OMG! I'm blown away by your designer showcase!!!! Just beautiful. I just LOVE Laura's Duet sampler!!!!! Red is my favorite color, but I can imagine it in a beautiful blue!!!! You both hre the BEST BFF's ever!!!!! Laura, I almost died laughing when you pulled out the yard of fabric with you tiny start.
Buy all the HATS?! You're killing me, Smalls. I just ordered Ann Roberts. It's stunning. Brenda your birthday is the same day as Josh's, so I'll remember to send a special thought your way on Sunday. Thanks for sharing all your treasures, ladies!
Happy Birthday to Josh!!!!! We will be sending all kinds of love his way!!!!!! I need to start Ann Roberts. I have about 25 samplers that I am about to start!
OK! Let’s start out with the fact that everybody needs a Brenda/Laura stitching friend!! Your friendship is a gift! Love the designer spotlight! I started Jane Hopkins on Christmas Day in DMC and I am loving it! Of course, after today’s episode I see more HATS in my future😂
I am now even more HATS crazy after yesterday!!!!!! Can't wait to get home from work and see what else I can start. I need to make a special basket of HATS starts!!!
90 min of pure fun! And Brenda that sampler for Laura what a gift. Laura you have your marching orders there! 😜 Happy Birthday to you both. The HATS spotlight was lovely. Always a good time with you too. 🤗
The BEST Sunday afternoons are Brenda and Laura afternoons!!! Happy birthday to both of you! I love seeing your HATS charts! I love so many of those!!! My wish list is growing!!!
Hi birthday girls! So great to see you again. Yall both look wonderful. Laura, how special is the chart that Brenda had Karen to do for you! That Brenda is the best of friends. I think that should be your first start. I enjoyed your video-so many laughs and beautiful charts to see! Wow! Brenda, have a super birthday this upcoming weekend. I know Laura enjoyed hers. Love you girls! Pam Miller
Laura Duet 1962 - LOVE LOVE LOVE! Karen of Fox & Rabbit is AMAZING! HATS needs to slow her roll.... I cannot keep up with all of her AMAZING releases. I want to stitch Mary Snow and Rose and giant pear. You all are giving me an H&H today. Happy Birthday again Laura and happy early Birthday Brenda - and most of all - Happy birthday Month to both of you. Celebrate all month long.
Just wanted you to know……before Christmas I received my first total framing order. Well….it took forever! But…..it was well worth the wait. They made my stitching look so good that at first I thought it wasn’t mine. Have already sent them more cross stitch to frame. They told me it might be awhile as they are backed up. Told them it is definitely worth the wait. Thanks for recommending them. They just love you two at Total Framing!
Total Framing is THE BEST! I need to get some stuff out to them this week. I (Laura) have had stuff to send to them for 2 years and I have not done it. I am weirdo. So happy that you had a good experience Kim!!!!!!
I needed a cold shower after this episode! I would love to stitch the Laura Duet circa 1962 sampler. It is so beautiful. I always counted your early designer parade episodes among my favorites.
Hi gals. Love all your stitching and goodies! Love your attitudes toward stitching and life too. So glad you doing better Brenda - Praise God. Thanks for all you do!
Wow! Never have I ever seen so many beautiful charts and stash! Happy Birthday Brenda! I’m amazed each time I watch at all of the beautiful samplers on your walls, and at the number of more you want to stitch! Where on Earth will they go?
Ladies JOB WELL DONE AGAIN!!! The sampler made one of a kind for Laura makes STITCHING what it is all about!! I will have to just CONGRATULATE YOU MS. DUET!! ,What a BEAUTIFUL stitchy life you both live...wish mine was as exciting!! Do you know you have over 19,000 views on this episode!!! HAPPY STITCHING TODAY AND EVERYDAY IN 2022!!
That Laura Duet sampler abides by ALL the rules and laws of cross stitch and it is gorgeous and perfection!! You two wonderful ladies always brighten my day. ❤️❤️🥰🥰🪡🪡🪡. Have a wonderful Birthday Brenda 🎂🎉❤️
Thank you so much for staring Hands across the Seanad enabling me to stitch my first sampler. Lots of terrific starts among them all, keep stitching ladies. Happy birthday to you both. Love and blessings xx
I'm a January baby, too (1/14/??). My LNS offers a discount on a full project plus was given a gift certificate (where I spent way more) plus gift certificates to 123Stitch (where I spent waaaay more) so I feel I did my part to keep the cross-stitch economy moving along! Thanks for all the HATS enabling!
