Dank je wel voor de freebie - een erg mooi gebaar. Ik was versteld dat je al die gegevens kon opmaken uit de elementen die geborduurd zijn op de merklap. Dat een merklap een politieke overtuiging kon overbrengen had ik nooit gedacht.
Dank je Cleopatra! Ja, de politiek vond zijn weg vrij vaak op oude merklappen - zelfs als ze eigenlijk niet politiek zijn, is er invloed te zien van de politiek op dat moment. Een rood school lapje bijvoorbeeld bestaat omdat er een wettelijk besluit werd genomen over een nieuw curriculum in het onderwijs. Een van de dingen daarin was de 'nuttige handwerken' waarvan het rode lapje een voortvloeisel is. Maar soms, zoals in deze lap, is het een duidelijk statement. De patriotten maakten ook lappen, die hadden dan een soort Hollandse "feest boom" met linten e.d., om te vieren dat Willen V na een poosje weer van het podium verdween! :D
Jacob, really nice information on this podcast…you have to be of the luckiest people to walk in a shop and find these beautiful samplers…congratulations on these finds…looking forward to seeing’s your new sampler…wishing you and your beautiful kitty the best and happy stitching❤️❤️
Thank you for the link to the Scottish Sampler history book. We think my husband's ancestry is Scottish sovI know I'll be stitching a Scottish sampler. We had a Russian blue kitty named Kiska, Russian for little cat, so fun to see a glimpse of your furry friend.
Thank you! It's a very special book I think. And yes, how wonderful it is to have stitchy friends in the shape of cats! I'll see if I can tempt the other one to make an appearance at some point... :D
I took your advice from the last video and started the 2022 SAL again in another color. I am thrilled with the results and am all caught up as of today. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge about samplers. Can't wait until April 1st! The world mourns for Ukraine and prays for a resolution. I never thought I would see refugees fleeing as happened in WWII. We have changed wagons and horses for buses and trains. I didn't see the 2022 SAL link below.
Thank you Carolyn - I'm glad the change worked for you! The SAL link is only on the site - can't even remember talking about it in the show but I'll add the link as well... :D
Lovely to see your little kitty friend. Pets bring such comfort & peace which is so needed during these trying times. There are no words to fully explain the heartbreaking news we see everyday coming from Ukraine. I stitched your design & plan to make it into a little pillow with the start date of this horrible war. I pray that soon I will be able to add the end date as well. I have donated to relief efforts. Thank you! What an amazing find! So happy the sampler now has a good home with great care. Thank you for sharing your knowledge & love of samplers with us!
Thank you so much Elizabeth! I'm extremely happy with this one... and the one I just brought home yesterday! (but that's a story for another flosstube ;))
Hi Jacob, wow thanks for the link for the Scottish Girls Sampler Book. I'm starting to read it today, this is really special. Our hearts and prayers are with the Ukranians who are teaching me daily to be more grateful, more appreciative of what I have and how to be brave amidst the challenges I face, which are miniscule compared what they are facing daily. Your fur baby is precious. Take care.
Hi I'm a new follower from Western Australia and what a lovely first video to watch. Gorgeous sampler and thanks for talking about the history behind it. Look forward to watching through your previous and future videos.
What a beautiful sampler, that find of yours in a Kringloop. Also liked your other releases as well. Blithe Spirits stiched for 3/4 in blue and like it very much!
Oh my word Jacob. I said I would not start anything new until I finished March. Then there was this email this morning and as i am watching you I am stitching A Finch in a Vase. It just had to be done! Blessings to you.
So nice to meet your kitty. Our dear Miss Lillie recently passed away, she was 17 years old and we miss her terribly. Thank you for your release in honor of Ukraine and allowing me to donate. Your new releases are wonderful! Now, if you could only sneak over to Stitch North...
Thank you so much Desiree. I'm sorry to hear about Miss Lillie... I dread the day which will have to come at some point but hopefully not for some years still... Oh and how I wish I could pop over! Such lovely folks there and so many of my stitchy friends are coming...!!! I hope you all have a fantastic time :D
Gorgeous new charts! I think you finding that sampler in a resale shop is divine intervention! I completely enjoyed my stitching time with you and look forward to checking out the online resource for the Scottish sampler book. Thank you for all you do for this community and using your power for good. Be well!
Thank you for the freebie, Jacob. Your new releases are beautiful, I will be stitching the red vase and adding it to my red collection. I loved seeing and hearing your kitty, I hope she gets to appear again on your videos. Thank you also for the information on the book, I’m running to download it. Happy stitching.
So perfect that 1778 sampler came to you! The history is fascinating. Thank you for sharing all those interesting details! Such a beautiful Dutch piece.
Hello Jacob, I binge watched all of your videos this weekend. Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge. I feel like I get a history lesson with each video. I am on my 6th year of doing flosstube videos so I know the time that goes into these videos. Please, please, please do a tutorial video on how you finish your pieces by pulling threads and doing a hem stitch. I would love to see how you do it. Happy stitching 🌻🌻
You bought the antique a week ago and already charted it? Wow! You are fast! And I love you for it. Love this one and even better we didn’t have to wait!
Haha yes! I literally took high resolution photos on the same day, sat down, charted, picked colours carefully for a day (and then some checking) and just research for days straight. It was a busy week 🤣 but it's so good to get your teeth in a project and the just get on with it! :)
thank You for MFE Flosstube Episode 19. But thank you more for introducing your rescue cat. And the story about your cats Mira and Nako .I enjoy it when pets are proudly shown .But not when an apology is given for their appearance. We have two white rescue cats .Shiro (Japanese for white ) and Flo .
Hahaha thank you!!! I think having lived in the UK, apologies come natural (even if they're not meant as such)! :D. Everyone goes around constantly "I'm sorry..." all day and it's quite amusing :D. But yea, I was quite happy that she finally showed up in a video myself - she's a beauty and we're very happy with both of our cats! ;D
Thank you as always for all that you do for our community…for the concern for the world, and for the inspiration you provide. I am thoroughly enjoying the SAL. I assume you see posts in the SAL FB group. I’m not usually one to go outside of the lines with a pattern but you gave us permission to do so, and so I have made some changes. Thank you for the information on Scottish Samplers. I am Scottish and was gifted an old Scottish sampler kit. The chart is so hard to read since it was hand created and the copied. I need to figure out what to do to make it easier on my eyes!
Thank you so much Clare! I wasn't aware of the FB group until recently - and it's just amazing! I'm not on FB and I wouldn't eavesdrop anyway, but I really do feel quite honoured :D. As with regards to the Scottish pattern - do you have a copy shop in your town where you could enlarge the pattern? This already will make stitching it a lot easier. It's just so frustrating to follow a hard to read pattern...!
