Surviving Winter in the Beehive 

Thank you Anna. I love it when our children complain about their childrens noise and chaos. They really dont think that they were as much trouble. 😂

Hi Anna, I went to the Road to California quilt show today and had a wonderful time. So many beautiful quilts and so many things I want to make that the vendors were selling. I sent a picture to your email of a hexi quilt, I hope you get it. It has 900 hexagons, no repeats of the same cat image. Took 17 years to collect the fabrics and hand sew all the hexi’s. She said in the process, she discovered she did not like hand quilting and all but 5 of the 900 hexi’s are machine quilted. Made by Sandra Sidell of Camarillo, CA. Maybe she watches you❤️

Anna!! I first found your quilting videos back during covid time, I think. You inspired me to get back to sewing ! Later found your Stitching flosstube, and I hope you know how wonderful you are!! Inspiring, genuine, funny, and a beautiful person to listen to!Thank you for being so generous with your time and making the videos! I especially appreciate the videos that "G" includes when you travel or visit somewhere!! Be well and have fun! Hugs, Anna, the other RN

I think you should start a Q-tube initiative to corral quilters together like floss tube for cross stitchers.

A calming way to start the day. Coffee and candles.

I hear you about asthma! What a pain! I caught a cold from my grandkids at Thanksgiving and just finished up with symptoms this week! Enjoy stitching! @quiltfull

Love the Song bird quilt and watching birds. We don’t have a feeder though as I have 2 cats, don’t want to invite their dinner 😂

I've been enrolled into Karen Brown's Just Get It Done Quilts #declutterchallenge2024 and it has been so helpful in helping me to refocus on quilting and and cross stitch projects and goals. Glad you persevered in those sounds and discovered a home maintainance problem. And that jweckerfisch panel is adorable. Looking forward to seeing your progress. Thanks for the video chat Anna.

Primitive Gatherings… my dream retreat someday. ❤

Love your Songbird Serenade and will be checking out the Pink Stitchers! Always enjoy your visits, stay warm and healthy😊

My quilting group meet once a week to sew. It’s fun seeing what others are working on. Sometimes it is mostly talking and visiting too. ❤

Hi anna, thanks for your video. its gloomy here in New England today. I was finishing up my LOVE wall hanging from the fat quarter shop and was listening to you so intently that I sewed the backing on backwards. Lol. Here comes the frog! Have a great day.

All I say to my kids with their kids noise is “payback”.😂😂. Wish I was going to Sisters this year. Road to California was just OK this year. A lot of the quilts were gorgeous. Nothing I would ever try. Never give up wearing a mask. Stay safe.

My mom used to do a lot of trapunto way back. Did a lot of pillows with birds, ducks,cats etc😄. I still have all her unfinished ones.

Enjoyed your visit while sitting in my stitching chair enjoying the peaceful ending of the day. It is part of my routine that I look forward to. Tonight it was the Winter Quaker from Primrose Cottage. Many evenings it is wool appliqué from Primitive Gatherings or Buttermilk Basin. I am all signed up for your Sit ‘n Stitch at Quilters Affair. 🎉🎉

I love the bird quilt. Love you.

I went to Sisters a few years ago! Such a lovely little town! I shopped at the Stitchin’ Post and had a great time. I also love bird watching in my backyard. Though I don’t get a wide variety of birds here in the suburbs. I always enjoy watching your videos. 🪡🧵🥰

I don’t think I realized you have two channels, I’ve seen your stitching and woolies that you have worked on. I love watching birds too, I don’t feed them because I have a cat who loves to hunt. I agree with you that us quilters don’t have a tube community except through floss tube. I watch some of the same ladies as you do. I’m going to go check out the pink stitchers. I love your bird quilt! Happy quilting and stay warm.

Love the bird quilt and the other video recommendations. Thank you!

Hello again. Thank you for showing us your pretty bird wall hanging. When the weather is like this, housework is minimal. After all the goal is to be cozy. I accomplish that by embracing my sewing machine and sewing. And cuddling with my cats.

I finished quilt #2 for January while watching today🎉 on a roll.

Hunkered down here too, 12 degrees here and 3inches of frozen snow. Internet/ WiFi off and on (mostly off) for a week, finally fixed today. I have a wood stove for weeks like this and coffee perked on the wood stove is fabulous. I enjoy both your channels just because I enjoy having you talk to me. Thankfully the electric hasn’t gone out so sewing quilt tops have been made, if electric goes out I use my treadle 😮. Most of my tops go to a group that quilts them for donations to various causes. Your bird wall quilt is lovely.

