LOve love your videos, they are always calming and full of beautiful things. And OH your daughter’s gift is just amazing, how sweet and what a great job. Love all your stitching and your sweet background. Enjoy your stitching time.
I never tire of sitting and watching your videos to see what you are stitching. We will all celebrate with you when you retire. Whenever I use my thread heaven now, I will think of your daughter's comment of "Chap Stick" for your floss...what a smile that brought. Words like contentment, peace of heart, and friend can lift our spirits like nothing else at times. We have a blessed life and have lived with more gifts than we can imagine. Keep praying for our country as well as Ukraine. Thank you Shanda for being a bright light on the internet. Till your next posting I will be stitching and waiting.
In Australia we pay $2.20 a quarter for gas. That is 8.80 a gallon. We still are surviving. I love it when the children come up with new words. They are so beautiful. Your stitching is lovely. And the patterns you want to stitch are gorgeous. Hugs, Kathleen Mary
I always look forward to a new video from you. I love all your projects and decorating. Looking forward to more quilts when you retire. You will love retirement!
Hi Shanda what a beautiful gift to receive from your daughter,your stitching is beautiful,and love all your charts,have a good week Thankyou for sharing 👍🪡🇳🇿
Shanda, I love your floss tube so very much. Your taste in stitch patterns are the same as mine and I love everything you do. Your voice is so sweet and calming. God bless you in all you do.
Hi Shanda 👋🏼! Enjoyed this video as I always do. I had to pause the video & go immediately to Beach Cottage Stitchers to order the box & pattern…whoot whoot 🙌🏼 so mine is ordered & will be on its way soon I hope, soon enough to stitch & finish for Christmas 2022. THANK YOU 😊 I see the It’s a Wonderful Life drum has its own ‘chapstick’ 😜. So sweet 💖 I’m counting down til your retirement with you, I love my retirement & so will you. Have a great & safe quilting retreat. Love you my friend 👯♂️💞
I love Seeking Refuge that your daughter stitched. She did a excellent job on that. It totally fits for today's world. You are so lucky to live close to Maggie's on Main.
What a sweet gift from your daughter. Lovely projects and kits. Am about a year behind you for retirement so counting months instead of days right now.
Hi Shanda! Wow, your daughter did an excellent job of stitching that sampler!! What an awesome birthday gift! Your finishes are gorgeous as well. I was stitching as I was watching you and kept getting knots and thought I need some of that floss chapstick myself! 😂 I admire your dedication to finishing your WIPs, you are getting a lot of them finished. I am a mostly monogamous stitcher, although I have three things going right now, so I don’t worry too much about having a lot of unfinished projects, but I know it would bother me if I did. That’s a great idea to get everything kitted up before you retire. It will be so nice to just pull out a project and be ready to go. You are going to love retirement!!! Stay well and happy stitching til next time!! 🪡🧵🪡🐇🌷🌷🪺🐣💕💕💕
Wonderful video! Your daughters chapstick for floss gave me a chuckle! It was cute! Love all your stitching projects as they are all so beautiful! Have a great time at your quilting retreat!
I always enjoy seeing your work. You are such a pleasure to watch while I'm stitching. Thank you for taking the time the time to make your videos. I really like your view on being content.
Great finishes & future projects. Your daughter did a great Jon on the SH piece for you. The Chapstick story is cute! I love that Lidya book, & have stitched several designs from it. Marilyn
Your projects are all so lovely !! How fun to share your love of handwork with your daughter, she stitched your gift beautifully! I’m also enjoying Larkspur to Candleford ☺️ for the second time through, so much to love in this heartwarming show! Enjoy your upcoming gathering in the mountains, it feels so good to be together with friends again!
Beautiful stitching! Loved your daughter's Chapstick comment! We all can use as little levity given the state of the world right now. You are right a stitching can take us away for a while. Thank you for taking the time to share your work with us. You are so inspiring!
Beautiful stitching Shanda! You will enjoy retirement, I always felt that I got more done when I was working; because I was more organized because I had to be lol.
