Two Tall Stitchers Flosstube 31 - Family Fun and Wind Drifter QAL
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Quilt of the day: Farewell Carol V - quilt made for Carol when she moved from TX to Indiana
Shops we mentioned:
Persnickety Stitchers - Zionsville, IN - www.persnicket... - order at 317-873-5010
Stitches from the Heart - Evansville, IN - stitches-heart...
Cross my Heart, Ltd. - Columbus, OH
Art Ovation/Not Your Average Quilter - Brownsburg, IN, 317-769-4301
Flosstubers we mentioned:
@helend.flosstube
@jbwdesignscrossstitch4750
Karen Kluba is the designer of Rosewood Manor....and I don't know if Stacy Nash is the designer behind Stacy Nash Primitives, but Stacy Nash is not the same as Rosewood Manor.....at least I don't think so!! So many designers!!! Something for everyone. :-)
Thanks Melissa!
Thanks again for your lovely stitching and quilts. I enjoy big stitching project. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 🎄☃️
I like to make medium to small projects. Those full coverages make me nervous! Happy Holidays to you and your families!!!!
Thanks for sharing. Loved your quilts. I like small and medium projects. No giants for me. Merry Christmas!
Most of my stitched pieces are medium to large. The snowman quilt is beautiful!! Happy holidays!!
Always enjoy your flosstube. Loved seeing all of the projects! I was laughing out loud during the crochet part. I like the small projects.
I absolutely love your snowman quilt! I like medium projects, not as small as ornaments but not as large as samplers. I definitely don’t do full coverage like HAED.
So many beautiful things you girls share! Carol, I love your snowman quilt, and Jen, your wind drifter quilt is gorgeous - I love the cream colored background fabric from Teresa Kogut. I'm so glad you had a great time with your family and everyone got along - that's a big accomplishment as everyone grows :) Happy stitching!
Small projects are the best. Love you 2. Merry Christmas!!!
Carol I was ready to offer you my 15 yr old Yorkie…then you said no small yippy dogs. 🤣🤣. He’s deaf, almost blind, but my love. Small or medium projects that I can finish fairly quickly….can’t imagine going a HAEDS. I like to finish things! Merry Christmas!
Oh, everyone's Wind Drifter quilt tops are stunning! Love all the different color ways.
Love your starts and finishes, too.
I wish I had the patience like Beth to work on a HEAD. When I had younger eyes, I completed a lot of big projects, however now I usually work on medium projects. Is 200 stitches a medium projects?
Hugs!
Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄
I like to stitch projects I can stitch over 3-5 evenings or less. I guess most would be considered smalls.
Enjoyed the visit as usual.
Such a great flosstube! Love your snowman quilt! I like smaller projects best but I do some medium size projects too.
Thanks for sharing 🎄 I usually work on med to small projects
Most of my projects are small. The downside to that is more to FFO which I tend to procrastinate. Happy holidays! 🪡🪡🪡
I’m currently working on a Hawk Run Hollow piece, which I am enjoying but I tend to go for smaller pieces. Love the quilts. I haven’t started mine yet but I have the pattern.
Hi Carol and Jen, the two of you are the busiest crafters. You both got so much accomplished since the last time and even with company. 👏👏👏 Beautiful family pictures. 💕💕 I always have a HAED going, I love the full coverage. But I like to stop for a couple of weeks (I say couple loosely) and work on a Cricket Collection size piece. Stay Safe. Stay Healthy. Happy Stitching. ❤❤❤ Merry Christmas 🎄🎁🎄🎁🎄
Delightful video podcast…Glad you had an enjoyable time with your company…loved the snowman quilt Carol…beautiful design with all the trees…I do all size projects…it certainly depends on the subject or designer…wishing you two the best of holidays and merry stitching ❤❤
Y'all made me laugh several times today, but the "bra" was the best! Oh, you two are a hoot!! Love all your finishes; you were both b-u-s-y!! I do have one big (for me -- 14K stitches) piece ready for a January 2023 start, but mostly I stick to medium-sized stuff with some smaller things thrown in to give me some actual finishes. I'm the slowest stitcher on the planet. 🙂
Great to spend some time with you ladies as always. So happy you had a great Thanksgiving and I had to chuckle when you talked about how much food everyone ate...especially the teenage eating machines and the dip!! Sounds familiar. Love the snowman quilt, such a treasure and all the amazing Wind Drift quilts, just gorgeous. You do some wonderful stitching and always have fun things to show. I am mainly a smaller projects, stitcher.... ornaments, small pillows, and the occasional framed size piece. Merry Christmas to you and your families!
