This is THE most helpful video on beading a Chatelaine! Thank you so much, Jan, for making it simple and easy to see. Now perhaps my beads will lay straight!😀😀
Hi Jan, What a lovely lady you are. I am so thankful to Liz for mentioning you I too am stitching Taj at the moment, love your videos , well the few I have managed to binge watch in the last few days! You are just someone I could listen to forever. Happy Stitching! x
Hi there, Kerry! Welcome to my channel! So glad you are enjoying my videos! How far along are you on your Taj? It’s such a beautiful design! Looking forward to getting to know you! ❤️
@@JanHicksCreates , hi. I have done most of the middle section (no beads) got a bit bored with it, moved onto the Taj , have one full Taj and part of another done and one Paisley corner. I am on f/book if you want to see it. I am stitching it on Moonlighting by Sparklies, it's a dark fabric, so is a bit of a challenge on the eyes. I have a great light for about a year now so that has really helped. x
Thanks for a great beading tutorial, Jan - really clear and helpful. Lovely to see you work on your Chatelaine again. I'm gradually kitting up a Chatelaine and you've inspired me to speed that up so I can actually start working on it! Liz x
Thank you for the advice about making the full x for the beading...it's great that it's that easy to make them lay flat and behave! Would love to see something on interfacing if you ever record another FFO. Something about the type and ironing it on and the purpose of it would be awesome!
Thanks for the demonstration on beading. I have a piece that I have yet to begin and this info has certainly cheered me on to begin it. And this is such a lovely piece that you are working on here. As for the keto diet, give it some time and you will start feeling much better. The first few days of being away from carbs is tough but I know you can do it.
Jan - the other day you said you would show your new method for organizing your floss. Since you influenced me to buy the Wine Storykeep (I think that’s the name) HAED pattern, I would love to see what you’ve come up with. It will be my first HAED and I need a good way to organize floss. Haven’t bought it yet - waiting for a DMC sale. Thanks!
Yes, I recorded my Flosstube video this morning, but there is apparently something wrong with our wifi or the cloud or something, and I am having a heck of time transferring the video over to my iPad so I can edit it and upload it. It will happen eventually, and all of your questions will be answered. Lol. Stay tuned! ❤️
The problem you had with your thread is something that tends to happen all the ti.e to me. Somehow I pierce through the thread as I'm stitching. I am trying harder to keep the thread far away from my needle when it's in the back of the project. I know you didn't enjoy it, but it was nice to know I'm not the only one this has ever happened to. Love your stitching!
Jan this is beautiful.l am just trying to bead ,but l am using invisible thread and it’s a nightmare,so is it ok to use white thread on a light blue fabric with different coloured beads ? I am really struggling with this invisible thread ( and l cannot see it ) that doesn’t help .this mandala is truly beautiful Jan.
I use 28 DMC needles and bead with those when I have a project that includes beading and cross stitch like my Mirabilias. But you do get that occasional bead that won’t fit on the needle. I just hate to thread the beading needles as the eye is so small. But now that I’m getting my second cataract surgery done, it might not be a big issue. My first test will be to tackle my 40ct project after surgery. I’m so excited. Wednesday is the big day! I have to say the colors of your chatelaine are gorgeous, but could you show an overall shot of it? I’m curious to see what it looks like. Thanks Jan. And of course hurry back to my favorites your bookmark, and Shades of Gold! Love them 💕💕💕 Bye for now! 🙋🏼😊
Oh, good luck with the surgery on Wednesday! After you heel, you’ll be stitching ALL the small things! I’ll be sure to show the complete picture of the Taj Mahal Mandala tomorrow! ❤️❤️❤️
Hi Jan beautiful, I bought the amazing Marie Antoinette rose garden chart over the weekend. Today I tried to use knit companion with this chart, I have a Samsung tablet. The knit companion Did not let me blow up The chart. Are you able to use knit companion with this cross stitch chart?
I have the hard copy of this chart, but yeah, I would be able to if I had the PDF. Samsung is Android, right? I’m not familiar with the Android version of the app, but perhaps there’s some setting that needs to be changed?
This piece is amazing!! I understand beading better. Thanks. I think your floss is getting messed up because you’re not bring it all the way through. I used to have problems when I did it that way. 💕
This is THE most helpful video on beading a Chatelaine! Thank you so much, Jan, for making it simple and easy to see. Now perhaps my beads will lay straight!😀😀
Awesome! Glad you found it helpful!
Hi Jan, What a lovely lady you are. I am so thankful to Liz for mentioning you I too am stitching Taj at the moment, love your videos , well the few I have managed to binge watch in the last few days! You are just someone I could listen to forever. Happy Stitching! x
Hi there, Kerry! Welcome to my channel! So glad you are enjoying my videos! How far along are you on your Taj? It’s such a beautiful design! Looking forward to getting to know you! ❤️
@@JanHicksCreates , hi. I have done most of the middle section (no beads) got a bit bored with it, moved onto the Taj , have one full Taj and part of another done and one Paisley corner. I am on f/book if you want to see it. I am stitching it on Moonlighting by Sparklies, it's a dark fabric, so is a bit of a challenge on the eyes. I have a great light for about a year now so that has really helped. x
So you’ve posted it on the Chatelaine group on FB? I’ll look for it! I’ll bet it looks spectacular on the darker fabric!
