Thank you! It's very boring, just me sitting and squinting at a petal for hours on end! Peyote stitch is like bricking Legos, but with beads and a needle - no variety at all. Oddly enough, I find it very soothing and hardly notice time passing, but it'd be a lot like watching someone do vast amounts of block stitching!

Comments like this make all the work worth it! I'm so glad, and I hope you have a wonderful time exploring all the possibilities of sparkly finishing!

I checked your source. I know Artbeads. They are a good source especially the Austrian crystal. I don’t know why they are calling it a briolette (very misleading) but if you look closer down on the page for style it mentions rondelle. Usually rondelles are listed for the size as 4x6mm or 3x5mm. But I could tell just by your work you are using premium crystal rondelles .The knife edge one is more a bicone not a rondelle. What nonsense of them, utter nonsense. Toho and Miyuki seed beads are considered the best in seed beads in finish and uniformity. Both Japanese beads. Czech are good too. It is if one needed to find a different source for beads, you are using the wrong industry standard names.

Terminology depends on the manufacturer. In this case, they have a briolette bead, which is what you see here, and a top drilled, faceted teardrop which they call a briolette pendant. Roundelle is reserved for knife edge. As my sources are all for that, I used the manufacturer's terms.

They get their terminology directly from the manufacturer.

We were just talking about that! We're going to film mine again this year and I have some photos of hers, but for the next episode to give me time to add a few more ornaments!

Thank you so much! Definitely sparkles aplenty during the holidays in Katie world!

That is fabulous! I wholeheartedly endorse any and all sparkly additions! And a sparkle house with the second pattern sounds like a fabulous idea - I still haven't watched the class myself, but you know I printed the extra chart out the second it hit my inbox!!!

Thank you so much, and merry Christmas!

Thank you!

Thank you! I'm not sure all the sequins are super fancy, but I'm only a semi-fancy lady...

Thank you! And happy seasonal stitching to you as well!

Thank you so much - happy holidays to you as well!

Marchand is an excellent choice! Personally, I'd have gone for Trouba, but really, so many to choose from. Rivalry runs deep in hockey fandom! As to the Santa - she recharted the hand. If you look at the original, because he has a dark mitten on it looks like he's holding a gun. I didn't see it at first - mine has the charted hand - but now that it's been pointed out I can't unsee it. She didn't think that was in the Christmas spirit so she changed the shape of the hand.

Happy holidays to you and yours as well! I'm very sorry to hear that, but the list is growing so there is a chance the doves will return. It will ultimately all depend on numbers because they are an insane amount of work to put together - it's only practical at scale.

I'm so glad someone else appreciates it too! My brother showed me that tweet a couple of years ago and I wrote it down as something that had to be an ornament one day. I can't wait for Christmas morning, he's going to howl with laughter. Truly, a sentiment all hockey fans can agree on!

@ Yes! We used to say much worse things about the Red Wings, but this is truly a universal sentiment, as you said. Have a lovely holiday with your family, Katie.

On my website - katie-strachan.com/shop - enjoy!

SAL stands for start a long in this case! I think we're just going to have a really good time playing with pretty threads at Symposium, and if anyone puts in any stitches after that it's just a bonus!

@@katiestrachanembroidery Absolutely!

Thank you! Bride Cake is just fabulous, colors really pop on it. For felt you'll have to hunt, but the embellishments are all from Caravan Beads. Miyuki seed beads, bugle beads, and cut hex beads - it's so hard to guess colors online, but that's how I end up with so much stash to pull from! If it's not right for one project, I'll find another for it eventually...

@ thanks Katie! I found a local shop for 1.1mm wool felt. Is that a decent weight?

@@slim1one It is - go forth and conquer!

@@katiestrachanembroidery haha, thank you!

Thank you for watching!

My mother was just telling me we had to do that! We'll film a tree tour for the next episode - I have to have some more time to craft extra pretties for it!

I adapted it myself from a card by Rifle Paper Company - they have a lot of fabulous paper products inspired by the Nutcracker

You are an amazing person. I would take classes from you in a heartbeat!

Found it! Siam. I got some birthday money and am buying myself some sparkling goodies.

@@margiegordon1888 it’s light Siam. It’s different than just Siam.

Light siam is correct. Siam is a darker color - beautiful, and it was used on Little Nick and Cookie Klaus, but that really vivid red I held up is light siam. Not that you can go all that wrong with fabulous sparkles!

Thank you so much! Sparkles really do bring me joy - I'm easily amused, apparently. Merry Christmas!

Thank you, and Merry Christmas to you and yours as well!

Preach! Although I think a lot of the league learned to love Corey Perry (I can't believe I'm typing that) as he got older and his troll antics became more clever and funny. My brother and I must have watched the video of him squirting water in an opponent's gloves a half dozen times, laughing hysterically. He elevated trolling to an art form!

Nothing wrong with that! I've stitched many pieces twice - keep one, give one makes everyone happy!

Thank you for watching! It's my pleasure to share

They'll hook you up! Hoop & Frame and Needle in a Haystack also stock Gobelins, for future reference.

@ thank you

Thank you so much, that's so kind! And such a good choice - sparkles and beautiful silks = holiday joy!!

Thank you! It's one of my most cherished ornaments, and the chart is very simple and clear to follow. I would highly recommend it!

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much, that's so incredibly kind! I'm very glad to share sparkles and joy!

Thank you! It is the hardest part - deciding which sparkly color to pick!!

You absolutely can! Making mistakes is normal, and human - you have to just keep going. There's always a solution.

Thank you for watching!

Thank you!

Thank you for watching!

Definitely try it - very easy but looks beautiful!

Thank you, I'm so glad!

Thank you so much!

I'm so glad you liked it!