Enjoyed your video...as always. Chapstick for floss, too funny. I appreciate your words about contentment. Yes, we need to ve grateful for the lives we have especially when see the trauma of the Ukranian citizens. So happy retirement is very, very close for you. Those days will fly by. Spring is just around the corner! Take care.
Way to go on that WIP pile. Mine is not as expansive as yours but I am plugging away on them.. little by little. My biggest pile is quilting related and I think it is a bit out of control, but I am aiming for considerably less by years end. You have so many lovely BB designs! It must so hard not to get into them.Good to see you back. Keep the Floss chap stick handy! 😂
The dishes can wait. Thank you for another insightful and informative hour. I look forward to each of your videos. Peace be with you and our cross stitch community all over the world.
I agree- the dishes can wait in many instances. In this case, thank you for putting your domestic responsibilities on hold while you watch - I appreciate your time and interest. Thanks for watching and happy stitching time!!!
Great video with lots of gorgeous stitching and wonderful patterns!!! The closer you get to retirement, the longer the days seem. Been there😊 Have fun at the retreat!!!!!
New viewer. Chapstick for floss! 😂 Now you know someone will come up with that type of product soon. Your daughter needs a cut of that profit. I love your corner cabinet. My mom had white dishes like those. I think they were Ironwood or Ironwork, something like that. I loved watching Candleford, too. I need to rewatch that show soon. So far red houses haven't become a weakness, but BBD sure has. I always have one or two of those going as WIPS.
Thank you for this great podcast Shanda…Seeking Refuge, a beautifully stitched pattern by your daughter…WOW…does your daughter quilt too ?…the SNP FFO is lovely too…in fact, everything I saw was awesome…wishing you the best at your quilt retreat…thanks for the reference to The Beach Cottage Stitches handling the box…I loved seeing you again, retirement is great…happy stitching Shanda❣️❣️❣️
I love all your projects finished and future WIPs. I am so excited for you that you will be retiring so soon. I remember when that was just a dream for you. I hope to see you before that date. Larkrise to Candleford is such a great series. Enjoy!!!
What a wonderful floss tube! Shanda your pieces are outstanding, so beautiful! I love the chapstick for floss, chuckles! Thanks so much for what you do. Take care 🤗
Hi Shanda-Another great video with beautiful stitching-I am so relieved to know that you received the floss-you put so much effort and love into your cross stitch and quilting videos-we’re all better crafts people because of it❤️
I am so happy for you that you are getting closer to retiring. I know that you will truly enjoy it and that you will fill your time with lots of stitching and quilting. What fun!!
Thanks for the beauty - countdown for you. I am finally making my trip to Boise April 1 to see if it suits me and let my kids show me all around. I am excited
Enjoyed your video! I am new here and will be returning. Your stitching is beautiful as is your daughter's. It's so exciting that you will be retiring soon. Congratulations!
Good evening Shanda. I so enjoy visiting with you. So loved our red sampler stitching for our birthday month in February. Seeing you show ‘ Where my Heart Blooms’ BBD which I stitched on 30ct as a kit in 2008,still waiting to be framed,so must get to that. I’ve started O Tannenbaum and working the 16th of each month now to get progress going. I too have ‘Come into my Garden’ BBD but yet to kit up. Blessings and happy stitching my friend.
Great video. Such lovely finishes and beautiful future stitches. What a wonderful piece stitched by your daughter and such a treasure!! Wishing your days to be filled with happiness as you work to retirement.
Thank you Ginger! You are always so supportive of me and my endeavors. Shhhh…. I started Elizabeth Charnelay already this evening - I couldn’t stand it….♥️
Lovely finishes and projects. So enjoy your videos. My hubby calls our second home the hobby house. I stitch and sew quilts there. Trying to continue to work with what I have too and make due.
Lovely stitching, so many great projects and future projects. 🐿😉. Thanks for the info for O Tannenbaum box - shoomed it before finished watching. Whoop, whoop come on June 15!!
