Flosstube #31 - Where I drink coffee and talk 2023 plans, WIPs, FFOs

[@limkmcg]

The temperature tree looks amazing. I love the octopus garden. I have a couple of that series to work on.

[@toricoulson2573]

the octopus garden is so adorable. merry christmas xx

[@acfcreations640]

The octopus garden pattern looks amazing! I'd love to stitch it! Also, looking forward to your WIP parade, I always love watching those :)

[@stitchingmoon]

Thanks! 😊

[@karinmonnich3310]

Love your progress on your wips. Happy stitching!

[@stitchingmoon]

Thanks!

[@RitaMariesStitchingAdventure]

Octopus is such a fun sea creature, fun to hear your plans for 2023.

[@stitchingmoon]

Thanks!

[@birdseyestitches]

Your temperature tree is just stunning!!! Inspires me to break out mine 😃. Happy stitching!

[@stitchingmoon]

Thank you! ☺️ Where are you at on yours?

[@crafting-with-care]

If you don't want to have too many DMC duplicates (particularly since a lot of full coverage projects only use a small portion of a skein), maybe look into plastic floss organizers/cards. I got mines from Amazon and it comes in a pack of 10, with 20 holes per card (10 on each side). I cut a length of floss of each colour it calls for and refill as necessary, while saving the rest of the floss in a "master set" that I can draw from for other projects as well. The only exception is when the project calls for multiple skeins of a specific colour, then I'd get the required amount needed to avoid dye lot changes. That way, I'm not lugging around a massive amount of floss everywhere I go, as well as "save money" on getting multiples of the same DMC colour. Hope you and your family had a good Christmas!

[@stitchymama]

I Love the Octopus Chart from Blackbird Designs 🤗

[@ellenr2512]

Thank you for just being you!!!!!

[@stitchingmoon]

😊🥰💕

[@antjeveer9401]

Always nice to see your videos . You're so relaxed and happy ; enjoy live in Norway with your husband and child !

[@stitchingmoon]

Thank you! 🥰

[@tessmcintyre7383]

the blue flower sampler is so pretty, i might have to get it too ! the octopus garden is also adorable :')

[@stitchingmoon]

So many pretty patterns!

[@louisetilley2129]

Love your videos, love also the octopus garden , trying to collect all of them also

[@stitchingmoon]

Thank you! Yes, I´m a sucker for series! 😁

[@angelakopecky888]

Sometimes projects look like they’re not right or don’t match up but they do if you just keep working on your table cloth, I bet it will line up!!! 🤞🏼🤞🏼

[@stitchingmoon]

I hope so, thanks!!

[@virpir2453]

My daughter just brought your package to me from the post office. Thank you so much. God jul og godt nytt år!

[@stitchingmoon]

Oh yay just in time for Christmas!! You are so welcome, enjoy! God jul go got nytt år!

[@kimstolworthy3606]

Your plans sound great! I bet you’ll finish the Advent Animals quickly, then you can add in a Full Coverage. Maybe if you are in town for Christmas, you can kit up the LOTR Rivendell. Thanks for sharing everything! Merry Christmas to you & your family 🎄💚❤️

[@clotheslinecraftscaroline2446]

Happy Christmas xxx

[@kitmar1667]

Great video! Thanks for the info on Claire's!! I have all the magical mystery tour patterns except the Octopus!!! I couldn't find it anywhere!

[@stitchingmoon]

You’re welcome! I know, it’s tough to find, good luck!

[@nikkistitchy]

Yay! Another 25ct 2 over 1 tent! I love it and I think that’s will definitely be my go to for full coverage. Love my pako, it makes it so much faster, and I’m trying to get my projects done but also I’m fine if my girls would want to finish them if I don’t one day. Merry Christmas and happy stitching ! 💗

[@stitchingmoon]

Yes I love it!! True, I hope my daughter likes cross stitch one day. She sure will inherit a LOT! 😄

[@kaylirodgers413]

You're projects are looking so good. You made amazing progress this year! Cant wait to see all your progress next year! Thanks so much for all the kind words! Im excited to see your start when your threads arrive. Do you know where youll start that piece?