Thank you Jacob for another wonderful and informative Flosstube... they're always great🙂. As a point of interest, the embroidered piece you showed with double-sided stitching at each end looks very much like an Ottoman-era Turkish towel. The 'bees' are likely to be silver plate which has tarnished with age. And thank you for the Ukrainian freebie... it's beautiful.💛💙
Thank you Jane! You're the third person to mention the Ottoman link! I had a look online and you're absolutely right, they have to be as the stitching is nearly identical (the types of stitching, the using of metal, the material it is stitched on). It's really lovely, and now I'm even happier with these purchases! :D
Thank you Jacob. I am stitching your Ukrainian pattern as we speak. It’s lovely. And thank you for the links. It’s helpful. We do feel helpless watching this horror. Doing something helps. I appreciate you❤️
The book is fabulous, thank you for linking. I too have to rescue kitties, but from family. One when my mother died and one from my sister. Jasper, from my sister, was rescued from his personal demon which is my niece Grace, who endlessly chased him and terrorized him. Him hides mostly. It took a year for him to feel sort of comfortable and my sister's family visited and the look on his face when he saw Grace was stunning. We didn't see him for another year and he still is paranoid she will spontaneously appear out of thin air randomly...which hasn't happened as they live half way around the world now, but he doesn't know that. He is very sweet and very old.
Aw bless...! Animals can store so much trauma... ours do not like shoes - so around them no shoes allowed. I have heard some of the stories that happened in the house where they were kept and it's not pretty - so I can fully imagine them being pretty scared about such things. I just can't imagine harming such innocent little creatures! :(
I really liked your Flosstube. The red deer sampler is beautiful! The history you provided was very very interesting. I live Scottish samplers. My 2x great grandmother was from Scotland.
Thank you Jacob for the information for ways to help people in the Ukraine. Thank you for your freebie, And for sharing access to the amazing Scottish sampler reference book! All of your new patterns are stunning as always, and I’m just as excited to see what you have next time! And is was lovely to meet your sweet girl kitty. 💗💗💗💗💗
Thank you so much for sharing the link to the Scottish sampler book! Last summer our family discovered we're descendants of Robert the Bruce. He's my 23rd great grandfather. I've been wanted to find a Scottish sampler I could stitch for our family. It may sound silly, but I've been searching reproduction samplers and checking for the girls name in my family tree. How amazing would it be for me to stitch a sampler created by an ancestor! No luck yet, but I look forward to reading more in this book and continuing my search. Thanks again! 😊
Oh that's pretty cool Terra! You never know - I found one sampler a few years ago and I tracked it down and showed it to a famous archaeologist - and it was his great-grandmother who had stitched the sampler. So it's not impossible - you just have to get a little lucky! :)
Thank you for designing such beautiful objects. I have just discovered your designs and am already obsessed! The cat purring in this video was also very relaxing to hear :)
Thank you for sharing the lovely antique samplers you acquired. It would be very interesting to see a photo of the back side of the samplers ro see how the colors may have looked when it was stitched.
It is possible because her first name is Anje. Spelling her name with an I might cause problems (ANIE) which sounds like ANNIE. It's also possible that she added the J because the sampler is of such a late date - and by then girls wold already stitch the full alphabet on red samplers (as per the Dutch school curriculum). The initials at the bottom is AB, and then she stitched the date - the 1 is a letter I (with that little leg, which makes it look like a J). So AB1892 :)
Your cat is adorable and I loved hearing her purr. Thank you for sharing your new patterns whuch are all so beautiful. Also, I am looking forward to downloading that PDF on Scottish samplers. Thanks so much for that information.
Thank you Marla! Yes, she was purring quite close to the mic - I didn't notice it when filming but whilst editing with my headphones I kept hearing her smack head against the table and purring. She also tried to bite into my microphone cable (which you can hear at various points...). She is a very sweet cat :).
Thank you for the freebie. I really love and look forward to your floss tube channel. I find your voice so soothing in these terrible times. I also love your cat! I am such an animal person. It was so cute that her tail was popping up. I would like to see your other cat also. Stay safe and God Bless.
Thank you Linda! Mira has just popped on my lap again and likes to watch my fingers type (and then keeps bumping into them as she wants to be stroked!). I would love to show Neko but she somehow doesn't like to sit on my lap when I do videos. Maybe I can coax her to come out and make an appearance! :)
Thank you so much for designing the Myr pattern, Jacob - it was so beautiful to stitch and the link you've shared truly helped me to choose the cause to support (which isn't easy with so many options out there). Love your kitty, such a cute stitchy buddy. And your new sampler is just sooo gorgeous 😍
Thank you - I'm so glad it helped you a little! And yes, Mira is a fantastic stitching buddy - she loves sitting on my lap (though I have to admit it's not the most comfortable thing when stitching... ;))
Omg thank you for sharing that scottish sampler book! I am part scottish and am very proud of that side of my family ... ive been wanting to do research on scottish samplers! This is a great start! Thank you thank you so much!
So glad you like that link - it's amazing that the UK Sampler Guild has made this available - it's such a fantastic book, in my opinion probably the best that is currently out there! :)
It was so nice to see you and your kitty. She is a beautiful cat. That sampler is a great find! As usual, I love your history lessons. 😁 I’m not really a sampler stitcher, but I might have to get that PDF of that Scottish book. Thank you for the information about Ukraine also. ❤️
Thank you Susan - it's definitely worth the download and there are some stunning samplers in that book. I was really lucky to see quite a few in person during the exhibition though the book features many more than there were in the exhibition though! :)
Thanks for another great video. Appreciate your thoughtfulness on Ukraine. Thanks, too for recommending the Scottish sampler book. I immediately searched for it online, then restarted the video in time to hear you were posting a link to the pdf. Amazing! I’ve already poured over every page, read all the captions, some of the text and of course all the photos. Learned a lot already. 💕💕
Your cat is so beautiful! I’m an animal lover, so I have a few kitties myself! The Holland sampler is very beautiful and unique, loved hearing the history on it. And i enjoyed seeing the stitched pieces you showed. And your new releases! Thank you for the freebie. Another lovely video Jacob, thank you!
Thank you Cheryl - Mira is a tiny beauty I think... she's a powerhouse though - very scared but also very fierce if she doesn't like something! Glad you like the new releases, thank you! :)
Thank you Jacob, for the Ukrainian design. I join your great concern for the people of Ukraine. It is a devastating time, and I will do what I can to help. Your video and creations are lovely as always. Thank you so much. Be well. Take care.
Thank you for showing the kitty! When you mentioned her, I kept thinking, "Show the kitty, Jacob!" 😄 Also I am 31% Scots. So love anything about Scottish samplers. THANK YOU for that link!
Thank you Wendy! Mira is super shy and I usually have my door closed when filming but she was in the room when I filmed this time (it now is her favourite room in the house!). So whenever I sit down, within a few minutes she jumps on my lap :D She's a sweetheart. And yay to Scotland - such a beautiful country! I really hope to pay a proper visit to that gorgeous nation soon again :)
I’ve missed hearing from you on Flosstube. Your latest Red Deer sampler is a must have. I’m trying make one from many different countries or eras. Sorry you’ve not being feeling well. I’m sure many of us are greatly upset by the invasion of The Ukraine. My husband and children are Ukrainian and I feel so deeply for the poor innocent people there.
