Flosstube Extra: 2024 Cross Stitch WIP Parade

[@patquiltb77]

I love your uncomplicated organization. 16 wips is very good and doable. Wow! Lots of finishing! You help me know that I can finish my cross stitch, too. Thank you for all your helpful videos!

[@margaretyoder3007]

Great WIP parade Helen! Thank you for taking the time to put that together for us. I love watching you because you inspire me to finish things and move through my stash.

[@gracenellis1790]

As always your flosstubes are wonderful.Very efficient and enjoyable. I never miss one. Great finishing too

[@stitcherinalabama]

Thank you for sharing your wip parade with us … they are all amazing stitches 🧵 … until next time Happy Stitching 🧵 … 😊❤ Dena

[@alisonmary1443]

Good morning, enjoyed the WIPs with my coffee, so after that it may just be a stitchy day. Look forward to seeing your progress, love the work you've started. Thank you so much for the share 😺

[@marthacook]

It is good to know the balance of what we can handle and still leave a leeway for an irresistible chart. What I have learned from experience is to place a small piece of floss on the top of my piece knowing that is the top of my work. Your stitch work is amazing.

[@helend.flosstube]

There are always going to be irresistible charts! 😂

[@christieschepers5072]

Love your stitching. Find you liking a lot of my style and colors also. You showed several wips that I want to get. Thanks so much Helen!

[@Griffinand3]

Great video of beautiful WIPS! Always a joy watching you!

[@SandraEvenson-Hagen]

Fun WIP parade! I enjoyed seeing the projects that you will be working on and following your progress. I appreciate a smaller WIP parade, anything over 15-20 WIPs gives me anxiety. 😊 Thanks for sharing!

[@lorettahenderson8979]

Helen...beautiful whip parade...beautiful stitching...best wishes ❤

[@gleehanson4775]

Your stitching is wonderful and you seem to get so much done! I too get overwhelmed by too many wips for me. It makes me frustrated 🥴 and feel like I shouldn't start anything new. So I hold it to less than 10. That works for me. All power to everyone to do what works for you!!!

[@helend.flosstube]

I would love to get down to less than ten one year!

[@gleehanson4775]

@helend.flosstube it is a freeing experience, I must say. Don't know if I'll ever manage again to finish down to 0 WIPS, but what a buzz!

[@moosemom2010]

Great WIP parade! Can’t wait to see what you finish this year 🫎

[@helend.flosstube]

Thanks! There's a lot of stitching in my future!

[@kathyburch9591]

Love watching your WIP Parade - I agree I sometimes get over whelmed if I have too many things started. I am going to make an except spreadsheet so I can see them all in one place as of right now they are in my project bags and I forget what I have even started.

[@stephaniesnape6787]

Enjoyed your WIP parade - thank you 😊

[@josieashmore8827]

Happy new year Helen. I do enjoy your floss tubes so much

[@malewis205]

Amazing WIP Parade! Thank you for sharing. 🎉

[@Xstitchermetalhead]

I am also working on 324. It had taken a hiatus in December. I am back at it and I am a half row away from 50%. After looking at the dots on the chart I love seeing the motifs come alive. Fun stitch. And plus I’m filling up my Bisley that I bought Christmas 2023. Happy New Year!

[@leahlouisestitchery]

Hello from the east coast! That’s a great line up, I can’t wait to see your progress in 2025.

[@janehouston6822]

Another Great WIP Parade! Can’t pick a favorite, like them all. Thank You, Helen! I like the trees behind you, stunning!

[@helend.flosstube]

Thank you! 😊

[@lindamcivor8486]

Great work parade. Love the Mirabilia Snow Queen. Doing a bunch of finishing today

[@rhondazamora8136]

I loved your WIP parade. You have some lovely stitches going!

[@helend.flosstube]

Thank you!

[@SusanJackson-q5q]

Great wip parade Helen. Thank you again for another great video

[@lilbitcrafty9176]

Wonderful episode! Loved looking it will be fun to see how they come along 😊

[@carolconrow5132]

Enjoyed your WIP parade and will look forward to see your progress this year. Have a good week

[@helend.flosstube]

Thank you! 😊

[@FluffyTurtles]

Enjoyed your WIP parade. WIP parades are fun...my favorite to watch, too. Love your Autumn Lane project. The fabric is awesome. Looking forward to seeing it all done.

[@helend.flosstube]

Thank you! It's definitely one of my favorites as well.

[@elizabethbernal1078]

Oh Helen, all of your projects are absolutely stunning! I love them all! I look forward to seeing your stitching in the coming months!! Amazing stitching! 🧵 ❤

[@helend.flosstube]

Thanks so much!

