I really enjoyed the WIP parade! I think I have about 18 WIPS now, so half as many as you! I love so many of the patterns you’re stitching and it’s always fun to see your progress! Have a wonderful couple of weeks!
I really enjoy your floss tubes. Your commentary is interesting and concise. And your displays of your work; the patterns and then the actual pieces are really well done. Great close ups. Thank you for sharing.
I can’t believe all your beautiful stitching projects! You put so many hours & specialty stitches in them. I find them very daunting myself but I sure appreciate when others can accomplish them.
This was such a fun video; I loved seeing all of your WIPs, and I am looking forward to seeing the video with your finishes that are not yet fully finished!! That will be fun too. So many that I would love to kit up and stitch; some I have the pattern for and some that I don’t!! LOL. Happy stitching……………
In searching WIP parades, I found you. Really enjoyed your WIPS, very much my style except for the HAEDS, which I stay away from. I do enjoy seeing others working on them though. I look forward to following you. Take care and happy stitching!
You are a prolific stitcher--I'm so glad I found your channel. I appreciate your commentary with all the pertinent info regarding the designer, cloth used & color choices.
I am just over the top amazed at what you do! So honored you chose my band of roses to include in your many many gorgeous stitching projects! You are incredibly prolific! Thank You for sharing all your beautiful work with us!
Thank You Kathleen!!! I am so flattered to hear from you :) I love all your charts, such a lot of work to convert an antique to a chart!!! I am totally loving Band of Roses, it is just gorgeous :)
I had to stop watching you and go subscribe and watch “Stitchy Marie” ! Love seeing all your wips! Beautiful stitching! I knew what wips were, but not the actual term Works In Progress! Thank you for telling me! 😃
Beautiful wips.! I like how you held up the picture of the finish and the wip for a few seconds. It gave me time to glance up from stitching🙂 I know this video had to be a lot of work getting ready for and cleaning up and I appreciate all your work for us
Beautiful samplers you are stitching on. I had to chuckle when I saw the picture of the pile of stitching you showed us. 😊. It’s nice to watch a video where we have similar tastes. Thank you for sharing with us!
Thank you. That was amazing. I hope u are healthy, you will have to live to 145 to finish those. Oooo, what a line up. Your stitching is beautiful. Thanks so much.
I have to tell you. I love every thing that you work on. I love watching your channel. You have enabled me in many projects. Your work is truly amazing 😁🤗 I like to also watch your daughters channel. She's pretty funny. 😄 thank you for always sharing. 💖
Hi Brenda!!! That was so much fun!!! I love all your wips! Thanks for sharing with us! I hope we can meet at The Craft Center and stitch together sometime! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Love all your WIPs and I'm always so amazed by how much progress you can make on so many WIPS. I have a ton of WIPs, but never seem to make as much progress.
Thank You! I think it is kind of like how it feels like other peoples children are growing up so much faster than your own, lol! You don't see other people's WIPs as often as you see your own, so it feels like they are going faster :)
"From ghoulies and ghosties, and long legged beasties, and things that go bump in the night, good Lord deliver us." I found this saying a few years ago when I was making Halloween book in a scrapbooking class. I decided to use Halloween poetry and sayings in the book instead of photographs. Gorgeous WIPs. Thanks, Brenda, for sharing.
Beautiful stitching and I love your wips! I had to watch twice because of that Chaterlaine eye 🍬 candy behind you😍 of course I adore the Four Seasons by heaven and Earth the most! It’s really 🤩 beautiful!
Hi Brenda! Once again, I sooo enjoyed viewing all your amazingly beautiful WIPS. Thanks for the tip about how you divide up your varigated thread into sections and stitch one section at a time. I want to still use the loop start method. I have been deciding over the last year what type of patterns I really want to choose to stitch, as the only room I have to hang them will be over my bed as I live in a small seniors apt. I have decided on more colourful ones like Autumn Towne and The Magic Tree. I love stitching houses and will stick with that theme! Thanks again and look fwd to your next video! Greetings 🇨🇦
Hi, oh really im in love with all your proyects , you are a really inspiration for all the stitchers Community ♥️♥️. Im your big Mexican fan Hugs from México 🇲🇽✌🏻🇲🇽
Beautiful projects, Brenda. I want to start the books of Amsterdam also as my new year start but than on 2022. I love your houses, i love to stitch them to. It's always lovely to see flosstubers with a simular interest for projects. Happy stitching.
