What a great idea. We just rescued over 30 cats from an abandoned home and the shelters in 100 mille radius are loaded. No help with altering or homing and three females are ready to birth!! They are all strapped for money and room so I hope your offer helps your chosen group!

You are amazing, love the Sampler. I like the idea of a drum or a pin pillow, we have no children our cat and dog are our children.

Oh Audrey, this story is as beautiful as the sampler and also your heart. Will be anxiously awaiting September 1st so I can make my donation!

The silk ribbon bouquet would make a beautiful needle book, too. (Don’t know how big it is, though.) Enjoyed your video!

Love this little sampler! Love doggies and kitties! and Love you!!!!!

Dear Audrey, We can’t thank you enough for mentioning our Velvet Strawberry Kits on this issue of your StitchStitchBead Flosstube. We are so grateful to you and to all of your friends and followers who ordered kits from us. We could not figure out what was happening, but after asking around a bit, we uncovered the mystery. Thank you so very much for this kindness, from you and all the lovely ladies who have ordered from us.

Such an interesting little sampler - I will definitely be participating and will enjoy stitching that!

What a wonderful idea! Thanks for chatting and sharing your Sampler. I will set a reminder to make a donation on September 1st!

Do hope you get your tooth sorted soon. Thank you for another wonderful video. Trouble with interesting videos I have to keep stopping stitching and search out information on the net 🤣 appreciating all your stories and projects. I don’t suppose you know what that fabulous large, black and white, Dutch Quaker style sampler in the window of Le Bonheure les Dames is? I failed to track it down.!

How thoughtful of you to share with UPAWS. Your kindness is a positive example for the community. Thank you.

I hope to donate within a few days as a reward for getting through some things at work! Thanks so much for the offer...gotta love another red sampler! Are the outer double rows of red woven on the fabric?...like you see on French toweling? Thanks again.

What a beautiful sampler and great cause!

Ubi eas aliasque causas multas dixit, ad rationem operum operarumque revoca. Cum tempestates pluviae fuerint, quae opera per imbrem fieri potuerint: dolia lavari, picari, villam purgari, frumentum transferri, stercus foras efferri, stercilinum fieri, semen purgari, funes sarciri, novos fieri, centones, cuculiones familiam oportuisse sibi sarcire; per ferias potuisse fossas veteres tergeri, viam publicam muniri, vepres recidi, hortum fodiri, pratum purgari, virgas vinciri, spinas runcari, expinsi far, munditias fieri; cum servi aegrotarint, cibaria tanta dari non oportuisse.

Made my donation! I may stitch my current fur baby’s name 🤔💕

Audrey, she is a beauty glad you reproduced her, what a great way to celebrate your birthday but to celebrate the animals too❣️ see you next month, 🌻🤗♥️

Love seeing you again, congratulations on the finish, doing stitching by the month is great idea, I usually watch all KZbin’s entirely, it’s fun too watch,I only watch a few. Maybe some day I will make it to England Japan is first on my list. I am looking forward to seeing Dorcas progress, oh my goodness that shop is amazing, interesting quilt design, look8ng forward to seeing your progress, love the red fabric prints, if you ever get to Minnesota you have to visit Buttermilk Basin, an amazing shop. I love working with wool and making penny rugs, see you soon, I enjoy your videos.

You probably think the Grand Canyon is just a hole in the ground!😂 Perspective usually helps with awe and understanding. When you’re traveling through the chunnel it is interesting to imagine trying to build it, or talking about all the different details that need to come together to make it work. Your kids might be too young to understand what they were seeing or experiencing. When I take my students on field trips they appreciate things way more if they have background. Reading Flags of Our Fathers before seeing the Marine memorial in DC, or reading about the sculptor who made Limcoln’s Emancipation proclamation statue that stands in the capital (young girl from Wisconsin with no formal art education-so short she had to use a pulley system to hoist herself in the air) made the students stop and stare and connect what they knew with what they were seeing. I love watching their faces and expressions when discovering things that they know about. Otherwise it’s just a statue, just a rock, whatever. If it doesn’t light up and move there’s no appreciation. I hope your future trips are more successful.

