I just found this! Loved the interview, hearing her creative process. Many ideas I have wondered about have answered my questions about Nora's designs. The Mirabilia Minions Retreat in San Antonio, May 2018 was a dream come true for me. For any stitchers who are fortunate enough to go to one of her retreats I would give a caveat. There is a clique of stitchers that go to these retreats, similar to the cheerleaders in Junior High School or Senior High School. If you are not part of their "clique" you will be excluded. Nora Corbett is VERY CONGENIAL. She is so generous with one to one time with each person who approaches her wanting some conversation, wanting to have a photo taken with her. She will sign your patterns. She had beautiful, one of a kind artwork for auction. It was wonderful to meet her & to be there.
so this is the lady behind those beautiful MIRABILIA cs designs, and she is beautiful herself, i have finished some of her designs and really gave me headaches to complete.
Claire you were fabulous interviewing Nora Corbett! Thank you both for this interview. I love Nora's designs, the ladies in their gowns, the fairies & mermaids. So proud of you Claire!!! love Annette
Annette Navarro thank you Annette!! I was a little giddy with excitement you might be able to tell - such a thrill to have this opportunity to talk to such a talented designer - but she was also just a really lovely person! X
OH MY GAWD!!!!! Claire this was amazing!!!!!! It's so cool to hear her talk about what she thinks about all the conversions and how she feels about them and her art and that she doesn't really stitch. The whole thing was awesome. You are a natural at interviewing. I don't think I would have had the guts to ask. Thanks so much. This was really fascinating.
Yes I found that so interesting, I really wanted to know what she thought about our conversions and it's really beautiful to hear that she sees it as a partnership, I think that's a very kind and generous perspective and frankly it sums her up. It was a real privilege to meet her and then when I had the opportunity to share this conversation with flosstube I was really overwhelmed. I'm glad you found it interesting because I sure did! Thanks for watching and commenting. I love your videos!! And your goats!! Happy stitching :)))
Thread Garden oh Jan I was so glad you were there!! Honestly meeting you was as thrilling as meeting Nora! Thank you so much for filming it and managing the crowd!! It was a special moment during a weekend of special moments xxx
Claire! You are a NATURAL my dear!!! The Barbara Walters of Flosstube!!! This was such a great interview!!! So engaging and informative. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. I loved every second of it.
You are such a natural! I would have been stumbling over my words or making a fool of myself with someone like that. I love Nora Corbett even more. She seems to really love her work. Great job!
Nora was just so easy going and a breeze to talk to that she really made the interview. So genuine and kind, and yes she seems to appreciate the position she has which is beautiful to see as well.
What an amazing opportunity to meet and have a chat with Nora. Thanks for sharing your interview with her. I think you'll be hard pressed to find another retreat to top this one. 👏🏼
That was SOOOO Cool! Thank you very much for sharing such a special time with all of us. What a wonderful Lady Ms. C is. So gracious and sweet to sit down with you, for us. Love this interview! !
Claire, I don't want you to stop stitching and stop doing your Flosstube vlog s but, you were a professional interviewing Ms Miriabilia. Such great questions and she responded to you so openly. Wow, such a thrill for you ANS ALL of us out here in Flosstube Land. I totally wish I could have been at this Retreat. I'm so jealous. Can you show a pic of the exclusive design released to you guys? Can hardly wait! Thank you again Claire for this awesome glimpse into Nora's artistry.
Aww thanks! She made that interview so easy for me, she lead the conversation beautifully to where I hoped it would go. No hard hitting journalist here! She gave it to me on a platter!
Thanks so much Claire, the interview was great. I often wondered how designers felt about people changing the colors, etc. What a wonderful perspective she has of the design once it's released: a partnership. Lovely point of view.