It is really exciting Leslie - and I hope to find out more. A lot of the research back in the 20s and 30s was groundbreaking, but we need more detailed research now into motifs and locations. Unfortunately some of the ideas from the 30s have been copied many times by more modern researchers. I do hope that by joining forces with some other researchers and collectors we can find out even more!
As usual, a treasure trove of beautiful stitches and fascinating information, and now a lovely cat, too! So good to see you and know you are well in these scary times. Your compassion brings comfort to so many. Thanks for reminding us of the beauty in the world. Wishing you the best!
Thank you for the great Flosstube! On the 1788 sampler, is the pot the orange tree is in raised in some way? It looks 3 dimensional on the video. Simply beautiful!!
Thank you Amy! The pot is not raised but it looks raised as it was stitched with a near black floss. When someone tried to either wash it or when it got damp, the black created a strange 'shadow' by bleeding into the fabric. Interestingly, it's a barrel as well and not a pot - these little trees would be planted in these big tubs, and that's what the stripes represent I guess! :D.
:D Thank you! It's been one of the best finds in my sampler collection to date - it's what we all dream of but hardly ever happens. It's also a good excuse for me to go thrift store shopping even more... ;)
I must buy a lot of your pattern. I am so in love. I will give a lot of my kits from my stash to the ucrain people, we have a lot every day in our trains. 5 days ist their travel to us in Germany. Peace and love in every place on earth✌️💞🕊️
Hello Jacob. I just purchased your new Dutch Sampler. Wow… what an amazing find! I am so glad it ended up in your hands 😀I love to research as much as I can about the samplers I stitch. I am so appreciative of the information you have provided in the chart. I was wondering if you could give me some book titles that would help me learn more about the history and background of Dutch Samplers. Thank you
Jacob, I very much enjoyed seeing your new releases and listening to your commentary about them. You are so interesting and it's lovely to hear you just talk about all the many facets of the stitching. I also love your concern for people all over the world. I have been looking for Ukrainian designers online that I can buy from to lend my support. Are you aware of any? 😁😁😁
Thank you so much Connie! Supporting Ukrainian designers is really hard to do, as you have to have absolute certainty that they are using a genuine location for their shop and are not somewhere else and posting that they are. One thing that you can do to check is to follow up a little about the stitcher, check their social media posts, and see if they are genuinely from Ukraine (and not just for the past month or so). It sounds really paranoid, but as soon as folks started searching Etsy for Ukrainian sellers, a lot of shops popped up that had never been there before. :(
My niece Calli just came back from the Ukraine in December where she was teaching English in her Utah State Semester Abroad. She is totally heartbroken at what is now happening to the good friends she has made there.
My niece Calli just came back from the Ukraine in December where she was teaching English in her Utah State Semester Abroad. She is totally heartbroken at what is now happening to the good friends she has made there.
I hesitate to say this - but, while I love love love your channel and your work - I'm not really a sampler stitcher. That is .... until now!!!!! LFB 1788. A definate future stitch for me - loved it.
Haha thank you so much Kate! It is just such a perfect sampler I think. It's also interesting as it's a proper picture sampler and not the alphabet / lots of letters kind - which is probably why you like it too! :)
I throughly enjoyed your episode,as a first time viewer. My heart goes out to the Ukrainians who’s lives have been changed and ended forever, I pray for them daily. Words can not describe Putin so i will not try. When will the leaders of the world come together and do what needs to be done to Putin????? Again I’m praying. ….Thank you for motivating me to cross stitch more world wide historical projects. I look forward to learning more about Scottish and Dutch history.Hugs, Jeannette
I'm making a wild guess about the scarf with Cyprus tree, based on ceramic patterns. I'm no expert By a long shot and I can be totally off, but I think it may be Turkish or Persian
Absolutey! You're the 4th person to mention Turkish - I think it is from the Ottoman period and it's a beautiful little scarf / towel thing. I'm very happy with it :).
All samplers that I showed (except for the small scarf-like fabrics) have already been reproduced, and are available in my shop. Links are in the video description :)
They're so good aren't they! I love the Scottish ones. Sadly there's not a huge amount of information about Irish samplers - possibly because they're quite different as well, but I think they are quite distinct and very interesting indeed. Welsh samplers are quite interesting as well with their rather wild colours! :)
You have an Irish sampler in your shop, right? I might get brave enough to try it if it doesn’t have specialty stitches. I only started stitching in May, 2019 so I’m still fairly new. I only stitch on Aida.
@@peggyyoung1839 I've got one that I suspect is Irish... I cannot with 100% certainty say it was. The top half was finished by the girl and the bottom half was left completely empty so I designed a set of Quaker medallions for it. You can find it here: www.modernfolkembroidery.com/product/an-irish-quaker-sampler/
Hello Jacob, I adore the how you are able to identify and restore different designs . Thank you also for the freebie I will also do what I can supporting the people, and for them to flee without harm, I can not imagine at this point in history Vladimir Putin doing this killing the innocent mothers with babies, those in the hospital. Well I am off, I will subscribe. Thank you. Stay safe also
Hi Dear Jacob ~ First, let me relay a heartfelt appreciation for both your eloquence and elegance in expressing your feelings on the devastation of Ukraine : her people, her land. It truly is difficult to grasp in its entirety and fully comprehend the gravity. Modern Technology has brought to our homes the very breath of the tragedy at hand by iPhones of those so traumatized /frightened for us to actually see - along with news crews. To be there, experiencing this atrocity first hand...... unimaginable. And for you, touching VERY close to home with your beloved friend. I pray that she is safe still and remains so. Jacob, Such wonderful treasures you've found - just lovely. Congratulations indeed . Respectfully , you did have a guest that stole the show however... Mira is a Beauty and sweeeet - you can just tell. LOVED the tail waving from your lap !!!!! The purring, joy and warmth these Creatures of God bring us is such a panacea for harsh realities . What ever would we do with out their companionship - especially in recent covid years and times such as these ? ! Thank you, Jacob for a wonderful visit. Truly enjoy each post of yours. Take good care . All the best, marcia
Hi Mary! Thank you, it really is quite gorgeous and I'm so happy with it. The red deer shows up on lots of samplers, and exactly where it first shows up is not certain. However, it was believed that deer could kill snakes and would devour them - and as the snake was a symbol of evil (the devil), its enemy was Christ. So for a long time, the stag or a deer has been a symbol for Christ. It is also an animal that is being hunted, which again links it to the passion. Deer have a very long history in iconography and we see them a lot on samplers! :)
Thank you Jacob, thank you for sharing on many aspects. I generally try not to stay angry but Russia’s disgusting actions in relation to Ukraine make me feel we all need to maintain the rage against Putin. So thrilled that beautiful sampler was waiting for you to put your hands upon it. What a lovely offering of stitching patterns from you again, I’m so tempted. I’m really enjoying stitching this years stitch a long. Peace be with you and yours. 🇦🇺
Thank you so much Judy - it is awful what Putin is doing - not only to Ukraine but also to his own people...I hope this mess will be over soon and that we will get rid of this awful human soon. Take care! :)
The Russian invasion has affected me so that I cannot stitch, I'm so frustrated with the injustice and cruelty, I don't trust anything Putin says, or any ceasefire he agrees with. I'm ashamed of the Russian people who believe the propaganda put out by Putin's regime. It's up to the Russian people to deal with this and get rid of him, not support him. Sorry for derailing your lovely channel, but any platform should be used to get through.
