I really like watching your progress with the 1% goals….. I have such respect for your parents….it took such courage to bring their children and start all over again in a new country…..
Impressed with all your projects and having such a young family. I am retired and started cross-stitching when my two girls were in grammar school. With working full-time, and all the chores of a home, children, and spouse there wasn't much time to cross-stitch I would stay up late to stitch when the house was quiet. Now that I'm retired I stitch anywhere from 4-6 hours a day. Still have to keep up the house and meal prep but I make at least that much time each day to stitch......I've earned it :) Happy Stitching!!
Loved your second video! The fact that you did that winter scene as a kid is absolutely incredible! You can hardly see the pencil lines on that one, you should definitely hang it up on display, it’s beautiful! ❤
I am retired. I do get more stitching done, but once the cold weather sets in especially, then my disabilities kicks in. Also, I have so many medical appointments, it is exhausting. I consider myself lucky to get 50 stitches in a day on 14- or 16-count. I envy you so much at being able to do full coverages, so I really enjoy watching your flosstube.
I am 72 and have been retired for a number of years. I do stitch every day and usually for hours at a time. I’m very lucky to have a husband who helps around the house and does all the grocery shopping. I also quilt and knit and crochet a little bit, but mostly I cross stitch. When I work on a HAED I can usually stitch between 600 to 1000 stitches in a day. I usually work on a project for several days before I switch projects, and I have MANY to choose from! We also travel a lot, especially cruises and I always take a couple cross stitch projects and a small knitting project with me and work on them in my spare time. I have a quilting day with my friend every week, church and visiting friends on Sunday, and a few evenings each week I watch my grandbaby. And of course, I do have to clean house, cook and do laundry, but the rest of the time, you can find me in my recliner, watching floss tube and stitching away!
I do understand where you're coming from with tent stitch! I used to feel the same way in college, I didn't have a ton of spare money so I tried to only buy things that would give me maximum time for the smallest cost. Now that I work full time though, I feel like it's flipped. I have the money but no time, so if I can get something stitched faster I see it as a positive now! Loved seeing your projects!
Hello i also love large projects. I stitch Heaven and earth designs. I am retired and I still don’t think I have enough cross stitch time because I take care of my grandson who is 2 going on 3 and my older grandchildren need rides to and from school and my husband and I have to go to appointments. I do think you should be proud of your cross stitch even if you made mistakes. I have been tempted to use pencil to grid. I’m glad you showed it because now I know what will happen if I grid with pencil. My ideal day is to wake up get showered and drink coffee. Then stitch all day but those days are few and far between. I started stitching about 22 years ago. There are still allot of things about cross stitch that I don’t know. God bless you and I look forward to your next video. Enjoy your retreat.
Good to see you back again I'm retired and because of health issues I'm not too mobile. So cross stitch can fill a lot of my day! I tend to complete a household task, then consider the rest of the day is mine ! Enjoy your first retreat.
