Summer definitely flew by and I am just now getting to sit down and catch up on some flosstube videos! Glad you and your husband got to go out and celebrate your birthdays and enjoy the day together, even if it wasn't exactly what you had planned! Cousin camp sounds amazing, so sorry that Penelope was sick! Have a Cup of Cheer is beatiful! I love the Holly Hobbie project bag! And how sweet of your friend to send you the extra fabric. I had a Holly Hobbie birthday cake when I was very little! I didn't realize that she was a real person either! Love the little ornaments for your grandkids! They will always treasure those! My Grandma didn't make ours but bought them from friends who crafted each year and they are still among some of my very favorite ornaments! Hope Graham's surgery went well! I love those flowers in Martha Walmsley, they are beautiful! The baby quilt is so beautiful as well! And congratulations on knitting your sock, I never got farther than knitting a scarf! I have always only stitched on aida so just a couple of weeks ago I made it to my LNS and bought my first piece of evenweave and a small chart! I have done a whole three stitches on it and had to put it down for a little bit lol!
Your floss tube popped up for me today and I really enjoyed your video! Your voice is so calming to hear and I loved your WIPs too! So now I’m a new subscriber and I will definitely look forward to more! Thanks for sharing your stitchy life with us! ❤️
Such a delight watching you, Holly! So many fun things from Stitch Florida. Lucky you getting to attend a stitching retreat. I hope to join a retreat some day. I am sending good wishes for Graham.
So many great stitches in progress! Midsummer stitch was a lot of fun! Loved the demonstrations. I was not able to attend stitch Florida we were on vacation but I heard many great things about it so I did sign up for next year with my stitch bestie. What a fun table stitch gifts you received! Great stitch from Sweet Wing Studios! Oh wow….knitting a sock, that’s so cool!
Holly! It was such a pleasure meeting you in real life! Cousin Camp sounds like an amazing time! You have convinced me I need to stitch “Peacorn.” That is what I will forever call it. 😂 Plus I own that Longaberger basket so I need to get busy making it retreat ready! 🥰
It was great to get to see you at Stitch Florida and get to know you a little better. You have some beautiful projects and I enjoyed seeing your haul and all the goodies you received. I was amazed at the generosity of my tablemates and stitchers that just dropped by to gift us. I had never heard of Colonial needles so I will have to check them out. I will be praying for Graham and the surgical team this coming week as he has his surgery. Hope to see you again at another stitching event! Dottie
Great finds from Kitten Stitcher! I'm hoping we can do Cousin Camp when ours get a little older. I think they would be so fun and would love the cousins to really know each other. Your retreat sounds wonderful! Glad you had such a great time. I'm stitching on American Welcome today but can't wait to do fall. Prayers for Graham!
Holly I loved actually meeting you at Stitch Florida. You are right the retreat was fabulous, I can’t wait until next year. I have been thinking about Graham all day. I pray everything went well today.
Hi Holly, this is the first of your floss tubes that I have watched, and I've really enjoyed it. it's f Currently I'm working on a cute small pillow called "Coffee First" it's for one of my daughters and you can't even talk to her before her coffee. I think that she'll love it. I have one suggestion, and I really hope you don't mind, but when you hold up some of your projects, please give me a little bit more time to look at them. I really love your work and think that you are doing a great job. I loved hearing about Stitch Florida and hope to make it to one, one of these days. You made it sound very inviting. Looking forward to more of your floss tubes. Lois
Lois, thank you for stopping by! I appreciate your input and suggestion. I’ll try to hold up projects longer (my messy mind may not remember so you might have to remind me again🥴). Your coffee project sounds perfect!
