Flosstube #19: Let's go to the Ocean

[@isweariamstitching]

Absolutely love the change to your dragon. Sword in the Stone is my all time favorite Disney movie. Perfection.

[@cindyhorton7561]

Always a good day when I get to watch one of your videos! I love how you put your own personal touch on your projects, whether it’s a special floss, your own dyed fabric or changing the colors of the pattern to make it special. You’re very creative and you have some pretty cool t-shirts…love the rhino! Happy stitching! ❤

[@bjoyp7463]

I hit “like” before you even start talking. I love the show and especially enjoy the pure delight you have in your projects!

[@LaladeeStitches]

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[@debra5483]

My grandfather Arend Aalbers was living in Rosendsal Holland before he came to America in July 2912. My grandmother was Helena Hendrika Alida Smits. She was born in Zevenaar Netherlands. I so enjoy your videos not only for your work but the connection with my history. Thank you for sharing with us. Deb USA

[@debbiestorjohann3532]

Love the fabric you dyed for Mermaids Lagoon. Awesome! Love Asthma Street. So whimsical. A great theme for August. I cannot waif rose your progress. Take care

[@joanm31308]

Beautiful stitching as always Laura, so glad you are feeling better😀

[@KaylaGraystitches]

Mad Madam Mim!!! I love her too 😍 your dragon is fantastic, and the rest of your stitching too! And you, too! 🌸

[@mammahoney29]

Wooo! Happy to see you pop up today! You look radiant ✨️. I'm hoping you are feeling better. I need that dragon in my life😂

[@pamelaconsalvi6797]

Love all your Ana Barbra stitching. I have the Christmas one to start. Looks like a fun one. Thank-you for sharing your projects, so beautiful and you are a delight. 😊

[@nathaliepaquette2933]

Such wonderful stitchings and projects. I think too that working on a project à few days is very satisfying. 😊

[@joyphinney3729]

“Hopefully I’ll get it done before I die.” - The stitcher’s motto 😂

[@karinmonnich3310]

Love your progress on your wips and your plans for August. Happy stitching!

[@cin3maticstitches]

Yay I love your Madam Mim dragon! Sword and the Stone was one of me and my sister's favourite Disney movies and we watched it all the time growing up :D

[@ladybugjen_stitches]

Hello sweet friend! Thanks for sharing your progress and ocean plans…so fun! I too have started doing a 3 day rotation on my projects and I’m loving the progress I’m seeing as well! Can’t wait for the next video alert 🎉

[@cindyflinchbaugh7155]

Your Lavender and Lace Santa is so wonderful, he will be stunning! Your stitching on all your projects are so lovely. All the ocean themed projects, I am so excited to follow along. I love the ocean and beach. I would live in the San Juan's in cabin on the beach if I could. Have a great weekend and week ahead. Happy Stitching.

[@LaladeeStitches]

Wouldn't that be delightful? To spend evenings on the porch looking at the ocean and stitching? Perfection. 😊 Happy Stitching

[@joanneseeger5271]

Love your stitching!! My favorite is your Barbara Anna seasonal girls, I have to order that!

[@HyggeStitcher]

Great episode. Amazing start to Summer Quaker Laura !! I’m so thrilled we get to stitch this together. 🌊🐚🦀🦞☀️⚓️ I excited for your anniversary and WIP parade !!!

[@bettethomas1505]

You are a genius. I love your ideal for Shores at Hawk Run. I need to do that. I love the middle but didn't want to do the whole thing. Same with Halloween at Hawk Run. Brilliant !!!

[@MsKarenMR]

Happy Stitching 🦋🌻🤗!!!

[@karlalintzenich2376]

Your Santa is stunning.

[@CozyAcres5316]

I look forward to every episode, Eye candy.

[@karenolson2532]

Happy to see you.🎉love your dragon

[@sonjadevenney2524]

The dragon is so cute!!!!!!

[@paulet1346]

Your DIY dyeing for Mermaid Lagoon IS BEAUTIFUL🥰🥰🥰 I’m think on tying some dyeing some day. Love the choice of music for the intro. You make my day🤩🤩🤩

[@LaladeeStitches]

Thank you! 🤗

[@greenstickcottage]

Beautiful projects 😍. I love Lavender and Lace, too.