Haha drive-thru bird feeding haha. We've been feeding our birds nonstop here in Ontario. Tonight we have an Eastern Screech Owl serenading us. Love visiting with you. Initially a quilter then wool stitching and now cross stitching. Sew Tattered also does these crafts and is sweet to watch.

I like silence in the sewing room too. I like to listen to you though, because you’re calming and I love the hum of your camera. I’ve made up the Songbird Serenade kit. I love it and have it hanging near my back door where I go out and feed the birds.

I found you when I came across your Stitch Roadies channel. I loved listening to you even though I am not a cross stitcher. Then I found out you have a Quilt Roadies channel and I am delighted. I love your content and how appreciative you are of what is happening in your life. Thank you so much for sharing.

The weather is the same here in WI. We have about 10" of snow, & minus temps for over a week. The roads are terrible with bumpy ice. I can't wait to see the bird quilt completed. I am also an avid bird watcher. I've done Trapunto in the past, it adds a lot of texture. Marilyn

Thanks for the chatter. Stay warm and healthy, and enjoy your sewing and stitching time.

Hi Anna, good to see you again! My son, who lives in Portland, is getting ready to move into his first home in Beaverton, but that has been delayed because of the ice storm. And for me I'm on day 6 of being snowed in and dealing with sub zero temperatures. And I'm so happy to have RU-vid channels to watch and have a community of like-minded people.

Love the bird quilt! I have been in my happy place (sewing room) quite a few days lately between snow and below zero temps in Iowa. I quilted a top that I have had done for years. I am stitching on some blocks from Sunflower Gatherings quilt from Primitive Gatherings that I have had for awhile, trying to do those at night in front off the TV these are wool on cotton quilt squares. Happy stitching!!!!

Dear Anna, I listened to you today while sewing on Main Street, the FQS shop kit we both have. If you are interested, I have come up with a different way of doing it than Kimberly describes. It works so much easier for me. Happy to share those cutting directions with you. I sewed the 9 patches in strips and then cut rather than cutting 300 plus 3 inch squares. Also bought a Stripology ruler for my birthday with this quilt and a Jelly Roll pattern in mind, that I did not have a Jelly Roll for.:). Not necessary, but indulgent. So I have been strip sewing like a crazy person in our 15 inch plus snowfall. Love it when my world is blanketed and I can push the noise out. Thanks for today and stitching around bird... my guess is it would fill anyone's soul, trapunto or not.

I so enjoy your channels. I quilt and do cross stitch. I also have two wool projects that I want to try. I enjoy hearing about your area also. We were stationed at Ft Lewis, Wash., for three years when my husband was in the Army. I just love that area. Thank you for all of your work.

Hello Anna. As always I was glad to sit and share sometime with you today. Take care and enjoy the quiet times. It won't last long. As a fellow sufferer I know what you're talking about. Do take care. Till next time.

I love civil war fabrics. Got lots at Houston Quilt Show.

A suggestion is to watch Marion's World. She does many forms and if interested in embroidery she has a series on creating birds and flowers and is doing moths. She has started a series showing being creative while learning embroidery stitches. I love your videos.

I purchased the Song Bird Serenade last year when you showed it... beautiful! The trupunto idea is doable! Thanks again.. I will let you know how it turns out. ❤

Anna....start a movement....add Quilttube or Quilt Tube to your title. I bet it would catch on. I am a cross stitcher who has just started quilting (in fact my very first quilt in on Cheryl's longarm right now. I can't wait to see her work her magic on it. Love both of your channels.

So glad to hear from you. When they talked about the ice in Portland it sounded bad. We have been dealing with ice in North Alabama for the whole week and very low temps. Hope it clears for both of us.

My husband just did fill the bird feeder. My niece hosted her mom's B Day party Sunday. Several ladies there have health issues, including myself, and wore masks. I do enjoy your visits Anna. You are like a stitching/quilting buddy.

Hello, I will be going to Road to California. So wish you were going; might have seen you there. Didn't have a chance to see you last year. Hope to be going to Sister's in July this year. If I do, I will stop to meet you. Take care!!!

Anna, if you did one video showing your quilting and cross stitching, you'd have LONG videos. One of the things I love about your channels is that they are shorter instead of longer. I've taken to looking at how long a video is going to be, roll my eyes because it is usually going to be too long, and then resign myself to watching in bits and pieces. So, thank you for having a video for each of the lovely fields of work you (we) enjoy.

