(playful orchestral music) - Hey guys, it's June 17th, 2020, I'm Kimberly Jolly from
Fat Quarter Shop Floss Tube and today we're going to
talk about Jolly July. So Jolly July is where
we stitch cross stitch throughout the whole month of July, along with Priscilla and Chelsea from Stitching with the Housewives. So today we're going to
really focus on my plans for Jolly July and then a
ton of ideas for Jolly July. And then next week, I'm going to show you all the finishes from the 2019 Jolly July. So it'll be super exciting and Jolly July can be whatever you would like it to be. You can do one ornament a day, or you could do a couple of
projects and spread them out. And so just me showing
you what I'm going to do might give you some ideas,
and then I'm going to show you some different things that
we finished in prior years and just totally different styles, just to kind of inspire you to
try something for Jolly July. So the very first thing for
Jolly July is Mistletoe Lane. This is a PDF pattern,
you pay a onetime fee at Fat Quarter Shop and
every Friday in July, you will get a section. So there are five sections
and this is the first section. And so along with that, we're stitching on the 25 count Lugana. Actually, let's do this, let's do this. Upper camera. Okay, so I'm going to stitch
on the 25 count Lugana and that is what Cheryl
also stitched with. We have a DMC thread,
actually on the cloth, our substitute is either Pewter Wichelt, which is darker or Touch of Gray. And we are sold out of
Touch of Gray because Wichelt is 10 days behind on shipping. But we do have a little
bit of Pewter in stock, but either Touch of Gray
or Pewter will work. So I'm going to use overcast. And then we have two different
thread packs to pick from. One is DMC, and one is Weeks Dye Works. They're very similar. I'm going to open the Weeks
Dye Works to just show you. They're very similar. I will be stitching with
the Weeks Dye Works. So there's two options there. And then we have this cute canvas bag and I will show you, when you
purchase the PDF right now, what you would get is this. And this has your supply list, your stitch count, your finished size. And you know, if you want
to substitute your colors, everything is here so you can see kind of what we started with, and if
you want to change the colors, you totally can because it
gives you plenty of information on number of skeins
and that kind of thing. So that is Mistletoe Lane. I'm super excited to start that. I'm going to put everything
back in my little bag so I have it. So on Mistletoe Lane,
that's going to be five days of my Jolly July. So we'll go back to this,
and the way that I did this is I am going to be
doing about six projects. So I'm going to show you
all of what my plan is, and I did my book again,
just like I did Mania where I just put my Jolly July. So obviously there's 31 days. And so I filled it out till
here and that way next year, when it's Jolly July, 2021, I can go back and just see Jolly July. I now have four of these books,
so I might have a problem. - [Lily] Woo! - [Kimberly] Yeah, I might have a problem. So the very first item is
going to be a continuation of Mania, which is Kringles. Oops, there's a thing in here that you're not supposed to see. - [Lily] (gasps) Secret. - [Kimberly] So this is Kringles and I'll show you what I have done so far and everything in my bag is
just kind of thrown in there. I kind of just throw everything in there. So this is my progress so far, and I did not work on it after Mania because I wanted a break. And so my plans for Jolly
July is one of the days I'm going to do the little swag. One of the days, I'm
going to do this brim, brim that goes on the bottom. And then another day
room four, five and six. So this will be five
of the days for Mania. Sorry, this would be five
days from Jolly July. So at the end of Jolly July,
I'm hoping to be right here. And then that way over
August and September, I can get this done and
hopefully have it done in time to frame for Christmas. So this one, I just used
all the called for colors, and I did want to let you guys know that we got this back, this in stock, it's called Au Ver a Soie
number 4, 28, 128 or something. It's metallic thread. How do they search it? - [Lily] Find out on the-- - [Kimberly] Okay so Au Ver a Soie size 4, number 128. So what this is meant for is
to blend with the yellow DMC. And I, it just came in so
I obviously didn't use it. I don't have much experience
with metallic thread, but we do have this in stock now. I'm not going to be using it. But the tips that we have
for using metallic thread is to start with a
smaller, a smaller strand so that, because every time
you go through the fabric your, it snags a little bit. So I would start with a smaller strand and just restart as you need. So that is Kringles. I'm gonna put it back. But it's so pretty, it's fun to go back and look at something. And then the next one in my book is... I am going to work on
Jolly St. Nick and Rudolph, which is a brand new Stitching
with the Housewives pattern. I'm going to work on it
for five different days. And the way that I broke
mine up is, this is, I'm going to do the lights
on the left one day, the lights on the right one
day, the gifts and tree one day, and then the top of Santa one day and the bottom of Santa one day, so that this will be one
project over five days. And I am using Chalkboard
Black, Aida, 14 count. And I am using the Jolly St.
Nick and Rudolph thread pack, which we have plenty in stock. So that's super exciting. And I have a bunch of things on my ring. Let's see, and then Mistletoe
Lane we already talked about, which is right here. I don't want to move it. And then the next day I'm going to have four different projects
and they're going to be brand new Stitching with
the Housewives projects. They're going to release four of them on every Friday in July. So I scheduled them on the Saturday. So that gives me time to
buy what I need on Friday and start on Saturday. So four of my days will be a brand new Stitching with the Housewives pattern. I haven't seen them. I had a hint of what they're going to be, but I haven't seen them. The thread pack I'm going
to use for those is... Right here. So on them, I'm assuming
that she's going to use some Chalkboard Black, so I
just went ahead and got one. And then this is going to be a Be Merry Weeks Dye Works thread pack. So we're not able to get the
Classic Colorworks right now. So what Priscilla said she was going to do is her and Chelsea are going to use the Be Merry Classic Colorworks pack. So if you already have that,
then that's what you would use. We can't get that thread right now. So we made a conversion
to Weeks Dye works, and this thread pack
will be online very soon. And so this is what I will be
using for the four projects from Priscilla and Chelsea. And then, let's see, Snow Village. So the very last, oh no,
it's not even the last item. So this is Snow Village
that I've been working on for such a long time. This is how I throw my floss in there. So you see, it's kind
of, it's just whatever. I even have a, I even have
a needle minder with a, with wonder clips. I just throw stuff in there. So... This was a Mania project. I had started this well
before Mania though. And so during Mania, I got these two done, which was six and seven. For this one, I'm going to work on this three different days and
I'm going to finish eight, start nine and start 10. So part eight is this right
here, the snowball stand, so you can see us started it. Part nine is ice creamery,
and then part 10, if you want to see what's
going to be part 10, she put it, Country Cottage Needle Works put a sneak peek on her
Instagram, and it has, it will arrive to us soon. So this is going to be
three days of Mania. And then the very last
one, I'm so excited! So... I will show you what I'm
going to do on this one. So we got some Pine
Mountain Design patterns in, and I just really love this one. It's called Christmas Typography. She has several that are
typography, different styles, and I just love this one. It really, I don't know, I just loved it. And so she sells it as a pattern, paper, paper pattern, or a PDF. So we have the paper pattern and the PDF. I am going to stitch on
the 25 count Lugana Cloud. And the colors I'm going to use are Weeks Dye Works Island Breeze, Turkish Red and Scuppernong. and I wasn't sure how
many skeins I needed, so I'm just going to
start with two of each and see how it goes. And I'm going to work on
it nine different days. So I'm going to do each
row as a week, as a day. So one, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight, nine. So this will be fun because
I know at the very end of Jolly July, this will be totally done. I will say that I really love this frame. Something about this
frame is just, I love it. So when I go to my framers, I'm definitely gonna
take a picture of this and try to find something similar. So that is my Jolly July plans. I'm so excited. So you guys let me know, I
know that's like a ton of info, but it was really fun to take everything and kind of plan it, put it in my bags. I have been working on a lot of Mania, which I'm going to show
you in a little bit, but I don't have that
much to finish for Mania. So I'm going to kind of
focus June on finishing Mania and then Jolly July, I'll be ready to go. - [Lily] All right. - And I know that was a lot. I'm so sorry that I overwhelmed you guys. - [Lily] No, you're good. We have a lot of questions that came in. So I'm just going start from
the ones that came in soonest from Angela Stoutinger,
what would be a 14 count Aida alternative for the
new Stitch Quarterly? - [Denise] Aida alternative?
