FlossTube - A Special Edition WIP Parade! (July 27, 2023)

Welcome to a Special Edition WIP Parade!
I've been so inspired by everyone's mid-year WIP Parade, so I decided to pull out all my WIPS and share them. You won't believe how long ago I started my first WIP!!
Thank you again for joining me, I hope you will sit back, relax and stitch as we visit together.
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[@gailamason9802]

Thank you foe taking us on the gurney to your coming back to cross stitching. Loved all that you showed. I'm stitching on Map Of Hawk Run Hollow and loving it.

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Gail, so glad you enjoyed the video. I love all the Hawk Run Hollow charts, they are so pretty! Thanks so much for your comment. 🙂

[@elizabethcanales7170]

Well, then I saw.....😂😂😂😂. Loved your presentation! ❤

[@karencombsstudio]

So glad you enjoyed the video Elizabeth and thanks for your note. 🙂

[@AndraWolf-w3w]

Enjoyed seeing all your starts. You have shown me that if I want to start more than one at a time, I should! It’s all about what keeps us happy.

[@karencombsstudio]

So glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your nice note. 🙂 You are right, if you want to start something, go ahead. Stitch what you enjoy. 🙂

[@paulafinlinson3165]

Karen, I very much enjoy your videos. And like you quilting was my passion from the mid 80’s. Cross stitch during the 70’s & 80’s then 2020😷. Cross stitch came into my life with a vengeance again. I have 10 WIPS. Many more kitted and waiting for the day. Loved all of your stitching.

[@karencombsstudio]

Paula, thanks so much for your nice note, I enjoyed reading about your stitching journey! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. 🙂

[@hopevergin3218]

Oh, my goodness, i'm having such flashbacks

[@karencombsstudio]

Good ones, I hope. 🙂

[@conniedvorscak8608]

Such a fun visit ! I started cross stitching in the mid 1980's. I have finishes from years past that I enjoy. As the local cross stitch shops closed I moved on to quilting. Suddenly with the onset of Covid I wanted to be with my husband, not so much in my sewing room. Next thing I knew, l was ordering more and more patterns! My finished projects were given away as gifts to grandchildren and my longtime friend. I'm so amazed at all that you have accomplished! 14 count to 56!!! Wow! How many WIPs do I have?!! A gazillion!!!

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Connie, so glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your nice comment. I loved reading it. 🙂

[@melaniew4354]

Oh I'm so glad I came across your channel! My first cross stitch project was in 1976 when i was 13 and it was a Holly Hobbie which i made into a pillow and my sister still has it. I also quilt and knit and started all that in the 70s. I stitched all the time in the 80s and 90s and believe me i stitched my share of geese and teddy bears, lol! How did I get so old? Like you, i stopped stitching at the end of the 90s because i had small children, got into other crafts, etc...and yes, knitting is the most portable craft of them all. I got back to my stitching about 2019 too and all this new terminology just makes me laugh, WIPs, and all that. Whatever, I'll just keep calling it a project. I have old abandoned projects from the 90s with crunchy masking tape on them, and i have stopped that practice! 😂 I have finished a few of those oldies too and that's quite satisfying. I am happy to use tote bags and plastic shopping bags, I'd rather spend my money on other things. I see some people with what has to be $1000 worth of project bags on the shelves behind them and that blows my mind. If I'm going to spend $1000 I'm buying one of those fancy Ptoky floor stands from the man in the Ukraine. I usually have 1-2 cross stitch projects, 1-2 knitting projects and 1 quilting project at a time, that's all i can handle at once, but at least I'm finishing things.

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Melanie, so glad you enjoyed the video and found my channel. I enjoyed reading your comments so much and can identify with a great deal of it. I to remember the crunchy masking tape on some of the projects from the 90s. 😂 Thanks so much for your comment, I really appreciate it 🙂

[@kdstitcher]

Hi Karen, I loved your wip parade. Your history of cross stitching was similar to mine, so enjoyed reminiscing about how we stitched in the 80's. And all that backstitching we did, so happy the new patterns have broken away from that trend. I came back to cross stitch in early 2020, ordered a kit on Amazon. I also did the same blackwork stitch along. Then I discovered floss tube. I was in love, lol. Just like you, I watch, I stitch and I make notes for my next order. I have about 14 wips. Love this journey. Thank you very much for sharing.

