Flosstube: Ornamentations #64 - New year, new starts!

[@justsewsherry7184]

Enjoyed your video. I was so happy that you will be kitting up This Happy Morning. I have had the chart for awhile but while watching your progress I knew I wanted mine to look like yours. Everything you do is beautiful.

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you so much! I don't have an eta on the kits yet as we're waiting on thread to be dyed, but they are most definitely coming and I can promise it will be worth the wait. Those beautiful reds and greens are just fabulous!

[@lindaskinner5887]

Happy New Year. Thanks for sharing your beautiful cross stitch.

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you, and happy new year!

[@francescadelsignore1641]

Hi Katie, I love ornaments and I'm planning one ornament for every month on 2024. Your Mom’s ornaments and pillow are fabulous! I'm Italian and we have'nt a great ornament crosstitch tradition, so I start my crosstitch ornament about only two years ago. Happy new year and happy stitching!❤❤❤

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Starting a collection just means you have lots of room to grow! It's a wonderful thing to stitch and collect - happy stitching!

[@lorrainebergstrom9391]

The pumpkin pie hat is priceless. Thank you for sharing your beautiful ornaments made by both you and your mom. I'm looking forward to your one ornament per month and think that's a great idea to get ornaments done by next Christmas. Wishing you a very Happy New Year and looking forward to your next video and a recap of the Attic.

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you so much, and happy new year! One ornament a month is very doable, but it really adds up and will mean lots of new treasures for the tree next year!

[@Merrcraw15]

Great video! Enjoyed your Christmas ornaments and stitching! Happy New Year!🎉 Enjoy The Attic. I am excited to hear about what you are presenting!

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you so much, and happy new year!

[@starrynightstitcher7509]

Happy New Year Katie! I am just getting caught up, I was a few episodes behind. The stitchy gifts your mother made you for Christmas were beautiful! She is so talented, I see where you get it from. 😊 I agree, keeping up your tree until mid January sounds wonderful. And your Nutcracker turned out so sparkly!! What color lights do you like on your trees? I like white. And can I just say as I write my paragraph…your glass ornaments are stunning! WOW! Happy Stitching!

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you so much! I use white lights just because my ornaments are so colorful, but I've seen some really stunning and happy trees with multicolored lights on them - can you really go wrong in decorating a tree???

[@debraculpepper2396]

I love, love your mom gifts! Such talent you both have. We also had a wonderful Christmas, it came and went so fast as it usually does. Enjoyed the video Katie. See you again hopefully soon. Thank you!!♥️

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you so much!

[@nenitabutcher5518]

Great video Katie I love the ornaments your mom made for you, that is so special. Every year I stitch an ornament for my daughter. I am collecting them in a box for her one day. Happy New Year!

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Happy new year! And that is so lovely - I'm sure your daughter will treasure them. All the things my mom has made for me over the years have a very special place in my heart

[@kathrynlackey2611]

I’m planning on doing a 12x12 of Christmas ornaments as well. I hope I can keep up! Planning retirement soon can’t wait to have more time to stitch ! Thank you for sharing you are a joy to visit with! Kathryn ( I grew up with Katy with a y)😊

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you so much! And it's a great goal, whether you keep up or not - whatever you can finish will look great on the tree!

[@kristyschoch5202]

Always fun to hear about your Christmas with your family! Your tree just beautiful!! Happy New Year to you Katie!! Looking forward to all your wonderful content for 2024! Thank you for all you shared in 2023❤️

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you so much, and happy new year!

[@autumnjewel357]

Just a thought, but if you saw trees by the curb, they were probably real, & put up early & dried out, the needles were dropping. The owners probably had no choice but to dispose. I did go over to Susan's floss tube, & loved her antique tree. I'm doing something similar and it will be left up all year. Happy New Year!

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Happy new year! Susan's tree is just a masterpiece, so inspiring!

[@conniedvorscak8608]

Hello Katie, Happy New Year! Very much enjoyed your video! I like to put up my Christmas tree in October! I turn on the lights Thanksgiving day evening. We enjoy it all thru the Christmas season. I usually try to take it down just after 3 Kings Day. Last year my husband wanted it up even longer! Your ornaments and your mother's are absolutely beautiful.

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Happy new year! They are such a joy and really brighten up the season - I'm always so sad to take mine down!

[@BarbaraS1966]

Happy New Year to you, Katie! I love hearing all about your family gifts and your thoughts on all things Christmas! Your tree is so beautiful and your Mom’s ornaments and pillow are fabulous. Lucky you!

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Happy new year, and thank you!

[@Melinda0329]

Happy New Year! Great video, so much fun. I would love to get the pajama pattern from your mom, I need to sew a new pair 😀

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you! It's McCalls 6659 but what really makes them is the Liberty lawn, so soft and comfy!