Wow Brenda!!! What beautiful work your wips are! Once again you have encouraged me with your work! I’m going to have to bend your ear at stitch- con, I’m working on the Rachel Allen sampler and those Queen stitches have just killed me in the border! Yours are gorgeous!!
Thank You Shellie! Yes we will definitely have to discuss queen stitches, lol. I like them better, the more I do of them over the years. But they are definitely time intensive :)
A whole new world I didn't know existed! Very interesting. I'm curious as to why a project isn't finished before moving on to the next. Just get tired of it and want variety? Years ago I did some simple cross stitch and crewel. Enjoyed it but didn't know what to do with it when I was finished. :-) Thanks for sharing your work and world.
Thank You Lynne! For me it is just liking a variety of different things to work on. I can switch from complicated ones to easy ones depending on how I am feeling. I have stitching friends who only work on one piece at a time until it is finished. Just personal preference :) I bet your pieces were beautiful!
Thanks for sharing your WIPs Brenda, they are all beautiful, I love seeing the older ones as they appeared before I started stitching in 2019. I really enjoy your flosstubes, you are very calming and I like the lack of drama ❤️ Kathy UK (#missharrietsparrow)
I always enjoy seeing your WIPs, Brenda! I wonder how you cope with having so many though. I think it would make me really anxious as I’d want to work on them all and there aren’t enough hours in the day, even if you’re retired like me!
Thank You Lynette! You should definitely do what makes you happy and comfortable :) The amount of WIPs I have does not bother me, but if I had double that it would stress me out for sure. I think everyone has a different number that stresses them out, lol.
AUGHH!! Been eagerly looking forward to this video, and now. On vaca with sketchy internet, so have to wait a week to watch!! See you next week!! 🤣🤣. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
Happy Thanksgiving Brenda! 🦃 I’m winding down after a busy and chaotic Thanksgiving with my in-laws 😂. Happy to spend it watching your WIP Parade! 2022 is the year to finish R-Kade!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. And your Hoity Toity is stunning. Oh I love how your Pandemic has grown!
I am amazed and delighted to see your lovely WIP parade of beautiful stitching😊! Thank you for sharing your pieces in progress and the tip of using variegated DMC to its best advantage of color in stitching. I recently purchased a Christmas red/green/white DMC thread to stitch some ornaments for my tree. Can’t wait to see how they turn out! One question, I see something on the q-snap protecting your linen when you snap on the plastic edging. What is that material you use for protection? Have a great time stitching up to Christmas 🎄
Thank You Nancy!! I bet your ornaments will be gorgeous! I sometimes use a thin batting called "warm and natural" and sometimes I just use regular felt. Sometimes I need it to protect the stitching under the clip, but usually I need it because the clip is old and stretched out and not as tight as it used to be :)
I'm catching up on FlossTube and just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your WIP parade! Thanks for sharing how you've been utilizing your variegated DMC on the 56 count linen. Since I know you also like Sulky threads, have you tried using their 30 wt cotton on 56 ct linen? I've used it successfully on 46 ct linen, but haven't tried it on 56 ct yet.
The "goalies and ghosties" is from a c 1900s Scottish children's prayer too. The whole thing is " from ghoulies and ghosties and long leggitity beasties and thing that go bump in the night, Good Lord deliver us"
Beautiful wips! just what I needed to watch to lift my spirits for the day. Makes me want to pick up mine and stitch all day. You make such great progress on so many. Do you use a planner/rotation or stitch what you want when you want?
Thank You!! Yes, I usually make a plan for the month and stitch on certain things on certain days of the week. You can see more about my rotation style in Video #30 :)
Could you please tell me the name of one of your finished wall projects . it is the one in the middle with the houses on 4 sides. I've seen it several places but can't remember the name in order to purchase. It is soooo pretty. I admire your stitching. Mine isn't nearly as good but it won't get better without challenges. Thank you.