“Red houses, it’s my one weakness.” 😂 Lisa introduced me to Larkrise when she stayed with me while I was recovering. Love that show! I think I need to stitch that on a sampler now! As always, loved everything you showed. I think you’ll find you need something smaller than 28ct for Sarah Casey Unwin, unless you’re going to do it over one. She’s a fairly big girl. Brea would lovely for her! Will you be in Missoula in Sept?
Good morning! I think I will use the Brea otherwise I was going to stitch Sarah over one on 25 Prim from Lori Holt so she would be smaller. I need smaller samplers as wall space is getting to be at a premium! 😂. Yes, Missoula in Sept here I come! 🪡♥️😀. Happy stitching friend, on our side of the continental divide 🥰!
Thank you so much for mentioning my Antique Red Sampler booklet Shanda. The piece looks just great. Be sure to contact me thru email so that I can send you some patterns.
Lately I have been hearing a lot about thread magic ,so I decided to get some it is as it is advertised and your daughter is right ,it looks like chap stick only for thread…
Did you have any issue with Beach Cottage Stitchers? I ordered from them at Christmas. It took a long time to get my most of what I ordered. I still haven't gotten all the flosses.
I have ordered from them twice. First time was the Coming to America sampler kit and everything came except one of the flosses that I needed 5 of and they were shipped after a month. I do have to say the communication between May (when you ordered and paid for the kit) and September ( when you finally received the goods) was a bit on the lacking side. I had a very difficult time receiving any communication or if I had a question I needed answered. The second time was just recently and I hesitantly ordered the box that fits O Tannenbaum by With Thy Needle and Thread. It did come in one piece, not damaged, within 2 weeks. Overall, customer service is a 3 out of 5. 😏
The chart is called The Alphabet Sampler by Birds of a Feather. It is out of print but still available. I stitched it in 2009 and it remains one of my favorites. Happy stitching and thank you for watching!♥️
Like your videos but please don’t throw away your project, just rip out the scissors and change it to a darker colour! I am working on a project and had over 500 stitches that I had to rip out as I am using a even weave fabric that I haven’t used before (just starting back at cross stitching) and I need the best of daylight and first thing in my morning to stitch. I couldn’t let the mistakes go by and fudge later because I’d forget about them and then was really mixed up! I just couldn’t get rid of the fabric as I paid a lot of money for it. 😳 I started all over again and now I am making sure there are no mistakes or doing backstitching or ripping out sooner more then later or just letting it go. Thanks for listening…..Nettie
shhhhh, you said you would stop saying to hurry up and get to your retirement date...i have my last kid graduating in may and I am praying goes by slow....sorry. Chapstick for floss is a perfect name.
LOve love your videos, they are always calming and full of beautiful things. And OH your daughter’s gift is just amazing, how sweet and what a great job. Love all your stitching and your sweet background. Enjoy your stitching time.
I never tire of sitting and watching your videos to see what you are stitching. We will all celebrate with you when you retire. Whenever I use my thread heaven now, I will think of your daughter's comment of "Chap Stick" for your floss...what a smile that brought. Words like contentment, peace of heart, and friend can lift our spirits like nothing else at times. We have a blessed life and have lived with more gifts than we can imagine. Keep praying for our country as well as Ukraine. Thank you Shanda for being a bright light on the internet. Till your next posting I will be stitching and waiting.
In Australia we pay $2.20 a quarter for gas. That is 8.80 a gallon. We still are surviving. I love it when the children come up with new words. They are so beautiful.
Your stitching is lovely. And the patterns you want to stitch are gorgeous. Hugs, Kathleen Mary
I always look forward to a new video from you. I love all your projects and decorating. Looking forward to more quilts when you retire. You will love retirement!
Hi Shanda what a beautiful gift to receive from your daughter,your stitching is beautiful,and love all your charts,have a good week Thankyou for sharing 👍🪡🇳🇿
Shanda, I love your floss tube so very much. Your taste in stitch patterns are the same as mine and I love everything you do. Your voice is so sweet and calming. God bless you in all you do.
