Flosstube #5 Take 2, Samplers, un-framings and some Victorian "unmentionables"

This episode is a bit of a mix as there was no real haul and the one little thing I finished I forgot to include 🤦 Hope you still like it though 😍
Showing Selina Ellis Sampler and Mary Noah Age 9 Sampler
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[@angelarhodes9948]

I have tears welling up in my eyes as you share the story and stitching of your grandmother. I treasure my Germany and Swiss ancestry stories when I can find them. Thank you for sharing yours with us. You are a blessing!!!

[@thewishingthorn]

Awe, thank you! ❤❤ Our Ancestry is what grounds and connects us. It makes us who we are as a human, Much love your way, hugs, Birgit

[@thewishingthorn]

Let's hope this is a bit better than the first one and not all backward 🤣 I am such a goof! Sorry to all you lovelies that had already commented, but I had to start over. Thank you to the lovely lady that let me know I made a hot mess of my video 😂

[@CynPope1]

Always so happy when your flosstubes show up in my feed. I was stitching with morning coffee and listening to the wonderful German wash over me, played that part back several times. It was like listening to my grandmother in the other room when I was a child. The clothespin bag made me smile. I used to follow behind my grandmother when she would hang out the sheets to dry and hand her the clothespins. She would always have an apron on that covered her dress...the name of it escapes me. Thanks for everything, I have learned so much from you. Cindy

[@thewishingthorn]

So many memories Cindy! 😍 Meine Mama and my Grandmother always wore an apron, I took some of the old ones that were no longer used and added them to my boys' quilts.

[@hannamansfield2894]

Lovely show. Thank you so much. Guten Abend.

[@thewishingthorn]

Danke!🤗

[@marilynsr53]

The family heirlooms are so precious! I adore Mary Noah - gorgeous colors. I so enjoy watching you Birgit. You are a treasure! Your Kitty is lovely!

[@thewishingthorn]

You are so welcome!

[@lindapence838]

Your family needlework is surely a treasure. Enjoyed your video so much.

[@thewishingthorn]

Thank you so much!

[@hannamansfield2894]

Oh I do so remember my mom boiling and bleaching as you mentioned. What beautiful stitching. What a lovely memory of your Oma.

[@thewishingthorn]

Oh thank you! I really appreciate it.

[@donnabennett5106]

Hi Birgit loved seeing all your mothers and grandmothers stitching and stories,real treasures, your samplers and stitching projects are gorgeous,enjoyed your un framing,Thankyou for sharing 👍🪡🇳🇿❤️

[@thewishingthorn]

Thank you so much!

[@joannemoore826]

What a beautiful steward you are with your families heirloom linens! So gorgeous and precious. Can you imagine ironing all that without our more modern irons! Oh that little nightdress and the bloomers! The sheer bed cover is amazing..wish you could hear my oohhs and ahhs as you show all the amazing treasures! Not to mention my “Oh you didn't” at the keeping of the bugs..very cool! Looking forward to stitching Mary Noah!

[@thewishingthorn]

🤣 "bugs" I had to! How else would one know what to look for...then again I've never been squeamish with critters. I so glad you had a good time. See you next week!

[@thestitchingewe3275]

Thank you so much for your kind words about my vintage spool strawberry pin cushion! I am so very happy you love it!❤

[@thewishingthorn]

I love it! I will tie a ribbon on it and add it to my tree idea. I want to make a stitching tree (once we are moved) that is out all year with pretty little adornments that are stitching related.

[@thestitchingewe3275]

@@thewishingthorn ooooh lovely idea! I can’t wait to see it❤️

[@beverlysharp6925]

I always watch but rarely comment. Your FlossTubes are always interesting but this one really grabbed me! The beautiful family heirloom garments! The vintage book! The opening of the old sampler! All delightful! I was sorry when you said goodbye. I could have watched for hours. ❤️

[@thewishingthorn]

Wow, I don't know what to say! Thank you so much for those kind words. 😍

[@lisacotter6227]

You definitely provide us viewers with great historical eye candy! Thank you for sharing your treasures!❤

[@thewishingthorn]

My pleasure! So glad you liked it!

