Thank you for the information you provided in buying European patterns. I am interested in some of the designs you showed and am planning on making a couple purchases.
So today I met you and watched all your you tubes..why am I craving a pretzel?..just kidding..I so enjoyed this video. I have 2 patterns by Les Brodeuses Parisiennes and thank you for explaining that the many motifs are put on one pattern but not particularly meant to be one scene. I acquired my patterns from stash unload as I loved one with a little girl at an easel as my girls have art degrees but I questioned how all the motifs were to go together as shown on the cover…now I can say duh…I love Lilli Violette and her Italian instagram posts. My Italian is poor but growing up in an Italian family her posts are music to my ears as is your French! What a completely enjoyable eye candy post!
If my legacy is to be the one who inspires others to eat pretzels, I am 100% fine with that. 😆 And I love that you're stitching a Les Brodeuses pattern for your daughters. Happy to have helped with that detail on stitching it by itself too. Thank you for watching all the videos and chat with you in the next one!
Thank you for this very informative video. I have stitched several French designs. I used to purchase all of my European patterns from The French Needle and while I still love her shop, she is stocking less cross stitch designs. I agree that it is the delicacy of the European designs that I love. Veronique Enginger is my favorite.
You're very welcome! I love that style so much, and I'm very glad I can share what I've learned with others. I'd noticed that about The French Needle too -- my guess is she buys what sells more, but I hope she keeps stocking cross stitch. It's so nice to be able to order it from within the US sometimes.
Thus was such a fabulous video tutorial and I really appreciated all the info you shared. I’m a huge christiane Dahlbeck fan and have a number of her books and booklets. 💕💕💕
I am always delighted to discover another Christiane Dahlbeck fan! And I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. It's a stitching style I enjoy very much and had fun sharing what I've learned with others.
Thanks for this wealth of information. I was chuckling when you were talking about no knowing the language a book is written in but still being able to stitch from a chart. I learned to stitch from Eastern European folk designs as a child. My Grandparents and Mother knew the language. By the tie I was in 3rd grade, my aunt was bringing home European kits for me to stitch. Most of these were from the Danish Handcraft Guild and were not in English. Also, the pictures weren't in color. The libraries didn't have Danish dictionaries, the internet didn't exist yet and so imagination took over. She often remarked, on seeing the finished projects, that my flowers, etc. had very interesting colors. What did I know? I was working with the chart and threads that were included. By the 1980s a smattering of these patterns were being imported into the USA, some translated or translated by shop employees into English, and using the Danish Flower Threads. Permin and Thumbelina kits followed continuing to provide mostly Scandinavian based designs. I liked these designs as they were much more delicate and fluid than American produced designs. I agree with you on that and their use of backstitch, etc. was integral to the designs. These days, language is less of an issue as you can get a translation via Google for almost anything. Again, thanks for this look at German and French designers!
I love this story so much! Both for hearing how you learned from family and how you took your own path to complete them in the absence of written instructions and all the tools we have to help today. Do you still have any of the pieces you completed then? They would be wonderful heirlooms!
Unfortunately, most of these pieces were used as gifts and many went out with Super Storm Sandy. I do have a few small pieces that live with my linens and never got fully finished.
Thank you for this excellent video about European cross stitch, Deborah. I love the European aesthetic which differs from country to country and is so different from the US aesthetic.
Love your channel. Love seeing diversity in charts. Please keep them coming. I’m not a sampler or primitive stitcher. Love the pattern designers you’ve showcased.
Hi Deborah Found your channel this evening and watched all three video’s, brilliant, loved them. I’m now a subscriber and looking forward to more fun and interesting chats along the way. Take care 👵 x
This is a very interesting and useful insight into French and German cross stitch. I think it would be also useful for USstitchers if you could research more about other European countries stitching styles and where to buy it. I know Netherlands has couple big names like modern folk embroidery and twin peak primitives, but I would love to know if there are more and if there are websites, shops or market places where to buy it. Also interested to see smth Italian. I know you probably don’t stitch all of them, and can’t show real things on camera, but just gathering info and putting in pictures would be awesome too ❤❤❤ oh, and don’t forget about Eastern Europe. It has its own rather unique pattern style with tons of backstitch and blends 😂
Thanks so much for watching, Anastasia! You're absolutely right there are more designers and styles than I was able to cover in this video. If you haven't already, take a look at the Italian site I mentioned, Casa Cenina. They sell items from Italian, Eastern European, and many other designers/regions as well as the French and German ones I covered. You can browse by designer, and I've found it a fantastic way to see what's out there.
Greetings from New Hampshire! I just recently discovered your RU-vid channel and I must say, you are a natural! What a great idea to expose us to some of these European designers. These designs are just beautiful and are so feminine and lovely. You have quite a collection of beautiful books and patterns. I am looking forward to more great information and content from you!🦋
Hello, neighbor! Thanks so much for watching, and I'm glad you enjoyed seeing these designers. I've gone on a bit of a tear purchasing them in the past year or so, but they're all so lovely!