Audrey, you have inspired me to try 56 ct. Is 100.3 the best thread to use on it? Thanks

Great video, thanks. I enjoy quilting small table toppers etc and I love wool applique! I buy most of my wool from various stores but I have also bought skirts and a couple of capes & jackets from thrift stores and cut them up for wool applique. The only thing, it must be felted, so I put them through the washing machine and dryer.

Audrey, I hope you get rid of that tooth! How miserable. But I’m glad you toughed it out and did this flosstube. Your travels fascinate me……we are stay-at-homes and happy to be. But I love hearing about your travels with the boys. And I’m most impressed that you are going to branch out a bit and try embroidery, ribbon embroidery and hand piecing! Good for you! I hope you love them all. I’ve tried embroidery and it’s not my gig, but it is very popular now and the work one sees is lovely. Sian the Periwinkle Stitcher does some lovely things and she enjoys it so much. She’s charming. You are not an ‘old hand’ as are Laura and Brenda, but you have become a very experienced stitcher and you have embraced the community and made a place for yourself there. I think that’s quite wonderful. Carol in Texas

I'll read Sense and Sensibility with you! I actually haven't read it and I'm focusing on just reading classics this year.

Doesn't matter how much or little you have to show, I enjoy your videos! (And I hope that by now, since I am watching several days later than you posted, your tooth has been sorted out and you are feeling much better!)

Thanks for another wonderful video, even with a painful tooth! I love that you are branching out into other kinds of needlework. You've got me thinking! ❤❤❤

Hi Audrey! Welcome back! I love wool appliqué and quilting as well as cross stitch! Maybe you will soon expand from wool appliqué mats to making wool appliqué quilts 😊 …(I have made 3). I will be going to London in a few weeks for work and I’m wondering if you found any cross stitch shops there. I loved seeing the clip from the cute shop in Paris.

Love aall your fabbrrics and wool. Enjoy. Great flosstube

Love your videos and projects! I just ordered Dorcas Haynes from The Attic as well…but kitted with SDA due to the satin stitches. However, thinking if I use 46 ct, the 100.3’s would be ok…Look forward to meeting you “in person” at Hobby House in October!!!

On Dorcas Haynes, the original belongs to the Fitzwilliam Museum, and they have this wonderful feature (sadly not for all samplers, but I did check and it exists for Dorcas) called Mirador deep zoom. On the object record, look at the bottom of the image, click Mirador deep zoom, and it will take you into a high resolution image that you can zoom into down to the thread. You can use it to supplement the chart, which might make it easier. It's certainly easy to see what goes where, what each stitch is, etc. Enjoy! Dorcas is one of the great samplers out there.

Hi Audrey, I sure enjoy your videos! I've been a quilter for 35 years and to hear someone take on even just one Dear Jane block, by hand no less, warms my heart! I also work a lot with wool, as well as cross stitch. I wanted to mention a book for working with wool that you might want for your library. It's been invaluable to me..."Wool, Needle & Thread" by Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings. I look forward to your new embroidery projects, too! Hugs, Candace

Fellow Hoosier here!❤You DO belong in this community! After 50+ years of needlework, I can safely say that your stitching ventures will more than likely expand to other forms of needlework. Looks like you’re well on your way! Love your videos❤

Ooh one thing I forgot: I had Lisa frame a TINY blessings sampler for me last spring and it’s beyond perfect. And it’s SMALL. Love it. Did a quite chunky frame. It’s sooo good!

Audrey! Good to see you today ! So many comment so could go on and on so will try to edit. Love your small samplers ! I have actually started a stack of small sampler charts I have collected over the last year thinking exactly as you are saying . Sadly that’s as far as I have gotten but I’m headed in that direction! I loved Bath when we went a few visits ago! I just talked to Kim and horned in on your buddy read. But I said I’m a read an actual print book kind of gal no audio books for Jane Austin novels. I’m a weirdo and in my head I have the exact voice I hear for these books and audio books mess that up 😂😂😂😂. I’ll be starting sept 1 with you guys and all the others too I’m sure ! 😂😂📚📖📙📕📘📗🧑‍🏫 happy stitching to you!

