Flosstube #9: Christmas Pattern Parade, Finishes, WIP’s, Fabric Dying and Quilt Blocking 

I love your tree :) I have an “orphan” tree - just bare branches covered with snow and some smalls hanging there. I have the same problem as you do: mo space, but a huge desire to stitch more. Sometimes it overwhelms me but more and more I think that my pleasure and my comfort is a process of stitching - nothing else matters :) ❤️

Great FT. Your finishes are Beautiful especially your red bird sampler. What an assortment of fun Christmas stitches . What great info on blocking a quilt- Thank you.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Another great Flosstube! I love your Christmas tree! Yesterday I went through my kitted projects. Just like you, I have a lot of samplers fully kitted. Looking forward to hearing about your sampler plans!!!!

Looking forward to that sampler plan video! Merry Christmas!

Lovely stitching with you, Karen. I love your tree and think it is a brilliant idea! Happy New Year!!!!

Merry Christmas. I have plenty of wall space to display. You stitching is beautiful. Merry Christmas to you

Hollyberry is looking great. Interesting facts about blocking quilts. You have a nice collection of Christmas stitches. Merry Christmas! Marilyn

It was kind of those who let you know about the missing leaf. I have found out if I take a photo of something I’m stitching, I can find mistake easier for some reason.🤷🏼‍♀️ don’t know why that helps me. Great idea!!! Oldest WIP is ‘ Focus piece’. Oh my, I’m in the same boat…. To many Christmas charts🥺 Just started following you on IG 😊

Your tree idea is very creative! You weren't kidding when you spoke about the storms! I live in Western NY, we are buried under 4+ feet of snow! It's Tuesday and we still haven't been with family to celebrate Christmas! Our driving bans were lifted today and have been in place since Saturday! But, it's a typical Buffalo snowstorm lol Hope you fared well! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

A Flosstuber ‘stitching by the shore’ has a very interesting way of displaying some of her projects. Laura is making some of her stitches in to journal pages & displaying them in albums. She is also an ex paper crafter. Again, doesn’t have loads of display space & likes the process of stitching so not everything is about displaying on walls. I’m going to have a go at this next year, but in the uk we don’t have big paper crafting/journaling suppliers. Love your videos. Happy holidays. 🎄

Hello Karen, it’s so nice to see you again. Your Christmas tree is darling. I think you will come up with the perfect plan for your twenty samplers, they will be slated and, before you know it, slayed. Here’s hoping you and your Mr Enabler will be safe and well through the weather. Merry Christmas…Thanks again.

Karen - I've seen lots of people with sampler walls (and I'm working on mine). Maybe you'll have to make a Christmas wall back in Kentucky so you can get to see all of your beautiful holiday pieces.

Great to see you again. We had blizzard winds last night and a bit of snow, but sun is out now and wind has ceased. Don't you wish we could blink all the patterns finished, or at least a few of them. If only they would stop producing gorgeous patterns every day now. Great WIP's. Stay warm.

Saw the bluejays today in the tree, always reminds me of my mum, her fav bird so I chat to them,mum and dad. You have been busy! They look great! Well you can switch out the different christmas ones every yr and some can be winter too. Oh Sarah at sarahs stitchy spot just finished the reindeer it’s adorable. We are hoping to get to the city an hr and bit, to our kids but will see. We are getting high hurricane force winds and rain tonight and tomorrow, sunday may bring sushy ice so we will see. And next door will have key in case we got stuck and we are eating a late lunch so we can be on road before dark. Merry Christmas and hope your pipes don’t freeze!

So love seeing that gorgeous quilt again, and your tree and all the ornaments are so pretty. I like that it's not the traditional tree, but is elegant and can happily go through all the seasons. Your stitching is beautiful, particularly loved the red bird sampler. You've certainly got a lot of Christmas stitching ahead of you lol. Karen, hope you had a wonderful (and not too chilly) Christmas, and all the best in the new year :)

Merry Christmas Karen! I have plenty of room on my walls, you can always store your samplers here 😉 amongst my quilts and hooked rugs. Great idea with dyeing the small pieces of linen to see results.

Wishing you a happy Christmas. I was transfixed by the quail in your quilt - we have a little family of them in our garden at the moment.

I have the same tree in my office and have thought many times about bring it out in the front room permanently. I think I will! Merry Christmas

Beautiful finishes…love all that you have shared…wishing you the best❤

On your Prairie Schooler Santas, do you use one of two strands of floss on 18 count Davos?

I see someone has already recommended watching Laura's flosstube Stitching by the Shore where she is creating scrapbooks for her stitching as opposed to displaying them. I think she has some fairly recent videos dedicated to just this topic. I think this is a great way to pass down the stitching to our families without giving them a ton of bulky objects to deal with. Scrapbooking keeps it all in a compact spot which family members can pull from in the future if they desire. I'm really starting to be more careful with what I purchase to stitch too. I've got to keep it realistic. Goodness knows I've got enough here to keep me stitching for years! 😆 Hope you have a Merry Christmas and the cold doesn't get too bad!

Love your tree with ornaments! Merry Christmas!

Thanks for another wonderful video Karen ❤

Merry Christmas, Karen! I just ordered Christmas at Hollyberry Farm. So pretty! What fabric are you using for it? I love the vintage look of yours. ❤

Merry Christmas and happy new year 🎉

I just found you, you popped up I'm excited to see your work. Merry Christmas

Love your tree. What a great idea. Enjoy your videos. Merry Christmas from Saskatchewan, Canada.

Love the coffee dye.

Is there a leaf or flower missing in the lower left corner of the border of Rosa Sugars?

I'm stting up a Planner for 2023 and My Christmas Eve & Day stitching plans will be to do BB's book, the back cover one, Tis the Season. Nice work! I add 1 Christmas small / ornament now per month so I have a bunch Done by the end of the year. It's so nice that designers put Freebies out there, but I mostly stick to doing my purchased charts. I think the majority of my charts are Christmas, so I'm trying real hard not to buy any for a while. Nice tree w/ pretty finishes!! Cool Haul. Supposed to trickle the water from a faucet overnight to keep pipes from freezing, and Maybe keep heat in the house set at a higher temp. 🎄Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!🌲. Kristy from Daisy Kay Primitives had a good idea for samplers... start a new one each month and work on it the whole month and then finish the next year in that month if not complete ...it gives you an opportunity to work on other things too !!

Have a wonderful holiday season! Love seeing all your beautiful work, thanks for sharing.

Hello your quilt is outstanding. Happy Christmas

I love your tree- I have not had the energy to put up one the last 2 years, this is a great solution!

Your Red Bird Sampler is gorgeous!!