My favorite project is annual Prairie Schoolar Santa size. As for quilting, bed size always. I find it’s too much work to finish a small quilt that will never be loved or used. Lol I don’t decorate with quilts. I like bed size only. Ones that can be thrown on the floor, hugs when things are going great and snuggled under. I like them used and loved. Merry Christmas.
Another fun Flosstube gals! Your Windrifters are gorgeous. Love your socks, Carol and your pillow is so pretty, Jennifer. I crochet also but that pattern really looks difficult. I usually enjoy stitching small or medium patterns. I think full coverages are gorgeous but not for me.
Love the wonderful gift of your snowman quilt..I don't think I'll ever do a HAED, did some medium ones.. but I always go back to my really large ones like pandemic. I am a progress stitcher and I just like to stitch and I don't really care if I never finish. When I do finish I just stick it in the box because someday I'll just stick them all together somehow and make a quilt. I started a couple smalls and I haven't finished one yet because it will go too fast. Love watching you two!!
Love sitting down and catching up with you ladies. Beautiful stitching a d quilting. My favorite size projects are the “smalls” of Brenda Gervais-type and I also like to have a larger project going at the same time.
I have a HAED kitted and ready to go for 5+ years and I’m afraid to start it, no idea when it will be started, if ever. I like medium size mostly, I’d say 8x10” is a favorite. Don’t really do smalls or ornaments because they are hard for me to hold. I work best on a QSnap.
I enjoyed seeing your wonderful finishes and WIPS. Love the quilt that everyone did in different colours. It's always so interesting to see what a different colour choice makes in how a pattern looks. Jennifer's embroidered flower pattern is beautiful, well done! And your breast pillow also looks lovely lol. Take care, and happy stitching, and in cases you're not back before the holidays, hope you and your families have a very merry Christmas.
I'm glad you had such a wonderful family holiday. The time frame isn't what's important for Christmas gatherings, its the time spent together. You both have beautiful stitching, knitting, crochet and quilting projects. I think a medium project is my favorite size. I am pretty much monogamous and I would like to think that I will eventually finish what I'm working on so no large for me.
I like small to medium stitching and I pretty much do lap size or wall quilts. I don’t need anymore bed quilts unless they are gifts.
Hi guys. Just want to pass on some info. Carol is looking for a dog so I would like to tell you to check out Standard Poodles In Need. They have dogs looking for a home. They are a wonderful organization. We have two staffs two brothers Sawyer and Chance. We are retired so they are very spoiled. We had another Standard that I adopted when her owner passed. She lived to be 16 1/2 and again wonderful breed. So I hope you look into the organization. Standards are very smart sweet and Katie sold me onmy boys! We use to have Scottie a have scottyand Westie. I hope you are blessed to have one! Both genders are great!! Good luck!! Love watching your videos and I wish I had a daughter to share this with. Happy holidays and keep on stitching!!
What a glorious quilt with all the snowmen it’s such fun. I prefer small to medium size projects I think I’d get bored with a full coverage piece and don’t have the patience for them either!
Happy Holidays to you and your family as well!! As always your projects are amazing and I am really envious of your ability to actually do your own quilting. My dream is having my own long arm one day, but then I want a loom too and our house is very small. I love doing large projects, no coverall for me, but as I look at my WIPS most of them are classified as large or BAP. I do some smaller ones sprinkled in during the year so I can feel like I'm actually getting something finished. My quilts are almost all king size quilts, I've only actually finished 2 quilts, have two that just need assembling, and then have completed one baby and one twin. I have done a ton of rag quilts for all of my family and those are all well loved.