In the 1960's I bought a beaded strawberry coin purse that looks exactly like the one you showed today. It was new at the time. I used it as a coin purse in my evening bag. I was taught to carry a dime for a phone call, a tissue and a lipstick in a small evening purse when I went to dances or parties.
Thank you G!!!!!!! and thank you again for the amazing birthday presents!!!!! Love everything! Love you for your kindness, generosity and great wit! and mad curling skillz!!!!
Wishing you a happy birthday Brenda!! Laura, your personal chart from Karen is to die for - I was drooling!! Enjoy. Brenda’s strawberry gift from Laura made me tear up, even though my mom of 95 is still living; such gorgeous gifts. I was just thinking before the video how much I loved your old format with the special sections, so I was thrilled when you said you were going to showcase the HATS charts and projects. I just love it when the two of you do the special sections, so fun. Enjoy all your projects, and happy stitching to you both.
Ladies Ladies Ladies🤦🏼♀️ I think I could probably count on one hand how many times I have NOT made a purchase after watching an episode. You two are diabolical 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for showing your beautiful wips and your stach. Love all that you showed. Would love to have and stitch all of them. Love watching your video's they are never to long. You both make me laugh.
As always I loved my time stitching with your floss tube. Seeing Nicola and HATS designs are what lured me into samplers. Samplers helped me find you two beautiful ladies. We are off to a great year! Happy Birthday month to both of you
Wow! That was some treat seeing all those HATS patterns!! They are all so beautiful! I hope you get to stitch them all one day! I have yet to add any to my stash, so I will try to do so in January (and somewhere a cuckoo sounds off) 😆 Happy Birthday Brenda!
Happy Birthday Brenda! Ubba Dubba but you are both going to be busy. It would be so nice to have a stitching buddy to share the joy and excitement of projects with.
Fantastic sampler for Laura.... Beautiful stitchy goodies from Brenda... Wowwww I think you both have bought nearly everyone o Nicola's pattern ladies .... I had a finish yesterday... My first one in Book of days.. Jane Marshall 1837... Stitched oan coffee /tea dyed 28 count Laguna I dyed it meself.... I am stitching oan Pride and Prejudice by Kristen Ashley... Saphire Mountain Crafts. while visiting today.... you are suppossed to listen to the book while you stitch... I have tried many times I just can't stitch and listen to a book... I like a book in my hand when reading... Hubby has bought from a few shops today. trying to get the floss for some Samplers.... My birthday is this month too... Happy Birthday Brenda.. Happy stitching... xx
Such a fabulous flosstube. Thank you for showing all of the HATS - lots on my list now. Happy Birthday to both of you January babies.. I have one of my own - my son on the 29th
Happy Birthday to both of you!! What an amazing friendship you have and for Brenda to order a sampler designed for Laura is really something special!! I really love the Mother's strawberry gift as well!!
No way next Sunday is your birthday Brenda, it is also my husband's bday. Have a great day. Love all that you show I have most as wips Sophia Dogget was a must stitch as is Mary Snow, which is my cousins name. Laura love your customized sampler have a blast stitching it
Hi Brenda & Laura! Thank you so much for another terrific video! I loved it, as I always do! I’m stitching my first HATS sampler - MARY SNOW -right now and can hardly put it down! Seeing all of the other beautiful HATS sampler charts that you showed was a ton of fun! Take care, and I’ll see you next time! Hugs!🥰🥰
Fantastic video. I loved seeing EVERYTHING! That custom Sampler for Laura is awesome. Laura, I hope you had a fantastic birthday, loved the video. Happy Birthday Brenda! Marilyn
Ooh boy that was fun! I don’t have any HATS charts (yet) but I hope to change that very soon - thanks for the enabling! Laura - you need to stock up on ALL the DMC! I got “lucky” a few years ago when a local craft store was going out of business and all their DMC was 10 cents a skein! The hubs authorized a purchase of every single color!!! When I got back into cross stitch two years ago I only needed to stock up on the newer colors. So now I’m a bit OCD, but I have all the colors listed in a spreadsheet and I note which I’ve pulled for a project- then I know right where to go if I need that color for a different project (and I put them back with the original project when I’m done). It might seem like a lot of work, but pulling colors for a new project is my very favorite thing to do! If I’m getting low on a color, I make a note in my phone and next time I’m at Hobby Lobby or Joann’s I restock. Have a wonderful couple of weeks!