Love listening & watching your videos! You definitely made a haul! ❤. I’ve never been to a retreat maybe one day. But! My daughter came to town and we both had tickets to Midsummer Stitch! I enjoyed it so much. I especially liked the speed dating…I met lovely ladies and especially liked speaking with a gal from Germany and another from Canada and a gal from Austria I think it was! Until next time! Oh WIP…I’m working on a stocking for my youngest grandson. ❤
🙋♀️ Holly, wonderful to see you again & what a fabulous video full of eye candy of all kinds😍 cousin camp is the best ❣️ so important to provide those opportunities for bonding & they will have memories for a lifetime….prayers always for Graham he is a strong little guy…how fun retreat sounds especially getting tips on sock knitting 😘 I would love to learn but I seem to get overwhelmed with all the stuff❗️ They should do kits like cross stitch get everything u need from pattern to yarn of course some choice for colors 😁 and then great instructions with tips & tricks…or maybe they already do & I just don’t know 🤣 thanks again Holly for sharing your life & time with us always a pleasure, August is my birthday month close to surgery date for G…so it will have many blessings, happy stitching, 🤗♥️
Well hello! I bet there is something like that! Check out The Crazy Sock Lady or Earthtones Girl on RU-vid and see if they have a list! I’m enjoying so much! Happy birthday and thank you for praying for Graham!
Hello Holly. I too live in the Dayton area and am looking for stitchy friends. I live in Springboro and I turned 60 in June so we have some things in common. 😊 I love watching your flosstube videos. A special prayer said for Graham.
Great video! Prayers for Graham, family & his medical team! I just got a Longaberger Sewing Basket from Etsy, in great condition. I'm just not crazy about the green liner, hopefully I can find a replacement or try to Rit dye it. I'm still on the hunt for the Travel Lid. Thank you for all of the info (enabling 😊) you share.
I love watching your videos. When I watch I feel like I am sitting in your stitching room with you and you are talking to me a your guest. You are so comfortable with what you are showing and what you are saying. Prayers are sent for Graham and your family for the surgery an recovery. Look forward to seeing your next floss tube.
If you do travel alot I'd suggest investing in a foldie bag it fits a lot of items and it's TSA approved and it's made to fit under your sit on the airplane
Oh my I have enjoyed your videos so much. I have never heard of anyone else doing a camp for their grandchildren. My husband and I have been doing Grandparents camp for the last 5 years for our 3 grands. And we love it! So do the grands. It lasts anywhere from 1-2 weeks depending on the schedule. Last week our 13 year old grandson told us that he wished they could stay for 3-4 more weeks. I felt so honored to hear him say that. Thank you for taking the time to share your creativity with us. I will be praying for your little one as he has surgery. Have a blessed week!
Oh I’m gonna need to know more! How old are your grands? What all do you do for that long? Ours are still little so that kind of zap this Gigi’s energy for more than a few days 🤪
@@hobbiesofholly we have 3 grands 1 boy 11 yr old that lives close to us and a 13 yr old boy and 11 yr old girl that are brother and sister that live on the east coast. We don’t do anything fancy but we go to eat at favorite restaurants for a few lunches, go to a movie , hit the swimming pool by our house, go out for donuts one morning, fix favorite meals and snacks. They have a camp out in our sunroom the whole time and get to watch a movie every night when they go to bed. We go to the school field at the top of our street. When the boys are doing more sporting activities the granddaughter and I do some crafty things. I get or decorate a new water bottle for them for the last few years and put approved water flavors on the counter that they could reach to encourage lots of water drinking. A few years ago I started putting some snacks in the fridge they could help themselves to whenever they were hungry like fresh fruit, yogurts, or granola bars. If I tell them they can have 2 yogurts per day but they choose when they have them they think they are big kids😂 we spend a lot of time just hanging out and having fun. And yes this Mum Mum is exhausted with many loads of laundry to do when everyone leaves but when I look at the relationships they are building together I know it is all worth it. Have a wonderful day! Shary
Delightful show dear Holly! Watching at work! Motivated for that sweet girl. And definitely praying for your G.G. !💝💖💗💓🕊 Please also pray for my G.Girls & my new grand kitties!! Two female grey tigers. (Thankfully my daughter also bought a bottle of Benedryl!😂😂) Yes, July went too quickly per usual. 🌺🌹🪻🌻
Praying for sweet Graham!! He’s such a warrior and has soooo many people praying for him!! I enjoyed seeing all the goodies you shared! Love you friend!
