Carol and Jennifer...this was a delightful posting...congratulations on your accomplishments...Happy Birthday Carol...best wishes in 2025...you two are so sweet❤
Loved your floss tube today. Love seeing all the fun things you guys are working on and you’re finishes. That was really nice the pillows that you had made for your friends family that were made from her father’s shirts. What a nice keepsake. 💕
I'm always in awe at all of the crafting that you both do throughout the year and so many items are gifts for your friends and family, that's such a beautiful thing to give a handmade gift. Thank you for another great video, ladies. I have been watching you from your very beginning flosstube and I never miss an episode. Happy New Year!
For the most part I am a seasonal monogamous stitcher. I love the stitching part much more than the finishing. When I get close to finishing a stitch, I can’t wait to get it done so I can start a new project. Happy New Year and Happy Stitching!
Your video was so inspiring. Happy Belated Birthday Carol!! You and Jen are so productive. I turned 73 on Dec. 28th and I am no where as productive as you are. I hope to be better in 2025. Carol, my favorite meal at Maggiano's is Mushroom Ravioli too. Yum!! Happy Stitching!
Happiest of Birthdays! and boy you ladies get a lot done in a year its so inspirational. I to am a multi crafter, knitter, cross stitcher, and a return to quilting crafter. Spent some time at the end of 2024 and made a list of all my wips (54 cross stich wips - ugh) I was a new cross sticher at the end of 2023 so I started a LOT of things in 2024 - have 4 sweaters and 3 pairs of socks in the works and three quilts cut out.... so my goal in 25 is to finish something.....I make a list of focus goals at the start of each month and then each Friday afternoon I prioritize that weeks activities. Hoping to be as successful as you ladies are when I review my list at the end of 2025!
First of all Carroll you look great-Happy Birthday! You must have been a child bride! I have several patterns that I want to do through the year and more I can think of. Enjoy the snow! I have watched you two since the beginning. you two are a hoot!
I just came back to cross stitching last year after many many many years! I don’t do seasonal stitching I just stitch what I feel like or knit or crochet on the day I’m sort of monogamous I like to finish what I start If there is a lot of confetti stitches I will take a break & sew something with block stitching I’m thinking of doing English paper piecing My brother died 7 years ago & he was a fan of waistcoats all his life Not sure what I would make out of the pieces but I thought I could get started as it will take a while to get enough put together to make something I just found flosstube when I started stitching & came across you & the others I watch It’s so addicting! I’ve watched some of your earlier flosstubes & will be watching more Congrats on your 4 yrs & Happy Birthday
I'm a random stitcher. Whatever I feel like putting in the rotation. No more kitting. I have become more organized though. I have four groups, A, B, C, D, with 5-6 projects in each group. Each group gets one week to be worked on, but I also have room to pick up a random piece. On the 25th of each month, I will be starting a new project from the Craftways book which is all Christmas. I like to crochet in the evening when my eyes are too tired to see tiny holes. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🎂
Happy Birthday Carol. My plans are to try to finish something, anything! I have so many projects that I want to do. I am doing a blessing sampler, so I guess that is a goal to finish by the end of the month.
Carol- happy🎉birthday! You are truly an inspiration!! I have friends that are chronologically younger than you, but so much older than you mindfully. Bless you! Jen- in 2024 I stitched Nora Corbett's reindeer, saving Rudolph for last, even though I wanted to do him first ( thought it would motivate me). Anyway- got to Rudolph, and I wasn't sure he'd ever get done- made so many mistakes, who knows, but they're done now. My goal this year, besides cleaning and organizing (so I don't have to do it when I'm 80 years young), is to frame the reindeer. Love your videos- thanks for sharing. Hugs
Happy birthday! I have some of the fabric from this week’s quilt backdrop. I had made a table topper using a Thangles tree skirt pattern from 2002 or 2003. I also have the blue fabric from your bag lining only in a light green. This year my goal is to finish projects and use what I already own. This is the goal for quilting, knitting and cross stitch.
Hi Carol and Jen. Thank you for 4 years of videos! I've thoroughly enjoyed sharing your crafts. I really only started stitching seriously during covid, so I've been learning what I like to stitch and how many active projects I like to have. I know that now, but as a result of all the experimenting, I have a bunch of WIPs on my hands! I want to reduce my WIPs to maybe half a dozen. I don't respond well to challenges, plans, targets, so rarely set specific ones any more. I find it works best if I periodically go through my stash to remember what I have and pull a few small pieces that speak to me right now. I use those (sparingly) as palate cleansers when my WIPs are killing my stitchy joy. Because they're small, they get finished quickly and don't end up as new WIPs. ⚘️
Loved the video. The quilt behind you is so pretty. I have 8 quilts planned for 2025, varying sizes. I have 4 Wips for cross stitch right now and I am embroidering the back of a jean vest with a bumblebee and flowers. I wish my daughter would help keep me sane. LOL. You are both so much fun to watch thank you for your content. Best wishes.
Happy Birthday Carol!! There is no way you are 80!! Congratulations to both of you on all of the FFOs you achieved this year! That's an awesome accomplishment! I'm a monogamous stitcher, so I pick out a few pieces I would like to have stitched by year's end. This year it will be a mix of some seasonal, some samplers, and continued work on a series with 51 pieces. I've got 5 done and 46 to go...should take me quite a while 😂. Enjoy the snow!
Love your review! My husband has recently been diagnosed with Cirrhosis of Liver - non alcoholic- it has been a hard road as he is not able to do many things. He is in the process of getting approved for a transplant which required lots of tests. He has been in the hospital 3 times since October. So I understand how sitting in a hospital goes. I am also a quilter and after moving three years ago I finally have my sewing area set up to begin sewing again which is exciting! I have many finished pieces in both cross stitching and quilting that I would like to fully finish but will have to see how it goes. I usually only work on one project at a time unless I get distracted but something 😊.
Wonderful video! Carol, I was so enjoying the green bow that appeared behind your head from Jennifer's quilt. Both of you always motivate me to get going on my stitching. I'm not one who plans for my next new project, but in 2025, I would like to get at least one of my counted canvas pieces started. I have 4 waiting in the wings. Even though I'm retired, there's never enough time for stitching and reading.
Happy New Year and Happy Birthday! You’re my favorite channel! I haven’t cross stitched in years but I knit and quilt so I enjoy you both. Stay healthy and I look forward to your next video!
This was a fun flosstube - thank you. I'm sorry your husband / father is having challenging times. It is not easy, and I wish for you strength. Also peace as you go through your days.
I cannot believe how much you guys get accomplished! Thank you for sharing your creative genius with us! I love the pillow covers made from a loved one's shirts... such a beautiful gift! I am a seasonal stitcher and also have long term projects that transcend the seasons. Mostly I just stitch on whatever I feel like each day. I wish I would keep lists and be more organized, but so far I don't! I always have "to go" project bag in case of appointments and waiting and it has a 14 count easy to see project in it.
I stitch on whatever calls to me. I will stitch anything at anytime. I am not a seasonal stitcher. I also quilt, crochet, knit and all the things. I have three stitchy projects, 4 quilting projects, and two crochet projects. I like the feeling of accomplishment, but sometimes I like to start something new and then a few days later I will finish two or three things that I had going already. So I am sort of a controlled chaos. I love it. I too find all relaxing and enjoyable. I just need more time in the day and more days during the weekend. Don't we all, right?