You have quite a collection of WIPs. I don't feel like a collector of projects anymore. From UFO to WIPs. Sounds much better. Ps: can you get your microphone closer? Your voice is very soft. Thanks.
Hi Brian! That is a piece by Chatelaine in Germany. It is called "Medieval Town Mandala". You can purchase the design from the Chatelaine website (chatelaine.de/), and you can buy a kit with all the supplies to stitch it, including the beads and crystals at european-crosstitch-company.myshopify.com/
FYI “From ghosties and ghoulies” is NOT Disney wisdom, nor Halloween poetry. The entire quote is an old Scottish prayer that can be traced to the early 1900’s.
I have returned back to cross stitch after 15 years. I am wondering why stitchers have so MANY works in progress going? Since May l have started and finished 9 projects with 2 that l am working on now that are a little longer term that should be finished soon. I wonder when l will fall through the rabbit whole? Just wondering how that happens
Thank You Suzanne! LOL, well, I am not sure how I fell down that rabbit hole, or how it happened, lol!!! I think it may have started when I started taking classes through my local EGA chapter. When the teacher comes to town, you have to take the class while she is there, which means starting another project :) And then I had really complicated projects that I could only work on in the morning when I was fresh, for small amounts of time. So I needed easier ones to work on at night. Then I had huge projects that I could only work on for a few months and then I needed a break, lol. I find I really like the variety of stitching on several different sizes, types, complication level, and color schemes all at the same time.
Hi Brenda, my name is Marion. Boy, I'm impressed with all of your projects, but I especially love the Kingdom of Books. You say in your notes that you are doing it on 18 count Aida. Are you doing it with one thread or two. The colours and stitching are fabulous!!! Thanks for any info.
Hello! If you know the name of the stitch you can do a UA-cam search for it and find a video or tutorial on how to do it. Or you can do a search on the internet for instructions. There are some needlework books that teach how to do a collection of embroidery stitches. Or you can stitch a chart that has some specialty stitches in it, most charts will give you written instructions and diagrams on how to do the stitches on them :)
Hi there! I am local to the SLC area and just started stitching a few months ago. Do you know of any local groups or classes where I could go/sign up for to improve my skills and/or get tips and tricks?
Hi Christina! And welcome to the stitching community! I know there is a local chapter of EGA in Salt Lake City, if you go to the EGA (Embroidery Guild of America) website you can find contact information for them. I used to attend several years ago, but could not keep it up after I started working full time. The other guild I used to belong to disbanded, so they are not around anymore. The stitching store "Craft Center of Fine Stitchery" in Salt Lake is a great store, and might have some groups who meet there regularly to stitch, you should ask them. I don't know of any other groups right now :)
Hi Betsy! I work full-time Monday-Friday and usually stitch 4-5 hours every evening. And then I do all my household chores and yardwork on Saturday mornings and sit down to stitch about 1:00pm until bedtime. And then I usually get a few hours in on Sunday nights after my Church responsibilities are over. I usually have a daily 30 piece (first 30 minutes of my stitching every day on that piece), and then I usually work on one or two pieces after that until it is time to go to bed. I usually work on about 10 different pieces a week :)
@@Handworkmaniac sounds like you have a great system I love your program. You are very down to earth and I love that you don’t show off haul on every show. Not all of us can afford haul. Right now I have been blind in my left eye for 3 months so I can only do very little stitching up close which I just got back too about a week ago. I miss my daily stitching but I’m hoping a future surgery will bring my sight back. In the meantime, I enjoy your show.
Yay!!! Just go slow and give your brain time to adjust to it. It might take a project or two before you brain is comfortable with seeing 2 threads as one stitch. And if you really don't like it, then use 18 ct and enjoy it!! :)
Watched both your under bed video and this one and again am so amazed at your stitching! You are a very talented stitcher/artist!!
