If you are filming and talking, I am watching and learning. Anything you do offers an opportunity to expand my knowledge of possibilities in journaling that I would never have even thought about, and your conversations have become like visits from a friend. Any topic offered by a video is good with me.

Gayle, to help separate your thread, so you don’t fight tangles tape a piece of tape on one of the ends and tape it to your table. As you separate the thread it keeps a tension that prevents tangles and knotting. It’s something I learned and it really helps with longer threads that tend to tangle and that way you don’t have to fight knots or tangles. If you have leftovers they are easier to re attach to your spools too Washi tape works or painters tape bc it’s not over sticky but has an adequate hold most times. Not trying to be bossy I promise, just trying to make it easier :)

Lovely 🌹Anytime I'm watching Gayle is relaxing, fun , entertainment, and I always smile afterwards. Namaste 🧶🤗🐞🥰🧶

Good morning Gayle, there is something so satisfying about slow stitching. I am still learning about it, have done it, and thoroughly enjoy. Very relaxing, and calming for me. Thank you so much for showing your process for stitching. So grateful for your conversation and that belly band you made is stunning! Love the colours, they just seem to pop! Have a blessed weekend Gayle, hope you and your family are doing well. ❤️🌹

I so enjoy your variety of projects. What i love about junk journals is the opportunity to use up my supplies from other crafts i used to do. I see this is the only videos on this theme. I am glad you did this one. And I am enjoying your playlist to watch more videos as i craft.

I love your slow-stitching! This video was fun because you talked constantly. You have a great sense of humor and your giggles are infectious 😁

Always enjoy watching slow stitching. Very relaxing

I loved watching a slow stitch. I never knew about doing a French knot seven times. I was always taught three times around. I do a lot of things backwards like you wrap the thread towards you I wrap it away from me you tie a bow with the loop in your right hand I do it in my left. I did watch Rachel so I realize I’m doing it left-handed and I never knew it until I started watching people on KZfaq doing it what to me was backwards. I think I do a lot of things backwards, two left-handed people tried to teach me how to use chopsticks and I’m right handed, it was a struggle but I use them right handed.

Gayle, the video is not boring and I also feel there is something very satisfying about removing pins as you go.😄 I am a novice slow stitcher myself so it is nice to watch and see what others do. In this video you have taught me a new way to do French knots. Thank you.

That journal is just beautiful ! I love the slow stitch , the gloves do make things a bit of a challange for sure !

Now I understand slow-stitching...thanks Gayle!

Thank you! I also enjoy stitching and found this very relaxing. And yes, I play those little games too. 😆

Gayle, it's not that we don't care it's that we don't want you stressing about it!

For lighting, Daylight Bulbs are wonderful!! We have them where I work, & I have them in everything at home!! I can SEE!!

❤️ Gayle I do cross stitch and I also drop my needle to untwist the thread.

Hello Gayle, love your slow stitching, great tutorial. Happy Crafting! 👍🌼🌼🌼

I really enjoyed this video. It was calming watching your needle move in and out and leave a pretty trail. Love how it looks so very pretty😊❤️

You are never boring! I have been watching everyday and love your videos, I am learning a lot from you. You are very much appreciated!

Loved watching your slow stitch project.

When I’m done watching your video with my eyeballs, I’m going to play it again and take a little nap with sweet dreams from the lilt of your voice.

I love the slow stitching. Your stitches are so neat and uniform. I dont do it as neatly as yours, but I can and will make some of these !!

I love purple!!! So fun to watch you slow stitch. tfs

I have done a little bit of slow stitching. Always think I have to do different stitches, but when I see a piece with mainly the running stitch I love how it looks. Sometimes simple is best. Thank you for sharing yourself and your crafting with us. I’ll be working on a yellow piece to wrap on a wooden spool for my craft room. Working on reclaiming my craft space after my middle son moved to Florida for med school. Enjoy your time with all your grandchildren!!!

Morning Gayle Thx for video. Havent touched embroidery threads in over 30 years. Got them out tonight and had fun! Good video.

Thanks for sharing your slow stitching ! I’ve got some tatting my grandma made and now I know how I can use it. I also have her tatting shuttle...maybe someday I’ll learn to do that💜

Gosh, I've been wanting to get to doing some slow stitch work. My mother taught me to embroider when I was very young. I used to put different things on the end of a white pillow case and embroider them. Gee, I don't know what happened to the things I made, but I sure wish I had them now. I do love doing embroidery work, but it's been awhile. I've done mainly counted cross stitch for years, but it's been so long for the regular slow-stitch embroidery. So glad to see it being used for all of this, though. You and Rachel have been really inspiring me to get back at it. Oh, and a tip. I always put the end of the thread in my mouth (teeth hold onto it) to pull it apart. That's how my mom showed me & I still do it that way. Don't know if you want to do it that way, but thought I'd mention it. God Bless. Sue

Good Morning Gayle, and everyone :) Happy Thursday... hoping everyone has a wonderful Weekend! LONG Weekend... excited!