You ladies do beautiful work. Love seeing the Quilts.I need to get back to sewing. I do a variety size of projects started my 1st hade this year
So happy to see your berry. I stitched my first berry a year ago because of her and then joined the berry SAL. I've been having so much fun. Doesn't matter that the topper is big because you made it work. If you want, you can lay a circle over the top to see size as all of that depends on the fabric count. Congrats on the FFO.
I tend to do small projects although I have also done large ones too! I have no interest in stitching a heaven & earth full coverage piece! I’m just about to finish Winter Rose Manor which has taken me 2 years to complete - that is as large as I like! How special the snowman quilt is for Carol! I love snowmen & live stitching snowmen! Merry Christmas to you both!
Love your quilting. Maybe you point out the girl scout snow person.
I like to work on a medium size project. This way I can get it done, before I get tired of it.
I am a small/medium stitcher. I have done a couple of large but get bored with it and take a while to get it done. I guess I'm in to instant gratification.
My favorite size of project is more on the small side. They give me a sense of accomplishment.
Carol,
I love the zipper pulls! I tend to stitch medium pieces.
Like small stitches in between quilting.
I like medium projects - and smalls!
I love to work on smalls by little house needlework.
Love your Winddrifter. I have mine cut out, but haven't started sewing it yet.
I tend to do medium to large/ extra large
Stacy Nash is Stacy Nash Primitives. Karen Kluba is Rosewood Manor.
Thanks Margo!
Carol, that opening was too funny! I love the snowman quilt. So cute and thoughtful of your group. I loved seeing your family gathering photos! Those were very special to share, so thank you. I enjoy seeing all of your stitching projects. Hope you have a very happy holiday season. Merry Christmas to both of you! Oh, almost forgot. I don't mind having one large project going (like my Christmas Garden), but I prefer medium sized projects and definitely smalls.
I like working on medium to large samplers. But I have to do a few smalls to feel like I'm being productive. I really enjoyed seeing everything you guys did.
Ah I feel bad--Quiltify Design is by Benjamin Drew--I supposed I mistyped!
Thanks Ben - I bet you got it right and I couldn’t read my writing!
Loved all the beautiful stitching and those beautiful quilts!!! I love to stitch on medium size stitching. Happy Stitching! Today's video was really SICK!!!!!
🤣🤣🤣 Excellent use of sick!
Merry Christmas
Jen, the embroidery on your berry is fantastic!! Your topper is a little big, but I still think it's adorable! And Carol, you could use a bulb pin to attach one of those little snowmen zipper pulls to the top of your winter berry. ⛄
Thanks Helen!
Great idea. Thanks Helen.
I just ordered the Poetry for Neanderthals for a Christmas gift!! Thanks for the idea! Love you two. Can't wait for March!
You will have a lot of fun with it and we look forward to meeting you in 2023!
Merry Christmas! I work on a mixture of samplers and smalls; no HAEDs for me thank you! I had the crabapple hill Spring pillow kitted up, but when I unkitted it I unfortunately misplaced the actual pattern! I have all the rest of the directions but not the most important piece!
Oh no! Hope the pattern shows up one of these days!
Thanks girls for another wonderful flosstube! Love the Snowman quilt behind you - what a fabulous farewell gift for you Carol. You could you attach a small lobster clasp to the Snowman charms to be easily made into a zipper pull? Would love to see a whole pic of your Santa shirt - could only see about half of it.
Love watching you ladies. Thanks for another great episode. You’ve inspired me to purchase Wind Drifter. Hopefully I’ll gather the fabrics and start shortly.
Merry Christmas to you both! 💗
Oh great, send us pics or tag us if you post them. Would love to see yours!
I love smalls, I got 60 done this year and that’s satisfying! Have a great couple of weeks!
Wow, that’s great Liz!
Kathy Barrick designs are beautiful!
How do you like your Mighty Bright light and magnifier?
