I love spools, and your tutorial is wonderfully done. Thank you for sharing the websites, I really appreciate the information. I'm now a new subscriber.
Thank you Christina for the very helpful tutorial. I’m attending a retreat and I wanted to give a spool that holds scissors in the top hole with a stitched band, your tutorial came at the right time. Thanks again from 🇨🇦
What a wonderful tutorial showing us how to finish off Spools and I know that I will be looking out for some vintages spools down the track. Your display of spools also looked great!
Stunning work, I will have to have my husband look in his stash (he is the collector of all things!!) to see what he has. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Brilliant and inspirational! My head is spinning! Just love these and the clarity of your presentation outstanding! Bravo! I must make one for each grandchild to grow up with.
I am so glad that I stumbled across your tutorial. Your work is beautiful. I love the look of the fine stitch work on the spools, they are such a lovely way to display your spools ans bobbins. Thank you for you wonderful free stitch pattern too. I am so excited to begin this project.
I made my spool!! It turned out ok I need to make a change to the back lacing! It was very fun!! I understand why you had an extra pair of hands to help you!!
Thank you so much for this tutorial!! I have 2 spools my father bought me at a little antique shop several years ago! I’ve tried putting a piece on but didn’t know how!! I’ll try again now!! Your spools and stitching are just amazing!!! 🪡🪡🧵🧵💛
Thanks for the excellent tutorial, Christine! I love the way you put the stitching on the spools, looks so nice. Will definitely try this at some point. I hope you are seeking professional help regarding your spool collecting situation 😄 lol. They really are lovely, and so nice to have pieces of the past to admire. Your hubby did an excellent job. Take care, and happy stitching.
Lol. Thank you, Brenda. I should have shown my first few attempts at spool finishing. They were stitched as gifts, so I don’t have them to hand. But they definitely weren’t as neat as the spools that I showed in the video! 😉
Fantastic video Christina. DEFINATELY motivates me to get at it. Easy peasy. Now to find some spools. I may just be forced to buy my Tommy a lathe and get some custom made as I need them!🥰👍🏻💋. Thank you to you and your Tom too
Just beautiful, Christine! Thank you so much for that demonstration! I’ve only done one before, but your tutorial has shown me how to make mine look much more professional! I hope your “hand model” didn’t charge you too much🤣🥰
Greetings Christina...having followed your Flosstube since the very beginning, I do know how much you love a spool! Thank you so much for this tutorial. Your spool finishes are always so beautiful so it is wonderful to see how you do it. Cheers from Canada.
Thank you for this wonderful video tutorial, Christina! The beautiful stitching mounted to the spools is such a unique and lovely way to display your work. I’m very inspired to try this finishing technique. I appreciate your fantastic tutorial!
love love love this so much Christine - Thank you for doing this - so informative and you explained it so well that I am now searching on ebay for some spools lol - thank you again Vykky x
Christina, thank you for sharing your technique, your instructions are very clear. My question is on what website dis you find the printable graph paper? Tell Tom he should be a hand model!
So beautiful and so very helpful. I’ve wondered how people handle those bobbins. Do you finger press on the edges that are laced together or only the top and bottom?
Thank you, Colleen! I only finger press the top and bottom edges. I have tried to finger press the edges that are laced, but it meant the corners became very 'bulky'and I didn't like the look. I hope that makes sense?! 🥰
Thank you, Carmen! 🥰 I don’t do anything to the sides of the fabric. Very occasionally, a thread comes away as I’m handling the sampler during the finishing, but once the sampler is in place (as you can see from the spools that I’ve shown), it doesn’t seem to be an issue at all! 👌🏻
Oh Christine, what a great tutorial. I have an extremely small collection of spool that I have wanted yo do this for years. But also on vintage mini rolling pins. I do have one question. Do you do anything to the raw edge of the fabric beyond the backstitching sides where the eyelets are? I now have to go buy Margaret's sampler because 12 February is my birthday too. Yes...next weekend. I said that and my husband who only heard the year of Margaret's birth said " Heidi you are not that old" lol!! Happy stitching 🧵
Lol. That made me laugh! I don’t do anything to the raw edge…other than be careful as I’m handling it when finishing. Once the lacing is in place, the tension of the thread seems to prevent any fraying. 👌🏻Margaret’s sampler chart is not yet available. I hope to release it in the near future. ❤
@@WhilstIrisNaps Thanks...I will be careful. I was going to treat myself to that chart this week as a birthday present but will look out for it in the future.