Hi Shanda 👋🏼! Enjoyed this video as I always do. I had to pause the video & go immediately to Beach Cottage Stitchers to order the box & pattern…whoot whoot 🙌🏼 so mine is ordered & will be on its way soon I hope, soon enough to stitch & finish for Christmas 2022. THANK YOU 😊 I see the It’s a Wonderful Life drum has its own ‘chapstick’ 😜. So sweet 💖 I’m counting down til your retirement with you, I love my retirement & so will you. Have a great & safe quilting retreat. Love you my friend 👯♂️💞
I love Seeking Refuge that your daughter stitched. She did a excellent job on that. It totally fits for today's world. You are so lucky to live close to Maggie's on Main.
What a sweet gift from your daughter. Lovely projects and kits. Am about a year behind you for retirement so counting months instead of days right now.
Hi Shanda! Wow, your daughter did an excellent job of stitching that sampler!! What an awesome birthday gift! Your finishes are gorgeous as well. I was stitching as I was watching you and kept getting knots and thought I need some of that floss chapstick myself! 😂 I admire your dedication to finishing your WIPs, you are getting a lot of them finished. I am a mostly monogamous stitcher, although I have three things going right now, so I don’t worry too much about having a lot of unfinished projects, but I know it would bother me if I did. That’s a great idea to get everything kitted up before you retire. It will be so nice to just pull out a project and be ready to go. You are going to love retirement!!! Stay well and happy stitching til next time!! 🪡🧵🪡🐇🌷🌷🪺🐣💕💕💕
Wonderful video! Your daughters chapstick for floss gave me a chuckle! It was cute! Love all your stitching projects as they are all so beautiful! Have a great time at your quilting retreat!
I always enjoy seeing your work. You are such a pleasure to watch while I'm stitching. Thank you for taking the time the time to make your videos. I really like your view on being content.
Great finishes & future projects.
Your daughter did a great Jon on the SH piece for you.
The Chapstick story is cute!
I love that Lidya book, & have stitched several designs from it.
Marilyn
The chapstick comment made me giggle. What a lovely gift that sampler is!
Your projects are all so lovely !! How fun to share your love of handwork with your daughter, she stitched your gift beautifully!
I’m also enjoying Larkspur to Candleford ☺️ for the second time through, so much to love in this heartwarming show! Enjoy your upcoming gathering in the mountains, it feels so good to be together with friends again!
Also love the Larkspur series!
I loved seeing all of your beautiful stitching projects! So happy for you that you found the tray for the Brenda Gervais Christmas piece😊
Beautiful stitching! Loved your daughter's Chapstick comment! We all can use as little levity given the state of the world right now. You are right a stitching can take us away for a while. Thank you for taking the time to share your work with us. You are so inspiring!
Beautiful stitching Shanda! You will enjoy retirement, I always felt that I got more done when I was working; because I was more organized because I had to be lol.
Enjoyed your video...as always.
Chapstick for floss, too funny.
I appreciate your words about contentment. Yes, we need to ve grateful for the lives we have especially when see the trauma of the Ukranian citizens.
So happy retirement is very, very close for you. Those days will fly by.
Spring is just around the corner!
Take care.
Way to go on that WIP pile. Mine is not as expansive as yours but I am plugging away on them.. little by little. My biggest pile is quilting related and I think it is a bit out of control, but I am aiming for considerably less by years end. You have so many lovely BB designs! It must so hard not to get into them.Good to see you back. Keep the Floss chap stick handy! 😂
So awesome to see you again, you are such a guiding light. Thank you. Prayers for travel and hugs from the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. Linda
The dishes can wait. Thank you for another insightful and informative hour. I look forward to each of your videos. Peace be with you and our cross stitch community all over the world.
I agree- the dishes can wait in many instances. In this case, thank you for putting your domestic responsibilities on hold while you watch - I appreciate your time and interest. Thanks for watching and happy stitching time!!!
