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I bought mine in 2019. Absolutely love it. I love how easily it adjusts to the height I need, how it looks in my living room, and how my hands don't cramp up when I hold hoops and frames. I am saving for a purple one just because...❤

Great video Michelle, as usual! I think the main thing I need to do is MAKE AND PUBLISH CONTENT! Three videos in over a year just won’t cut it! (Not counting the very short kitty videos.)

liking b4 the video actually running <3

Thanks for the tips 😊 I started my flosstube out of a random whim and I've been loving it! I love trying out new things whether it's filming, editing, thumbnails or cross stitch projects. CZcams is my creative outlet ❤

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Thank you so much for posting this video. I'm currently planning to make my own wedding dress and I've been looking for a video like this. I just wanted to know exactly what I'm getting myself into. It's been so hard looking for a dress that I finally just decided to make it myself...I should point out that I am a fashion designer. But I've never made a wedding dress. Once again, thank you for posting this honest video.

Have you done a video on tension? I just discovered if I stitch with a hoop and railroad, my stitches are almost perfect. No hoop and stitching in hand, the first stitch is looser, then the top stitch is tighter and it all tends to look messier, even with railroading the top stitch. Thanks for this video.

Thank you so much for this video! This was perfect timing as i get my own content off the ground :)

Love this. Have always enjoyed your channel very joyful and inclusive. Always so imformative.

I'm too slow to add these although the laying tool does a nice job. But if I was wearing it I'd poke my eye out for sure.

What is that holding your qsnap? Can't find anything that fits thicker than a hoop.

I have never considered starting a Flosstube, what is this feeling... Am I inspired?? 😱

What is parking in cross stitch?

Something that's really important for accessibility for those of us who are hearing impaired, SUBTITLES! It's not hard to do, especially if you don't instantly publish the video, give it a few hours to sit in the scheduled setting and CZcams gives you autosubs that you can then go into and edit to be correct as a lot of the time auto subs are inaccurate if they're even available at all and can make it harder for people who can't hear well or at all to watch while people cover their mouths with their projects while speaking (making lip reading useless in those moments and subs the only option)

I'm feeling very called out by your 'how to choose your vibe' section. Thanks for the video!

A couple tips on sound quality from a music and call center background: If you find you’re getting a lot of echo one of the easiest solutions is a rug. A room with soft squishy carpeting is almost impossible to get an echo in. So even just throwing a cheap rug from the big box store or a couple big thick blankets under you and your recording equipment while you record will help reduce the echo. Incidentally “moving blankets” work great for this. They can be pretty affordable and are very durable. If a rug or blankets under you isn’t enough, you can also use those removable wall hooks to hang moving blankets along the mostly empty flat walls in the room as those will be the major sources of echo If you find a lot of background noise or you are too muffled, yes a lapel mike is your best fix, but if that isn’t something you have right now, try connecting a pair of Bluetooth earbuds that have a built in microphone to your phone when you are recording. Most people already have a pair that that would work. Yes you will obviously be wearing earbuds, but it effectively moves the mic closer to your voice so it can help make you louder than the background noise.

I started the Peppermint Purple 2022 SAL after seeing your project. I am still VERY behind. Then, I started two PPSAL for 2023. Both are unfinished. But I have like 6 other smaller projects I want to finish and even more I haven't even started yet. I guess any progress is progress.

You definitely hit the mark on all 3 fronts! You always put a smile on my face!

As always love your videos and watch them all even if I'm not going to do whatever it's about. It was interesting learning how to start a flosstube.

Always love your channel! And one of the first things they tell you in film school is that people can forgive bad video, but they cannot forgive bad audio. They always used The Blair Witch Project as an example, haha! Great tips, I'll be following the growing your channel advice. I know I need to put more content out there. I have plans and ideas, but just need to get it together and do them! Thanks always for the inspiration!

Wow! Very interesting ❤

Thank you so much for the tips!

We can do a half cross stitch????

You could stitch your name! New to your channel!! Great content!!

Wow, that was impressive, hugely helpful, AND entertaining. Nailed it!! Super impressed with your knowledge and presentation. Loved it and favorited it. lol Awesome job! 😊

I feel very SEEN and am just- in love with your sweet sunny disposition …..I so appreciate learning how other crafters go about their work…..picking up an idea here and there to incorporate into my processing…l could go on and on….but I do love the much used phrase “ team work makes the dream work “….and I do love being a dreamer…..