Thank You Kathleen :)
I love a WIP parade Brenda!! Thank you, and congratulations on your 3 years of being an important part of Floss Tube!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank You Margaret! What a nice thing to say :)
So many lovely projects and stitching 😍you choose beautiful colour fabrics and thread to make your stitching pop x
Thank You, that means a lot to me :)
I really enjoyed the WIP parade! I think I have about 18 WIPS now, so half as many as you! I love so many of the patterns you’re stitching and it’s always fun to see your progress! Have a wonderful couple of weeks!
Thank You Jackie!
Love all your wips. They are gorgeous. Thanks for showing them to us. Happy stitching!
Thank You Karin!
Love the diversity of your projects. It is always a joy to watch your videos and see your progress. Congratulations on your three year anniversary!!
Thank You Michelle!
Always enjoy your videos. Just beautiful stitching. Thanks for sharing.
Thank You Jo Marie!!
Сколько чудесных работ, у меня разбежались глаза. Многие сюжеты вижу впервые. Вы настоящий мастер. Привет из России.
Thank You Lena Elena!! Such kind words :)
Beautiful samplers! I am from Russia. You have the best projects. Thanks for your WIPs❤
Thank You!!! So nice to hear from someone in Russia! Someday I want to see your beautiful country :)
Your stitching is so lovely Brenda! I love your videos too.
Thank You Katie!
Love your enthusiasm and all your gorgeous projects! Nice video!
Thank You Annette!
Loved seeing your WIPS. Had to write some of them down so that could get them. Can’t wait to see your other video.
Thank You Tania!!
I really enjoy your floss tubes. Your commentary is interesting and concise. And your displays of your work; the patterns and then the actual pieces are really well done. Great close ups. Thank you for sharing.
Thank You Dolly!
It was nice to see your " Colours of Water " as I am working on mine now. I'm loving it !
Yay! I love that piece :)
I can’t believe all your beautiful stitching projects! You put so many hours & specialty stitches in them. I find them very daunting myself but I sure appreciate when others can accomplish them.
Thank You Cheryl!
🤯 my mind can't handle all those wip. Love the vids
Thank You, lol!
What a great WIP parade thanks for sharing. You are so inspiring
Thank You Muriel :)
This was such a fun video; I loved seeing all of your WIPs, and I am looking forward to seeing the video with your finishes that are not yet fully finished!! That will be fun too. So many that I would love to kit up and stitch; some I have the pattern for and some that I don’t!! LOL. Happy stitching……………
Thank You Pam!! Sorry for the enabling, lol!!
You have the most beautiful projects! Thanks for sharing ☺️
Thank You Kelly!
I love Wip parade videos and yours is filled with lots of eye candy.
Thank You Yasmin!!
In searching WIP parades, I found you. Really enjoyed your WIPS, very much my style except for the HAEDS, which I stay away from. I do enjoy seeing others working on them though. I look forward to following you. Take care and happy stitching!
Thank You Christine!
You are a prolific stitcher--I'm so glad I found your channel. I appreciate your commentary with all the pertinent info regarding the designer, cloth used & color choices.
Thank You Christine!
Congratulations on 3 years, and thanks for the Wip parade. I enjoyed seeing all of your projects.
Thank You Mary Ann!
I am just over the top amazed at what you do! So honored you chose my band of roses to include in your many many gorgeous stitching projects! You are incredibly prolific! Thank You for sharing all your beautiful work with us!
Thank You Kathleen!!! I am so flattered to hear from you :) I love all your charts, such a lot of work to convert an antique to a chart!!! I am totally loving Band of Roses, it is just gorgeous :)
What wonderful wips!
Your work is Beautiful!
Thank You Bunnie!
I had to stop watching you and go subscribe and watch “Stitchy Marie” ! Love seeing all your wips! Beautiful stitching!
I knew what wips were, but not the actual term Works In Progress! Thank you for telling me! 😃
LOL, glad you found Marie's channel. And glad to explain what WIP means :)
Always enjoy your WIP’s. Are tastes are very similar. Thanks for sharing.
Thank You Terri! Great minds think alike, lol!!
Just beautiful, Brenda. 🤶🏻🎅🏻❄️🎄❤️
Thank You Kimberly!