- [Lily] Yes. - Give me a second and we'll find one. (indistinct whispering) Vintage Country, Mocha 14 count. And we have that in stock. - [Lily] From Judy Brown, when
can we expect an alternative of Prem in 14 count Aida? - It's later in the video. - [Lily] Oh!
- So we're gonna wait. - [Lily] Oh, it's coming up guys. Okay. From Gail Sale, on New Stitch Quarterly, do you stitch a one or
two, one over or two? - Two. So that's 25 count. So you're going to stitch over two. And it's really easy, you
know, when the 25 count, when we started carrying it, I was super scared of it. And Lori was like, it's easy because it's bigger than 14 count because it's really equivalent of 12 and a half. So it is super easy. - [Lily] Great. Gabriel Vuendosin said, Kimberly, can you accidentally
show the Mistletoe Lane? - No, I'm so sorry about last Friday. I really, I'm so
appreciative that everybody didn't yell at me Friday. So Friday, on our quilting channel, my husband came and was
on the set and you know, it made me a little nervous. And so I showed the whole
quilt that was a mystery, and I felt horrible for like all weekend, and I kept checking the
messages, 'cause you know, to see if anybody commented
ugly things and nobody did, and I was so excited that y'all
were so graceful with that because I made a huge booboo. But that happens when
you get nervous, I guess. - [Lily] Yeah, yeah. I think it was a great blooper, so. - I didn't (laughs). - [Lily] It's funny, 'cause most people afterwards are actually like, darn, like I missed it and now it's blurred out. - Yeah and then some
of you guys complained 'cause it didn't blur it out, but YouTube, it takes like an hour or
two for them to like respond to the blur, so that's
the way it had to go. - [Lily] Yeah to, like
processes and all of that. - Yeah, it has to like go
through their, whatever. - [Lily] Yeah. Okay, from Trudy Brandenburg, I ordered my thread pack for
Mistletoe Lane on the 13th, will I get it in time to start in July? (indistinct whispering) - Yeah, we can try to get all the Mistletoe Lane orders out though. We could try if that's
all that's on your order, but we are behind. So I'm not sure it'll be there in time, but I'll talk to, we'll
talk right after this and see what we can do if it's the only thing on your order. - [Lily] Right. From Patty Estep, is your
floss pack still available for Christmas Alphabet
from Prairie Schooler? - No. But we did a blog post
and it has all the detail of everything I used and
everything Lori used, and those are actually both here, we're going to show them
later in the program and everything is listed so
you can buy it individually. And the reason why is we
have so many thread packs now and with DMC being in short supply, we kind of discontinued some
because of the nature of the, you know, but it is very detailed on our, we went back and made sure our
blog had everything listed. - [Lily] All right. From Leslie Bruning, Kimberly
when using the 25 count, do you do two stitches to one? - Yes, so you go over to squares. So you would treat it like linen and we do have a video
that Cheryl filmed for us on our channel. And we could, you could refer to that or I could do a little tutorial on it too. - [Lily] From Crystal
Row, for Mistletoe Lane would white or chalkboard fabric work? - Yes. The only thing is there is some white. Let me look at the design real quick. Let me just look real quick. Chalkboard Black, I don't
know, let me just look. I think Chalkboard Black
would look a little messy 'cause it would be so many colors. I think white would work
because the only white is not on the edge. So I think white would
work, I would not do black. And if you were looking for
light, I would do white or gray. - [Lily] From Lindsey Ladwig, Kimberly, what details do you record
in your project notebook? I assume thread color swap outs and such. Every time I see your Snow Village piece, I really want to do it! - Okay, awesome. So what let's turn to one
and we can look at it. So, can we zoom in on the top camera too? So what I do is I put my first, I'll put the pattern
name and the designer. And like if it's a section of the pattern, I will kind of put a
note like snowball stand because with Snow Village
it gets kind of complicated about what, which pattern
is number nine or eight, It's not listed on the pattern. So I put that. I put my start date,
which this is going to be the day I start the, part eight. And then I put my exact fabric and I even put a skew number so that if I ever want to buy
it again, I can find it. I put the stitch count and the size. And then here I put on the left, I put what was called for in the pattern, and after the arrow I
put my color choices. And then when I have my pattern, I also... I will refer from this to my pattern, I'll show you what I do in the pattern. When I get my pattern, I
don't want to show anything, when I get my pattern,
I use this as my guide and then I put my colors in here. So no matter where I'm at,
if I don't have my book, it is on my pattern. And obviously, you
know, it's fine to write on your own pattern. So that's kind of what I do. But yes, I put like if
it's Weeks Dye Works, I try to put the designer, but you can see like I
on Christmas Typography I put row one, row two, brick middle, so I remember where to go. So I'll just go through a couple of pages. And of course, you know, you really, if you were doing this and it
wasn't by the day, you know, you could do Snow
Village as one big piece. Now I also put, I'll show
you another thing that I do. Let's say they're done. So this is one where I've worked on, this is my Mania book, so
here, like on this one, it was a word, and then I converted it, so I put my conversion over here. And then as I stitch, I
put my time, I total it up, you cannot tell that I'm OCD guys. I mean, I'm just super,
and then I put notes. Like I used the loop
method, I stitched on rows, I didn't carry the threads
over between the white, the top, I put a note for the top, so I would remember where I started, 12 strands are in the silk instead of six, and then just different notes. I keep notes. I'll flip through a couple,
but I keep all that. And then I also in the
front, like this one, I put FQS Stitch Mania. And that's really because next year when I do Stitch Mania in 2021,
I can just pull this book. Now, obviously I lose all these pages, but it keeps it where I know
exactly what I did in Mania. And you can see, I only
have a couple spots left I only have five or six left. I only have one, two,
three, four, five, six left. And one of those is Kringles and, oh actually not Kringles,
one of those is Snow Village. So Snow Village won't be done
until the end of the year, but I kind of have this so that I just keep myself super organized and I do have four books right now. I'll show you. And one thing that I do do, so one thing I do do is
there's these little stickers. So this sticker tells me it's this book and this was my book that
was started last year. So you can see how much I stitch. So I do use the book obviously,
but this one tells me, so I try to put on all my, I haven't had a chance
to put on these books, but I try to put a little sticker. And these are the little
Lori Holt stickers and I put a little different sticker on so that I know when I open my book, okay, which one do I put it in? 'Cause then it'll just, this
will remind me what it is. So that's a little bit about my journal and how I keep everything in there. I know it's really a lot of details and I know some of you
guys are like, okay, I don't have time for that, I only have time for stitching,
and that's totally fine. Like, do whatever makes you happy. Like I'm just OCD, so it makes
me feel better to write down. And the one reason that I
do like putting my time down is this is my job, actually. This is actually my job. So I need to be able to time
what I'm going to work on. So for example, if I'm
working on prim stitch series and there's 12 sections,
I'm going to time it. And then after I've done
one or two, I know, okay, it takes me this many hours to do it. So then I plan, okay, that
many hours over this many days so that I can keep myself on track, because if I was not organized, there's no way I could
come on this live stream and present all of this. So it's just a way for me
to keep myself organized so that I can stay on track. Now, if you're just a stitcher
and you're not doing this for your job, maybe you
don't need the journal and that's okay. And don't feel like you
have to do everything the way that I do. It's just, my brain is just
a little, it needs a lot of, a lot of details. I like to have control,
and so that book gives me a little bit of control because, but it also really helps me
plan for the future on my time, because I do have another
spreadsheet that tells me what I'm working on next and what day, for like the month of June. Now the month of July I don't need that because I've got it all in my book and I know what to work
on every single day, but in June for me to get
done with everything in June to start July, I have to have a schedule. - [Lily] All right. Question from Zan Litzitle, would that fabric you're
using for Snow Village work for Mistletoe? - Yes, it would. I will show it again. And I will show it on top of it. So can you write out what it is? It is a white petit point on gray, I think is what it's called. So... White petit point on gray. It is 18 count. So it's small. So it's, the one thing I'll
say is your piece will be much smaller than this,
'cause this is 25 count and this is 28 count, it
also comes in 30 count, but I'm not brave enough to try that. Well, that would look really good. - [Lily] From Iris Rivera, I want the stitch Starlet
Snowflakes for my Jolly July, but will likely do it all in
one color using a silk red. Is it possible to know how
many skeins I will need? - Yes, I'm looking at it. I would buy four or five,
but if you're using the silk, you could maybe get away with
three, but I would do four. Four would be sufficient, and I have found when you're
working with over dyed, you should get as much as possible upfront so that the dye doesn't
change from one to the other, 'cause I'll show you
something that I worked on a little bit later and talk
about that a little bit. But yeah, 'cause I'm
looking at it over here. Do you think that would work Denise? Four or five?