Happy new year ladies. Honestly I stitch on what I feel like unless it’s a gift for someone then I tend to pick it first. I don’t stitch seasonally or anything either.
Happy Birthday, Carol! Thank you both for sharing your stitching and quilting and all your lovely projects. I get almost as much of a kick at seeing others finished projects as I do my own... almost! 😊. As far as what project I choose to work on next, I tend to stitch seasonally. However, I just stitch what I want when I want. Sometimes I'll work on a project until I finish it because I love it so much. As for quilting, I'm all over the place. I go to an "in town" 3 day retreat every month, September thru April. We go home every evening. So that is where I quilt the most. I'm trying to work on UFO's but here again, I get pretty tempted by new things. I'm starting 2 QAL's from FQS. Both are Lori Holt quilts, Vintage Christmas and The Quilted Snowman. Happy New Year! may we all accomplish a lot of finishes this year!
I usually have 4 - 5 projects going at a time. When I finish one I go to my stash and pick another. I need to stay out of the shops- LOL! A friend is teaching me to quilt. I find it challenging! My goal is to turn some of my cross stitch projects into small quilts to hang for different seasons. I just finished my prairie school Santa’s into little pillows to display. My larger goal is to perfect my stitching and start the Anniversaries of the heart project to honor some of my ancestry and also try more quilt projects. 😅.
Hi! Watching you guys while we get all the precipitation, which includes snow a lot, sleet/rain= freezing temperatures. Southern Indiana by Ohio River. Love all your FFO’s Congratulation’s! I as of now have no plans, have never made list or goals. I work on my crafts mostly in the winter colder times because we make a garden and I can some of those things. I have flower garden so not much time in warmer months. I like to quilt, some sewing. I knit and crochet. I bead and cross stitch.I always have my hands busy. I may start Ali’s of what I get done though😊
Always a pleasure watching the ladies! I enjoy that you are both multi craters and the projects you show are lovely. My plan or 2025 is to get through some of my kitted projects. I really started kitting projects in 2020 (YIKES) I am not a seasonal stitcher, so I'll be doing some Christmas and Halloween this summer
Happy New Year and Happy Birthday! Love all the stitching and finishes. I do wip go with very generic words like fall, spring, or animal and then just pull what I fell like doing for as long as I want. See ya soon.
Thank you so much for showing this alphabet pattern. You showed it once before when you got the charms. Love it then but you didn't have the pattern then. I have already ordered it can't wait to get it. As I watch more of your flosstube which I love, you mentioned Stitchville it was a stitch shop in MN the only one in the Minneapolis area unfortunately it closed in May really miss it. .love watching the both of you also love the added quilts.
I’m going to finish all the months for the Home chart from stitching with the housewives. I throw in other things as I choose. Not really a seasonal stitcher, makes no difference to me, any progress is progress. Thank you for the great flosstube! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! I just love the quilt you showed this week it is just beautiful. Since I'm a monogamous cross Stitcher, I tend to think what my next project is going to be. I do have kits ready to go, but that doesn't mean they're next in line.
You two always brighten my day when I watch your video! I LOVE the quilt behind you! I googled it and Jenny Doan has the pattern at Missouri Star Quilt Co. I'm not a very experienced quilter, but I think I could make this one! I took a screen shot of yours for inspiration. Thanks for sharing it. I so agree, Carol, that stitching relaxes me. I take it everywhere and am never bored! I love it when I see people complete their goals/lists! So great job, Jennifer and thanks for the motivation. I can never get everything I want done for Christmas and this year I was stressed to complete gifts I planned, so in 2025 I am doing at least a little bit of Christmas every day. Texstylust came up with that, and even made a little card to check off every day. I am a list maker and it works well for me, too. I hope to fully finish all my finished stitched pieces, and try to keep up with them. I keep records in my regular planner.
This year I’m going to go back to a stitchy schedule for my Halloween and Christmas projects. I plan to stitch Halloween on the 13th, 30th, and every Friday of the month. For My Christmas projects, I’ll stitch those on the 25th of the month and on Sundays. I stitch many gift ornaments for friends and family and those will be sprinkled in. Happy New Year!
You Ladies are so fun to watch! I don't make many plans for my cross stitch or quilting but I want to try it this year. Usually they are specific gifts I am making. I think I might do WIPGO and the American Patchwork and Quilting UFO tracker. I have my first grandbaby coming this summer so I do have a few baby quilts I will be starting soon.
Thank you for another great time! I enjoy watching your interactions and accomplishments! WOW! I like to crochet, knit, sew, cross stitch, embroider and many other crafts as well. My approach for 2025 is to fully finish each project. We can all dream, right? :) I find that so far I am a seasonal sticher. I am working on my first goal of a blessings sampler to have completed within the month of January. I picked A Houe is... by Stitches Through The Years by Lana Lenskaya. Prayers that your father/husband gets to feeling much better soon.
Happy birthday Carol!! You both accomplish a lot this year. I’m going to try the “list” method. I always feel like I don’t accomplish a lot at the end of the year. Best wishes for a happy new year
I can’t believe it has been four years since you began doing flosstube. I still remember the notification of your very first one. I have enjoyed every one. I am kind of a seasonal stitcher and quilter. I have been re-evaluating planned projects to see if I still want to do them. Stitching and quilting are good for my soul. Enjoyed all you shared today. Happy Birthday, Carol!
Four years!?! Wow!! That you, ladies. You bring joy to us with each visit. I hope 2025 is good to you and yours. The amount you finish and FFO always amazes me. Thank you so much for sharing with us. You got me right in the heart with the pillow cases, Jennifer. Such a blessing to the family. I have tens projects on the go right now, seven are full coverage pieces. One is a Mill Hill so my aim for the year is to finish the Mill Hill one and stitch 10% on the other six full coverage. Nope, haven't yet decided if that's 10% of the total stitches or the remaining stitches 😂😅😂😅😂
I have decided to put 24 Christmas ornament projects on my WIPGO board this year. I am primarily a seasonal stitcher so I figure if I want to get a bunch of Christmas ornaments done I need to work on them all year. Otherwise, my plan is to finish two projects before I start a new one. I'd like to bring my overall WIP count down in 2025.
Happy Birthday Carol and Happy New Year to both of you! Over the last 2-3 years I have done very little quilting. The last 4 months I have done more and finished 2 quilts and really enjoyed getting back to that. I have a kit of Tilda fabrics I really want to get started on. I pretty much work on what moves me. Snowed last night and this morning, started on Winter Wonderland by The Camping Stitcher. I usually FFO as I finish because I want to enjoy them.
Happy belated birthday, Carol! Thank you for a wonderful video. You both get so much accomplished! Since I am a monogamous stitcher, I started 29 projects in 2024, and finished 28. I am a horrible FFOer-I only FFOed 8 things and that is only because they were Christmas gifts. One of my goals for 2025 is FFO more. OK, are you ready for the way I do plans? No laughing! I have a chair next to me that I just fill up all year with kits that I’ve bought that I want to get to. The way I make my big plans is I go through those kits at the end of the year and pick out the ones that I most want to start. Those stay in the chair and the rest get put in a tubbie. Real scientific, right?!? LOL Right now I am working on my blessing sampler, Anna Funk by Erica Michaels. As of right now, I have 20 project bags in my next-to-be-stitched chair. Happy New Year!