It is so devastating... I feel so sad that the amount of disinformation and propaganda being fed to people is so insidious that it is hard to know what the truth is any more. And how terrifying must it be to live in a country where this is happening. I am constantly amazed at the bravery of those who do stand up against this evil at their own risk.
Part of the disinformation is that Putin is the bad guy. In reality, those that wish you to believe this are gaslighting you. Yes, the Ukrainian AND the Russian people are being used, for the Satanic Globalist New World Order 'Club'. They manipulated it, and they have a history of doing this, for over 1,100 years, playing two sides against each other, and benefitting from both sides, financially, raping resources of particular countries, et al. They're trying to decimate the Ukraine to hide the corruption that they, themselves, caused that is now about to be exposed, which reveals THEM as the culprits. They're trying to cover their own butts. So, if you really want to blame someone... look at the UN member states, look at the likes of Joe Biden, who is a puppet for them, along with Barack Obama, and everyone connected with them. Look at Queen Elizabeth II of the UK. Yep... the Chairwoman of the Steering Committee of 300, which is the organization that controls the NWO, orchestrates and manipulates the entire world. Don't think so? Find an online copy of Dr. John Coleman's book, one that they tried to intimidate him into not publishing, by threatening his life... "The Steering Committee of 300". It's EYE-opening. That's just ONE resource, there are others, as the Holy Spirit has revealed to me over the last 22 years.
This one was really quite clean already - and I could see evidence of it having been washed (or it having been damp once) where the dark threads bled into the linen. This is reason enough not to try and wash a sampler. I wouldn't ever wash them myself - if I were to, I'd have a professional textile expert do that part of the job. The cleaning I did do was removing some dust from it, then carefully sewing it onto a piece of linen, which was then attached to a frame. No rusty materials involved and no acids, so it is nicely protected now :).
I like what I call the William of Orange sampler. Are you going to attempt to chart it? And if you do will it be stitchable for us Aida stitchers? Ha! No pressure.
Hi Sherry! The samplers I showed are all available in my shop already - links in the description :). The LFB 1788 sampler (with the Orange tree) is not suitable for aida as it has some off-the-grid stitches and a small section over one.
Thank you for that tip! I did think it looked middle eastern - especially with that little cypress tree - but thanks to you I found this and although the pattern is different, the stitching (and some of the colours) are identical! www.goldenthread.com/text010.htm
Love the political activism of the person who stitched the sampler. Would be interesting to explore that in other samplers. I know nothing about the history of your country I’m ashamed to say. Thanks for the video and the freebie for Ukraine. It doesn’t seem like enough to donate money. I feel very guilty curling up in my bed each night.
Thank you Allison! We can only do so much individually, and the stresses of what the world does should not fall on your shoulders alone - so try and let that guilt go. You're not the only one who doesn't know much about the history of the Netherlands as I have to shamefully admit, that I know too little myself! History is so complex so it's been really interesting doing research. It's interesting that about 7 years after this sampler was finished, William V fled to England and the patriots then celebrated and stitched "freedom trees" (with Dutch flags and ribbons) on their samplers! So there's the two camps who were both stitching, and it's quite intriguing to see them :D.
Dank je wel voor de freebie - een erg mooi gebaar.
Ik was versteld dat je al die gegevens kon opmaken uit de elementen die geborduurd zijn op de merklap. Dat een merklap een politieke overtuiging kon overbrengen had ik nooit gedacht.
Dank je Cleopatra! Ja, de politiek vond zijn weg vrij vaak op oude merklappen - zelfs als ze eigenlijk niet politiek zijn, is er invloed te zien van de politiek op dat moment. Een rood school lapje bijvoorbeeld bestaat omdat er een wettelijk besluit werd genomen over een nieuw curriculum in het onderwijs. Een van de dingen daarin was de 'nuttige handwerken' waarvan het rode lapje een voortvloeisel is. Maar soms, zoals in deze lap, is het een duidelijk statement. De patriotten maakten ook lappen, die hadden dan een soort Hollandse "feest boom" met linten e.d., om te vieren dat Willen V na een poosje weer van het podium verdween! :D
Jacob, really nice information on this podcast…you have to be of the luckiest people to walk in a shop and find these beautiful samplers…congratulations on these finds…looking forward to seeing’s your new sampler…wishing you and your beautiful kitty the best and happy stitching❤️❤️
Thank you Loretta! I am quite lucky - maybe it is because one day I found no less than 6 four-leaf clovers! :D
WOW....so lovely...you speak for so many 😥
Thank you Judith!
She is also very lovely kitty.
We love her dearly! :D
So nice! Kittyyyyy have a good one
:D Thank you - and you too!
Thank you for the link to the Scottish Sampler history book. We think my husband's ancestry is Scottish sovI know I'll be stitching a Scottish sampler. We had a Russian blue kitty named Kiska, Russian for little cat, so fun to see a glimpse of your furry friend.
Thank you! It's a very special book I think. And yes, how wonderful it is to have stitchy friends in the shape of cats! I'll see if I can tempt the other one to make an appearance at some point... :D
So nice to see your face and know who does these talented samplers. Thank you for the freebie.. prayers for Ukraine 🇺🇦!
Thank you Diane!
I took your advice from the last video and started the 2022 SAL again in another color. I am thrilled with the results and am all caught up as of today. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge about samplers. Can't wait until April 1st! The world mourns for Ukraine and prays for a resolution. I never thought I would see refugees fleeing as happened in WWII. We have changed wagons and horses for buses and trains. I didn't see the 2022 SAL link below.
Thank you Carolyn - I'm glad the change worked for you! The SAL link is only on the site - can't even remember talking about it in the show but I'll add the link as well... :D
Love the new releases (and the samplers and the kitty 😻)! Thank you for providing information on how we can help those in Ukraine.
Thank you so much!!! :)
Lovely to see your little kitty friend. Pets bring such comfort & peace which is so needed during these trying times. There are no words to fully explain the heartbreaking news we see everyday coming from Ukraine. I stitched your design & plan to make it into a little pillow with the start date of this horrible war. I pray that soon I will be able to add the end date as well. I have donated to relief efforts. Thank you!
What an amazing find! So happy the sampler now has a good home with great care. Thank you for sharing your knowledge & love of samplers with us!
Thank you so much Elizabeth! I'm extremely happy with this one... and the one I just brought home yesterday! (but that's a story for another flosstube ;))
Hi Jacob, wow thanks for the link for the Scottish Girls Sampler Book. I'm starting to read it today, this is really special. Our hearts and prayers are with the Ukranians who are teaching me daily to be more grateful, more appreciative of what I have and how to be brave amidst the challenges I face, which are miniscule compared what they are facing daily. Your fur baby is precious. Take care.