I think of slow stitching as collage embroidery. As one who asked you to do a video on slow stitching, thank you! And it was not boring at all. I love to hear about your life.

Gayle you have an eye for cutting and sewing straight! I learn watching you. Thanks a heap. BLESSINGS

Yes, I'm left handed and I go from left to right . Thanks for sharing.

Happy Thursday Gayle! Enjoyed watching you slow stitch, I need one of those gloves. Thanks for the video, hope you have a good day! Take care!

Hi Gayle!! Watched you stitch away while I cleaned my kitchen!! This is a pretty piece!! I wondered how the french knots were made and now I know!! LOL TFS!! Hugs, Liz:)

I love to hand stitch particularly quilting, which I think you have done but on a smaller scale. I think that is why we are so drawn to these little goodies is because they remind us of grandmother’s quilts. Love this!!

That was fun and nice to see your process.

Those r very even stitches! Great Job!!!

Morning Gayle, beautiful, soothing video today. I love to embroider I have since I was a child. My great grandmother taught me. Ty for showing us, without the machine. Embroidery allows the hands to create with the heart ❤️ you did a wonderful job.

Hand stitching is so relaxing isn't it Gayle?

Hi Gayle, lm a lefty and work from left to right! LOL .. Thank you for doing this, l love to slow stitch now you’ve shown me how! ❤️

I love to stitch but because of my finger strength I choose a longer needle so I can hold onto it better…love this piece❤️🌻

Good morning Gayle!! Love these slow stich pieces!! Too dang cute!

Love the sewing kit!!🪡📍🧵

Gayle: beautifully done. Carol from California

Loved slow stitching with you tonight (a few days late). Still love your videos Gayle - even tho I don’t do much paper crafting after I found my love is slow stitching. A “whippy” stitch sounds pretty fun’. 😂

I really enjoyed that!! Thank you, Gayle!

Gayle, there is no way I’d fast forward or skip your video. It’s not boring at all. Very relaxing actually. My favorite color is purple so I’m enjoying watching you make this beautiful topper. Thank you for sharing 🤗

This will be a lovely addition to a journal cover. I was glad you added the french knots (dots) since you have a fleur de lis. Always love watching your videos.

This slow stitch piece looks beautiful. I thought it looked kinda plain, then you did running stitch around the pieces and “boom” another beautiful piece. The buttons will just finish it off too. You say you’re not that good at it, but look what you ended up with… a beauty. Thanks for sharing.😻💕🐨

It is very nice not boring at all.

I really enjoyed watching you do this! You do everything the same way that I was taught. And what a difference it makes! It's like inking!!

Good Morning Gayle! 💐

This video was not boring at all. Thank you for sharing some tips and walking us through your process! I don't slow stitch often, but you're reminding me how easy it is and that I can do it while being otherwise entertained (TV, conversation, etc.). Do you have a favorite place where you buy remnants or things like that? I'm trying not to keep a huge stash around my house, so I haven't committed to buying yards at the local craft stores. I much prefer buying scraps, but I haven't found places online with prints that I like very much (vintage, floral, etc.).

Slow stitching just looks so sweet doesn't it? Just seems to add a touch of charm and Maker's mark of love. Thank you for sharing this and I hope your hand didn't suffer too much. 🤗

Your stitches are so neat and even! Thank you for sharing!!!😍❤

I absolutely love this. Thank you for sharing

Hi Gayle, I’m right handed and yet I go to the right when I sew! I don’t know if there’s a right way or a wrong way😜I’ve been hand stitching since I was a child. My grandma taught me to hand sew and embroidery at a young age. I had the best hippy flower jeans ever! Hugs

Enjoyed this very much! ❤️❤️

That piece looks lovely! I can't wait to see it with the buttons! Thanks for sharing!

I love this!

YAY!! Happy to see you see!!😄

Looks beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

Good morning! I love the slowstitch journal covers! Beautiful!

So Loving this!!! The slow stitching looks amazing and love the fabric and stitching 😍😍 thank for sharing

Thank you for this video!!

You did awesome showing some of the basics of slow stitching!! It's really beautiful and look forward to seeing the buttons on it💕🐬slow hugs

Good morning Gayle! Thank you for making my first cup of coffee this morning very relaxing and inspirational. 😊 I love this topper! I love all of them, very lovely!

I enjoyed the chatting while I organized/labeled my stamps.

Thanks for sharing this

Gayle, that was fun to watch you slow stich. You definitely made it seem doable to me...certainly not daunting like I expected!!! I also love the purple and white combo you have going. Can't wait to see you use that piece on a cover, in the hopefully, near future. As always, thank you for spending sooo much of your time with us. You are a truly wonderful person and I appreciate you. Thank you for being you!!!!