It was an awesome opportunity to meet her and then to get this chance to share a conversation with flosstube was amazing. Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Yes she was so natural and easy going, such a pleasure to talk to. She made time for everyone and I was very grateful to have this opportunity to share a bit of that with the flosstube community. Thank you for commenting and for your kind words :)
Claire you did such a great job. You were so professional ~ not interrupting her and allowing her to keep talking. By doing that we heard a lot more of the real Nora and her motivations and personality than we would have if you had interjected with other questions. Seriously good interview. Well Done !!!!!!!
Thank you Marie! What a lovely compliment - she was so easy to interview, she keep it moving along and just kept giving me more to work with. Thats what shes like, a very generous and genuine person.
AMAZING!! Nora seems such a lovely, wonderful lady. This book you mentioned with out of print patterns sounds so intriguing.....do you know any more about that? Thanks for sharing this interview. Hugs Dee xxx 🐱💕
Very interesting to hear her take on doing her patterns and what they mean to her. We buy patterns but we don't think what meaning they may have to the designer and think of patterns as a way for them to make money. So it's interesting to hear not only money makers for them but also have great meaning for the designers very interesting.
I get the feeling Nora isn't motivated by money at all - in fact when I was talking to her at another time she said that she loved coming to the retreat to connect with stitchers and it probably was good business but that didn't really occur to her later. She is very much an artist and seems motivated by that instinct. I think her mother Marilyn was much more business minded and Nora says she hears her voice in her head giving her business guidance. She was really lovely and genuine, she spoke to everyone the way she spoke in the interview, open and honest and very charming :)
Oh I didn't mean she just wanted money when I wrote that I was just thinking we see designers as just sellers and they truly love designing. I hope I explained that right. She seemed like a very very sweet person.
OMG I am a beginner cross-stitcher and I am so attracted to Nora's Mirabilia patterns. I am wondering if complete kits are still available and if so, where can I get them? In particular I would love "Summer Queen", "Sabrina", "Roses of Provence" and "Victoria." If the kits are not available, which linen size would you recommend for portrait quality finish? Thanks so much!
Hi! Mirabilia are beautiful to stitch and great for beginners too I think. The challenge begins at beading but you’ve got lots of regular cross stitching to do first. Mirabilias aren’t generally sold as kits but it is easy to buy all the supplies in one go from many online retailers. Mirabilia do release the bear packs so you can buy those in one go. Places like 123stitch.com sell the chart, beads, threads and recommended fabric. You just select your chart and you can then choose to add all the extras as well. The fabric will be the right size that way. You can always change the fabric colour if you like using the thread count and fabric size they suggest. Each mirabilia is a different size so it depends on which one you choose. I’d definitely use a linen or evenweave in either 28 or 32 count (they are equivalent to 14 or 16 count aida so a breeze to stitch on). Let me know how you go or if you have any other questions :)
@@PyrexStitches Thank you so much! I actually ordered "Florentina" pattern with embellishments, and the full kit of "Spring Pea." I noticed a few other FlossTubers using 32 count Lugana or jobalen. I think my goal here is to not have a really bold "cross-stitchy" look. I would love more of a portrait quality.
This is wonderful! What a fantastic opportunity for you - thank you for sharing this moment with us!
You are most welcome! Thank you!
I just found this! Loved the interview, hearing her creative process. Many ideas I have wondered about have answered my questions about Nora's designs. The Mirabilia Minions Retreat in San Antonio, May 2018 was a dream come true for me. For any stitchers who are fortunate enough to go to one of her retreats I would give a caveat. There is a clique of stitchers that go to these retreats, similar to the cheerleaders in Junior High School or Senior High School. If you are not part of their "clique" you will be excluded. Nora Corbett is VERY CONGENIAL. She is so generous with one to one time with each person who approaches her wanting some conversation, wanting to have a photo taken with her. She will sign your patterns. She had beautiful, one of a kind artwork for auction. It was wonderful to meet her & to be there.
so this is the lady behind those beautiful MIRABILIA cs designs, and she is beautiful herself, i have finished some of her designs and really gave me headaches to complete.