- [Denise] I think so. - Yeah. - [Lily] From Pandora Netlurk, is there a right or wrong
side to the Aida cloth? - No, and was there a question I was supposed to answer
still from before? No? (indistinct whispering) Oh, okay, yeah, okay, sorry. - [Lily] I was like, I
think we answered it, yeah. - Sorry, we take answering
questions very serious and we try to get to
all of your questions, that's why I did that.
- [Lily] Yes. Okay. From Veda Tobias, when will the whitewash 14 count
Aida be back in stock? (indistinct whispering) - I ordered that quite
a while ago, actually. So soon. Denise can email and
just kind of tell them, hey, we need it, can you hurry? But everything is behind guys. Our shipping's behind, all of our, every manufacturer we order
from is 10 days behind. So it's the nature of the way that I think a lot of you guys who are
complaining don't understand like the seriousness of social distancing and how all businesses have had to change spacing of employees. If you can't have as many
employees in a space, you can't fill as many orders and you have to follow the CDC guidelines. So all the companies are behind, so-- - [Lily] Oh, okay. Yes, okay. Next question. Sarah, Pat, Daniel, what was the size of the
chart that you just showed, your last Jolly July project? Loved it too. (indistinct whispering) - Okay, right here, sorry. Had to think. So it is 98 by 123,
and gotta find my book. When I'm stitching on 25 count, it's going to come out to 8 by 10. So I'm an 8 by 10 frame
probably won't work because that's stitch to stitch. But if it does work, I would get a, personally, what I would
do is just get a frame from Hobby Lobby, take it to the framer so they can stretch it. And, but I do want to
do it in a red frame. But yes, 8 by 10. So the stitch count is 98 by 123. And she originally
stitched hers on 32 count, which, that's way too hard for me. But 32 count comes out to
6 by 7 and, 6.1 by 7.7. - [Lily] Also, before
you put that bag away, Joel Brazil was wondering
where you got it. - So this bag I bought on Etsy. It is by DotDotGooseDesign. She does really great bags
and she puts her little, there's her little thing. And I bought this a couple months ago. This is an at home
collection, and I thought, oh, this will be great for Jolly July. It came in three colors and I think I bought all three colors, or came in four colors and I
bought three of the colors. So I do buy her bags on Etsy. - [Lily] From Ilsa Rojas, please, I want to start a Prairie
School or Santa's Ornaments in Lugana 25 count, any
tips to cut the fabric, I find it intimidating,
thanks for any tips. - So for cutting the fabric, I would take your stitch count
divided by 12 and a half, which is the equivalent
of 25 and add six inches. And I do have some Prairie
Schoolers to show you in here so we can put a, maybe
the 25 count prim next to it. And then you can see how it would look compared to the stuff we have in a stack. I'll just have to figure out where that 25 count is in the stack. - [Lily] All right, we've got a few more questions here. From Robin Key-Rexroad, will
Mistletoe Lane be available as a pattern after July? - It will be, but it will be a PDF. It will never be a paper pattern. - [Lily] Okay, and okay, from Shabby Rose, is the wall of thread behind you really individual spools of thread or is it purely for decoration? - It's real.
- [Lily] It's real. And we do occasionally pull
threads from there for filming when we're trying to
find a matching thread. - Yes. - [Lily] It's quite funny. And then we have to
remember to put it back, 'cause then we have a naked spot (laughs). From Gillian, hi, when will the Jolly July stitch along bag be available again? (indistinct whispering)
- End of this month. - [Lily] Alright. From Kay Pitemvy, will
you be doing a thread pack for the new Stitchville
cross stitch pattern? Stitchville. - Yes, we have to order that, so that is on, we just got
that pattern yesterday, Denise is ordering it today. That thread comes from Japan. So it's not a thread that
distributors keep on hand. So we basically emailed
the distributor a list and tell them, hey, order from
Japan, they send the order, then it goes from Japan to
Ohio, then from Ohio to Texas. So we will order that today. - [Lily] Okay. A few people are asking if we could show the table runner that's on the table? - Oh okay, so this table runner... - [Lily] Cool. - I'm not going to lift everything, but this is a table runner that I did on my quilting channel, which is Fat Quarter Shop on YouTube, so I'd love for you to subscribe there, but we did this last
September and this is called the high roller table runner. There's a link in the box, but it's a completely free pattern, you can download it, fatquartershop.com. When I, when we made this, we use the Swell Christmas Jolly Bar, Jelly Roll, Swell Christmas Jelly Roll, and our H700 triangle paper. And with this pattern
comes different layouts that you can do. So you can do it as a big quilt and it doesn't have to be Christmas, but we just thought
since it's a free pattern and a lot of you are quilters, maybe y'all could make
that in your spare time. And we do have a video that
we've linked in the box that gives you tips on making it. - [Lily] Yes. All right, from Hannah Edmonds, Kimberly, what are you most excited to stitch? - Oh, for, I'm really excited about this because I love to stitch
words and, I don't know, I just love to stitch words. And to me, this seems
like something different that I haven't done. So I'm, but you know, to be honest, I'm excited about everything I do. Every time I start, the
biggest excitement for me is ending a project so I
can start the next one. So sometimes if I get
in a funk and I'm like, oh, I'm never going to get this done, I'll do something I'm not as excited about because when I finish it,
I know I'm going to start with the next one. But I love everything I stitch. I mean, I would never stitch
something I didn't like, I wouldn't like, that's not, I only do what I like and enjoy. If I'm not going to enjoy
it, I'm not doing it. I'll have another employee
do it that likes it, because then it gives them joy and they like it and they'll
use it in their house. Like there's no point
in me making something that I'm not going to actually use. - [Lily] Along the same lines, I'm going to ask everyone the comments if you guys want to let us know from everything we've just shown what your favorite stitch project that Kimberly's going
to do is your favorite. - Yeah, and on Kringles guys, a lot of people have
finished that pattern. And there's a lot of really
pretty pictures on Facebook where people have finished it. And it's so inspiring because I'm like, oh, I can't wait till I finished it. It's going to look so good. So Kringle's is one that's
super exciting to see as people finish it because different, you know people have used,
most people have used the same threads, but
they've used different cloths and different size cloths. So some of them are like
smaller, some are bigger. To me it's just fun to see
what everybody else does too. - [Lily] Emma Jolly says, hi mom. - Hi Emma!
(Lily laughing) - [Lily] Okay, a couple more questions. From Pat Andrews on Lori's 10 count, do I use three or four strands? - I use four strands of DMC
or six strands of Aurifil. And I have had so much fun. We have, we're doing a club for next year and yesterday we spent two hours picking out thread for one month. And so I'm super excited
'cause that's also on my list to stitch. Yeah, super exciting. And it's going to be so cute. - [Lily] From Betsy Klein, how do we get Priscilla
and Chelsea's July charts? - They're going to release them in July. I don't even think they've
stitched them or designed them. So they will come out on Friday. They will be available on their Etsy shop and at Fat Quarter Shop. And so I don't even, I
won't have them in advance. So that'll give me all Friday to see, do I want to put it on black? Am I going to use the thread
that I've already pulled? And 'cause you know,
sometimes I change things, but I didn't want to stitch that Friday. I wanted to stitch the day after to give myself a day to get prepared. - [Lily] All right, from Donna Regal with, will Bonnie and Camille's cross stich be a stitch along and will it be kitted from their quilts B book? - We can talk about their
stuff at the very end. - [Lily] Okay. - Okay, so I'm going to now talk about different ideas for Jolly July. So a lot of the Jolly July
stuff I'm going to show here either I or Cheryl or Denise
stitched it last year. So let's talk about
Jolly July going forward. So the very first item is from Lori Holt's stitch cards set C. I can't show you the... All of her stitch cards are numbered. And last year in Jolly
July, I stitched this, each card, I put it on
the 10 count black fabric by Lori Holt. I left two, two squares in between. And then this is her medium frame, her medium square frame that
we sell, and I framed it. I actually took it to my framer and my framer framed it for me. So this is one of my projects
from Jolly July last year. And so I just put them, it's super cute, and I just use the called for DMC. And didn't, the only thing
I changed was the fabric. So this is a cute way you could do, you could pick four stitch cards. You could interchange the stitch cards with her vintage Christmas pattern, which I'll show right here. So this is her vintage Christmas pattern. And all of these patterns
are 24 square by 24 square. So you could put a Santa from here, here. And you could do this border,
or you could do this border. You could take a border
from a different stitch card and put the different inside. So that's what the whole
purpose of the stitch cards is, is to be able to interchange. So if you, if you liked, maybe, maybe you liked the snowman
and you wanted to add the, if you just wanted to do
like animal type things, you could do the snowman,
the gingerbread, the Santa, and the reindeer, and put all four. And that would be really cute. So those are two ideas
for Christmas in July. And, let me have that pattern again. I'm going to show you
from the Christmas tree, her little ornaments. So these are her vintage
Christmas sampler patterns. And I'm going to show you the ornaments. So you could make these into ornaments. You could make it into this. This is the same exact pattern. And these are just different
ornaments that Lori made. They're the same exact thread. You could also put them into
the top of the mason jar. And then there's one more ornament that doesn't want to come off the tree. So we will show that... You can see that in the...
