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August 2023
Welcome to another month of cross stitching! This month I continue working on "Singin' The Wash line Blues" by Dimensions, and a 'World Cross Stitch Day' new start on "Into The Woods" by Mill Hill! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stitching!
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[@gloriafagan712]

I love your videos, thank you 😊

[@LuciafromPT]

thank you so much for another wonderful video!

[@dreambigdesignsmichellebro7891]

The birds on the toilet are beautiful!

[@gloriafagan712]

Love your videos, so relaxing and I really appreciate you taking the time to make them. Well done to your son for mastering the clutch. Happy 60th to your husband. Loved your chickadees ❤

[@jacquestedcooper]

The chickadee picture turned out great! They’re such cute little birds.

[@angelawest5125]

Adorable finish on your chickadees and wonderful video of them too!

[@mariadusablonpacheco9725]

Great video! Always enjoy seeing your projects. The finished piece is beautiful. ❤

[@loriholmes8705]

Hi Christine. The chickadees are darling and the quilt looks so realistic. Bravo! Awesome filming of the hummingbirds. I could hear their wings flapping. Happy Stitching.

[@lindameeks5228]

Congrats on such a pretty finish of the chickadees, the video of the Hummer was so exciting. I always enjoy your videos and anxiously wait for the new ones.

[@gigistitchin]

Beautiful job on the chickadees! ❤ I love the shadowing on the quilt. It looks like either an early morning, or early evening sun. 😊

[@PamsCraftyCorner]

Lovely update Christine. The chickadee piece looks amazing. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@teril9675]

Congratulations on the quilt and chickadees finish - it's beautiful! I'm catching up on your FlossTube videos and loved seeing the finish on the Halloween house from Mill Hill. I've not stitched with the glow-in-the-dark beads...yet. Definitely on the list given the projects you've done with them. Enjoy hearing about the boys and their adventures. Yes, we've watched them grow up through your videos. I learned to drive a stick shift and have always had a manual transmission. It's a good, FUN, skill to have. Enjoy the holiday weekend. Happy stitching!

[@xstitchinglibrarian]

Hi Christine, I love how beautiful your chickadee project came out. I hope all is well with you and that you are enjoying the start of September. ❤

[@ellenmeester5802]

Hi Christine! I love your video's and I love to hear about your life adventures. You can never talk too much! Here in Holland where I life the majority of the cars are manual cars and driving in an automatic transmission car is not common. Such a difference! Your son did a really great job to learn to drive so fast in a clutch car ( is that how you say it) 😂 Looking forward to your next video and greetings from Holland 🌷

[@mkimduong]

Always look forward to your monthly flosstube. Congrats on the Dimensions finish. :)

[@RhubarbPatchStudio]

Thanks for another enjoyable update Christine! I’d love to see your basket of finishes. 🙂

[@CarolinaSCraftsMakeupFood]

Wonderful to catch up with you!! Can’t believe how old the boys are - how cool that he learned to drive clutch. The chickadees look awesome!!

[@JennsCraftyWorld]

Beautiful finish on the Dimensions chickadees❤. Love the IRL footage of one too! I would love to propose a finishing challenge for the wreath, but I am pretty sure I would have to bow out by October😂. I agree about the clutch/standard transmission: that's what my first cars were and I feel it makes you a better driver with more control of your vehicle. Best of luck to your boys this semester!

[@StitchedinPeace]

Congratulations on your gorgeous finish🎉 love your projects, if you feel Halloweenee just go for it😊

[@cindy_lou_loves_to_stitch]

Such a nice visit! 😊 Love your chickadee finish! So cute! Love your new Halloween Mill Hill stitch! 🖤🧡 Ooohhh can't wait to see your felt projects!

[@pattysmith9266]

LOVE those chickadees they turned out wonderful love them. Love the birds hummingbird hawk and chickadee Happy stitching Patty

[@SherrysStitchingNook]

Your finish looks great! That Mill Hill is going to be adorable. Enjoyed seeing all the birds! Happy Birthday to your husband! 🎉

[@ellenpotter9377]

I’m always so happy to see a new flosstube or felttube from you, Christine! Beautiful stitching-love the chickadees! Happy Halloween stitching!

[@e.keesey]

Nice! Chickadees are my favorite birds. They are fun to watch. I got dive bombed by a pair of hummers one day this summer. I won't wear that bright pink/purple shirt again. (I don't like teasing them.) We've seen a bald eagle twice in the last month. (We spent the summer in Grand County.) I didn't learn to drive a stick as a youth. My spouse taught me when we were engaged. We drove up to Laramie to see my brother at the U of Wyoming. On the way back we drove to Cheyenne on 80. It was night and very quiet. I got off at every off ramp and back on. I got lots of opportunity to stall or not upon accelerating uphill.

[@jennuhxstitches3729]

That finish is so stunning! So so cute. I feel the same way about stitching and finishing also. I love the stitching part and if i FFO oh well thats just a plus. 😅

[@kimburgess]

I love your diary style vlogs!

[@calico_whimsy]

Thank you!

[@missteaandstitches]

Yay BIRDS AND STITCHED BIRDS!

[@calico_whimsy]

Would you expect anything less? ☺️

[@missteaandstitches]

@@calico_whimsy I think I'd be disappointed actually 😂😂😂❤️❤️

[@rebeccachapman1231]

Ohh I'm so happy you decided to stick with the chickadees! It is so cute and wonderful how it turned out! I believe the hummingbird visitor was a female ruby throated or black chinned hummingbird, but don't hold me to it! :D I wonder if that was a juvenile coopers hawk.

[@marika.stitches]

Love the hummingbirds! We don't really get them here in sweden, bird bees :) Also love your bird finish, it's a gorgeous project!

[@candacebex4370]

I'm A big fan. When yuu stitch these larger pieces, do you use parking, do you finish off threads at every color change or do you carry floss across blank spaces on the back and if so how far will you carry floss? The dimensions kits have a lot of color changes frequently and the last one I did I kept finishing off the floss and starting over slowly building upon what I had done, but was so many color changes it was really tedious.

[@calico_whimsy]

Well, I actually do a variety of methods depending on the chart. I will start a color, and try to stitch all the stitches of that color in close vicinity until there are no more of that symbol. I will carry my threads, but only if the will eventually be covered by other stitches in the future. I don't carry threads over areas that will be blank. Sometimes I carry threads across an already stitched area by running it under existing stitches so there will not be a long piece of thread along the back. I hope that makes sense. I absolutely hate starting and stopping threads and try to avoid it at all costs, lol! Hope that made sense!

[@sharonmarie66]

Was happy to see this this evening so watched in bed! Beautiful finish, the quilt looks real, we call those birds coal tits here in the UK, we have coal tits, blue tits , great tits and long tailed tits which are my favourite ❤️ as usual I enjoyed your update, will watch again I’m sure, I always watch them several times in the month😀