Spellbinders 12 Days of Stitchmas - Day 1

[@candiwelsh5524]

😂😂😂😂 I’m guessing so many of us are totally relating here❤

[@sallymalec2685]

I look forward to the other days. This video was great! I enjoyed your sense of humor!

[@lindaedwards1111]

Poshta Design has a gorgeous array of 100% wool felt; it diecuts beautifully without needing to be stabilized. Rolls are 5" X 36", sized specifically for use in regular-sized diecut machines. Not affiliated, just a huge fan. PSA: Waste can be minimized by placing the end of the roll on your cutting plate (not pre-cutting) and then backing it out after cutting. I love all your videos, and this one was especially fun!

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

Thank you, I’ll check them out!

[@christinebishop5419]

CRAFTERS: YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR MISSING NOT WATCHING THIS STITCHMAS SERIES with Dawn!!! I LOVE your videos!! I learn a lot but best of all you are hilarious 😆 💕. After all your roasting of yourself I’m still going to attempt your first version of the Christmas tree when I get my kit. LOL. I LOVE 💕 your finished tree! I won’t be able to video tape myself because I’m not as gracious as you. There will be *$&&** words involved. My husband was enjoying watching you. He said I’m hard headed too. I’m sorry, I hope I didn’t offend you!! I wonder how many of us will still make the tree like you did the first time?? I think I’ll combine both of your cards because I love them BOTH! I can’t leave stuff drying alone either. Funny huh!!!! 😂 I’m excited about following you for Stitchmas 2023!! 💕 🌲 🎁 🌟

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

OMG, thank you so much for this comment. Totally made my day! 💞

[@FLCraftyGirl]

I have to tell you..this video made me subscribe to your channel… it’s nice to see the struggle is real & can still be funny…😂. Fabulous card and ornament at the end and that’s what makes it worth the effort. 😊

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

Thank you! 🥰

[@bakaderka1]

Comedy and card making…….a new genre! Absolutely loved the video and YES I did learn something!😆😆

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

Yay! Life is to short to be serious all the time! 😉

[@eleanorross7941]

These are beautiful and I love your perseverance. Totally worth it!

[@skye052357]

That was hilarious!! And yes I would have done the same thing!! 😂

[@sibylleherbe8260]

This video was such fun to watch. I love your ornament and the card. So beautiful! I just kept wondering why you didn’t use hot glue. But that glue held in the end. Thanks for the very realistic video.

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

I should have pulled out the hot glue, but you know…forest/trees 😂😂😂

[@briannamorton5524]

What a journey but it turned out gorgeous in the end! I said “oh no” a dozen times while watching but I laughed and had a smile. I use felt a lot, I like making felt ornaments for Christmas and I use hot glue with fine tip. It holds really well and dries instant. I don’t trust liquid paper glue to hold it together. Another alternative to hot glue is I have a glue made just for felt. It’s a liquid glue so needs time to dry. It’s advertised as felt glue. Hope that helps. I hope you will make more videos of Stitchmas. This one really was fun to watch 😄

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

Thank you so much for all of the tips! Oh do have hot glue and felt glue, so I will definitely try them. I was really determined to make it work with supplies that I thought most of us would readily have, at least for the first attempt. But will swap out the right tools for the right job next time! 😉

[@susancrosier5420]

Too funny!! Love the tip to put card stock under the felt.

[@deborahmccleary1998]

They both turned out beautifully. Like you, once “my die is cast”, I just keep trying to make it work. I have learned to walk away for a few minutes so I can come back with a fresh eye.

[@amymoore5543]

I wonder if you could have stitched through the gold borders to attach it together in the layers. An in one hole and out the next. Would add some decorative stitching as well. Beautiful cards and I would have stuck with it too!

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

Oh, yes, great idea!

[@f.joclemmons5799]

This is a great video! The trees are absolutely beautiful. The greenery you added, is beautiful, fabulous job. even though you struggled with the first one (just to get it to stick) but you succeeded. Again, fabulous!

[@debsnowden4310]

So pretty!! You cracked me up…such a fun ideo to watch!! The cards are beautiful!!!

[@junestengel18]

I get grandiose ideas, and this is exactly what happens to me. Glue is NOT my friend 😄 Thank you for showing me I am not alone!