[@karencombsstudio]

So glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for your lovely note. I enjoyed reading about your stitching journey and you are correct about all the backstitch. lol, glad that’s gone by the wayside. 👍 Thanks again for your lovely note, I appreciate it very much. 🙂

[@lorettahenderson8979]

Katen...love all your whips...beautiful stitching...would love to hear about your quilting seminars...loved seeing your tomatoes that you canned...best wishes and happy stitching ❤❤

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Loretta, so glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your lovely note. 🙂 I do have an online Craftsy class: New Directions in Tumbling Blocks that is now available. I will put the link below. 🙂 www.craftsy.com/class/new-directions-in-tumbling-blocks/

[@lauriecarlson4672]

I really enjoy your videos, thank you for doing them! May I suggest holding the patterns and your stitched WIPS up a little longer, please? We don't get enough time to appreciate them because it is so fast. I'd love to be able to 'oooh' and 'ahhhh' a little longer, please! Lol!!! Thanks, again!!!! Edited here: I'm glad you did a WIP parade! This really shows your favorite pieces!!!

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Laurie, so glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for your comment. I wondered if the length of time I was holding them was okay. Your feedback is very helpful. I will be happy to give each project a little more time in the spotlight. 🙂 Thanks again !

[@lindaskinner5887]

Wonderful WIPS. Thanks for sharing.

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks so much, so glad you enjoyed seeing the WIP parade and thanks for your note 🙂

[@stitchinglonestar6362]

Such beautiful WIPs Karen! Thanks for sharing ❤.

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks so much, so glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

[@autumnjewel357]

First time I've watched your Flosstube. Was fun to hear your journey in cross stitch. I owned a stitching country shop in the 80's. My how things have changed in the stitching world, since then. Happy Stitching! In March Madness I kitted & started about 20 new projects. First time I went that WILD!

[@karencombsstudio]

So glad you enjoyed the video and welcome! Thanks so much for your nice note. I loved reading it!!

[@barbarahouser]

Great WIP Parade! I too began cross stitching in the 80's, stopped in the mid nineties because of my workload and other obligations. I tried to just slow my roll with stitching, but it just didn't work. When retirement came along, I jumped into the deep end! I have tried the WIP route, but it is too stressful for me so I now have only 1 large Sampler & 1 small project going at the same time. This gives me a breather from the major project and an even flow of finishes to show for my efforts. I have 20+ kitted projects & probably about the same number of partially kitted projects; If this is insurance to aging, I will live to be 200!! LOL! Thanks for sharing your projects with us, I love seeing all the WIP parades, they are very inspiring. Happy Stitching!

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Barbara, so glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for your lovely comment. I enjoyed reading about your stitching journey so much! 🙂

[@keryncooper9319]

So funny,I do my exercises whilst watching flosstube and also stop to add to my wish list.

[@karencombsstudio]

Makes the time pass quicker. 🙂

[@lindarubano4562]

This is the first time I watched you…I enjoyed it so much..

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks Linda! So glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for your nice note. 🙂

[@sharonkenshalo831]

Have numerous sips also I have one of the wooden frames that you showed also.

[@stitchingbettynos]

🌼🌼🌼

[@marydamico8552]

I loved this Floss Tube! My cross stitch journey started in the 80's also. I had to laugh when you said you bought your first cross stitch project at Frank's Nursery and Crafts. We lived in Indiana for 7 years until 1990 and I used to shop at the one in Ft. Wayne. My daughter was also born in 1980 and my son in 1983. How funny! Its been so enjoyable getting back into cross stitch again. The only problem is that it interferes with my quilting, embroidery and knitting. Which, in the long run is not a terrible problem to have! Thanks for a great WIP Parade!

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Mary, thanks so much for tutu note and I so glad you enjoyed the video. I loved Frank’s Nursery. Always loved going there. 🙂

[@user-vi6rb2nt1p]

What a wonderful Floss Tube--thank you for sharing your stitching journey! Last week I watched a Floss Tube where the lady had over 90 (!!) WIP's! I have about half a dozen which I've started in less than a year, and two finishes. I'm a long-time quilter, and only started cross stitching in the last year.

[@karencombsstudio]

So glad you enjoyed the floss tube and thank you for your lovely comment! I know quite a few quilters, who have either started doing cross stitch or have come back to it after many years. . . . of course, continuing to do quilting as well. Won’t ever give that up. 🙂🙂 Thanks again for your note!