[@chrishindle592]

I love your videos Birgit. When I hear the lovely music begin I think oh good! Needlework school! Keep up the wonderful sharing, stories and history and of course the exciting unveiling of samplers ❤

[@thewishingthorn]

Thank you so much! HAHAHA Needlework school so funny! I chuckle at this because I am the worst at teaching (in my mind) *hugs*

[@megs3180]

Thanks for another great video! Loved Mary Noah and Byron and Truffles say hello to your kitty.

[@thewishingthorn]

My pleasure! Glad you liked it!

[@1856BrickHouse]

My parents were both antique dealers so I loved seeing all of your vintage items, especially the textiles. I am fortunate that my mom taught me so much ( she is still with us) and I remember her washing the vintage clothing whites and laying them out in the grass and sun to whiten. She really had a knack for making old musty dirty whites look like new. Your samplers are gorgeous and feminine, I love the pink colors in that large one.

[@thewishingthorn]

Thank you so much for sharing your story.😍

[@teresamcfall9491]

Thanks for sharing all of your goodness. Love your enthusiasm for needlework old and new. I think Mary Noah border is interesting and will become beautiful again with your helping hands. 😇

[@thewishingthorn]

I think so too! She will be a surprise stunner 😍

[@KittysFiberArt]

Thank you for this wonderful flosstube. I love the antique books.😍

[@thewishingthorn]

Glad you like them! I sometimes have to pace myself with them or I would take all I see!

[@zibbyzoo4379]

Oh, those treasures from the past!!!!! I’m sososo happy that you have those! Good for you and your family. I’m so glad you started Flosstube because I love your reproduction samplers! XOXO Heidi

[@thewishingthorn]

Thank you so much Heidi (such a German name 😍) I am glad you enjoyed the FT.

[@Jls75]

I love your videos. You are so lucky to have such treasures of the past. I wish more people would save the past.

[@thewishingthorn]

I totally agree, in this throw away time it seems hard anyone wants to cherish anything because it is all so cheaply made. Crafted by hand I think is having a bit of a revival - I see pockets of it everywhere. It makes my heart happy.

[@tammymccorkle5580]

I love seeing you enjoy your family heirlooms when you are showing them to us. Nothing from Germany to show for me. I am loving your charts and kits. All Earthy Molly supplies will be here tomorrow and I am pretty sure the Tindale sisters are going to have to share me. I wonder sometimes if I have ADD.😂

[@thewishingthorn]

I know I do Tammy...some days I really have to wonder about myself 🤣 It's all good, I just call myself Quirky 😅

[@kade1699]

Another fascinating video, Birgit, thank you so much! If you don't mind my saying, that scarf you wear is just absolute pink perfection and becomes you so well! Greatly admire the sampler you unveiled, simply amazing to think a 9-year-old stitched it! Can't wait until it becomes available. Take good care of your dear self!

[@thewishingthorn]

Oh thank you! I love that scarf, I have been wearing them since I grew up with them in the Hippie era...it was a thing than that I never let go 🤣 I also am always cold on my neck. I will get moving on Miss Noah,,,just wait to you see the next one 😂

[@lesleyperry8156]

My first time watching you and I loved every moment. Thank you for sharing your love of old books, they are works of art and alongside your families beautiful needlework took me back to my childhood. Your unveiled sampler is a delight and the donkeys (mule) are so sweet.

[@thewishingthorn]

thank you so much for your kind words!

[@stitchinamy2283]

I love seeing your beautiful treasures! Thank you so much for taking the time to share with us!

[@thewishingthorn]

My pleasure, it is so much fun for me to share 😍

[@maryjoshields5681]

I absolutely love to see you show up with a new episode. Yours is one of the flosstubes that I watch entirely and don’t just occasionally look up at. I appreciate your showing and explaining about all your treasures before you pack them away for your move. I hope your family appreciates the legacy you are preserving for the future generations of your family. You are blessing them with your careful conservation. Keep up the great work and keep sharing.

