MFE Flosstube Episode 2 

Thank you so much Lori! The Retors du Nord link is wonderful, I just checked that shop and it looks fantastic! Sajou Retors du Nord 2834 and 2009 are just really gorgeous together and would work really well. They're not 'replacements' but they are just perfect for the SAL I think. Going through my collection I feel I should place an order again to do a piece only in Retors du Nord! :D

@@ModernFolkEmbroidery How exciting to embark on this 2021 journey that now includes Retors du Nord! Thanks tremendously, Jacob, for suggesting Storm (2834) and Mist (2009). Indeed, there will be a ‘storm,’ more like a whirlwind …of kindness …as you intended when naming this SAL, “The Fruits of Plenty.” Some slight pause, Brooklyn Haberdashery didn’t have ‘plenty’ of those colors. Was only able to acquire three cards of each. Nevertheless, it offers a start for January, and staying the course a short while with 40 ct. linen, although the thrill of the chase is already on for the rest of the threads 😊

@@lorisantamaura7516 Oh no what a pity! I do hope they'll get more stock soon though. And you'll be stitching with one over 2 on 40ct so it should last you for some time I'm sure! :) Haha - didn't know about those names, that is quite funny!

Thanks so much for mentioning that shop, it's fantastic! Any recommendations for places to buy linen?

Thank you RoseAnn! :)

Thank you Kate! Glad to hear you enjoy the videos - already lots of plans for future ones!

Thank you Doris! That's so sweet, love that you've been stitching from such a young age! :)

Thank you so much Lauren - glad to have you! And Betsy's a good egg :D

Thank you Sandra! :)

Thank you Diane!

You're very welcome Jennifer - love doing them!

Thank you Janine! :)

Thank you so much Valier- very happy to hear you enjoyed it! :D

Thank you so much!

Thank you Charlene! :)

Thank you! I really love working on linen but whatever works best for you is the best :). If you do find a little piece of linen, do give it a try though - I love the feel and the slightly uneven texture of linen.

Thank you so much! Yea, the little animals in the triangles are a lot of fun. Hope to finish the chart today so I can start checking and starting a few test bits to see if all is okay - then to release it soon! :)

Thank you Tracy!

Thank you! :)

Thank you! :D

Hi Lucy! Thank you! You definitely should do a flosstube - they're such fun to do, and you'd be great at it! The shirt is mine, but the cardi is my partner's :P. I do like it a lot though, I thought the patterns worked nicely! :D

Thank you so much Bronny - that's lovely to hear! :D

Thank you so much Bernadette! Glad you enjoy it - already excited to be recording the next one!

Aw thank you Donna! :)

Thank you! Just about to sit down and record a new one right now :D

Thank you so much!

Thank you Deborah - yes you are right, that is how it was! I discovered the collection just before it closed so I did see it but sadly, at the time, I wasn't too much down the stitching rabbit hole and didn't take photographs or proper research. The appointment thing already limits my interest as I would feel like I was imposing. They did mention a while back that it was going to open again but I don't think it will be in the V&A itself but in a different building or something. It's currently housed at Blythe House for appointment only.

Thank you Mickie! I've not had a lot of time on it but I've finished the house itself now. I hope to be able to get some more stitches in over the coming weeks, as I'll be working alongside some other projects :D

Thank you Renee! If you look for Organic Kapok I think you should be able to find some companies that sell it. Charting is done, now testing colours and hopefully a release very soon! :D

Thank you Nicole! Send some sun our way! ;)

Thank you Melody! Looking forward to our chat in February! :)

Thank you! That'd be Ada Lilian Baldwin - she's such a sweet sampler! I'm going to dedicate a whole episode to her soon as I've found out quite a bit about her, spoke to one of her grandchildren as well! :) www.modernfolkembroidery.com/product/ada-lilian-baldwin-a-gloucestershire-miniature-sampler-pdf-pattern-copy/

Thank you Kay! :)

Thank you Cassy Jo! I love all the questions, so keep them coming! :D

Thank you Merritt - glad you enjoyed it :D

Thank you so much Kim - and you too! :)

Thanks so much Jacinta! :D

Thanks so much Ruth! Really nice to hear :D

Thank you Gail! :)

Thank you Brenda!