[@Melinda0329]

​@@katiestrachanembroidery Thanks Katie - I love lawn but have never ordered Liberty, I'm on it! Best..

[@linwillow7344]

I just loved your Pumpkin pie hat! So much fun at your family home. May the New Year bring more success and an unlimited creative flow!

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you so much! The pie hat was such a hit - we all enjoyed it at the time but looking at photos of the day is even better because you can't see the headband at all, it looks like I just glued some pie to my head to celebrate Christmas...

[@janet1717]

Happy New Year to you. Your cheerful face is a delight. New starts, yippee.

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you and happy new year!

[@athenabesa380]

Happy New Year! I love that angel behind you on your tree. Would you do another angel kit so I could have 2 matching angels? Looking forward to the new year with you and your creative ideas.

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Happy new year! But no, there will not be another angel kit - there are still Theodoras so you could do another to have 2 matching angels, but that's it!!!

[@barbarahunter6375]

Happy new year to you too. Loved the pumpkin pie hat. Can’t wait to see you do this year!

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you so much, and happy new year!

[@CristianeBramble]

Happy New Year! Loved all that your shared today! Sorry about the chipped glass. Looking forward to what you have in store for this year🎉😊

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Happy new year, and thank you!

[@judystone3645]

Sweet ornaments and gifts! I'm rather shocked how a framing shop could let their work go out the door like that. Perhaps inexperienced help or holiday rush? Hopefully, they are gracious in fixing the problems. I like Prairie Schooler on tan-ish fabric, but I did a few as gifts a couple of years ago on navy that I really liked. Of course, I changed out most colors, added sparkly stuff, and beads. It's fun to make patterns your own with changes. Happy New Year to you and yours. ❤

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

I was pretty appalled, and I'm even angrier now - they were brutal about it. It took reading them the riot act to even get them to take a look ('surely it's just a bit of dust'), they still tried to brush me off, and when I put my foot down and someone finally took it seriously, they found glass shards inside. Oh look, I wasn't crazy! No apology either. Rant over - Happy New Year! May it be full of happy stitching and no horrid framing people!

[@stitchingincostume]

So much wonderful Christmas stitches!! Your Mom's strawberry is just beautiful and your tree is stunning! I'm beyond thrilled that I will see you at Sampler Symposium! I'll try not to invade your personal space too much, or lay a finger on your casket- LOL. (It will take all of my restraint). Can't wait to see your presentation and meet other stitchers. Happy stitching and happy new year... 2024 is starting off with a bang!

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you! And I know you're joking, but anyone who even breathes on it loses a hand!!!

[@stitchingincostume]

@@katiestrachanembroidery lol!!

[@we.are.curiouscrafters]

I've been out of the rhythm of FlossTube watching, and how great was it to start back with this video?! Pretty darn great! I sure do appreciate your silly side, along with your analytical side! Such a bummer about your experience at UArt. That piece for your mom is breathtakingly beautiful. Looking forward to watching your "one ornament a month" adventure! No restraint! Wishing you a glorious trip to the Attic. -Anna

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you Anna! And I'm sure I'll be ranting about it on the next episode so you'll get to hear this twice, but University Art was awful about the whole thing. They said it was just a bit of dust and I needed to clean the glass, I insisted there was a problem and they reluctantly took it in. Then called a day later to say it had been fixed, and when I asked what had been done to repair the chip, they hemmed and hawed and said there was no chip, just a bit of fluff. I insisted it be looked at again before I would pick it up, then they finally called me back to say that they had opened it up, looked under light, and found glass shards inside. So they wouldn't take me seriously and were about to give it back to me unfixed until I insisted. Again. I am just spitting mad - it's one thing to make a mistake, but don't insist that I'm crazy when you've got bits of glass in there because no one can be bothered to check. Sorry about the rant, this only just went down and I am still hair on fire furious!

[@we.are.curiouscrafters]

I'm spitting mad right along with you. Ugh.@@katiestrachanembroidery

[@susanreamy6239]

Happy New Year Katie! I have had a bad framing experience in the not so distant past. Excited to pick it up, you get home and "Oh no!", something completely out of place jumps out at you. Back it goes. I'm glad to see you giving part of the PS Santa canon the sparkle/prim treatment. I've done most of those Santas, including the 2016 one with the deer which you showed. Have you noticed that the deer only has three legs? I was so unnerved by that I drafted a fourth leg before I stitched it. That utility cart is going to come in handy for transporting your haul from The Attic. See you there...😉

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

I hadn't noticed! I admit I've been so busy with Symposium preparations that I've barely given the charts a second look - I'll have to add another leg as well, that will freak me out. Looking forward to the Attic - and yes, I think we'll all need utility carts!!!