[@loriirons9503]

Hi Helen! I really enjoyed your WIP parade and I absolutely love your Snow Queen and your new Tiny Modernist Believe in the Magic, it really pops on that lovely blue fabric you chose! I am a monogamous stitcher so I completely understand the too many WIPS dilemma, ( but I understand why people do have multiple projects going ) well actually I have two going right now lol. Happy New Year and Happy Stitching in 2025!

[@helend.flosstube]

I was glad I had the blue fabric in my stash, it's really perfect.

[@patz2917]

So many beautiful WIPS! I really love your Halloween piece on orange. Looking forward to seeing some of these reach the finish line. Happy New Year, Helen!

[@keithwhisler1080]

Hi Helen, wonderful wip parade. I love your start on Night Riders…love the black on the broom. I have made a few plans, a couple are large Santa’s. Thanks for sharing your wips, time and plans with us. Terri

[@helend.flosstube]

I'm already looking forward to getting back to Night Riders!

[@rosamoulton9775]

Great wip parade Helen love your projects 😊

[@sueb1828]

Great WIP parade. I gottta get my act together to work on WIPS in 2025. TFS.

[@thriftyArtiststitching]

Awesome stitching all thru the year. The Halloween medley piece will be sooo cool on that awesome fabric ! 😊😊😊

[@joyceclowser3371]

I can’t wait to see your progress! Happy stitching!!

[@tinageorge8759]

I truly enjoy your WIP parade……16 is just perfect!!!!!!!!!!! 💚

[@KathyKelly-mh7pc]

Thanks for sharing your WIPs with us! I look forward to seeing your progress this year!❤

[@lindaskinner5887]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful work.

[@cathyberry7219]

Great Wip parade you have a good blend of projects. Thank you for sharing. Have a blessed day

[@rosalinddurfee5311]

So glad to see you.

[@CriminallyCreative1]

Always enjoy seeing your WIPs! Your 16 are a lot less than my 94, but you do finish a lot more things than I do, and I just can't seem to resist the giant projects!

[@helend.flosstube]

I'm definitely at my max of giant projects right now! 😂

[@arlenedolan2913]

I truly enjoyed your WIP parade. You always make such good fabric and floss choices. Have you ever considered shortening what you stitch from a pattern? For example the watermelon piece. I would convince myself to finish the slice you started and call it a day. I guess I get overwhelmed by larger projects and just want a finish so I can move on to another piece. Have a great week!

[@noranok9442]

So much fun! Thank you, Helen. ❤❤❤

[@pauladimattei6434]

Loved seeing all of your WIPs. Looking forward to watching your progress. 😊

[@hanyamoschner163]

Fabulous WIP Parade! I am also team Halloween, and will enjoy watching your progress on those 🎃

[@kankerdoodleb9149]

Thanks f or a fun WIP parade. I love seeing your variety.

[@wendypassalent4426]

Like yourself, I am a product stitcher...I like to see/have the finished item. I have many patterns paired with fabric (since there is no thread so not sure if you'd consider it kitted),but there is definitely a difference between stuff kitted and actual WIPS. I'd go crazy if I had to many WIPS, my limited is probably 10, although the number of WIPS is higher if you add in my quilting, knitting, etc. Have a wonderful new year & happy stitching.

[@sharonwilliams6787]

Thank you for sharing your projects.

[@jensinejohnson3917]

Hello Helen, loved your wip parade. Plans were great you inspired me to change some of my plan. Hopefully it will help me complete some 9f my wips too. Best of stitching with littlest of frogging to you. Happy New Year!

[@helend.flosstube]

Thank you! 😊

[@sugarplumstitcher]

Thank you, Helen!

[@paulagolden4731]

Thanks for sharing your WIPS!

[@maureenlopez9266]

Hi Helen! Great WIP parade! My favorite of your WIPs I think is Autumn Snapperland. I love those simple little scenes, and the colors are just so beautiful. Comet is a close second😊. Keep warm and happy stitching!

[@helend.flosstube]

Autumn Snapperland had been in my stash for ages. I'm so glad I finally got it started!

[@DownAllisonRoad]

I love WIP Parades. Thanks for sharing!

[@anitatrippi7072]

I’m with you Helen. Too many Wips are overwhelming to me. I think I prefer monogamous stitching. Love your choices!