Thank you so much! It was North Yorkshire, city of York - and working for 15 years in shops and speaking a lot with local folks really has made a mess of my already weird accent! :P. I've already been looking at Dutch plant dye shops - was using naturalcolours in the UK which was wonderful, but would love to find something properly local here. Zeeland (about 40 minutes by train from here) was an area that was known for its madder growth and got very rich producing it, until that all collapsed in the later 19th century. Would love to grow some madder myself... :D. Do you grow your own?

@@ModernFolkEmbroidery Yes, I’ve grown my own madder, it isn’t difficult. I live on the coast between Liverpool and Preston, so I’m sure you won’t have a problem. I’ve grown my own woad successfully too, although that produces more blue with more sunshine. If you get the chance, go down to Toulouse, there is a woad farm there that welcomes visitors. (Check first, I visited about 6 years ago.

@@hazeluzzell Oh that's super exciting! I think I might get some plants... it'd be such fun to be able to grow that and then dye with it. I'll need to be patient though as it takes 3 years for the roots to properly produce the lovely reds needed - but I can wait! :D

Thank you Becki! I've got so much of that floss but still think I might not have enough for all the projects I've got lined up! :P

Thank you!

Gracias! :D

Hi Carol! Thank you! Susannah Walker really is lovely - I'll be releasing her later this afternoon, as soon as I'm done filming my new special flosstube launch episode! :D

You're welcome Olga! :)

Thank you so much - so wonderful to hear you're enjoying it! :D

Your finishes.....what can I say? They are glorious.

Thank you!

Thank you Jessa! She is a beauty indeed :D

Thank you Dian - and to you too! :D

Hehe thank you - working hard on it! :D

Thanks Caroline! x

Thank you Joan! The base of the pancake is the same but just not sweet - instead you can put any nice savoury topping onto it, and it's a really nice meal! :D

Hoi Joanita! Dank je! Ja, 15 jaar lang in de prachtige stad York. Zo'n mooie plek om te wonen - even op de fiets en je zit al in de wildernis, en met de trein ben je binnen een uur zit je bij een prachtige kliffen kust of de Dales of de Moors... Ik kijk er al weer naar uit om straks een vakantie in deze regio door te brengen! :D

Thank you so much! Which colour(s) have you got? Have you got a project planned? :D

I've light antique rose and hope to stitch the Flowering Heart, not sure on what colour of linen. I also have the Peace to my friend kit, lots of lovely stitching ahead

Thank you so much Linda! The Wedding one is a big one - fantastic! Thank you for stitching :D

Thank you! It's such a sweet sampler, cannot wait to share the finished chart and start stitching it myself! :D

:D Thank you - glad you enjoyed! :D

Thank you Tammy - and to you too! Happy shopping at Sajou! :D

Dank je Ans! En de beste wensen voor 2021! :)

Thank you! I'm excited to be recording it - which is soon I hope! :D

Thank you Catherine!

Thank you Kathy!

Thank you so much Darlene! Excited about video nr. 3 myself! :D

Thank you! I'm eagerly awaiting a really beautiful book on samplers... as if I didn't have enough already! :D. But cannot wait to share some nice books with everyone.

:) Thank you!

Thank you so much Jacqueline! I'll be doing some tutorials soon about finishing work, how to start etc., which will hopefully be of some help! :)

Thank you Anna! Excited to be doing more videos! :)

Graag gedaan! Laat me weten hoe je de floss ervaart! Ik vind het zelf super om mee te werken, en ga binnenkort zeker weer eens een patroon helemaal met Retors du Nord borduren.

Thank you Rhonda - yes, 3777 is fantastic - but there's definitely more folks who love it! :)

Thanks Gayle - that's great to hear! :)

Thank you! That sewing box is lovely indeed, it was a car-boot find (like most of the stuff I have! ). I'll be showing in a future video my hem stitch technique, and how I think it displays nicely!

