Flosstube: How to Prep Cross Stitch Projects! (Plan with me!)

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[carriemcgarry]

I love the Craft-to-go case. I’ve made 3 of them. I gave one to my mom for her embroidery and one for her sewing. It’s what I use for my cross stitch. Thank you for your designs. So cute!! Happy stitching!

[eileenmeyers]

I use blue painter's tape on the edges.

[colleenyork]

One thing I do different is to never have anything with print next to my cloth. Ink can rub onto your cloth and ruin your project. I use a sheet protector for my patterns. For a project with less than 10 colors, I load my needles up before I start the project and keep them on the floss board.

[cacb]

Hi, great video…..do you use needle minders, and I recently started using a thread conditioner wax, I also keep a small pack of hand wipes.
I did a LOT of xstitch in the 80s and 90s…but put it away and started quilting, but I saw a couple of videos, yours included, and I got the bug again…so when I don’t feel like going to the sewing room, I can sit with my feet us and stitch away !!!! Have a great day !

[lauriedoyle]

Thank you Erica! You’re Amazing! You always have such great ideas! I LOVE that little light blue chair in the background! So cute! Where did you get it? ♥️♥️♥️

[jennybaker]

Aahhh...though you were going to show how you make the little carrier.

[edithboucher]

Hallo, Im new to cross stitch so dont have a lot of floss yet but have wondered about the haywire numbers of DMC floss. My organizational brain will go crazy with so many floss colours mixed if I have to store them by numbers. So thanks so so much for sharing this I am definitely going to go the Tidy Stitch way of sorting floss!

[angelkr]

Lovely video again! We have missed ur hair videos at home. Can u record again a video dying and cutting ur daughters hair love? Or a friends. Like and respond

[marinaabad]

I photocopy my chart and usually enlarge it from 25% to 100% depending on the size of the original. These I can mark up for areas done with a highlighter and s can see the stitch code symbols easier. The original chart stays intact and I can keep it or pass it on. I also do this with quilt patterns, so I can mark them up and make notes. This method helps with older eyes. The rest I have been doing as Erica's video for over 20 years.

[DH-qzso]

I picked up zippered Mesh Bags from the Dollar Store for my different projects...they are slightly see-through as the mesh is not super tightly woven...so I can usually see the project that is in there if I keep the pattern facing out...they are a decent size too, and come in different colors...is a great alternative until one finds time to diy them on our own...

[annf]

I use pinking shears for the edge of the fabric and I go by colors with my cross stitch I don’t do numbers cross stitching

[ShereesAlchemy]

Hi Erica! Thank you for this video. I’m new to cross stitch and hand embroidery as I want to incorporate it in to my sewing. Of course I bought a bunch of supplies and now need to organize it all and get started. I love your organization and found some new supplies to order. 😂

[conniepgh]

I love my craft to-go case! I changed the inside pockets a bit to work for my needs. I really need to make another one - or two!

[loreenranney]

When you cut a piece of aida cloth for cross-stitch, run a bead of fray check around the outside. It dries very quickly.

[KimN]

Love your case idea! I've been using the same floss bins and bobbins for 20 years! Works great.😃

[karenschwieger]

Serger is a good idea. Erica - I'm searching for a YouTuber that I saw last year - thought you might know them. I believe it was a mother and daughter and they also had a shop of pedestals, etc that you could frame your cross stitch, thank you

[cynthia]

How do you get rid of that center crease line in the Aida? I never have been able to with the stiff Aida.

[juststartingover]

Love the the little board you made to hold scrap floss pieces! I never know what to do with them . Thank you for good ideas!

[msababiopa]

Do you have a tutorial for the tote that you packed your Liberty project in?

[karensorenson]

Erica - this might be a stupid question, but what is the largest aide cloth? also is DMC or easiest to use? i wondered if there existed a brand that i wouldn't have to separate?

thank you, Karen Sorenson