@@JanHicksCreates I will post an update pic on there.
That project is beautiful!
Thanks for a great beading tutorial, Jan - really clear and helpful. Lovely to see you work on your Chatelaine again. I'm gradually kitting up a Chatelaine and you've inspired me to speed that up so I can actually start working on it! Liz x
Can’t wait to see you start! Which Chatelaine did you get?
@@JanHicksCreates I got Spring Knotgarden - still trying to find a fabric for it, so I need to focus my efforts more!
Jan! Thank you for making this reading video. You inspire me to possibly start a Chatelaine!
Glad you found it useful!
Very good and helpful thanks
Just beautiful🌸
Thank you for the advice about making the full x for the beading...it's great that it's that easy to make them lay flat and behave! Would love to see something on interfacing if you ever record another FFO. Something about the type and ironing it on and the purpose of it would be awesome!
So helpful to see it up close. Thanks, Jan!!!
Glad you found it helpful! ❤️
Thanks for the demonstration on beading. I have a piece that I have yet to begin and this info has certainly cheered me on to begin it. And this is such a lovely piece that you are working on here.
As for the keto diet, give it some time and you will start feeling much better. The first few days of being away from carbs is tough but I know you can do it.
Thank you, Sandy!
Yeah, I am over the worst of the Keto flu, now I’m waiting for the higher energy to kick in. Lol.
Stunning work. Thanks for sharing.
Enjoyed your tutorial on beading....thank you.
Thanks Jan, that is such a delicate piece...love it...Have a great day...happy stitching🥰
Jan - the other day you said you would show your new method for organizing your floss. Since you influenced me to buy the Wine Storykeep (I think that’s the name) HAED pattern, I would love to see what you’ve come up with. It will be my first HAED and I need a good way to organize floss. Haven’t bought it yet - waiting for a DMC sale. Thanks!
Yes, I recorded my Flosstube video this morning, but there is apparently something wrong with our wifi or the cloud or something, and I am having a heck of time transferring the video over to my iPad so I can edit it and upload it. It will happen eventually, and all of your questions will be answered. Lol. Stay tuned! ❤️
Hi Jan-I don’t do a lot of beading, but your suggestion of securing with an “x” will be helpful❣️
The problem you had with your thread is something that tends to happen all the ti.e to me. Somehow I pierce through the thread as I'm stitching. I am trying harder to keep the thread far away from my needle when it's in the back of the project. I know you didn't enjoy it, but it was nice to know I'm not the only one this has ever happened to. Love your stitching!
Jan this is beautiful.l am just trying to bead ,but l am using invisible thread and it’s a nightmare,so is it ok to use white thread on a light blue fabric with different coloured beads ? I am really struggling with this invisible thread ( and l cannot see it ) that doesn’t help .this mandala is truly beautiful Jan.
I use 28 DMC needles and bead with those when I have a project that includes beading and cross stitch like my Mirabilias. But you do get that occasional bead that won’t fit on the needle. I just hate to thread the beading needles as the eye is so small. But now that I’m getting my second cataract surgery done, it might not be a big issue. My first test will be to tackle my 40ct project after surgery. I’m so excited. Wednesday is the big day!
I have to say the colors of your chatelaine are gorgeous, but could you show an overall shot of it? I’m curious to see what it looks like. Thanks Jan. And of course hurry back to my favorites your bookmark, and Shades of Gold! Love them 💕💕💕
Bye for now! 🙋🏼😊
Oh, good luck with the surgery on Wednesday! After you heel, you’ll be stitching ALL the small things!
I’ll be sure to show the complete picture of the Taj Mahal Mandala tomorrow! ❤️❤️❤️
Jan Hicks thanks so much. I can’t wait to start stitching all the small things!
With regards to your silk, it looks like you sewed through the thread when you were stitching. I have done this in the past.
That must be what happened, but I can’t figure out how. I guess I wasn’t holding the floss out of the way like I thought.
@@JanHicksCreates I think it was the thread below that you were catching and sewing through.
Hi Jan beautiful, I bought the amazing Marie Antoinette rose garden chart over the weekend. Today I tried to use knit companion with this chart, I have a Samsung tablet. The knit companion Did not let me blow up The chart. Are you able to use knit companion with this cross stitch chart?
I have the hard copy of this chart, but yeah, I would be able to if I had the PDF. Samsung is Android, right? I’m not familiar with the Android version of the app, but perhaps there’s some setting that needs to be changed?
This piece is amazing!! I understand beading better. Thanks. I think your floss is getting messed up because you’re not bring it all the way through. I used to have problems when I did it that way. 💕
Wow Jan that is a Fantastic piece. Thanks for the tutorial. The pink squares on the side is that a satin stitch? Have a Great week. (Pauline S)
They are satin stitch, yes. Aren’t they pretty!