+PJ Owens I know right? I had no idea I owned so many that were similar until I got them together for that video. I love the fairies on branches. Something to do with how delicate they are and how sparkly their wings are maybe ..
I don't feel quite so bad about my small collection! Gloaming is an old English word for that time we call dusk. I love your stitching Mackenzie, and watch you stitching your Mermaid of Atlantis over and over although I haven't got that chart - yet! Thank you for hours of pleasure.
Yea! Mira collection! You have some beautiful pieces! I really like the 'branch' fairies too! I would love to see you stitch Mid Summer night! I think she is beautiful. And you enabled me to add to my wish list! 😉
What a wonderful collection! I really enjoyed seeing all those and hearing you read the blurb on the back! There are several I love but I think my fave is The Garden Party. The colours are beautiful. I'd love to see you stitch that. I had to look up the exchange rate for Canadian dollars to British pounds! So educational this Flosstube! 😀 X
So jealous of your Mirabilia stash. I love some of the older patterns, especially the art deco Le Nouveau. Thanks for taking the time to make the video. Really enjoyed it.
Wonderful collection McKenzie, the three I like is the garden party, girl with eggs dont know why just do? Flora fairy but they are all beautiful and your right the bride is gorgeous happy stitching xx
You look so pretty! You have a really great collection. I didn't get hooked on Miras until I saw Roses of Provence. Then it just sort of spiraled out of control from there. Love all the Midsummer Fairies, the fairies near ginormous flowers, Stargazer, Autumn Queen, most of the mermaids...and now Tree of Hope. Think I will be a selective collector as well. As always, thanks for sharing 💕
McKenzie, you are such an enabler!! Which is fine by me. :) I recently purchased The Kiss and I have to admit I'm in love with it. Not long ago I went through the Mirabilia site and made a list of all the ones that I liked and I have to say that you showed a few of them today. Beautiful collection and love the lippie. :)
I love the ladies; Sabrina, Roses Provence, At the Met, etc. I love the fairies, there is something very light and delicate about them, but the beading scares the crap out of me. Mood Flower is on my list as well. I love the colors in her dress. Thanks for sharing!
+Shaun Collins I think it definitely their delicate nature that I love as well! Those beaded wings are so beautiful ... you can do it! Once you start you will fall so in love with them that you will be able to bead them no problem.
I'm so jealous of your gorgeous mirabilia collection. I want to stitch every single one of them..it WILL happen one day I'm sure 😊 love the colour of your lipstick it suits you
Hello, thanks for making this video. You look so beautiful and such great lighting. I love your Mirabilia's. I have just started collecting my own Mirabilia's. I love the ones you have picked and the ones you have finished.
I love your collection McKenzie, and I love your finished August Peridot Fairy. I just ordered The Snow Queen pattern and the pattern and materials for At The Met. She is so beautiful. I can't wait to start her. Thanks for the tip about the cross stitch world website. I wish I knew about it before I ordered my first two Mirabilias. I paid $15 each for my patterns. Oh well. I know I'll be collecting more in the future, so I will remember to get them at the site you suggested. I can't wait to see your next finished Mirabilia. Happy Stitching!
Your collection is just wonderful. We have exactly 0 in common. Ha! I suppose we have very different tastes, which is totally cool. I do love Moon Flowers and Garden Party. How ironic that you don't care for Topaz. I don't care for my own either, Diamond. She just looks too cutesy for me. Oh, and thanks for pointing out The Garden Muses. I didn't know them but oh, that's just wonderful. :) Hugs, Jessie
+Jessie Marie Does Stuff Jessie! Hey girl! That is too funny. Luckily there are so many designs there is bound to be something for everybody. And I have to say, I remember that Winter White Santa you did and it was STUNNING. It might make me change my mind about those Santas ;)
I habe just finished watching your channel right from the beginning!! You kept me company all weekend so thank you lol. I love your blogs so keep them up and your stitching is amasing and beautiful! Your definatly one of my favs!!! big hugs xx
Hi Mackenzie, Loved seeing the Mirabilia Charts you have in your collection. I too am a collector of Mirabillia I started collecting back in the early nineties as they were being released so I have quite a collection, trouble is I keep seeing others I would like. About to start Mermaids of the Deep Blue.
