My dad was an artist and he passed in 2006. You gave me a great idea! I am going to replicate some of his art with embroidery! Thank you for the idea! Embroidering a race car is going to be a fun project!
@@gettheetothestitchery Oh wow never thought you'd see my comment! You might not see this one but I just wanna say you're one of the main reasons I got into embroidery and sewing. I love the controlled chaos that is your channel.
When I saw the pile of unframed embroidery, it reminded me of the story of Princess Furball, who had a coat made of hundreds of different furs. You could do that with your pieces.
Your creativity always astounds me. Even though you says it's just taking other people's designs, it still requires vision to transfer that to another medium. We learned to embroider as children: tea towels, for our hope chests; and I have done pillow fronts and embroidery on quilts. Most difficult embroidery: I am trying to add embroidery to an heirloom quilt I made 30 years ago, which means I can't access the back of the quilt top fabric.
Perhaps consider having a rotating gallery of your embroideries on one wall. They would all get a chance to shine and you could take off the ones you aren't feeling at any time.
Well done you for keeping those perfectly good supplies out of the trash. And, oh, man, I remember those flowers. That video was invaluable to me and the embroidered patches I was making. I actually ended up using that exact carnation pattern for a patch on a satin jacket.
It’s 3:00pm on October 25th and already your auction is raking in the views and bids. Congrats on this entire process. I bet it feels so good - if not a bit daunting- to put this little project into action. Well done!
I'm very impressed, not that you started so many projects, but that you finished so many! Wow, I'm in envy of that. Tha handwriting idea is great, I'm adding it to all the open tabs in my brain...
We need to elevate people’s minds. I first encountered the word you didn’t say in a book about people in the woods gathering fuel for their campfire. I looked it up in the dictionary because I didn’t know the meaning. Then I came upon it learning all the stitches in my sewing machine. I never knew it was a pejorative word till I was in my 40’s. I kid you not. It’s a darn shame a perfectly good word is now used to try and denigrate a segment of humanity. We need to support each other. Ah well, I enjoyed seeing your embroidery, and this senior citizen has to get with the modern word usage.
I found your channel because I was starting my embroidery journey. I’d been crocheting since I was a child but couldn’t anymore due to wrist injuries. I was hoping to find the same joy in thread as I did in yarn. You keep surprising me with just what embroidery can do. I love it. Every time you share something new, I get to experience the joy anew. Thank you!!!
The Captain America Shield out of entirely french knots. I think I died. I hate french knots so much. Wishing you all the luck with getting these pieces out and what a lovely way to share with the word. Still very low priced.
'tis the problem of being creative. You create because you enjoy the process of creating; the problem of what to do with the item once it's made. Also because you often put something of yourself into the item it then gets hard to part with. All the feels ❤
Your first project is an amazing kit; when I started, I got something way less creative and visually appealing. Would have loved to have started with something so interesting. The fingerprints were really lovely, also creative. Imagine doing them specifically for someone! LOVED the Pooh character ones - really creative! Now I have to go back and watch your embroidery tutorials, like the "fill" stitch one. Great idea with the thread weights/same flower. You have wonderful and inspirational ideas. I can imagine you taking these various pieces, much like your sashiko embroidery, and creating an amazing two-sided quilt. Something like that is an amazing "memory" and heirloom. I only started doing embroidery in 2020 (pandemic time filler!). I taught myself by watching RU-vid videos, bought all the kit and kaboodle you need, and so have a ton of materials, but don't like the boring kits. I used the kits I did to make workbags and pillows for friends and family - at least everyone got something "useful"! Now, I'd like to do pieces for myself of my own design. This video has inspired me to get at it again! And having now finished this video (I typed my comments as I watched), I'm off to ebay to look at what's available. Thank you for another inspirational and fun video!
The cruise ship supplies story is a great “in law” test. If those lovely people did that for you - that shows that they love their son, they really like you (don’t know how long you knew them or how much time you had spent with them at that point) and they are happy to see you together and aren’t passive aggressively trying to break you apart. So I’d say you are lucky in your choice of in laws. It boded well for the future. My “friendship test” was a large, very heavy, real wooden chopping board acquired in Canada when the rest of the family lived in UK. Imagine trying to fit that in the hand luggage. Got to love the “adjacent” people in your life such as best friend’s parents, nephew’s friend’s older brother - you get the idea.