[@JanetJabber]

I loved watching your Wip Pararde. 🌻🌻🌻

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks, Janet! So glad you enjoyed it and thanks so much for your note. 🙂

[@sharonkenshalo831]

Yes I have that type of frame also I can relate to that era also. Enjoy your videos I too am a quilter but great videos.

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks, Sharon! So glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your note! 🙂

[@billboisvert8307]

Enjoyed seeing your wips and hearing the stories that went with them.

[@karencombsstudio]

So glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your nice note! 🙂

[@bettyechristain9711]

Lovely floss tube.

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks Betty. So glad you enjoyed it and thanks so much for your note. 🙂

[@clarekalantar]

What an enjoyable WIP parade! I love all your storytelling along the way. I took a long sabbatical from cross stitch for much the same reasons you did…children, career etc. And I have several old, old projects from my time in EGA. I still count them in my WIPs because I do have hope of returning to them. Thank you again for your video today. I look forward to the next time.

[@karencombsstudio]

So glad you enjoyed the video and thank you so much for your nice note. Your past projects from the EGA must be beautiful! 🙂

[@sheilalovesgreg3489]

Love the WIP’s!

[@karencombsstudio]

So glad you enjoyed them, it was fun going through them. Thanks so much for your note! 🙂

[@karenolson2532]

I to returned back cross stitching two years ago. Great floss tube. Happy stitching.

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks Karen, so glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your note. 🙂

[@reneebebla422]

Beautiful WIP Parade. Very inspiring and encouraging for 56 count! I am stitching Fifteen Friends: Jane Ann 1871 on 46 count with Surfine nd find it very soothing to stitch, almost did 56 count. I did get 56 count for Hannah Wilson so can’t wait for it to arrive. I am trying the 56 count after I watched Katie Strachan and the smalls on higher count, so dainty and fun. You are right, good readers no light are your best friend. I love the Hands Across the Sea Sampler SAL’S for the breakdown isn’t overwhelming and you feel like you accomplished your goal for the month. I have lots of kitted projects but probably only work on 5 to 6 each week. I have my own rotation but if something else pulls me then I stitch that. Harriet need Hannah are beautiful.

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Rene! Thanks so much for your lovely note, I appreciate it so much. I love Katie’s FlossTubes and her work absolutely inspirational. You are right, 56 count is very doable with good readers and good light. I also find it best to work on during the day rather than in the evening. Thanks again for your nice note ! 🙂

[@christawildesen4664]

Our daughter and her family live in Spring Hill, Tn. We visited the Carter House in Franklin…and also several other sites. Beautiful area. Thank you for sharing your amazing stitching!❤

[@karencombsstudio]

Christa, so glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for your lovely note. 🙂

[@candiesanchez2304]

I’m a Lansing born girl too! How fun to hear you mention Frank’s! I loved Richters, too! I just returned to stitching also…loving your channel and look forward to watching more. Thank you for sharing 😊

[@karencombsstudio]

Lovely to hear from you! I had forgotten about Richter’s!! Yes, another lovely place to find needlework supplies and so much more. So glad you are enjoying the videos and thanks so much for your nice note! 🙂

[@VirginiaEfta]

I so enjoyed your history of your cross stitch journey. How amazing. And what beautiful stitching! My story is similar. My first cross stitch was done in Japan 30+ years ago. Then I stopped for several years and also got rid of many projects, charts, and magazines. Then in 2022, I started up again and have been going gang busters. I don't have so many finishes, because I have started many large pieces. But I am just just so snug as a bug in my chair for stitching with all my projects and have once again increased my sth considerably again. Thank you so much for your story and sharing of your WIPS.

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Virginia, thanks so much for your lovely comment, I enjoyed reading about your stitching journey very much! I to seem to gravitate toward the larger pieces. Lol I have a few finishes, but more WIPS since they are so large. . . . and that is OK. I am loving what I’m working on and it’s all part of the process. Thanks again for your nice note 🙂

[@beckyess7399]

I did, in fact, enjoy seeing all of your WIPS. I also learned to embroider in the mid-70’s, and made a few cross stitch things back in the early to mid 80’s. I put it down for decades just like you did and got back into it in 2022. We are in step!! As you spoke about traveling and your quilting guild, it made me curious to know if your path ever crossed with my cousin’s. She owned a quilt shop in Manhattan, Kansas years ago. She’s the one who taught me how to quilt. You brought back a lot of special memories for me. Thank you! ❤