[@barbborja1910]

Dawn, you totally crack me up! As you were struggling, I was thinking, “You need clamps…. reverse tweezers, binder clips, maybe some E6000 glue? Oooh, be careful Dawn, don’t get glue on the front of the felt!” Yeah, I would have been crazy enough to finish it too. Then figure out a way to make a few more…

[@lesleydickson7746]

Spellbinders should have put some bulldog clips in their kit! Beautiful cards. I don’t know how you kept the glue of of the surface of the felt. 😊

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

Pure luck! 😂😂😂

[@meganharp2422]

Beautiful project !! -Per usual! Benzie’s felt is the ONLY felt I buy (on the roll, as it’s a better deal and easier to store) thanks for your great tips! So much easier to stitch when the shapes are exact! TFS

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

Oh, thank you, I’ll check them out!

[@athomeink4189]

Love these so so much! And your commentary was absolutely perfect! Thank you for keeping the whole process in!

[@csroyal1]

Final results of the ornament looks great. I love it! I think I would have used the gold thread and sandwiched a hanger loop in the top and not used the die cut hanging loop. Card is beautiful. Thanks for keeping it real; so easy to identify with your crafting, as we all have issues as we craft. (can't wait for day 2!)

[@tinawilstrup955]

You crack me up 🤣 but they were worth the trouble! So gorgeous 😍 i prefer the tree on the card, but all are super pretty!

[@sew1more]

yes you're being dramatic but so are WE!! Your laughter is infecting & I love sharing the "problems"!

[@teddiwhitney5111]

Use quilting clips

[@joanlucht1075]

These are terrific!! So glad to showed us your trial! This is totally me struggling as well!

[@ЛідіяГошовська-й5о]

So beautiful and so fun)) The only thing I didn't understand is the purpose of lining the stitching parts perfectly in both details (front & back). If you stitch them individually)) and yep, hot glue would be much easier to work with))

[@Kittenmoose]

First time watcher to your channel, thank you for your lovely video, and looking forward to many more.

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

Thank you, and welcome! ❤

[@marykroll367]

Oh my how refreshing it was to watch this. It made me laugh sooo hard because that is exactly the conversation that I have most of the time while crafting. I loved it!

[@paulynevandersloot5677]

This is cute. I likeSimons Says Tacky Glue to glue material together. It holds really quick. I use it for scrapbooks.

[@mauihumv]

Thank you for showing the struggle. I was laughing with you. The ornament is so beautiful!! Your card is lovely.

[@smoss4847]

Love your ornament adventure. So fun and worth persevering! I'm so inspired by you. Thank you!

[@crmuirhead]

Dawn, I'm really late to the game but love your ideas! I started stitching with tut spellbinders dies after Christmas last year and lucked on to the 2023 stitchmas after the holiday season. I would have struggled through just like you did and finished the ornament no matter what! But because you struggled, I don't have to! Thanks for the great ideas and the chuckles.

[@cardsbynatalie]

Beautiful ornament - love your videos!

[@pollymcfadden1405]

Gorgeous! You really outdid yourself! Thank you.

[@upstairshobbyroom]

i am way too stubborn to abandon ship midway...have to see things through even if I have to walk away for awhile...lol

[@handmadebymirella]

Gorgeous, and totally worth the effort!

[@elainewood7719]

I'm super impressed by your tenaciously keeping with your product, cutest little tree and well deserveing of a place on your tree

[@lisak6331]

Love how this turned out and how you persevered 😄 I haven’t yet made one finished card that I haven’t had to improvise or tweak! Thanks for sharing 😍

[@karencooper2301]

I’m watching this 12/1/23 and laughing my ass off! Because I can so relate!! I love that you did this because it is all of us!! 💕

[@sheilaj6713]

I just love the tree. I appreciate your honesty and trust me this will save me when I do my own. The card and tag are stunning I will try and make a similar card myself, hope you don't mind. Thanks again for your video.

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

Happy to save you any hassle! 😂 And I never mind, that’s why I post these! ❤

[@bethholt2245]

So much fun! Love your sense of humor! Tailored Expressions Carrie’s some great felt!

[@tammymchenry3675]

Thanks for leaving the realistic video. So many times I watch videos where they say that the project is so easy and takes only 5 minutes. So not true in my world. 30 minutes later and I have something that kinda sorta looks like the sample. We are always learning from ourselves and others. The projects were beauties. Just ordered my box. Can’t wait to craft along with you.

[@noran.7376]

You totally cracked me up on this video. I have to have my ornaments finished on the back too. I think that I would have done the front an d the back and then put a piece of white chipboard in between with some double sided adhesive and glue. I get why you had to keep going. It becomes a challenge to make it work out how you want to!!

[@zoeshields6104]

I love those Dawn! 😃 Those trees could be made into Angel ornaments too. They would make pretty dresses. Cut more pieces and turn them into wings and the ornament hanger circle could be the head. What do you think?