What a collection! They're all beautiful! I however seem to be the opposite of you. I'm not too keen on the branch ladies or the really strong borders. But I love just the ladies themselves! Isn't that awesome how we have such different tastes with the exact same designer! I think Cinderella should be on your list...she's a beauty! Love the dark lipstick, but your eyes are beautiful! Again, so shimmery and pretty. (this is the second time I've commented on you eyes..I'm not a creep really! Just admiring the colors!)
Great video! Love those Mirabilias. I'm currently doing Summer Queen pink conversion. I have a pretty good collection, but Summer Queen is the first one I've really gotten in to.
So apparently I'm a fairy person. The fairies are my favorites in this group. Especially Midsummer Night's Fairy. And Fairy Flora. I see me acquiring those in the near future... Great video. That lipstick is on point.
What a great vid, and awesome timing for me personally: I just received my very first Mira in the mail. Yay! I'm gonna do Red, but in a blue colour way. Your collection is amazing. So many lovely ladies. I really like September Sapphire, never seen her before. Looking forward to knowing which one you will pick! :)
I love your lipstick! I am a fan of dark reds myself :) loved seeing your mira stash! I own midsummer night fairy and can't wait to stitch it...would love to see you stitch it and the shimmering mermaid!
Was so nice to see your collection. I do not like patterns with people in it, so considered that I do not like any Mirabilias, but... I did like Adia and added it to my - maybe someday list :)
okay so I had to wipe the drool off of my lap top before I could comment on your Mirabillia collection. to think that last year I was terrified of them and now can't keep myself away from them. I am afraid my stash of them is destined to increase. btw ladies/fairies on a tree limb should be a classification just like mermaids or ladies in fancy dress. Love love love the lip color I need that and I need it in a nail polish too!
+saja abdullah They are definitely addicting! And I agree - ladies on branches! Fairys on tree limbs! I love them. That colour would be a killer nail polish. It's a shame I can't wear nail polish at work or I could coordinate ;D
you have such a beautiful collection, makes me want to buy more mirabilia patterns! I agree with you on the cost of the mirabilia patterns I'm from nz and I think the patterns work out to be the price as they are in Canadian dollars for you (around $20-25 NZD). I've bought some of my patterns from a site similar to ebay in nz, where people sell (often in bulk) mirabilia and at times lavender and lace patterns that they can't do anymore (usually due to their eye sight) and most are unopened. so I can get 2-4 patterns for around $10-30NZD which is a great deal, since shipping costs from the US can be expensive.
+Sasha Kostenko That is a great deal! It can get a little ridiculous if you want to buy them all at full price so good for you for looking out for those!
Love the intro. Didn't comment in your lat video. But, now that you mentioned it, I do agree that dark lip colors look good on you. :) Oh... And I wish I had your collection. :)
Lovely video which really shows the mirabilia evolution. I'm a huge fan and have Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter Queens knitted up. Have you seen Christmas Elegance? She was my fastest mirabilia finish ever and is not overtly Christmassy I think...
That was fun! I love Adia, and am in the process of kitting her up. Would love to see you start on her. I have Sleeping Beauty in my collection and would love to add Cinderella. I have a few that you don't have (Fairy Moon, Stargazer, Petal Fairy), but Midsummer Night's Fairy and Titania are in my wishlist. Interestingly, my birthday fairy is Topaz, and I strongly dislike that design as well. Need to stop adding though because I'll never have time to stitch everything I have. :-(
+Cheryl TheWaysideStitcher Stargazer has been sitting on my wishlist for a long time, for some reason I haven't bought her ... but I do like that pattern. I know the feeling, I am reaching stitch capacity too!
There are now 28 Mirabilias that I want to do - not counting the 1 I have done, the 1 I have in progress, and not counting Nora Corbett's smaller pieces that I don't count as Miras. So I'm right there with you. I haven't bought them, but I get it.
Hey Hun, I completely get it I only started liking mira's in the middle of last year and I already have 6 which were all the ones that I liked but as I see people working on others I think "ooooh that's beautiful, I'd like that!!" Hahaha. So my collection is growing and after this video there are even more I would like 😉. I haven't even stitched one yet but that is my plan this year once I have finished two of my current projects. If there are any mira's you really want I could keep an eye out on UK eBay for you and post them to you. I'm the same as you, even the out of print ones I want at a reasonable price. Oh and love the lipstick it really suits you!!!!
That lipstick, girl! ❤️❤️❤️ I love your collection. I think Summer Queen is my favorite...even though as a general rule I hate summer :-) She's quite beautiful though. ~Amy~
+RnRjunkie66 I love Summer Queen! That is another one that bugs me - that I don't love all of the 'season' queens equally. It makes sense to have the set of them but I just don't like all of them enough!