Your stitching is phenomenal. Thankyou for sharing your wips with us they are all just gorgeous. You are so very talented. Cant wait to see more.🙂❤🧵
Thank You Letha!!
Beautiful wips.! I like how you held up the picture of the finish and the wip for a few seconds. It gave me time to glance up from stitching🙂 I know this video had to be a lot of work getting ready for and cleaning up and I appreciate all your work for us
Thank You Wendy!
Your WIPs are just beautiful! Thank you much for taking time to do both WIP parade and the under the bed box videos!
Thank You! I am glad you enjoyed them :)
I love all your projects wish I lived nearer I'm in UK keep up good work I never miss your flosstube happy thanks giving
Thank You Susan!!
@@Handworkmaniac merry Christmas to you and your family xx
Beautiful samplers you are stitching on. I had to chuckle when I saw the picture of the pile of stitching you showed us. 😊. It’s nice to watch a video where we have similar tastes. Thank you for sharing with us!
Thank You Cheryl!! Great minds think alike, lol!
What a beautiful mixture of pieces!
Thank You Angela!
Wonderful variety! Thanks for sharing.
Thank You Ginny!
Thank you. That was amazing. I hope u are healthy, you will have to live to 145 to finish those. Oooo, what a line up. Your stitching is beautiful. Thanks so much.
Thank You Leslie! And yes, you are so right I need to live looooong!!! LOL
What awesome work you do!Thank you
Thank You Ines!
I have to tell you. I love every thing that you work on. I love watching your channel. You have enabled me in many projects. Your work is truly amazing 😁🤗 I like to also watch your daughters channel. She's pretty funny. 😄 thank you for always sharing. 💖
Thank You Melba!!! Yes, she keeps me laughing!!!
Such an uplifting WIP parade. I enjoyed it so much and love all of your colors,,so happy to stitch on I'm sure. Thank you
Thank You Linda!!
You love full coverage, don't you!! Wonderful pieces. Thank you for the parade. Happy anniversary! 🎈💥😊
Thank You Margaret! And yes, lol, I seem to be drawn to full coverage :)
Great video. Loved all of your WIPS. I hope you get more, most have less. Lol.
Thank You, lol!!
👏👏💖💖 have a nice this week with the fam!
Thank You Jamie!
Hi Brenda!!! That was so much fun!!! I love all your wips! Thanks for sharing with us! I hope we can meet at The Craft Center and stitch together sometime! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Hi Christy!!! I would love that!!
Wow, that was fun. Thanks for sharing all that gorgeous stitching with us.
Thank You Patti!
Just subscribed to Bossy Daughter! I am really enjoying your WIP Parade! See you next time! 💝
Thank You Denise!!! Her videos crack me up, lol.
Oh my gosh that second WIP you showed was jaw dropping!!
Some beautiful WIPs
Thank You!!
Love all your WIPs and I'm always so amazed by how much progress you can make on so many WIPS. I have a ton of WIPs, but never seem to make as much progress.
Thank You! I think it is kind of like how it feels like other peoples children are growing up so much faster than your own, lol! You don't see other people's WIPs as often as you see your own, so it feels like they are going faster :)
Lovely WIP parade. Your stitching is so beautiful 💕
Thank You Cassie!
"From ghoulies and ghosties, and long legged beasties, and things that go bump in the night, good Lord deliver us." I found this saying a few years ago when I was making Halloween book in a scrapbooking class. I decided to use Halloween poetry and sayings in the book instead of photographs. Gorgeous WIPs. Thanks, Brenda, for sharing.
Thank You Nan!!! I love knowing where things really came from!! :)
Gorgeous! I want them all.
LOL, thank you Lisa!
Wow! You have some beautiful Wips.
Thank You Stef!
I love all of your Wips!
Thank You Juli!
Beautiful stitching and I love your wips! I had to watch twice because of that Chaterlaine eye 🍬 candy behind you😍 of course I adore the Four Seasons by heaven and Earth the most! It’s really 🤩 beautiful!
Thank You Robin!