[@robinselby1]

Yeah that was Gina no I wish I had a few wood like you😮 the number for me is over 25 I think heck I don’t want to know! Probably my favorite one is Snow Queen personally! I love the Mira’s and Nora’s so much and I always 3 or 4 plus everything else going at one time! Blessings ❤

[@hannamansfield2894]

Helllo Helen....Happy New Year....love you and your musings and stitching and everything

[@helend.flosstube]

Thank you 😊

[@tonnypaulissen7818]

Great WIP parade🍀🍀

[@mrsbobbinlacer]

Thank you for the wip parade. It was truly fun to see all of your projects. I am very much like you to many projects and I can't handle it.

[@helend.flosstube]

It’s so much fun to see all the different projects, but for me personally it’s definitely better to keep the number down!

[@raggedygene1770]

Great projects - looking forward to your progress on each ❤❤

[@carolyndelong7558]

Great parade. A trick to working with wisper...use one strand wisper and one strand dmc in matching color. Wont break so much. Also use shorter length so wisper won't wear so much going in and out of holes.

[@helend.flosstube]

That's a great tip, thank you!

[@GillianT70]

I vote blue part of amazing fabric for murder of crows, ooops Happy New Year Helen 🎉

[@barbarabell6527]

thanks Helen! Great wip parade.Have a great week!

[@ginnyandersen8527]

So many pretties! Love Night Riders (cool moon!) and Real Comfort is going to be an heirloom. Don't give up on it. Send it to me if you don't want to finish it. LOL Sixteen sounds like an awful lot to me. I am much more of a monogamous stitcher.

[@helend.flosstube]

I'm hoping that by choosing a bigger fabric I enjoy working on it more. 😊

[@jilllazzeri7861]

Wow you got a lot done this year well done I am the far other end of the spectrum - start it all and finish .... not to much 😂😂

[@bethanyrutta2377]

So fun! Lovely plans! 😊

[@bonniecossiboon977]

Happy New Year. Great Wip Parade

[@sandragrasdock6377]

Great WIP parade Helen ❤ I am with you 16 A good amount …. More would stress me

[@DeeAZstitcher]

🎉 I love WIP parades, can't wait to View!!!

[@lorettalowe5096]

Great WIP parade. I’m sure you will be very successful again in 2025.

[@UntwistyourStitches]

Great parade. I finished my Historical Sampler but had to modify because I started it wrong on my fabric. I was far enough along I was not going to rip out or restart. Love the color fabric you chose. I live the watermelon piece. I may have to buy that one. I agree with having to many WIPs. I get overwhelmed when to many are on the go then I don't want to stitch. But I have many kits ready to be picked up when I have a finish.

[@helend.flosstube]

I've started a piece of two the wrong way over the years! 😊

[@patwiggers7872]

I don't keep a ton of WIPS going maybe ten. I pulled out four of them on Jan 1 and decided to work six days a month on each WIP until they are done. As I finish one, I'll look at what I have waiting to see if I want to work on one of them or start a new one to replace the finished one. The rest of the month I can work on whatever I want. I did start the Max Pigeon one on New Years Day (Blizzard Valley) and have 3 more marked in his book I want to do soon. Thanks for taking time to do this WIP parade Helen. I'm sure you would have rather been stitching. Hugs to the kitties. 😻😻

[@helend.flosstube]

That's a great plan! You'll get finishes, but still leave yourself time to start new things and work on whatever is calling to you.

[@MariaHlad]

16 WIPs is what I have too! Doing WIPGO to move 12 big ones forward.

[@DeeAZstitcher]

That was a lot of fun, nice plans. I agree too many WIPS can get very overwhelming. Ummm, your snow day should have been a new start day on the 1st day it snowed, then stitch it whenever. Happy Stitching!

[@helend.flosstube]

That probably would have been a much better way to approach it!

[@christinecrane4864]

Thank you for sharing!

[@alfredpratt9373]

Thank you 😊

[@Sewmena918]

Fun WIP parade! I love the Halloween stitches. 👻 Too many WIPS bug me too. I have 7 and I have quite a few kitted, but not started. I’m hoping to finish this year with very few of either. I would really prefer just to have a couple of projects going at any time. I also like to sew and quilt, so I have other things on my wish list to make. If only I didn’t work, LOL. Maybe I could get it all done.😊

[@j.a.devanney7523]

Happy new stitching year! Your collection of WIPS is a good mix. I enjoyed your review. I’m trying to finish a big girl Mira called Raven Queen. She’s stitched from the waist down. I do beading when the stitching is done. There is also some outlining that I will do then, too. Then I have 2 samplers to try to finish, not too big, then a bunch of smalls. I try to do a couple of Christmas ornaments now so I’m not in a finishing panic before the swap. As always, l look forward to checking in on your progress. Til next time, bye🪡🪡

[@helend.flosstube]

I stitched some Christmas ornaments at the beginning of the year last year and it was so nice to have them done and ready to gift when the time came!