Hi Anna! Was happy to see that you had a second video up. Your first project you did as a child is amazing. I would get it framed, you don’t really see the grid lines and for the different blue color I would have never known that it was wrong if you hadn’t said anything. And your second one is also beautiful. I would frame that one too just because it was one of your first projects. I was able to retire this past June. I am enjoying it. I can stitch whenever I feel like it, I am getting a lot more stitching done but my only problem is that I have so many big projects I don’t get as much fully finished. I have been trying to get more small projects so that when get one completed I feel like I am making progress. I do have a serious problem😮, I have more time to spend more money. I probably have enough cross stitch for 2 life times and I can’t stop buying. I was able to go to my first retreat this past Sept in Michigan and it was a lot of fun. I am also going to Stitch Con in June in Ohio. I am really excited about going to this one too. Have fun at your retreat. After you go you will want to go to another one. Just a heads up you might not get as much stitching done as you hope to. There is so much going on, walking around to see what everyone is working on, talking with your table mates, shopping the vendors, meeting the host of the retreat and making new friends. Try and bring something that doesn’t have a lot of counting. I ended up having to frog most of what I stitched. Looking forward to your next FlossTube and hearing all about your retreat❤❤❤
I am retired in a sense, 14 years, I am a stay at home mom and my kiddo has a disability so he is my forever child. I stitch off and on and run my household which actually takes more time than you would think. I have found in life that there is an ebb and flow to all things and huge adjustments so I will echo what someone else said and to enjoy the stage you are in and find a way to be content in it. It doesn't stop me from spending for projects in retirement so definitely do it if you can Happy Stitching 🪡🪡🪡
I have enjoyed your videos, Ana, and your projects are awesome. I am really impressed by those early projects you completed as a child. They are extremely well done. A Floss tuber you might really enjoy is Amylovestoads. She has a love of unconventional pets and stitches a lot of projects that include frogs, toads, insects, butterflies, etc. I am retired and stitch a lot. I do understand how you dream of the day when that may be your life. However, my advice is to just love the stage of life you're at. I would like to feel that I still had years and years ahead of me but realistically that is not the case. I hope you have a wonderful time at the retreat. By the way, I also learned about the result of gridding fabric with a pencil. Oops!
I love those old projects! I also pencil gridded some old projects and they weren't full coverage. I still framed one that wasn't bad and I would say it's worth it!! I had a corn snake growing up named Mr. Snake so buttons isn't a half bad name 😅 he's beautiful!
Your projects you did when you were younger are incredible! I don’t think the blue color difference in your first project is noticeable at all, the slightly different shade in the dolphin gives it definition from the rest of the scene and I think it looks great! I understand what you mean about half stitches, somehow they don’t seem complete to me. If a design like Dimensions is charted with half stitches then that’s how I stitch them, but for full coverage I always do full crosses, it just seems more finished to me. And it brings joy to have the project take as long as it takes, I don’t need to take shortcuts to get it done faster. ☺️ Your snake is adorable! I’m sure some people may not like them but I think Buttons is so cute 😃 Enjoy your time at the retreat!! ❤
I'm retired and not ruled by the clock anymore so I stitch when I want and for as long as I want which is just the best for me - I even get irritated when I have to do something else!! lol
Retirement is awesome!I probably stitch an average of 6 hours a day. Belong to a couple groups of ladies where we get together and stitch weekly or biweekly. The pieces you did as a child are great!
It was so cool seeing your past projects! I'm sure I learnt when I was at school and keep meaning to dig through the box of things my Mum kept from then to look for some of my earliest stitching. The size and detail of the things you stitched as a teenager are so impressive! I have a spinner for picking projects but I only use it when I'm feeling really indecisive and even then it's only to force myself to have a gut reaction of "Yeah I don't mind working on that" or "Urgh no I definitely don't want that one" 😂 Just like when you tell your partner you don't mind what cuisine of food to eat but as soon as they choose you know "not that" 😂😂
I can’t believe you tackled that first project as a child! I think it’s so pretty and I didn’t notice any blue problems at all. Then the second and third are absolutely gorgeous! I really think you should frame one or both! Love the patterns. Have a wonderful time at retreat. I’m going to my first stitch retreat next June. Stitch-Con. I live in Ohio but 3 hours away so I will be staying at a hotel. I’ve gone to quilt retreats and I know there’s lots of chatting and sometimes not a lot of sewing. It’s probably that way with our stitching. 😁. I always take too many projects because I want to be prepared. Lol!
Hi Sandy, I am Pauline, I am also going to Stitch Con first time going but this will be my second retreat. I was just at my first retreat in Sept. What week are you going? I am going week B. It would be nice to meet you.
@@sandykalmeyer9523 that’s what I’m getting from the comment - sounds like it will be a lot of socializing and probably not that much stitching. I can’t wait to see what it’s like!