Thank you Nicole :)
Hi I'm a new follower from Western Australia and what a lovely first video to watch. Gorgeous sampler and thanks for talking about the history behind it.
Look forward to watching through your previous and future videos.
Thank you so much Sue! :)
Love seeing the shy kitties.❤
What a beautiful sampler, that find of yours in a Kringloop. Also liked your other releases as well. Blithe Spirits stiched for 3/4 in blue and like it very much!
Thank you Maud! That's really nice to hear :)
Oh my word Jacob. I said I would not start anything new until I finished March. Then there was this email this morning and as i am watching you I am stitching A Finch in a Vase. It just had to be done! Blessings to you.
Haha thank you Anne! That's really lovely to hear. Happy stitching! :)
So nice to meet your kitty. Our dear Miss Lillie recently passed away, she was 17 years old and we miss her terribly. Thank you for your release in honor of Ukraine and allowing me to donate. Your new releases are wonderful! Now, if you could only sneak over to Stitch North...
Thank you so much Desiree. I'm sorry to hear about Miss Lillie... I dread the day which will have to come at some point but hopefully not for some years still... Oh and how I wish I could pop over! Such lovely folks there and so many of my stitchy friends are coming...!!! I hope you all have a fantastic time :D
Thank you for the freebie pattern, donation made to Save the Children xx
Thank you Julia, that's wonderful to hear :)
I can’t believe how beautiful that sampler is!
Thank you - I can't believe how lucky I was to find it!!! :D It really is such a gorgeous sampler :)
@@ModernFolkEmbroidery it’s in my cart right now!
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Gorgeous new charts! I think you finding that sampler in a resale shop is divine intervention! I completely enjoyed my stitching time with you and look forward to checking out the online resource for the Scottish sampler book. Thank you for all you do for this community and using your power for good. Be well!
Thank you Katherine, I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the episode! :D
Thank you for the freebie, Jacob. Your new releases are beautiful, I will be stitching the red vase and adding it to my red collection. I loved seeing and hearing your kitty, I hope she gets to appear again on your videos. Thank you also for the information on the book, I’m running to download it. Happy stitching.
Thank you Christina, glad you enjoyed it! :)
So perfect that 1778 sampler came to you! The history is fascinating. Thank you for sharing all those interesting details! Such a beautiful Dutch piece.
Thank you Suzanne! I think it was just waiting for me there :D
Thank you so much for the ebook link!
You're very welcome Jeanette - just happy to share it! :)
Hello Jacob, I binge watched all of your videos this weekend. Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge. I feel like I get a history lesson with each video. I am on my 6th year of doing flosstube videos so I know the time that goes into these videos. Please, please, please do a tutorial video on how you finish your pieces by pulling threads and doing a hem stitch. I would love to see how you do it. Happy stitching 🌻🌻
Thank you Cindy! Aw that is so sweet to hear - I feel flattered! :D. And yes, that tutorial really needs to get made soon....!!! :D
What a sampler find! Thank you for sharing the link for the Scottish Sampler book. All your designs are wonderful. Cute cat.
Thank you Tamara! I was super excited about finding it - it's been one of my best finds like this! :D
Very nice designs.
Love the Sampler you rescued, so beautiful.
Pretty kitty too!
Thanks for the links.
Marilyn
Thank you Marilyn! :)
You bought the antique a week ago and already charted it? Wow! You are fast! And I love you for it. Love this one and even better we didn’t have to wait!
Haha yes! I literally took high resolution photos on the same day, sat down, charted, picked colours carefully for a day (and then some checking) and just research for days straight. It was a busy week 🤣 but it's so good to get your teeth in a project and the just get on with it! :)
thank You for MFE Flosstube Episode 19. But thank you more for introducing your rescue cat. And the story about your cats Mira and Nako .I enjoy it when pets are proudly shown .But not when an apology is given for their appearance. We have two white rescue cats .Shiro (Japanese for white ) and Flo .
Hahaha thank you!!! I think having lived in the UK, apologies come natural (even if they're not meant as such)! :D. Everyone goes around constantly "I'm sorry..." all day and it's quite amusing :D. But yea, I was quite happy that she finally showed up in a video myself - she's a beauty and we're very happy with both of our cats! ;D
Such beautiful new designs! I love your thrift store find, it’s amazing! Thank you for another wonderful update.
Thank you Lorraine! It's one of the best finds ever! :)
Thank you as always for all that you do for our community…for the concern for the world, and for the inspiration you provide. I am thoroughly enjoying the SAL. I assume you see posts in the SAL FB group. I’m not usually one to go outside of the lines with a pattern but you gave us permission to do so, and so I have made some changes. Thank you for the information on Scottish Samplers. I am Scottish and was gifted an old Scottish sampler kit. The chart is so hard to read since it was hand created and the copied. I need to figure out what to do to make it easier on my eyes!
Thank you so much Clare! I wasn't aware of the FB group until recently - and it's just amazing! I'm not on FB and I wouldn't eavesdrop anyway, but I really do feel quite honoured :D. As with regards to the Scottish pattern - do you have a copy shop in your town where you could enlarge the pattern? This already will make stitching it a lot easier. It's just so frustrating to follow a hard to read pattern...!
Thank you Jacob for another wonderful and informative Flosstube... they're always great🙂. As a point of interest, the embroidered piece you showed with double-sided stitching at each end looks very much like an Ottoman-era Turkish towel. The 'bees' are likely to be silver plate which has tarnished with age. And thank you for the Ukrainian freebie... it's beautiful.💛💙
Thank you Jane! You're the third person to mention the Ottoman link! I had a look online and you're absolutely right, they have to be as the stitching is nearly identical (the types of stitching, the using of metal, the material it is stitched on). It's really lovely, and now I'm even happier with these purchases! :D
Thank you Jacob. I am stitching your Ukrainian pattern as we speak. It’s lovely. And thank you for the links. It’s helpful. We do feel helpless watching this horror. Doing something helps. I appreciate you❤️
I'm glad it was useful Helen, thank you! :)
Prayers for Ukraine.
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The book is fabulous, thank you for linking. I too have to rescue kitties, but from family. One when my mother died and one from my sister. Jasper, from my sister, was rescued from his personal demon which is my niece Grace, who endlessly chased him and terrorized him. Him hides mostly. It took a year for him to feel sort of comfortable and my sister's family visited and the look on his face when he saw Grace was stunning. We didn't see him for another year and he still is paranoid she will spontaneously appear out of thin air randomly...which hasn't happened as they live half way around the world now, but he doesn't know that. He is very sweet and very old.
Aw bless...! Animals can store so much trauma... ours do not like shoes - so around them no shoes allowed. I have heard some of the stories that happened in the house where they were kept and it's not pretty - so I can fully imagine them being pretty scared about such things. I just can't imagine harming such innocent little creatures! :(
🤗 Thank you Jacob, I always enjoy the visit! Such a pretty cat! Take care.