[@thewishingthorn]

Oh thank you! I'm so glad you liked it! I still have a bit of learning (a lot) on making a proper video 🤣

[@afreespirit1]

Wonderful. You fixed it! I see reversed videos so often I can read backwards, well, sort of. You really didn't need to fix this and lose your comments, but it was important to you. Good job. Your ancestor's needlework is gorgeous and you obviously treasure it. I have a close friend who immigrated to the US from Germany in the 1980's and she still has a noticeable accent, so I'm amazed that you have no trace of one.

[@thewishingthorn]

You have no idea, I once saw one backwards and in my head I was "who does this, if I ever make videos I will not do that" ate my words there 😂 I had to fix it, that bothered me!

[@evelynthayer7829]

Thank you so much for sharing ❤I loved seeing all the beautiful handmade items your family made. Treasures for sure. 😊

[@thewishingthorn]

Thank you so much!

[@we.are.curiouscrafters]

Thank you for another fascinating video full of history -- from your family heirlooms to the unframing of the sampler. Wow! Good luck with all the packing ahead of you. -Carolyn

[@thewishingthorn]

Thank you for visiting!! I so appreciate it.

[@elizabethcoleman5437]

I'm always excited to see one of your videos. I love the family heirlooms and stitching. What treasures! I don't have a lot from my family but I'm trying to preserve what I can. I enjoy learning more about samplers each time I watch & your framed pieces are amazing. It will be fun to see your new home and all your treasures in their final places. Hope all goes well with the packing & move. It's nice to see the care you take to make sure all arrives safely.

[@thewishingthorn]

Thank you so much. I am so happy you are enjoying the videos. I really love making them!

[@feidie64]

I loved seeing your family's embroidery/linens. I love the Mary Noah sampler and can't wait until the charting is done. :)

[@thewishingthorn]

Me too!! And things hopefully will go a bit quicker now that everything is almost back to normal 😁

[@denyseloughlin6370]

Hi Birgit -- so enjoyed your flosstube!! Loved seeing your grandmothers' linens. I have a few of my grandmother's but wish I had more. She taught me to cross stitch when I was 10 yrs old & I took to it like a duck to water. She was an amazing seamstress/needlewoman & wish I had the talent she had. Loved your reveal & am looking forward to your Reproduction when it's ready. So glad you're on flosstube; look forward to more.

[@thewishingthorn]

Denyse!! So good to see you here ! Thank you *hugs*

[@mountaincraftsstudio]

I absolutely LOVE your antique books. The graphic designs are fabulous. I’ve been starting to collect some as well. We seem to like all the same things.

[@thewishingthorn]

Wonderful! OMG can you Imagine if we all lived in the same place, it would be museum worthy 🤣 If you ever come across a version of "Elisabeth and her German Garden" by Elizabeth Von Arnim Take the plunge you will not regret it - to this day my most favorite book. I have read it more than once. I just love it from the first to the last page. She wrote many and had such a whirlwind life.

[@VirginiaEfta]

Oh I loved the story of your Tante and ironing. Reminds me of my grandmother and how she made one iron underwear and socks and rags as well!! it was sooo good to have sound with the descriptions! I loved to see some of the vault stitched up. I am going to do some of those. .They look so beautifully done! So inspiring. Oh it was also sweet to hear your kitty in the background. Thank you for doing this again. I listened to it all!! Thank you!

[@thewishingthorn]

Virginia you're back Yay! It is so funny about the ironing, I talked to hubby and he say he always hears his mom in his head when he irons (good man!) as she taught him how to iron. My Tante Karoline was a treasure and I'm glad she was there for my mom because her parents were much further away. I'm glad you liked what you saw from the vault. they can be made into so many things! *hugs*

[@MistyisCrafty]

I just found your flosstube and am so glad that I did. You are a treasure! I loved seeing your grandmother's linens. Her stitching is so beautiful. Seeing the fronts of the shelf liners made me wish I remembered more of the German I learned when I was younger. Sadly, I remember only parts of 2 poems (Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen and Vom Riesen Timpetu). I look forward to watching your previous videos to catch up.

[@thewishingthorn]

So nice to have you here! Wow Rainer Maria Rilke poem and you remembered! I don't know the other. I'm so glad you had a good time!