What lovely stitching, Shanda. Really enjoyed this video.
Great video with lots of gorgeous stitching and wonderful patterns!!! The closer you get to retirement, the longer the days seem. Been there😊 Have fun at the retreat!!!!!
Thank you, Sara!! Hugs!
New viewer. Chapstick for floss! 😂 Now you know someone will come up with that type of product soon. Your daughter needs a cut of that profit. I love your corner cabinet. My mom had white dishes like those. I think they were Ironwood or Ironwork, something like that. I loved watching Candleford, too. I need to rewatch that show soon. So far red houses haven't become a weakness, but BBD sure has. I always have one or two of those going as WIPS.
Your daughter’s piece is just glorious and stitched so beautifully. What a treasure ❤️
Kiddo's to ur daughter. Beautiful work. I love the chap- stick reference.🤭🤭🤭🤭
Thank you for this great podcast Shanda…Seeking Refuge, a beautifully stitched pattern by your daughter…WOW…does your daughter quilt too ?…the SNP FFO is lovely too…in fact, everything I saw was awesome…wishing you the best at your quilt retreat…thanks for the reference to The Beach Cottage Stitches handling the box…I loved seeing you again, retirement is great…happy stitching Shanda❣️❣️❣️
Such a fun flosstube, I had to watch it twice!
I love all your projects finished and future WIPs. I am so excited for you that you will be retiring so soon. I remember when that was just a dream for you. I hope to see you before that date. Larkrise to Candleford is such a great series. Enjoy!!!
Thank you, Alice for the comment and watching! I do like Lark Rise - “it is my one weakness.” 😉
Love this video! I enjoyed seeing your projects!🥰
Always a joy to listen & watch you ❤️❤️❤️
What a wonderful floss tube! Shanda your pieces are outstanding, so beautiful! I love the chapstick for floss, chuckles! Thanks so much for what you do. Take care 🤗
Hi Shanda-Another great video with beautiful stitching-I am so relieved to know that you received the floss-you put so much effort and love into your cross stitch and quilting videos-we’re all better crafts people because of it❤️
Love your idea for your Anniversary sampler. So enjoy your video. Be Happy!
I am so enjoying your videos; thank you so much for the beautiful work and up-coming projects you share. You are an inspiration.
I appreciate your Comment - viewers like you keep me going! ♥️
I am so happy for you that you are getting closer to retiring. I know that you will truly enjoy it and that you will fill your time with lots of stitching and quilting. What fun!!
Thanks for the beauty - countdown for you. I am finally making my trip to Boise April 1 to see if it suits me and let my kids show me all around. I am excited
Thanks for sharing I always enjoy your videos!
Thanks for the info on the box for Otannenbaum, I stopped your video and went to order it right away. I’ve been looking for it 😁
Enjoyed your video! I am new here and will be returning. Your stitching is beautiful as is your daughter's. It's so exciting that you will be retiring soon. Congratulations!
A fun chat! Thanks for sharing!
Good evening Shanda. I so enjoy visiting with you. So loved our red sampler stitching for our birthday month in February. Seeing you show ‘ Where my Heart Blooms’ BBD which I stitched on 30ct as a kit in 2008,still waiting to be framed,so must get to that. I’ve started O Tannenbaum and working the 16th of each month now to get progress going. I too have ‘Come into my Garden’ BBD but yet to kit up. Blessings and happy stitching my friend.
Great video. Such lovely finishes and beautiful future stitches. What a wonderful piece stitched by your daughter and such a treasure!! Wishing your days to be filled with happiness as you work to retirement.
Excellent video, as always. I enjoy seeing your projects and am so proud of the WIPS you are finishing. Have fun at your retreat!
Thank you Ginger! You are always so supportive of me and my endeavors. Shhhh…. I started Elizabeth Charnelay already this evening - I couldn’t stand it….♥️
Lovely finishes and projects. So enjoy your videos. My hubby calls our second home the hobby house. I stitch and sew quilts there. Trying to continue to work with what I have too and make due.
