I loved your story of coming to America. I'm sorry your friend passed, but I'm glad you still have such a wonderful memory. I love your elephant on the shelf. You are doing a wonderful job with your videos!! Keep it up. Loving it.
I just found your Flosstube channel and I LOVE IT!!!! I am 65 years old. I have been daycaring my 9 grandchildren for the past 17 years. The last one entered school 2 years ago so I became a lunch lady at our high school. I took a 25 year break from cross stitching and started back last year. I am loving it. So happy I found Flosstube and YOU. Have a wonderful week.
Your videos are an absolute delight to watch, I started from episode one and still going. I love the variety of projects you stitch and have found some new designers due to you. Thank You for sharing with all of us.
Hello Lynn, so many beautiful projects and gorgeous finishing too. I keep my dmc in those plastic hinge lidded boxes which works well for me. I keep the over dyed on a large ring but I find it quite scruffy and am not really happy so am on the lookout for another system for them. It is hard being at home but thankfully we have our crafting and this wonderful online community to encourage each other to keep spirits lifted during these strange times. Thank you for sharing your stitching with us, take care and happy crafting, Teresa 🍂🧡💛🤎🍂
So much to love in this episode! You are such a lovely person and your cross stitching is wonderful! I especially liked the jar top finishing idea, I have so many canning jars! Phoebe is a beautiful cat 🐈! Looking forward to watching you again, you are so productive!
Oh, my, your Needlecraft ABCs is gorgeous. I also like the Enchanted Alphabet. I'm old school so I have my DMCs on LoRan cards. From the skeins I cut lengths of 18 inches and then put it on the card. The card hold 10 to 12 flosses. The cards are three-hole punched and go in a notebook. My overdyeds go on book rings. I have a laundry type drying rack that hangs on the back of my craft room door. I put the rings on the rods by brand alphabetically. I don't have many silks so they go in a small bin. Thanks for the great flosstube. Glad your cat is doing better.
You came up on my news feed last night. What can I say but a big than you for taking the time to show us your beautiful work. Coffee time means Lancashire stitches time ! Beautiful finishes, fantastic videos . I haven’t found a new u tuber that I honestly look forward to seeing for some time. Ps the animals that you don’t obtain yourself are given to you for a reason x
Oh lucky me, I just came upon your channel and what a feast for the eyes. Beautiful finishes and so looking forward to catching up on your prior shows. Thank you for making my morning so pleasurable.
Wonderful video Lynn. Loved all the finished pieces. Your wips are awesome. Can't wait until the next video. 🥰 Take care and be safe. Marylee from Canada 🇨🇦
Hi, I love your stitching! I keep my non DMC threads in baggies on a ring too, because I have cats (5 rescues) I need my threads to be kept somewhere that limits cat hair contamination :D . You're story about Phoebe made me laugh bless her, your face when you said she just let the vet cut them was pure surprised delight. I totally get that. One of our cats has long hair, but hates being groomed, attacks the brush/comb/scissors, and any hands holding them. So she can get little mats that take a lot of patience and time to get out. My daughter's come back to stay with us, (before and because of lockdown) and without thinking about it while stroking the cat, she just started kind of teasing them apart with her fingers, and gently pulling out any dead hair, and Binks loves it! and is now clump free. Could have knocked me down with a feather. Sorry that's so long!
Lovely videos, Lynn. We’re almost neighbours- I’m in Manchester, so like you, it’s more or less a weekly trip to the supermarket and walks for us. Thank goodness for stitching - I love doing Samplers. I have been stitching for almost 30yrs and I’ve always stored my DMCs in plastic postcard wallets, put a small sticky label in the corner with the number on it and keep them in numerical order in two shoe boxes!! 😂Hardly the height of glamour but it keeps them clean and easy to see and it works for me 😀. Stay safe.
Such a fun and new finds for me...enjoyed your wips...very nice video..could hear you well..and close enough for me to see all your beautiful stitching..thank you 😊❤
Hi Lynn, lovely to see you again! Your stitching is beautiful....your Drawn Thread garden piece....the one with the house at the top, is stunning! I store my DMC threads on bobbins in plastic boxes and my overdyed threads in colour matched boxes from TK Maxx. I have a separate box for my silks. Great to see you have almost 1000 subscribers! Come back soon xx
Just been loving your FlossTube. I think I will be giving you a shout out in my next episode.... you are such a kindred spirit! Love your stitching, and I can’t get enough of the accent. You are a doll!! Truly a delight. Keep up the good work❤️❤️!
Hi Lynn! I love your projects! And the frames you use are great! I store my DMC on bobbins in numerical order in compartmented boxes that are the perfect size for them. Because there are multiple boxes, I have them labeled with the number range of each box and store them on a shelf in a hobby closet I share with my husband. I use stackable drawer organizer trays for my fancy floss. They are clear acrylic and I label them as well, with the company name then the alphabet range in the tray. They stack beautifully on my shelving, each keeps the contents of the one below it clean and dust free and I can see at a glance where everything is. I just lay the skeins flat in the tray. I have to search a bit in the tray when I need a color, but I don't mind that at all because the more I look through the tray, the more familiar I keep with what I have on hand to work with. Thanks for doing these videos, I'm really enjoying watching!