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Becky, thanks so much for your note, so glad you enjoyed the video. I taught for several quilt guilds in Kansas over the years and may have been to the shop in Manhattan. Wonderful quilt guilds in Kansas. I enjoyed visiting very much! Thanks again for your note. 🙂

[@dianemckoon7808]

WoW! That was great! You advanced so quickly to 56ct and silks ❤ Liked looking at your choice of whips. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼 Take care

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks, Diane! So glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your nice comment. 🙂

[@shariwitt1977]

So glad I found you! I loved your wip parade. We have a few things in common: cross stitch (of course!), I'm from Michigan too (now in Ohio by way of Kentucky), also was a librarian - of every kind (even gov docs) predominantly children's coordinator and outreach and academic reference. I went to library school at U of M Ann Arbor (you too?) I don't know how you can resist finishing your first wip from the 80's! The one on Aida. It's super sweet. I would finish it and frame it and hang it proudly next to all your others. Just me.

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Shari, so glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your comment. I enjoyed reading your story so much! 🙂 My oldest WIP is still in perfect shape. I do need to decide what to do with it. I believe I still have all the threads needed. I really need it pull it out and go over everything in it. I agree, it’s so cute and I still love it. 🙂 Thanks again!

[@elizabethcanales7170]

❤❤❤

[@jacquelineboyd1269]

I think you should finish your 1987 piece for fun. Beautiful projects. Thanks for sharing them

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Jacqueline, so glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your nice comment. I agree, my oldest WIP still is charming, even after all these years. I might just have to put it in to my rotation again. 🙂

[@virpir2453]

❤

[@juliaomcs]

Love your videos, great insight.

[@karencombsstudio]

So glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for your nice note! 🙂

[@juliew3740]

That was a lovely wip parade. I also have a quite old wip. Mine isn’t as old as yours, but it nearly is. It is an Elsa Williams carousel horse that I had almost finished when I put it away. That was in the really early 1990’s. I’m not sure it will ever get finished but I don’t think I’ll dispose of it. I put too much effort into it to throw it out. Thanks for sharing all your projects. I especially like the Live on Little pattern. Anything Paulette creates is beautiful to me. I just love her style.

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Julie, so glad you enjoyed the video and thank you so much for your nice note. Someone mentioned to me that I could turn my old whip into something else like a project bag or even a tote. I may think about that. As you mentioned so much, work was put into our older WIPs, but I doubt I will finish it, still on the fence about that. I may think about using it in another way. 🙂 Thanks again for your note, I enjoyed reading it.

[@kimedge7493]

Hello, Karen! I guess can't exactly call them WIPs if I haven't started them but I have seven projects left on my yearly to-do list. I've finished six. I'm still assembling the pieces for some of them. One is a wool applique, one's a garment, and the rest are embroidery. I must have been standing behind the door when the Lord passed out the "project bag" gene. I'm fine with sticking to good old ziploc storage bags or grocery bags if I need to take a project along to a doctor's waiting room. They make more sense for you gals who travel and want to have something pretty. It would be fun if you took us along for a trip to the historical house! I never get out any more! :)

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Kim, thanks so much for your lovely note, I always enjoyed reading your comments. I do enjoy a good project bag, but I also have quite a few things kitted in Ziplock bags, so I’m right there with you. 😉 I’m trying to figure out a good time to do the field trip video. Right now it’s so beastly hot where we live, thinking it might be better in a little bit, when it cools just a little. I’m looking forward to sharing this history and am happy to hear you are as well. 🙂 Thanks again for your note !

[@colleenbaker2310]

Just found your channel and enjoying it very much. My ears perked up when you mentioned Frank's Nursery! I thought...she must live in MI (now I know you're in TN), but I grew up in Bay City, MI and I remember Frank's. My mother and I use to go there for craft supplies. Love your stitching WIP's (and your quilts...I'm a quilter, too) and just yesterday I got out my Houses of HRH chart and decided to kit it up to start. I've already done Village and it was an enjoyable stitch. I stitch mainly samplers but I'm interested (enabled) by many other patterns. Can't imagine stitching on 56 ct.!!

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Colleen, so glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your lovely note!! I loved reading it. 🙂 Frank’s was the best, always enjoyed going there. We were born and raised in Michigan, moved to Tennessee in 1990, but still have family in Michigan. We love living in Tennessee, but still Michigan our home state. :) Thanks again for your note!