It was lovely to see you today and catch up on all of your beautiful WIP’s! I love your “cousin camp”! i know that the kids and you had so much fun! Stitch Florida sounded like a wonderful retreat! This was one I would have loved to attend! Too bad we can’t just go to every retreat, but I would need to win the lottery to do that! Prayers for Graham that his surgery goes well! God bless you!
Thank you!’ When I saw your comment, I thought you’d probably know and I should consult before buying 😬 but I didn’t find that I already had that one?! But I did already have The country life 🫣
Loved hearing about the Cousin camp! Sounds like a great time. Wonderful memories for your grandkids. Using one variegated floss to reduce colours is very clever. It looks beautiful on your piece.
Cousins camp sounds like such a fun thing! If my kids ever get married and give me some grandkids, I will have to keep this idea in mind. Loved seeing all of the fun things from your retreat. ❤
@@hobbiesofholly I’m a big fan of indie dyed yarn. I’m not a big box yarn shopper at all. There are fabulous dyers in my state, look for dyers in Ohio. Or better, go to a fiber festival, we talk about the cross stitch community, there’s an equally fabulous knitting community.
Prayers for your Grandson. When I went to Stitch Con my husband and I visited the Pompeii exhibition and the William Taft boyhood home. They were both great. We also visited the Underground Railroad Museum and learned so much. Thanks Janine
love your flosstube i am in mechanicsburg oh we are kinda close you had said you and husband went on a day trip that was close bummer but have you ever visited loveland castle its very cool then it is so close to keepsakes i think its a winner winner
So glad your on, I like your videos. I was wondering about the picture on fireplace, I know you mentioned this back but if you could mention pattern again, appreciate it great videos 13:51
Dear Sweet Holly, It was an honor and a pleasure to meet you and talk at Stitch Florida! My girls turned 40 on Monday the 29th! So we came home and had a wonderful party! Your stitching is amazing and I just love your videos! Prayers always for Graham and your family! I will also pray that God will guide the surgeons hands on his surgery day! Again, what a pleasure to meet you! Mary
Hello, sweet Mary! Meeting you and your sweet girl was a highlight of the retreat for me! I’m so glad you had great celebration! Thank you for praying, surgery is on Wed! Much love!
So many beautiful projects, thanks for sharing. I’m thinking of ordering the “Pub Crawl linen” used for A Peacock, A Unicorn, A Badger difficult to see when stitching on it?
Hi! The PUB Crawl is a dark fabric so it does take good light for me to stitch on. I was wishing it was Aida as I was frogging from trying to stitch in poor lighting this week but I do love it and it’s worth the fuss for me
My comment is gone 😮 I wrote a pretty substantial comment and came back to add to it, and it is gone😟 Well,I love so many things about this video. Thank you for sharing💖 🙏🏻for Graham 🙏🏻
Thanks for sharing the info with regard to Holly Hobbie (I did a search and her first name is Denise). I didn’t realize she is an actual person. I had a collection of HH treasures…dolls, jewelry, etc. I love your HH project keeper. I “attended” Midsummer Stitch. It was a great event (coming from someone who hasn’t attended a Jingle Ball).
I contribute to St Jude. I love the chart you showed be strong and courageous. Can you tell me who the designer is? I love your videos and your demeanor.
Oh you’re wonderful! I’m so sorry I forgot to give that info! You can get it from Corn Husker State stitcher on their Etsy! www.etsy.com/shop/HeartlandQuiltStitch
So enjoy visiting with you. Pleased you had a wonderful time away. I’ve sock knitting on the go but slowly with circular needles. Plus have a cardigan I’m wanting to do,then of course my 12 days of Christmas stockings stitching and some bag making. Blessings and happy stitching.