[@bethliotta267]

Another great video! Glad you are doing well. I am stitching Autumn August and Sunflower September!! BUT I am stitching to Chatelaine Wednesday, Fancy Lady Friday, Sewing Saturday (quilts!) and SALs on Sundays. It so kinda Stitch what I want Monday, Tuesday and Thursday but Autumn themed. So much fun!!! Love your WIPs!! I've got to find the SANTA!!!

[@cathy5boys]

Always love your updates!

[@pathansen4368]

Beautiful projects and beautiful stitching!

[@LaladeeStitches]

Thank you! 😊

[@blacksheepenchanted]

Another superb video! I LOVE all of your ocean pieces and I’m so grateful to add a couple to my “wish list” - which is so long now I’ll need to live to be 100!! 🤭 Thanks for sharing your plan for stitching. I am trying to establish one that works well for me. But, it seems, I plan and God laughs! Thinking flexibility first. Then, perhaps just a handful of projects on my plate - a small and a medium (seasonal), a sampler, and a smaller full coverage (something I LOVE). I’ve been stitching for about eighteen months following a long hiatus and I find I want to stitch everything. Which is ridiculous, of course - but . . . Be well and keep these great videos coming. 🥰

[@LaladeeStitches]

Finding what works for you is key, there are so many good ideas out there and I have tried a few of them. I adapt my schedule every month it seems. 😂 So glad your stitchy bug has returned. 🤗

[@stavroulak.503]

I was so happy to find a new video of yours ready to watch when we came back from our vacation. After a very, very difficult, and adventurous, (not the good kind), plane trip it was very soothing to watch your video. Also, I have now the Garden Sampler, and The Shores of Hawk Run Hollow, on my "to stitch" list. Btw Madam Mim is one of my favorite Disney Characters. OK I have to say that again. Virgo is one of my favorites of your projects. I liked it from the first moment I saw it. But now with the beads, oh my God, she is stunning. She is so elegant, and glamorous, and fabulous, and I wish I new the English language better so I can describe more accurate how much I like this project. I think I might stitch it even though my sign is Leo, they are close enough, aren't they?😁 Oh, and finally I can join you all in, (really not sure if that is the preposition I should use here), the Summer Quaker SAL. Really looking forward for your next video, thank you 🥰🧵🪡

[@chinookcrafter]

Love the idea of themed months over themed days and of working on them in chunks. I feel like I’m constantly trying to reinvent the wheel and figure out a system that allows progress on pieces but also is open to interpretation

[@LaladeeStitches]

You are so right, my system morphs every few months. Flexibility seems key... but mostly I aim for what helps me continue to feel creative and happy. Keep trying different ways, and you will find what works for you. 😊

[@allycat5820]

Laura, you look so bright and happy. Glad your feeling better. I could tell😄 Wonderful video! Take care🌞

[@charj57]

The summer Quaker is pretty

[@nancyrickenbrode9981]

You are a breath of fresh air. Wonderful stitching.

[@Essex-Stitcher]

New Subbie here, I love how you changed the dragon colours to match Madame Mimm so cute!! Santa is gorgeous, I've not seen quilts on the dockside before its really nice. I love how organised you are, at the moment I'm just stitching on what takes my fancy but try to do a min of 500 stitches on a project before I move on. Hoping when I get back into the full swing of stitching I can be a bit more organised.

[@erinsmakes2933]

Mad Madam Mim was literally one of my all time favorite Disney Characters ever, my husband and I were talking about the Sword and the Stone there other day and some other highly underrated Disney cartoons, and that chubby Dragon is just OUTSTANDING! Virgo was just amazing and your progress is always fun to see and such a highlight, happy stitching

[@LaladeeStitches]

Thank you! It is HIGHLY underrated, I agree. I always found it delightful, and despite not having seen it in eons I still get the songs flitting through my head.

[@cotterillfamily7355]

Oh my that wee dragon, at risk of dating myself as even older than you - it reminded me of Pete’s Dragon! Super cute! So nice to spend an hour stitching and listening to you on a Friday evening - take care, Nic x

[@oldtonewtreasures7110]

Pirates of the Caribbean marathon needs to be done in my house, its been so long! I love to read, only problem is I can't put a book down. I have to finish it. Nothing else gets done. So I am saving those days for when I can no longer quilt or stitch.