First of all you two are my all time favorite. I just love both of you. Now Brenda how wonderful for you to be able to give Laura the special sampler that Karen had made brought tears to my eyes. The Laura Duet Chart is beautiful and I hope Karen sells it if only for a day because I would love to stitch it. Happy Birthday Laura. Next holy cow on Hands Across the Sea Samplers ladies. I love them all and I need to go shopping and spend lots of money. My husband will not be happy but what the hell I will be. I glad you did a designer parade, I have missed that. I loved, loved, loved this video. It was so much fun. And Brenda early Happy Birthday!
Thanks Deb!!!! and did you see??? Karen from Fox and Rabbit put the sampler up for free with a donation to charity!!! Go to their website if you have not already. Glad you are going to get some HATS!!!!
WOW, I was a little sweaty after that impressive video!!! Brenda what an amazing gift you gave Laura, her own personal Sampler and Laura loved the gifts you gave to Brenda, you two are just awesome!!!! Happy Birthday Brenda, wishing you a boat full of happiness and lots of stitching. 🎁🎂🎉💕 Hugs to you both, Lynn
I loved seeing all of your HATS charts! I recently started my very first one "When Thou Art Rich". Thank you very much for taking the time to share with us. :) Happy birthday Brenda and happy belated birthday Laura! :)
You ladies sure are bad for the pocketbook! Just ordered my first HATS...Mary Snow...doubt I will get around to stitching her this year since I already have my long list of charts I already have kitted to start this year. It is so hard to decide what to stitch first...I get something kitted up, and then I change my mind! Work sure gets in the way of our stitching time. I turned 65 last year...so in Oct. I semi-retired so I hope to get a few extra hours of stitching in this year. Happy Early Birthday Brenda!
Happy, Happy Birthday Brenda! I have drooled over all these beautiful stitches. And I have a huge collection since I have crossstitched since later 70s. And there is no possible way I can yet them all done. It's the joy of stitching everyday. It keeps us sane...as much as possible. Stitch on.
Happy Birthday Brenda!!! Wishing you the very best of health, happiness and stitching time for 2022!!! Laura, your personalized chart from Fox & Rabbit is amazing and so cool!!!! What a treat to see all the HATS charts! There are so many fabulous ones to swoon over! Thanks as always and happy stitching!
Hello this is Mary Ann from South Jersey I enjoy your video so much happy birthday ladies it's a good year 2022 January 9th we can never have enough cross stitch or enough fabric to do quilting
Laura, because of your love of Baby Yoda, we started watching the Mandalorien and are really enjoying it. How do they make that little critter so cute!! Even my husband thinks he is adorable.
Fabulous video as always ladies!! Happy birthday month to both of you wonderful people. Thank you for continuing to inspire and enable us! I have to rewatch with a note pad at the ready... so much beauty. I'm so glad you spotlighted HATS... I'm working on a few at the moment and now have more on list :) Happy stitching to you!
Always fun to watch you two. Your special gifts to each other are so touching! So enjoy seeing what you are working on and your haul. (Makes me feel good to see others spending too) Love all your starts and especially loved the Designer Showcase. I have Maria Vincenza Laricchia 1837 and Mary Snow ordered from my LNS. So, I am compliant!!!! LOL Thank you so much for taking time to do these floss tubes, I can't tell you how much I look forward to seeing them. I don't usually comment, because I watch it on my tv but just wanted to help you get this mission going!!! It is so hard to choose what lovely to work on, almost overwhelming at times. I am in the Esther Blackwood SAL and have a small start on her. Almost half done with Ann Morison. I finished Only One Rose for my hubby for our 31st anniversary last year too. I have been so lucky to have met both of you twice and hope our paths cross again. Going to a small get together with about 20 other gals next week. We are going to a B&B and just stitching our hearts out for a few days. Always so much fun to share our love of needlework. You are both looking so good. Hugs.
