FlossTube #23: Third time’s a charm! Come see what I mean…
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- čas přidán 26. 04. 2024
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New Starts
1. Falling Snow by Shannon Christine Designs, stitched 1 over 2 on 40 ct White by Zweigart, dyed with Rite dye, color Teal using called for DMC & beads
2. Cat with Green Scarf by CrossStitchTR (Etsy), stitched 1 over 2 on 40 ct White by Zweigart using called for DMC
WIPs
1. Rose Quaker by Stickideen von der Wiehenburg, stitched 1 over 2 on 36 ct Antique Lace by Seraphim Fabrics using called for DMC
Freebies
1. Hello Spring by Lizzie Kate - www.lizziekate.com/Hello%20Sp...
Haul
1. Grace Gill - 1838 by Little Robin designs (MARKET 2024)
2. Elisabeth Nichols 1826 by Lucy Beam Love In Stitches
3. Maris Doll from Moonlight Crochet on Etsy
4. Poly bags from Amazon - 9x12” (Quantity 100) www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
5. Poly bags from Amazon - 6x9” (Quantity 200) www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
Love your backdrop today with your beautiful stitching. Looking forward to the tour of your room. Yes--starting a new project is perfectly fine!
Hi there Carroll! Thank you so much for your kind comment!! And hearing that starting a new project is fine makes me do a happy dance in my head, like what I remember seeing on the Charlie Brown cartoons when Schroeder plays the piano!! Haha! I hope you know the scene I’m talking about 😀 Happy stitching!!
Falling snow is gorgeous. Love the color. I was scared to dye, and like you finally just did it. I did a blue. I liked it and that's all that counts. The only thing my fabric shrunk. So glad your back!!
Hi there Jane! It’s nice to hear that I wasn’t the only one who was a bit apprehensive to try the dyeing process 😊 You know I never noticed if the fabric shrank…it may have?! I’ll have to take a closer look the next time I pull it out to stitch on it. And I’m thrilled to be back!! I hope you find some stitchy time this week.
Thank you. I have been looking forward to your video all week. While watching I realized how much I enjoy your pace of sharing. You share the chart long enough for someone stitching to look up an see it. The nice long views of your progress is also perfect, especially the close views. See you next week ❤
Hi Jeanna, thanks so much for your feedback. It’s a bit hard to understand if the videos are working if users don’t leave comments so I really appreciate you taking the time to do that. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and happy stitching!
Thanks for the dyeing steps. I've never dyed anything before, but yours turned out so beautiful! I like a teal color, also. I used to always work on one piece, until it was done. This year I have started so many new patterns and kits. And I love it. I don't seem to get bored, and I get excited, about working on something different. I am starting a new project every holiday, the first day of the month, a new season, my birthday, my anniversary, and I had a leap year huge project start. It was all a lot of fun. I hope you have a great week and see you next time.
Jill, I’m thrilled for you! I used to be a monogamous stitcher…I really never thought to work on more than one project at a time until I found FlossTube two years ago. I’m so happy I did since just like you I find it so much fun to work on multiple things at the same time! I used to get bored when working on a single project. I’m already looking at starting a few more things and the hardest part is deciding which ones to start! But I’ll take that type of problem any time…haha! 😊 I hope you have lots of fun stitching this week!
You inspired me yet again with "Wear Wool", I too love the irregular border motifs! You did a lovely job on this pattern and I am anxious to get it kitted up and started.
Good for you, Kelly! If you have things you’ve stitched or you’re currently stitching that is a little out of the norm but also beautiful, please share. I would love to know. You will absolutely love stitching Wear Wool. I find that the interesting thing with patterns like these is that you get a lot of variety. There’s at least 10 or more very different elements that make up this design…so much fun! Happy stitching!!
Sharon my name is Christy Hawk. I left a comment on Pam and Steph of Just Keep Stitchin on how beautiful your work is. They tape on Sunday nights. I usually watch them Monday mornings. I told them to watch episode #20 to see all your work. I hope they mention you this week. Take care.
