❤🎉happy birthday Bertie boo 🐕 ❤ lovely samplers we are spoil for choice, thank you for explaining the different threads and counts of linen ive always wanting to stitch on higher counts and thank you about the needles too very helpful 😊

I almost choked when you talked about the bug poo! It came at just the right time. Up until now, everything I've framed I've put under glass, but then recently began to quesiton if that was the right thing to do. After listening to you, the pieces I recently framed myself without glass, are going to my local shop to get the glass cut! Very erudite explanation!

I’m in love with 664! Your little sampler will be beautiful!

Thank you for a wonderful video enjoyed seeing all your beautiful 🤩 sampler’s have a wonderful week and happy stitching 😊🧵🪡🤗🤩

Thank you, Nicola, for the tutorial on needles and floss. It was very informative since I have never stitched with silk, nor done anything over one. After today’s lesson, I feel more confident in choosing the correct silks when I decide to use them for a project. You are a true treasure to this community!

Watching your latest Floss Tube on Sunday mornings has become a ritual for me. I love seeing your new releases with their stitched models as well as antiques yet to be charted. Always love seeing your scissors or new wood pieces, and especially loved seeing your tea towels, of which one of your latest boxes is coming to me ❤. Beautiful pics of the landscaping surrounding your home!

Hello Nicola! You live in the most beautiful place. I loved the pictures you shared today! Eliz Fitz is so delicate and pretty! 💝

Thanks so much for the shout-out about the spider/fly poop!!! I bring out the best of conversations in my friends!! Dee and I are both sitting here laughing! Love you bunches, and I’ll see you in a month! 😘❤️

Thank you Nicola for the over one encouragement. I’ve been avoiding Hannah because of all of the over one. I’ve done much over one, but I think social media has got into my head. Your positivity spurs me along. So, my decision on 46 count is to do the birds in tent stitch with 100/3, and to do the alphabet in surfine. In hindsight, I had told myself a month or so ago,that I should try to figure out the surfine conversion, but it wasn’t until I’ve bought the kit that a conversion surfaced. Due to financial belt tightening, I bought only the 2773. It should be fine. Now back to stitching! On another note, the fly poop story was awesome. My friend and I went to my framer to get her antique framed. Originally,she didn’t want glass. I shut my mouth as it’s not my money. My framer, bless her heart,explained why she needed glass. She conceded! I told her to watch your video today to hear another reason for glass!

Enjoyed your video. I love stitching over one, I’m a Aida stitcher.

What a terrific Flosstube. Thank you Nicola! Your comments about stitching over 1 and about needle size are invaluable!

Oh Nicola. You are going to love your Potoky floor stand. I have had mine for about a year now and just love it

I would absolutely love the Tea Towels have missed out a few times but still waiting to see if you are going to print some more they are so pretty. My next project is going to be Emilie sampler I was really drawn to the colours too so pretty. Thanks for sharing Nicola

I’m a relative newbie who recently started my first sampler….a tiny “starter” sampler, or so I thought, that was one over one, unbeknownst to me. 🤭 It’s slow going but it’s coming along. I missed out on your tea towels but am happy to hear there will be more to come.

Always look forward to flosstube on Sunday mornings. Thank you for all the information shared about needle sizes, floss and fabric. Enjoy your week!

You are SO right, Nicola, when you speak about how often stitchers psyche themselves out of trying linen or higher counts or over one etc etc…. I encountered this often when I was teaching and students would convince themselves they couldn’t read Shakespeare or write a type of poem or sonnet, and then when they DID, they were so proud of themselves (justifiably so). Anyway - I did want to add that I’m using the Soie 100.3 silks for the first time and I’m finding that stitching the over one text is so enjoyable with this silk! I honestly think I’ll be using this for all samplers in the future, and may not have ever tried it if I hadn’t joined the SAL for Sarah Rinder. Thank you for encouraging us and for sharing the information on threads and needles!!

Lovely to see you this morning! It was good to see Bertie Boo, his shiny coat is so handsome. Looking forward to seeing your new stitching stand next week.

Thank you for the explaining the correct needle size. I like using 45 count linen and Soie 1003 and experienced the frustration of the thread coming out of the needle’s eye. I don’t have a local needlework shop and cross stitch is not a popular hobby where I live so any knowledge is accumulated from what is shared on you tube and by making mistakes. Thank you very much for teaching us!

Love Elizabeth Fitch. She is just so elegant. Love the discussion on linen, threads, and needles. It was so helpful. I have wanted to try 46 or 56 count linen, so this will be a wonderful reference video for me. Thank you so much. And...I am so looking forward to my tea towels. Thank you so very much for your help with this. Loved this video.

Thank you! I really appreciated the discussion about stitching 1 over 1 and what size needle to use when using 1003s. Putting these tips into use right away!

