FLOSSTUBE #82: The Northwoods Stitcher- Starts, finishes, finds, the wheel and binder dives!

Cross stitch starts, finishes, thrifty finds and chart collections

[@freemak1]

Thank you!! Love the stitching and all of your projects! I love the foxes and your fur babies 🙂

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

Thank you!

[@KellyGreen-io8js]

Look forward to your video every week! The teapot is amazing! It is beautiful😊

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

🤗Thank you!!!

[@DianeHollon-i2q]

Awwwwwwwwwwe ❤️ another great video!! Uuuhhhhhh ooooooh, Stuart is being snarky!!!!!

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

He is always gnawing on poor Abby 😅Thank you❤

[@janehouston6822]

You’re going to love Quaker Summer, I found it to be such fun, easy, best stitch I’ve ever done. Waiting for fabric to start the Fall and the Spring ones. Can’t wait!

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

❤Hope you can start when I have set to start? Would love to see yours! 😊

[@MrsChicken823]

Something funny happened when watching this flosstube, you said "Raven " a little louder than usual. My dog Raven's head spun around like it was on a swivel. She was very surprised that the TV called her. Very funny

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

😂That would’ve been fun to get on video 😅❤

[@sandyevenson-hagen370]

The Tribal charts are so neat, love the pumpkin! You have so many charts that I’ve never seen, thanks for sharing! Sorry Abby is having ear troubles, hope there’s improvement soon. 🐾♥️🐾

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

Thank you! I should start that pumpkin….❤Abby goes for a follow up mid week. She’s much improved ❤

[@loriirons9503]

Hi there you enabler you! I had to go and order the great white shark Christmas! I saw it on one of their flosstubes but with the 3750 it really pops!! I did the Mallard duck stitch in that round that you shared with the ship you did for your husband, my hubby is a duck hunter. I have that lighthouse book from one of our trips to Michigan, have yet to stitch one! Great flosstube and loved your wicked witch finish!

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

Ooo! We have similar tastes ❤😊

[@kayrichardson9787]

I did the Tribal Giraffe years ago on a dyed, mottled dull mid-range orange Aida with a brown-black overdyed thread. I started it when ---you might remember--- Central Africa was having terrible fires. I gifted it to one of my best friends who has traveled there and loves giraffes. The fabric reminded me of the skies they showed on the news during the fires and the stitched giraffe was like a silhouette. Love all those little motifs in their patterns.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

A Tribal on an overdyed fabric would be amazing 😮Hope you kept a photo for the memory ❤

[@maryJohnson-fc5bd]

Love your show!😊

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

Thank you!

[@ShaunaMckiernan]

Thank you for sharing the nauticle ones.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

Glad you liked them!❤

[@sandraskonieczny746]

Great video, I see Stuart loves to play.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

He’s a non stop energy machine! Runs down the hall, leaps up on my lap and flies over my shoulder when I’m in my chair 😂

[@lorismith8309]

My mom stitched the ducks from the Creative Circle kit……I stitched the light house from Bent Creek…small world…great charts!

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

@@lorismith8309 Sistah!!!🥰

[@lorismith8309]

I remember going to Creative Circle home parties as a kid….I did a couple needlepoints back then.

[@Ladybirdsandbees]

Thanks for sharing the backstitch tip suggestion using sewing thread! That sounds really helpful. I love all your nautical charts: they’re of great interest to me also. The foxes are so adorable! I love how your doggie and kitten adore each other. ♥️

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

They have quite a romance❤😊

[@estherovalle7909]

Thank you for sharing! I Love your finish 😊happy stitching

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

Thank you❤

[@peggymartinez5350]

Thank you for sharing. Stuart is mischievous.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

That’s an understatement 😂He’s a handful ❤

[@aimeezellers814]

Ahhh thanks so much for the shout-out. The enabling is mutual. 😂 That teapot is just adorable. We love Kara. She recently joined my Quilt of Valor group at Angel's Sewing. She's very talented, multi-craftual like many of us. My husband has been making cards with me and we always love new techniques. I even bought an old spirograph to make neat backgrounds. I'm working on the Halloween Quaker and loving it. Solution for your Rosewood Manor. Make a copy of the cover, put it in the Rosewood Manor binder and write on it that the chart is in the Nautical binder.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

I need all the chart organizing tips I can get! I look at this collection and wonder if it will ever be user friendly 😂Hope to hang out sometime ❤

[@LostInStitches]

Awesome video! Love watching your craft room reorg lately!! ❤😊 happy stitching! Lisa

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

I can still walk all the way around the tables 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😂

[@joycetaunton4684]

September 22nd is the first day of fall. The 21st is the last day of summer. YIPEE!!!!! I'm so looking forward to cooler weather. the heat and humidity has been terrible here in NW Fl. Little rain too so that hasn't helped cool things.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

Can’t wait!❤

[@marycerny1408]

Thanks for sending me down the rabbit hole to White Willow Stitching! Bot 4 to start!

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

😂I’m going to shop too❤

[@brendamaxwell7962]

You are a hoot, love watching your videos never a dull minute. Glad someone else using their bra for storage.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

It’s a great shelf unit 😂❤

[@maryloubenoit]

Thanks for the shout out. Love your pumpkin. The sequins are perfect. So glad you had fun with Kara. She comes to my Stitch day. Love her.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

👋🏼😊I heard! So jelly! Would love hanging out with you sometime ❤

[@granitestatestitchers]

Sarah will need to come hang out at my house for a weekend when the Salem group is meeting 😀

[@maryloubenoit]

@granitestatestitchers What a Great idea!

