Flosstube #2 WIP Parade

Hello everyone! Thank you for stopping by my channel.

This video is to show fellow stitchers what I’m currently working on and what I plan to work on in the future. 🪡🧵

****WIPs****

Woodland Castle kit by Design Works
14 ct white Aida
2 over 1 full cross
Finished size 14x18 inches

Blue Fancy Lady from Etsy
20 ct Purple Passion Aida
2 over 1 full cross
Finished size 9x20 inches

Ophelia by Mirabilia
32 ct Dark Olive Belfast Linen
2 over 2 full cross
Finished size 10.625x15 inches

Elegant Geisha kit by Dimensions
18 ct ivory Aida
2 over 1 full cross, 1 over 1 half cross
Finished size 5x7 inches

Frederick the Literate kit by Dimensions
14 ct black Aida
2 over 1 full cross
Finished size 12x11 inches

****Links****

Prince of Dreams by Lisa Kleypas

A Fate of Wrath & Flame by K. A. Tucker

Floss Organizer Thread Holder

Everything Cross Stitch

Lone Star Quiltworks

****Shoutouts****

Globetrotting Stitcher

Atom Heart Mother

Stitching Dreamer

Yany Stitcher

[texasmagnolia]

Thanks for showing us your wips. I’m also a quilter and a cross stitcher. That’s wonderful you have friends and co workers that also stitch.

[fayej]

I love Paula Vaughan patterns. Thank you for featuring that and your BEAUTIFUL WIPS.

[vidavidson]

What a beautiful picture, never mind your mistakes, I think you should finish it.keep going!

[renatecasson]

Love the videos. I have been cross stitching seriously since I have retired and loving it. I was very surprised with the idea that you put a starting date on your work. Never to old to pick up on tricks of the trade. I am going to start doing that. It dose take me quite awhile to finish projects. I am a quilter, knitter and do crochet and a bit of diamond painting. Not enough hours in the day. :).

[kaylirodgers]

LOVE your WIP parade. no advice about the pencil....may wash her now and see what happens? cant wait to see more of your videos!

[cjstitches]

Love your wips. I have every Paula Vaughn leaflet she put out. I have done many as gifts still have a lot to do. So many patterns so little time. I actually went on a HAED buying spree during their last sale. I must be losing my mind 😂😂. Been stitching forever and just love it. Keep up the good work. Have a great weekend stay safe and happy stitching ❤️

[celinerobion]

I watching yours videos from France 🇫🇷👍

[jsapcakrrow]

I'm a lifelong Aida stitcher, soft Aida & Crunchy Aida, I stitch on it all. I think I have that Sewing Notions Kit in my stash. The beautiful Mirabilia on your wall doesn't scream Christmas to me so I would have it on my wall all year long too. I love your Woodland Castle, I was going to suggest to back stitch as you go so I smiled when I saw you were doing that. :) I subscribed!

[globetrottingstitcher]

Hi Kelly! Thanks for the shout-out! I enjoyed your video! If you're interested in Paula Vaughn quilt patterns there is a great pattern book she did called "Quilts for All Seasons" with a different quilt design for every month. They're beautiful! I think the book is still reasonably affordable on the secondary market even though it's long out of print. You should also check out Jessie Marie does stuff on Flosstube. She's one of the OG channels, is absolutely fantastic, and she's working on two of the charts from that book. 😊 Happy stitching!

[jodempsey]

Awesome video, just subscribed. If you are worried about whether or not a floss will bleed take your leftover bits and put them in soapy water to see if they do. If not then go ahead and wash your piece! Usually use cold water and a mild soap, and possibly a color catcher you can find in the laundry aisle. They are like dryer sheets but for the washer. 40+ years cross stitching and I've never had anything ruined yet. The biggest culprits are red based colors, red, purple, orange. Any fancy floss will usually say on the tag if it is colorfast. Same with fabrics.

I would take a very soft baby toothbrush that is barely damp with some soap suds on it and gently try on some of the edge pencil marks. I future you can find disappearing ink fabric pens. I use the heat removing ones. Or you can order Magic grid aida with the lines already gridded. I buy it by the yard in 25 CT for my HAED full coverage pieces. Even using doing 1:1 tent stitch I have never had the grid lines show through.

Hope that helps!

[isweariamstitching]

I have Paula Vaughn's season of quilts booklet and there is a month that has an epp type quilt, but it's not as pretty as the one your mom did! I planned to stitch it eventually though, I love EPP.

[Geewhiz]

I have the woodland castle kit...your beautiful WIP makes me want to start it!

[thekeystonestitcher]

The best things about flosstube is I find people like you who are stitching things I haven't seen before. Love your pieces.

[sandrapatenaude]

Try washing and air drying a small section or corner where you can see pencil to see if it comes out. If it does then maybe finish it. You have a lot done. Update us! Peace

[juliegomery]

Hello! I enjoyed watching your video! As an experienced stitcher (26 years), I had a few thoughts about the project with a pencil which may or may not help you. First, I agree with a poster below that your COULD try to wash it now and see if you can get the pencil out. You should have no trouble since it is aida and DMC. I washed EVERYTHING and never knew differently until 5-6 years ago, when I found flosstube . ( However, I also did not use hand dyed floss or fabric before then, either). Another thought for if you do not want to wash, or it does not come out, is that, once you decide if you can live with the crosses going different ways ( I think it looks beautiful and most people will never notice that at all even looking on the wall, but I have friends who DO see it in their own work and cannot live with it personally), then, if you can live with it, you could go over ONLY the stitches where the line shows through ( like her skirt) with one more thread, or 2 threads with only the top leg of your stitch. I have done this and pulled it a little tighter than normal . If I look very! closely, it looks slightly bulky compared to the surrounding stitches, but overall cannot see it at all . Just a thought to help you save your lovely work. It can be a lovely record of where you came from. I hope you figure out what makes you hapiest. Happy Stitching

[apollorhonda]

I'm loving the lavender fabric for your blue lady. That will be stunning 😍 And Ophelia is amazing. You just talked me into buying her!

[lynnburkhalter]

Try using a rubber eraser. Not the eraser that's on a pencil. They're white. gum eraser. I used it when It got my pencil marks out. Make sure you clean the eraser each time you erase.