(Lily laughing) I don't want to, I don't
want the tree to topple over. So that is a great idea for Jolly July. Bringing Home the Tree was
Lori's Christmas pattern from last year and I stitched this, we did a sew along and this is my version. I stitched on Aida 14 count
white, and I used DMC. And I took this to the
framer and they framed it. And this was one of the framer's frames. That's what y'all always ask me. And it's hard to see so I'm
going to kind of do this. I do have glass in it, but it has a tint of black in it. See that? So I thought it was a little bit vintage and kind of went with the vintage vibe. So this is a Lori Holt
pattern that you could do. Another one you could do
that we started last year was Prairie Schoolers, Christmas Alphabet. - [Lily] That's so cute! - [Kimberly] And this is Lori's version. So this is the pattern, Christmas
Alphabet Prairie Schooler. These are the ones that
somebody asked about the thread packs. The thread packs are now
gone, but on our blog, the Jolly Jabber, is all of the details on what you would use. That is Lori's version. And this is my version,
and my version was stitched on 16 count chalkboard black and Priscilla from Stitching
with the Housewives finished it, and on her
blog she has information on her finishing, but
I can see that she used cloud small vintage trim by Lori Holt, the red large vintage trim and
then she used a chalkboard, not a chalkboard, a Buffalo plaid. So that is another idea. That one would be really
cool to just do... All, that would be really cool to just do for the entire month of July. You could do one square a day. This is a very new pattern
called Starlit Snowflake by It's So Emma. - [Lily] It's so beautiful. - [Kimberly] And this is
the one that Cheryl stitched and Cheryl stitched with DMC and Priscilla also finished
this one for Cheryl and she put two different pink finishing. This came from Hobby Lobby
in the sales section. And the one that I made in Mania, I used, I used Classic Colorworks, Belle Soie silk in different colors, and Priscilla has it at her house to finish. So I will be able to
show that in Jolly July, when she finishes it. This one is...
(indistinct whispering) This one is called Merry. This is a pattern that Priscilla did with Hands On Design
and there's two designs. So the very first one
Cheryl did last year, and this is the cutest frame. Do you know where she got it? - [Denise] She said, Hobby Lobby. - [Kimberly] Hobby Lobby. And then, and the, you
can, this is the fabric. So she just in-set it
and then, so it's flush. If that makes sense, like
it's flush across the top. So, and that is on navy fabric, navy Aida, and this is Classic Colorworks. And then I made the
bigger version last year and Priscilla finished this
for me 'cause she's awesome. And I used the called for colors, I was in the club and she
just put a fabric here. This is a frame from Hobby Lobby. And then she put this little touches. So that is another idea for Jolly July. I mean, if y'all don't
have ideas after this, I just don't even know. This is Snowy, which is also part of the chockfull series that Priscilla did with Hands On Design, Kathy Haberman. And this is my version. And Priscilla finished this one. I've got to fluff the bow. Look I'm fluffing the bow Priscilla. (Lily laughing)
I'm fluffing the bow. So this was, Priscilla finished this. This is probably my favorite. I love this frame, if I ever see more of these frames in Hobby Lobby, I will be purchasing all of them because this is my favorite. The next one is Away We Go by
Country Cottage Needle Works and I also finished this and
I don't know where it is. So Cheryl did this one,
the one that I did, I stitched on black, 16 count. So I'll have to bring that
next week and try to find it. But this one, Cheryl stitched
and she used navy Aida and she used the called for colors. It's really cute. And then this, she got at Walmart and she got this at Walmart and then she glued this little truck on. So that is another idea. Another idea is Prairie Schooler, she loves Prairie, Cheryl
loves Prairie Schooler and has made so many of them. This is the Woodland Santas pattern and she stitched this on 32
count white petit point on raw, and the called for DMC. So that's super cute. The next one is the Prairie
Schooler Santa Revisited III. And so you can see, they
took patterns, you know, from 87, 93, 96, and put it in one pattern and she stitched this on
32 count red petit point on raw, natural. And she used the called for DMC. So if you're not familiar
with Prairie Schooler they just called, they just
always had DMC called for. The next one is St. Nicholas
by the Prairie Schooler. So this one has eight patterns in it and this is one of her ornaments and she has made me several ornaments. There's, oh, several, she has made me several ornaments over the years and I didn't bring them
because we got a storage unit and they're at my storage unit, 'cause I was going to bring them. I went through my stuff. This one, this is the
prim 25 count by Lori Holt that someone was asking about earlier and how it would look
with Prairie Schooler. So I'll put some Prairie
Schoolers next to it, just for color, and I
think it would look great. And then there's one more. It's the 2013 Santa. And look, it's so cute! And so this one's finished. Really nice. And then the last Prairie Schooler we have is Here Comes Santa Claus, 2005. And I really liked this one. And I liked the detail
on his eyes and his nose. So she used all the
called four colors here. And then we have a couple more ideas. So just a couple more, sorry. I know we have a lot today. So a couple ideas are you
could do Santa's Village and you could just do
one a day or start one. Last year, and we're going to
go over this a lot next week, is last year I made ornaments and we have them all finished. We're going to show them
one by one next week, but this ornament pack would
be a good way to start. Another idea would be to
work on My Christmas List. And for this one, we got
this idea from Priscilla. Priscilla is working on this
and she's been showing it on her Saturday videos with Chelsea. So if you want to subscribe to Stitching with the Housewives, she has her colors and
we do have a thread pack. It's not in stock, but it will be soon. And this would be a great one where you could just work on
it all throughout July. We have a lot of Prairie
Schoolers in stock, so there's just another
one that we have in stock. So we have a lot of the
Prairie Schooler in stock, if there's something Prairie
Schooler that you like that we don't have just let
me know and we'll order it. This one I really like
and never got to make. This came out last year, it's called Fresh Cut Christmas trees. And the reason that I like it so much is because it has words. I mean, I love to stitch words. It's probably my favorite thing to stitch. So this would be really cute. And that's that petit point fabric and then Plum Street Sampler, I thought this one was really cute. It says welcome home, and
it's very Christmas-y. Well, it's called Home for Christmas, but it says welcome home, sorry. So I thought that was really Christmas-y. And if you look, it's hard
to see that on the camera, but it looks very
Christmas-y at the bottom. So that is what we have for Jolly July. - [Lily] Woo! - Let me know if you have any questions. That's a lot of stuff, I know. And we still have a ton more so, but we can go a little bit longer today and we can go over that. We might have to hold
some stuff to next week, but we'll see.
- [Lily] We'll see. Also confetti cannon for you for going through everything for us. - Oh, well confetti cannon for Denise who put it all together. - [Lily] Confetti Canon for Denise. - Yes, and Cheryl for stitching. - [Lily] Yay everyone, teamwork. All right, going down here
on the list of questions-- - And Lori for sending me stuff. - [Lily] Yay Lori! - Yes.