Always enjoy your videos. My EGA and ANG chapters are having challenges to finish something less than 50% done. I've picked out 2 projects and will focus on them first. 1 larger and 1 smaller. Then I'll get back to my seasonal stitching.
Carol, you are now officially an 80s lady!! Blessings as you go forward in your day to day journey!! How sweet of your fam to surprise you with friends to help you celebrate!! I so enjoy seeing the stitchy work you both share..thank you for that!!
Happy New Year. I hope 2025 is filled with blessings for both of you and your families. I plan a lot, but often fail on the execution, maybe I’ll try that making lists tactic.
Those memory pillow cases are so wonderful. We lost our 6 yr. old nephew last year and a friend made a quilt out of his T-shirts. His parents loved it so much. What a treasure! I don't make a lot of stitchy plans. I only have about 5-6 wipes going at a time. I don't usually start a new wip until I finish one. I do plan stitches that will be gifts though.
Happy New Year! I'm delighted that 'great minds think alike' -- as I have stitched "Gather Memories" -- started on Xmas Day and finished New Year's Eve -- and have "Gather Blessings" ready to go. *And* I did up the "Precious Friend" piece (Bent Creek) for a friend who turned 80 on Xmas Eve. I had to wait till now to send it due to Canada Post's post-strike backlog before Xmas, but she's got it now and loves it. I wonder how many more pieces we'll have in common this year?! 😉😊
Happy New Year! I really wen not watching you two! You both are so sweet, love your relationship! My goal this year is to crocheting more. To start that goal I decided to do a temperature blanket. To cross stitch more, I'm doing the WIPGO board with my favorite WIPS that I want to get finish.
Love watching everything you showed. I am not a planner of alot of what I stitch but there are things I want to get to. I am not seasonal, I stitch most things whenever it gets started. I have things kitted to pull but that does not mean I will pick those I may kit something else just because.
Happy New Year and birthday! The forecast for northern West Virginia for Sunday January 5 is to expect around a foot of snow. I will enjoy looking out the window at the snow and happy to not have to do any traveling. I don’t have any definite stitching plans for the year. I am mostly a seasonal stitcher. I did order a Spring bell pull from Tint Modernist. I have everything ready to start on it when the pattern arrives.
Great video!!! I am not a seasonal stitcher. I just check my patterns (usually the newest ones) and decide what I am going to start, specially when I finish something, so I do not have so many wips. Actually I have 9 wips. My purpose for 2025 is to finish the beading of my Mirabilia, Cristal Symphony. In 2024 I finished 39 projects. Some are mini pillows, small exchanges and pieces to frame. I wish you have a great New Year 2025 and a lot of time to stitch!!!
Thank you for another fabulous video. Happy birthday Carol, you look amazing! Definitely 80 years young! Wonderful crafting too - the quilting, stitching etc. I do acrostics and WIPGO so that’s how I decide what to work on. I do have about 30 projects kitted up ready to pull in whenever I get the desire for a new start! Thoughts and prayers for your husband/Dad.
Prayers for your dad! What’s next in 2025?? I’ve found I’m definitely a project stitcher - with plans for the state fair each year. I select 9-10 projects to complete based on available categories.
Really enjoyed hearing about your big day, Carol, and so glad you celebrated and had lots of fun! Jennifer, I really love the little Brittercup tree finish and your reindeer are looking great! My stitching plans for this year are to touch all my WIPs, and there are a lot, but I love them all and want to work on them and get more finishes. Also, I want to finish some of my quilt projects that have been languishing in my craft closet. There are a few of those also. I hope to stitch and quilt more and by not setting as many boundaries on my stitching I hope to accomplish more. I really planned too many finishes on my WIPGO on bigger projects and there was not enough time. Happy New Year to you both and looking forward to your Spring retreat! See you then! Dottie
Thank you for the video. I am going to do a wipgo board. I will try to be faithful to it. I will do a combo of quilting and cross stitch. I am also considering doing 12 ornaments for the next year.. again a combo of quilting and cross stitch and embroidery.
Happy belated 80th birthday! Lovely to catch up with you both & so fun. Plans this year are WipGo and WIP Warriors games. I am all about the process so it's whatever I feel like stitching /crafting on. I find stitching helps me through the difficulties of caring for our son & brings peace in both good & tough days. Blessings to you & your family for the coming year!
Plans. Oh my, where should I start. A brand new baby is coming into our family in February, so I want to make a quilt for him. After decorating my house for Christmas, I realized I should do 1 more large Santa cross stitch picture so each one of my girls and my 3 grandchildren can have 1 after I am gone. Working now on lilliviolette Santa Collection to accomplish that goal. I am akso working on Christmas Wreath by Stitchrovia. Started last January. I have 4 of the 6 pages completed. Would like that framed by Christmas 2025. When all those are completed, I plan on working on smalls for all the holidays throughout the year. I always look forward to your videos and enjoy my time spent with you. Wishing you peace, health, and the tge best this year.
At the end of each month I write down a short list of what I'd like to work on the following month, and will pull those project bags out. I'm somewhat of a seasonal stitcher, but mostly just what I feel like working on. I'm limiting myself to joining SALs & New Starts this year as my WIPS are out of control. I need to FFO items, as I think I'm too picky with my work, that perfectionist in me gets in the way, but I'm getting better. I tend to only FFO gifts, hope to do more for Me this year. Fun Video, TY
Happy belated birthday! I wouldn't have guessed. I figured out that I had started 17 WIPs and finished 11 in 2024. I stitch gifts and still had two larger pieces left from 2023 and 2024. Then we went to a coworker's Xmas wedding, so I started a third gift last night. I developed a stitching calendar for 2025 to better touch WIPs (my oldest WIP is 24 years old because it is not a gift) and to focus on finishing the gifts. Yesterday I inventoried my overflowing fabric stash and made spreadsheets for what has been assigned to patterns, but not started (21 fabrics) and what is undesignated (25 fabrics). I watched Laura/Stitching by the Shore today and saw how small her Long Dog Fish and Ships turned out on 18 ct aida so now I assigned a metallic blue Newcastle 40 ct linen to my copy of that pattern. I'm a project stitcher and try to keep my WIP count
I truly enjoy watching your videos. I love that they include quilting along with cross stitching. I lost my Mom 2 years ago and enjoy watching your mother/daughter loving relationship. Happy New Year!
Oh yeah Crystal reindeer patterns are super pricey on the second market and the charms goodness but I love them ❤ I really think I need them in my life😂 the little red dish was on GaRon Tottenbags website maybe two weeks ago and they had them in green and white as well! Probably gone now but it’s worth a look anyway! 😊love it all ladies and gorgeous quilt Jenn! Momma should be happy today 6,5 inches of snow here in Evansville and it’s been steadily icing since about 11 and it’s 5pm now! Nasty and cold thought! Happy belated Birthday Carol 🎊 ❤ plans for me Finn’s anything before I start a new stitch but I broke that rule today and started a Teresa Kogut snowman ⛄️ since it’s snowing and a freebie Valentine chart😂 just like me to cave already 😊
Stitchville USA was a store in Minnesota that closed in early 2024. It was a sad day in our world. This is my first year doing WIPGO and I am loving not having to make all the decisions. In between I work on what I want. I am using WIPGO to do the projects that have been hanging around too long. Thanks for sharing all your projects!
Happy Birthday, Carol! I am going to focus in getting stuff fully finished including both quilting and cross stitch. Best wishes to you and your families!