[@shariellis2272]

Fun!!! Except I didn't see ANY Pigeon Coop designs, and I have learned that those are required!! (LOL!!). Happy Stitching!!!

[@helend.flosstube]

That's because I typically can't put them down until they're finished! Actually Orchard Raven is Pigeon Coop. And so was my new year start. 😊

[@cindygaudet1390]

Hi! I love the Autumn Lane ones that call for the coloured fabric so as to not stitch it all. I want to do Autumn towne. Thanks for the wip parade always love them!

[@helend.flosstube]

I love Autumn Towne! It's on my one day list, but I have to finish the Halloween one first!

[@bandestitchery]

Am I crazy to say that I am kind of jealous that you are doing Real Comfort on 28 count. I know it is going to be sooo much more enjoyable to stitch for you!

[@helend.flosstube]

It will be fun to compare ours when we're done to see the size difference!

[@bandestitchery]

@@helend.flosstube in 10 years 😅😅

[@joanietritschler9862]

Wow You’re the best

[@rosalinddurfee5311]

Have you seen Primrose cottages Drum? I'm working on that. Faye Riggsbee finished it and she's my finisher. Very cute stitch!

[@helend.flosstube]

Yes, that's a really cute one!

[@rosalinddurfee5311]

I think 3 WIPS would be my limit, ha ha

[@bbymks5]

I LOVE all your Halloween pieces 😭 ESPECIALLY the haunted house scene with the purple sky!!! I went to one of the LNS on Saturday and picked up Don't Feed the Plants by Ingleside Imaginarium...way outside my skillset but I'm hoping to get it started this weekend. Still waiting on an Etsy order of a couple patterns I ordered 12.23 (not amused and this has been the only order from Etsy I've ever had sitting at label printed for this length of time).

[@helend.flosstube]

Don't Feed the Plants is such a cool chart!

[@bbymks5]

@helend.flosstube have you stitched DFtP?!!? Told hubby, if I love it using the fabric I bought from the LNS and DMC I would like to order the fabric and floss that it calls for.

[@cathynanz9637]

Good to see your upcoming projects. I love the picture with the trees on the wall in the background. Do you remember what pattern that is? I am starting "And a Forest Grew". I started on white Edinburgh linen and decided I wanted some color and ordered a piece of linen from Stephanie. I am going to be much happier with the pale blue coloring.

[@helend.flosstube]

That is a Rosewood Manor chart called Evergreen Sampler from A Cross Stitch Christmas Handmade Memories from 2013. A lot of the trees are exactly the same from And A Forest Grew!

[@franparker2088]

👍

[@kathleenshortell4586]

Thank you. I am overwhelmed by WIPS but my fault🤪🔫

[@rosalinddurfee5311]

I am too! At least I'm not alone! 😊

[@helend.flosstube]

A few years ago I had a lot more than I currently do and learned that for me, it's better to keep that number down 😊

[@christinadanko6288]

❤❤❤

[@hildederho1793]

Hallo Helen, new year greetings from Belgium! How do you put a paper chart on Pattern keeper?

[@helend.flosstube]

Honestly I haven't much luck with that, but you're supposed to be able to scan a chart in and upload it as a PDF

[@itchingforstitching]

[@Karen-rz8jh]

In a few prior videos, I've heard you say that you get your PDF patterns printed at the library. Is that because you work at a library (you can print for free) or you just prefer the printing quality of their printers?

[@helend.flosstube]

It's actually because we don't have a color printer, just black and white. 😂 So if the chart is in color and won't go in to Pattern Keeper off to the library I go!

[@alisoncaronflyingfree]

Helen, I've been meaning to ask you a question. You've mentioned before that you print out your PDF patterns at the library. How does that work? Do you have to put them on a USB key? I want to begin getting some of my PDF patterns printed out also. Thanks much.

[@helend.flosstube]

Yes, I put them in a USB stick. At my library you can then print them out yourself. At some libraries they do it for you. You can also go to an office supply store, but the library is much closer for me. 😊

[@rosalinddurfee5311]

I tried to find the fabric "haven". Is that how to spell it?

[@helend.flosstube]

That's correct, but it may have been discontinued. I know several of their fabric colors were discontinued during Covid.

[@rosalinddurfee5311]

Thank you. Yes, I looked at their website.