(Lily laughing) - [Lily] Okay. From Lindsey Ladwig, what's the pattern to Kimberly's right with
Santa above the houses on the navy background? Okay, we did just show it, okay. - This one is stitch card set C. This one-- - [Lily] The one with the trees I think. - Away We Go, Country
Cottage Needle Works. Okay, so this is stitch card set D, this has vintage Christmas,
this is Away We Go, and this is Merry chockfull. Ooh, yay. - [Lily] From Sarah, Pat and
Daniel, I stitch on linen, do you have a good suggestion to use instead of black, but still dark? (indistinct whispering)
- I don't know-- - [Lily] Yeah, she wants something dark but that's not black.
- That's not black. Let me, Cheryl will, we'll
have to ask Cheryl afterwards and then answer you afterwards, 'cause I'm not familiar with linen, if you want to know the truth. I've never stitched on linen,
I don't think I ever will. So I'm not as familiar
with those products. - [Lily] All right. From Katrina E, what is the label on the back of your frame? - So those are just stickers that Cody, who works for me, made. But going forward, I'm going
to use the library cards by Lori Holt. Those were all stitched last year. And so I'm going to fill out
library cards going forward, but those were just
stickers that she made. Basically, I gave her
my cross stich journal and she took all the names and made all the stickers in one
day and I just had them. But going forward, I'm going
to use the library cards. And we don't sell the stickers,
I know people have asked. - [Lily] Okay. From TMAC 827, hello beautiful people, I'm new to cross stitch and
have not started a project yet, but I wanted to know what
would be the best count for me to start using--
- 10 count. - [Lily] Okay, perfect. And yeah, I know they got some feedback in the
comments as well, but-- - Yeah, 10 count or 14 count. 10 count is really good because it's really easy on the eyes. 14 count would be my second choice. - [Lily] Oh, from Carrie Babbit, question, I'm in the Austin area, and curious about what framer you use? I've been hesitant since
not all are experts with framing stitched items. - I used Artworks, it
is on West Fifth Street. I will just say they're great,
but they're very expensive. So I just want to warn you
before you go in there, but they do a great job. They take about three weeks, they do take a little bit longer, but I have used them since
Emma was four, and so 13 years. And I've never had an issue in 13 years. So sometimes you pay for what you get. And I just feel like, and
also, I mean, let's be honest, it really helps to Priscilla
finishes half my stuff, 'cause if not, I'd be broke. So I do try to, depending on what it is, I try not to send Priscilla everything 'cause I don't want her
to get upset or, you know, like I don't wanna like
abuse my friendship with her, but I do love Artworks, I
think they're very nice, and they're also very
helpful if I ask questions and they've never made
a mistake in 13 years. - [Lily] Okay, from Shelley Freeman, what fabric did you use
for Christmas Alphabet? - 16 count black,
chalkboard black, 16 count. By Wichelt. - [Lily] From Julie Washburn, is that blue frame an actual frame under the cross stitch design or is that a flat board below it? - This one? I don't know. - [Lily] No, it was one
that we showed right now. It was finished by Priscilla. It's like a teal. - Oh, it was a board, it was,
I think just a plain board from Hobby Lobby, it was like a frame and she painted it. Or it might've came
that blue, I don't know. But it was from Hobby Lobby, I remember. But yeah, I don't remember
exactly what it is. - [Lily] From Crafting a Planned Life, would Lori's stitch carts
be good for a beginner? - Oh, absolutely. - [Lily] Okay, also from Julie Washburn, any good tips on how to get creases out of cross stitch fabric
after done stitching? I try ironing it but the
creases don't want to come out. Maybe I'm just too scared to burn it? - So I would use, Yarn
Tree has a pressing cloth. I would use that with steam, but I would put the pressing cloth on top and I would iron it and
then, you know, step away, come back, you know, in
an hour, do it again, just do it until it's done. If you need to put a
little bit of water on it, just to get it wet, that might
help, but just, you know, just be gentle with it. And don't just keep ironing, 'cause you'll eventually get a scorch. So I would just do it, walk
away, do it, walk away. That's what I do with my stuff. - From Gillian, I would love to do all of Santa's Village as one piece. What size cloth will I need? - Oh, there's so many Santa Villages, like Santa Villages,
what's Santa Villages? - [Lily] Santa's Village. (indistinct whispering) - Oh, okay. Go to countrycottageneedleworks.com and there's a section
that says Santa's Village, and on that page it has
everything you need to know. It tells you the individual
size, the big size, how to place them, everything is on Country Cottage Needle Works. - [Lily] From Melissa K Knutsen, could you use a variegated
thread for the Starlet Snowflake? - Yeah, you could. And if you did that, I'd
probably just do one color and just use it throughout. I've never used variegated though. Just to be honest. - [Lily] Okay, from Ilsa Rojas, how much boarder do the
Santa's Ornaments have? - I don't know. She leaves like two
inches around probably? Santa's Ornaments. - [Lily] I think it was all the, the Santa like 2008, the
different years of the Santas? - She just uses about a
two inch border around. But when she frames them, let me see. Three quarters of an inch,
is what it looks like, three quarters, half an inch. But the two inch I meant was like probably how she starts stitching so
that she has room to finish. - [Lily] From Diana Stoutenburg, can you tell us what floss and fabric the Real Housewives Jolly July are using? Trying to see if I have
supplies in my stash, thank you. - She is going to be
using mainly her Be Merry Classic Colorworks pack. So those colors are listed on our site and we are going to be selling a Weeks Dye Works version also so that if we don't have one
in stock, we'll have the other, and those are all listed,
if you click on the product on our site and scroll down, I don't think Be Merry's
online yet, but it will be. - [Lily] Sandy Taylor was wondering if you would release the Yeti
Kimberly stitch squad again? - Oh, no I just did that for fun. We really didn't even
make any money on that. That was like kind of a pain to do. - [Lily] That's funny.
- I don't know. I thought it was kind of silly that y'all would drink out
of a cup with my name on it. So I, oh, Lily has one. I don't know. I feel kind of weird selling
that, to me, but yeah. I mean, if we got a ton
of requests, I could. I just, I kinda thought it was silly. - [Lily] I love mine, I'm just going to put that out there. Has my tea in it right now, it's great. Okay. From Crafting a Planned Life, so any project can be stitched on 10 count regardless of what is
listed on the pattern? - Correct. - [Lily] And does that make a difference in the amount of floss that
you'll need to make the project? - Yes, it does. So I would just double it,
'cause you're using four strands. So just double whatever you're doing and you just have to convert it from your stitch count to your 10 count. - [Lily] From Patricia
Buckle, Buckley, sorry, last week Kimberly
showed a patriotic design with the Americana fabric flare material, what was the name of the pattern? She indicated it was an older pattern that they were going to start-- - It was July 4th Typography. - [Lily] Oh, okay. - And that's the same designer as the Christmas Typography
that I will be doing. And some of that fabric did sell out. We have already ordered it
and should be coming soon. They take about, maybe another week. - [Lily] From Marilyn Perlman, did you get the 14 count
Aida from Picture This Plus? - It hasn't come yet, but we ordered it. So we just need to figure out
when they're going to ship it. But yeah, we ordered it a long time ago. - [Lily] Okay. From Alaxia, DMC just
released new fabrics today, including Aida, Monaco and linen. Will you be carrying it? - We'll look right after this live stream. What, you want to type out where you saw? That'd be great. What website you saw that before, so you can save us time researching. - [Lily] Okay, from Mary Pichard-Ferber, I've read you should
gently wash your projects with mild soap and water. Do you wash your finishes? - No. - [Lily] All right, oh and-- - And I definitely would not wash if you're using any type of
hand dyed or, hand dyed floss, 'cause it could bleed. So I would definitely
not if you're using that. But no, I don't. I do wash my hands though, every time, before I pick up a project. And if my hands get sweaty or I mean, I know that sounds gross,
but if they get sweaty, I just get up, go to the
bathroom, wash my hands, start over. - [Lily] Also correction, I
said Gillian's name incorrectly. It's Gillian spelled with a G. I will pronounce your name
correctly moving forward, thank you. - I was thinking it might be Galane. - [Lily] Oh, Galane. That's a pretty name too. But yes, no, feel free if I
ever mispronounce anyone's name, I want to pronounce your
guys's names correctly. Just let me know. And then Julia Washburn
had a funny comment. She was like, you get a confetti cannon, you get a confetti cannon, you and you. Also confetti cannon for
everyone behind the scenes in the comments right now. - Yes.