Thank you for all time and everything you do on daily to teach all of us! Big ol hugz & tunz of love 😘😉😉

I've watched all of the tags Rachel has made. Sometimes it takes me a minute to catch on because she's left-handed & things look different. Great job Gayle on the topper, it looks lovely.💜

Cool stitching.

I don't find slow stitching boring at all! Now collage...

Great video!!

Good morning Gayle 🤗 I’m traveling to Illinois right now and brought slow stitching for the road!!! So glad for this video!

Beautiful

I have an Ott light that really helps me see even at night. It’s a floor type lamp that bends around and over my head. It’s supposed to be be like natural light. I love slow stitching and do it while I watch tv too and poke myself quite a bit. I need to get better at adding the odd bits and pieces. I wasn’t even bored watching you stitch…😊

Thank you for this video. I am going to pin together my first slow stitch piece soon💜. I know the basic stitches so I am excited!

Gayle, wonderful video. Thanks for sharing. Everything you put your hands to becomes works of art. Enjoy your day. Hugs 🤗 Your friend Cindy from a small town in Northern Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 ❤️❤️❤️

Yes I’m left hande and stitch in the opposite way, I’m making Anne Brooks soul book and loving watching her and you thank you for all your tutorials.

Thank you. Your video answered the questions I’ve had about slow stitching. Now it will be a matter of doing the fabric collage and applying needle and thread to the the fabric. I want to do a surprise fall journal for my friend and this will be the cover. I see a trip to Joanns for this weekend. I’m so excited to give this a try. Thank you again.

I really enjoyed that! It wasn't boring like you thought. You told us stories and interspersed with instructions. The piece is going to be beautiful. I also love fall and it's starting to creep in here in Virginia. I've noticed the shadow angle changing for the last few weeks.

VERY cute!🌞❤

I have been watching various videos on this topic Gail, and I live the way you do it. Probably a slow stitch cover for my quilting journal eventually.

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Very relaxing to watch you do this., you’ve inspired me to crack out some fabric and give it a go., I did just drop off 4 shopping bags of fabric at our senior center today before I watched this video 😗. But never fear I still have some I kept back 😵‍💫

I love to do slow stitch. To me it is very relaxing. I have slow stitched an entire journal cover. It is time consuming but beautiful.

Hi Gayle...thanks so much for sharing this slow stitching with us. I love the way they look on your journals. I probably would sew it to my glove..ha ha...I have those same issues with the thumbs and the area to the wrist. Must be a crafter thing. But thanks to you I tried the compression gloves and they help so much..so I'm also grateful for you sharing that. My doctor had given me one of the braces...a little different than yours...but didn't tell me about the gloves..Have a great labor day weekend...durinda

This is why I love you: "I have this little box of threads that...someday will become... something." Sister, I can so much relate to that!! Thank you for making this video. For the first time I can see myself being able to do it. (Even with my wrist and thumb pain! The gloves are a great idea.)

Love it - Hugs.

This slow stitch is lovely and so relaxing for me and l love slow stitching. I’m so glad you did the video, l was watching for it. It inspires me to stop and slow down and take a break. Love buttons on them 🥰 Have a beautiful day Gayle. “Willa in Kansas” is enjoying my big cottonwood turning yellow 🍂🍁

You did just fine!! So relaxing to hand stitch. I'm much better at that then using a sewing machine!! 😄 Love how this piece is turning out. Have an awesome day....💜

This cover is pretty - I have the same problem with my thumbs so it does make it difficult because it just adds so much to the piece.

Tfs. Enjoyed!!!

I’m thinking it might be nice to slip a scrap of quilt batting in the layers, so it would intentionally be a little puffy. My grandmother taught me to embroider when I was 6 years old. I was so proud of my first little piece, but when I went to show it to Grandma, I found I had stitched it onto my little plaid dress.

Hi Gayle. I really enjoyed this video. Have you ever considered puttong together litlle slow stitch kits for your shop?

Gayle, I appreciate this video because you and I are at the same level of stitching. I, too, did embroidery once upon a time, so I tell myself I should be able to complete a small slow stitching project. I hope your left hand doesn’t bother you. Smart to use that glove! TFS. 😍

I am a lefty and stitch from left to right.

Hi Gayle, thanks for this video! I was wondering what the measurements are for the base piece of fabric that you are sewing on. Hugs!

The belly band could go on a travelers journal maybe. This is my kind of sewing since I don't have a machine. Beautiful ☺️💜

Rachel also uses “giant” scissors to quickly fussy cut teeny tiny things. And I think left handed. I can hardly use small scissors to fussy cut. She moves at the speed of light.😬