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[@Aspen_stitcher]

Your "Always my Mother" project is just beautiful! It's one of my favorites you've finished, and such a touching memorial for your Mom. I love your monthly theme idea, and would definitely participate in several months. Lastly I love your Little Golden Book Journals!

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Thank you so much! I am excited to have people participate in the themes with me. that might motivate me to stick with them and to actually make a few posts on IG :-)

[@booksandthemoon9746]

Yay! I’m so excited for Flossnukkah! I have a bunch of small Hanukkah stitches I’m going to start for funsies. The Peter Underhill piece you did in honor of your mom is beautiful. Excited for your themes for 2023. I’ll totally join in on several of them. I think the Journal you made for yourself is rad, and I hope you do finish some pieces in it. You should absolutely make a Little Golden Book Journal for yourself too with whatever book from your amazing stash of them you want. Habe a lovely week!

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Oh good - you will have lots of fun things to stitch on during the Flossnukkah videos (hope you enjoy them!) I am so glad to have other stitchers join me in some of my themes - it will help keep me motivated and encourge me to post to IG whiich I always think about doing but never actually do ;-)

[@andreadixon3208]

Golden book journal. Everytime I see them I think of you. I would love to have one. I would treasure it. They are beautiful.

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Thank you so much! They are fun to make too - if a bit time consuming :-)

[@susanradford9503]

Love the Always my Mother piece - what a beautiful tribute. I’m looking forward to flossnukkah. Happy stitching.

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Thank you so much! I am looking forward to the Flossnukkah videos too! 4 days left :-)

[@fbfab1602]

Thanks for sharing all your crafty ideas and for making the golden book jounals part of your channel. You have a lot of great ideas including the Flossnukah which I will watch to learn more about Hannukah. Thanks

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Thank you so much! I am really looking forward to making the Flossnukkah videos this year - I hope my viewers enjoy them!

[@backcountrystitcher]

Love love love your plans for next year! Your mother’s tribute piece came out so lovely, that addition of the butterfly is so beautiful and special. Thanks for sharing my channel too!

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Of course! I am excited for the 2023 plans - it remains to be seen if I stick with it :-)

[@bonnielerner9648]

WIPs are all beautiful! Have a great week. Looking forward to your Flossnuka videos. Your nails are gorgeous and your hair is getting so long!

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Thanks Bonnie - I hope the Flossnukkah videos are interesting and fun for you to watch!

[@dawnfrisch3479]

As always, I love your videos and the longer the better! We're supposed to get pouring rain tomorrow... Lol. I don't remember you saying anything like you're getting pouring rain. It would certainly be an honor to receive a Golden Book from you. Any book with cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, and birds like Woodstock. I love pinks, purples, flowers, trees and hearts. Looking forward to your Hanukkah videos... Have a wonderful day enjoying the rain!! Love and hugs!! 😘😽❤❤

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Hi Dawn. I love the long videos too if I like the FlossTuber. It is raining today too - our office is cold - I am working with fingerless gloves on :-)

[@susiemarshall804]

Always my Mother turned out so beautiful!! Also love the frog dancer. My fav Golden Book is 101 Dalmatians. Lady and the Tramp a close second. Have a great week Karla! Happy stitching.

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Thanks Susie. Those are both really cute books and would make nice journals.

[@sunrise49738]

Hi Karla! Congrats on your emotional remembrance piece for your mom. It turned out beautiful. Frog Dancer is turning out so cute! You are about the same percent as I am on the biscornu but I doubt I will finish it this year. I just have not felt like stitching lately between watching Walter who has been extra clingy or super active so he has this old grandma running for short bursts so he has go over the speed bumps at grandma run speed instead of just being wheeled over them since he is all of the sudden big into his stroller. If it is not that, he is running a full speed around the building so grandma has to chase after him so he doesn't run out into the road. It takes me a full day to recover at least. Then I have been sick for a couple weeks, not down and out sick just feel drained of all energy sick. Finally hauled all the stuff out of the storage bin to put up Christmas decorations, although it will be a slow go since mom is recovering from bronchitis and the breathing treatments make her feel real shaky and unsteady. Wow, you are so close to finishing the chipmunk. Beautiful progress on your Chatelaine. At the rate you are progressing on this, I anticipate a 2023 finish of it. Wow, you did almost finish Peace and Light last night! It is so nice! Whoa, just had a really low flying copter at 2:46 a.m. Lot of noise for this time of morning in this area. A framing option for you with Pinkie and Blue Boy, depending on size when finished, might be to do another canvas finish instead of framing and that way you would not have to buy 2 frames, cut them apart, etc. Man, was Google ever hot and heavy with the ads today, about every 10 minutes! Great plans. One thing to consider for next year might be, if you continue with the themes, is to designate the themes for the months but only fully plan out the first 6 months semi-fully so that when May rolls around you can reassess where you are at in terms of WIPs, how you are feeling about things, etc. and it would give you an option to do more new starts if you want to, change the pieces in the themes, etc. Happy stitching until next week.

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Hi Dawn - make sure that little guy does not run you too ragged :-)! I did finish Peace and Light yesterday after making my video. I really think I can get the Chipmonk, the Frog and Sweet William finished before the end of the year... and maybe Gigi too! I am on a roll.