[@lorrainebergstrom9391]

Your videos are all so amazing and I absolutely love love love all your content. Thank you so much for sharing your time and your talents. You are so inspiring.

[@thewishingthorn]

Thank you! I so appreciate this.

[@judygibbons5983]

What lovely family heirlooms to have! I enjoy seeing all the old things. I hope you’ve written documentation for future generations. Unfortunately, we lost all the heirlooms in Katrina. I have only a few things gotten after my father and father-in-law passed.

[@thewishingthorn]

oh I'm so sorry you lost everything. That can be so heartbreaking. I'm working on documentation and sorting things.

[@lindaseftick3956]

Thank you for another informative video! I look forward to what you will show us next time! What beautiful samplers ❤️

[@thewishingthorn]

You are so welcome!

[@kathrynread8003]

Hello Birgit! I've been enjoying your videos, especially your unframing. Keep doing these, they are so interesting! I also enjoy hearing about your other interests in antique books and your family's textiles. By the way, your mystery mitten sampler is by The Drawn Thread ( I have the chart! ) and is called Generosity. Very sweet!!

[@thewishingthorn]

oooo thank you! So glad you were able to tell me the chart name. I no longer have it, so there was no way to find out.

[@christinegoddard8740]

Very much enjoyed your floss tube. Looks like lacing stitched pieces is relatively new process as the old samplers were just stuck to a backing board.

[@thewishingthorn]

It really is! I have found one laced onto wood, but that was also a newer process maybe mid 1900s.

[@carlarigel252]

Thanks for sharing. Your grandmother's stitching is amazing. Could the king-size bed linen possibly be a bed canopy? It seems to be too delicate to lay on the bed, and of course, king-sized beds were unheard of in the day. Anyway all you showed was beautiful!

[@thewishingthorn]

It would have been nice if it was but there were no attachments to hang it. It is only so large with nothing hanging over the side (I used kings size as a measurement as it lays flat on a kings size bed - not to cover one with hanging down at the sides), it was not for daily use I think they were for initially for a wedding night - I've only ever seen one for sale (www.etsy.com/listing/868586760) It was meant for probably a full-size bed? In Germany my parents and grandparents had two twin beds pushed together - but the twin Grandma's twin beds were much wider than they are these days. But making up the bedrooms every morning in Germany was quite an affair each day...they also used heavily embroidered "Parade Kissen" so it wouldn't surprise me if it was used more than once.

[@sherrygary626]

I look forward to all your videos, and have been with you from the beginning.! I love history and languages and I listen really hard when you speak german. That's a language that I always wanted to learn but, I ended up studying french. Your family undergarments were a delight to see. Thank you for sharing and saving them as family heirlooms. The unframing portion of your videos is a highlight for me since I am a sampler stitcher for the most part. Take care and hope to see you again soon.

[@thewishingthorn]

Hi Sherry! Thank you very much! I am so happy you enjoy the videos. I hope that they will get better over time as I learn!

[@cynthiaknell9575]

What a dear walk down memory lane. Thank you for sharing the linens and undergarments. Many similar pieces were in my mother's cedar chest and I do recall the embroidered cabinet liners in our own house as a child. I hope you are planning to reproduce Mary Noah; it just tugged at my heartstrings. p.s. I always make uninterrupted time to watch your episodes so I don't miss a word or unveiling.

[@thewishingthorn]

Oh my goodness that is so nice of you to say! I buy samplers that catch my eye and I feel a connection with...I need to really love them - so it's no surprise what made me fall in love with her also tugged your heartstrings 😍

[@jeanakimball5691]

What a great video ❤. I especially enjoy the un-framing of samplers. And those “bugs”. Yikes! I never knew what the culprits looked like but the damage they do is devastating! Thank You for that bit of education!!! Are they more prevalent in some climates (humidity) than others? Thanks again!😊

[@thewishingthorn]

I think temperature change, humidity & light are the worst offenders. Everything should be mounted with should be acid-free, lignin-free, and buffered materials - this is strictly speaking preserving old samplers. I do not do this with my newly stitched pieces, I do acid free and spacers or mats to keep the piece away from the UV or museum glass. IF one truley wanted to preserve a piece it should be sored in a museum box out of the light, but what is the fun in that.