2025 Hopefully Will be a finishing year. Jan 1 I started a crochet afghan that’s been waiting kitted up for 5 years; I have a list of 30 cross stitch starts and kitted up bags which are now in a row (including one from the 90’s) by my recliner, 3 quilts that have been started are on the ‘25 list, too! We’ll see how my “plan” goes.
I have made a list of all my WIPs (46) and am determined to get that number down this year. I would love to get under 30. I also have knitting goals and quilting goals. Happy birthday Carol!!
Happy Belated Birthday Carol! So sorry to hear about your husband/dad health issues-it’s never easy when your loved ones are having health issues. Keeping you all in my prayers for improvement in his health. Loved seeing all your stitching! I’m not a seasonal stitcher. I love stitching whatever strikes my fancy. I do have 3 planned starts for this year but other than those I plan on finishing some of my WIPS and then stitching whatever I feel like. I do use a planner to track what I stitch on everyday and my starts and finishes-I get one on Amazon every year. Happy New Year! I hope you enjoy the snow! As a retired nurse-I still hate snow-hate having to drive to work in it no matter how much we got and being stuck at work for days due to the snow.
So you wanted to hear some of us with our plans for 2025. I do stitch a lot of just one or two of projects. My plans are : 1st week stitch on my full coverage piece , it's 134,550 stitches (crazy) on 14 ct.Aida that I had to buy a 2 yd piece but it is only 16 inches tall. This is a village of Europe in the past. My 2nd week: will be my knitting that I do often. 3rd week: work on older quilts as well as start of new twin one. 4th week: for making gifts of various crafts. I do want to mention that for being 70 I did finish 77 different items. This year I will not be finishing no where near that figure.
Thank you for sharing your year in review. You both accomplish so much! I keep notes in a 5-year monthly calendar/planner and for 2024 had 38 starts and 32 finishes, plus some sewing projects, etc. It's nice to look back and realize what we have done. Planning...well, I make plans based on special gifts I want to make plus things I want to do for myself. Then life happens, new releases come out and other "squirrel!" events, and my year may end up looking nothing like what I planned! For 2025 I do plan on some SALs and specific project goals and write them down.
I just love you two ladies. When I see your program I Just turn to your channel even if I am already watching someone else. I do not seem to get much done myself. I have never worked on the higher count fabric. It takes me along time to stitch a small project. I guess I just need to keep working on things and maybe I will get faster. ❤❤
Happy Birthday Carol. I can't believe that is the number you celebrated!! I have a project I started a while back, Cross Eyed Cricket Summer. I didn't want to spend all my time on just that, so when I finish something, I do one of the letters. It's working pretty well. I do stitch mostly smaller charts.
I’m a quilter who is getting back to cross stitch. My focus this year is going to be to quilt at least 12 quilts this year. I have way too many tops. Like you I also knit, and embroider and dabble in weaving. So in general, I want to have more finishes that starts. Happy 2025 ❤
Happy belated birthday. My mom and I made 7 pillow cases for my grandkids this Christmas, thanks to you. They loved them. I am doing my first big series this year. I signed up to do Heartland Quilting & Stitching and Sweet Wind Studios "Wordy Birds". Just started January yesterday. Usually only work on 2-3 projects at a time, so not too many Wips but I do have quite a few FOs that need to FFOd. I don't want to count. When I finish a stitch, I go look in my stash for a chart to kit up. Enjoy the snow, we currently do not have any in Upstate New York. But it's cold 20s all week.
Sounds like a wonderful birthday! Best Wishes! Jennifer you impress me with the completion of your goal! I quilt or stitch or paint whatever strikes my fancy or whatever inspires me on flosstube. Life is short, start all the things! Happy New Year!
Happy Birthday, Carol! I'll be joining the 80's age group in March. I give 25 selected projects 7 days of dedicated stitching and I write the titles in a monthly calendar. I fill in the extra weeks with repeating the projects and other Wips. I did really well with this system last year until my husband became ill in August and everything changed. I'm hoping to start my system again this year. Love seeing all you two have accomplished! Hugs❤
I have not been a list maker for my craft projects to complete during the year. Really do not know why because I love making lists in my daily life to complete tasks. I have three big cross stitch projects I would like to finish and will focus on them the beginning of this year. As for my quilting I have three quilts needing to be sandwich and quilted which are on my radar. Carol I feel your pain because I also have to straighten up my craft/sewing room. So I guess this is the first year I will be making a list for my crafts. Wishing you both a happy and healthy 2025! Happy Birthday Carol🎂🎉🥳🎈and enjoy the❄️☃️. Until next time….Happy stitching!
Happy New Year to the both of you.🎉❤ I never know what I'll be working on until I get into my sewing room and see the projects whether it be crosstitch or quilting. I have however been able to work on mostly UFO's. The only resolution I make for the new year is to complete old projects and to use my fabric stash for new projects. Bowl holders are a great way to use up said fabric. I lost count of how many I've made for friends and family. And now I'm getting requests to make more.🤪 I find that using bowl holders for cold items like ice cream is helpful too. Carol, you are an inspiration for me. Your sense of humor and adventure are a welcomed part of my day. I love watching you and Jennifer interact with each other..❤
Always like your floss tube. You completed so many projects. On your knitting what is the name of the hat pattern? Also it was so nice of you to make the pillow cases very kind loving gesture. Would like to complete all my knitting,crocheting,cross stitch embroidery projects I have started. I will make the list and try to check all off.
Just a thought, could you put grommets on each side in one corner then run a strap thru for a corner handle on your bag? Also, I made the tart ornaments and cut adhesive felt circles to stick on the back. A nice finishing touch. Happy New Year and have a great 2025!
Happy New Year! I am a pretty monogamous stitcher, so i don't have a lot of WIPS going at a time, and I don't really plan out what I'm going to work on next until I finish a project. I do know that I'm going to start Fruits of Plenty by Modern Folk Embroidery, and I'd love to learn to hand sew (no space or money for a machine yet!) and get back into crocheting/knitting a little more.
Happy Belated Birthday Carol! My mom is 5 years older than you and she is not quite as “spicy” as you but she does surprise us with what she says sometimes and makes us laugh a lot too. Every year my goal is a bit different for my stitching. This year I’m implementing a new start for every 2 finishes as I need to get my wip count down from 45 to at least 35 this year. Other than that I just focus on getting my 10 ornaments for my nieces stitched and sent off by mid November. Happy New Year.
Happy birthday Carol. Love seeing you and your daughter. .
Carol and Jennifer...this was a delightful posting...congratulations on your accomplishments...Happy Birthday Carol...best wishes in 2025...you two are so sweet❤
Loved your floss tube today. Love seeing all the fun things you guys are working on and you’re finishes. That was really nice the pillows that you had made for your friends family that were made from her father’s shirts. What a nice keepsake. 💕
I'm always in awe at all of the crafting that you both do throughout the year and so many items are gifts for your friends and family, that's such a beautiful thing to give a handmade gift. Thank you for another great video, ladies. I have been watching you from your very beginning flosstube and I never miss an episode. Happy New Year!
I'm in the middle of Begin Row now. I love it! And I've done a fair amount of taking stitches out, putting stitches in too.
For the most part I am a seasonal monogamous stitcher. I love the stitching part much more than the finishing. When I get close to finishing a stitch, I can’t wait to get it done so I can start a new project. Happy New Year and Happy Stitching!