It’s so nice to meet you Christy! And how very kind of you to mention me to Pam and Steph of Just Keep Stitchin 😊 I’m really glad you’re enjoying what you’re seeing on my channel. I love this hobby of ours and I hope that comes through in my videos. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and get in lots of stitching!!
I like your dyed fabric. It's great to try something new.
Thank you, Linda! I’m thrilled with it and the whole process was so much easier and less work than I thought it would be. I waited sooooooo long (months really!!) to even try it which is kinda funny and a little bit embarrassing 🫢!!! I hope you’re finding some time to stitch this week!!
Enjoyed. Love the kitty project. ❤
So glad! 😊 I’m actually working on the kitty project right now. I hope you’re having some stitchy time tonight!!
Hi again Sharon. My stitching week went great. I did 3 Mill Hill kits. Finished each and fully finished them as well. My Carolyn Manning project. In her quilt series called Garden Maze, is there colors away from completion. I have never stitched a project that way. But it seams to work well on this 153 x 153 full coverage piece.
Another exciting thing we took my oldest granddaughter ( she will be seven on memorial day) to the American Girl doll store downtown Chicago yesterday to get her a doll and some excessories (spelling air there, but I think you understand what I’m getting at)
It was so much fun. We took pictures of her face when she found out that’s where she was going. It was worth $1 million a lot of walking, we took the train and then we walked from the train to the store and back again. I am so glad I get to sit and stitch today. I still have to recuperate from all that walking. See you again soon.
Wow, Diana! What an amazing week you’ve had. Your stitching progress is unbelievable! I’ve only done one Mill Hill kit so far and thoroughly enjoyed it. You finished 3 of those and you’re closer to a finish on your Carolyn Manning project this week, that’s incredible. I can only imagine how thrilled your granddaughter was to go to that store. She is a perfect age for that. Enjoy your stitching today and just relax 😀
Congrats on your new endeavor to try dyeing your own fabric. Great job.
Hi there Gloria! Thank you so much. It’s crazy how long I waited just because I was a bit scared to do it!! I hope you’re finding some stitchy time this week 😀
Falling snow is beautiful, but after that it can go! I have one of Shannon Christine’s snow designs too that I want to start. Might need to get a cone of white for it. I love seeing your framed pieces on the wall, and your WIPs.
Brenda, what a kind comment! I am thrilled with my recent re-start of my Shannon Christine design. And I don’t even mind the white stitching…lol!! I hope you’re finding some fun stitchy time this week 😀
I think your hand-dyeing experiment went very well. Hand-dyes are *very* different than commercially dyed fabrics -- and yours turned out well. Adding vinegar is for acid dyeing for silk and wool; the salt enanbles plant fibres (like linen and cotton) to absorb the dye better. Your snow piece is going to be lovely. (I live in Canada -- up in central Alberta -- say, a day's drive north from the border with Montana -- so yeah; we know from snow up here!)
Hi again Margaret, thank you for the kind comment. I lived most of my life in Virginia Beach, VA in the mid-Atlantic seaboard of the US. We were lucky if we saw snow every few years so I love seeing it. One of my favorite things is to watch snow fall. I think it’s just so peaceful and beautiful. Wow, you must see a bunch of snow and I couldn’t imagine the cold temperatures that you experience!
Always enjoy your videos. I love the colors on the Rose Quaker, so pretty! One day I hope to stitch that Shannon Christian. Was the wind blowing in the background? Love the sound. See you next week. Start all the things! 😊
Hi there Rhonda! Thank you so much for your kind comment. And yes, the wind was blowing like crazy outside! I almost waited until tomorrow to record the video but I really wanted to have it available to everyone today. And I’m thrilled that you’re enjoying the videos. That makes it all worthwhile.😊 Happy stitching!!
@@everydaystitcher I, throughly, enjoyed listening to the wind blowing in the background. Glad you didn't wait to record. Still waiting for Mokitty to show us his sweet face. I didn't realize he was 16. He does deserve his naps. I had a cat, that passed away 2 years ago. He was just shy of 20.