Thank you so much for discussing needle/floss requirements. This was so very helpful. I enjoy stitching with John James needles. Have a wonderful week and stay blessed.

Nicola, it's always a joy to watch your latest video. You may be a long way from London, but your view from the window area where you film is so beautiful and inspiring, it must make all the journeying back and forth to points East worthwhile, or so I imagine. I'm looking forward to your upcoming floor stand presentation and review in an upcoming video. Thanks for all you do!

I didn’t think I needed a tea towel, but your excellent argument for covering my stitching while not working on it convinced me to order a set ASAP. You have the best ideas, Nicola, and I have a beautiful cover for my work!

what a great "learning" video about so many things. Always enjoy a visit with you but this one was a real confidence builder about the over one which I avoid vehemently. Sometimes I won't buy a sampler (like the gorgeous Hannah Campbell) because of the over one. not a fan - however I will try and look at it from a "can do" prospective and see how it goes. Always a pleasure and it was great to see your view out the windows - magnificent ! enjoy all your upcoming activities

Thanks for another great video, Nicola. It was very helpful to hear which threads are best with which fabrics, as well as needle suggestions. Was kind of you to encourage stitchers not to be scared of over 1 stitching. It's all about attitude and sometimes a bit practice (and, as you say, the right threads and needles) till you get it right and it feels comfortable. And if these young girls could do it, then certainly we can too 😀 Take care, and happy stitching.

Thank you for your needle information- I’m learning so much. I really appreciate you brightening my morning 😀

What superb info on needles! I had no idea….but I’ve just ordered some to try with my silk stitching. You always give us info to make us better stitchers…thank you so much! Not so lucky with the tea towels. Missed them again.😔 maybe next time! And thank you for sharing Elizabeth’s story. Absolutely amazing!

thank you for needle and fabric advice

Thank you for the lovely video. I had started stitching a coronation pattern by Thames Path Samplers, but I am quite tempted to purchase your Mary Wigglesworth sampler and convert her to coronation sampler. It is quite beautiful! Have a great Sunday and upcoming week.

I love Elizabeth Fitch. I have many large projects currently so besides its beauty the smaller size appeals to me. I’ve never stitched on 46 count before but I would love to give it a try. Thanks for the notice on the tea towels. I quickly ordered a set. I recently discovered your flosstube. Hope to see you next year at Hobby House.

Thank you for discussing over one, the appropriate floss and needle size. I am going to give the Soie Surfine a try on over one on 40 and 46 ct. I laughed out loud at the spider poop and was happy to learn it is on the glass and not the linen!

LOL my birthday was last Sunday! Happy belated birthday to my Birthday Twin, Bertie!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Great video! Lots of good information.

Thank you Nicola! Another very enjoyable video, and I so appreciate your suggestions/recommendations for needle size.

Your videos are so enjoyable and informative. ☀️☀️☀️

Happy birthday Bertie boo. Nicola thank you for the towels can't wait looks like it will arrive just before my birthday.The needle information was fabulous,just started some one over one on a Sajou chart ....was a little hesitant because of the negativity. Just can't wait for a box😍

Oh, I can’t wait for your review of the Velke Potoky floor stand. I’ve had one in my shopping cart for awhile. I love my Potoky travel stand. 😊. I have a Needle Needs floor stand that I currently use for my frames.

Happy belated birthday Bertie Boo🎉 for the high ct legacy linen it's 45ct and called Foxtail Millet ❤❤❤

Happy birthday Bertie!! I ran to the site for the tea towels, but was too late. My own fault for not watching this morning with my coffee like I usually do. 😂 I’m excited that you’re going over the needles today because I just got the short beading needles I heard you talk about a couple of weeks ago! Hope it’s not as HOT there as it is here. I’m melting!! Have a great week!

Would love as set of tea towels

I would like a set of tea towels please!

Your videos are very enjoyable. I also finished Emilie Kalwar recently - within the past couple of weeks, actually. I enjoyed working on it and look forward to framing it and putting it up somewhere. Currently working on Mathilde from the Red Box, and loving that, too. I can't wait to meet you in person at the GBSW - traveling with a good friend from the US. (Oh yes, thanks for the tips on needle and thread, too - I'm going give that more thought!)

I enjoy over one ❤

Have a great week!

Nicola, do you have a video on your channel about Esther Benson? I’m starting this one and was wondering if you did a video about her. She is gorgeous and so unique. Thank you for what you do. ❤🙏🏽

I was on the fence about the tea towels until you showed them made into bags!!! Now i must have them all. Will the last set be available again as I missed out 😢

I love your work and the dogs. I am interested in the sampler "Mathilda". Is there a way to purchase this pattern?

It's very frustrating John James change the desciption and more importantly the numbers of their needles between the UK and the US market. Confusing.

Was it an HP printer? I always have the hardest time with those.