Thank you so much Rachel - and the best wishes to you too! :D

Thank you so much! There's a couple: I grew up in the North of the Netherlands with Frisian being my mother tongue (a minority language spoken in a small part of the Netherlands, and the only sister language of English). Then of course I speak Dutch too. I was taught English in school, and I should be fluent in German after six years but it is *very* rusty. I can read a bit of Swedish / Norwegian / Danish but speaking those is too tricky for me. I studied Japanese for nearly two years at a course at York University but sadly that has mostly vanished and I only catch the occasional word now :P.

Thank you! :D

Thank you Tami! It's the same as a sweet one, but no sugar in the pancake batter of course- and on top you can put anything - onions, mushrooms... whatever takes your fancy. It's a little like a pizza but you make it with a pancake! :D

Thank you! Susannah's charting is coming along very nicely! I've also added the question to my list, hope to get round to it on the next flosstube! :)

Dank je wel Ida! :D

Thank you so much! This evening I finished most of the work on Susannah. Tomorrow I'll be doing the animals and checking all of the crosses just to make sure that it's right. Then there should be a release fairly soon! :) Best wishes to you too! :)

Thank you so much Nan! So the images on the website are mainly digital interpretations, but I think Antique Ivory by Zweigart or Platinum (also Zweigart) are pretty close. I'm tea dyeing my own fabric, and I'll be sharing a tutorial soon-ish (probably in the new year though!).

Hi Sarah! Thank you so much. I think I'm quite blessed with my eye-sight, but seeing some other stitches work on 56 count over one... and those Bristol samplers - it's really fantastic how fine the girls' work was! I've added your question to the list as well, and I hope to get round to that in an upcoming video! All the best wishes for 2021!

Thank you Chris! :)

It's perfect! I was just looking at it last night for Susannah Walker and I've settled on 3777 as it's closer but they are just perfect reds I think :)

Thank you so much Jennifer - and you too! :)

Thanks Ruth - I'm excited to work on the next one! :D

Thank you so much - the sweater is my partner's! :D

Thank you so much Yamir - you're a serious stitching legend. I cannot believe how beautiful and fine your stitching is. The Briston one you're working on at the moment is just insane - I was joking in my video about stitching over 1 on 56 (is that the Zweigart "Kingston" linen you're using?) but I'm actually tempted to try it. What floss / needles are you using for that?

@@ModernFolkEmbroidery awww thank you! I just love stitching tiny things :-), I laughed when you showed your 1 over 1 lol I actually rewind and paused the video to appreciated it longer. The Bristol is on a 56 count Zweigart Kingston, I will always enable anyone to try it lol, and if you hate it at least you know and if anything you can use it over 2 instead of over 1. Currently I am using the Au Ver Soie Surfine number 2384 for it , I don’t mind it at all but moving forward I will mostly use my own floss that I have started to dye (shhhhh coming soon 🤫) oh and the needles I am using for the 56 1x1 are John James Embroidery Needles size 12 the pack is yellow white and black and the to left corner it says ( 4 needles JJ10712B), they are sharp but this does not bother me since I stitch in hand and I am used to beading with them as well. If worse comes to worse you can always use Bohin 28 count as I am using those for the Zimmerman Coverlet and that one is also 1x1 but on 40 count

@@almondmnmsstudio I'll need to try those - thank you so much for the tips! I love sharp needles for very fine linen - blunts just poke huge holes! :D. I've got some needles in my stash (read: a nightmarish unorganised box with some antique and rusty things, some new and useable ones, and stuff that I do not know the use for). I'm sure there's something I can use! I'm also thinking of just using the very fine cotton sewing machine thread for the fine project like I'm doing on my Bristol one - updates soon on how I succeed or fail ;)

Thank you so much Barb - and a very merry Christmas to you too! :D

Thank you Juls - that sounds very exciting!

Hi Tammy! Thank you - that is so lovely to hear! Yay! :D

Thank you Barbara :)

Haha thank you! I usually just throw something together but I'll write it down and might share it at some point :)

Thank you so much! Currently charting Susannah and starting some test stitches on my linen to see if the colours I picked are right. When that's done I think I'll be releasing Susannah fairly soon! :D

Thank you - and for your question! I've added it to my Q&A list for an upcoming video! :D

Thank you! I love designing birds and any excuse to put them in a design I'll take! :D

Thank you Barbara - great to hear you're enjoying the videos! :D