I hear you - weekly shop is the highlight of life outside of the house! I have a floss box that holds a full set of DMC and I do the same with myfancy flosses. I really enjoy seeing all your wonerful projects and finishes.
You're stitching is beautiful and you're such a sweetheart.. I'm sorry about your friend..God bless you for taking the cats in.. we do rescue as well.... keep on stitching... (hugs) lots of love From Jen in Canada
Just stumbled on your channel this morning. Binged all three so far. Love your stitching - you have some beautiful huge pieces! Keep the videos coming!
Lovely to see you again! I love your work so much! You have beautiful Finishes and also gorgeous WIPs! I love the fabric you choose for each design ☺️ Looking forward to the next one 💕
Hello from Kent 👋🏻 I'm glad I found your channel, I'm currently working on a large project with plenty of colour changes to keep me going, and having you on with such wonderful work is really motivating
Your stitching is beautiful, love everything you showed. I haven’t been stitching very long so don’t have a big stash yet but I’m working on it. I store my dmc on bobbins in plastic storage boxes and my others in floss away bags. I’m also a cat person, love your two kitties. Stay safe and happy stitching.
So pretty Lynn , loving all your finishes and WIPS ! Thank you for your idea with the bag tags , it is always nice to try to find some organization to all our projects , i I find I can not if everything is helter -skelter ! My DMC is on floss bobins numerically in an old plastic fishing tackle box -magnum by plano . It has two sides and I put loose ones not on bobbin cards yet on the other side by color: For my fancy floss I purchased over-the door metal racks ; each have four hooks , one the hooks I separate into alphabet using circle tags for each letter I then put each letter of floss on inexpensive metal shower rings ,then about two -three groups of these go on the over the door hook. The whole over the door rack goes on a tall 2 piece wood shutter ( like ones used for closet doors )that stands up in the corner of my sewing room . The flosses are in sight and look pretty hanging down together and don’t get tangled up . I have one metal rack for each type of floss I have . Weeks , colorworks and gentle arts . I was about to move and this idea came to me on how to move without a huge mess of floss ! I hope my description helps . A picture would make it easier !
Lynn, I wanted to get back to you on the pins my daughter used at the frame shop to stretch her cross stitch pieces. I checked on Amazon and they’re not available. But if you go to your frame shop they may be able to sell you some. They’re called Ocean Brand bank pins No. 20 - 1 1/4” 1/2 lbs. She also said this - using acid free foam board center fabric on board leaving fabric big enough to wrap around the edge. Starting in the middle of each side pin the center and start adding more pins from the center out alternating sides while gently stretching the fabric keeping the rows of stitching straight. You may have to pull some pins out and readjust fabric positioning so that it is square and straight. Once pins are placed around the entire edge and the work is straight, push pins in all the way and use acid free tape to secure fabric edges on the back side. Hope this is useful. Have a great day!! Enjoyed your work again!! ~~ Karen McFaddin
Just found you on floss tube and enjoyed your video very much. You are a wonderful stitcher and are so diverse. Thanks for sharing your previous projects as well as your w.i.p.s the L&L on the wall behind you is lovely. I look forward to your next video. You have a new fan in Michigan
My third flosstube of your tonight! Your stitching is beautiful. So many finishes!! I just came back to cross stitching . Well I never totally stopped, but I did not stitch very often. I stumbled across Flosstube and I have been doing a lot of online shopping . Good thing I kept all of my DMC. I do needle punch too so I had some Weeks Dye works and Gentle Arts flosses. I am busy collecting more. I would love it if you could show your elephant sitting on the shelf behind you. I think I have that pattern. Bye for now from Illinois, USA
I store my DMC threads on bobbins in bobbin boxes. My “fancy floss” is stored on rings like yours but without the bags. I keep each manufacturer on its own ring at the moment because I don’t have a lot of them yet. Enjoyed this video too and look forward to your next one. Great finishes! I just got a new sewing machine (old one is from 1973) so planning to watch Vonna and get some very old pieces finished. Have a great week!
Hi Lynn! I heard about you on Globetrotter Stitcher’s channel so thought I would come and visit! I’ve just watched the three videos you’ve made so far and have really enjoyed them. You have stitched and are stitching some beautiful pieces and I’m looking forward to seeing more of your work. Greetings from Wales 🏴!!
Thank you for your video, I have now caught up, I came to your channel via globetrotting stitcher. So glad to see another UK stitcher. Your finishes are Lovely. I bead as well and love making those baubles from spellbound. I must find time to craft more. Stay safe and well.
