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- čas přidán 25. 03. 2024
- Its another flosstube update and I have a finished Love Boats sampler for you! I also have a new market start and quilting wips!
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Home Sweet Home, Shakespeare’s Peddler 40 ct Forbidden Fiber, Praline called for
The Love Boats Sampler, Ardith Design 36 ct Weeks Dye Works, Charlotte’s Pink my own
Floral Motif Sampler, The Scarlett House 36 ct Tabby Cat, Just the Ticket Attic Silk Conversion
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Can always count on a wonderful flosstube from you about cross stitch
Love your finish and your progress on your beautiful wips. Happy stitching!
Love your finished video! You are the best!
I love watching your videos. And I totally agree with on Teresa Kogut. I think for the Jingle Ball I had to rein myself!!!
I think it's awesome you want to begin again making your own clothes. I just recently got back into that myself. It's "sew" much fun... ❤❤
Nice to see you back with cross stitching. Enjoy Stitch North!
Love your videos, love your stitching, you always make me smile. I have worn readers on the end of my nose for years. I don’t worry about what I look like. Happy stitching and I hope you reach K30 subscribers very soon.❤❤
Great floss tube!!!
OMG, Liz! I'm working on the "Winter Rose Manor" house. Yikes! That house is a beast!!!!
Liz, it's so important not to be straining your eyes. Just wear the readers. When you get up to my age (72) you'll be glad you took good care of your eyes. It's not a matter of getting dependent on them. As we grow older the need grows greater it doesn't lessen. Keep protecting your eyes. They're the only ones you have.
Great stitching!
Great to visit with you.
Loved hanging out with you today!
Happy spring!
❤Deb
Thanks Deb!! ❤️
Totally hear you on fabric size/magnification. I now stick to 14 and 16ct aida and light colored 28ct linens because otherwise I need magnification and I just don't want to go down that route. I have tried readers and clip-on magnifiers (I wear glasses) and it's just not something I want to deal with. I just want to sit down, stitch and relax. Enjoyed your video and am so looking forward to your framing one. I have a WIP in mind that will be my framing guinea pig. 😬
Besides half readers 3.0 seems like a big jump. I started lower - 1.25, 1.5. One of the pleasures of aging 😊
So glad you did just a cross stitch video! You are so talented in all you do sewing, quilting, knitting etc. but I prefer to watch stitching . 🪡🧵💕
You can get half readers or ones that are clear on the top. Your Love Boat Sampler finish is beautiful! Happy Stitching.
Liz, I’m so glad you put both blues at the bottom of your Love Boats, I know it wasn’t your favorite, but it was worth it, so amazing!
I think you were starting your new finish when I first started watching you I love how it turned out and looking forward to your finish. Have fund at Stitch North I know a few people I stitch with once a month are going I'm going to Stitch West inApril My first stitch retreat ever. I have been to many scrapbook retreats Can't Wait
You crack me up changing the finish date on your sampler. You are so honest and diligent. For me , all the years blend together and 2 years from now I won't remember what happened in 23 v 24 and nothing is worth frogging :)
So excited to see you at Stitch North week 2!!! I’ll bring my Floral Motif WIP!!!
Yay!! See you there!
Great video!! Boy do you look like your momma, pretty ladies. Load several needles of different colors so it is easier to grab a color and stitch a few stitches. Also try smaller lenses readers, easier to look over. Dollar Tree has some super fun framed readers for a buck 25 and at that price you could have many pairs😂
❤️the video your stitching is so beautiful!!
I saw an ad for progressive readers so you can look up to a clear lens for tv and look down for magnification. I haven’t tried them, I do the low nose thing! But I might. Thought you might find this helpful.
If you get a smaller framed reader you can just look over them.
I need magnification too, but I found a HUGE score…… Amazon has readers that have magnification on the bottom and clear ‘ zero magnification’ on top. Try them…. You’ll love them! Pinky swear!
Ooh that sounds like just what I need!
I broke down and go the half moon readers. Much easier to look over them. :)
I had my cataracts removed and omg now I have to use readers for even 18 ct. less for reading a paper, 3 for most and 3.5 for anything more than 18. Hence won’t be over 36 and that’s rare in my choices.
You can use those magnet things to keep a large piece of linen rolled up even when working in hand.
Hi!! I so love your video, so many ideas and so inspiring. I think after the quilt im making I want to make the quilt you're making its so pretty. I'm surprised at fat quarter shop on those cloth bitties, they are price gouging on that item I buy those magnetic things on Amazon, and I get 20 of them for 16 bucks.