We love you Anna! We did talk about you today at Cross Stitch Club at Primitive Gatherings 🙂 Pressure is on now for us to get more quilting done! I think I need to get that bird pattern.

I live in Tucson, and we had a week of cold weather. Hope your weather wasn’t too cold when you were in Arizona.

I love the bird quilt and the music notes… my family members are very musical. I’ve been working on quilt with bunnies a mix of panels and blocks. On the spring side! Our cold and snow is melting here in Central Oregon. Keep stitching!

I know what you mean about the quiet with all the snow and cold we have here in Michigan it is so quiet. Kind of nice…until someone gets stuck then we really hear the noise lol trying to get unstuck. Thanks for the visit. ❤

Good to see you sewing again, missed that.

Love your vid updates Anna!

I've watched both your channels, this week, while doing my first felt work project kit. Loving it

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

I sat quietly in my stitching room yesterday evening and I could hear the bell ringers practising in our village church so I hope they had plenty of layers on😮!! We love birdwatching too especially our daughter. I sent for a layer cake with species of British birds on but don't much like the accompanying fabrics in reality so still waiting to find a suitable pattern as the birds are one directional. Last week I got to a group of quilters now meeting in our village and the next day to a small annual quilt show but didn't stay long as I was tired and so having a quiet week now - why do events happen together?! I'm being referred to a Long Covid Clinic. I still wear a mask but even in hospital - going for an X-ray - nobody else did! It went down to -4° (your 25° I think) last night but we're due winds, rain and higher temperatures at the weekend. Not good for those here already flooded at least once - some twice - since November. Many never flooded before but how our climate worldwide is changing ☹️. I give thanks for being able to take pleasure in the small things and being able to stitch.

So pleased that you are taking care of the birds in your yard, we feed them twice a day too, here in Aus. I LOVE birds. And I love that quilt panel you are working on 🐦‍⬛ Stay safe in that snowy weather ❤

Love your vlog,but oh my you are such a great enabler lol thankyou for sharing 😂

Hi Anna! My library has a book called The Best of Buttermilk Basin by stacy west . It has that jar in that book.

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Just looked a quilt by Janet Stone. It looks like a cross stitched sampler pattern. I viewed on the Alex Anerson show. I was included in the Road to California Show. Think you will like it. I so enjoy your posts. Thank youl

Thanks for sharing

Glad to see you again

I'm glad to see you made it to Phoenix and back again, Anna. I was wondering if you'd be able to make it out of town. I like to cross stitch too. It takes me a long time to finish, due to other life issues. Was there a racoon in the attic? Marion in Gresham.

I so agree with @marciaclifford7107. I don't have an hour or more at one sitting to watch long videos. I sneak them in between watching grandkids and other obligations. I watch both channels, though, just prefer small segments. 💕💫

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Hi we are under a winter storm warning for today an Friday where did you get the pattern for let it snow I love that quilt behind ya from Indiana

🤔🧠💪☝️oh!& hey! Listening to you discuss was it 8 moves ?&how about after your design& quilt love 💌to your grandbabies .you go with like a strong💪plexiglass or something instead of regular glass to frame that won't shatter if dropped when moved?☝️"where there's a will,there's a way!"💖👍😎

I am going to try one more time. I was picked as a winner on your last giveaway. I have sent 3 emails but no response. This could be why you often say the winner didn’t respond. Gammato3

I noticed you like bee fabric. (I'm going somewhere with this.) Do you have a Dollar Tree store?

Good to see you quilting again. Can you remind me of the details of the Disney quilt you made a while back? I remember 2.5” by 4.5”, then lay them in a particular way. Was there a pattern name or video you could help me find? Thank you sew much.

☕gm! 🤔☝️The 💡 idea of quilts?is like the 💡idea of larger than 9by12inch crossstitch or embroidery to me.none of us know if we'll wake up tomorrow.🤷‍♀️that reading was great.60s70s80s&onward.💖👍😎I don't see grandchildren or great grandchildren in my future. 🤔💪🧠☝️Will they know you? That you loved the birds?Will your loved reach into the future to them? I agree.They will. What about the idea of your image & embroidering onto a quilt along w/birds you've fed& anything you want to write.☝️like?hi!I'm sending 💖into the future&I'm your great great grammy💖& this is a love 💌 letter to the future to let you know I'm thinking of you.& sharing my skills learned& what my life was like .🤞Doesn't just have to be an alphabet sampler.🤷‍♀️💖👍😎