Thank you Carlene! :D
I really liked your Flosstube. The red deer sampler is beautiful! The history you provided was very very interesting. I live Scottish samplers. My 2x great grandmother was from Scotland.
Thank you so much! Yes, Scottish samplers are very special and I just love all the history they contain. Fascinating samplers! :)
Oh what a find you made with that sampler❤️
Thank you! It's been one of the most exciting finds to date :D
Thank you Jacob for the information for ways to help people in the Ukraine. Thank you for your freebie, And for sharing access to the amazing Scottish sampler reference book! All of your new patterns are stunning as always, and I’m just as excited to see what you have next time! And is was lovely to meet your sweet girl kitty. 💗💗💗💗💗
Thank you Margaret! :D
Cute cat, I also have two. Your sampler find is beautiful. All your releases are great.
Wow!! What a beautiful find!
Such a fun Flosstube as always. Love learning the history of the gems you find. Such a delight to see you updated!!
Thank you! This one was definitely one of the best gems I've found so far :D
Thank you so much for sharing the link to the Scottish sampler book! Last summer our family discovered we're descendants of Robert the Bruce. He's my 23rd great grandfather. I've been wanted to find a Scottish sampler I could stitch for our family. It may sound silly, but I've been searching reproduction samplers and checking for the girls name in my family tree. How amazing would it be for me to stitch a sampler created by an ancestor! No luck yet, but I look forward to reading more in this book and continuing my search. Thanks again! 😊
Oh that's pretty cool Terra! You never know - I found one sampler a few years ago and I tracked it down and showed it to a famous archaeologist - and it was his great-grandmother who had stitched the sampler. So it's not impossible - you just have to get a little lucky! :)
Amazing sampler find!! Love your new patterns. And always look forward to your next video!
Thank you so much Pauline - I'm so happy with this one :D
Thank you for designing such beautiful objects. I have just discovered your designs and am already obsessed! The cat purring in this video was also very relaxing to hear :)
Thank you Leela! Oh kitties... how their purring relaxes! :)
Love the red deer sampler! Thank you for sharing and as always, great video and beautiful designs😍😄
Thank you Gracie!
What a beautiful antique sampler! You are so lucky to have found it.
Thank you! Yea, I couldn't believe my luck - it's one of the most exciting sampler finds to date for me :)
Thank you for sharing the lovely antique samplers you acquired. It would be very interesting to see a photo of the back side of the samplers ro see how the colors may have looked when it was stitched.
Also, a guess about the sampler with the letter J. I guess she put it in because it's in her initials at the bottom (abj) maybe.
It is possible because her first name is Anje. Spelling her name with an I might cause problems (ANIE) which sounds like ANNIE. It's also possible that she added the J because the sampler is of such a late date - and by then girls wold already stitch the full alphabet on red samplers (as per the Dutch school curriculum). The initials at the bottom is AB, and then she stitched the date - the 1 is a letter I (with that little leg, which makes it look like a J). So AB1892 :)
You know so much about samplers. Thank you for sharing. The Scottish book❤️🍒🍒 sounds interesting! Love your cat.
Thank you Gerry! There's still so much to learn about samplers - I only know a few specific things, but I try and read all I can :D
Your cat is adorable and I loved hearing her purr. Thank you for sharing your new patterns whuch are all so beautiful. Also, I am looking forward to downloading that PDF on Scottish samplers. Thanks so much for that information.
Thank you Marla! Yes, she was purring quite close to the mic - I didn't notice it when filming but whilst editing with my headphones I kept hearing her smack head against the table and purring. She also tried to bite into my microphone cable (which you can hear at various points...). She is a very sweet cat :).
Thank you for the freebie. I really love and look forward to your floss tube channel. I find your voice so soothing in these terrible times. I also love your cat! I am such an animal person. It was so cute that her tail was popping up. I would like to see your other cat also. Stay safe and God Bless.
Thank you Linda! Mira has just popped on my lap again and likes to watch my fingers type (and then keeps bumping into them as she wants to be stroked!). I would love to show Neko but she somehow doesn't like to sit on my lap when I do videos. Maybe I can coax her to come out and make an appearance! :)
Love the sampler you found! It would be beautiful one to stitch! I enjoy your videos and your peaceful voice. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! I just couldn't believe my luck when I saw that sampler - it's what we always hope to find but never really do...! :)
Thank you so much for designing the Myr pattern, Jacob - it was so beautiful to stitch and the link you've shared truly helped me to choose the cause to support (which isn't easy with so many options out there). Love your kitty, such a cute stitchy buddy.
And your new sampler is just sooo gorgeous 😍
Thank you - I'm so glad it helped you a little! And yes, Mira is a fantastic stitching buddy - she loves sitting on my lap (though I have to admit it's not the most comfortable thing when stitching... ;))
Omg thank you for sharing that scottish sampler book! I am part scottish and am very proud of that side of my family ... ive been wanting to do research on scottish samplers! This is a great start! Thank you thank you so much!
So glad you like that link - it's amazing that the UK Sampler Guild has made this available - it's such a fantastic book, in my opinion probably the best that is currently out there! :)
Thank you for all you do. Love the samplers. Great news about the free book.
Thank you Hanna! It's such a good book and I'm super happy it's available for free now :)
Love the big sampler's red deer. 😍 Stitching your Ukraine piece now. Thanks for recommending the free ebook.
Thank you Maggi! :)
Wow bro, yr workpieces sure are cool😍😍
Cheers! :)
AFB 1788 is absolutely gorgeous, Jacob....stunning. Thank you for the information on assistance to the Ukraine. Take care
Thank you Sarah - I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)
What a gift those Scottish pdf’s of the book are. Wow! 💞
It's quite fantastic isn't it! I'm supper happy that the Sampler Guild UK made this happen! :)
It was so nice to see you and your kitty. She is a beautiful cat. That sampler is a great find! As usual, I love your history lessons. 😁 I’m not really a sampler stitcher, but I might have to get that PDF of that Scottish book. Thank you for the information about Ukraine also. ❤️
Thank you Susan - it's definitely worth the download and there are some stunning samplers in that book. I was really lucky to see quite a few in person during the exhibition though the book features many more than there were in the exhibition though! :)
So enjoyed watching today. Very educational, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience
Thank you - glad you enjoyed it! :)
Great video as always. Thank you for very interesting and informative content. Beautiful new releases.
Thank you so much Linda! :D
Wow. Really love your new pieces! Thanks so much Jacob. Sandy
Thank you Sandy! :)
Thanks for another great video. Appreciate your thoughtfulness on Ukraine. Thanks, too for recommending the Scottish sampler book. I immediately searched for it online, then restarted the video in time to hear you were posting a link to the pdf. Amazing! I’ve already poured over every page, read all the captions, some of the text and of course all the photos. Learned a lot already. 💕💕
I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed the video and the book - it truly is a remarkable resource! :)
Your cat is so beautiful! I’m an animal lover, so I have a few kitties myself! The Holland sampler is very beautiful and unique, loved hearing the history on it. And i enjoyed seeing the stitched pieces you showed. And your new releases! Thank you for the freebie. Another lovely video Jacob, thank you!