I adore The Scarlett Letter patterns and charts, once you start one you are lost in how beautifully they stitch up - you will forget it is not printed in color .

Audrey - thank you so much for mentioning my Flosstube and for Rupert's shout out!! Praise indeed ;) I am loving your HATS stitches and cannot wait to see those strawberries come together - love a velvet strawberry!! I'm totally with you on the wool - all the creams and beiges - love those muted shades so much and look forward to see what you get up to with them! Happy stitching :)

I love all the fabric you showed! That Betsy line is one of my favorites. I’m always in awe of people that are working on Dear Jane and I’m excited to see your start on it. I agree with you on the look of things handmade. It’s more personal. I too love the boring version of the wool penny mat. I have that one almost finished and should just power through it. Thank you for taking the time to make this fantastic video!

For me it has to be Persuasion. I’ll read Persuasion when you read Sense and Sensibility. Your stitching is beautiful.

Obsessed per usual! Yesssss! I’m here for all the quilting and ribbon embroidery! 😍

Oh my gosh…so much to say, and I won’t remember it 🙄. I’m sorry about that tooth and not feeling well during the trip. Phooey! That store looks divine 💕 Love that you are delving into lots of new handwork and we get to see what you create. I’m super excited for our buddy read, and was geeking out to hear about the Jane bits. That letter, way cool! I hope you are feeling better and get the tooth sorted out quickly, and we will have a nice stitch and chat soon! Love you, friend 💕🤗

The pieces of Dear Jane are too small to do on sewing machine (in my opinion). I did mine in mostly blues and hand stitched every bit ( not quilted yet and no way am I doing that by hand). You can do it, it's really easy. Ps! Don't look at La Passacaglia....... you'll really be in trouble 😂 Not boring but classy.

So nice to spend time with you! I always enjoy your travel stories. That needlework store in Paris looked fun. I’m in total agreement with you on your feelings about Emma Thompson’s “Sense and Sensibility.” It’s just so, so good. Her emotions when Edward tells her he’s not married are just the best! I do love the Kira Knightly “Pride and Prejudice,” though. The cinematography gets me every time I watch it. Thanks for the mention-I really appreciate it! Your strawberries will be gorgeous! And yes, get another lamp. Having 2 is the best. 😄

Pausing the video just to say I’m in the middle of reading Sense and Sensibility right now!!!

Audrey excellent job.

Thanks for another great video. I'll read Sense and Sensibility with you and Kim (was it Kim?) I have the book. I never tire of rereading Jane Austen. I'm dipping my toes in the quilting water too. I thought I'd start with maybe a throw size. My Mom and both Grandmothers quilted but I never tried. I sew a little. Actually my sewing machine rather intimidates me.😳 I've heard several of our stitching community say recently that we should "try" all the things and believe we can do it!

Jane Austen Center?? I loved Bath but didn’t even know the center was there, although I went many years ago! I would def do a read along too in September! I’d LOVE to stitch Dorcas too!

Be warned….of the fiber arts that I do, quilting is the most satisfying! Have fun. You will rock it!

How do you stitch so fast? Would you do a FT letting us watch you during a whole stitch session?

Would you mind emailing me the information on your finisher? Thanks.

Hi Audrey! I loved stitching the Dear Jane quilt. I started it at least 15 years ago and it took five years on and off completing. You can do it!! :) Hit me up if you want any tips.

Audrey, you absolutely belong here I’m so glad you made & make video’s you’ve brought much joy to my little corner of the world so Thank you… While your trip didn’t turn out exactly as you planned with all of you getting a bug loved how you just made the best of the situation ❣️ someday I would love to see France & Italy Your stitching on 56 count is so phenomenal & cute…years ago when at Attic Jean said I could do it so I bought supplies…but it was not the right time in my life but I think now might be the time😛 so happy for you to be going to both of those retreats & with your friends life is good ….cheers Audrey ‼️ see you next time, LaNelle

Thank you so much for another terrific video, Audrey! I really enjoy watching your channel! Happy World Cross Stitch Day right back to you. I hope your toothache will be a thing of the past soon! Take care, and I’ll see you next time! 😊😊

Love your brooch , where did you get it from?