Love your work!
Lots of love Shanda xx 💙💛🇺🇦💙💛🇬🇧💙💛
I found my square wood box for O Tannenbaum on Amazon. It was a package of two for about $10. I’m anxious to see the new market releases.
Lovely stitching, so many great projects and future projects. 🐿😉. Thanks for the info for O Tannenbaum box - shoomed it before finished watching. Whoop, whoop come on June 15!!
Gotta love the shooming! If I knew you were looking for it would’ve told ya sooner but those 🐿 got in our way…..
Love your videos.⭐️⭐️🍒🍒🍒
Thank you and happy stitching 🧶🧵🪡!
Your stitching is wonderful and so is your daughter's! Your ship was designed by Designs by Nanci. I have a few of her charts.
“Red houses, it’s my one weakness.” 😂 Lisa introduced me to Larkrise when she stayed with me while I was recovering. Love that show! I think I need to stitch that on a sampler now! As always, loved everything you showed. I think you’ll find you need something smaller than 28ct for Sarah Casey Unwin, unless you’re going to do it over one. She’s a fairly big girl. Brea would lovely for her! Will you be in Missoula in Sept?
Good morning! I think I will use the Brea otherwise I was going to stitch Sarah over one on 25 Prim from Lori Holt so she would be smaller. I need smaller samplers as wall space is getting to be at a premium! 😂. Yes, Missoula in Sept here I come! 🪡♥️😀. Happy stitching friend, on our side of the continental divide 🥰!
Thank you so much for mentioning my Antique Red Sampler booklet Shanda. The piece looks just great. Be sure to contact me thru email so that I can send you some patterns.
Like3, Nice sharing my friend
Thank you! ♥️
I’m going to remember ‘chapstick for floss!’ Have a few problems with that. Don’t know if the floss is backwards or not. Maybe that’s the problem.
Lately I have been hearing a lot about thread magic ,so I decided to get some it is as it is advertised and your daughter is right ,it looks like chap stick only for thread…
Did you have any issue with Beach Cottage Stitchers? I ordered from them at Christmas. It took a long time to get my most of what I ordered. I still haven't gotten all the flosses.
I have ordered from them twice. First time was the Coming to America sampler kit and everything came except one of the flosses that I needed 5 of and they were shipped after a month. I do have to say the communication between May (when you ordered and paid for the kit) and September ( when you finally received the goods) was a bit on the lacking side. I had a very difficult time receiving any communication or if I had a question I needed answered. The second time was just recently and I hesitantly ordered the box that fits O Tannenbaum by With Thy Needle and Thread. It did come in one piece, not damaged, within 2 weeks. Overall, customer service is a 3 out of 5. 😏
What is the sampler hanging behind you next to the 4 patch quilt?
The chart is called The Alphabet Sampler by Birds of a Feather. It is out of print but still available. I stitched it in 2009 and it remains one of my favorites. Happy stitching and thank you for watching!♥️
Enjoy your retreat and upcoming retirement. Yes Ma'am, we must be content with what we have, reuse, re-do, or do without!!
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Like your videos but please don’t throw away your project, just rip out the scissors and change it to a darker colour! I am working on a project and had over 500 stitches that I had to rip out as I am using a even weave fabric that I haven’t used before (just starting back at cross stitching) and I need the best of daylight and first thing in my morning to stitch. I couldn’t let the mistakes go by and fudge later because I’d forget about them and then was really mixed up! I just couldn’t get rid of the fabric as I paid a lot of money for it. 😳 I started all over again and now I am making sure there are no mistakes or doing backstitching or ripping out sooner more then later or just letting it go. Thanks for listening…..Nettie
shhhhh, you said you would stop saying to hurry up and get to your retirement date...i have my last kid graduating in may and I am praying goes by slow....sorry. Chapstick for floss is a perfect name.
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I love your Pony emoji….. thank you!!
Beautiful work of your daughters crossstitch