Hi Lynn, your Phoebe sounds like our Whimsy! She wanted human contact on her terms, lol! She was with us 17 years. I’m amazed at your Phoebe being 20! Please give her a pet for me! You did an amazing job with all those finishes! Wow, you were busy! I store my DMC floss on bobbins as well, but then I have them in the floss-away bags by color family (ex. all the shell pink are together). I keep the bags in photo storage boxes by color (blue/green/gray all in one box, etc.). I’ve only just started buying hand-dyed floss in the last year, so I don’t have that many. I bought a metal hook organizer (bigger than a key organizer, smaller than a coat hook rack). I plan to store them on that once it’s put up on the wall. Have a great couple of weeks!
I think we all have had a Phoebe. I had a Pumpkin years ago who liked to be stroked but only on her terms too. Now I have Winston and Nell and they are as different as can be but both were feral kittens. Winston loves to be stroked and gives a lot of love too but Nell doesn't want to be picked up, held, touched or whatever unless she initiates it and she's very persistent when she wants loving. She sleeps on my side most nights! Mine are strictly indoor cats and I keep their nails trimmed myself, Winston easily but Nell with a fight for each nail done but they also have a kitty condo which serves as a scratching post.
Lovely video. Thanks for sharing your work it’s beautiful and I really enjoyed seeing all of it. I just finished Summertide Blessings and it was as so much fun. Took me a week to complete. So it’s a quick one. I store my floss the same as you and it works perfectly 👍🏻😁. I think the thread drops would drive me mad. Too much work 🤣. I just want to stitch and not worry about thread containment. I’m from northern Utah about 1 hour away from Shepherds Bush which is my LNS. Happy Stitchy week 😊☃️!
Love all your work Lynn. I have just spent time on setting up a storage system for my threads. I am using a file box system similar to what Jan Hicks uses. I was going to use bobbins but could not face all that winding. I dont buy threads unless needed so I do not have much to store. So glad to hear the Phoebe let the vet cut her nails.
My cat,Atlas, sounds like a younger version of Phoebe(I hope that is spelled right). He does not like to be held and if so, only about a minute. He is a black cat. Well if you ever come to Texas, I can take you to a store or two…😁
I haven't even finished your video and I had to down load the Playstation controller pattern for my so for Christmas. I thank you! my husband doesn't. LOL
Another lovely video, Lynn! You certainly accomplish a lot. I’m getting less done this month as I am doing the Durene Jones Halloween mystery SAL. I also keep my DMC on bobbins, in floss boxes. The few other threads I have are just in plastic bags in an old shoe box. I bought them years ago and rarely use them, though these days I am trying to use them more so that I don’t run out of DMC! 😉
Another great podcast Lyn...love all your WIP''s.....I live on the Wirral....am in the 'shielded' group, so very few trips out and was in lockdown for an age...am an avid crafter of all sorts, but recently got back into cross stitch after a long break doing lots of other things. Have to say I'm really loving it again and it's a good way to focus on other things in this weird time we're living in. Looking forward to your next one...take care x x x
Thanks for the videos. They’re great. I store my master set of DMC and stash of fibers in DMC cabinets I bought cheap over the years from stores that were going out of business. Those wooden boxes with drawers you see in LNS’s. I kit up floss for individual projects and keep them in flossaway bags. I hate bobbins and I don’t care for thread drops either. The bags work well for me.
Again, beautiful projects, Pecking Order is one of my favourites, I have this pattern in my stash. I've stitched a couple of Marjolein Bastin pieces, and find them a lovely stitch and beautiful designs.
Hi! Good to hear that your cat is doing well now. I store my dmc, cxc and hand dyed floss same way - just in ziplock bags. But I keep dmc and cxc together based on their number, like all 300-399 together. It’s a real hell to kit up big projects this way but I move quite a lot throughout the year and I just abandoned the idea of storing them in a better way. Cause all the ziplocks just fit in 1 big suitcase together with the rest of my stash and I can always move it easily. I m really looking forward to settling in one place already and getting one of those tiny drawers for floss so I can reach any color easily at any moment
I have recently found your channel, and I’m really enjoying your videos. You do a great job, and I love seeing all your projects. Thank you for sharing! By the way, my floss system is the same as yours, with DMC on bobbins and the overdyed and silks in the bags. The ones I’m currently using go on the rings, which I find so easy because they open and close so easily, unlike the cable ones which have to screw together.
Really enjoy ur video. I have always used dmc and am just learning about the others. I think I will save them in bags like u do. See u in 2 weeks. Stay safe
Wanted to answer your floss question. My DMC is stored on bobbins and plastic storage containers. My overdyed threads are stored in floss away bags and these are then in a wooden box that I believe a bottle wine came in one Christmas. When I am working on a project my dmc colours go into floss away bags and if called for any overdyed threads these I then ring clip them and they are kept with my project. To keep my projects that I am working on organised I purchase plastic zip bags from Wilkos.