[@stitchingmoon]

Thanks! 😄 Not sure yet, maybe the middle but I prefer top left if I can count there!

[@EmiliaMolin-Triadobatrachus]

Love your flosstube. Been spending a good part of christmas watching you and your lovely stitching. ❤️ I live in Sweden and I guess its quite expensive to kit up and buy stuff here aswell. Never really been thinking about it untill I saw all people in like US who have a lot of stuff. One of my favorite sea creatures is octopus. They are such inteligent creatures! And its such a nice pattern. 🐙

[@stitchingmoon]

Thank you! 🥰 yeah, if we only stuck to one thing it’d be a lot more affordable! 😅 Merry Christmas!

[@ninahobbysite]

Beautiful finishes. Maybe you can find the hoops in a "bruktbar". They have a lot of frames most of the time. Now I want to start Ragnarok as well (because I live in Norway too). I bought from lakeside needlework and had to pay a lot of extra costs. But I also bought from etsy (yarnstories from Litouwen) no extra costs. Happy new year!

[@stitchingmoon]

Thank you! Oh I’ll have to look into bruktbar. You should definitely start Ragnarok with us! 😄🇳🇴

[@ninahobbysite]

@@stitchingmoon that is great that I can start Ragnorak with you all. I like to stitch with others. But I'm a very slow stitcher. I think I will stitch it on old pink fabric with dmc 3799 or dmc 310 I don't know. There is here never stitching stuff by bruktbar. But for the children a lot of toys and clothing. And beautiful tableware and things like that. But also a lot of frames.

[@stitchingmoon]

@@ninahobbysite oh that would be so pretty! And don’t worry, I won’t get far with all the WIPs I have! 😅

[@sunrise49738]

Hi Megan! Your ornaments are all so cute. Love Peter Polar Bear. Merry Mouse is adorable. Oh man, so sorry for your struggles with the heirloom. I hope you can still order the floss and the dye lot has not changed too much. Congrats on finishing the Q Snap for Together. Nice progress on San Fran. So happy you found the chart you needed to complete your collection. Do you have any idea what size small frames you are looking for? I have a bag of small frames for ornaments, like 3" or so, that I am probably not going to use that I would be willing to send to your family here in the States if you are interested in ones that small. They are different shapes, sizes and colors. I got sick of trying to pull floss from one project to another so now if the pattern needs anywhere close to a skein or if it is not in my master set, I am ordering a skein of floss. I have 70+ WIPs so I was wasting a lot of time hunting for floss. I am hoping for more finishes this year than the 19 I had this year. I hope to start some of my oldest kits and work on my oldest WIP and HAED. I am hoping for at least 6 hours a month on my oldest WIP which is Flights of Fancy by Stoney Creek, which is an itchy afghan but I have finally come up with a solution to avoid some of the itchiness, and 6 hours a month on my HAED, Mini The Nativity along with all the other things I am doing for the magazine monthly cross stitch challenge, which is a Facebook group. In addition for the probably next couple of years at least, I will continue to watch my grandson from around 2 p.m. on Tuesday until 7 p.m. on Wednesday and noon or earlier on Saturday until usually 6 p.m. or later on Sunday. By the time he leaves, this grandma is wore out. One of the disadvantages of waiting to have a child until you are 27 and then she waits to find the right guy (for which I am very proud of her doing in this day and age) and does not have a child until she is 36. First time grandma at 63 with overnights since he was about 3 weeks old has been a wonderful time and the main reason my mom and I left Michigan to be in Texas, but sure is tiring. Plus I am not used to being around the kids so I am currently diagnosed with a Mycoplasma pneumonia (walking pneumonia) which I probably caught from Walter. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas/New Year if I don't talk to you before. Happy stitching.

