...the last one I’m did was an hour! There’s always so much to share, but yes, longer videos and so many people to follow can be a challenge.
Thank you for sharing Lamentations 3:22-26, I often remind myself that I am "just waiting on the Lord", I find peace in that phrase.
I love the quilt behind you. Looking forward to that video.
Have you seen "Lakeside Lodge" by Little House Needleworks?
You did make me cry, but it was good, tears are not alway's bad.
PR RUNE Those verses soothe my soul as well. Knowing He is totally trustworthy, helps me when I feel this world is out of control. I’m glad you love them as well. I just looked at that pattern and yes, it is sweet. Reminds me of the bear that saunters right by our cabin. Yikes!
@@logcabinstitcher7274,
Back again, that poem reminds me of a book I once read to my son's kindergarten class, it was "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstien, I could not stop the tears right there in front of my son's class. I handed the book to his teacher and she finished it.
I'm so grateful you are here to share your beautiful thoughts, my brother ended his life and I have missed him tremendously.
I lived my life leaning on Jeremiah 29:11, we do have a hope. 🐝
God Bless you also!
@@logcabinstitcher7274 how wonderful to wach you my daughter and I aren't getting along how I know I need to get back to church. I love all the things you do.I also do many of them. I feel like we are kindred spirits. God bless you and keep your up always
I think people have a helpless admiration for someone who dares to be just who they really are. There`s a power in it.
As you shared with us the challenges that flattened you to the ground and the spiritual imperatives you were faced with, the shining thing is that you were WILLING to honor them with the suffering and sacrifices, courage and faith required of you to overcome the old you.There is such a beauty in a person who has done that--when they are humbly willing, when they love the Lord and His righteousness more than they love their own lives. KJV Matt. 10:39/16:25 I love the beauty of your sweet spirit.
I appreciate so very much those words of encouragement! I looked up those verses and I love them. Thank you!
love you, thanks
I’m enjoying your videos and your sincere thoughts. Getting back into cross stitch myself and other embroidery projects. Did you have the link handy to the leather cases you referred to? My kids asked me to create an Amazon wish list so those would be great gifts they could give me. I’ve already put the lapdesk and clip on light from your last video on my wishlist ☺️
Yikes, I'm sorry for the delay!! Let me grab a link and see if they still sell them. It's Maccase.
They are so long lasting and I just love the feel of the leather!
www.mac-case.com/collections/leather-macbook-and-ipad-cases-s
Thank you for your encouragement!!
The verse I live by “In this world you will have tribulations; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 3:16. I know it’s the trails and suffering that make us strong. God also wants us to be joyful in all times, thus, why we all want to create. Your work is beautiful, stitching and quilting!!! God bless!!!
Sara Brunsvold oh that verse is perfect for today! Thank you for sharing that verse. I’m glad you joined me in my Sewing Room again this week! I love it!
Dear bonnie, I know God works in a mysterious way. I have been emotionally upset where I wrote in my diary for the first time yesterday. I felt getting depression and having anxiety attacks, that I was really warry about myself. I felt somewhat lost don't know what to do with the situation I am in. I haven't been able to cry for a long time.this is my third time I am watching your channel .the one before this when you read out a book from Devotion from prayer. I felt he is telling me why are you stop talking to me and try to take care of all by yourself and my tears ware ... I couldn't stop for a while. maybe he is reaching out through you. I pull out my bible next to me and going to read every day. so I can be with him again with me at all times and everywhere with me. Bonny pray for me. Thanks
I'm so glad I can be an inspiration to go directly to God's word..His love letter written for YOU, Jin. It's so very easy to go everywhere else, but His truth is the only thing that lasts and that fits that empty place He made within us that is His perfect fit. It's a good design...we just kinda mess it up filling it with other stuff that won't last. Yes. Fill it with the Bible and ask Him to gently and tenderly help you and be the lifter of your head and the joy in your heart. He will. I'm glad I can be a blessing, someone that you can watch and help to remind you to go to HIM!
Bless you..................
Thank you, and you as well, my faithful encourager!
Hi there I am just now setting up my floss in a similar way. Fat quarter shop has a tool called the Cross Stitch Key that may help your counting
Lee Defries Oh I checked out the Crosstitch key and it does look helpful! One more fun gadget to get
@@logcabinstitcher7274 yes mine came yesterday
Oh how would love to sit snd see your sewing room and sit and chat!
Cindy Gaudet wouldn’t that be great? I knew this lovely Flosstube community was going to be a good place for me. Just to be myself and share the joy of stitching and meet so many wonderful friends! This is the next best thing to in person!
New subscriber because I just found you!
Hi there - would you mind giving me the dimensions of the bag you showed for organization of your project bag, floss etc. the website is listing the small utility tote at only 5” - 6” and it seemed a lot bigger in your video. Thanks in anticipation 🌴🌺🌴
So, I stop the video to answer you....So, in my world....I have know the pain of Love and I would not have change a thing...I know he would not ether, even though he would be sacrificing himself to save his men. I knew when I married him he was a soldier first and my husband second...He made me a strong women, so I could stand on my own two feet...but it doesn't mean it still doesn't hurt 19 years later...."life"...back to the video now...
.Just saw your Bear....was you mom a Steiff bear maker????....thanks for sharing...great video..
Nannett McDougal-Dykes thank you so much for commenting! I read your comment and it touched me so deeply I had to wait a while till I can come back and respond. Your husband was an amazing man that I can tell and I am so glad he helped you be a strong woman and oh my goodness life is hard but God is good! I am glad you found this amazing community where we can uplift each other and support each other while we get into our lovely stitching. No my mom did not make Steiff bears, She was in the community but it was all handmade and hand designed bears and boys she loved it and the community she found. They were very lovely moments in her retirement years.
@@logcabinstitcher7274 ....Your mothers Bear are so amazing...I'm sure everyone that purchase one from her back then, have treasure....God is good, and has walked with me my whole life. Sometimes the path has been rocky, but I just kept walking...sometimes thats all you can do....Take care and be safe....and keep stitching..