Excellent video ... thanks so much for taking the time ! I too love the European designers and find it a shame that we in North America (I'm Canadian) do not have ready access. I do plan to explore the French Needle offerings the next time I'm in the US (shipping is much less). Thanks again ...
Thank you for such an interesting video. Very unique content. I love the Cross Stitch Alphabets by Helene La Berre, beautiful! Where did you get your strawberry cup? That one has to go in my cupboard. I’m so happy I’ve discovered your FlossTube. Sarah from Sarah’s Stitchy Spot gave you a shoutout!
Thank you so much for stopping by! I'm glad you found it interesting and found a new designer. Isn't that mug delightful? Unfortunately, I bought it at Marshall's or somewhere similar and the only info is that it's from Portugal. Sorry I wasn't able to provide more info. 😔
LOVED this video, Deborah! Thank you so much for your effort in putting it together! I love Christiane Dahlbeck and am a big fan of The French Needle. Another design house (?) I really like is Rouge du Rhin. Sadly The French Needle has pretty much fazed-out their designs.
Hooray! Glad to discover another fan of these designers. I hadn't seen Rouge did Rhin before, but they are lovely! It looks like Casa Canine only carries a few too, but I will definitely do a deeper dive into those now too. Thank you!
Hey there, Deborah! I found your video to be very interesting! I hadn’t realized that the continental European aesthetic was so different from the US. In the past I have only been familiar with a couple of European designers: Roberto Parolin (Italian) and Owl Forest Embroidery (Russian). I appreciate you sharing your knowledge on the French and German designers! It appeared to be very thorough and comprehensive. I am enjoying your videos very much and look forward to your next flosstube! Hope you’re staying warm where you are! We are lucky enough to be in the 60s here in Dallas. Lol!
Hi Michael! Thanks for watching another of my videos, and I'm glad you found it interesting. I hadn't realized how different they were either until I started down that exploratory path. I'm familiar with Owl Forest Embroidery, but hadn't heard of Parolin. I'll give him a look! And I hope you're enjoying the balmier weather there! It's mostly been rainy here.
This is wonderful information. I have had the book with the tree in my Amazon cart for quite a while. Although I love the look of a piece with fractional stitches, I don’t enjoy stitching them. Nightmares from the ‘80s 😮.
Thank you for watching! Yes, I can understand that feeling. Even when I know I'll like the final look, I have to psych myself up for the fractional stitching. 😳
Deborah, love this video! I’m a Canadian viewer who found your approach to pattern sourcing and selection very refreshing - I have subscribed to your channel, and look forward to more of your thoughtful content! In this particular video, you showed a page of small vases and flowers - delicate, charming, and very much what I’m looking for - could you confirm which book (I think it’s an Helene le Berre) it’s from? Thanks!
Hi Nancy - thank you so much! Exploring these types of patterns has been one of my favorite aspects of stitching, and I'm glad to hear others are interested as well. You highlighted one of my favorite patterns too! It's found in "Le langage des fleurs: à broder au point de croix" by Helene Le Bette. The copy I have is a double book from Japan, but the content is the same in the individual titles. (If you'd like that info too, just let me know.)
Love your channel...thanks so much for sharing all your knowledge! I am currently searching bookstores for Christiane Dahlbeck's books and will be checking out the French Needle as well. For now, I have one of her patterns that a friend gave me from her relative. I don't know what brand of floss is used and I am struggling to find a color chart with numbers that would allow me to convert to either DMC or Anchor floss colors. I thought you mentioned in this video about the brand used by European stitchers, but I can't seem to find that info :/
So glad to hear from another fan of Christiane Dahlbeck! In some books, there is a chart, usually at the back, that includes DMC as one of the options so you can crosswalk your way there from the called for. In another book, I found a small section labelled "Material" at the bottom of a random page, which says things like "HF = Dänisches Blumengarn", which is Danish Flower Thread. And there are a couple others listed like that. Perhaps your book has a small section like that too somewhere? I haven't looked enough to see if there is a conversion chart online to go from Flower Threads to DMC, but they've become more popular too, so maybe one is out there. I hope you enjoy stitching her designs!
I found a floss tube presenter who spoke of (a shop I think) in Paris. It is called “Le Bonheur des Dames” that had beautiful patterns. The one I likes was $37.00 Are all patterns this expensive?
This is a new designer to me too, but what lovely patterns! It looks like they primarily sell their pieces as kits, which explains the higher price. Selling only as kits or as a collection of patterns in a book rather than as separate patterns is a very typical thing you see from French, German, and other European designers.
I have to tell you, this video was painful to watch becos of your lighting. I was so interested in your content but found myself being frustrated because I could not see the designs. Something to work on.