Claire you were fabulous interviewing Nora Corbett! Thank you both for this interview. I love Nora's designs, the ladies in their gowns, the fairies & mermaids. So proud of you Claire!!! love Annette
Annette Navarro thank you Annette!! I was a little giddy with excitement you might be able to tell - such a thrill to have this opportunity to talk to such a talented designer - but she was also just a really lovely person! X
OH MY GAWD!!!!! Claire this was amazing!!!!!! It's so cool to hear her talk about what she thinks about all the conversions and how she feels about them and her art and that she doesn't really stitch. The whole thing was awesome. You are a natural at interviewing. I don't think I would have had the guts to ask. Thanks so much. This was really fascinating.
Yes I found that so interesting, I really wanted to know what she thought about our conversions and it's really beautiful to hear that she sees it as a partnership, I think that's a very kind and generous perspective and frankly it sums her up. It was a real privilege to meet her and then when I had the opportunity to share this conversation with flosstube I was really overwhelmed. I'm glad you found it interesting because I sure did!
Thanks for watching and commenting. I love your videos!! And your goats!!
Happy stitching :)))
Claire, this will be an interview I will never forget. You did an amazing job and I was privileged to watch it in real life. Wonderful!!!
Thread Garden oh Jan I was so glad you were there!! Honestly meeting you was as thrilling as meeting Nora! Thank you so much for filming it and managing the crowd!! It was a special moment during a weekend of special moments xxx
Thank you so much for sharing! how exciting to be able to interview her. Love it! ❤
Thank you!
Claire! You are a NATURAL my dear!!! The Barbara Walters of Flosstube!!! This was such a great interview!!! So engaging and informative. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. I loved every second of it.
Absolutely marvelous interview. So well conducted!
Denise Burn thank you! Nora was just so easy to talk to :)
Thank you so much for interview! Nora is my idol ! She is an amazing person and very talented artists
Yep she sure is! Such a great lady, it was lovely to get this chance to talk with her and share it with flosstube :)
What an amazing opportunity, thanks for sharing, loved it ❤️
Michelle Gunn yes it certainly was! A real privilege :) thank you x
Fabulous interview with Nora Corbett! Thank you for getting her to do that.
Just fabulous great job Claire. How generous of Nora to sit down and share her true self. Sweet person..
Thank you, Claire! Awesome interview and a delight to watch!
You are such a natural! I would have been stumbling over my words or making a fool of myself with someone like that. I love Nora Corbett even more. She seems to really love her work. Great job!
Nora was just so easy going and a breeze to talk to that she really made the interview. So genuine and kind, and yes she seems to appreciate the position she has which is beautiful to see as well.
Love Nora! Thanks for a great interview with her!
My pleasure Janet, thank you for watching and commenting. She was a joy to talk to :)
What an amazing opportunity to meet and have a chat with Nora. Thanks for sharing your interview with her. I think you'll be hard pressed to find another retreat to top this one. 👏🏼
Well .. unless you were there! Thanks Pam :)
Ohhh Claire, what an awesome video!! Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
That was SOOOO Cool! Thank you very much for sharing such a special time with all of us. What a wonderful Lady Ms. C is. So gracious and sweet to sit down with you, for us. Love this interview! !
It was so generous of her to take this time to chat with me and let me share it with flosstube - I felt very honoured to have this opportunity :)
This makes me want to stitch every one of her designs! Thank you so much.
Barbara Walters eat your heart out!! What a fantastic interview Claire 😀😀 thank you so much for sharing! X
If it wasn't for you girls I would not have had the guts to do it I don't think. So actually THANK YOU! xxx
Claire, I don't want you to stop stitching and stop doing your Flosstube vlog s but, you were a professional interviewing Ms Miriabilia. Such great questions and she responded to you so openly. Wow, such a thrill for you ANS ALL of us out here in Flosstube Land. I totally wish I could have been at this Retreat. I'm so jealous. Can you show a pic of the exclusive design released to you guys? Can hardly wait! Thank you again Claire for this awesome glimpse into Nora's artistry.