Elizabeth Ann, you are so organized and productive! I am in awe of your many varied crafting skills. Your FlossTube and other
crafting videos always make me feel more motivated.
Thank you! 🤩🤩🤩
Hello kitties! 🐈⬛🐈🐈
I buy my readers from Walgreens, wait for one of their great sales. Buy a pair that has a smaller lens, so you can easily look up and see the TV. I even bought a pair with led lights, they work great when I need to rip out a seam.
oooh good tip!
Lovely seeing you today. I love your flowery plans. Don’t stress about reading glasses, they will definitely become your friend. Love and blessings xx
Love your Love Boat finish! The colors are beautiful! Glad to see you stitching again! Like all your spring stitching ideas!
Love Boats looks great! Sorry you weren't able to order the frame for it. I can't believe it's already time for Stitch North again!
Thanks Helen!! It was so weird, I was like why wont you let me give you money??
Yes honey everybody uses the readers just like you described. Slid down on their nose so they can watch TV above the glasses. I’m 65 years old and I still use like a 1.75. Are you sure you need a 3.0? That just seems like such a drastic first step into readers. I just want you to have the best experience possible. 💕💕
Liz...love everything you shared...congratulations on your lovely finish...best wishes ❤❤
Thank you for sharing your finish., love that pink.
The Love Boat sampler looks fabulous! It was so nice to see an update on your cross stitched pieces.😊. Welcome to "eyes over 40" 😂. I swear, my excellent vision seemed to disappear overnight shortly after I turned 40. Thank God for magnification! Happy stitching!
Thanks so much for sharing. Congrats for the love boat finish
Brampton is where Stitch North is. Yes though B cities are easily mixed up. I will miss Stitch North this year but got to meet you briefly last year there
Hi Elizabeth Ann. On the magnification topic, take a look at Mag Eyes. They have been around for ages and ages. They allow you to look down through them but you can very easily look over them for the tv. They aren’t the most attractive look, but it’s about seeing our fabric, not looking attractive, right?
I’ve tried one of the magnifiers that hang around your neck and that wasn’t too bad - I couldn’t do regular magnifying readers because I do have rx glasses I ought to be wearing (problem is - my regular glasses I can’t stitch in without the magnifier, and the rx readers I can’t watch tv in) but it’s still annoying enough that I keep using my old method of just wearing neither set of glasses and accepting that it won’t be ideal for either stitching or tv, lol!
Magnification tip: I have an Ott Light magnifier that hangs around my neck for like $15 (with a coupon) at Joanns. It also has a light if you want it that is battery operated...It's easy to take with me and I only use it for smaller count fabrics. Great for on the go! And if you only occaisonally need magnification. Love your videos and tutorials!
Oh my gosh your Home Sweet Home is gorgeous! Love the colors!
That love boat print is GORGEOUS!! very well done. I use cheap readers and the clip on for magnification. They have to sit lower on my nose so I can watch tv and stitch. No biggie….OMG that sampler is stunning in color. Simply love it. I have used your project bag tutorial so many times. Very easy to do. You are so busy!!!! Have a great week. Debbie
Love boat is gorgeous! I am definitely a peer over the glasses at the TV stitcher but often choose knitting or crochet in the evening so I don’t have to wear them!
Liz I love love your Ardith Design finish. I made note of your conversation. You are looking good Liz keep up the good work. 🐈🐈🐈⬛
Thank you!!
Thank you for another video. You continue to amaze!
FYI. The trick with readers is getting the half lens size which makes it easier to see over the reader without having them so low on your nose that they slip off 😊
Love your stitching pieces! Beautiful!!
Congratulations on your finish. It is beautiful. I really enjoy your videos and all the crafting. I'm so excited to be at Stitch Con with you, and hopefully, we can chat for a few. Have a wonderful Easter.
I buy readers that are the “half size” in the height. Forty is the normal age when our eyes change and we need magnification. The half glasses allow you to look over them with no lens there which is great for sewing and needlework. Just get them instead of the full lens type and I think you will like them so much more.
I’m so w/you on spring not being my favorite season. I’m in Florida so fall is my favorite followed by winter, summer then spring. Your love boat is beautiful! Great job! I also am obsessed w/ Julie. She was the first flosstube I watched & have followed since. Love her. Thanks for sharing. Always a pleasure watching you.
Your finish is so pretty on the pink. Can you please list where you get frames. Buy half glasses and you won’t have to wear them so low on your nose. Easy to see over.