Thanks Judy!!! Love hearing what you are stitching. I am so glad we met too!!! You are a gem!!!! I hope you had a great stitching retreat with your buddies!!
Wow!! So many beautiful things!!! So much stitching to do and so little time🤣🤣🥺as always just adore you two! Happy Birthday Laura and to you on your upcoming birthday Brenda🎊🎉🎊🎉
You guys are DA BOMB!! Not only do I love to watch your FTs, but whenever you mention my bags or cards, I get a flurry of activity at my Etsy shop and more sales!!! You are the Royal Enablers!! But I really do appreciate you ladies and wanted to thank you again for jump-starting my shop! Bless you both! Great video today! Happy Belated Birthday to Laura! And Happy Future Birthday to Brenda! Laura, what a wonderful gift of that personal chart!! 💖
Hi ladies 🙂 Happy Birthday Brenda for the weekend 🎉🎉🎉 OMG what a wonderful video loved seeing all HATS charts and like you Brenda just could not resist Sophia Doggett 1804 as soon as I saw it on Nicolas floss tube I had to have her 🤗 also had to have Ruth Gibb , Wow ladies what a video even I'm tuckered out just watching all those chart perades between you both 🤣 it made me smile 😁 xxx looking forward to seeing what you decided to stitch till the next Video !!! Happy stitching ladies and keep safe and healthy 💛💛
Another great video. Happy birthday and Happy New Year to both of you January ladies. Enjoyed seeing your haul and beautiful projects. Happy stitching🪡
What a beautiful sampler for Laura! It’s amazing. Oh and your HATS parade was awesome. You will love Elizabeth Atkinson and Sarah Spencer and Alice and oh so many great charts. I finally found my stitching mojo again, stitching the MFE SAL 2022, just my speed right now. Got my thread from Evertote for Elizabeth Eyles, just having a hard time with a choice for linen. Going to either start Rosa or the Pear for my birthday this Wednesday. My husband gets to ring the bell Thursday but then he is having a major surgery in February but we are thankful we have good doctors who help us navigate through all this. Hope you are both doing well!
You girls always brighten our day!!! Just love stitching while we watch you with all of your wips, starts, finishes and haul ~ loved the HATS designer spotlight….wowza!!!!! And thank you for the kind mention, peter and I hope you both will use your trays in good health for many many years ♥️♥️♥️🪡🧵✂️ ~ and Happy Birthday to you Both 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Happy birthday Brenda. Loved your new organizer pouch in the teal color. Fancy. I have 2 HATS charts Mary Carter and Sarah Brazier. Love them both. Laura happy birthday to you as well.
Oh my goodness! I had to pause the video “STAT!” to comment on Laura’s absolutely amazing personalized sampler from Fox and Rabbit. What a treasure. Laura, can’t wait to see your start and FINISH on that!! How special you must feel to have been showered with so much love for your big birthday. Happy Birthday to both of you lovely ladies!!
Love y’all’s floss tube. I always look forward to see what y’all are doing. I’m stitching on Ruth Gibb while watching. It is my first Hands Across the Sea Sampler pattern and I LOVE IT!!! ♥️♥️
A wonderful Sunday when I saw you had a new video out ! I have sat in total silence, no tv on, no stitching while watching. You both had my full attention, I did not want to miss a thing !! Laura glad you had a good birthday, Brenda hope yours is amazing too! What a collection of just beautiful samplers you both have. I would just lose my noodle trying to pick my next project!! You ladies have no idea how you make my day, I laugh at your antics, I so enjoy seeing what you are working on and have finished. I know there is a lot of work put in to making your videos. The amount of projects and patterns you share must take major time to get together to share with us. It is all greatly appreciated! Till next time, keep laughing and stitching.
Laura's personalized chart was A-mazing! What a treasure! So many HATS patterns to choose from. It's overwhelming! Maybe one pattern a month? I need a plan. Such enablers, you two are! Love it!