Thank you, Rita! ❤ I have tried finger pressing the vertical edges, but it then meant that the corners were bulky, and I didn’t like the look! Once the lacing has been done, the tension of the thread means that there is no fraying of the fabric. 👌🏻
Thank you for this video. I've been looking at spools ever since. Do you buy spools first and find a chart to fit or do the chart first then search for a spool?
When I am considering mounting one of my antique sampler reproductions onto a spool, I firstly work out what the design size of the sampler will be, on either 36ct fabric (my preferred count) or 40ct. I then measure the spools I have, to see if any are suitable. The spools can be adapted slightly too. With my freebie samplers, the circumference of the spools I wanted to mount them onto, was around a half inch too short. So I wrapped tape around the spool until it was the required measurement. I hope that makes sense?! ❤
Beautiful pieces. Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. My spools will not work with your charts, (too short or way too tall..9”)so how do figure out a chart that would work. I’m sure there will be math involved!😬😁 Thank you, again.
It does! All sampler charts should provide a stitch count. Say, 80w x 100h. If I stitch on 40ct linen, that’s 20 crosses to every 1 inch of fabric (if you are stitching over 2 threads). So I divide 80 by 20. 4 inches. And 100 by 20. 5 inches. The sampler will be 4 inches by 5 inches on 40ct. I hope this helps. It always sounds so much more complicated when I try to put it into words! 😉
Thank you for the video! Do you have a technique for attaching a longer, narrow stitched piece that you want to roll onto the spool and then when someone wants to see the piece they would unroll it to view and roll it back up to set it on the shelf?
@@WhilstIrisNaps I've been puzzling over this one - how to attach it without adding the bulk that ties would make. Maybe leaving a large border on the left edge and attaching little clothing snaps? Any input would be welcome!
Just looking at your very helpful tutorial - it seems you leave raw edges out from the eyelets? Won't this fray or is it turned under somehow? Thanks 🤔
Hi Barbara, yes, I leave the edges raw. I have tried turning them under before, but don't like the 'bulky' look to the fabric that this gives (I hope this makes sense?!) I handle the fabric with care when fixing it to the spool, and it rarely frays. Adding lightweight fusible interfacing can help with this, and gives the fabric stability. Once the lacing is in place, the fabric doesn't fray because of the tension and placement of the thread. I know this method is not everyone's cup of tea, but it works for me, and I love the look! 💗
I love spools, and your tutorial is wonderfully done. Thank you for sharing the websites, I really appreciate the information. I'm now a new subscriber.
Thank you! I'm so pleased that you found the tutorial helpful. 🧵
Thank you Christina for the very helpful tutorial. I’m attending a retreat and I wanted to give a spool that holds scissors in the top hole with a stitched band, your tutorial came at the right time. Thanks again from 🇨🇦
Oh, fabulous! I’d love to see it when it’s done! 👌🏻
Thank you, Christina. That was a wonderful tutorial. Your spools always look so lovely. Beautiful finishing!
Thank you, Janet! 🧵
What a wonderful tutorial showing us how to finish off Spools and I know that I will be looking out for some vintages spools down the track.
Your display of spools also looked great!
Thank you, Lucinda! 💗
Stunning work, I will have to have my husband look in his stash (he is the collector of all things!!) to see what he has. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Thank you, Judy! ❤
18:43 Thank You ,love your spools,and work ! Look forward to seeing you again soon. Take care,love from Canada !
Thank you, Estelle! ❤
Brilliant and inspirational! My head is spinning! Just love these and the clarity of your presentation outstanding! Bravo! I must make one for each grandchild to grow up with.
Thank you so much, Marialice! I think that is a lovely thing to do for your grandchildren. 💗
I am so glad that I stumbled across your tutorial. Your work is beautiful. I love the look of the fine stitch work on the spools, they are such a lovely way to display your spools ans bobbins. Thank you for you wonderful free stitch pattern too. I am so excited to begin this project.
Thank you for your kind words, Pat! ❤
I made my spool!! It turned out ok I need to make a change to the back lacing! It was very fun!! I understand why you had an extra pair of hands to help you!!
