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[@deborahcrotty8397]

Hi Stephanie. I love your joy and enthusiasm for stitching. Thank God for our teachers - you are appreciated. As a stitcher for almost 35 years I so glad that our younger generations are keeping this wonderful art of ours alive.

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Thank you! 😊

[@helgaartale42]

So proud of your cross stitch girls! Thank you for teaching our craft to the next generation of stitchers 💕🪡🧵

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Thank you so much!

[@loriirons9503]

Happy Mother's Day Stephanie! Love your FFO's, your Wips and especially the pics of your cross stitch club at school! Loved your hair braided like you had it too, so cute!

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Thank you so much!❤️

[@barbaracarbone8101]

I enjoyed seeing all of your finishes and WIPS. The bee piece where the crackle finish didn’t crackle looks terrific. I like it just as it is. Very cute. Love your enthusiasm for stitching and how it makes you happy. If stitching Christmas now makes you happy, go for it. Get the Christmas stitching done early so you can enjoy it and not rush as the holiday season rolls around. One of my besties doesn’t stitch and during the fall I put out all of my fall stitching and decorations which is a lot. I kind of apologized to her several years ago and said I loved all my fall stuff and I knew it was a lot. And she asked me, does it make you happy? I told her it does. And she said if it made me happy then that was all that was important. I have never forgotten that and it’s a great way to justify to myself choosing to do some of the things I do. I just turned 72 so I also use the age card to justify a lot. Happy teacher appreciation. I’m sure your students all love you, especially your stitchers. Hope you had a nice Mother’s Day as well.

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Thank you so much for watching and all your kind words. I will listen and keep doing what makes me happy. 😊

[@lindabostedt1224]

Your student's pieces are so cute. They do beautiful work. Love your finishes. and your hair is so cute braided!

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Thank you so much!

[@patmcintire454]

Hello and happy mother's day! You really did look extra happy in this video! Love your hair braid.

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Thank you so much!

[@tamimorgan1487]

Thank you for sharing! You are definitely an enabler too🤪😂🥰 happy stitching!

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

I’m sorry, I enabled you. 😉❤️

[@carolfawcett1297]

Great starts, WIPs, finishes, and SALs! Your enthusiasm just bubbles over with your joy for stitching! The girls club is doing so well, and I just love that you have enabled so many young girls with the love of stitching! It would be wonderful to see what they do as adults and where their stitching take3s them! You are a blessing to all of them! Keep up the good work with these girls! Have a good Memorial Day weekend and also a great end to your school year! I look forward to seeing and meeting you at Stitch New England in October.

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Thank you for all the compliments. I am looking forward to meeting you to. Please make sure you stop by and say hi. ❤️

[@aimeezellers814]

Marylou is doing a birthday SAL with funky chickens starting June 1st if you want to join us. We know you love your SAL's. I'll be joining her if you want to stitch along. #cluckclucksal

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Sounds great!!! 😊 I do love a SAL!

[@jackietrembley9827]

Hi Stephanie! Great finishes on your pillows and the Bee Farm! I love what you’re doing with the cross stitch club at school. Have a wonderful couple of weeks.

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Thank you. Hope to see you again. ❤️

[@denisedongilli3388]

Hi friend!! Love your hair, so cute! Happy Mother’s Day! 😘💜

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Thank you 🤗

[@nancyrickenbrode9981]

I wait for your videos. It is wonderful what you are doing for the girls. They will never forget you.

[@EmmyRose22a]

Great video. You may join a lot of SAL's, but you showed at least 2 SAL FFO's just today. You're doing fine. I like your bee guy, even if it didn't crackle. Thanks for sharing your stitching and enthusiasm with us.

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Thank you so much for saying so. 😊

[@kimladd3914]

Thanks for another fun filled video. I met you at the Library retreat & you were a delight (and was fortunate enough to purchase two of your Wippah Keepahs ☺️). I wish I would have made the effort to have a sit with you there and get to know you better, but hopefully we will be able to do that again sometime. Your finishes are lovely and you’re right….its such a great feeling to not only finish the stitching portion, but to FFO. It sure does make ya feel proud. I may join you in the “American Flag” SAL 🇺🇸. It’s been in my basket since market, just taunting me to start it 🤣😂🤣😂 Happy Stitching, my friend-Kim

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Hi Kim. I hope to see you at the next retreat and I hope we do have time to sit, stitch and chat together. Thank you so much for your kinds words. Will you be at stitch Maine?

[@tracyshrode9047]

Everytime i pick up Bee Farm my dogs and FaceTime go crazy. But what i have got done i love

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Oh no! I hope your dogs let you finish it. I wonder if there’s a connection or just bad timing. Good luck! 🍀 😊

[@helend.flosstube]

I STILL haven't painted my hut! Yours looks beautiful, even if it is crackle deficient!

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

I hope you got a good bottle. 🤞

[@WendysWhimsicalStitches]

You have always have a nice presentation of projects. Don't feel bad about the crackle not working. In the past, I used the white glue method for crackling. I used the crackle medium on my bee hut and it didn't work, either. I sanded it down and just used the white glue method. Maybe we just got funky bottles of crackle medium. It's cute, anyway!

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Glad to hear I am not the only one. I wonder if we just got bad bottles. Can they expire? I will have to look into that and your glue method. Thank you! ❤️

[@christinadanko6288]

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[@cheryl9353]

I have made the quilt of the design you have behind you!

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

That is on my list to do this summer. I totally forgot to talk about that. 😊

[@CrombieTX]

I don't understand why you are having such a wait time with your 123 stitch order. It is rare that I ever have not received my order within five business days. Their customer service is awesome so you ought to reach out to them. Love, love, love the shadowing of the Spring Quaker!

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Thank you. It has shipped, according to tracking it should be here Monday. 🤞it’s just weird because they are always so fast. 😊

[@suzannealden]

I don’t think I’d have ripped out the heart that’s one stitch too high. My take on certain errors I make is that the designer could have easily designed it that way, so I simply go with it and fudge as necessary and don’t feel badly about it :)

[@patmcintire454]

I'm with you. I fudge a lot. As long as it is not going to do harm to the design

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Thank you. I will leave it. ☺️

[@patchy_pony_stitcher]

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[@barbaraburdett9594]

You have so many beautiful projects and so neatly in their project bags. Will you be selling your Whippa Keepers? Could you show us your traveling case and sewing case decorated with your decorated stickers?

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Yes of course! I will show them next video. I am selling them at Stitch Maine and then after that I will post them on Instagram or I do make them for people that message me. 😊

[@barbaraburdett9594]

@@the_new_england_stitcher ohhhh wonderful.

[@cindyrichards6019]

Your finishes and WIPs are beautiful! Thank you for sharing all the stitchy information. I'm new to cross stitch. When you stitch on 18 or 20 ct do you stitch with 1 or 2 threads. I usually stitch on 14 ct, but for Mother's Day I'm trying 32 ct 2 over 2 with the magnifier. I'm still learning but I thought I would try it. Hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day

[@the_new_england_stitcher]

Thank you, I am so glad that you are stitching. When I stitch on 18 and 20 I use 1 thread over 1. I like stitching with 1 thread, so sometimes I even stitch 1 over 1 on 16. ❤️

[@EnchantingStitching9697]

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