Congratulations on finishing Love Boats, it’s great! Your WIPS are all such great projects, some are pretty close to being finishes. I love Prairie Schooler charts, you’ve got some really great ones, and I agree they are very classic designs. Hope you decide to participate in the smalls exchange, you shared so many good options. Lovely floss bling for you and your Mom and sisters! Have fun stitching!
Beautiful stitches! You enabled me to try silks the first time for the Floral Motif Sampler. Ordered the floss and fabric for Christmas from the Attic, and I LOVE it! You are at the age where glasses will likely be required for different tasks. It is a bummer, but reality. lol
Love your stitching and videos! You need to have your own brand! I was watching the documentary on Martha Stewart and thought of you-- this is how Elizabeth Ann got started!! Your enthusiasm and attention to detail make you very special ❤ I think you will hit 30K subs this week or next.
I have done my own needlework framing for years now. I have recently ordered from 3 Etsy shops who have great prices. I do supply my own foam core for pinning, but to get a frame and glass at reasonable prices is a game changer. They are Craig Frames, The Rusty Roof, and Helricks Framing.
Also the Love Boat sampler is beyond gorgeous-your conversion is beautiful with your fabric! Great job ❤
Thank you so much!
I followed your tutorial for the Picnic Patchwork baby quilt and made one as a gift and it turned out great ! Thankyou , I think this pattern will be a go to quilt for gifting its so lovely. 🥰
So excited you’re going to stitch con. I can’t wait to meet you. I’m in College Station
Oh yay! See you there!
Woohoo!! So glad to hear you're coming to Stitch North weekend 2 in BRAMPTON this year - me too!! (although it's only a very short drive for me)
I have Prairie Birds in my stash and now I know why. Your Prairie Birds finishes are so pretty! I'm inspired to work on mine now. :)
Wow, I remember your first video. I'm so happy for you! Hey from Dallas! ❤
The transition lenses work great.
Liz! Greetings from Dallas! I just found your flosstube through Cam right around Market and have been enjoying them. I, too, am in Texas and understand your aversion to Spring. I’ve been dealing with allergies for the past couple of weeks. Ugh! I’m going to be at Stitch North the same weekend as you and hope to meet you there!
Look for readers in half glasses. I have an old pair. I now use mag eyes. Very light and I use the headband on the top of my head. Available in all strength and excellent for stitching and watching tv.
Congrats on finishing Love Boat, it's beautiful! You are so multi talented! I think it's wonderful that you can knit sweaters & wear them, that is an art...to me. Can't wait to see what you will sew.
Thank you so much!
Heading to Stitch North weekend 2 as well! Never been to a xstitch retreat before or to Toronto either. It’s in Brampton. Hope I get to meet you. Or I might just be overwhelmed and sit in the corner!😊
Finished my smalls exchange, working on my table treats for Stitch North.
Summer…in Texas?? You surprise me. I’m a heat weenie. Had a little place in Arizona for winters and couldn’t even handle that so live under the redwoods year round now. Viva la difference! Stitch North sounds so great! And OH those Prairie Birds! I love them! Sally in Northern California 😁
I wear 3.0 readers and get half glasses so when you look up from your project you aren’t looking through your readers. I love the small motifs you’ve done on Home Sweet Home.
I stitch the same way but I use the little 1/2 glasses that I can see over without moving them up and down all the time. It really works well and those 1/2 readers are available on Amazon too.
When I reached my 40’s it took me awhile before I realized why I wasn’t enjoying stitching anymore. I was struggling to see the holes. Readers don’t work for me due to astigmatism so I have prescription reading glasses but now I need additional help so I use MagEyes with my glasses. Nothing wrong with needing sight help.
Neck lights are great
I use different level of readers for different counts of fabric so that I'm only using what I actually need on a project. Mine range from 2.0 to 3.5 and I just keep a cup with a pair of each next to where I stitch. I do need readers to actually read these days, but I only need 1.25 for that.
Your videos are the best!
Liz, when you start using the magnifiers, you won't go back. Your eyes won't tire out so easily, and it will be even more enjoyable to stitch. I love those Prairie Birds. Thank you so much for showing them. May I ask where you got your frames for them? I just bought the Prairie Bird booklet recently and I can't wait to start them.
Thank you! The frames were from hobby lobby several years ago but I’ve seen similar there since. They’re actually decor pieces with some little print painted on the inside of the frame that I covered with my stitching! The frames are 4x4 and I stitched mine on 32 ct
I’m SO excited to meet you IRL next month! 😭😭😭 I’m about 99% sure I’m gonna cry 🤣
stoppp i cant WAIT!!