- [Lily] We appreciate you. - And Lily.
- [Lily] Aw, thank you. - It's so funny, I'm looking at the tree and I'm sorry it's bare. - [Lily] It's got the lone
ornament that wouldn't come off. - But we have the ornaments over here, so I can move it. - [Lily] Okay.
- I'll move it. And then we have ornaments. - [Lily] Put the littler tree
in front of the bare tree. - It's just bothering me. - [Lily] Okay. From Susan Alban, just joining in, when are the next two
secret Santa charts due in? - We're on auto ship with Hands On Design. So as soon as she releases
them and she is on Instagram. So if you want to ask
her, she's always great. Kathy's always great, she'll answer you. So I'm, we're on auto ship,
so when she ships we get it and we load it the same day we get it. So, but she's definitely great
about answering questions. - [Lily] Hang on. From Gidget Lacey, huge
shout out to Brenda from customer service, she
located my lost package and followed up with a phone
call to make sure I got it. - Thank you! - [Lily] I'll let Brenda know. Oh, okay. And from Alaxia, they said
that it's on the DMC website or that they, their announcement big link on the homepage and
they posted on their Instagram. Thank you. Okay. Marietta Bechan was asking, how did Kevin feel after
doing the video last week? - Oh, he was super, it was
really hard for him to do. And I think he was just... I don't know how to describe it. It's really hard for him to do. - [Lily] Oh, I think he did so good. - He'll never do it
again, I'll tell you that. He'll never do it again. - [Lily] At least there was the one. - Yeah, it was just really hard. I mean, he's just a
very introverted person so it's just really
hard for him to do that. And he's like, he did say to me, I just don't know how you do it. I don't know how you do it. And then we always have family discussions and we went to dinner
Friday and he was like, your mom, I don't know
how she does all that. And I'm like, it's fine. So, I mean, it's just,
it's really hard for him. - [Lily] Yeah. - I thought he did great. And he thought he did horrible and I was like, you did great! - [Lily] He did really good,
like, I was very impressed. - Yeah. He just doesn't talk much. So too, even just to,
he doesn't talk much. Like even with his friends, if we went to dinner or something, like he just, he's not a talker. So not only are you
putting yourself out there, first of all, you're
putting yourself out there. Second of all, you're having to talk. Third of all, you're on camera. It's just really hard. It's not easy to do all this. It's easier for me 'cause
I've done it a million times, but it used to not be so easy. - [Lily] All right, from Jennifer Keeny. I was late to join so you
may have already answered, but will you have Teresa
Kogut's new Patriotic sampler? - Yes. And it is on order and it looks amazing and Cheryl is going to stitch it. And so as she stitches it, she'll bring it in and we can show it and we'll figure out what
cloth she's gonna stitch it on and make sure we have it in stock because it's a rather big piece, so it's not going to be
as easy to get the cloth, if that makes sense. 'Cause it's pretty big, right Denise? Like on her Instagram,
well actually Teresa Kogut also has a Floss Tube. So when she showed it, I was
like, oh my gosh, it's huge. So if you want to see it,
you could watch it on her, on her channel. - [Lily] All right, last two
comments before we move on here from Catherine McMillan, funny comment, my husband doesn't understand why you have Christmas trees out in June. - Because we're going to
have Christmas in July, at the Fat Quarter Shop, and next week we're going to have a giant Christmas tree with all our ornaments! It's gonna be so awesome! - [Lily] Yes we are. - I would just have a Christmas
tree in my bedroom all year. If I could.
- [Lily] They're pretty. - I like Christmas. - [Lily] Also Fat Quarter Shop Floss Tube said confetti cannon for Lily
coming back from her trip. Thank you, Ashley, that is
Ashley in the comments now. I appreciate it. It's weird to give a
confetti cannon to yourself. - It's okay. Okay, so I'm going to show you kind of the stuff I've been working on. So not only did we, you
know, working on Jolly July, I'm working on some other stuff. So I'm going to show
you some of my finishes, some of my WIPs, all that stuff. So the very first item,
last night, I continued, this is a Mania project, so
I'm hoping to have this done by next week. Christopher has a baseball game tonight. So I'm taking this to baseball game. This is June Trucking Along
by Priscilla and Chelsea. And so I did this last night. And the, what I'm hoping to do is do all the strawberries first, the bottom, and then the truck. And I'm going to show you this truck has a basket of strawberries
and I'm going to do something different
and I'm going to show you what I'm going to do when I show you July. So I brought this back out and I'm hoping to get
this done by next week. And then I will have very few Mania left. And this is the new bitty
boards by Lori Holt. And this is how I keep them. And if you fold it over, they don't fall. And so this is a great way, these are her smaller seven inch that she made just for cross stitchers. And we have gotten a lot of
questions about how to use it. And this is exactly how you use it. And usually I put my needle in there also, like you can put your needle
in there and it just stays. You could either put it this way. You can, it'll stand up or it'll go in. So either way. So it has a lot of uses and you can put a needle minder on the front
and the back and it'll stay. And then you can put
your needle on that too. So that is June. This is also another
DotDotGooseDesign bag. So that is my WIP for the week. My finishes now, this is
prim stitch series part one. So I can show you that. This is the new series by Lori Holt. One of the questions that we are getting is we need a substitute for 25 count for the people who
don't want his 25 count. This is 25 count prim. All the information is on a blog post, but we found this is going
to be our substitute. This is Wichelt cafe mocha. It is lighter, but it is, we could not find an exact match. This piece is not big enough
to make the piece into one. So if you wanted to make it individually, you could use this, but Denise has already
ordered this in a larger size that will fit the entire piece. They have to, they have to cut it, Wichelt has to cut it
and package it for us. So it probably won't be here by the time the first pattern ships,
but it is ordered. So cafe mocha, CF, what's CF? Country French. And the one thing I did
want to show about this is, so this is the rig, this is
prim that I'm stitching on. This is a Wichelt fabric,
but it is much softer. I don't know how to explain it, but it's not as stiff as other Wichelt. So if you prefer stiff,
you might not love this. I'm just being completely transparent and honest with you guys. So anyway, the whole point of this
is, this is part one. In my nifty little bag right here, this bag is coming in July, I not only have one, I have
two design boards in here. Don't ask me why. And I have, this is the floss I'm using, and this is her new needle minder that, this is what I mean about, you can stick a needle minder on here. So this one I have to fold it. Hold on. I have to, I have to fold it
so you can't see, see it all. So I'll just say there,
that's what you can see. So this is section three. So today I am mailing her part three and Lori is finishing for me two and three that go with this is for the
pattern cover of the pattern. Now we're going to, you
won't be able to see it until the pattern comes out,
and if you're in the club, you'll be the first one to get it. It goes online before anybody
in the store can buy it. And we have gone over all
the information on this on previous, and we have
a big long blog post. - [Lily] Also, when you said
design boards, there's two. It reminded me of like,
is it the Lays commercials that are like, you can't just have one. - [Kimberly] Oh, I know it's horrible. I have them, and you know
the thing about these things is like this went with something else. And then when I was
working on that project, I couldn't find it. And then it's in this bag and I've been wondering
where it is, and here it is. Because yeah. So that is getting mailed to Lori today. Another finish I have is
the July Trucking Along by Priscilla and Chelsea of
Stitching with the Housewives. And so if you look on the hood
of the truck, there's a cat. So Lily, can you scroll in? - [Lily] Yep. - [Kimberly] So I am, I'm annoying. So I was like, Priscilla,
can you please draw me a dog? So she drew me a Piggy! - [Lily] It's a Piggy! - [Kimberly] And you can't,
it's hard to see his black ears, but in person you can really see it. And so what Priscilla's going to do, in case you want a little
Piggy on your truck, is she will put the diagram for this. When she finishes this whole piece, she'll put it on her blog. And my idea is on the June... Sorry, this, my idea on the June is... Sorry, on the truck right
here, where the baskets are? I'm going to put another Piggy! And so I'm going to try,
my goal is to have a Piggy on every one of my trucks. And when I, oh, and I did want to tell you the colors I used on Piggy. So on Piggy I used, for
his body, Tea and Biscuits and for his ears, I did black coffee. I did a different, I did a
couple of different colors on the ears before I
got it where I liked it, but his ears are really black. And I know you can't see it on the camera, but in real life you can see the black. So it's so excited 'cause I have a Piggy. That's another finish. And then, see, I've been busy. I stitched Bent Creek's Glory. This was a Mania start. So, I'm going to be