An extra pair of hands definitely helps! I'm so pleased you enjoyed the process. It gets easier with each one you do. 👌
Thank you so much for this tutorial!! I have 2 spools my father bought me at a little antique shop several years ago! I’ve tried putting a piece on but didn’t know how!! I’ll try again now!! Your spools and stitching are just amazing!!! 🪡🪡🧵🧵💛
Oh, that’s great, Kathy! ❤
This is so Beautiful and Amazing ! Thank you for this Tutorial ! From Michigan, USA
I’m so pleased you found it helpful, Patricia! 💗
Lovely! A spool is a wonderful tool for displaying a small sampler. Thank you for sharing your technique. Now a need a spool. ;D.
Thank you, Lori! Good luck with your hunt for spools! 🧵
Thanks for the excellent tutorial, Christine! I love the way you put the stitching on the spools, looks so nice. Will definitely try this at some point. I hope you are seeking professional help regarding your spool collecting situation 😄 lol. They really are lovely, and so nice to have pieces of the past to admire. Your hubby did an excellent job. Take care, and happy stitching.
😂 I will be sure to seek help! While I’m there, I may also mention my chart collection, because that too is getting out of hand! 😉
Excellent job Christina! Tom was a superb assistant 😁
He was ok! 😂😉
Thank you Christine and Tom (for his valuable assistance!) for this video. I actually think I might be able to attempt it! Take care
Thank you, Sarah! I hope you do give it a try! 🤞🏻
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial! What a beautiful finish!
Thank you! I hope you found it helpful. ❤
Thank you so much for this video. I will need to replay this many times.
I’m so pleased it is going to be useful, Pat. ❤
Thank you for this tutorial. I have the beginnings of my collection - 4 huge spools and one very small spool. I can't wait to get started.
They are addictive! 😉 I bet your collection has grown by the end of the year! 😉
Wonderful video. I have several spools now to find/stitch samplers to fit. Thanks so much for the great finishing instructions.
Thank you, Annette! ❤
Thanks so much Christine- I have a spool but have been a bit hesitant to start on this- now I think I can do it!
Thank you, Diane! Oh I really hope you give it a go! ❤
Thank you so much for sharing. All of your spools are beautiful.
Thank you, Lynne! 💗
Thank you for sharing. I always wondered how this was done . You do fantastic work. Beautiful stitching 🧵
Thank you, Debby! ❤
Thank you, Christine. That was a wonderful tutorial!
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Lovely Christiana! Thank you
So beautiful, thank you for sharing such a lovely tutorial Christina.
Thank you! ❤
Thankyou Christine. This is so useful and very clearly explained!
Thank you, Vivienne! ❤
I just love this way of displaying the cross-stitch samplers. What a fantastic idea!
Thank you, Sandy! ❤
Fabulous tutorial Christina, I have always wanted to do one of these,you have just enabled me,Thankyou for sharing👍🪡🇳🇿
Thank you, Donna! 🧵
I love your sampler spools
thank you, Christine! ❤️
Thank you so much , Christine for sharing . 🤗❤
You are very welcome, Peg. 💗
Beautiful finishing idea. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Jonnie! 💙
Thank you for this lovely demonstration! It was so helpful!
I'm so pleased it was of use, Maureen! 💗
Thank you Christina and Tom for a fabulous tutorial! Beautiful spools and stitching.
Thank you! ❤🧵
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! ⭐️⭐️🌲🌲🌲
Thank you, Gerry! ❤
Great visual tutorial. Will help a lot when and if I do a spool.
Thank you! That's great to hear. 💗
I absolutely love it, I’m definitely going to be giving this a go. I have a spool which I bought ages ago. Thank you for the video 😊
Thank you, Sharon! ❤🧵
Thank you so much for the tutorial. Love your designs!
Thank you, Cheryl!
Thank you for this inspiring video!
Thank you, a perfect tutorial. Much appreciated
Thank you, Sue! ❤
Thanks so much. I have been wanting to make one of these. Absolutely beautiful. Xoxo
Thank you, Paula! 🧵
You make it look so easy!
Lol. Thank you, Brenda. I should have shown my first few attempts at spool finishing. They were stitched as gifts, so I don’t have them to hand. But they definitely weren’t as neat as the spools that I showed in the video! 😉
I love these little samplers for my heritage wall!! Thank you for sharing with us!
Your finish of C.Moulton’s sampler is lovely! ❤
Beatuiful ! Thank you for wonderful tutorial. ❤
Thank you, Ellen! ❤
Beautiful Christina, thank you ♥️
Thank you, Christina! ❤
@@WhilstIrisNaps ♥️♥️
Thank you, I'd happily attempt this now.