[@carolattrux3603]

Hi Karla! I love the tribute piece to your mom. My mom’s name was Rose and she loved roses, too. I made a wipgo board with themes rather than specific projects. I found that too restricting. So, I have themes like Christmas, Hallowe’en, full coverage, etc. I have enough projects within those categories to choose from. I am looking forward to flossnukah very much! See you next week, Karla!🕎💜

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

I really like the idea of themes. It lets me be flexible and creative with what projects I am going to stitch and keeps things interesting for me.

[@sticksstringsandotherthings]

I also like long flosstubes. They are so fun. I enjoy your Golden Book Journals. I hope you will do updates on them while you make them. It is neat to watch them get made. What a lovely finish. Your themes sound fun. I hope they work well for you!

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

I do plan on showing the progress on the journals as I make them and hopefully will put together a demo video too.

[@sticksstringsandotherthings]

@@karlabeingcrafty1089 yay!

[@Stitchysquirrels]

Just a small contribution to say thank you for making lovely videos each week for us.

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

OMG!! Thank you so much. It really is my pleasure.

[@stitchingbytheshore]

Your finish is beautiful. And wow, I see you having several more finishes over the next couple of weeks! I liked your themes - will definitely have to think about what I have to join in on them with you.

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Thank you Laura. I finished Peace and Light last night and then worked on Sweet William which I think is just a few days away from a finish - so I think I will get at least one or two more done before the end of the year - probably not the full coverage but that was a reach anyway.

[@cathymayfield2064]

Always My Mother is gorgeous. I love where you put the charm. That is where I thought it would look good at. I would consider it an honor to own one of your Little Golden Book. I love Winnie The Pooh. I think I would want you to do anything you want to for it. I love greens, purples, and reds. I cross stitch, knit, crochet, needlepoint, and see hand and machine. Love your nails! The frog is so adorable. Beautiful stitching. I love the pixie with the background, it looks just like she is where she would be for real. Have a terrific week.

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Thank you Cathy - Always My Mother is an emotional piece for me for sure. I am just so intrigued by stitching on the background fabrics...

[@theresachucle5362]

Hi Karla I’m playing catch-up with my floss tube friends and wanted to stop by and say hi and see what your up to and I miss my next chance to put my name in for a golden book 📖. Love the purple rose 🌹 it’s beautiful 🤩 and love the chipmunk 🐿️ so adorable. Have a wonderful week and happy stitching 😊🧵🪡🤗🤩🎅⛄️🎄

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

thanks so much!

[@DeviSisk]

Love the themes you choose for the year 🖤💛🖤

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

I am kind of excited about them as well. Hopefully they will encourage me to post on IG a little more regularly

[@stitchingatthecabin]

You're welcome on the Chatelaine enabling. Sorry I'm so far behind on watching YT. I also have it on random so I'm not actually a full two months behind. I am happy to finally see the episode where you finished the piece for your mom. I knew it was done, but I appreciated hearing the story of the finish.

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Watching KZbin on Random would drive me nuts :-). since youa re so close to a finish on your Chatelaine which one are you going to start next? Or did you already start another one - I can't remember...

[@stitchingatthecabin]

@@karlabeingcrafty1089 both. I started Oriental Harem last year or the year before. Once I finish Herbularius, I am starting Alpine Garden. Dena (Half Stitch on FT) has already started hers, but she hasn't worked on it in years. She's waiting for me to finish Herbie so I can start Alpine and she will pull hers back out. I have no idea which one I'll start after that though. I don't have one screaming at me currently, but I have a few ready to go (other than fabric).

[@rhondawise1897]

Hi Karla, your mom's project you did is beautiful and all your stitching looks nice and I like and interested in the junk journal any one in pink or Red

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Thank you - it weas sometimes hard to stitch on it but I am really happy with how it turned out

[@rhondawise1897]

@@karlabeingcrafty1089 that good

[@StitchingAddict72]

Would love to join in with you on your monthly themes! I also would love a golden book journal done in Moana.

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

I am so glad that a few people want to join in on the themes. That will make it even more fun.

[@vickieking1934]

Tom and Jerry and WoodyWoodpecker are my Fav and Snow White ❤️❤️😍

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

My mom really liked Tom and Jerry too so they hold a special place in my heart

[@elinorrebibo822]

I really love all the speciality stitches! Do you have any idea where I could find a guide with instructions how to do them? Love your creativity!

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

I just did a google search and printed a bunch of things out and I also found a couple of very inexpensive (but older) books on e-bay that are like stitch encyclopedias

[@elinorrebibo822]

Thank you so much! Do you have the names of the books? 😍🥰

[@stacyabrams7937]

So I feel super bad....you mentioned you like doing back stitch along the way and if you left it til the end you wouldn't like it and I left you all the chipmunk back stitch....so sorry! Lol!

[@karlabeingcrafty1089]

Yes I was grumbling at you....just kidding! This pattern is so little that the backstitch is not very extensive. I should finish it tonight !! Yay! I tried to put our initials on it but it looked awful so that got pulled out! I guess I will just make a note on the back of the finished piece or something :-)