Hahaha, i am the same about my future retirement! I see myself sitting in a comfy chair and just stitching away :) Don’t prepare yourself for too much stitching during the retreat, for me my first time was about 80% socialising, 10% shopping and only 10% stitching 😅 I love Buttons ❤
Stitch retreats are so much fun! I'm in MA and go to the Stitch New England Retreat and it's a blast! I think it's sort of a joke in the community that not much stitching gets done at retreats haha. It's just so fun chatting with people and seeing what everyone else is working on. I limit myself to the number of projects I bring so that I'm forced to work on something haha. One of my friends brings all her floss and projects! I hope you have a great time!
Good to see you again. I am several decades older than you and on the cusp of retirement - next year. Like you, I have been dreaming and saving for this time in my life's journey - and pray that it will involve oodles of time to travel and cross-stitch to my heart's desire!! I too will be reading the comments from people who are currently retired and hope they will share wonderful stories of life on the other side of the needle. I BEG you - please never show us the snake again! Thank you! Of course, I have the option of fast-forwarding the video but stepping away to the kitchen and coming back to something living maneuvering through your hands - unsettling!
Great to see your beautiful snake. We had a Children's Python for about 19 years until he died. Ramases was my daughter's pet , along with her Italian greyhound called Harry. Rammy loved laying around the computer monitor, curtain rods, under Tori's pillow. Great temperament even though , as a baby, he burnt the end of his tail on a heat wire. Try Injecting a snake with 0.01ml of medication every day for 3 weeks........if they twist as the needle enters in can go straight through! Ramases was still a placid easy to handle snake until the day he died. You'll have a lot of fun with Buttons. Your stitching is great too 😂 ❤ Uninterrupted stitching at a retreat! Not happening. Too much talking, visiting etc. Lucky to get 30 stitches done 😂
Really enjoyed your video and seeing your older projects, I think that they are really really beautiful you should frame them and show them with pride , just place mating board very close to the stitching it will hide the pencil lanes 😊😊
I have found that I don’t get much stitching done at retreats because I’m too busy talking. I usually take 2-3 projects in case I get frustrated with one or just not feeling it for the day. Have fun!!
Your projects, now and from your earlier years, are really beautiful. I’ve worked on a few full coverage pieces in my life, but prefer those patters that are not full coverage. Like you, I hate backstitching on the Dimension kits - I finished Ballerina Beauty for my granddaughter earlier this year and was ready to rip the hair from my head at the end when I had to backstitch it all. I have to admit though that the end product of a Dimension Gold kit is absolutely gorgeous, but for me, one is enough. Your daughter’s snake is cute, but where will you be keeping it when it’s six feet long and full grown? As a retiree I do try to stitch a few hours every day, but life sometimes still gets in the way… it’s a hobby that when I have the time to pick up a project I enjoy the process and the relaxation it brings.
For your old finish with the pencil grid lines, have you considered framing it right to the edge of the stitching so you can't see the lines? I hope you have a wonderful time at the retreat! Happy stitching 💜
I might still frame them. I still see the gridlines through the stitches as well, but maybe for an average viewer who is not a stitcher it's not even noticeable
I really like watching your progress with the 1% goals….. I have such respect for your parents….it took such courage to bring their children and start all over again in a new country…..
Impressed with all your projects and having such a young family. I am retired and started cross-stitching when my two girls were in grammar school. With working full-time, and all the chores of a home, children, and spouse there wasn't much time to cross-stitch I would stay up late to stitch when the house was quiet. Now that I'm retired I stitch anywhere from 4-6 hours a day. Still have to keep up the house and meal prep but I make at least that much time each day to stitch......I've earned it :) Happy Stitching!!
Loved your second video! The fact that you did that winter scene as a kid is absolutely incredible! You can hardly see the pencil lines on that one, you should definitely hang it up on display, it’s beautiful! ❤
Wonderful stitching!! Love Buttons!! He's really interesting!! Happy stitching!!
I am retired. I do get more stitching done, but once the cold weather sets in especially, then my disabilities kicks in. Also, I have so many medical appointments, it is exhausting. I consider myself lucky to get 50 stitches in a day on 14- or 16-count. I envy you so much at being able to do full coverages, so I really enjoy watching your flosstube.