totally honest on this, I used 14 count natural light. So this is my third patriotic from Mania. I finished all three of them. The colors I use are General Arts chalk, Buckeye Scarlet, Carriage
Black, Black Raspberry Jam. Okay, so can you zoom in some more? So, so one thing I did is on the pattern, they had a satin stitch
in different sections. So you can kind of see the satin stitch like there and there. But I didn't like the
way it looked on Aida. So I did Smyrna stitches and I
got that idea from Priscilla. I didn't come up with it myself. So I did Smyrna stitches instead. Yeah, you can kind of see it right there. And then this has an alphabet and I just didn't do the alphabet part. So I actually sent, I
actually found a board for this to go on that I
already sent Priscilla. So I'm going to mail this to
her today to finish for me, but I'm excited to have that finished. And then Priscilla and
Chelsea also came out with Bloom, downloadable PDF last Friday, and Denise finished this already. So she got it on Friday,
she stitched on 28 count Josalynn black and the called for threads. And it's so cute. So are you going to finish it, or are you gonna send it to Priscilla? - [Denise] Oh no, I'm gonna finish it. - [Kimberly] So she's going to finish it. (indistinct whispering)
What? She's going to try to finish it, so when she finishes it we'll bring it. But oh my gosh, it's so cute. And then I have a framed finish. So I went to the framer. Actually Denise went to the framer and they hadn't called me yet. They always call me when
they have something. And I said, well, when
you're at the framer, can you just ask them if they're done? So this is one of my Mania
finishes from last year. It is Madam Chantilly Love. I stitched on Phoenician stone, 14 count and just the called for DNC. And I love this. I'm not sure where I'm
going to put it in my house, but I do really like it. So I really like it. And I like the frame. I was super excited about the frame. And then I wanted to show you
prim village one last time before we mail everything back to Lori. So this was a stitch
along, this is my piece. So I'm going to take this home today because I know exactly where
it's going to go in my house. And this is Lori's piece. And Lori has my prim village
that I stitched on overcast, and so when she finishes
it and sends it back, I will show it, and this is
Lori's large vintage frame. And the stitch along is finished
and it finished last week. So thank you to everyone
who stitched along and on the back, you can see
her stitch, her library cards. This was her prototype. So this is what I will be putting to label all of my finishes going forward. And this is one of her,
I think be basics fabrics that she put on the back, - [Lily] Lori Holt says,
put it by your wedding photo at the end of your hallway? - [Kimberly] Oh, maybe I
don't know if it'll fit. Yeah, I don't know. Somewhere, but that's a good idea. And then also wanted to remind you about the Singing in the Rain stitch along that we're going to be doing with Bev. So this is 25 count
cloud, Lori Holt fabric. And we have a thread pack. This is the thread pack that
Denise and I came up with. It's called Kimberly's
Singing in the Rain. It should, really should say
Denise's Singing in the Rain, 'cause she helped me. And then this is the pattern. And so there is a popup that Lily has, and this is kind of the plan that Bev has, and I'm just following
along on her stitch along. So the hardest part is
going to be that first week, 'cause it's the entire border. So it doesn't start until next week, but I might cheat and this
week start the border, so that I'm a little bit ahead so that I'm less likely to get behind. So I changed the colors and
I'm probably going to leave off all the back stitches except
for the umbrella hands, just to kind of let you know, and I'll show it each week and I'll show you what I did different. I might even change where
colors go, but super cute. And then... We also have some new items
that I'm going to show. So these are the bitty
boards that I already showed. I got these out of inventory
so that I have more in my bag. So I'm taking these home with me today. I already showed you the new
Kringle's metallic thread. And I apologize for it taking
so long to come in stock, but it is in stock and I would love for, when you stitch it, I
want to see how it looks. And yesterday we got in stock the new Punch Needle and Primitive series, Primitive Stitcher magazine. And I'm going to turn to the page. This is the thread pack that
goes with Summer Daisies. And this is Priscilla and Chelsea, I'm so proud of them, and Ronnie. Piper wants to know where he's at. Piper's not in the picture. And when I was talking to
Priscilla the other night, Piper was growling at
Chelsea, it was so funny. It was funny, but not really
funny 'cause I would die if I was in that house, I'd be scared. So this is her thread pack. So we have the magazines in stock and the thread packs in stock, and we have a ton of them in stock. Yesterday Camille emailed this to me. This is her, she's going
to be releasing her own cross stitch patterns. So she based this on her Swoon pattern and another one of her patterns and it's called Stitchville. And she stitched hers on 25
count cloud, Lori Holt fabric. She is listing Cosmo and DMC. She stitched her sample in Cosmo. And so the only thing about
it, that would be different, she does list 14 count and 25 count sizes. It is a PDF. There will also be paper
patterns in a couple of weeks. We're pre-selling it,
if you're interested. The only thing about this
is if you are a beginner, it does use quarter inch and
three quarter inch stitches. So just know that before
you buy it in case you, if you don't want to do three
quarter inch stitches, don't. Then don't buy it. I mean, I want you to buy it, but I just want you to
know if you're a beginner, it does have more difficulty. And then, Cody got it
yesterday and she started it. - [Lily] Go Cody! - [Kimberly] And she changes,
she's changing the colors. So she did that overnight. And then this is our little... And then we also have
some new needle minders. Nope, enamel charms
that are going to come. These go with her book. So these go with the brand new Bonnie and Camille quilt B book. And these came in super
early and we were so excited because everything has been so delayed. So there is a good times
charm and a beehive star. So these are super cute. I'm going to take these
home, put them on my bags. And I have had some questions, if Camille is going to do a stitch along. So I'm going to ask her. Denise is going to remind me to ask her, 'cause I don't know she's
going to stitch along, but if she does it, it'll be kind of like what we do with Bev, where Bev runs it and I just do, you know,
we just talk about it. So that is brand new, and
this is not in the book or anything like these are her own cross stitch patterns that
she came up with on her own and I'm not publishing them, she is. And the flash sale for today
is the Spring has Sprung Country Cottage Needle Works
and the Lori Holt 10 count... American blue. Yay! Okay, so I'm happy to
answer any questions. I know that was like a lot of stuff. Next week is going to be super long also because we are going to show 31 ornaments. all finished, and whatever
I finish this week. I have really big goals
for this week on finishing. I'm going to have a lot
of stitching time today because today I get to
go have a mammogram, and after that mammogram, I
have eight hours to stitch. So I've already planned my day. That's going to be my, I always have like, you can call it like sunshines and clouds. That's the way we do it in our house. Like, what's your sunshine of the day? Or what's your cloud of the day? That means what was good, what was bad? But today my bad is I
have to get a mammogram. So as my reward, I'm going to stitch. - [Lily] Oh, that's funny, I
call it dungeons and towers. - Oh, of course you do. That makes me think of
Dungeons and Dragons, which I don't even really know what it is. - [Lily] That's funny, yeah. - But it's a good way to talk
to your kids about, you know, 'cause I think, especially
now with the quarantine, talking to your kids is really important because of mental health. I mean there's a lot of,
kids can get in their head and like, you need to
be able to talk to them about what was good today, what was bad, and then we talk about,
well, does the good overcome the bad? I mean, I shouldn't,
this is all parenting, we don't even need to talk
about it here, I'm sorry. - [Lily] You're good. From Tula E Hubbard, what's your favorite
cross stitching project? I guess that's coming up? Do you have one? - I don't know that I have a favorite. I obviously have a soft
spot for anything Lori does because she's my idol. So you know anything that Lori does when I have, I have a blue
hutch, aqua hutch in my house, so anything when I get
all of those things out, I tell Emma, okay, these go on that table. So like her stuff goes
there and I obviously like anything Stitching with
the Housewives does, but anything I stitch I do love. And we do have a really
cool one coming up from Lori that is so I'm so excited about it. I showed it to Kevin yesterday,
he was like, oh, I love it! So I'm going to get that
one done and hang it, I know exactly where I'm going
to hang it in my sewing room. Already. - [Lily] All right from Amy Dement, what, that's batting on the bitty board and not flannel, right? - Correct.