Thank you Cheryl - Mira is a tiny beauty I think... she's a powerhouse though - very scared but also very fierce if she doesn't like something! Glad you like the new releases, thank you! :)
Thank you Jacob, for the Ukrainian design. I join your great concern for the people of Ukraine. It is a devastating time, and I will do what I can to help. Your video and creations are lovely as always. Thank you so much. Be well. Take care.
Thank you Anne!
Wow what a find and it’s beautiful.
Thank you!
Jacob, I didn’t make it 8 minutes into the video and had to stop to buy The Red Deer….absolutely stunning😀
Thank you for showing the kitty! When you mentioned her, I kept thinking, "Show the kitty, Jacob!" 😄 Also I am 31% Scots. So love anything about Scottish samplers. THANK YOU for that link!
Thank you Wendy! Mira is super shy and I usually have my door closed when filming but she was in the room when I filmed this time (it now is her favourite room in the house!). So whenever I sit down, within a few minutes she jumps on my lap :D She's a sweetheart. And yay to Scotland - such a beautiful country! I really hope to pay a proper visit to that gorgeous nation soon again :)
I vote for the kitty &sampler, too!
I’ve missed hearing from you on Flosstube. Your latest Red Deer sampler is a must have. I’m trying make one from many different countries or eras. Sorry you’ve not being feeling well. I’m sure many of us are greatly upset by the invasion of The Ukraine. My husband and children are Ukrainian and I feel so deeply for the poor innocent people there.
Thank you Beverly - I hope your in-laws are all okay...
Wonderful pieces and information. Thank you so much
Thank you!
It amazes me how much you can glean about the person/place this was stitched just from the motifs
It is really exciting Leslie - and I hope to find out more. A lot of the research back in the 20s and 30s was groundbreaking, but we need more detailed research now into motifs and locations. Unfortunately some of the ideas from the 30s have been copied many times by more modern researchers. I do hope that by joining forces with some other researchers and collectors we can find out even more!
a gorgeous sampler! 😍
Thank you Cheryl!
As usual, a treasure trove of beautiful stitches and fascinating information, and now a lovely cat, too! So good to see you and know you are well in these scary times. Your compassion brings comfort to so many. Thanks for reminding us of the beauty in the world. Wishing you the best!
Thank you so much Lori :)
Thank you for the great Flosstube! On the 1788 sampler, is the pot the orange tree is in raised in some way? It looks 3 dimensional on the video. Simply beautiful!!
Thank you Amy! The pot is not raised but it looks raised as it was stitched with a near black floss. When someone tried to either wash it or when it got damp, the black created a strange 'shadow' by bleeding into the fabric. Interestingly, it's a barrel as well and not a pot - these little trees would be planted in these big tubs, and that's what the stripes represent I guess! :D.
ooh love the red vase!
Thank you Cheryl! :)
Obsessed with LFB 1788. 😍😍
:D Thank you! It's been one of the best finds in my sampler collection to date - it's what we all dream of but hardly ever happens. It's also a good excuse for me to go thrift store shopping even more... ;)
I must buy a lot of your pattern. I am so in love. I will give a lot of my kits from my stash to the ucrain people, we have a lot every day in our trains. 5 days ist their travel to us in Germany. Peace and love in every place on earth✌️💞🕊️
Thank you Asja - that is a really beautiful thing to do!
Hello Jacob. I just purchased your new Dutch Sampler. Wow… what an amazing find! I am so glad it ended up in your hands 😀I love to research as much as I can about the samplers I stitch. I am so appreciative of the information you have provided in the chart. I was wondering if you could give me some book titles that would help me learn more about the history and background of Dutch Samplers. Thank you
Gorgeous releases!!!❤❤
Thank you Candice! :)
Thank you for the beautiful freebie. I stitched it already 😊
Thank you!
Jacob, I very much enjoyed seeing your new releases and listening to your commentary about them. You
are so interesting and it's lovely to
hear you just talk about all the many facets of the stitching. I also love your concern for people all over the world. I have been looking for Ukrainian designers online that I can buy from to lend my support. Are you aware of any? 😁😁😁
Thank you so much Connie! Supporting Ukrainian designers is really hard to do, as you have to have absolute certainty that they are using a genuine location for their shop and are not somewhere else and posting that they are. One thing that you can do to check is to follow up a little about the stitcher, check their social media posts, and see if they are genuinely from Ukraine (and not just for the past month or so). It sounds really paranoid, but as soon as folks started searching Etsy for Ukrainian sellers, a lot of shops popped up that had never been there before. :(
As if the situation couldn't be any more sad!!!
My niece Calli just came back from
the Ukraine in December where she was teaching English in her Utah State Semester Abroad. She is totally heartbroken at what is now
happening to the good friends she
has made there.
My niece Calli just came back from
the Ukraine in December where she was teaching English in her Utah State Semester Abroad. She is totally heartbroken at what is now
happening to the good friends she
has made there.
@@conniejlarsen4416 It's just devastating - it just becomes more tangible when you know a place well and you know people there...
Thanks for sharing! It is a very scary time we live in.
Thank you Carla - it is indeed - strange days we live in!
I hesitate to say this - but, while I love love love your channel and your work - I'm not really a sampler stitcher. That is .... until now!!!!! LFB 1788. A definate future stitch for me - loved it.
Haha thank you so much Kate! It is just such a perfect sampler I think. It's also interesting as it's a proper picture sampler and not the alphabet / lots of letters kind - which is probably why you like it too! :)
I throughly enjoyed your episode,as a first time viewer. My heart goes out to the Ukrainians who’s lives have been changed and ended forever, I pray for them daily. Words can not describe Putin so i will not try. When will the leaders of the world come together and do what needs to be done to Putin?????
Again I’m praying. ….Thank you for motivating me to cross stitch more world wide historical projects. I look forward to learning more about Scottish and Dutch history.Hugs, Jeannette
I'm making a wild guess about the scarf with Cyprus tree, based on ceramic patterns. I'm no expert By a long shot and I can be totally off, but I think it may be Turkish or Persian
Absolutey! You're the 4th person to mention Turkish - I think it is from the Ottoman period and it's a beautiful little scarf / towel thing. I'm very happy with it :).
Beautiful are you going to reproduce it?
All samplers that I showed (except for the small scarf-like fabrics) have already been reproduced, and are available in my shop. Links are in the video description :)
I enjoy looking at both Irish & Scottish samplers. My husband is both.
They're so good aren't they! I love the Scottish ones. Sadly there's not a huge amount of information about Irish samplers - possibly because they're quite different as well, but I think they are quite distinct and very interesting indeed. Welsh samplers are quite interesting as well with their rather wild colours! :)
You have an Irish sampler in your shop, right? I might get brave enough to try it if it doesn’t have specialty stitches. I only started stitching in May, 2019 so I’m still fairly new. I only stitch on Aida.