Hi Brenda! Once again, I sooo enjoyed viewing all your amazingly beautiful WIPS. Thanks for the tip about how you divide up your varigated thread into sections and stitch one section at a time. I want to still use the loop start method. I have been deciding over the last year what type of patterns I really want to choose to stitch, as the only room I have to hang them will be over my bed as I live in a small seniors apt. I have decided on more colourful ones like Autumn Towne and The Magic Tree. I love stitching houses and will stick with that theme! Thanks again and look fwd to your next video! Greetings 🇨🇦
Thank You Marilyn! I think your plan sounds wonderful :)
Hi, oh really im in love with all your proyects , you are a really inspiration for all the stitchers Community ♥️♥️. Im your big Mexican fan
Hugs from México 🇲🇽✌🏻🇲🇽
Thank You Karen! Such kind words :)
Beautiful projects, Brenda. I want to start the books of Amsterdam also as my new year start but than on 2022. I love your houses, i love to stitch them to. It's always lovely to see flosstubers with a simular interest for projects. Happy stitching.
Thank You Geertje!!
Wow Brenda!!!
What beautiful work your wips are!
Once again you have encouraged me with your work!
I’m going to have to bend your ear at stitch- con, I’m working on the Rachel Allen sampler and those Queen stitches have just killed me in the border!
Yours are gorgeous!!
Thank You Shellie! Yes we will definitely have to discuss queen stitches, lol. I like them better, the more I do of them over the years. But they are definitely time intensive :)
Fabulous work. All are so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Thank You Tanya!
A whole new world I didn't know existed! Very interesting. I'm curious as to why a project isn't finished before moving on to the next. Just get tired of it and want variety? Years ago I did some simple cross stitch and crewel. Enjoyed it but didn't know what to do with it when I was finished. :-) Thanks for sharing your work and world.
Thank You Lynne! For me it is just liking a variety of different things to work on. I can switch from complicated ones to easy ones depending on how I am feeling. I have stitching friends who only work on one piece at a time until it is finished. Just personal preference :) I bet your pieces were beautiful!
Beautiful wips!
Thank You Sandra!!
Lovely wip parade
Thank You Jacqueline!
Love your wips and all the finishes in the wall😍❤️ Thank you for sharing
Thank You Gracie!
HI BRENDA!!! :D This was so much fun! Happy late Thanksgiving! LOL
HI KYLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy late Thanksgiving back at you :) And Merry Christmas!!!
Love all your wips 🥰 Can’t wait to see it fully finished.
Thank You!
Absolutely beautiful selection of charts!
Thank You Cathy!
Wow that is beautiful. If I had that many WIPS I wouldn't be feeding my family or cleaning my house lol 😅.
LOL, thank you Donna-Marie!
Thanks for sharing your WIPs Brenda, they are all beautiful, I love seeing the older ones as they appeared before I started stitching in 2019. I really enjoy your flosstubes, you are very calming and I like the lack of drama ❤️ Kathy UK (#missharrietsparrow)
Thank You Kathy!!
I now know what my new start is going to be the Zimmerman coverlet by Modern Folk Embroidery on 56 count!!! Too lovely, thank you...lol
LOL, sorry to enable!! Thank You :)
I always enjoy seeing your WIPs, Brenda! I wonder how you cope with having so many though. I think it would make me really anxious as I’d want to work on them all and there aren’t enough hours in the day, even if you’re retired like me!
Thank You Lynette! You should definitely do what makes you happy and comfortable :) The amount of WIPs I have does not bother me, but if I had double that it would stress me out for sure. I think everyone has a different number that stresses them out, lol.
AUGHH!! Been eagerly looking forward to this video, and now. On vaca with sketchy internet, so have to wait a week to watch!! See you next week!! 🤣🤣. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
LOL, so sorry!!! Happy late Thanksgiving!!! And Merry Christmas :)
Happy Thanksgiving Brenda! 🦃 I’m winding down after a busy and chaotic Thanksgiving with my in-laws 😂. Happy to spend it watching your WIP Parade! 2022 is the year to finish R-Kade!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. And your Hoity Toity is stunning. Oh I love how your Pandemic has grown!