- [Lily] Okay. From JacksB82, have all the charts in the chockfull series been released? - Yes. And we have a set now of all of them. I think it's a set of seven or eight? Seven. - [Lily] From Polly Clune, can you get starlet snowflake in PDF? - Six months after the original release, which would be about three
and a half months from now. And the reason we do that
is a business decision based on being able to afford the paper, to print the patterns. It's just what we have
to do as a business. But yes, six months after. - [Lily] From Kat G, what
fabric is the love stitched on? - Phoenician Stone, 14 count Wichelt. And I just bought the prepackaged
one and just stitched it. And I saved the other half. 'Cause that's all the
other half the other day. - [Lily] From Angela Staudinger,
can Cheryl do a video on three quarters stitches? - I can ask her? I mean, you could ask her and see, I mean, I don't know if she's gonna
want to do it like right now. Just 'cause of COVID. 'Cause she just got back to work and she's got a lot to catch up on, but I don't even know how to
do a third quarter of a stitch. So we can ask her. I mean, she's going to watch later, so Cheryl just email me and Denise what your answer is and
when you want to do it and we'll schedule it. - [Lily] Yeah, Cheryl does
a watch last, what was it? No, the week before last when I was like, oh I wish Cheryl is my grandma. She told me that she could
be my adopted grandmother. And I was like--
- Oh! - [Lily] So blessed.
- She's like so nice, like-- - [Lily] She's the best. But yeah, I felt sheepish
when she emailed me about it. I was like, oh. From Crafting a Planned Life, what are you writing on the library cards? - Okay, so I am going to actually, I'm going to be spoiled
because when Lori does them, she's going to do them for me. So on this one, she put
the name of the pattern, prim village by Lori
Holt, bee in my bonnet. She put the stitch
count, she put the date, so like either the date you
start or the date you end, stitched by Lori Holt, using prim R floss stitched on 25 count
oatmeal vintage cloth, framed in a 14 inch square frame, pattern published by It's So Emma. So name of pattern, stitch size, all the stuff you would put in your book and you can write on the back also. And I did want to, I came up with this. I thought this was really fun, and y'all might think I'm a dork, but I don't have very much fancy floss. So that's the fancy floss I have. And this week I, when
I was working on glory, forgot to mention. So when I was working on glory, I used red and I had
done from here to here. I had finished half. And when I got halfway done, I went to pull different
skeins and my stuff was a mess. It was all in a ball,
and I was like, wait, I gotta be able to figure this out. So I saw this sitting on my desk, this used to have cards in it. 'Cause sometimes customers
will send me cards, and so I have all my cards or
you know, notes from my kids. And this was sitting on
my desk and I was like, you know what, this would fit fancy floss. So Emma organized my fancy floss in there. And I know most of you have
a lot more fancy floss, but this is my fancy floss, I'm so proud. But this is just a cute
little thing from Hobby Lobby. And it, because what happened on my red is the two reds that I had left over from previous projects were darker. So on the right it's a tiny bit darker, but I don't think you can tell. But yes, I came up with that this weekend because everything was
just kind of a mess. And I thought, you know,
people might want to see that. And this is just, I mean, this was like $5 from Hobby Lobby. It was like, I've had this,
we have this on the set, the quilting set, and when
we bought it I told Cody, oh, I love it, can you buy me one? So it's like from two years ago. But I thought it was cute. And so then I put this
like on my little entryway, I put it on there by my silk floss. And then that way, if
I need it, I can say, can you go get me my bucket? My kids like to run errands for me. If they want Roblox, money
on Roblox, what is that game? They play some game and they want money. So I make them ride, I
make them walk the dog and do errands, make my bed,
they make my bed every day. And then they can get Roblox money. - [Lily] Oh, yeah I don't
know what that game is. - It's like Minecraft, kind of. You build a room and then you can like, if you buy stuff, you
get more, but you can... So then they compete on who can get more. 'Cause then they can mess
up each other's houses. I don't know. - [Lily] All right, from
Creative Country Girl, will there be openings
for the stitch club? - Yeah. You just can't get the last two. But the, going forward, yes. - [Lily] All right. From TJ tech, can you buy
a 10 count cross stitch kit that includes the pattern
thread and 10 count fabric? - So we might have some, is Red, White and Bloom still in stock? So one that we have in stock
is Red, White, and Bloom. And then we're going to
have a club next year that is going to be a monthly club, January through December. Last week I finished May. Yesterday we picked thread for the January and then we're going to kind of do that, and then we're going to launch it in about August, September. - [Lily] Lots of people in the
comments are saying Roblox? - Yeah, that, whatever that is. - [Lily] All right, yeah, lots of people are saying that
their children also love it. - Yeah, they love it. And then they like, there's a, okay. So our dogs name is Piggy. So imagine our surprise
when one day they're like kill Piggy, and I'm like, what? So Piggy is a version of Roblox, and the goal is to kill the Piggy because the Piggy is the whatever. So anyway, at first I was like, what are y'all talking about? Or, you know, it's like, so
there's a, it's like a Piggy. It's like a thing you add. - [Lily] Aww! - But no, they love Piggy. Piggy doesn't love
them, but they love him. - [Lily] On the subject of Piggy, Peach said, you get a Piggy
and you get a Piggy, L-O-L. 'Cause you were putting
the Piggys everywhere. From Crafting a Planned Life, if I have questions in getting started, can I call customer service and they can help me to make
sure I have what I need? Wish I could ask Lori Holt, but I don't think that's possible. - Why don't you email
cheryl@fatquartershop.com and she can help you, and
she can probably get to you faster than customer service. And she knows more than I know. So she will be happy to help you. - [Lily] Yes, for cross stitch-y things. - C-H-E-R-Y-L @fatquartershop.com. - [Lily] Cheryl. Few comments from Lori Holt here, she had earlier said granny
chic fabric, I think for-- - Oh, for the back of your fabric? If that was granny chic,
instead of be basics. - [Lily] Yes. And she also put three kissy heart faces and said, Kimberly! 'Cause you said she's your idol. And she also suggested that the kids should get animal crossing. I don't have animal crossing myself, but I also recommend it. And from Melissa K Hill,
will you have more openings for the Classic Colorworks Floss Club? - No. She can not add to it. - [Lily] Alright. - But we will, for Weeks. - [Lily] Hannah Edmund says
Piggy is an evil version of pepper pig, Peppa Pig? - I don't know what it is. It's a complicated thing. I just know that they ran
around the house, Piggy Piggy! And I'm like what the,
what are you talking about? It's just weird that our dog is named-- - [Lily] Piggy as well. - Piggy 'cause it was confusing. - [Lily] Okay, and then Lauretta Magers had this question earlier, so I wanted to save it for the end, she says, hi Kimberly, have
you been keeping an eye on the Lori Vallow case?
- Oh, absolutely. I watch that every day. I feel horrible for Kay and Larry, which are the grandparents. It is a tragic situation and I hope that they both get life in prison and they get what they deserve because it's a horrible situation. But I watch it every
day, I watch Crime Talk with Scott Rice, so does
Lori, we all talk about it. I watch It's a Crime
'cause Lori recommended it. I watched Gray Hugh's Investigates, I watch all of it everyday, all day. I watch Court TV, but yeah, I mean, I think it's a horrible
injustice and evil at its finest. - [Lily] Whoa. - Do you not know what it is? - [Lily] I don't, you'll
have to tell me afterwards. - It's so complicated. So basically there's a lady
and she had five marriages and she might've killed her fourth husband or her third cousin, her
third or fourth husband, allegedly, don't sue me. So then her fifth husband,
her brother killed. Her new husband she bought wedding rings, then the husband killed
the wife, allegedly. She was like 40 and she died. The kids are, two kids are dead. So basically they just
like killed a lot of people because they were
infatuated with each other, and it's a horrible situation, and yeah, a lot of people died. - [Lily] Alright. On that note. - So guys, thanks for watching. Thanks for listening. I know it's been an hour and a half. I had a ton of stuff, but
we will have more next week and we really hope you
join us for Jolly July. - [Lily] All right,
see you guys next week.