I go through my bags and stitch what makes me happy. Sometimes what craft depends on time. I often save quilting for when I have 4 hours minimum.
Your video was so inspiring. Happy Belated Birthday Carol!! You and Jen are so productive. I turned 73 on Dec. 28th and I am no where as productive as you are. I hope to be better in 2025. Carol, my favorite meal at Maggiano's is Mushroom Ravioli too. Yum!! Happy Stitching!
Happiest of Birthdays! and boy you ladies get a lot done in a year its so inspirational. I to am a multi crafter, knitter, cross stitcher, and a return to quilting crafter. Spent some time at the end of 2024 and made a list of all my wips (54 cross stich wips - ugh) I was a new cross sticher at the end of 2023 so I started a LOT of things in 2024 - have 4 sweaters and 3 pairs of socks in the works and three quilts cut out.... so my goal in 25 is to finish something.....I make a list of focus goals at the start of each month and then each Friday afternoon I prioritize that weeks activities. Hoping to be as successful as you ladies are when I review my list at the end of 2025!
First of all Carroll you look great-Happy Birthday! You must have been a child bride! I have several patterns that I want to do through the year and more I can think of. Enjoy the snow! I have watched you two since the beginning. you two are a hoot!
I just came back to cross stitching last year after many many many years! I don’t do seasonal stitching I just stitch what I feel like or knit or crochet on the day I’m sort of monogamous I like to finish what I start If there is a lot of confetti stitches I will take a break & sew something with block stitching I’m thinking of doing English paper piecing My brother died 7 years ago & he was a fan of waistcoats all his life Not sure what I would make out of the pieces but I thought I could get started as it will take a while to get enough put together to make something I just found flosstube when I started stitching & came across you & the others I watch It’s so addicting! I’ve watched some of your earlier flosstubes & will be watching more Congrats on your 4 yrs & Happy Birthday
I'm a random stitcher. Whatever I feel like putting in the rotation. No more kitting. I have become more organized though. I have four groups, A, B, C, D, with 5-6 projects in each group. Each group gets one week to be worked on, but I also have room to pick up a random piece. On the 25th of each month, I will be starting a new project from the Craftways book which is all Christmas. I like to crochet in the evening when my eyes are too tired to see tiny holes. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🎂
Happy Birthday Carol. My plans are to try to finish something, anything! I have so many projects that I want to do. I am doing a blessing sampler, so I guess that is a goal to finish by the end of the month.
Carol- happy🎉birthday! You are truly an inspiration!! I have friends that are chronologically younger than you, but so much older than you mindfully. Bless you! Jen- in 2024 I stitched Nora Corbett's reindeer, saving Rudolph for last, even though I wanted to do him first ( thought it would motivate me). Anyway- got to Rudolph, and I wasn't sure he'd ever get done- made so many mistakes, who knows, but they're done now. My goal this year, besides cleaning and organizing (so I don't have to do it when I'm 80 years young), is to frame the reindeer. Love your videos- thanks for sharing. Hugs
Happy birthday! I have some of the fabric from this week’s quilt backdrop. I had made a table topper using a Thangles tree skirt pattern from 2002 or 2003. I also have the blue fabric from your bag lining only in a light green. This year my goal is to finish projects and use what I already own. This is the goal for quilting, knitting and cross stitch.
Hi Carol and Jen. Thank you for 4 years of videos! I've thoroughly enjoyed sharing your crafts.
I really only started stitching seriously during covid, so I've been learning what I like to stitch and how many active projects I like to have. I know that now, but as a result of all the experimenting, I have a bunch of WIPs on my hands! I want to reduce my WIPs to maybe half a dozen. I don't respond well to challenges, plans, targets, so rarely set specific ones any more. I find it works best if I periodically go through my stash to remember what I have and pull a few small pieces that speak to me right now. I use those (sparingly) as palate cleansers when my WIPs are killing my stitchy joy. Because they're small, they get finished quickly and don't end up as new WIPs. ⚘️
Loved the video. The quilt behind you is so pretty. I have 8 quilts planned for 2025, varying sizes. I have 4 Wips for cross stitch right now and I am embroidering the back of a jean vest with a bumblebee and flowers. I wish my daughter would help keep me sane. LOL. You are both so much fun to watch thank you for your content. Best wishes.
Happy Birthday Carol!! There is no way you are 80!! Congratulations to both of you on all of the FFOs you achieved this year! That's an awesome accomplishment! I'm a monogamous stitcher, so I pick out a few pieces I would like to have stitched by year's end. This year it will be a mix of some seasonal, some samplers, and continued work on a series with 51 pieces. I've got 5 done and 46 to go...should take me quite a while 😂. Enjoy the snow!
Happy Birthday Carol! Happy New Year! May the year bring you and your family much happiness! Thanks for another great video! Lori
Love your review! My husband has recently been diagnosed with Cirrhosis of Liver - non alcoholic- it has been a hard road as he is not able to do many things. He is in the process of getting approved for a transplant which required lots of tests. He has been in the hospital 3 times since October. So I understand how sitting in a hospital goes.
I am also a quilter and after moving three years ago I finally have my sewing area set up to begin sewing again which is exciting! I have many finished pieces in both cross stitching and quilting that I would like to fully finish but will have to see how it goes. I usually only work on one project at a time unless I get distracted but something 😊.
Wonderful video! Carol, I was so enjoying the green bow that appeared behind your head from Jennifer's quilt. Both of you always motivate me to get going on my stitching. I'm not one who plans for my next new project, but in 2025, I would like to get at least one of my counted canvas pieces started. I have 4 waiting in the wings. Even though I'm retired, there's never enough time for stitching and reading.
Happy New Year and Happy Birthday! You’re my favorite channel! I haven’t cross stitched in years but I knit and quilt so I enjoy you both. Stay healthy and I look forward to your next video!
Happy Birthday Carol! You are a beautiful lady.❤
This was a fun flosstube - thank you.
I'm sorry your husband / father is having challenging times. It is not easy, and I wish for you strength. Also peace as you go through your days.
I cannot believe how much you guys get accomplished! Thank you for sharing your creative genius with us!
I love the pillow covers made from a loved one's shirts... such a beautiful gift!
I am a seasonal stitcher and also have long term projects that transcend the seasons.
Mostly I just stitch on whatever I feel like each day. I wish I would keep lists and be more organized, but so far I don't!
I always have "to go" project bag in case of appointments and waiting and it has a 14 count easy to see project in it.
I stitch on whatever calls to me. I will stitch anything at anytime. I am not a seasonal stitcher. I also quilt, crochet, knit and all the things. I have three stitchy projects, 4 quilting projects, and two crochet projects. I like the feeling of accomplishment, but sometimes I like to start something new and then a few days later I will finish two or three things that I had going already. So I am sort of a controlled chaos. I love it. I too find all relaxing and enjoyable. I just need more time in the day and more days during the weekend. Don't we all, right?
Happy new year ladies. Honestly I stitch on what I feel like unless it’s a gift for someone then I tend to pick it first. I don’t stitch seasonally or anything either.