[@stitchingmoon]

Thank you Dawn! Ugh I hope you feel better soon! And right before the holidays! Wow you have so many WIPs and finishes! I'd love to see them - you could start a Flosstube! 😄 I could use those small frames for sure! That's so sweet of you! 😊 I could email you the address, or you can email me at [e-mail] That's a lot of looking after. I was 34 when I had my daughter, but luckily my husband's mother who watches her a lot was very young when she had my husband 😁 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@anetidemann3322]

I would love to stitch the octopus 🐙

[@thediddystitcher]

I will gladly do a lakeside needle order and send it in the post as a 'gift' to avoid that double tax for you if you ever needed ❤️

[@stitchingmoon]

Aww that’s so sweet of you! Thank you! I might take you up on that once my gift card is spent! 💕

[@thediddystitcher]

@@stitchingmoon Of course! Or spend the gift card and get it sent to me and I can send it on. Don't spend half your gift card on shipping 😂

[@stitchingmoon]

@@thediddystitcher haha I know! I actually had to pay shipping myself since they couldn’t use the gift card on it 🤷‍♀️ oh well. I will let you know the next time! 😁

[@apollo1973rhonda]

You have my unicorn Octopus chart! You are so lucky to have two! Have a very Merry Christmas! 🎄

[@stitchingmoon]

Merry Christmas!

[@stitchingmoon]

You won! 🎉 email me at [e-mail] or DM me on Instagram

[@apollo1973rhonda]

@@stitchingmoon I can't believe it! My unicorn!! Thank you so much! 🦄 🦄 🦄

[@sharonmahon1656]

The octopus chart is adorable. Merry Christmas to you and your family! 🎄

[@stitchingmoon]

Merry Christmas!

[@carriesparzynski-belk1341]

I have really been looking at alot of patterns with octopus in them lately.

[@holly9281]

All your projects are looking good. You might just want to take the time to grid the complicated parts of that table cloth. A 50-60 weight shiny (poly etc) sewing thread is good enough, and it might help you know where you are. Just think of it as full coverage...

[@stitchingmoon]

Thank you! Ugh the thought of it makes me cringe! But we shall see once I get that deer going! 😄

[@SilverbunniStitches]

Could you please let me know how to find the quaker temperature pattern? Did a Google search with stitchy mummys name and temperature quaker and it couldn't find her. Really enjoying your video 😊 xx

[@stitchingmoon]

Sure! Search StitchinMommy on Etsy.

[@SilverbunniStitches]

Thanks, I was totally spelling it wrong 😂

[@pattykuchera3368]

I wonder if we totalled up the amount of money we have sitting in all our cross-stitch kitted and in rotation how much is invested

[@stitchingmoon]

Too much! 🙈

[@LeeZetLMG]

Hello dear :) At first a very belated Merry Christmas from me ;) Hope you had a nice time with your husband, your daughter and your relatives (a broken pipe CAN'T ruin Christmas!). For your finish... maybe you can give the frames a little oomph, if you glue cord around the backing fabric? So, you can see it a little from the front, but also can cover up what you don't like. ;) Because you have a ribbon instead of the hang-up from the frames it would work, I think :) And... have you thought about putting your family legacy piece into your routine? Maybe for one day a week, once a month or so? You would work on it little by little and can also overcome your fear, when you see the little dears matching up with the lady :) 'Cause I don't think she does bend to much over :) For the costs (I truly understand you... also am ordering from the States and other Countries and sometimes it's a pain in the butt, because of the customs). Have you tried out www.ateljem.de/ ? They are from Sweden, so maybe the shipping costs would be less intense. So, and now... last but not least... I do love the Beatles and I love octopus or octopi... so... here I am (and sure, I would go in 50/50 for the shipping) :) Wish you all the best and am looking forward to your upcoming Wip parade! :)

[@stitchingmoon]

Thank you so much! Belated Merry Christmas to you, too! 😊 We were able to go visit, so that was nice. Thank you for the suggestions! And the website, it looks like the same we have in Norway! I have ordered some things from them, but still very pricey compared to what I'm used to. But I think I have some new solutions now 😀 To be entered into the drawing, comment on my comment using the word "octopus" since that's the word the comment picker will go by, so you don't miss out!

[@LeeZetLMG]

@@stitchingmoon Oh really? I thought the prices were very reasonable, but maybe it's because it's mostly much pricier here in Germany ^^'''' I'm excited to hear about your solution for the future :) And I edited my octopi, so it will work out ;) Grammar isn't everything X'DDDD Have a wonderful week and a great start into the new year!!! :)