That was really interesting Michelle! It is very clear you put a lot of effort in this video, packed with useful info! Congrats on your 3 year anniversary! 🎉🥰

my biggest turn offs for watching a floss tuber is that they watch themselves in the view finders . i love it when channels look at the lens instead like you btw. and YAS audio is a big one

Will I ever start a flosstube? Nope! Do I love listening to you talking.. obviously!!

Happy Channelversary!!!!

Just me trying desperately to fit about three years worth of questions and learning into as short a time as possible...and still coming out at nearly half an hour. Oops! Also at one point I said high-pass filter for echo, I definitely meant low-pass...clearly I am a true expert and should definitely be teaching it to others.

Thank you so very much. New subscriber & love your channel!

I’ve tried the sewing method but just couldn’t get the swing of it. I do love stitching in hand though. It’s kind of like reading an actual book versus reading on a tablet. I love the tactile sensation of the fabric in my hand BUT it does slow me down. I have three stands at the moment. 😂😂😂 Each one has a WIP on it AND they are ALL currently in my living room! 😂 Good thing I live alone - well my dog is here too but nobody else to complain about all my stitching stuff scattered about the house. Thanks for all the tips!!! Kevin

I love you and your videos ! So cute omg . And YES creatives are some of the most insecure people on the planet . ) you are NOT ALONE ! ;)

I don't do enough cross stitch to justify buying a Lowry workstand. My space is so small that I'd be better off with something that clamps to a table.

I highly recommend using aseprite for design work. I use it especially when I want to make a video game piece by importing the sprites to help when design. I like that you can export it in any image file and scale which I use to with flosscross since you can import pixel art.

Didn't know what a laying tool was until you explained it. I finally learned what railroading was a few months ago. I usually don't bother with it unless my stitches are really not looking right, and then I do the top leg. I've found that if I let the floss spin once in awhile it lays nicer and my worst stitches seem to be at the end of my thread.

Thank you for showing these techniques. I use both (although sometimes my laying tool is just another needle) and also the frog stitch. Sometimes I have to 'rip out' stitches and try again. Usually just one or two. Drop the thread. Railroad for a bit. And there should be an improvement. This happens mostly when I'm trying to use that last bit of floss. It's too short and getting twisted. I know that I shouldn't force 'just one more stitch.' It helps to end that thread and start with a new piece of floss.

Yep.....i heard ya...

Craft room is unique😊 (Tinwhistle, starship,), but it is so you... If it works, go with it!!!!!

Never know when you're going to need a warp speed starship😂

Hi from the US. I have been wanting to comment on a knitting video but they aren’t very recent. The next time you get the urge to knit, try the Entrelac style. It’s not for the faint of heart. But once you get you get it.

I tend to only railroad the top of my cross stitches, the bottom stitches can do what they like it's none of my business.

I have uneven hardwood floors and I have two 3lb hand weights that I put on the base plate. Keeps it from wobbling and allows you to stitch in different orientations more easily. You could also use a sandbag or books, anything heavy works well

Great Video. I am planning to sell my cross stitch patterns. Since I am a beginner to sell on e-commerce platfrom, should I start with Floss Cross(Free app) or I should go with WinStitch (Paid) for a better quality pattern maker for the buyers? Need your kind advise. Thank you.

Interesting, I will have to check that out!

I use a different method.i pull my needle close to the canvas till there is only a smal part of thread left between the hole and the needle. After i rotate my needle 90 degress, i hold my finger on the top of the needle (not the tip, but the part next to the hole thats facing the roof now) i hold the thread in my other hand and pull my needle till nearly the end of the thread. Since the needle is not sharp inside the hole it wont fray. But all the threads laying now next to each other. So i dont need anything else. It wont take long and last for many stitches. Its hard to explain but i tried my best 😂 hope you could understand😅

Thank you so much for the video! I’m possibly the world’s slowest stitcher due to some hand shenanigans, but this makes me think maybe using either of these techniques might make my floss chicken a little neater, instead of the stringy mess it usually becomes 😂

The laying method is very interesting, but to me the puffiness of the stitches gives the piece more texture and more life in my eyes. I feel having the laying tool would make the piece look too flat. It was interesting to learn, but I will stitck to not using the laying method.