Beautiful childhood projects. I love it! Have fun and relax on retreat. Can’t wait to hear about it ! 😊
Great video! I am blown away by your first pieces! They are just stunning 💛. I love buttons, corn snakes are great pets for sure! Happy stitching!
I am 72 and have been retired for a number of years. I do stitch every day and usually for hours at a time. I’m very lucky to have a husband who helps around the house and does all the grocery shopping. I also quilt and knit and crochet a little bit, but mostly I cross stitch. When I work on a HAED I can usually stitch between 600 to 1000 stitches in a day. I usually work on a project for several days before I switch projects, and I have MANY to choose from! We also travel a lot, especially cruises and I always take a couple cross stitch projects and a small knitting project with me and work on them in my spare time. I have a quilting day with my friend every week, church and visiting friends on Sunday, and a few evenings each week I watch my grandbaby. And of course, I do have to clean house, cook and do laundry, but the rest of the time, you can find me in my recliner, watching floss tube and stitching away!
That sounds amazing. Are the 600 to 1000 stitches full cross or tent stitch?
@ full cross. That’s all I do. I don’t like doing tent stitch. I tried it but just didn’t enjoy it.
Great progress. And have fun on the retreat. Happy stitching
I do understand where you're coming from with tent stitch! I used to feel the same way in college, I didn't have a ton of spare money so I tried to only buy things that would give me maximum time for the smallest cost. Now that I work full time though, I feel like it's flipped. I have the money but no time, so if I can get something stitched faster I see it as a positive now! Loved seeing your projects!
Hello i also love large projects. I stitch Heaven and earth designs. I am retired and I still don’t think I have enough cross stitch time because I take care of my grandson who is 2 going on 3 and my older grandchildren need rides to and from school and my husband and I have to go to appointments.
I do think you should be proud of your cross stitch even if you made mistakes. I have been tempted to use pencil to grid. I’m glad you showed it because now I know what will happen if I grid with pencil. My ideal day is to wake up get showered and drink coffee. Then stitch all day but those days are few and far between. I started stitching about 22 years ago. There are still allot of things about cross stitch that I don’t know. God bless you and I look forward to your next video. Enjoy your retreat.
Good to see you back again
I'm retired and because of health issues I'm not too mobile. So cross stitch can fill a lot of my day! I tend to complete a household task, then consider the rest of the day is mine ! Enjoy your first retreat.
Hope you enjoy your first retreat! ❤
Hi Anna! Was happy to see that you had a second video up. Your first project you did as a child is amazing. I would get it framed, you don’t really see the grid lines and for the different blue color I would have never known that it was wrong if you hadn’t said anything. And your second one is also beautiful. I would frame that one too just because it was one of your first projects. I was able to retire this past June. I am enjoying it. I can stitch whenever I feel like it, I am getting a lot more stitching done but my only problem is that I have so many big projects I don’t get as much fully finished. I have been trying to get more small projects so that when get one completed I feel like I am making progress. I do have a serious problem😮, I have more time to spend more money. I probably have enough cross stitch for 2 life times and I can’t stop buying. I was able to go to my first retreat this past Sept in Michigan and it was a lot of fun. I am also going to Stitch Con in June in Ohio. I am really excited about going to this one too. Have fun at your retreat. After you go you will want to go to another one. Just a heads up you might not get as much stitching done as you hope to. There is so much going on, walking around to see what everyone is working on, talking with your table mates, shopping the vendors, meeting the host of the retreat and making new friends. Try and bring something that doesn’t have a lot of counting. I ended up having to frog most of what I stitched. Looking forward to your next FlossTube and hearing all about your retreat❤❤❤
It was good to see you again. I am retired and I cross stitch in the evening about 3 to 4 hours. I love your projects. Enjoy the retreat.
3-4 hours every evening sounds so nice!