Wow you have some amazing finished pieces! The dear Santa one made me chuckle I think that’s brilliant. Would you be able to tell me where you got the pattern from? Love the PlayStation pattern! I keep my threads in flossbags too!
You get a lot of lovely projects done fast! I am still figuring out how to do finishes and framing. I’m afraid my storage system is ziplock bags. I like to keep my thread supple and on the skein so do not put it on bobbins any more. I also use bees wax on every thread and make sure on each stitch the floss is separated (put needle between the two threads) to get a neater finish.
I have my DMC on bobbins in floss boxes that I bought very cheaply in the states 30 years ago you can get them here now but I think they are expensive. I store my fancy threads in a big box on file cards then they drop into a box copied from Vinna for this but I find it to big. I might try your idea of little plastic bags. The silks get fluffy when stored together
Hello Lynn, thanks for sharing your wips and finishes, you have such a wonderful variety of both. I store my dmc on bobbins, and fancy floss on thread rings, stored in really useful boxes. Lol that sounds like I have a lot, the reality is 2! My question is how do you store your charts and patterns?
Thank you! I store my charts in a cupboard called Kallax from IKEA - it has boxes in the square holes, and I have one for fabric, and one each for small charts, large charts and kits. I also have a few lever-arch files for charts from magazines, etc.
Hello again from North Carolina. Loved floss tube 2 and 3 today. Enjoyed all your finishes and works in progress. What do you teach? See you in 2 weeks
Thank you! I am a supply (substitute) teacher in primary schools (children aged 5 to 11 years), and I teach all subjects, although my favourite subjects are Maths, Science and Computing.
Beautiful work! You have quite a number of lovely projects! I live near that cross stitch store in NJ that you mentioned (Where Victoria's Angels Stitch). I've been there several times and could just get lost in there for hours. I haven't been there in quite some time (not sure if they're still open) and I found an equally wonderful shop a bit closer to me. It was fun to hear you mention it though. Question for you: on one of your autumn samplers you mentioned you were using some classic colorworks thread and substituting DMC for other colors. Do you find you are pleased with how the color on the piece comes out? I have some pieces that I want to use some of the called for "fancy floss" colors and substitute DMC for the other colors (because of cost and availability of the threads). Does mixing fancy floss and DMC still make the piece as pleasing colorwise? Thanks!
Thank you! I am finding that I don’t like using the DMC subs on the Autumn Gifts design... it’s fine for the little leaves and small patches, but the big leaves in the centre of the design are in Cayenne, which is one of the colours I’ve subbed, and I don’t want them to be in solid DMC so I’ve now ordered a skein of the CC!
I never thought that could happen with a cat’s claws! I have two cats myself.... I will have to keep an eye on them! Your stitching is absolutely beautiful, your finishes perfect!♥️😊 by the way what was the name of the shop in New York?
I loved your story of coming to America. I'm sorry your friend passed, but I'm glad you still have such a wonderful memory. I love your elephant on the shelf. You are doing a wonderful job with your videos!! Keep it up. Loving it.
I just found your Flosstube channel and I LOVE IT!!!! I am 65 years old. I have been daycaring my 9 grandchildren for the past 17 years. The last one entered school 2 years ago so I became a lunch lady at our high school. I took a 25 year break from cross stitching and started back last year. I am loving it. So happy I found Flosstube and YOU. Have a wonderful week.
Your videos are an absolute delight to watch, I started from episode one and still going. I love the variety of projects you stitch and have found some new designers due to you. Thank You for sharing with all of us.
Love the stitchery you shared especially pecking order! So adorable. Thanks for sharing❤️
Hello Lynn, so many beautiful projects and gorgeous finishing too. I keep my dmc in those plastic hinge lidded boxes which works well for me. I keep the over dyed on a large ring but I find it quite scruffy and am not really happy so am on the lookout for another system for them. It is hard being at home but thankfully we have our crafting and this wonderful online community to encourage each other to keep spirits lifted during these strange times. Thank you for sharing your stitching with us, take care and happy crafting, Teresa 🍂🧡💛🤎🍂
So much to love in this episode! You are such a lovely person and your cross stitching is wonderful! I especially liked the jar top finishing idea, I have so many canning jars! Phoebe is a beautiful cat 🐈! Looking forward to watching you again, you are so productive!
Oh, my, your Needlecraft ABCs is gorgeous. I also like the Enchanted Alphabet. I'm old school so I have my DMCs on LoRan cards. From the skeins I cut lengths of 18 inches and then put it on the card. The card hold 10 to 12 flosses. The cards are three-hole punched and go in a notebook. My overdyeds go on book rings. I have a laundry type drying rack that hangs on the back of my craft room door. I put the rings on the rods by brand alphabetically. I don't have many silks so they go in a small bin. Thanks for the great flosstube. Glad your cat is doing better.