I like stitching medium size projects. If they are one color it’s even better!
I really like my light, especially that it is rechargeable. I move around with it a lot!
I especially like the BIG projects! I did 3 Chatalines and did the L&L 4 Celtic Ladies which I change out by season. My next big one will be Song of Christmas by L&L which I hope to start Christmas Day. Ladies, I REALLY enjoy watching you. You both are very pleasant and easy to listen to.
Thanks Chris - we appreciate you watching! I love those big Celtic ladies!
You two are SICK! 😂 Loved hearing all about your happy family Thanksgiving. Thanks for the game recommendation, Carol. Poetry for Neanderthals is now in my cart at amazon. You are so kind to make such a beautiful quilt for your coworker’s baby, Jennifer! I love both of your finished star mini quilts. Blues and greens are my favorite colors, too. I think my favorite size is medium. I love it all but I seem to work on medium size the most. Have a great last 2 weeks before the big day. There’s always so much to do and all I want to do is stitch! xx, Tricia
🤣 love that we are now Sick! Hope you had a good visit to Indy!
Paulette Stewart is Plum Street Samplers, so that might break her tie. I have several of her patterns, including This Happy Morning that continues to be a WIP into 2023. I think I like smalls that are finishable before I get distracted by another design or the season changes! I am definitely a seasonal stitcher. I do enjoy Christmas in July, but otherwise I am just not in the mood for “off season” designs. 🤷🏻♀️
Yes, it does break the tie! Thanks
Your wind drifter quilts are gorgeous!! I might try that one! Love your finishes!
Thanks Judy - it’s a fun quilt!
Always love when you two post a video. What long arm quilting machine do you have? Thank you.
Hi Carol - I have a Handiquilter Avante (and I love it!)
I have just finished binge watching all your episodes and thoroughly enjoyed them! You guys crack me up! Just like the two of you, I enjoy cross-stitching, quilting, knitting and crocheting. I usually go to a yearly quilt retreat in May and I am going to plan to do the Wind Drifter quilt this year. I have never been to a stitching retreat, so I will have to find one close to NH that I can attend. I just started my granddaughter on her first beginners stitching project this year, so hopefully she will catch the bug and progress as she gets older. I'm glad I found your channel and hopefully can stop by Persnickety for a visit on one of my cross-country trips.
I enjoy all stitching projects. I usually have one large project going that will take me a while. (Jenn, don't feel bad......I had to laugh when you pulled out the quilt that you had made for someone's wedding back in 2011. I found a wedding cross-stitch project I made for my cousin who was married in 1990! ). But I also have to have small or medium projects going so that I can switch off to break up the monotony of only working on the large project. I enjoy holiday or themed projects, and occasionally a sampler will catch my eye. Both of my children are in the Air Force, so I also enjoy working on anything patriotic. (My daughter was with the Thunderbirds for 4 years and I know she participated in one of the flyovers at the 500 a few years back).
Thanks for your lovely comment and for binge watching us Kara! I’ve just heard about Stitch New England on Helen D’s flosstube - you might check that out for a stitching retreat near you, and please send pics (or tag us on IG) when you make Wind Drifter, we’d love to see it!
Happy Christmas to you both! Just wondering when is your next quilt retreat? I'd love to attnd.
Carol will be at the Threads of Mine retreat in May and we will both be there in October Cathy!
Life gets a little looney this time of year. For me, different reasons: I have had carpal tunnel surgery scheduled 3 times since August 1st and cancelled 3 times, last was December 6th. So FL Ortho was fired and I now have a new doc and a new surgery date January 25th! Yea!
Good call on the new doc - hope all goes as planned in Jan!
I'm so glad you enjoyed your time together with your family! I loved that last family picture of the grandkids and grandparents re-creating that earlier photo! Jenn, I love that Tiny Modernist winter bell pull. Good for you for taking on that border! Carol, the snowman quilt is adorable! Did you happen to watch Colorado Cross Stitcher's (Sheri) latest flosstube? She collects snowmen and she showed a picture of her collection. She has a bunch! She also just designed a cross stitch pattern called Snowman Collector. It's cute! You may want to check it out. And Jenn, Arlene Cohen, who is the designer behind Works By ABC (also her flosstube name), had a whole discussion in either her last flosstube or the one before it about floche. You may want to check that out too😊
Thanks Maureen - off to watch more flosstubes!