@@peggyyoung1839 I've got one that I suspect is Irish... I cannot with 100% certainty say it was. The top half was finished by the girl and the bottom half was left completely empty so I designed a set of Quaker medallions for it. You can find it here: www.modernfolkembroidery.com/product/an-irish-quaker-sampler/
Thank you I just ordered it. I love the Quaker portion that you added! I can’t wait to start stitching it.
Love your channel. Sad about Ukraine. So much devastation. Thank you for the pattern.
Thank you Linda - yes, they're strange times we're living in!
Hello Jacob, I adore the how you are able to identify and restore different designs . Thank you also for the freebie I will also do what I can supporting the people, and for them to flee without harm, I can not imagine at this point in history Vladimir Putin doing this killing the innocent mothers with babies, those in the hospital. Well I am off, I will subscribe. Thank you. Stay safe also
Thank you so much for the support - these are such strange, strange times...!
Hi Dear Jacob ~ First, let me relay a heartfelt appreciation for both your eloquence and elegance in expressing your feelings on the devastation of Ukraine : her people, her land. It truly is difficult to grasp in its entirety and fully comprehend the gravity. Modern Technology has brought to our homes the very breath of the tragedy at hand by iPhones of those so traumatized /frightened for us to actually see - along with news crews. To be there, experiencing this atrocity first hand...... unimaginable. And for you, touching VERY close to home with your beloved friend. I pray that she is safe still and remains so. Jacob, Such wonderful treasures you've found - just lovely. Congratulations indeed . Respectfully , you did have a guest that stole the show however... Mira is a Beauty and sweeeet - you can just tell. LOVED the tail waving from your lap !!!!! The purring, joy and warmth these Creatures of God bring us is such a panacea for harsh realities . What ever would we do with out their companionship - especially in recent covid years and times such as these ? ! Thank you, Jacob for a wonderful visit. Truly enjoy each post of yours. Take good care . All the best, marcia
Thank you so much for your kind words Marcia - I wouldn't know what to do without these beautiful cats - they have given great comfort indeed!
Where does the red deer originate from? Carol the salt box stitcher has a sampler on her wall with the red deer. George ours sampler.
Ignore the george ours sampler
Hi Mary! Thank you, it really is quite gorgeous and I'm so happy with it. The red deer shows up on lots of samplers, and exactly where it first shows up is not certain. However, it was believed that deer could kill snakes and would devour them - and as the snake was a symbol of evil (the devil), its enemy was Christ. So for a long time, the stag or a deer has been a symbol for Christ. It is also an animal that is being hunted, which again links it to the passion. Deer have a very long history in iconography and we see them a lot on samplers! :)
Thank you Jacob, thank you for sharing on many aspects. I generally try not to stay angry but Russia’s disgusting actions in relation to Ukraine make me feel we all need to maintain the rage against Putin. So thrilled that beautiful sampler was waiting for you to put your hands upon it. What a lovely offering of stitching patterns from you again, I’m so tempted. I’m really enjoying stitching this years stitch a long. Peace be with you and yours. 🇦🇺
Thank you so much Judy - it is awful what Putin is doing - not only to Ukraine but also to his own people...I hope this mess will be over soon and that we will get rid of this awful human soon. Take care! :)
The Russian invasion has affected me so that I cannot stitch, I'm so frustrated with the injustice and cruelty, I don't trust anything Putin says, or any ceasefire he agrees with. I'm ashamed of the Russian people who believe the propaganda put out by Putin's regime. It's up to the Russian people to deal with this and get rid of him, not support him.
Sorry for derailing your lovely channel, but any platform should be used to get through.
It is so devastating... I feel so sad that the amount of disinformation and propaganda being fed to people is so insidious that it is hard to know what the truth is any more. And how terrifying must it be to live in a country where this is happening. I am constantly amazed at the bravery of those who do stand up against this evil at their own risk.
Part of the disinformation is that Putin is the bad guy. In reality, those that wish you to believe this are gaslighting you. Yes, the Ukrainian AND the Russian people are being used, for the Satanic Globalist New World Order 'Club'. They manipulated it, and they have a history of doing this, for over 1,100 years, playing two sides against each other, and benefitting from both sides, financially, raping resources of particular countries, et al. They're trying to decimate the Ukraine to hide the corruption that they, themselves, caused that is now about to be exposed, which reveals THEM as the culprits. They're trying to cover their own butts. So, if you really want to blame someone... look at the UN member states, look at the likes of Joe Biden, who is a puppet for them, along with Barack Obama, and everyone connected with them. Look at Queen Elizabeth II of the UK. Yep... the Chairwoman of the Steering Committee of 300, which is the organization that controls the NWO, orchestrates and manipulates the entire world. Don't think so? Find an online copy of Dr. John Coleman's book, one that they tried to intimidate him into not publishing, by threatening his life... "The Steering Committee of 300". It's EYE-opening. That's just ONE resource, there are others, as the Holy Spirit has revealed to me over the last 22 years.
Great new pieces and great video. How did you get the Tarrant book? I cannot see it online?
Thank you Lisa!
Wondering if you attempt to clean the samplers you purchase at all? if you do clean how do you clean them?
This one was really quite clean already - and I could see evidence of it having been washed (or it having been damp once) where the dark threads bled into the linen. This is reason enough not to try and wash a sampler. I wouldn't ever wash them myself - if I were to, I'd have a professional textile expert do that part of the job. The cleaning I did do was removing some dust from it, then carefully sewing it onto a piece of linen, which was then attached to a frame. No rusty materials involved and no acids, so it is nicely protected now :).
I like what I call the William of Orange sampler. Are you going to attempt to chart it? And if you do will it be stitchable for us Aida stitchers? Ha! No pressure.
Hi Sherry! The samplers I showed are all available in my shop already - links in the description :). The LFB 1788 sampler (with the Orange tree) is not suitable for aida as it has some off-the-grid stitches and a small section over one.
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Hi. Your new (old) embroidered towels look quite similar to some Turkish Ottoman ones I’ve seen before, in case this helps🙂…
Thank you for that tip! I did think it looked middle eastern - especially with that little cypress tree - but thanks to you I found this and although the pattern is different, the stitching (and some of the colours) are identical! www.goldenthread.com/text010.htm
Love the political activism of the person who stitched the sampler. Would be interesting to explore that in other samplers. I know nothing about the history of your country I’m ashamed to say. Thanks for the video and the freebie for Ukraine. It doesn’t seem like enough to donate money. I feel very guilty curling up in my bed each night.
Thank you Allison! We can only do so much individually, and the stresses of what the world does should not fall on your shoulders alone - so try and let that guilt go. You're not the only one who doesn't know much about the history of the Netherlands as I have to shamefully admit, that I know too little myself! History is so complex so it's been really interesting doing research. It's interesting that about 7 years after this sampler was finished, William V fled to England and the patriots then celebrated and stitched "freedom trees" (with Dutch flags and ribbons) on their samplers! So there's the two camps who were both stitching, and it's quite intriguing to see them :D.