Flosstube #2 April 2024 update - 2 new starts, 2 WIPs, lots of progress!

[@annauxstitch]

Fake Spring is right! We started planting in the front yard last week, and now we're under a freeze watch. I hope real Spring arrives soon for both of us! Thanks for sharing your projects

[@RosieintheRockies]

We had snow flurries yesterday and day before. Here's to real spring arriving soon and your garden flowering!

[@HarborShoresStudio]

Beautiful WIPS! I love your fabric choice for Petal Fairy. Looking forward to following all your progress.

[@RosieintheRockies]

Thank you!!! You'll have to tell me what you think in the next video. I always reach a point in the design where I start to doubt my fabric choice, before it comes together and I decide I love it again. 🤣

[@HarborShoresStudio]

@@RosieintheRockies I do that too! I always have to remember to trust the process 😅 Looking forward to your next video.

[@hannamansfield2894]

Love the fabric for sure....gorgeous.

[@RosieintheRockies]

Thank you Hanna!

[@angieslowlycrafts]

Great update, Rosie! Those Mira's are stunning! Same with your Dimensions Butterflies!😍 All the projects look great! Our weather up here has been about the same. We just had two days of snow and strong winds.👎🏻 Hope May is a great stitching month for you, but that you also have nicer weather! 😁

[@RosieintheRockies]

Thank you Angie! Here's to hoping for beautiful actual spring for both of us. Next winter we should start a project together that involves something snarky about snow in spring. Looking forward to your next update!

[@angieslowlycrafts]

@@RosieintheRockies ohhh yeah! I like it! We should definitely do that! 😄

[@stitchingbytheriver8666]

You have great projects.with lots of beautiful stitching. I have done quite a few dimensions projects,and though the aida can be stiff at the beginning,with use it softens. The butterflies are a beautiful kit..lots of color:)

[@RosieintheRockies]

Thank you for letting me know! If you have a favorite Dimensions kit that you've stitched, please let me know - I've been so impressed with the color blends of Butterfly Forest.

[@Geewhiz65]

Love your fabric choice for Petal Fairy! I'm in California. 😊

[@RosieintheRockies]

Thank you! I hope that you're getting warmer weather and sunshine than we are here in the high alpine in the rockies!

[@jenniferhannah4424]

Petal fairy is stunning on that fabric! Love the Garden Party too! All of your projects are wonderful. Looking forward to seeing your progress on each of them. I'm currently working on This I Know by Plum Street Samplers. My Miras and Noras are patiently waiting to be stitched on. Rapunzel and Miss Solar Eclipse are the furthest along. So much to stitch, so little time.

[@RosieintheRockies]

Jennifer, thank you so much! I haven't tried a Plum Street Design yet - please do let me know if you recommend This I Know or another one of their patterns!

[@jenniferhannah4424]

@@RosieintheRockies all of Paulette's designs are easy to stitch, very little to no backstitch. Some of her patterns do have 1 over 1 but most do not. I'm enjoying This I Know immensely, mostly block stitching. If you like fall stitching, I highly recommend Cinnamon Stars. A Red Cottage is beautiful as well. She has so many wonderful things.

[@pamlacey136]

Beautiful projects!

[@RosieintheRockies]

Thank you! 😊

[@dustyscolourandart330]

Your projects are all fantastic. You accomplished a lot this month. One of my goals this year is to start a Mirabela, with all the fancy floss and beads. Oh and I am sorry to say this but I had my volume maxed and still couldn't hear you. Thank you for sharing your month in review

[@RosieintheRockies]

Thank you so much! I'm sorry about the sound. I had my partner try on his phone, we also tried on both our laptops and ipad, and volume is fine. I am softly spoken, but did use a microphone, so not sure what happened?

[@theloungew...annette]

Love your projects. I started cross stitching almost a year now and I am loving it. I have a Flosstube but only upload/update once a month. I'm learning so much from othe s. Thank you for your videos

[@owlbestitching8839]

Beautiful ladies you’re stitching on. They’re looking great! ❤

[@RosieintheRockies]

Thank you so much! They're really fun to work on. Looking forward to your next update!

[@nightskye4641]

All of your projects are beautiful, but I especially love the Butterfly Forest. I may have to look for that kit, but appreciate knowing that the fabric is difficult, so would want to start it on another fabric. I love the format that you're using for your flosstube of the overhead view. It makes it so much easier to really see what your working on. Your lighting is also really good. I hope you'll be able to work out the sound issue. Maybe an external microphone clipped on your shirt would help? With my computer volume turned up to max and my bluetooth speaker turned all the way up, I could barely hear you. Looking forward to your next video!

[@RosieintheRockies]

Thanks for your nice comment and the feedback about microphone. I've been using an external lavelier mic but will try a different one for the next video. I definitely recommend a different fabric for the Dimensions, but make sure the stitch count is the same or smaller. I've heard others on flosstube say that Dimensions kits often run out of floss even for the called-for aida in their kits.

[@StitchingwithMelva]

Your petal fairy looks gorgeous on that fabric. I’m looking forward to seeing more progress 😊

[@RosieintheRockies]

Thank you! Its definitely one of my priority pieces for this month! Are you doing a version of Mira May too??

[@StitchingwithMelva]

@@RosieintheRockies not this year. I did my fairies this month and I’m doing cats for May.

[@RosieintheRockies]

Meow May! Can't wait to see your next update.

[@StitchingwithMelva]

@@RosieintheRockies that is a great name! I’m going to steal that for my title of my video

[@marilynmckenzie2111]

Your sound is so low I cannot make out your voice properly. Can you please turn up your volume on your next video🤷‍♀️. . Tks. I too , am working of the Butterfly Forest and want to see your progress. It will encourage me to keep stitching on it. Cheers 🇨🇦🧑🏻‍🦰

[@RosieintheRockies]

Hi Marilyn, so sorry. Its strange, because at 30% of my computer and my ipad's volume I can hear myself clearly. We can work on Butterfly Forest together!

[@stephaniewingett2173]

Your stitching is lovely, and as a Mira stitcher, I'm really enjoying watching your progress. But, as has already been mentioned, it is very, very difficult to make out what you're saying. I suspect you're very soft spoken in person, so perhaps your mic needs to be positioned differently? I hope you can figure it out, as I'm very interested in your thought processes and goals with your work. Thx for sharing your lovelies with us.

[@RosieintheRockies]

Stephanie, thank you for letting me know you're also having trouble. I'll try a different mic next time and hopefully that will help.

[@stephaniewingett2173]

That would be great. Looking forward to it. ❤

[@theloungew...annette]

Where do you get your fabric from?

[@RosieintheRockies]

Hi Annette, thanks so much for your nice comments! I get solid color linens (Mirabilia/Nora Corbett called for fabrics) and Picture This Plus from 123stitch. I purchase hand dyed fabrics from Fabrics by Stephanie (www.fabricsbysteph.com/) and Polstitches on etsy (www.etsy.com/shop/PolstitchesDesign).

[@theloungew...annette]

@RosieintheRockies you are welcome and thank you for the information. I'm going to try it

[@zebstitches]

Hello! New subscriber from New Zealand. Love the projects you're working on, I'm a huge fan of Mirabilia and Dimensions. Thr fabric you chose for Petal Fairy works so well for her. I do have to say that I too found it difficult to hear you, sounded like you are soft spoken or possibly far away from the mic? Good luck with Miramaynia. I'm doing it too, but working exclusively on Villa Mirabilia. P.s. do you have an instagram?

[@RosieintheRockies]

Thank you! I don't have instagram (I'm scared of it, tbh). New Zealand is my dream place to hike. Have fun during Mira May!