I am retired in a sense, 14 years, I am a stay at home mom and my kiddo has a disability so he is my forever child. I stitch off and on and run my household which actually takes more time than you would think. I have found in life that there is an ebb and flow to all things and huge adjustments so I will echo what someone else said and to enjoy the stage you are in and find a way to be content in it. It doesn't stop me from spending for projects in retirement so definitely do it if you can Happy Stitching 🪡🪡🪡
I have enjoyed your videos, Ana, and your projects are awesome. I am really impressed by those early projects you completed as a child. They are extremely well done. A Floss tuber you might really enjoy is Amylovestoads. She has a love of unconventional pets and stitches a lot of projects that include frogs, toads, insects, butterflies, etc. I am retired and stitch a lot. I do understand how you dream of the day when that may be your life. However, my advice is to just love the stage of life you're at. I would like to feel that I still had years and years ahead of me but realistically that is not the case. I hope you have a wonderful time at the retreat. By the way, I also learned about the result of gridding fabric with a pencil. Oops!
Thank you so much for the recommendation! I’m going to spend the evening cross stitching and watching Amy Loved Toads videos 😊
Buttons is super cute.
I love those old projects! I also pencil gridded some old projects and they weren't full coverage. I still framed one that wasn't bad and I would say it's worth it!!
I had a corn snake growing up named Mr. Snake so buttons isn't a half bad name 😅 he's beautiful!
@@ellenmartin4509 ok maybe I will go ahead and frame them
Your projects you did when you were younger are incredible! I don’t think the blue color difference in your first project is noticeable at all, the slightly different shade in the dolphin gives it definition from the rest of the scene and I think it looks great!
I understand what you mean about half stitches, somehow they don’t seem complete to me. If a design like Dimensions is charted with half stitches then that’s how I stitch them, but for full coverage I always do full crosses, it just seems more finished to me. And it brings joy to have the project take as long as it takes, I don’t need to take shortcuts to get it done faster. ☺️
Your snake is adorable! I’m sure some people may not like them but I think Buttons is so cute 😃
Enjoy your time at the retreat!! ❤
I'm retired and not ruled by the clock anymore so I stitch when I want and for as long as I want which is just the best for me - I even get irritated when I have to do something else!! lol
@@annieoldfield1 I can’t wait!
Retirement is awesome!I probably stitch an average of 6 hours a day. Belong to a couple groups of ladies where we get together and stitch weekly or biweekly. The pieces you did as a child are great!
@@beckykinsinger6829 6 hours a day sounds so nice!
It was so cool seeing your past projects! I'm sure I learnt when I was at school and keep meaning to dig through the box of things my Mum kept from then to look for some of my earliest stitching. The size and detail of the things you stitched as a teenager are so impressive!
I have a spinner for picking projects but I only use it when I'm feeling really indecisive and even then it's only to force myself to have a gut reaction of "Yeah I don't mind working on that" or "Urgh no I definitely don't want that one" 😂 Just like when you tell your partner you don't mind what cuisine of food to eat but as soon as they choose you know "not that" 😂😂
I like that idea! I might start using the spinner when I'm indecisive which project to work on
I too own a corn snake and am soooo in love with mine. His name is Bruce lol. Love your videos and watching all your progress.
I love the name Bruce for a snake!
I can’t believe you tackled that first project as a child! I think it’s so pretty and I didn’t notice any blue problems at all. Then the second and third are absolutely gorgeous! I really think you should frame one or both! Love the patterns. Have a wonderful time at retreat. I’m going to my first stitch retreat next June. Stitch-Con. I live in Ohio but 3 hours away so I will be staying at a hotel. I’ve gone to quilt retreats and I know there’s lots of chatting and sometimes not a lot of sewing. It’s probably that way with our stitching. 😁. I always take too many projects because I want to be prepared. Lol!
Hi Sandy, I am Pauline, I am also going to Stitch Con first time going but this will be my second retreat. I was just at my first retreat in Sept. What week are you going? I am going week B. It would be nice to meet you.