[@susandee2022]

I just found this video. Just getting started in stitch dies. Love your project. But I had to answer YES I am a tedious worker. I wouldn’t abandon a project because of that. lol

[@carlacrosby]

This tutorial was adorable and lol funny at the same time!!!! I will try it :)

[@debradrake1916]

I absolutely loved this video! There is nothing better than glue and reverse tweezers!

[@suzettenesmith434]

Love both!!!❤❤

[@janbryant4908]

I'm loving all the mistakes and so forth--a hoot to watch. Thanks for the laugh but the finished project is totallly gorgeous!!

[@dawnwplus9]

Thanks so much! 😊 Glad you enjoyed it!

[@valeriezimmerman9944]

Love that you used the reverse twizzers, I would have gone for the clothes pins. but it is very pretty.

[@candiwelsh5524]

I thoroughly enjoy your videos Dawn. You are just a delight to follow. I learn so much from you and love watching you create. Thank you❤️❤️❤️

[@peggystoop4196]

Oh Dawn, your giggles are so cute! I don’t know what I would have done! Total struggle bus! As usual it’s beautiful!🥰

[@sandrashaw8343]

I love this tree and I am absolutely going to try this. I would also back each with a solid card piece ad you dod in your second example. X

[@karinwatson4985]

Great video! I particularly love that you leave your ‘challenges’ in! Beautiful ornament!

[@gretchenwilson1482]

Awesomeness! Beautiful and I loved all of the video! I will be back for day 2!💞💞💞

[@renshaw5darlene1519]

They are beautiful

[@annmariesharratt3885]

They turned out lovely in the end. Perseverance! Great idea.

[@halliemiss2]

Way to hang in there. I love working with felt.

[@sandradiaz9404]

At the final worthed it and it was so beautiful ❤

[@dariasikorski7217]

I’m the same as you! Hahaha. Great and funny video, made my morning. Your projects are beautiful!

[@cursivesmiles]

“That would mean I’m learning.” 🤣 OMG, Dawn, you cracked me up in this video!! Not just you; I would have been tedious enough to finish it too. I might have walked away to take a break and come back later to tackle it, but it would’ve submitted all the same. 😉 Love the finished product, well worth the effort!! A reminder of perseverance!

[@alconri]

Looks so simple, yet…..

[@kathryngutierrez5967]

Wonderful projects, you made it working the end.

[@kimburckhard6271]

I love benzie for felt

[@karenbliss5075]

Dawn, I love both of your trees - I love especially the first tree which ended up being the ornament. I hope you do a KZbin on all of the other days!🥰😍

[@azcrafty]

Love the card and ornament.

[@honbun100]

Did you consider hot glue? Love the ornament anyway.

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

That would be smart. Apparently, I’m not smart. 😂

[@atouscrap]

Amazing, love love both.

[@nancynurseinfl]

You cracked me up, great video as usual!

[@kylieskreationz]

I think I would have cut some extra cardstock without the holes and traced over where they overlap. Then cut that bit out and adhered it before adding the back piece in order to get a flat surface to adhere the tree too. I don’t know if it would have worked and it would have made the ornament thicker so maybe that isn’t what you wanted. It might be fun too to add a piece of thread right from the top to the bottom of your ornament before glueing the pieces together so each section could swing a little bit. So many ways of using this die. First time that I have watched one of your tutorials. I loved your honesty and perseverance. I’ll be watching again.

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

That’s actually a great idea! 👏👏👏Thank you for sharing. So happy to have you here!

[@leighburton8717]

You're cards are so beautiful!! Don't know if I would have the patience with the tag one 🙃

[@glendakerr287]

I love you Keep it real!

[@tammywisecup774]

I loved watching you, i honestly would have done the same thing

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

Thank you! It’s so good to know I’m not alone. There seems to be a lot of us on the crazy train!

[@lindamilby3360]

Good morning!! I saw the day 2 picture somewhere on you tube, no video- but because of that picture, then I watched your day 1 video of the Christmas tree ornament- I had to order the kit!!! I now can’t find the day 2 picture for anything, and would really like a picture again so I can follow your example!! I’ve never done stitching on cards or used the dies that do. Please post that picture again or please tell me where to find it- I’ve searched hours

[@dawnwoleslagle9561]

Thank you so much! It’s under the Community tab here on my Channel. I do the same thing all the time myself. 😂

[@debbipeloquin9049]

I am highly allergic to wool. Would regular felt work in this project?

[@debbipeloquin9049]

Is there a secret to keeping your metallic thread from slipping?

[@debbipeloquin9049]

Perseverance paid off. Your ornament is beautiful.

[@rosacaban9708]

Yes! I used regular cheap felt and it came out awesome