Thank you that is so kind of you!! How sweet you are to say such lovely things
OMG!! That was epic!! I was hoping you were going to get her thoughts on FlossTube and you did! Awesome interview, Claire!
Thank you so much for doing this interview. Nora Corbett is an amazing person and so are you!! :)
Aww thanks! She made that interview so easy for me, she lead the conversation beautifully to where I hoped it would go. No hard hitting journalist here! She gave it to me on a platter!
Thanks so much Claire, the interview was great. I often wondered how designers felt about people changing the colors, etc. What a wonderful perspective she has of the design once it's released: a partnership. Lovely point of view.
Yes I thought that was a lovely way to see the conversions, a very generous artist I would think.
Claire, you're a natural!! What an amazing interview to have! Thank you for sharing!!
Thanks Tina! Never done an interview before but Nora certainly made it easy for me, she's so genuine.
So wonderful! Love Nora and her moms work ❤️ thank you for the inside scoop
Yes it was lovely to talk to her about her mother, that was rather special I think.
Wow great interview. You're a natural. Thanks for letting us get to know Nora just a little bit.
Thanks Andrea :)
Thanks for sharing Claire! Amazing interview, great questions... you were so natural and professional.
That was awesome! Great questions. She is so lovely and seems so kind! How nice it must have been to meet her.
It was an awesome opportunity to meet her and then to get this chance to share a conversation with flosstube was amazing. Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
That was amazing, thanks so much for sharing! She seems like a lovely lady.
She sure was! A real class act, very generous and a nice quirky personality to boot. Exactly what I wanted her to be like :)
Wow! She is so down to earth. You did a great job with this interview- it seemed very natural. Thanks so much for sharing this with the rest of us.
Yes she was so natural and easy going, such a pleasure to talk to. She made time for everyone and I was very grateful to have this opportunity to share a bit of that with the flosstube community. Thank you for commenting and for your kind words :)
That was totally awesome! Thank you for sharing 🙂
My pleasure! Thank you :)
You did an excellent job girl!! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Lisa! :))))
So fun! I love her designs even more now that I've "met" her on here! Thanks for doing this. I'm sure your retreat was amazing!
Really fantastic interview! She has a wonderful energy and I love her even more now!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Yes and that was exactly what she was like the entire retreat! Just natural and generous, a really classy lady, just like her art :)
Love this! Thanks for taking the time to film it!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment! It was a privilege to get the chance to speak with her and share it with flosstube :)
Great questions. She seems lovely. You did a wonderful job on interviewing her.
Thank you so much for sharing your interview. I have never stitched one of her designs, but may have to look more into it after seeing this.
Thank you very much for this interview !
Thank you for sharing this interview!
You are most welcome! Thank you :)
Great video, its lovely to hear what inspires a designer and I agree with you Nora is quite like her designs.
Yes it was really interesting to hear about her creative process, a real insight. :)
Wow great interview Claire! How did I miss this before!
Thank you so much! I have not stitched a Mirabilia, but this was such a great interview!
Claire you did such a great job. You were so professional ~ not interrupting her and allowing her to keep talking. By doing that we heard a lot more of the real Nora and her motivations and personality than we would have if you had interjected with other questions. Seriously good interview. Well Done !!!!!!!
Thank you Marie! What a lovely compliment - she was so easy to interview, she keep it moving along and just kept giving me more to work with. Thats what shes like, a very generous and genuine person.
What a great interview! So lovely to hear that she enjoys seeing stitchers alter patterns to fit their personality.
Enjoyed your interview very much!!!
Thank you Bonnie! Thanks for watching and commenting :)
Amazing interview, thank you!
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!
Really enjoyed this interview! You're a good interviewer! And loved hearing about her creative process :)
Thank you! Never done an interview before but Nora was so easy to talk to which was a big help :)
this was amazing! thanks for sharing :)
Thanks Keri!!
Great job Clair!!! That was awesome!!