There are readers you can purchase readers that are clear up top and have the reader on the bottom.
Your love boat sampler is stunning! I guess not liking block stitching explains your love of stripey sweaters, lol. Once you hit about 40, the lens of your eye starts hardening and seeing up close gets harder. I can only stitch on linen with magnification, so I have to keep that in mind. I keep projects on easier counts/fabrics so I have some non-magnified options.
Beautiful Elizabeth!
I totally understand not wanting to use readers! I also started losing ability to see higher counts at 40, and at 44 I now use progressive contacts/glasses and can at least see 32 ct normally again.
Oh my goodness....talking about magnifiers and trying to see the TV. I wear readers with a clip on, flip up magnifier. I have to have the clip on to stitch. I flip it up to use just my readers to read the chart. I look over top of both, in order to see TV. The struggle is real!! 😂
Awwww I’m so excited to meet you! I hug prewarning 😂❤❤❤
aww yay!
How about 1/2 frame reading glasses? I know lots of teachers who use them for paperwork. Love your FINISH!
OMG you are so funny having to wear mag glasses for the first time. I’ve been wearing them for about a year now and I also put them on the edge of my nose to watch tv. My hubby has to wear glasses just to get to the restroom so he doesn’t tease me. Our bodies get old, but our minds don’t want us to😅
40 is the “magic age” for eye changes😬and the 1/2 glasses are what you are look for-they are made to look over…I get mine at Peepers-they have what they call Skinny Minis-great quality
thank you!
Your stitching is beautiful, as always, Liz. I look forward to meeting you at StitchCon. In the meantime, enjoy Stitch North and seeing your friends again. Say hello to my friend Michele @lolasgirlstitches.
See you at stitch con!
Hi just wanted to let you know that they do have computer readers with graduation so that you don’t have to look over your readers to watch tv. Mine are foster grant and I get them at Walgreens.
I can totally relate to the eyesight woes! I stitch almost everything on forty count and got so annoyed when it started getting harder to see! I started with cheaters too and then eventually caved and got reading glasses. Watching tv while stitching now makes me feel like I'm imitating my grandma with the whole glasses on the end of my nose move. 😂 Friggin forties!!
freakin forties man! 😂
Awww, you’re officially in your 40s needing magnification 😂 - you and I both wearing our glasses at the bottom of our nose so we can watch tv.
I’m glad you mentioned to subscribe. I thought I had… I wasn’t. But now am.
Thanks! 💗
Oh, the glasses dilemma :D :D I was laughing so hard! Your struggle is real - but if this helps: I need my normal glasses otherwise i cannot see the tv anymore AND i need a reader to see my stitching. I feel miserable with my double glasses. Probably I should get a proper stitching and watching tv glasses but I feel strange, since I am not using readers for anything else...
yeah I wear contacts daily for my near sightedness and astigmatism, I've worn contacts or glasses since I was a little kid but the magnification is new!! agh
I took a piece to Michael’s 3 weeks ago to get a quote on framing for 70% off. I went in the evening and got the store manager that didn’t have a clue. He measured the fabric not the design! He said “well, if it’s same size as one you’ve had before it’d be same price”. Duh! I brought it home and took it back when the framing manager that is awesome! I told her what happened, she wasn’t surprised. Turned out the $89 package they have was a few dollars cheaper than the 70% off. I’m hoping they call yet today or tomorrow! I started wearing glasses when I was 40, straight to bifocals. I will also be at A for Stitch Con. Haven’t decided about small exchange but right now I think doubtful.
Hi! First off I love your flosstubes so much! You are such a talented woman and so cute and down to earth!!!! Just wanted to ask you a quick question about the “frills” spool that you used or are going to use for your seaside. Can you please share with me what size spool you need to do that? What size yours is? Thank you so much!!!! I appreciate you!!! P,s, I also watch your knitting flosstubes and I don’t even stitch!!! You are the best! Have a great day. 😊
See you at Stitch Con A
I went out to run an errand a while ago and my car had had a bird fly over. ERK! It wasn't bad but the season is young. I so wish I could meet you at Stitch North. I'm actually only about an eight hour drive away but alas one must pick and choose. I have a retreat later this year that will be a 17 hour drive and I'm all signed up for that. I'm in the same boat as you though about which small to stitch. Arrgghh, the choice is so difficult. Awwww, Sharon is so kind to think of all the other ladies in your family. Wait, wait, what's the punch line? 😅
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When you said you are 40, my eyes were SO WIDE. I've been watching you for a couple years and definitely thought you were 30 at most. You have lovely skin (:
Oh thank you 😀