You came up on my news feed last night. What can I say but a big than you for taking the time to show us your beautiful work. Coffee time means Lancashire stitches time !
Beautiful finishes, fantastic videos . I haven’t found a new u tuber that I honestly look forward to seeing for some time.
Ps the animals that you don’t obtain yourself are given to you for a reason x
Thank you for a lovely flosstube. Very enjoyable you have stitched lots of lovely things.
Oh lucky me, I just came upon your channel and what a feast for the eyes. Beautiful finishes and so looking forward to catching up on your prior shows. Thank you for making my morning so pleasurable.
Wonderful video Lynn. Loved all the finished pieces. Your wips are awesome. Can't wait until the next video. 🥰 Take care and be safe. Marylee from Canada 🇨🇦
Hi, I love your stitching! I keep my non DMC threads in baggies on a ring too, because I have cats (5 rescues) I need my threads to be kept somewhere that limits cat hair contamination :D . You're story about Phoebe made me laugh bless her, your face when you said she just let the vet cut them was pure surprised delight. I totally get that. One of our cats has long hair, but hates being groomed, attacks the brush/comb/scissors, and any hands holding them. So she can get little mats that take a lot of patience and time to get out. My daughter's come back to stay with us, (before and because of lockdown) and without thinking about it while stroking the cat, she just started kind of teasing them apart with her fingers, and gently pulling out any dead hair, and Binks loves it! and is now clump free. Could have knocked me down with a feather. Sorry that's so long!
Thanks for the visit...loved your old and new finishes...nice whips...best wishes and happy stitching ❣️
Lovely videos, Lynn. We’re almost neighbours- I’m in Manchester, so like you, it’s more or less a weekly trip to the supermarket and walks for us. Thank goodness for stitching - I love doing Samplers. I have been stitching for almost 30yrs and I’ve always stored my DMCs in plastic postcard wallets, put a small sticky label in the corner with the number on it and keep them in numerical order in two shoe boxes!! 😂Hardly the height of glamour but it keeps them clean and easy to see and it works for me 😀. Stay safe.
Such a fun and new finds for me...enjoyed your wips...very nice video..could hear you well..and close enough for me to see all your beautiful stitching..thank you 😊❤
Hi Lynn, lovely to see you again! Your stitching is beautiful....your Drawn Thread garden piece....the one with the house at the top, is stunning! I store my DMC threads on bobbins in plastic boxes and my overdyed threads in colour matched boxes from TK Maxx. I have a separate box for my silks. Great to see you have almost 1000 subscribers! Come back soon xx
What a wonderful memory of your trips to the stitch shop in New York. It sounds like you had a great time. I’m sorry your New York friend died.
Thank you for sharing your love of stitching with everyone. You are so creative!
You're Enchanted Alphabet is gorgeous!
Thanks for sharing your wips.
Just been loving your FlossTube. I think I will be giving you a shout out in my next episode.... you are such a kindred spirit! Love your stitching, and I can’t get enough of the accent. You are a doll!! Truly a delight. Keep up the good work❤️❤️!
I love everything but that little jar with the bee is so sweet! Can't wait to see more videos!
Hi Lynn! I love your projects! And the frames you use are great! I store my DMC on bobbins in numerical order in compartmented boxes that are the perfect size for them. Because there are multiple boxes, I have them labeled with the number range of each box and store them on a shelf in a hobby closet I share with my husband. I use stackable drawer organizer trays for my fancy floss. They are clear acrylic and I label them as well, with the company name then the alphabet range in the tray. They stack beautifully on my shelving, each keeps the contents of the one below it clean and dust free and I can see at a glance where everything is. I just lay the skeins flat in the tray. I have to search a bit in the tray when I need a color, but I don't mind that at all because the more I look through the tray, the more familiar I keep with what I have on hand to work with. Thanks for doing these videos, I'm really enjoying watching!
🤗 I enjoy your videos and seeing all of your projects and previous finishes! Take care.
Great projects Lyn, love them all. Especially love all the Miras and Nora Corbett, I have a soft spot for them. Take care Deb
I hear you - weekly shop is the highlight of life outside of the house! I have a floss box that holds a full set of DMC and I do the same with myfancy flosses. I really enjoy seeing all your wonerful projects and finishes.
I can't believe how much you have achieved during lockdown - amazing!
You're stitching is beautiful and you're such a sweetheart.. I'm sorry about your friend..God bless you for taking the cats in.. we do rescue as well.... keep on stitching... (hugs) lots of love From Jen in Canada
Just stumbled on your channel this morning. Binged all three so far. Love your stitching - you have some beautiful huge pieces! Keep the videos coming!
Lovely to see you again! I love your work so much! You have beautiful Finishes and also gorgeous WIPs! I love the fabric you choose for each design ☺️ Looking forward to the next one 💕
Hello from Kent 👋🏻 I'm glad I found your channel, I'm currently working on a large project with plenty of colour changes to keep me going, and having you on with such wonderful work is really motivating
You are an awesome stitcher! I am envious that you can get so much done! Thank you for your tips!