That’s great to hear, Tracey! 💗
Thanks for the great tutorial and all of the tips, Christina ❤
Thank you, Cristina. I hope it was helpful. 💗
@@WhilstIrisNaps It was, I’ll see if I can find some spools and try for myself 💙
Fantastic video Christina. DEFINATELY motivates me to get at it. Easy peasy. Now to find some spools. I may just be forced to buy my Tommy a lathe and get some custom made as I need them!🥰👍🏻💋. Thank you to you and your Tom too
Fantastic! Then he can make them for ALL of us! 😉❤
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing ❤
Thank you, Kathy! 💗
Thank you for sharing! This is very helpful.
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Charming finish ❤
Thank you! 💗
Just beautiful, Christine! Thank you so much for that demonstration! I’ve only done one before, but your tutorial has shown me how to make mine look much more professional! I hope your “hand model” didn’t charge you too much🤣🥰
I made him a cup of tea, and he seemed happy with that! ☕😂
Thank you. You make it look so simple. 😍👌
thank you, Linda! ❤️
Greetings Christina...having followed your Flosstube since the very beginning, I do know how much you love a spool! Thank you so much for this tutorial. Your spool finishes are always so beautiful so it is wonderful to see how you do it. Cheers from Canada.
Thank you, Melanie! I do love a spool! 🧵
Thank you so much!!
Brenda from Northern California
You’re welcome, Brenda! ❤
Wonderful tutorial!! I’ve always wanted to lace a sampler on a spool-now I know how! Thank you!!
Thank you, Betty! 💗
Thanks you for sharing. The video was very helpful.
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Thank you for this wonderful video tutorial, Christina! The beautiful stitching mounted to the spools is such a unique and lovely way to display your work. I’m very inspired to try this finishing technique. I appreciate your fantastic tutorial!
Thank you so much, Mary! ❤
Stunning spool finishes! Thank you so much for showing how you do this type of finish. This is really useful to see on video!
Thank you, Amber! ❤
Thankyou Christina, really enjoyed your tutorial, definitely made me want to try it. You have a lovely collection of spools, beautiful ❤
Thank you, Sue! ❤
love love love this so much Christine - Thank you for doing this - so informative and you explained it so well that I am now searching on ebay for some spools lol - thank you again Vykky x
Lol. I hope you find some, Vykky! ❤ x
I'm trying this today! Thanks
Oh, great! I’d love to see your finish! 🧵
Thank you so much, truly appreciate this demonstration. Beautifully done.
Thank you, Susan! ❤
Thank you Christina xx
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Beautiful stitching!! Thankyou for the tutorial. I might just have the confidence to make one myself. Happy stitching!!
Oh, I hope you do! ❤
Well done! Thank you.
Thank you for showing your method of doing this! Such beautiful work and I’d love to try this myself!
Thank you! I hope you give it a go! 💗
Thank you Christina!
That was a fabulous tutorial and you made it seem very doable!
Thank you, Susan! I hope more stitchers ‘give it a go’. 🧵
Thank you! I love this!
Thank you, Suzanne! 💗
I collect antique spools so you can imagine how anxious I am for this!!!😁 Of course, my collection is miniscule in comparison with yours🤣!
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Great video!
Thank you, Cheryl! 💗
Fab video as always, very useful, that’s a lot of spools you have 😮😂
I don’t appear to do things by halves…and that includes collecting! 😉
Christina, thank you for sharing your technique, your instructions are very clear. My question is on what website dis you find the printable graph paper? Tell Tom he should be a hand model!
Lol. I'll tell him that, Lucia! 😉 I printed the blank chart from PC Stitch. It's the program that I use to chart my designs.
Lovely!
Thank you! 💗
So beautiful and so very helpful. I’ve wondered how people handle those bobbins. Do you finger press on the edges that are laced together or only the top and bottom?
Thank you, Colleen! I only finger press the top and bottom edges. I have tried to finger press the edges that are laced, but it meant the corners became very 'bulky'and I didn't like the look. I hope that makes sense?! 🥰
Great tutorial. Love the lacing. Did you do anything to finish the side of the linen that gets laced up? Any concerns that this may fray?