Ugh I wish I could werk a red lip like you.... Fairy Idyll, that's what's up. I am so there with you on the prices for the oop Miras. I refused to pay more than full retail price on the ones I have, took some patience and passing up quite a few, but I won't play that game. At the end of the day it's still just a piece of paper and I have my standards haha. I have been tweaking hardcore for Red for like 2 months and I'm calling it now, she's accidentally falling into my next shopping cart...
+the evergreen needle But girl you could. You COULD. :D I hear you on the $$, I'm sure if I put it out of my head for a little while it would no longer matter. Can't chase those OOPs.
Beautiful collection! I have 2 Miras and 2 Nora Corbetts (do they all count as Miras?!) however my wishlist is large, so many of the same that you have! I have yet to stitch any of them!
Love the lip color, And oh my good ness the collection. So jeally. I'm doing lik projects right now my goal is to finish all my WIPs and do then do a Mirabilia the Cinderella or the ?Biancabella? Or do you have a recommendation for a beginner?
+Yazmin Aguilar What a great goal Yazmin! Good luck! The Mirabilia would be your prize for finishing everything else. I think you could definitely do Cinderella or Biancabella for your first one - Mermaid of Atlantis was the first one I did. If you want you could try one of the other Nora Corbet fairies to start, they usually have less beads or no beads and are a slightly simpler design. But like I said, I think you could do anything you wanted! :D
Loved your video. great collection you have, I really really liked your Sapphire fair I think its because that's my birthday month. so I am requesting you do that one next lol
+Suzanne Smith I'm so glad you agree Suzanne! Something about the lack of symmetry really bugs me and I'm not sure I have the designing chops to re-chart. Maybe someone else has already done it? Or you could do it and share it with me? ;)
I just bought "Ivy" from 123stitch and it arrived and the front photo was ripped! which honestly, I'm rather ticked about considering I paid for it, and had to have it shipped to Canada! Which also costs extra for shipping & Canadian dollar and it took 3 week to arrive...grr
+Stephanie Watson Oh no! That is unacceptable! I would be contacting them to see if they could do something for you about that. That's not collection-worthy!
thank you for sharing your collection. I have strange relationship with Mirabilias - they are very nice and even beautiful but somewhat boring [if that even makes sense, I can't describe this feeling differently] and not one really spoke to me. but now I know two Mirabilias that I want! we had conversation! :) thank you for that. now I feel like normal human being - I want beautiful Mirabilias! :)
+Inga Dubinska I do understand that Inga - there is something about them that can be very blank and non-dynamic - just ladies that are posing. But luckily there are enough designs that there's bound to be a few you like! Which two did you like?
+thelovelyarray well, I needed to watch your video again cause I couldn't find where I wrote down the two of them. :) so - I liked md41-adia, then tere was something about md21-laidy idyll, and md18 - blooming bride. I checked also on mirabilia.com and the new one md143-the snow queen I really want except her face. photo is small so I hope my eyes are just crazy, but something about that face is totally wrong. for the designs that goes for "look I'm pretty" it's strange that there are quite a lot of them where faces seem quite wrongto put it midly. but the only one mirabilia I have is md65-angel of the new dawn. bought at the same time as angel of love. and it's all fine except that darkish brown in her wings is something I will need to change somehow. more I look at that colour more wrong it seems.
I have the lady of the mist mirabilia... my husband just bought it for me and it only came with a chart like some had just scanned it and put it back in the package... and returned it and thats what we got... it had not instructions just the chart and the key.... is this normal... never done one of these before
+Brittany Bates That doesn't sound too normal to me. The patterns usually have a little story and instructions alongside the key. I'm sorry that happened to you!
What are you trying to do to me. I never thought I'd be seriously interested in a Mirabilia. They're gorgeous, but I just couldn't imagine wanting to do one. Then you go and show me Woodland Fairy. I don't even like orange. I don't care about fairies. But she put some sort of spell on me. This is your fault.
+lindystitches Yup, she'll do that. I consider my mission accomplished, because you do care about fairies girl. You DO. And you should. And you should buy some. ... ... ... ... ... ... #fairyshowandtell
+lindystitches Yup, she'll do that. I consider my mission accomplished, because you do care about fairies girl. You DO. And you should. And you should buy some. ... ... ... ... ... ... #fairyshowandtell