Hi Jenny!!! Happy Thanksgiving, and Merry Christmas!!!! You are so right, I need to finish R-Kade this year!! LOL
🌹🌹 Absolutely Beautiful 🌹🌹
Thank You Inez!
Epic!😁
Thank You Jinny!
Great WIPs! Enjoyed the parade! I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving! 💜
Thank You!!
spectacular
Thank You!
I am amazed and delighted to see your lovely WIP parade of beautiful stitching😊! Thank you for sharing your pieces in progress and the tip of using variegated DMC to its best advantage of color in stitching. I recently purchased a Christmas red/green/white DMC thread to stitch some ornaments for my tree. Can’t wait to see how they turn out! One question, I see something on the q-snap protecting your linen when you snap on the plastic edging. What is that material you use for protection? Have a great time stitching up to Christmas 🎄
Thank You Nancy!! I bet your ornaments will be gorgeous! I sometimes use a thin batting called "warm and natural" and sometimes I just use regular felt. Sometimes I need it to protect the stitching under the clip, but usually I need it because the clip is old and stretched out and not as tight as it used to be :)
I'm catching up on FlossTube and just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your WIP parade! Thanks for sharing how you've been utilizing your variegated DMC on the 56 count linen. Since I know you also like Sulky threads, have you tried using their 30 wt cotton on 56 ct linen? I've used it successfully on 46 ct linen, but haven't tried it on 56 ct yet.
Thank You Melissa! I keep meaning to try Sulky 30 wt on 56 ct, but haven't yet!! I need to put that on my to do list for my Winter Break :)
The "goalies and ghosties" is from a c 1900s Scottish children's prayer too. The whole thing is " from ghoulies and ghosties and long leggitity beasties and thing that go bump in the night, Good Lord deliver us"
Thank You!!!! I love knowing where things really came from!! :)
You like challenging projects
Yes, apparently I do :)
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Thank You!!
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Thank You Rachel!
I love your WIP parade. I am planning to do The Prairie Schooler ABC charts on one piece of fabric. Can you tell me what size fabric you used?
Hi Cheryl!! I am not at home this weekend, but I will measure the fabric when I get home :)
Beautiful wips! just what I needed to watch to lift my spirits for the day. Makes me want to pick up mine and stitch all day. You make such great progress on so many. Do you use a planner/rotation or stitch what you want when you want?
Thank You!! Yes, I usually make a plan for the month and stitch on certain things on certain days of the week. You can see more about my rotation style in Video #30 :)
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Thank You Nuria!
Beautiful projects
Thank You Suzanne!
🤗 Happy Thanksgiving Brenda!
Thank You Carlene!
Could you please tell me the name of one of your finished wall projects . it is the one in the middle with the houses on 4 sides. I've seen it several places but can't remember the name in order to purchase. It is soooo pretty. I admire your stitching. Mine isn't nearly as good but it won't get better without challenges. Thank you.
Hi Debby! I think you are asking about Medieval Town Mandala, by Chatelaine :)
And you are so right, stitching always gets better with time :)
You have quite a collection of WIPs. I don't feel like a collector of projects anymore. From UFO to WIPs. Sounds much better. Ps: can you get your microphone closer? Your voice is very soft. Thanks.
Thank You Joy! I think I was further away from the camera than I usually am, I will work on fixing that! :)
What is the name of the piece on your wall with buildings that go in a circle (turquoise and brown)? I would love to stitch it.
Hi Brian! That is a piece by Chatelaine in Germany. It is called "Medieval Town Mandala". You can purchase the design from the Chatelaine website (chatelaine.de/), and you can buy a kit with all the supplies to stitch it, including the beads and crystals at european-crosstitch-company.myshopify.com/
FYI “From ghosties and ghoulies” is NOT Disney wisdom, nor Halloween poetry.
The entire quote is an old Scottish prayer that can be traced to the early 1900’s.
Thank You Linda!!!! I love knowing where things really come from :)
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Thank You Stacie!