[@juliastitches]

You are always such a delight to watch and listen to while stitching! 🩷

[@tammyrupp5160]

So wonderful to see you feeling better! Another great video and very much appreciated. Thank you for the book recommendations. I've recently listened to The Seamstress of Sardinia by Bianca Pitzorno which was quite good.

[@LaladeeStitches]

I just jotted that down. Thank you for sharing! 😊

[@beckyess7399]

Well … ok … I can’t decide what I like best in the stitching category (so many wonderful, beautiful stitches!), but I totally get what you mean about little book stores. I LOVE THEM!! It’s like finding buried treasure, and the proprietors are ALWAYS so friendly and helpful in my experience. Also, have you seen the movie “Message In a Bottle” (Kevin Costner and Paul Newman). It’s a good one, and I recommend it. Thank you for another lovely video. I hope you are feeling well. See you next time! ❤

[@LaladeeStitches]

I have seen it, it was really good. I went through a huge Nicholas Sparks phase about ten years ago and read many of his books at that point. It was an emotional ride! 😂

[@beckyess7399]

@@LaladeeStitches I completely understand!! 😄❤️

[@clarekalantar]

I was so happy to see your video up and ready for me to watch as I stitch on Summer Quaker. This is a hard one to put down as you have already recognized! I love how you have enough WIPs to fill themed months. I find stitching 3-4 days in a row on projects works well for me too.

[@Whimsicalstitcher]

Madam Mimm!!!! Omg I love that movie! Your conversion fits perfectly! Beautiful projects and thanks for another great flosstube!

[@LaladeeStitches]

Thank you so much!

[@user-yy5mt3ry5w]

I really enjoyed your Flosstube - I am a new to this! Your personality is wonderful and your work is terrific. I wanted to order the Barbara Ana Four Seasons since yours is lovely. You said that you ordered in 2021 from Nitka. I tried to find this and found out that Nitka has the exclusive rights to this pattern. As of 2022, there is a financial embargo on Russian businesses, which they mention on their site. Since I support the embargo, I will pass on it for now. I found a quick and easy way to secure the raw edges of my fabric. There is a new Fray Check which includes a fabric guide applicator - it makes a very slim clear seal!

[@LaladeeStitches]

Thank you! I completely understand. 😊 Hopefully one day there will be peace again. The Fray Check applicator sounds interesting. I have an ancient bottle in my sewing box, it may be time to update. 😂 Thanks!

[@joyceclowser3371]

Hello, stitchy friend!! Good to see you! You look well! I asked my library for The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter. It looks good! I worked on Welcome To the North Pole while we visited. I just have about a week and a half left to finish, then I get to start my birthday start which is my first Mirabilia! 😳😬I purchased a Mill Hill to practice on before my August Peridot Fairy. It’s been years since I beaded. Looking forward to seeing your WIP parade and end of August summary. I like your new schedule! Happy stitching!!❤

[@LaladeeStitches]

Welcome to the North Pole is a delightful project. A new Mira! Always an exciting day... I hope you enjoy the stitch! Happy belated Birthday. 😊

[@joyceclowser3371]

@@LaladeeStitches Thank you!

[@andrea_can_2]

All the beach/shore stitches are lovely. The Beach Street Bakery is such a lovely book. I’m partial to reinvention stories. It looks like your reading is in alignment with your stitching theme for the month. Awesome! 🌊

[@stefmakesallthethings]

Oh MY goodness, this Virgo piece is amazing! I love it every time you show it. I'm a fellow Virgo too. kk

[@lisadolson6598]

Sure enjoy seeing your smiling face! You have made great progress on your wips! And you seem to be having fun - which is the purpose, right?! Love all of your seaside plans!

[@audrea5515]

The fabric you dyed is beautiful.

[@sarahwebb1450]

Love your Madam Mim dragon. ❤ One of my favorite Disney movies. Have you ever seen the animated short movie The Reluctant Dragon? That's a family favorite.

[@LaladeeStitches]

I have not- but I am going to track it down. 😊

[@carolinagirlstitcher]

Oh my goodness, you won’t believe this, but my husband and I just watched The Sword in the Stone earlier this week!!! I love your nod to the movie and Mad Madam Mim! ❤

[@LaladeeStitches]

Really?! That is a delightful coincidence! 😊

[@sylviamahoney45]

Hey Laura happy to see you back. Hope you're doing well after your surgery. Hey can you tell me what music is playing in your introduction of your flosstube. Thanks.