[@lindapearson3340]

Those Foxes are so adorable. Love your animals too. I did start Summer Quaker and I am doing mine on 20-count aida so it will be great to see what yours looks like on 18-count aida. I am doing mine 2 over 1. Happy Stitching.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

Together we can!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️

[@granitestatestitchers]

I think we were looking at the magazine with the creepy girl when I was at your house and was going through your box of old duplicate magazines. Now I will have to go see if I grabbed it, lol.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

😂She’s herrrrrreeeeeee! Now you have her too!

[@SessionMom]

So weird. I just got that 1992 cross stitch magazine in the mail yesterday! It's on the table in front of me. The BHG Cross-stitch and Country Crafts were always my favorite magazine subscriptions. I have the 1980s and 1990s. Every now and then I see some on eBay that I don't have and that was one of them. Your lighthouse is beautiful. Now I'll put that on my list. "I must go down to the seas again..." was a poem by John Masefield, which I learned in school. It's called Sea Fever.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

@@SessionMom 😳Then it’s a doll! She must have special powers!

[@robinwatson6651]

I love your Halloween stitching, I need to start in mine. Thank you for sharing

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

It’s time! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Gets me in the fall mood❤

[@Griffinand3]

Awesome video. Always great to spend time with you.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

🤗I’m behind on yours! I have to play catch-up ❤

[@lindaskinner5887]

Thanks for sharing ❤your time .

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

Thanks for watching!🤗

[@CrossStitcherTX]

You would be correct with Aida Forest Green selling out at 123 Stitch. 😋😂 Max from Pigeon Coop has new designs coming out in September. Sonora Desert is his next stop. Here kitty kitty. Back in the mid 90’s I believe the design I really loved is From The Love Of Cross Stitch magazine, that I once owned. 😢 It’s a little girl sitting on a window ledge looking out at the moon and stars. 14 count Aida in Navy. To this day I still think of her. For whatever reason she speaks to me. Do you happen to have or know of someone that might be willing to let me borrow it? Absolutely love all your videos. You’re a hoot! Back to your video….

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

Do you happen to have a picture? I’ll go through mine for you 😊Can’t wait to start a pigeon coop!!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@CrossStitcherTX]

I don’t. Wish I did. If you happen to have it the design is pretty obvious. My memory tells me the design takes up a good portion of the page. Don’t know if that is helpful or not. I appreciate you looking. 😁

[@BarbaraRice-l1z]

Stewart makes me think of how my Siames is with my German Shepherd. It's funny how the cats rule.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

He’s always hanging off Abby❤It’s quite a love affair 😂

[@jamiwomack2129]

😮 Am I the only one who didn't see the word "peace" on the tree. Great projects, and it's always so fun to watch you. Going to now, go and stop the video to see the word peace 😂😂😂😂

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

The angle I showed was wrong! Read sideways from bottom up😊

[@granitestatestitchers]

No, I didn't see it until she was putting the pattern away and she turned it the other way! It started sideways from the bottom of the trunk.

[@lorismith8309]

Seascapes 5 I stitched the whales and dolphins! Took a while and a lot of blending DMC colors for all those whales….but worth it.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

@@lorismith8309 such an awesome pattern! Did you frame it? Would make a great pillow too

[@lorismith8309]

I framed it years ago…..did it 33 years ago or so.

[@cherylrichards8951]

Regarding needle storage, have you considered the smaller tackle storage boxes for fishing gear? Especially the ones with the movable interior dividers (size where needed).

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

@@cherylrichards8951 Those are great organizers! I’ve never send them for other items but not needles. 🤔👍🏼

[@Linda_James]

My center pages were loose too. You didn’t tear it up

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

Ha! I thought I broke it in quickly 😢

[@Linda_James]

What were the foxes eating from your yard? I love seeing foxes. Thank you for sharing ❤

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

We love having this family ❤They are around all the time and must feel very safe here👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@marylynnlucas3918]

Another fun filled video. Question...why do you wash your Aida cloth? If my project needs to be washed it is after I am finished stitching it. The Aida shrinks and the stitches stand out more after is it pressed from the back. If the project is small I don't wash it. Can't wait to receive your response.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

I can’t stand the folded seam so I soak the fabric to relax it then press the crease out. Sometimes it needs an iron after my stitch but not always 😊

[@retrorx8180]

Ooo I just saw your scroll frame for your September stitch … I was just looking at those ones with a clip. Where did you get yours? Worth it?

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

I got mine on Temu for $15. I love it!!! If you do shop there use a third party payee like PayPal

[@retrorx8180]

@@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher oh wow I would never thought to look there. ordered. thank you!

[@carolynmiller0424]

Now I'm looking for white willow. I have the 92 magazine with that creepy girl. 😳 Frightening child. Lol

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

Riiiiiight?! 😂. I’m looking to buy more white willow too❤

[@ECapitalE]

I use my bra for storage too.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

Yay!!! I thought it was an odd thing to share but NOPE 😊

[@carolyndelong7558]

Peace tree designed many word trees and she did names by request.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

They are wonderful ❤

[@janetrcrossstitch]

Love the Tribal patterns. Looked them up and they are still available. whitewillowstitching.com So many tribal patterns that I want to do now. Thanks for sharing.

[@Sarahthenorthwoodsstitcher]

I saw that PDFs are available. May have to go collect a few more😊