[@sharoncervenka5405]

Hi Karen, Enjoyed your "Parade" 😊 I am fairly new to your flosstube. I have thought about purchasing the Carter House and Live on Little. I think I will take the plunge. I agree with you, about being inspired. I have two WIP's, but I also am a quilter. 😊

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Sharon, so glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for your nice note. I think you will enjoy both of those charts, I know I am really enjoying stitching on both You notice I didn’t even show the quilts I’m still working on. I didn’t add those into the count. lol Thanks again for your note 🙂

[@sharonannc.3079]

Karen ….. always enjoy your FT videos. Your soft spoken well versed explanations help those who are new to xstitch…I’ve been stitching 🧵 since 74.. gradually building my WIPS is always on Going :-)) I’m a Reproduction Museum Samplers… love them Ackworrh school samplers, Quakers have been my constant, in between other WIPs 😉 I also have the same frame you showed :/)) I don’t use it as I stitch in hand … BTW all those tomatoes 🍅 look yummmy Take care Karen

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Sharon, thanks so much for your nice note! I love the Quaker samplers. I have Hannah Smith (purchased from European Reproduction Samplers) kitted and waiting it’s turn. 🙂 Loved reading about your stitching, thanks again for your lovely comment.

[@leslies6008]

Loved your floss tube. Our stitching paths are parallel. I started cross stitch around ‘85 and then caught the quilting bug. Returned to cross stitch in 2021 ( still quilting ). I also quickly jumped to higher linen count and silk. The difference is that you are incredibly productive and organized whereas I stitch at a snail’s pace and my stuff is a hot mess 😂.

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Leslie, we do seem to be on a parallel path with our stitching/quilting journeys. I enjoy working with the higher count, linen and silk so much. It’s a pleasure to work with. The organization probably comes from my library science background. lol I can’t help but organize everything. 😬 Thanks again for your note, so glad you enjoyed the video 🙂

[@lindaseftick3956]

I enjoyed your wip parade. It was great to hear how you started cross stitching and put it aside and started again. You are brave to be doing 56 ct. I have 6 wips right now but I have some projects kitted that I’ve been itching to start.

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Linda, thanks so much for your lovely note and I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. I am just like you, I have several projects kitted that I can’t wait to start. . . . trying to hold off until I get one or two of my WIPS finished. Thanks again for your note 🙂

[@geritavares6031]

Hi Karen, I stumbled upon your channel and enjoyed watching all your works in progress. Currently I am working on Elizabeth Westin 1828. I enjoyed learning what you have worked on.

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks so much for your note and I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. Elizabeth Weston is a beautiful sampler! Thanks again. 🙂

[@sandrafromsydney8192]

Karen our story has so many similarities though I am several years older than you and I never quite stopped doing cross stitch completely. However it took a back seat to other crafts and was basically limited to kits I bought from a catalogue here in Australia. But I was so amazes by the options now available when I stumbled across floss tube. Happy stitching

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Sandra! So glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for your nice note. 🙂 We had an opportunity to visit Sydney in January 2020 and loved our time there. 🙂🙂

[@marciamitchell1384]

Only 3 wips. Enjoyed your flosstube!

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks, Marcia! 🙂

[@JillPoteat-fd5xi]

I loved your Wips. Especially, your oldest one. I think it is so beautiful! I wish I could find the kit to do.

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks, Jill! So glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for your nice note! 🙂 You may be able to find it on eBay. I will put the name and the company below. Country Home A-B-C Sampler By Paragon Needlecraft It was a kit with 14 ct Aida and the called for DMC floss Hope you were able to find one Did a quick search and I found a few on eBay. Here is one: www.ebay.com/itm/225664176579?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=rF7jVSlRT4W&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=u44nOkw7TNW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[@djcuzy12]

I enjoyed your WIP parade very much! I now have about 10 WIPS after going to a Teresa Kogut retreat 😱 And I am planning a celebratory start of a Long Dog Sampler when my Gus’ Floor stand arrives in a couple weeks. That should be my BD start too but…..I might have a couple more kitted up projects but I did recently finish Fruits of Plenty by MFE. I started back to CCS during Covid. I fell down the rabbit hole❣️

[@karencombsstudio]

So glad you enjoyed the whip parade and thank you for your nice note. I enjoyed reading about your stitching journey very much. Falling down a rabbit hole is a perfect way to describe this!! 🙂

[@marciaclifford7107]

I loved Frank's! It was so sad when they closed their doors. Thanks for the memories, many that are older than yours (feel better?).