Great video. I just love that your grandson wants a quilt. Your crochet section was hilarious. I must get my Wind drifter quilted and bound. I finished the top so quickly but …. I am not good at ffo’ing anything. Thanks again and happy Christmas to you both.
We are the same Sue - so much easier to stitch and piece than FFO! Happy Christmas!
Really love you two ladies, you’re so fun to watch and you get along so well! Your stitching and quilting are amazing. How special the snowman quilt is Carol! Love it! Thanks for sharing the family pictures as well, they are heartwarming.
Hope to see you around Christmas again! Blessings!
Thanks for your lovely comments Karen!
Is the Crab Apple Hill a transfer? Or do you have to use a light box and trace? When I first came back to x-stitching, I did not realize different brands of the same color floss were available. Several orders later, I figured it out!!
Hi Rebecca - the Crab Apple Hill was just the drawing so I used my mom’s light box to trace it - didn’t read the instructions carefully the first time, so got to do it twice 🙄
Can I do a strawberry (by Erica Michael) on aida cloth? If so what count? Love your show. Thanks. Merry Christmas!
I think so Melinda - but check to make sure the pattern doesn’t have any over 1 stitching. And I’d stitch on 16 or 18 count for Aida.
Hi Ladies, love the video. I love chuys, not sure why but I thought this was a Texas restaurant glad to know I can find other places when I travel. Can never have too much TexMex. I like medium and small projects and always have a few of both in the works.
They started it TX but have expanded - we were there on the day it opened - we were so excited to get good Tex mex in Indiana!
Beautiful and Blessed family! Love, love your snowman quilt and love the layout so creative! Im allergic to wool do you know is felt would work in your Autumn project? I usually have two active projects going a small and a long term one of which is seasonal. But if one of my wips starts calling my name I will stop a project for awhile to add to my noisy wip!
Thank you Susan - I think you could use felt and it would give the same result.
Lol. It was weird and it just caught my eye but don’t ask me to find any missing ones in Jennifer’s Paris one. Too busy 🤭🫣
Hahaha! 🤣
You guys are always a joy to watch! I love stitching smalls and making little pillows.
Thank you Jackie!
Merry Christmas to you both and your family!
Thank you Mickie and the same to you!
Hey guys! Stacy Nash is local to us and her company is called Stacy Nash Primitives. Rosewood Manor is the company created by the designer Karen Kluba. Just thought I would let you know! Keep stitching! ❤️
Thanks Tammy! I think we knew that Stacy is local but we haven’t met her yet.
What a great video! Fun to hear about your Thanksgiving and see your family. Reminded me of gatherings we used to have. “Live so that memories are part of your happiness”. A quote I love. Your ski stories were interesting! My husband loves skiing but hasn’t gone for a long time. I went downhill with him once, where he took me on a slope I wasn’t ready for. Never again for me. We bought cross country equipment. That is my speed. Have not done that in a long time but did enjoy. What a great quilt, and the story behind it. ⛄️⛄️⛄️🌲🌲
Love that quote Gerry!
All your projects are so beautiful! So much eye candy! Love spending time with you ladies!
Do you think the Dmc floche floss is their “ idea” of a silk?
Good question - I think it is pretty close.
Congratulations on your finishes! Love this channel. Thank you for filming. x⚘️
I stitch all sizes up to and including mini HAEDs.
Beautiful work ladies, from the sock to the crochet and of course stitching
That’s the most gorgeous snowman quilt I have ever seen! I adore ⛄️ too! If I could quilt I would be searching for that pattern! Right now! Lovely stitching ladies, your finished pieces are lovely❤! Happy Dec to you both! I have all sizes of stitches from a HAED to Mirabilia and smalls, everything in between! I am finding I enjoy maybe 10 by 19 size much more than a huge stitch! Could be age😊😂😊
I prefer medium to slightly larger projects; my go to is samplers or Quaker’s. One color project with hand dyed floss is my absolute favorite ❤️🤗‼️Merry Christmas 🎄.