[@jeanakimball5691]

@@thewishingthorn Thank you for your detailed answer. I am truly enjoying your videos and the expertise you so freely share!

[@noufgazi4900]

If I was living in your area I would certainly volunteer to help you pack these samples just to enjoy seeing them :)

[@thewishingthorn]

Too funny, it is a lot of delicate work for sure but always a great time to re-connect with my "girls" ...I tend to see things I haven't seen before.

[@janiceking7268]

Very enjoyable flosstube. Thanks

[@thewishingthorn]

Thank you! 😊

[@hopevergin3218]

As usual I love the unveiling but not half as much as your white linen have some of my own and I truly enjoyed seeing yours

[@thewishingthorn]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it

[@charj57]

I love the sampler with the canine in it.

[@thewishingthorn]

so many love her - it is so lovely. I'm not ready for her yet hahaha - so big!

[@lindamcdermott3102]

Look at how lovingly you handle the needlework of your family. We understand that, of course! Some of us wonder if there will be anyone in the future that will appreciate our handiwork. I love the poetry of Longfellow. I gift my daughters with small portions of his poems that I type out and insert in their birthday cards. I greatly enjoy your videos!

[@thewishingthorn]

What great idea with the poems! I love that 😍 All of our sisters (there are three of us) have bits and pieces of that heritage and we do cherish it! Our foremothers are always just a glance away. 🥰

[@terryblock8174]

I just found you and am so glad that I did! I hope you’ll chart your original design, The Swan Sampler. I’d be first in line to purchase it. ❤

[@thewishingthorn]

that is already charted and ready to be purchased on my website - check the notes in the video for links :)

[@betsabeabarleycorn]

Hello! I enjoyed so much your new flosstube in evry part. Tante Karoline was such a pretty girl. I like that she's with you while you're ironing. I have the memory of my nanny Tina teaching me to iron handkerchief. I was good at it! Love your cat, I am here with mine, stitching and listening. I have acquired an old sampler, an italian redwork, but it's still in the original frame and I don't know what do to do with it, I don't know about textile consevation. Do you think it's better to unframe it? Thank you in advance. All my best. Paola

[@heathershearer7889]

Fantastic video,so very interesting ❤❤❤❤❤

[@thewishingthorn]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ronnietall1323]

Thank you for what you share with us!!

[@thewishingthorn]

My pleasure!

[@annieann99]

So many treasures❤️

[@thewishingthorn]

thank you!

[@noufgazi4900]

From short distance, are those antique samplers gorgeous as they appear or the representation surpasses their beauty?

[@thewishingthorn]

They are that gorgeous 😍

[@lizflorom6021]

The video was very interesting and informative.

[@thewishingthorn]

Glad to hear that!

[@hannamansfield2894]

So when you say 'original design' does that mean that you made it?

[@thewishingthorn]

Yes, when like the Swan Sampler or Twilight Woods are original designs created by me.

[@cherylk.m.7228]

What is the music you are using at beginning and end of the video. So pretty! Cherie M.

[@thewishingthorn]

It is a little waltz I bought the license for to use in my Flosstue. I love waltzes and this one had such a happy "whirl" about it. It always reminds me of dancing the waltz with my dad..he was a left twirler and was so fast and always chuckled when I got dizzy from all the spinning around. Everything has meaning, sometimes I think I do it subconsciously. Too much information hahaha. I'll change my end-slide to place the whole thing on for the next time. 😍

[@noufgazi4900]

The towels are made of which fabric?

[@thewishingthorn]

I think it is a cotton-damask.

[@conniesteele7213]

Could the animals be donkeys or burros?

[@thewishingthorn]

possible....not sure :)

[@cherylk.m.7228]

I rudely left you talking and went right out to look up Wentworth Books! 🥹😃. Thank you for the nugget of info. Back again now…😊

[@thewishingthorn]

🤣 Well that would be me too hahaha