[@charj57]

Oh my, your family Christmas sounds like so much fun❤❤❤❤ Happy New Year

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Happy new year! And it is, we always have a really fun day full of laughter. And silly hats! Way better than a paper crown out of a cracker...

[@connieburke9738]

Another fabulous video! I have a question from your previous video “Stitching with Katie.” I noticed your linen edges are so smooth and do not appear serged or zig-zagged. How do you finish the edges to prevent fraying?

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you! I don't finish the edges - if it's cut perfectly on the grain fraying isn't much of a problem, you lose a spare thread here or there but that's it.

[@connieburke9738]

@@katiestrachanembroidery You continue to amaze me, Katie! I just love your work! You’re so knowledgeable and have become my stitching role model. I learn so much from you!

[@chellejmakes]

Happy New Year! I love making wool felt ornaments, too. Cheswick, mmmcrafts, and more. Theodora is next on the list! Completely off topic - but where do you get your sweaters? I’ve been looking for that style.

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Happy new year! They've by Vince, and I think currently on sale...

[@carolynsted5453]

Another fab episode! I love the pie fascinator. Your bro just slays when buying hats. :D

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

He has amazing skills - I'll have to show you the full photos from Christmas because they're a scream. There are several of me pushing him around on the industrial strength utility cart...

[@reneebebla422]

Happy New Year. Those hats are awesome, at first glance I thought the jellyfish was the Cookie Monster, my bad. So glad you had a great Christmas. Your ornaments are beautiful as well as what your Mom made for you. Always great to get handmade items. We got a bacon ornament for we have these old glass stained ribbon candy ornaments, absolutely gorgeous but our sons always call it bacon so they decided to get us a glass bacon ornament, totally loved and appreciated. The History is a great idea for framing, I did something like that for my son and his fiancé, doing samplers that have the heritages from both sides for their anniversary each year. So sorry about the framing, I have no words and trust me, museum glass is not cheap, did I they put spacers between the linen and glass? Wonderful Life definitely needs a tree, just saying. I thought of doing the 12 by 12 too but will see, I start out good and then tend to drop around March. Enjoy the Sampler Symposium!

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

The bacon ornament story sounds like something my brother would do! And yes, the framers did put spacers in - I had given very detailed instructions about every aspect of the framing given that they're not specialists in needlework, not that it helped!!!

[@prairiestitcher515]

Katie!! The pie fascinator! I’m dying 😂 it’s beyond perfect hahahah!! Don’t you just adore Xmas and new years? We have the most fabulous time w friends and family and I always end up ridiculously exhausted since I seem to know no boundaries and never say no to any invitation or idea. 😂🎉😂🎉 I’m my own worst enemy: and now I want to keep creating Christmas beauties after watching this! Happy New Year to you!!🎉🎉🎉

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Happy New Year! And thank you! Christmas is the most wonderful time of year - I finally have to take my tree down tomorrow and it is profoundly depressing to have to say goodbye to the season and all my treasures!

[@megastitches]

❤❤❤❤ is there a tutorial to add those bead on the edges? Or how you finish your ornament is beautiful ❤ I do care about you ideas on gift 🎁

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

On the briolettes? No, you just stitch them on at regular intervals, using a seed bead on the top to hold it in place - really easy!

[@rose2fame1]

Hi Katie, Your stitching on your basket ornament looks nice. Happy 2024!

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Happy new year!

[@stitchinginhighheels9529]

Happy New Year! I have a coworker whose wife has Christmas completely put away by 4pm on Christmas Day. She loves the holiday and decorates like crazy on December 1st, but wants it all gone before the day is over. When he was one of my regular shift partners, he would come to work exhausted if we worked Christmas evening because they had a big family do and presents with their three young children and then had to have everything packed away before he left for work. I'll probably take my tree down this weekend, but I'm always a bit sad to pack away all of my hand made ornaments. 🪡👠

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

I can't even imagine, that sounds so exhausting! I kind of get the mindset - it's over, rip the bandaid off and put it away - but Christmas itself is tiring enough without adding all the cleanup. I know I'm always tired and ready to fall into bed when I get home just from Christmas festivities, and we don't do anything big or elaborate. I'm taking my tree down tomorrow as it would be fully dried out by the time I get back from the Attic, but I am already so sad about having to put my treasures away!

[@milandgirl]

Hello Katie! Love your videos they are educational and fun! What brand is the oval leather sewing box you carry your supplies in? Thanks!

[@katiestrachanembroidery]

Thank you! It's by Cuyana - there's a link in the description of my 'how I cross stitch' video to the exact piece