I love ❤❤❤❤❤ that snowman quilt and the way they did the trees and blocks. I get a lot of frames at the $1.25 store. I’ve also used stretcher bars and painted those and canvases at the $1.25 store (so much easier when it was the $ store) to stretch a project over. And, I like stitching letters, too. Great video. Thanks. Happy Birthday, Carol(e). I’m working on a red strip quilt while designing a blue strip quilt in my head and stitching twenty individual hummingbirds of the world while asking myself…what were you thinking!!!
Oh my goodness… your snowman quilt is wonderful! What a great gift! Happy holidays to you both!💕
Happy Holidays! Lovely stitches, knitting/crochet, and those quilts are amazing! I actually prefer a medium size stitch. In early Nov, I did a couple of smalls and although it was fun for a change I don't think I would do them regularly.
Carol's snowman quilt is such a lovely project with her friends, and in addition to being beautiful it must evoke wonderful memories each time you see it!
I tend to stitch medium sized projects, but also enjoy mixing that up with smalls so i have the sense of accomplishment from finishing things. I was doing 2 projects this year that were monthly releases, so no way to just focus on them and finish early since I didn't have the full pattern!
I love the snowman quilt! You both do beautiful work. We are very lucky with all the cross stitch designers, flosses, and fabrics that are available.
Your snowman quilt is absolutely stunning, and all of your quilts are amazing. I love all your cross stitch finishes too. You two are such a joy to watch and I'm always so inspired by the projects that you show. I love to do all sizes of projects but tend to gravitate to the medium size ones more as they're not quite as daunting.
Thanks so much for your kind comments Lorraine!
"It's not a bra" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Priceless that you held it together; I was laughing on my end.
I can’t wait to see what she says when they are both done - maybe she’ll model them 🤣
My favourite size project is probably 10.000-30.000 stitches. Don't think I will ever stitch anything with more than 90.000 stitches. I also enjoy stitching small projects.
I enjoy watching the wonderful relationship between the two of you. I loved seeing all your stitched pieces, as well as the variety of Wind Drifter quilts. I love quilts, but don't quilt, and I'm not going down that rabbit hole! I received 2 of Emma Congdon's books last Christmas, and took them to my local Staples, and had them spiral bound. There might have been one or two stitches from a chart that got in the way of the spiral, but it's so much easier to work from the patterns. It was under $10 total to have this done. I probably prefer the medium sized charts, though usually have a larger sized (Artecy or Kustom Krafts) one on the go, and do a small LK size occasionally as well.
Good idea on the books, I’ve had that done to several quilting books.
Your friends made you an awesome snowman quilt Carol! 💞 ty for answering my question about the dyeing . I'm adding Leisure Arts to the cross stitch list as I believe I bought most of the patterns I own in the 80/90s from them . Have I stitched them....no lol . Patterns from that time now look so romantically Victorian! Just an idea Jennifer but the wood serveitte holder could be used for a 4 seasons project where you display on the front the current season and store the other 3 behind in the slot!
Love that idea Jayne! Now off to look for a seasonal project that size!
Hey two tall stitcher 👋🧵🪡🧵🪡a real short texas stitcher here but taller than my 42 yo daughter at 4’10” I’m 5’ 😂
Haha, tall is relative, right? 😉
Your snowman quilt is so thoughtful and wonderful, such good friends you have. The QAL photos were great, I don't quilt but this certainly made we start thinking about it. I usually do small projects, ornaments, coasters, etc. but I have purchased a year long SAL for 2023 from MFE that I am very excited about. I am glad both had such a nice time with your visiting family.
The MFE piece is so pretty, you’ll have to keep us updated on your progress!
Another great floss tube!
I enjoy y’alls ft 🧵👋🧵🪡🎄
Thanks Carol!