Your stitching is beautiful, love everything you showed. I haven’t been stitching very long so don’t have a big stash yet but I’m working on it. I store my dmc on bobbins in plastic storage boxes and my others in floss away bags. I’m also a cat person, love your two kitties. Stay safe and happy stitching.
So pretty Lynn , loving all your finishes and WIPS ! Thank you for your idea with the bag tags , it is always nice to try to find some organization to all our projects , i
I find I can not if everything is helter -skelter ! My DMC is on floss bobins numerically in an old plastic fishing tackle box -magnum by plano . It has two sides and I put loose ones not on bobbin cards yet on the other side by color: For my fancy floss I purchased over-the door metal racks ; each have four hooks , one the hooks I separate into alphabet using circle tags for each letter I then put each letter of floss on inexpensive metal shower rings ,then about two -three groups of these go on the over the door hook. The whole over the door rack goes on a tall 2 piece wood shutter ( like ones used for closet doors )that stands up in the corner of my sewing room . The flosses are in sight and look pretty hanging down together and don’t get tangled up . I have one metal rack for each type of floss I have . Weeks , colorworks and gentle arts . I was about to move and this idea came to me on how to move without a huge mess of floss ! I hope my description helps . A picture would make it easier !
I love your stitching projects. I enjoy your videos and haven’t missed one yet. Take care
Lynn, I wanted to get back to you on the pins my daughter used at the frame shop to stretch her cross stitch pieces. I checked on Amazon and they’re not available. But if you go to your frame shop they may be able to sell you some. They’re called Ocean Brand bank pins No. 20 - 1 1/4” 1/2 lbs. She also said this - using acid free foam board center fabric on board leaving fabric big enough to wrap around the edge. Starting in the middle of each side pin the center and start adding more pins from the center out alternating sides while gently stretching the fabric keeping the rows of stitching straight. You may have to pull some pins out and readjust fabric positioning so that it is square and straight. Once pins are placed around the entire edge and the work is straight, push pins in all the way and use acid free tape to secure fabric edges on the back side. Hope this is useful. Have a great day!! Enjoyed your work again!! ~~ Karen McFaddin
Just found you on floss tube and enjoyed your video very much. You are a wonderful stitcher and are so diverse. Thanks for sharing your previous projects as well as your w.i.p.s the L&L on the wall behind you is lovely. I look forward to your next video. You have a new fan in Michigan
Really enjoy your videos and seeing your projects! The lavendar and lace piece behind you in the video is stunning!
Great to see you again! Always look forward to seeing your stitching.
My third flosstube of your tonight! Your stitching is beautiful. So many finishes!! I just came back to cross stitching . Well I never totally stopped, but I did not stitch very often. I stumbled across Flosstube and I have been doing a lot of online shopping . Good thing I kept all of my DMC. I do needle punch too so I had some Weeks Dye works and Gentle Arts flosses. I am busy collecting more. I would love it if you could show your elephant sitting on the shelf behind you. I think I have that pattern. Bye for now from Illinois, USA
Great update. I just love your projects. Your finishes are amazing too. Thanks so much and I look forward to the next one.
Some lovely finishes. Particularly love the Toy shop. Now to hunt for the frame. Looking forward to your next video.
Really enjoyed your video. Looking forward to your next one. Loved your finishes. Beautiful!
You have some breathtaking finishes and stunning WIPs!
Hi Lynn, I enjoy your channel you have beautiful projects. Welcome!
I store my DMC threads on bobbins in bobbin boxes. My “fancy floss” is stored on rings like yours but without the bags. I keep each manufacturer on its own ring at the moment because I don’t have a lot of them yet. Enjoyed this video too and look forward to your next one. Great finishes! I just got a new sewing machine (old one is from 1973) so planning to watch Vonna and get some very old pieces finished. Have a great week!
Your projects are so beautiful. Most of the patterns I have never seen before.
I have both the Cat Lessons and Dog Lessons, stitched and given to me for a birthday and Christmas by a good friend.
Hello... I am loving your videos and was happy to find number 3 last night but our internet was slow so finally getting to watch this afternoon.
Your stitching is beautiful! Also, love your two kitties :)
Hi Lynn! I heard about you on Globetrotter Stitcher’s channel so thought I would come and visit! I’ve just watched the three videos you’ve made so far and have really enjoyed them. You have stitched and are stitching some beautiful pieces and I’m looking forward to seeing more of your work. Greetings from Wales 🏴!!
USA has been on my list and especially after watching your progress each episode and seeing how it turned out!
hiya, as always beautiful work. I am enjoying watching your channel . looking forward to the next video
Hi Lynn. Thanks for the video, I'm glad I found your channel!
