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Arounna, I simply love your work, and how you use Mother Nature as your inspiration. I stumbled on your work from your book Embroidery, which I took out of the library. Many thanks!!

What about thread snips? Would they be TSA approved?

I just opened my first bundle of thread and was like WHERE IS THE END??? I am glad I looked this up... thank you!

Am I missing it or where is the follow up videos on the ‘Chicken Scratch sample book’?

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❤ Blair, I definitely want to see more of your wonderful collection! Thank you for sharing.

Thanks so much for sharing! What interesting finds!

I love this idea of having a power space that is just for you! It has given me something to think about! Thank you for sharing!

So cool getting to hear the stories behind all these little treasures ✨

I enjoyed your vlog. I love seeing/hearing about the spaces women create in. How they’ve adapted for their art and a space they feel powerful. I hope you share more! Enjoy the day!

I use your Ruby Ruler with every single quilt I make; I also use it when choosing thread for quilting. I have so much trouble with color -- this product resolves the issues for me. Thank you.

Thank you for this!

Thank you so much! That was easy and fun 😊😊😊

Your videos are really nice

OMG I have had so many fights with shashiko thread skeins- this is such a great tip, thank you!

Do your threads ever try to unravel sometimes? Is there a simple fix for it? I know you’re supposed to twist them together but I can’t seem to get it right.

Hello! How you passed your needles, scissors throu on the plane?

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Thank you, this is perfect for two Christmas presents I am going to make.

What a coincidence that, Turkish Airlines gave out a tin just like your plastic box and I have made that into my travel sewing kit. I placed magnets on the lid to hold my needles, snips, and plastic clips. Thanks for your tip of the dental floss container and ready to sew pre-threaded needles.

Can I purchase the pattern for this star please

Loved this conversation!

Blair, thank you for having me on your channel, I loved talking with you!! ❤

Love your work!

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You have saved my threads! Thank you

Hi Blair, we used to be Flickr/Blog friends back in the 2000s when our kids young. My son is 24 now. But I went back to work and life took over and I lost track of so many creatives. I recently got laid off (maybe just accelerating my retirement...I am 62 now) and got back into quilting which is how I found your youtube channel. I do follow your IG, so I know you moved to NM (and I moved from Santa Rosa to Seattle) and that you are up to all sorts of wonderful things with sashiko, chicken scratch and your scrappy quilts. I love your convo with Lisa. Color is so integral to my life and I have found after living in Seattle for 3 years I am now officially in love with navy, gray and pink...a palette I never would have picked back in California. But the spring weather, cherry, plum and magnolia blossoms and the Seahawks blue are so sympathetic to that palette. It also helps that the rental house we live in is a cosmetic flip with every room painted light gray. Anyway, just wanted to give a shout out to the old days when indeed I looked for thrifted treasures for other bloggers. It was great fun back then, but I gave away most those treasures when we moved and even trying to shed more. Phases of life are so interesting. I feel on the downhill side (but not in a bad way! just clearing space for new creative projects like spoon carving and basket weaving and pajaki making. And of course quilting. I have Kaffe Fassett shot cottons 15 years old that are crying to be used. You cannot get most of them now and the new ones seem to be inferior in quality. I am grateful I have the time and resources to devote to making things. So happy to see how you have evolved. I LOVE Fern BTW.

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Watch how skilled Japanese stitchers do shashiko , they use different techniques. In particular never pull a needle , always use a special shashiko thimble.

My problem is my emotional attachment to most of my fabric! I'm 65 and began sewing in high school home economics. I've saved fabric all these years for the day I would have my own sewing room. My mother had a professional sewing room which I would help her if she had a large order. When she retired and moved to a smaller home after my Dad died, she gave me a lot of leftover and remnant fabric, trim, notions, etc. Now I am finally putting together my sewing room and I am overwhelmed with the amount of stuff I have! I look at what Mom gave me and I remember working with her on it...and it gives me warm loving memories of time spent with her! But I am swamped!!! I don't enjoy going into the room even. I must force myself to pare down my "stash" so I can enjoy my retirement the way I want and need to!!! Thank you for taking your time and sharing with us. 🇺🇸

Just discovered your Chicken Scratch class on Creativebug. I have wanted to learn this craft for such a long time. I ordered several colors of 1/4 inch Robert Kaufman Carolina Gingham online and can't wait to get started as soon as it arrives! I've got a ton of embroidery floss to use up and I can use the extra fabric in my quilting. Chicken scratch on gingham would be adorable in a quilt, especially combined with some other vintage-y fabric.

It's interesting about hand stitching being calming as the rhythmic practice reminds me of a variation of EMDR. When my grandmother, who helped my grandfather survive trauma from World War II, was stressed, she said she would count 1, 2...1, 2...1, 2... until she felt calm. That seems to be similar to hand stitching, which seems to be similar to EMDR. At any rate, my two cents!

Very calming video! Love the background music. It was like a meditation!! ❤️❤️

The kit is wonderful! Thank you for sharing chicken scratch with us 😊

I love it! I found this through your email. Do you have a sneak peek of your chicken scratch patterns that you"ll be teaching on Ceativebug?

❤the needle threading tip. Thanks

I have a Clover thread pendant for cutting threads.

How lovely Blair. Thanks for sharing your beautiful space.

Loved your video and the calm mesmerizing tone in which it was filmed. I also appreciated seeing your beautiful surroundings, both indoors and outdoors. Thank you for sharing this small glimpse into your world.

This was a lovely and gentle video to watch. It reminded me of my visit to your studio during the studio tour this past summer. You have a wonderful quiet space o create. I hope you'll do more of these. Thankks for sharing with us.

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Inspiring and generous.Thank you for the heart pattern, I like that it is not the typical reds and pinks.

That is the best video video I have seen in a really long time. I was mesmerized. Excellent work! Your studio looks so serene. ❤

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Loved it!

Miss this landscape. I lived in Southern Colorado and spent a fair amount of time in Abiquiu and Tesuque...miss this landscape. I like the video storytelling. I could do without the music, or quieter music, and just listen to the sound of the wind, birds and machine, but aside from that, I like this kind of storytelling. Thank you.

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Have you ever left ties on the back? I worry the ties in front will detract from the design.