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Marcia, thanks so much for you note! Wasn’t Frank’s Nursery wonderful?!? I always enjoyed going there. 🙂

[@cleocat8415]

Loved you wip parade! I have about 25 wips. Thank you, Lonnie in Texas Aka Cleocat

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks, Lonnie! So glad you enjoyed the WIP Parade and thanks so much for your nice note! 🙂

[@sharonrobinson9958]

Thank you! What an amazing WIP parade!! Wow! You went straight to 40, 46, & even 56 count!!! You have some amazing starts, they all are so beautiful!! Again thank you so much for your parade!!! 💖✨💫🌟💝

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Sharon, I’m so glad you enjoyed the WIP parade and thank you so much for your lovely note. Made my day!! 🙂

[@stickingtothedps7427]

Enjoyed watching your video and seeing your projects I have live on little already kitted up and ready to stitch but I have decided this year is a finish as many wips as I can year started with 30 and I’m down to 22 hopefully at 15 by end of year but Live on Little is really tempting to start yours looks beautiful

[@karencombsstudio]

I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your note. I enjoyed reading about your stitching Finishing that many of your WIPS this year is fantastic! Thanks again for your nice note. 🙂

[@dianapratt9708]

Thank you for another great flosstube. I found flosstube May of 2022. Like so many people I hadn’t stitched for years. Now I’m back into it. I have 6 wipes & 10 kitted. Thank you for sharing your projects. You are so inspiring & motivating!

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks, Diana! So glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for your lovely comment! 🙂

[@carmieanderson3593]

I have numerous hobbies so I probably have 200 or more wips

[@karencombsstudio]

Carmie, so many yummy projects to pick from ! 🙂

[@kckoehler1766]

Thoroughly enjoyed your WIP parade. So inspiring as always. I probably have 5 WIPS but I always smile when I see you have a new flosstube out. Thank you. 😀

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi KC, thanks so much for your lovely note, I appreciate your kind comments so much. 🙂

[@suesew2909]

Karen I absolutely love your videos! You are so talented! I think you are a great teacher also. I’m learning a lot from you. I enjoy seeing what you are doing. I’m self taught but I’m learning as I go along. Floss tube has helped me out a lot. I look forward to more classes. Thankyou. Sue Chavanne

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Sue! So glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for your lovely note. I appreciate it so much. I also enjoy watching FlossTube and have learned so much from other FlossTubers. So much talent and inspiration available to us. 🙂 Thanks again for your note.

[@stychaddict4499]

Hi Karen. Thanks for the WIP parade. I have 15 WIPs at various stages, but really seem to like working monogamously. However, once I've finished Jenny Bean for the parlor, I may try some kind of rotation.

[@karencombsstudio]

I know what you mean, sometimes I stay with a project until the end and other times I pop are pins between them. I love the Jenny Bean charts. I have several waiting to be kitted. Thanks so much for your note! 🙂

[@anitaphelps8663]

Hi Karen. I started cross stitching in the 80s too. Don't know why, but I stopped for a number of years. Started back up in Nov and I am enjoying it again. So much has changed, project bags, needle minders, and flosstube! I love it all! I only stitch on one project at a time, but so enjoy all the WIPs!

[@karencombsstudio]

@@anitaphelps8663 so glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your nice comment! 🙂

[@dianamyery8402]

I am working on Stitchrovia. On the beach. I have two whips one at home and one at my trailer, so I guess I’m a monogamous teacher

[@karencombsstudio]

Diana, thanks so much for your comment, I enjoyed reading about your WIPS. 🙂

[@susanmccoy1992]

Oh I love seeing everyone's WIPs! It does encourage me, but I will always be a monogamous stitcher🤗

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Susan, I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and thank you so much for your note!! 🙂

[@bjoyp7463]

I’m so happy to have found you! You summarized my story as well and also watch while shopping. And yes, I keep wondering why we accumulate so much? I guess we see so much more now and oh my, have a little more time plus there are so many talented designers! I love all your WIPS and look forward to going back to watch your others. Very inspiring and educational too! The field trip to Carter House sounds fabulous!