Thank you, Carmen! 🥰 I don’t do anything to the sides of the fabric. Very occasionally, a thread comes away as I’m handling the sampler during the finishing, but once the sampler is in place (as you can see from the spools that I’ve shown), it doesn’t seem to be an issue at all! 👌🏻
Oh Christine, what a great tutorial. I have an extremely small collection of spool that I have wanted yo do this for years. But also on vintage mini rolling pins. I do have one question. Do you do anything to the raw edge of the fabric beyond the backstitching sides where the eyelets are?
I now have to go buy Margaret's sampler because 12 February is my birthday too. Yes...next weekend. I said that and my husband who only heard the year of Margaret's birth said " Heidi you are not that old" lol!!
Happy stitching 🧵
Lol. That made me laugh! I don’t do anything to the raw edge…other than be careful as I’m handling it when finishing. Once the lacing is in place, the tension of the thread seems to prevent any fraying. 👌🏻Margaret’s sampler chart is not yet available. I hope to release it in the near future. ❤
@@WhilstIrisNaps Thanks...I will be careful. I was going to treat myself to that chart this week as a birthday present but will look out for it in the future.
Very nice, thank you much.
Thank you, Luella! ❤
Wonderful tutorial Christine! I’m curious as to why the vertical edges are raw instead of finger pressed like the horizontal edge?
Thank you, Rita! ❤ I have tried finger pressing the vertical edges, but it then meant that the corners were bulky, and I didn’t like the look! Once the lacing has been done, the tension of the thread means that there is no fraying of the fabric. 👌🏻
@@WhilstIrisNaps That makes sense! Thank you for your reply!
Thank you!
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Thank you for this video. I've been looking at spools ever since. Do you buy spools first and find a chart to fit or do the chart first then search for a spool?
When I am considering mounting one of my antique sampler reproductions onto a spool, I firstly work out what the design size of the sampler will be, on either 36ct fabric (my preferred count) or 40ct. I then measure the spools I have, to see if any are suitable. The spools can be adapted slightly too. With my freebie samplers, the circumference of the spools I wanted to mount them onto, was around a half inch too short. So I wrapped tape around the spool until it was the required measurement. I hope that makes sense?! ❤
Beautiful pieces. Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. My spools will not work with your charts, (too short or way too tall..9”)so how do figure out a chart that would work. I’m sure there will be math involved!😬😁 Thank you, again.
It does! All sampler charts should provide a stitch count. Say, 80w x 100h. If I stitch on 40ct linen, that’s 20 crosses to every 1 inch of fabric (if you are stitching over 2 threads). So I divide 80 by 20. 4 inches. And 100 by 20. 5 inches. The sampler will be 4 inches by 5 inches on 40ct. I hope this helps. It always sounds so much more complicated when I try to put it into words! 😉
So fun to see your process! Thank you for sharing❣️
Thank you, Barbara! ❤
Thank you for the video! Do you have a technique for attaching a longer, narrow stitched piece that you want to roll onto the spool and then when someone wants to see the piece they would unroll it to view and roll it back up to set it on the shelf?
I’ve never tried that technique, Shawn. But I would like to! 💗 I have a few long, thin samplers that it would work well with.
@@WhilstIrisNaps I've been puzzling over this one - how to attach it without adding the bulk that ties would make. Maybe leaving a large border on the left edge and attaching little clothing snaps? Any input would be welcome!
@@shawnduray6297 what about organza ribbon for the ties? Much less bulky than regular ribbon. Or a button with an elastic loop fasten? 🤔
@@WhilstIrisNaps I had thought about the button and loop - even if the loop was made with a little floss.
Just looking at your very helpful tutorial - it seems you leave raw edges out from the eyelets? Won't this fray or is it turned under somehow? Thanks 🤔
Hi Barbara, yes, I leave the edges raw. I have tried turning them under before, but don't like the 'bulky' look to the fabric that this gives (I hope this makes sense?!) I handle the fabric with care when fixing it to the spool, and it rarely frays. Adding lightweight fusible interfacing can help with this, and gives the fabric stability. Once the lacing is in place, the fabric doesn't fray because of the tension and placement of the thread. I know this method is not everyone's cup of tea, but it works for me, and I love the look! 💗
@@WhilstIrisNaps thanks - I love what you have done!
@@barbarahaynes-bi4hk thank you! I love finishing a sampler this way. 🧵
Wow!!!!
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Can you shoe how to stitch an eyelet stitch I have never done one I always skip in a Sampler little intimidating for me !😊
Oh, please don’t be intimidated by them! It’s a super easy stitch and very effective. There are already several great tutorials on RUclips. 👌🏻❤
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