Wow Rhonda! That’s amazing that your kitty loved to be almost 20. And it was indeed a super blustery day when I recorded 😀
I have all the things to dye my own fabric, too! But, I am also scared! Maybe I'll pull the plug when I'm on summer vacation!
I absolutely think you should give fabric dyeing a try. It took me a couple of months before I tried it with the fabric and liquid dye just sitting in the small dishpan I purchased from Walmart all that time. I also use the same container for other things too like hand washing clothing etc. so it’s dual purpose. My next thing to try is to coffee/tea dye some fabric. I bought some pink linen by Zweigart for a project and I need to tone down the pink and make it look aged. Good luck! Let me know how it goes for you! I hope you’re having a great stitchy weekend 😀
Still AMAZING!🎉
You are too kind!
No. You are too AMAZING.
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Awwww….. thank you! 😊
Beautiful projects!! Rose Quaker is gorgeous! As I watched your video, I sat here stitching on my G Leger. Seeing yours behind you is inspiring me to get mine finished. I was wondering how much of the Rit dye you used out of that size bottle to dye your one piece of linen?
Thank you!!
Thank you so much for your kind comment! I love that you’re stitching G. Leger. That particular chart is the first one that I fell in love with, purchased and starting stitching when I returned to cross stitch. I had never seen anything like it and thought it was absolutely beautiful…I still do! It has a special place in my heart because of that significance. On the Rit dye, it says to use 3 gallons of water with 4 oz (1/2 bottle) of the due for every pound of fabric. My piece of fabric for the stitch weighed only a few ounces so I ended up using 1 gallon of water and approx 1.5 ounces of dye. I used a small plastic rectangular dishpan from Walmart in my sink to dye the fabric. A gallon of water was just a few inches deep. I would definitely dye fabric again if I needed to. In fact, there’s a project I want to stitch at some point on linen that I want to be an aged soft pink color. I bought pink colored linen by Zweigart (actually it might be an evenweave but I’m not sure without looking). The linen/evenweave? is beautiful but not aged looking. I’m planning to coffee or tea dye it at some point for that project. Happy stitching!!
Hi Sharon, love your wear wool finish, it is lovely! And I love the background with your framed pieces behind you! Happy Stitching!! 😊 Love the falling snow too, lovely colors! What teals/blues are you using?
Awwwww Lori…thank you so much! You are so nice to leave such a kind comment 😊 Happy stitching!
Hi Sharon, another enjoyable flosstube! I've been thinking about dying fabric. My one concern though is that it will stain the kitchen sink. I don't have a slop sink, only kitchen and bathrooms. Did you have that happen? Does the dye come out easily?
Hi there! I had that very same concern. I used a small white plastic dish pan (roughly 12x18”) that I got from Walmart. The dye did leave a very faint teal color on the dish pan where the top of the water was. I probably could have just soaked the pan in a bleach solution to make it pristine white again but it didn’t matter to me since I’ll likely use it again for dyeing. I have a white Corian integrated sink and was afraid it would get terribly stained when I poured out the dyed water from the dishpan and when rinsing out my fabric after the dyeing process. It didn’t stain at all! I did have water running when I was emptying the dishpan and rinsing the fabric. And yes, the dye rinsed out super quick. I would definitely do it again. Hope this helps and happy stitching😀
I look forward to seeing your framed Mary 395. I can just see the edge. Did you mount and frame that project or have it done? Have a great week of stitching!
Hi there Kay! I did frame it myself. It is a beauty. It’s more visible in last week’s video (FlossTube #22) and I think I showed both of the large samplers behind me when they were first framed in FlossTube #20). I had a 3 month hiatus from CZcams and I returned in early April with FlossTube #20. If you haven’t seen them, I think you would really enjoy them😊 I hope you are finding lots of stitching time this weekend!!
@@everydaystitcher Here I thought I was keeping up with your FTs! Yes, I will go back to see Mary on earlier videos. Thank you. (Karen C, initials “KC” or KayC)
No worries at all Karen! I hope you see it. What do you go by…Karen, Kay, etc? Please let me know. I love being able to respond back to people with whatever name they wish to be called 😊