Thank you for your video, I have now caught up, I came to your channel via globetrotting stitcher. So glad to see another UK stitcher. Your finishes are Lovely. I bead as well and love making those baubles from spellbound. I must find time to craft more. Stay safe and well.
Hi Lynn, your Phoebe sounds like our Whimsy! She wanted human contact on her terms, lol! She was with us 17 years. I’m amazed at your Phoebe being 20! Please give her a pet for me! You did an amazing job with all those finishes! Wow, you were busy! I store my DMC floss on bobbins as well, but then I have them in the floss-away bags by color family (ex. all the shell pink are together). I keep the bags in photo storage boxes by color (blue/green/gray all in one box, etc.). I’ve only just started buying hand-dyed floss in the last year, so I don’t have that many. I bought a metal hook organizer (bigger than a key organizer, smaller than a coat hook rack). I plan to store them on that once it’s put up on the wall. Have a great couple of weeks!
I think we all have had a Phoebe. I had a Pumpkin years ago who liked to be stroked but only on her terms too. Now I have Winston and Nell and they are as different as can be but both were feral kittens. Winston loves to be stroked and gives a lot of love too but Nell doesn't want to be picked up, held, touched or whatever unless she initiates it and she's very persistent when she wants loving. She sleeps on my side most nights! Mine are strictly indoor cats and I keep their nails trimmed myself, Winston easily but Nell with a fight for each nail done but they also have a kitty condo which serves as a scratching post.
Lovely video. Thanks for sharing your work it’s beautiful and I really enjoyed seeing all of it. I just finished Summertide Blessings and it was as so much fun. Took me a week to complete. So it’s a quick one.
I store my floss the same as you and it works perfectly 👍🏻😁. I think the thread drops would drive me mad. Too much work 🤣. I just want to stitch and not worry about thread containment.
I’m from northern Utah about 1 hour away from Shepherds Bush which is my LNS. Happy Stitchy week 😊☃️!
Love your projects. Look forward to seeing you in two weeks. Cheers
First time visiting. Lovely stitching projects. Look forward to seeing you again.
Beautiful finishes....you are an inspiration to this old newbie
Love all your work Lynn. I have just spent time on setting up a storage system for my threads. I am using a file box system similar to what Jan Hicks uses. I was going to use bobbins but could not face all that winding. I dont buy threads unless needed so I do not have much to store. So glad to hear the Phoebe let the vet cut her nails.
My cat,Atlas, sounds like a younger version of Phoebe(I hope that is spelled right). He does not like to be held and if so, only about a minute. He is a black cat. Well if you ever come to Texas, I can take you to a store or two…😁
I haven't even finished your video and I had to down load the Playstation controller pattern for my so for Christmas. I thank you! my husband doesn't. LOL
Beautiful finishes and wips Lynn! ❤
Another lovely video, Lynn! You certainly accomplish a lot. I’m getting less done this month as I am doing the Durene Jones Halloween mystery SAL. I also keep my DMC on bobbins, in floss boxes. The few other threads I have are just in plastic bags in an old shoe box. I bought them years ago and rarely use them, though these days I am trying to use them more so that I don’t run out of DMC! 😉
Another great podcast Lyn...love all your WIP''s.....I live on the Wirral....am in the 'shielded' group, so very few trips out and was in lockdown for an age...am an avid crafter of all sorts, but recently got back into cross stitch after a long break doing lots of other things. Have to say I'm really loving it again and it's a good way to focus on other things in this weird time we're living in. Looking forward to your next one...take care x x x
Lovely video. Love all of your work. I’m currently working on a lavender and lace piece.
Take care and happy stitching 🧵💐
Thanks for the videos. They’re great. I store my master set of DMC and stash of fibers in DMC cabinets I bought cheap over the years from stores that were going out of business. Those wooden boxes with drawers you see in LNS’s. I kit up floss for individual projects and keep them in flossaway bags. I hate bobbins and I don’t care for thread drops either. The bags work well for me.
I like your choices of projects. You must be a fast stitcher.thanks for sharing.
Great job. Love all your patterns and you have inspired me to get moving on some of mine....lol.
Again, beautiful projects, Pecking Order is one of my favourites, I have this pattern in my stash. I've stitched a couple of Marjolein Bastin pieces, and find them a lovely stitch and beautiful designs.
Lovely stitchng on your projects. I'm a cat person also...four of the fur paws.
Fantastic Lynn your stitching is amazing x
Hi! Good to hear that your cat is doing well now. I store my dmc, cxc and hand dyed floss same way - just in ziplock bags. But I keep dmc and cxc together based on their number, like all 300-399 together. It’s a real hell to kit up big projects this way but I move quite a lot throughout the year and I just abandoned the idea of storing them in a better way. Cause all the ziplocks just fit in 1 big suitcase together with the rest of my stash and I can always move it easily. I m really looking forward to settling in one place already and getting one of those tiny drawers for floss so I can reach any color easily at any moment
Searched and searched for the Enchanted Alphabet....finally found it on eBay! 😊
I have recently found your channel, and I’m really enjoying your videos. You do a great job, and I love seeing all your projects. Thank you for sharing! By the way, my floss system is the same as yours, with DMC on bobbins and the overdyed and silks in the bags. The ones I’m currently using go on the rings, which I find so easy because they open and close so easily, unlike the cable ones which have to screw together.