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks so much for your nice note, so glad you enjoyed the video. You were right about accumulating, how does it happen so quickly? lol But, that’s okay, I what I’ve got in my stash and look forward to starting/working on them. Just yesterday, I was looking at what I may start next. 🙂 Thanks again for your nice note. 🙂

[@annm8680]

I only started cross stitch in Feb. 2020 although I was an embroiderer and needlepointer. I started quilting in 2017. I’ve been sewing since I was 10. I went through my wips today and came up with 20 that I intend to pursue. Ideally, I would like to reduce them to a dozen. Would you consider making your oldest wip into a project bag or retreat tote just as it is? It would certainly be a conversation starter.

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Ann, thanks so much for your note, I enjoyed reading it very much. 🙂 Wonderful idea about my oldest whip, I’m still trying to decide whether to finish it or turn it into something else. I agree, it would be lovely conversation starter. 🙂

[@bonniewalker6340]

I truly enjoy your Flosstube. It is well planned and well spoken. Carry on, I might have to leave in a short while to get my needed sleep …

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks, Bonnie. So glad you enjoyed it and thanks for your note. 🙂

[@kathymcdonald367]

I loved your video and your history of your projects. It was very inspiring. Keep them coming.!

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Kathy, thanks so much! 🙂

[@simplebirdstudio6524]

Thank you for this inspiring Flosstube. I love everything you do. You’re so generous with your thought processes for each project.

[@karencombsstudio]

Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind comment so much! 🙂

[@cherylrandleman2195]

Love all your wips - you’ve advanced very quickly. I also came back to cross stitch just over a year ago - I’ve started 19 projects and finished 13 of those including Blackbirds Christmas Garden and Away we ride! So I have 6 wips at the moment and probably 15 more things kitted and ready to start!

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Cheryl, thanks so much for your nice note and I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. You finished 13! Wow, that is fantastic!!!

[@murieltoole4424]

Thank you for sharing your WIP parade your stitching is lovely. Flag Flock is one I've been wanting to start for a long time. Are you using 1 or two threads on 36? Thank you again

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Muriel, so glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your note. I am using one strand of thread on 36. For me, coverage was good, so I decided not to do two.

[@user-vi6rb2nt1p]

I love your interesting, informative videos--and your beautiful zinnias! I want to try stitching on linen, and I'd like to have your suggestion about a brand and count to try. I'm a new cross stitcher this year, and have only worked with 14 and 18 Aida. I purchased some Vikki Clayton Silks because I love that they are on little spools. Thank you very much for your suggestion.

[@karencombsstudio]

Thanks so much for your comment, so glad you enjoyed the video. As far as moving from aida to linen, I would suggest starting with Lugana. It is an even weave and would be easier to start with. Take a look at my episode 17, I talk specifically about moving from Ada to linen and have suggestions with a little demo. (I believe it is 17, could be 16) If you have time, scan through some of my older videos, I do often talk about Notions that have helped me make the move from Ada to linen, such as higher, powered readers and different lights I’ve found helpful. Let me know how it goes. 🙂

[@marykjersten4336]

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts regarding each piece. I have gotten some tips. This has been very inspiring to me. I also have 10 WIPs in progress, although I have joined WIPGO which has inspired me to get working on these older projects. Have a great week!

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Mary, so glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your nice note. I will have to check out WIPGO. I have not heard of that. Thanks for the tip!🙂

[@kristinaciminillo9908]

Love your video Karen! ❤ I have that Country Home ABC Sampler kit too. Just found it in the bottom of my closet. It was a resale shop/senior find. Will you be finishing it?

[@karencombsstudio]

Hi Kristi! So glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your note. I may put the Country Home ABC Sampler back into my rotation. It still is charming to me, even after all these years. Just some thing about it. 🙂 Thanks again for your note. 🙂

[@kristinaciminillo9908]

@karencombsstudio 😊 Thank you for your reply. I just decided I am going to try tea or coffee dying on this aida from the kit. It will be my first time dying fabric. Hopefully, it will go well. If I rinse it in fabric softener afterwards, will that help the stiffness, do you know?

[@karencombsstudio]

@@kristinaciminillo9908 Hi Kristin, I’m really not sure if the fabric softener would help the stiffness or not. I’ve never tried it. Might be worth a try. . . .

[@soulfulcrane]

❤ I still wondering how much prolific we were as quilters and stitchers before year 2k!! I’m going to be 50 this year, and I have tons and tons of Ufo but also finished projects from ‘90. Before life getting hectics I was a busy bee stitcher and quilter too 😂 Love to see your parade. ❤

[@karencombsstudio]

So glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for your note! 🙂

[@marybonds1396]

I think I have 15-20 wips