Man that Bargello piece has a really satisfying thunk when you put it down XD I wish my hands would let me get good at embroidery. The pain makes it really hard to get proficient at small work and I am a tense worker so satin stitch and I are never friends. I'm very impressed with your collection though XD
Oh my, Charlie, your generosity and sweet heart just about bowl me over! This is a beautiful, kind and meaningful thing to do, I applaud you. I knew that there were lots of reasons why I follow you and enjoy your videos and this is only one of them. You are so talented and witty and warm and altogether lovely 😊 thank you for all that you do 🩷
What a great video. Thank you for sharing your journey into Embroidery. Whilst l've been embroidery for many more years than yourself. Your putting yourself out there and trying out stitches and designs is magnificent. I shall now try to be more adventurous. How lovely of you to put your pieces up fir sale for chariety. Continue to keep ringing new things to try. And l shall keep watching. Annette, from Bognor regis, west sussex, england
So fun to see your journey through and with embroidery! Had to look up the sad quote since i also liked it and "It's happy for deep people" is from a character named Sally Sparrow in the Docter Who series 😄 And thank you for sharing your art with us through such a fun and generous idea! I stuggle a lot with letting go of things but they pile up after a while, I'm thinking I take inspiration from your idea and see what I can do where I live, help someone out and letting go of some things at the same time. Thaks for another great video! 🥰
I know you talked about it a bit in your stitching a life path video but I’d love to hear more about the different jobs you have had and how you moved from one to another. I’m currently having a bit of an existential crisis because I can’t picture myself working one job for the rest of my life so I’m really interested in how other people’s career paths work? So if you’re thinking about doing a chatty video like that, yes please!
I love your random stitch collection too. Going through stitches. Wow, wool stitching is awesome. It gets better every time you pull from the box. I love the tea things.
love this soooo much!!! such a fun vid. my favs are the winnie the poo bottoms and the tea set sets are DARLING!! so inspirational!!! LOVE FROM UTAH!!!
Dang what an amazing score!! I love finding cool stuff in the garbage! I still need to fix the chipped plaster on the fancy antique picture frame I found leaning against a dumpster...
Charlie, this is SO cool. I love having this peek into your creative journey. And I so relate to the feeling of “I just want to try that to see how it works”!
I like the idea of making quilts and putting the work on clothing. I too don't like the process of selling. I haven't embroidered in years but all of it except the learning pieces were intended for use, pillow cases, handkerchiefs and the last one was a rose I put on a dress while expecting my first child. I have been tempted to do some more flowers on clothing but haven't.
Randomly, my current needlepoint project is the same as the one your mom made you! It’s a kit, of course, and mine is cotton needlepoint rather than crewel. And oh yeah … love your projects, and selling everything on for charity is a great idea! 🥰
As a baby embroiderer I have made one (1) piece that I keep saying l’ll finish and 3 “patches” that looked more like lumps of yarn to toss…but my family still has them! Auctioning for charity is such a good idea aswell-hope those subway maps find the perfect home
That is a lot of stitching! I live so many of them (especially the ballerina or dance pieces) Even thought many are “beginner” pieces, they’re quite inspiring - and I think they’re going to spark ideas for the viewers as well as yourself. I hope the sale goes well
Fascinating embroidery collections and lovely. Great that proceeds will go to helping others. You are a good soul. I dream of finding a craft / sewing treasure box.
This is how I feel about all the art I have ever done. I took a photo once of all my past high school/university projects laid out on the floor, and I could barely fit them in my tiny bedroom all laid out. Now they all sit in a box and I have not clue what to do with any of it, because I can't really incorporate them into other things...
Love the stitch practice bunch! Also, even from the thumbnail, the subway map series speaks to me. And the colour explosions. Ooooh, the double layer bubbles are cool! And the Bargello is stunning, of course :)) The auction idea is great, I'll follow the ones I like the most and maaaaybe if the prices don't skyrocket, I'll try my luck. But seeing where they are already... :) I wish you a great sum raised for the charity!
I think the subway map in the bottom row on the left is Chicago's "The L", short for elevated. The loop, and the fact that none of the lines go east, is very distinctive. I'm from a suburb of Chicago.
Auctioning them off for charity is such a wonderful idea. Any time you feel drained by the process you can go "FOR THE CHILDREN" and get some more energy. 😅
It's so curious! I'm into cross stitch because it's pretty and easy, it's kind of faster than regular embroidery. Plus, I don't need to memorize tons of stitches that only frustrate the hell out of me & I consider them some kind of torture that people come up with. Embroidery can be gorgeous, I am especially into needle painting visually, but the amount of patience, and time, and dedication it takes? I think I'll rather cross stitch in that time (or write, or play video games, or read, or whatever that is more productive for me). I tried both cross stitch and embroidery when I was a kid & I remember my time at an embroidery class & losing interest in it very fast. I remember looking at the patterns and telling the teacher I am not interested, she encouraged me to try anyway, and that piece got buried in my wardrobe for literally years and years. And when I was already an adult, my mom told me that I told her that I wasn't interested in it. I rediscovered cross stitch and embroidery well into my mid twenties, but it has to be specific things and patterns that I'm into and that can be hanged on my wall, creating a gallery wall. I'm into that kind of interior design choice. And I remember watching some of your tutorials not so long ago and feeling overwhelmed and how it's basically knitting on fabric and WHY would you do it to yourself, lol. But honestly, to each their own & that's great. It's great that you've found your medium. P.S.: 250 hoops! That's a lottery won in a way. Plus free needles. Great stuff. The fact that they decided to just throw it away instead of giving away or recycling through giving away? Shows you just how wasteful capitalism is. UPD: Forgot to say, the sin pieces are gorgeous. Probably one of rare cases when I think the textured embroidery really is worth it.