I absolutely love my nerge hoops. Got a lap frame too
Happy Birthday, Carol! Thank you both for sharing your stitching and quilting and all your lovely projects. I get almost as much of a kick at seeing others finished projects as I do my own... almost! 😊. As far as what project I choose to work on next, I tend to stitch seasonally. However, I just stitch what I want when I want. Sometimes I'll work on a project until I finish it because I love it so much. As for quilting, I'm all over the place. I go to an "in town" 3 day retreat every month, September thru April. We go home every evening. So that is where I quilt the most. I'm trying to work on UFO's but here again, I get pretty tempted by new things. I'm starting 2 QAL's from FQS. Both are Lori Holt quilts, Vintage Christmas and The Quilted Snowman. Happy New Year! may we all accomplish a lot of finishes this year!
I usually have 4 - 5 projects going at a time. When I finish one I go to my stash and pick another. I need to stay out of the shops- LOL! A friend is teaching me to quilt. I find it challenging! My goal is to turn some of my cross stitch projects into small quilts to hang for different seasons. I just finished my prairie school Santa’s into little pillows to display. My larger goal is to perfect my stitching and start the Anniversaries of the heart project to honor some of my ancestry and also try more quilt projects. 😅.
Happy New Year! I stitch on a whim. One large focus piece and then work on smalls to break it up.
Hi! Watching you guys while we get all the precipitation, which includes snow a lot, sleet/rain= freezing temperatures. Southern Indiana by Ohio River. Love all your FFO’s Congratulation’s! I as of now have no plans, have never made list or goals. I work on my crafts mostly in the winter colder times because we make a garden and I can some of those things. I have flower garden so not much time in warmer months. I like to quilt, some sewing. I knit and crochet. I bead and cross stitch.I always have my hands busy. I may start Ali’s of what I get done though😊
Always a pleasure watching the ladies! I enjoy that you are both multi craters and the projects you show are lovely. My plan or 2025 is to get through some of my kitted projects. I really started kitting projects in 2020 (YIKES) I am not a seasonal stitcher, so I'll be doing some Christmas and Halloween this summer
Just wanted to say you both are so appreciated! Thank you for sharing it all with us.
Happy New Year and Happy Birthday! Love all the stitching and finishes. I do wip go with very generic words like fall, spring, or animal and then just pull what I fell like doing for as long as I want. See ya soon.
Thank you so much for showing this alphabet pattern. You showed it once before when you got the charms. Love it then but you didn't have the pattern then. I have already ordered it can't wait to get it. As I watch more of your flosstube which I love, you mentioned Stitchville it was a stitch shop in MN the only one in the Minneapolis area unfortunately it closed in May really miss it. .love watching the both of you also love the added quilts.
I’m going to finish all the months for the Home chart from stitching with the housewives. I throw in other things as I choose. Not really a seasonal stitcher, makes no difference to me, any progress is progress. Thank you for the great flosstube! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! I just love the quilt you showed this week it is just beautiful. Since I'm a monogamous cross Stitcher, I tend to think what my next project is going to be. I do have kits ready to go, but that doesn't mean they're next in line.
You two always brighten my day when I watch your video! I LOVE the quilt behind you! I googled it and Jenny Doan has the pattern at Missouri Star Quilt Co. I'm not a very experienced quilter, but I think I could make this one! I took a screen shot of yours for inspiration. Thanks for sharing it. I so agree, Carol, that stitching relaxes me. I take it everywhere and am never bored! I love it when I see people complete their goals/lists! So great job, Jennifer and thanks for the motivation. I can never get everything I want done for Christmas and this year I was stressed to complete gifts I planned, so in 2025 I am doing at least a little bit of Christmas every day. Texstylust came up with that, and even made a little card to check off every day. I am a list maker and it works well for me, too. I hope to fully finish all my finished stitched pieces, and try to keep up with them. I keep records in my regular planner.
My goals for 2025 are Enjoying cross stitching and working in my Quilt Club Love to watch your flosstube
This year I’m going to go back to a stitchy schedule for my Halloween and Christmas projects. I plan to stitch Halloween on the 13th, 30th, and every Friday of the month. For My Christmas projects, I’ll stitch those on the 25th of the month and on Sundays. I stitch many gift ornaments for friends and family and those will be sprinkled in. Happy New Year!
You Ladies are so fun to watch! I don't make many plans for my cross stitch or quilting but I want to try it this year. Usually they are specific gifts I am making. I think I might do WIPGO and the American Patchwork and Quilting UFO tracker. I have my first grandbaby coming this summer so I do have a few baby quilts I will be starting soon.
Thank you for another great time! I enjoy watching your interactions and accomplishments! WOW! I like to crochet, knit, sew, cross stitch, embroider and many other crafts as well. My approach for 2025 is to fully finish each project. We can all dream, right? :) I find that so far I am a seasonal sticher. I am working on my first goal of a blessings sampler to have completed within the month of January. I picked A Houe is... by Stitches Through The Years by Lana Lenskaya. Prayers that your father/husband gets to feeling much better soon.
Happy birthday Carol!! You both accomplish a lot this year. I’m going to try the “list” method. I always feel like I don’t accomplish a lot at the end of the year. Best wishes for a happy new year
I can’t believe it has been four years since you began doing flosstube. I still remember the notification of your very first one. I have enjoyed every one. I am kind of a seasonal stitcher and quilter. I have been re-evaluating planned projects to see if I still want to do them. Stitching and quilting are good for my soul. Enjoyed all you shared today. Happy Birthday, Carol!
Four years!?! Wow!! That you, ladies. You bring joy to us with each visit. I hope 2025 is good to you and yours.
The amount you finish and FFO always amazes me. Thank you so much for sharing with us. You got me right in the heart with the pillow cases, Jennifer. Such a blessing to the family.
I have tens projects on the go right now, seven are full coverage pieces. One is a Mill Hill so my aim for the year is to finish the Mill Hill one and stitch 10% on the other six full coverage. Nope, haven't yet decided if that's 10% of the total stitches or the remaining stitches 😂😅😂😅😂
I have decided to put 24 Christmas ornament projects on my WIPGO board this year. I am primarily a seasonal stitcher so I figure if I want to get a bunch of Christmas ornaments done I need to work on them all year. Otherwise, my plan is to finish two projects before I start a new one. I'd like to bring my overall WIP count down in 2025.
Happy Birthday Carol and Happy New Year to both of you! Over the last 2-3 years I have done very little quilting. The last 4 months I have done more and finished 2 quilts and really enjoyed getting back to that. I have a kit of Tilda fabrics I really want to get started on. I pretty much work on what moves me. Snowed last night and this morning, started on Winter Wonderland by The Camping Stitcher. I usually FFO as I finish because I want to enjoy them.
Happy belated birthday, Carol! Thank you for a wonderful video. You both get so much accomplished! Since I am a monogamous stitcher, I started 29 projects in 2024, and finished 28. I am a horrible FFOer-I only FFOed 8 things and that is only because they were Christmas gifts. One of my goals for 2025 is FFO more. OK, are you ready for the way I do plans? No laughing! I have a chair next to me that I just fill up all year with kits that I’ve bought that I want to get to. The way I make my big plans is I go through those kits at the end of the year and pick out the ones that I most want to start. Those stay in the chair and the rest get put in a tubbie. Real scientific, right?!? LOL Right now I am working on my blessing sampler, Anna Funk by Erica Michaels. As of right now, I have 20 project bags in my next-to-be-stitched chair. Happy New Year!
Always enjoy your videos. My EGA and ANG chapters are having challenges to finish something less than 50% done. I've picked out 2 projects and will focus on them first. 1 larger and 1 smaller. Then I'll get back to my seasonal stitching.