[@susannbreedlove2510]

What a great idea to kit up stitching for migraine days. Needle and thread moving through fabric is so soothing it’s a shame to miss it when my head is splitting. If you could please, what is the name of the full coverage of the sleeping girl in a field of flowers? I keep thinking it’s too big but then again I can’t stop thinking about it😊 Oh yes. Thank you for showing window in the garden. I started it last month - love the colors and different ideas about half stitches.

[@LaladeeStitches]

Her kit is called Into Dreamland. 💕 It is so beautiful... you should totally get it! 😊

[@megastitches]

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[@kimskipworth1246]

Loved the Flosstube and all your beautiful projects! I also wanted to share that I read The Little Beach Street Bakery and very much enjoyed and learned it was a series and am now reading the second of the series, Summer at Little Beach Bakery. You should check it out!

[@LaladeeStitches]

Ooo! That is fun, I definitely will, thanks!

[@Lisa-vb3gn]

I have found that I get more progress over consecutive days because I don’t have to reorient myself to symbols, I remember what I was doing from the day before and my thoughts are clear about number of threads and everything is all hooped up and ready to go. Changing projects takes a little time to get going again.

[@kristyrohm1500]

Another great video ! Your always a ln immediate go to whenever i see a new one ❤ I just love hearing you talk and hearing all of your explanation in information on your pieces. I do have a question, you either finished or are stitching Stargazer and Im curious as to what color fabric you used. Thanks!

[@LaladeeStitches]

I unfortunately do not know the fabric color on Stargazer. I purchased the fabric over ten years ago and it never had a tag that I can remember. It is a nice solid though, perhaps a Zweigart? A lovely warm, gold. I am sorry I can't be more helpful on that.

[@lauraglover2900]

Love your energy and smile. What is the name of the owl in background? It’s beautiful.

[@lauraglover2900]

Just received a message from you but it won’t allow me to answer. Sorry 😞

[@arbitraryhobbyistshelley2626]

How about Literature for your February theme? I think you could fit a good number of projects into that category! Lovely to hear from you as always.

[@LaladeeStitches]

Ooo- I love that idea!

[@MeaganMadeAU]

Loving your pattern choices! Given your love of lighthouses, have you seen Gingerbread Lighthouse by Shannon Christine? I’m working on it at the moment 😊

[@LaladeeStitches]

I haven't seen that one yet... but I will check it out! Thanks. 😊

[@katgallant8637]

I enjoy watching your videos. Always lovely to see your pieces Laura. Can you tell me where I could purchase Barbara Ana’s four seasons?

[@LaladeeStitches]

Thank you! I linked the site in the description box below the video, it should take you to the site I bought mine from. 😊

[@judybartholow4581]

Talk about beading, please. Do you leave the space empty or put a bead over a stitch you have already stitched? How do secure the bead on the back? Run a long thread from bead to bead? You can tell you have a novice here.

[@LaladeeStitches]

I am pretty new to it as well... but I leave empty spaces for the beads. I used a full cross stitch to secure the bead and then crossed to the next space. In a lot of ways it is just cross stitching.... with a bead on your floss. @fiberartsamy has a great episode where she shows how she beads a Mira. It was very helpful. 😊

[@Amylovestoads]

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[@PhatGirlzFibre]

What is the pattern of that adorable cranky owl in the blue/green picture frame? I think my mom needs that in her life. She is obsessed with owls and giraffes.

[@LaladeeStitches]

That cranky owl (I'll never think of her another way now 😂) Is called "Aquamarine Owl" and was an Etsy purchase, I am fairly sure. I was gifted the pattern by my sister... so I am not confident it is still available. I hope you can find it for your Mom!! 😊

[@olgahucikova8383]

Ste veľmi milá, šikovná, sympatická žienka a vaše videá sú fantastické 👏 len veľmi ľutujem, že nie je slovenský alebo český preklad, som dôchodkyňa nerozumiem anglicky 😢 nech sa vám darí 😀🤗

[@dianamyery8402]

I love that you schedule stitch days. I do a ten day rotation. It works for me. I totally see the Sword and the stone dragon. Now I will not be able to un-see it I have the Barbara Ann seasonal ladies I need to start that. May be one of the NYE 12x12 starts.. this is my second watch through because the first time I was on my TV and I can’t comment that way so I save the video and before you bring out your next one I wanted to comment.

[@JanetJabber]

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