Thank you! ❤❤❤
Ирина Лебедева you're welcome!
You did an awesome job! very professional. I felt like I was listening to friends chatting. I can see why her ladies are so elegant :)
yes that's exactly what she was like, so kind and generous I felt privileged to share this with flosstube :)
Love this so much.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks Ali!! xx
A great interview. You can see her in some or her pieces. A great designer
Noraaaaa! You are awesome!
Thanks Claire!
Just looking at your Cottage Garden Fairy conversion - I just love the colours!!
Pyrex Stitches thank you. I had such a good time at the retreat and love your interview 😀
AMAZING!!
Nora seems such a lovely, wonderful lady. This book you mentioned with out of print patterns sounds so intriguing.....do you know any more about that?
Thanks for sharing this interview.
Hugs Dee xxx 🐱💕
Awesome interview!
Thank you :)
great ob on this interview-you are a natural!!
+Annie Belcher thanks Annie!
That was great! Nora seems like a lovely lady. ❤
Fantastic interview Claire :) Isn't she lovely! Great questions!
She was super doper nice wasn't she?!!??! We missed you in our group video though! Hope the trip home was ok. xxx
I know! I was driving home thinking of all the bits I was missing :( We will have to find another opportunity to catch up for more fun.
Yes! That is a must!!
Very interesting to hear her take on doing her patterns and what they mean to her. We buy patterns but we don't think what meaning they may have to the designer and think of patterns as a way for them to make money. So it's interesting to hear not only money makers for them but also have great meaning for the designers very interesting.
I get the feeling Nora isn't motivated by money at all - in fact when I was talking to her at another time she said that she loved coming to the retreat to connect with stitchers and it probably was good business but that didn't really occur to her later. She is very much an artist and seems motivated by that instinct. I think her mother Marilyn was much more business minded and Nora says she hears her voice in her head giving her business guidance.
She was really lovely and genuine, she spoke to everyone the way she spoke in the interview, open and honest and very charming :)
Oh I didn't mean she just wanted money when I wrote that I was just thinking we see designers as just sellers and they truly love designing. I hope I explained that right. She seemed like a very very sweet person.
OMG I am a beginner cross-stitcher and I am so attracted to Nora's Mirabilia patterns. I am wondering if complete kits are still available and if so, where can I get them? In particular I would love "Summer Queen", "Sabrina", "Roses of Provence" and "Victoria." If the kits are not available, which linen size would you recommend for portrait quality finish? Thanks so much!
Hi! Mirabilia are beautiful to stitch and great for beginners too I think. The challenge begins at beading but you’ve got lots of regular cross stitching to do first.
Mirabilias aren’t generally sold as kits but it is easy to buy all the supplies in one go from many online retailers. Mirabilia do release the bear packs so you can buy those in one go. Places like 123stitch.com sell the chart, beads, threads and recommended fabric. You just select your chart and you can then choose to add all the extras as well. The fabric will be the right size that way. You can always change the fabric colour if you like using the thread count and fabric size they suggest. Each mirabilia is a different size so it depends on which one you choose.
I’d definitely use a linen or evenweave in either 28 or 32 count (they are equivalent to 14 or 16 count aida so a breeze to stitch on).
Let me know how you go or if you have any other questions :)
@@PyrexStitches Thank you so much! I actually ordered "Florentina" pattern with embellishments, and the full kit of "Spring Pea." I noticed a few other FlossTubers using 32 count Lugana or jobalen. I think my goal here is to not have a really bold "cross-stitchy" look. I would love more of a portrait quality.
Have you considered stitching the skin 1 over 1? You get a super smooth look that way
Lovely Interview Really Enjoyed Watching, YTFS :))
lynnyvonnestwo Thank you!!
Great job, ladies! Janet
oh my gosh. have you ever done this before? i mean your soooooo professional. that was so very pattern....
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Lovely rhis is the Girl Behind Lavemder and Lace Nora Corbett