Carol, you are now officially an 80s lady!! Blessings as you go forward in your day to day journey!!
How sweet of your fam to surprise you with friends to help you celebrate!!
I so enjoy seeing the stitchy work you both share..thank you for that!!
Happy New Year. I hope 2025 is filled with blessings for both of you and your families. I plan a lot, but often fail on the execution, maybe I’ll try that making lists tactic.
Those memory pillow cases are so wonderful. We lost our 6 yr. old nephew last year and a friend made a quilt out of his T-shirts. His parents loved it so much. What a treasure!
I don't make a lot of stitchy plans. I only have about 5-6 wipes going at a time. I don't usually start a new wip until I finish one. I do plan stitches that will be gifts though.
Happy New Year! I'm delighted that 'great minds think alike' -- as I have stitched "Gather Memories" -- started on Xmas Day and finished New Year's Eve -- and have "Gather Blessings" ready to go. *And* I did up the "Precious Friend" piece (Bent Creek) for a friend who turned 80 on Xmas Eve. I had to wait till now to send it due to Canada Post's post-strike backlog before Xmas, but she's got it now and loves it. I wonder how many more pieces we'll have in common this year?! 😉😊
Happy New Year! I really wen not watching you two! You both are so sweet, love your relationship! My goal this year is to crocheting more. To start that goal I decided to do a temperature blanket. To cross stitch more, I'm doing the WIPGO board with my favorite WIPS that I want to get finish.
Love watching everything you showed.
I am not a planner of alot of what I stitch but there are things I want to get to. I am not seasonal, I stitch most things whenever it gets started. I have things kitted to pull but that does not mean I will pick those I may kit something else just because.
What great achievements you both reached in 2024 in all your crafts. Love seeing the progress
Happy birthday Carol!! It sounds like you both had a very productive 2024! I hope to get to visit with you in person again this year at Market!
Planning on it!
Happy New Year and birthday! The forecast for northern West Virginia for Sunday January 5 is to expect around a foot of snow. I will enjoy looking out the window at the snow and happy to not have to do any traveling. I don’t have any definite stitching plans for the year. I am mostly a seasonal stitcher. I did order a Spring bell pull from Tint Modernist. I have everything ready to start on it when the pattern arrives.
Great video!!! I am not a seasonal stitcher. I just check my patterns (usually the newest ones) and decide what I am going to start, specially when I finish something, so I do not have so many wips. Actually I have 9 wips. My purpose for 2025 is to finish the beading of my Mirabilia, Cristal Symphony. In 2024 I finished 39 projects. Some are mini pillows, small exchanges and pieces to frame. I wish you have a great New Year 2025 and a lot of time to stitch!!!
Thank you for another fabulous video. Happy birthday Carol, you look amazing! Definitely 80 years young! Wonderful crafting too - the quilting, stitching etc. I do acrostics and WIPGO so that’s how I decide what to work on. I do have about 30 projects kitted up ready to pull in whenever I get the desire for a new start! Thoughts and prayers for your husband/Dad.
Prayers for your dad!
What’s next in 2025?? I’ve found I’m definitely a project stitcher - with plans for the state fair each year. I select 9-10 projects to complete based on available categories.
Really enjoyed hearing about your big day, Carol, and so glad you celebrated and had lots of fun! Jennifer, I really love the little Brittercup tree finish and your reindeer are looking great! My stitching plans for this year are to touch all my WIPs, and there are a lot, but I love them all and want to work on them and get more finishes. Also, I want to finish some of my quilt projects that have been languishing in my craft closet. There are a few of those also. I hope to stitch and quilt more and by not setting as many boundaries on my stitching I hope to accomplish more. I really planned too many finishes on my WIPGO on bigger projects and there was not enough time. Happy New Year to you both and looking forward to your Spring retreat! See you then! Dottie
Happy New Year!
Happy birthday. The quilt behind you now gives you a bow in your hair.
Thank you for the video. I am going to do a wipgo board. I will try to be faithful to it. I will do a combo of quilting and cross stitch. I am also considering doing 12 ornaments for the next year.. again a combo of quilting and cross stitch and embroidery.
I mostly work whatever is calling to me. No plans, but I stitch every day (well, almost).
Happy belated 80th birthday! Lovely to catch up with you both & so fun. Plans this year are WipGo and WIP Warriors games. I am all about the process so it's whatever I feel like stitching /crafting on. I find stitching helps me through the difficulties of caring for our son & brings peace in both good & tough days. Blessings to you & your family for the coming year!
Plans. Oh my, where should I start. A brand new baby is coming into our family in February, so I want to make a quilt for him. After decorating my house for Christmas, I realized I should do 1 more large Santa cross stitch picture so each one of my girls and my 3 grandchildren can have 1 after I am gone. Working now on lilliviolette Santa Collection to accomplish that goal. I am akso working on Christmas Wreath by Stitchrovia. Started last January. I have 4 of the 6 pages completed. Would like that framed by Christmas 2025. When all those are completed, I plan on working
on smalls for all the holidays throughout the year. I always look forward to your videos and enjoy my time spent with you. Wishing you peace, health, and the tge best this year.
At the end of each month I write down a short list of what I'd like to work on the following month, and will pull those project bags out. I'm somewhat of a seasonal stitcher, but mostly just what I feel like working on. I'm limiting myself to joining SALs & New Starts this year as my WIPS are out of control. I need to FFO items, as I think I'm too picky with my work, that perfectionist in me gets in the way, but I'm getting better. I tend to only FFO gifts, hope to do more for Me this year. Fun Video, TY
Happy belated birthday! I wouldn't have guessed. I figured out that I had started 17 WIPs and finished 11 in 2024. I stitch gifts and still had two larger pieces left from 2023 and 2024. Then we went to a coworker's Xmas wedding, so I started a third gift last night. I developed a stitching calendar for 2025 to better touch WIPs (my oldest WIP is 24 years old because it is not a gift) and to focus on finishing the gifts. Yesterday I inventoried my overflowing fabric stash and made spreadsheets for what has been assigned to patterns, but not started (21 fabrics) and what is undesignated (25 fabrics). I watched Laura/Stitching by the Shore today and saw how small her Long Dog Fish and Ships turned out on 18 ct aida so now I assigned a metallic blue Newcastle 40 ct linen to my copy of that pattern. I'm a project stitcher and try to keep my WIP count
I truly enjoy watching your videos. I love that they include quilting along with cross stitching.
I lost my Mom 2 years ago and enjoy watching your mother/daughter loving relationship. Happy New Year!
Oh yeah Crystal reindeer patterns are super pricey on the second market and the charms goodness but I love them ❤ I really think I need them in my life😂 the little red dish was on GaRon Tottenbags website maybe two weeks ago and they had them in green and white as well! Probably gone now but it’s worth a look anyway! 😊love it all ladies and gorgeous quilt Jenn! Momma should be happy today 6,5 inches of snow here in Evansville and it’s been steadily icing since about 11 and it’s 5pm now! Nasty and cold thought! Happy belated Birthday Carol 🎊 ❤ plans for me Finn’s anything before I start a new stitch but I broke that rule today and started a Teresa Kogut snowman ⛄️ since it’s snowing and a freebie Valentine chart😂 just like me to cave already 😊
Happy Birthday Carol ! I can't believe you are 80 , you look great! I have a lot of my cross stitch kitted up so I just pick from those to stitch.