@@sandykalmeyer9523 that’s what I’m getting from the comment - sounds like it will be a lot of socializing and probably not that much stitching. I can’t wait to see what it’s like!
@@paulinedean4419 ohhh, I would love to meet you, but I’m going to A. Hope you have a good time!
Hahaha, i am the same about my future retirement! I see myself sitting in a comfy chair and just stitching away :)
Don’t prepare yourself for too much stitching during the retreat, for me my first time was about 80% socialising, 10% shopping and only 10% stitching 😅
I love Buttons ❤
Stitch retreats are so much fun! I'm in MA and go to the Stitch New England Retreat and it's a blast! I think it's sort of a joke in the community that not much stitching gets done at retreats haha. It's just so fun chatting with people and seeing what everyone else is working on. I limit myself to the number of projects I bring so that I'm forced to work on something haha. One of my friends brings all her floss and projects! I hope you have a great time!
Good to see you again. I am several decades older than you and on the cusp of retirement - next year. Like you, I have been dreaming and saving for this time in my life's journey - and pray that it will involve oodles of time to travel and cross-stitch to my heart's desire!! I too will be reading the comments from people who are currently retired and hope they will share wonderful stories of life on the other side of the needle. I BEG you - please never show us the snake again! Thank you! Of course, I have the option of fast-forwarding the video but stepping away to the kitchen and coming back to something living maneuvering through your hands - unsettling!
Your first project is beautiful. Thank you for sharing. One of my girls at church has a corn snake named candy corn .
Have fun at the retreat! I belong to So Cal Stitchers and we have 3 retreats a year. I go to the Temecula one. Beautiful stitching!
Great to see your beautiful snake. We had a Children's Python for about 19 years until he died. Ramases was my daughter's pet , along with her Italian greyhound called Harry. Rammy loved laying around the computer monitor, curtain rods, under Tori's pillow. Great temperament even though , as a baby, he burnt the end of his tail on a heat wire. Try Injecting a snake with 0.01ml of medication every day for 3 weeks........if they twist as the needle enters in can go straight through! Ramases was still a placid easy to handle snake until the day he died. You'll have a lot of fun with Buttons.
Your stitching is great too 😂 ❤
Uninterrupted stitching at a retreat! Not happening. Too much talking, visiting etc. Lucky to get 30 stitches done 😂
Really enjoyed your video and seeing your older projects, I think that they are really really beautiful you should frame them and show them with pride , just place mating board very close to the stitching it will hide the pencil lanes 😊😊
Cannot say I love the snake, but I know others love it. I’ll just hide my eyes.
I have found that I don’t get much stitching done at retreats because I’m too busy talking. I usually take 2-3 projects in case I get frustrated with one or just not feeling it for the day. Have fun!!
Your projects, now and from your earlier years, are really beautiful. I’ve worked on a few full coverage pieces in my life, but prefer those patters that are not full coverage. Like you, I hate backstitching on the Dimension kits - I finished Ballerina Beauty for my granddaughter earlier this year and was ready to rip the hair from my head at the end when I had to backstitch it all. I have to admit though that the end product of a Dimension Gold kit is absolutely gorgeous, but for me, one is enough.
Your daughter’s snake is cute, but where will you be keeping it when it’s six feet long and full grown?
As a retiree I do try to stitch a few hours every day, but life sometimes still gets in the way… it’s a hobby that when I have the time to pick up a project I enjoy the process and the relaxation it brings.
For your old finish with the pencil grid lines, have you considered framing it right to the edge of the stitching so you can't see the lines? I hope you have a wonderful time at the retreat! Happy stitching 💜
I might still frame them. I still see the gridlines through the stitches as well, but maybe for an average viewer who is not a stitcher it's not even noticeable
2025 will be year of the snake so I'm sure there will be plenty of new snake patterns next year.
@@officialmermaidscove1376 good point! I can’t wait 👏👏👏