I have returned back to cross stitch after 15 years. I am wondering why stitchers have so MANY works in progress going? Since May l have started and finished 9 projects with 2 that l am working on now that are a little longer term that should be finished soon. I wonder when l will fall through the rabbit whole? Just wondering how that happens
Also you have some beautiful stitching going
Thank You Suzanne! LOL, well, I am not sure how I fell down that rabbit hole, or how it happened, lol!!! I think it may have started when I started taking classes through my local EGA chapter. When the teacher comes to town, you have to take the class while she is there, which means starting another project :) And then I had really complicated projects that I could only work on in the morning when I was fresh, for small amounts of time. So I needed easier ones to work on at night. Then I had huge projects that I could only work on for a few months and then I needed a break, lol. I find I really like the variety of stitching on several different sizes, types, complication level, and color schemes all at the same time.
Hi Brenda, my name is Marion. Boy, I'm impressed with all of your projects, but I especially love the Kingdom of Books. You say in your notes that you are doing it on 18 count Aida. Are you doing it with one thread or two. The colours and stitching are fabulous!!! Thanks for any info.
Thank You Marion! I am using 2 strands of floss on mine. I prefer 2 strands on 18ct, I like the denser coverage :)
Where do I find how to do specialty stitches?
Hello! If you know the name of the stitch you can do a UA-cam search for it and find a video or tutorial on how to do it. Or you can do a search on the internet for instructions. There are some needlework books that teach how to do a collection of embroidery stitches. Or you can stitch a chart that has some specialty stitches in it, most charts will give you written instructions and diagrams on how to do the stitches on them :)
Brenda, what is the name of the circular piece, over your head, behind you? I’m fascinated with that one! 💗
Hi Barbara! The one with the buildings on it? That one is "Medieval Town Mandala" by Chatelaine :)
@@Handworkmaniac I’ve checked this out on 123Stitch, and I am now totally enthralled with Chatelaine!! Thank you! 💝
Hi there! I am local to the SLC area and just started stitching a few months ago. Do you know of any local groups or classes where I could go/sign up for to improve my skills and/or get tips and tricks?
Hi Christina! And welcome to the stitching community! I know there is a local chapter of EGA in Salt Lake City, if you go to the EGA (Embroidery Guild of America) website you can find contact information for them. I used to attend several years ago, but could not keep it up after I started working full time. The other guild I used to belong to disbanded, so they are not around anymore. The stitching store "Craft Center of Fine Stitchery" in Salt Lake is a great store, and might have some groups who meet there regularly to stitch, you should ask them.
I don't know of any other groups right now :)
@@Handworkmaniac Thanks 😊 I will look into those.
Love the lady behind you who is she ? Where did you get her?
Hi Susan! She is "Angel of Love" by Lavender and Lace. I chose not to stitch the wings or the halo. You can see a closer view of it in video #83 :)
I’m new to your channel and love your projects. How much time do you devote to stitching daily and do you just work on one project a day?
Hi Betsy! I work full-time Monday-Friday and usually stitch 4-5 hours every evening. And then I do all my household chores and yardwork on Saturday mornings and sit down to stitch about 1:00pm until bedtime. And then I usually get a few hours in on Sunday nights after my Church responsibilities are over.
I usually have a daily 30 piece (first 30 minutes of my stitching every day on that piece), and then I usually work on one or two pieces after that until it is time to go to bed. I usually work on about 10 different pieces a week :)
@@Handworkmaniac sounds like you have a great system
I love your program. You are very down to earth and I love that you don’t show off haul on every show. Not all of us can afford haul. Right now I have been blind in my left eye for 3 months so I can only do very little stitching up close which I just got back too about a week ago. I miss my daily stitching but I’m hoping a future surgery will bring my sight back. In the meantime, I enjoy your show.
I get very excited when I see you have a new video. I love all of your pieces!
Thank You!!
I've been stitching on 18ct gonna try 28ct for 1st time any tips?
Yay!!! Just go slow and give your brain time to adjust to it. It might take a project or two before you brain is comfortable with seeing 2 threads as one stitch. And if you really don't like it, then use 18 ct and enjoy it!! :)
@@Handworkmaniac thank you any problems I'll give you a shout. Merry Christmas x