Stitchville USA was a store in Minnesota that closed in early 2024. It was a sad day in our world. This is my first year doing WIPGO and I am loving not having to make all the decisions. In between I work on what I want. I am using WIPGO to do the projects that have been hanging around too long. Thanks for sharing all your projects!
Wonderful pillows and how nice for the family to have! Love all your stitching.
Happy Birthday, Carol!
I am going to focus in getting stuff fully finished including both quilting and cross stitch.
Best wishes to you and your families!
2025 Hopefully Will be a finishing year. Jan 1 I started a crochet afghan that’s been waiting kitted up for 5 years; I have a list of 30 cross stitch starts and kitted up bags which are now in a row (including one from the 90’s) by my recliner, 3 quilts that have been started are on the ‘25 list, too! We’ll see how my “plan” goes.
I have made a list of all my WIPs (46) and am determined to get that number down this year. I would love to get under 30. I also have knitting goals and quilting goals. Happy birthday Carol!!
Thanks for sharing - love the projects and finishes ❤
Happy birthday. Here's to another year of adventures
Happy Belated Birthday Carol! So sorry to hear about your husband/dad health issues-it’s never easy when your loved ones are having health issues. Keeping you all in my prayers for improvement in his health. Loved seeing all your stitching! I’m not a seasonal stitcher. I love stitching whatever strikes my fancy. I do have 3 planned starts for this year but other than those I plan on finishing some of my WIPS and then stitching whatever I feel like. I do use a planner to track what I stitch on everyday and my starts and finishes-I get one on Amazon every year. Happy New Year! I hope you enjoy the snow! As a retired nurse-I still hate snow-hate having to drive to work in it no matter how much we got and being stuck at work for days due to the snow.
So you wanted to hear some of us with our plans for 2025. I do stitch a lot of just one or two of projects. My plans are : 1st week stitch on my full coverage piece , it's 134,550 stitches (crazy) on 14 ct.Aida that I had to buy a 2 yd piece but it is only 16 inches tall. This is a village of Europe in the past. My 2nd week: will be my knitting that I do often. 3rd week: work on older quilts as well as start of new twin one. 4th week: for making gifts of various crafts. I do want to mention that for being 70 I did finish 77 different items. This year I will not be finishing no where near that figure.
So glad you had a good birthday! Love the parade of finishes. You inspire me!
Thank you for sharing your year in review. You both accomplish so much! I keep notes in a 5-year monthly calendar/planner and for 2024 had 38 starts and 32 finishes, plus some sewing projects, etc. It's nice to look back and realize what we have done.
Planning...well, I make plans based on special gifts I want to make plus things I want to do for myself. Then life happens, new releases come out and other "squirrel!" events, and my year may end up looking nothing like what I planned! For 2025 I do plan on some SALs and specific project goals and write them down.
I just love you two ladies. When I see your program I Just turn to your channel even if I am already watching someone else. I do not seem to get much done myself. I have never worked on the higher count fabric. It takes me along time to stitch a small project. I guess I just need to keep working on things and maybe I will get faster. ❤❤
Happy Birthday Carol. I can't believe that is the number you celebrated!! I have a project I started a while back, Cross Eyed Cricket Summer. I didn't want to spend all my time on just that, so when I finish something, I do one of the letters. It's working pretty well. I do stitch mostly smaller charts.
I’m a quilter who is getting back to cross stitch. My focus this year is going to be to quilt at least 12 quilts this year. I have way too many tops. Like you I also knit, and embroider and dabble in weaving. So in general, I want to have more finishes that starts. Happy 2025 ❤
Happy belated birthday. My mom and I made 7 pillow cases for my grandkids this Christmas, thanks to you. They loved them. I am doing my first big series this year. I signed up to do Heartland Quilting & Stitching and Sweet Wind Studios "Wordy Birds". Just started January yesterday. Usually only work on 2-3 projects at a time, so not too many Wips but I do have quite a few FOs that need to FFOd. I don't want to count. When I finish a stitch, I go look in my stash for a chart to kit up. Enjoy the snow, we currently do not have any in Upstate New York. But it's cold 20s all week.
Sounds like a wonderful birthday! Best Wishes! Jennifer you impress me with the completion of your goal! I quilt or stitch or paint whatever strikes my fancy or whatever inspires me on flosstube. Life is short, start all the things! Happy New Year!
Happy Birthday, Carol! I'll be joining the 80's age group in March. I give 25 selected projects 7 days of dedicated stitching and I write the titles in a monthly calendar. I fill in the extra weeks with repeating the projects and other Wips. I did really well with this system last year until my husband became ill in August and everything changed. I'm hoping to start my system again this year. Love seeing all you two have accomplished! Hugs❤
Happy Birthday! I have been with you guys for a while. Love your channel.
I have not been a list maker for my craft projects to complete during the year. Really do not know why because I love making lists in my daily life to complete tasks. I have three big cross stitch projects I would like to finish and will focus on them the beginning of this year. As for my quilting I have three quilts needing to be sandwich and quilted which are on my radar. Carol I feel your pain because I also have to straighten up my craft/sewing room. So I guess this is the first year I will be making a list for my crafts. Wishing you both a happy and healthy 2025! Happy Birthday Carol🎂🎉🥳🎈and enjoy the❄️☃️. Until next time….Happy stitching!
Happy New Year to the both of you.🎉❤ I never know what I'll be working on until I get into my sewing room and see the projects whether it be crosstitch or quilting. I have however been able to work on mostly UFO's. The only resolution I make for the new year is to complete old projects and to use my fabric stash for new projects. Bowl holders are a great way to use up said fabric. I lost count of how many I've made for friends and family. And now I'm getting requests to make more.🤪 I find that using bowl holders for cold items like ice cream is helpful too. Carol, you are an inspiration for me. Your sense of humor and adventure are a welcomed part of my day. I love watching you and Jennifer interact with each other..❤
Always like your floss tube. You completed so many projects.
On your knitting what is the name of the hat pattern?
Also it was so nice of you to make the pillow cases very kind loving gesture.
Would like to complete all my knitting,crocheting,cross stitch embroidery projects I have started. I will make the list and try to check all off.
Just a thought, could you put grommets on each side in one corner then run a strap thru for a corner handle on your bag? Also, I made the tart ornaments and cut adhesive felt circles to stick on the back. A nice finishing touch. Happy New Year and have a great 2025!
Stitchville usa is in suburb of Minneapolis and closed last year.
Happy New Year! I am a pretty monogamous stitcher, so i don't have a lot of WIPS going at a time, and I don't really plan out what I'm going to work on next until I finish a project. I do know that I'm going to start Fruits of Plenty by Modern Folk Embroidery, and I'd love to learn to hand sew (no space or money for a machine yet!) and get back into crocheting/knitting a little more.
I have some WIPs coming into the new year that I’m hoping to focus on and not bring over another year😂
So enjoy your RUclips s!!! May you have a blessed year!!! Happy birthday Carol!!!
Happy Belated Birthday Carol! My mom is 5 years older than you and she is not quite as “spicy” as you but she does surprise us with what she says sometimes and makes us laugh a lot too. Every year my goal is a bit different for my stitching. This year I’m implementing a new start for every 2 finishes as I need to get my wip count down from 45 to at least 35 this year. Other than that I just focus on getting my 10 ornaments for my nieces stitched and sent off by mid November. Happy New Year.