Fantastic again, Lynn!
Another great video, you have inspired me to get out some WIPs and try to get some finished.
Lovely stitching past and present.
Really enjoy ur video. I have always used dmc and am just learning about the others. I think I will save them in bags like u do. See u in 2 weeks. Stay safe
Wanted to answer your floss question. My DMC is stored on bobbins and plastic storage containers. My overdyed threads are stored in floss away bags and these are then in a wooden box that I believe a bottle wine came in one Christmas. When I am working on a project my dmc colours go into floss away bags and if called for any overdyed threads these I then ring clip them and they are kept with my project. To keep my projects that I am working on organised I purchase plastic zip bags from Wilkos.
Love all your cross st such lovely work
Wow you have some amazing finished pieces! The dear Santa one made me chuckle I think that’s brilliant. Would you be able to tell me where you got the pattern from? Love the PlayStation pattern! I keep my threads in flossbags too!
Love your wips and finishes.
You get a lot of lovely projects done fast! I am still figuring out how to do finishes and framing. I’m afraid my storage system is ziplock bags. I like to keep my thread supple and on the skein so do not put it on bobbins any more. I also use bees wax on every thread and make sure on each stitch the floss is separated (put needle between the two threads) to get a neater finish.
Have been checking out for your latest video! Excellent
Great video Lynn!! I store my fancy floss and DMC in floss bags.
Just lovely work !
Beautiful finishes!
Beautiful stitching x
Thank you for all your help!, x
Love all of your work!!
Lovely!!
I have my DMC on bobbins in floss boxes that I bought very cheaply in the states 30 years ago you can get them here now but I think they are expensive. I store my fancy threads in a big box on file cards then they drop into a box copied from Vinna for this but I find it to big. I might try your idea of little plastic bags. The silks get fluffy when stored together
Finished Pecking Order this year that my mum started before she passed - Love it and want to do Feasting Frenzy to go with it :-)
Adorable Toy Shoppe! Did you knit the little elephant on the shelf behind you? It resembles Little Cotton Rabbits style. Very cute!
Thanks! Yes, I did knit the elephant - I talk about it in a later video.
Hello Lynn, thanks for sharing your wips and finishes, you have such a wonderful variety of both. I store my dmc on bobbins, and fancy floss on thread rings, stored in really useful boxes. Lol that sounds like I have a lot, the reality is 2! My question is how do you store your charts and patterns?
Thank you! I store my charts in a cupboard called Kallax from IKEA - it has boxes in the square holes, and I have one for fabric, and one each for small charts, large charts and kits. I also have a few lever-arch files for charts from magazines, etc.
Hello again from North Carolina. Loved floss tube 2 and 3 today. Enjoyed all your finishes and works in progress. What do you teach? See you in 2 weeks
Thank you! I am a supply (substitute) teacher in primary schools (children aged 5 to 11 years), and I teach all subjects, although my favourite subjects are Maths, Science and Computing.
Beautiful work! You have quite a number of lovely projects! I live near that cross stitch store in NJ that you mentioned (Where Victoria's Angels Stitch). I've been there several times and could just get lost in there for hours. I haven't been there in quite some time (not sure if they're still open) and I found an equally wonderful shop a bit closer to me. It was fun to hear you mention it though. Question for you: on one of your autumn samplers you mentioned you were using some classic colorworks thread and substituting DMC for other colors. Do you find you are pleased with how the color on the piece comes out? I have some pieces that I want to use some of the called for "fancy floss" colors and substitute DMC for the other colors (because of cost and availability of the threads). Does mixing fancy floss and DMC still make the piece as pleasing colorwise? Thanks!
Thank you! I am finding that I don’t like using the DMC subs on the Autumn Gifts design... it’s fine for the little leaves and small patches, but the big leaves in the centre of the design are in Cayenne, which is one of the colours I’ve subbed, and I don’t want them to be in solid DMC so I’ve now ordered a skein of the CC!
I never thought that could happen with a cat’s claws! I have two cats myself.... I will have to keep an eye on them! Your stitching is absolutely beautiful, your finishes perfect!♥️😊 by the way what was the name of the shop in New York?
Thanks! The shop was Where Victoria’s Angels Stitch in New Jersey.
@@LancashireStitcher thank you I will have to look it up!
Beautiful stitching, Lynn. Do you have a favourite count and colour of linen?
Thank you! I prefer 32ct and white linen, although I do like stitching on any colour of linen!