Know Your Needleworker Tag -
- posted 31OCT14 by whimsydaisical – Link to Video
1. Where do you live?
2. What do you do for a living?
3. Do you have any children?
4. Do you have any pets?
5. What are your other hobbies besides stitching?
6. What is your favorite movie?
7. What is your favorite tv show?
8. What is your favorite book?
9. What is you favorite music?
10. What one word best describes you?
Just Do It! Stitchy Tag -
- posted 10APR17 by Tricia - the left-handed stitcher
1. Do you have a pile/box/bin/bag/drawer of completed stitches (FOs) not yet FFO’d?
2. Were any of these items stitched as a gift that hasn’t been FFO’d and gifted yet?
3. Show us these ungifted projects, and talk about them….
- who it is meant for?
- why did you chose it for them?
- pattern, designer, fabric, threads?
- why is it unfinished?
- what is stopping you from FFOing it and gifting it?
- what is your plan for it?
Twinkle Tag -
- posted 06JAN17 by Crafty magpie
1. What was your first cross stitch?
2. How many needle minders do you have? (show your favorite one )
3. If you could stitch one picture what would it be?
4. What other craft would you like to try?
5. What is the longest project you have been working on?
6. What is the quickest project you have done?
7. What threads do you like to use?
8. Show us your ORT jar.
9. Show something else you are working on other than stitching.
10. What are your least favorite threads to use?
11. What is the project you've hated working on the most?
WIP Tag -
- posted 22AUG16 by CoveredIn CatHair
1. When it comes to putting a project together, do you start with the pattern or the fabric?
2. Do you ever find yourself limiting or denying yourself new starts because of your current number of WIPs?
3. Is there any designer or style of pattern that you love the designs but hate the process of stitching on them?
4. What do you use, if anything, to keep track of your current WIPs and/or future starts?
5. If you could "steal" any Flosstuber's current WIP or past project, which one would it be and why?
FlossTube Community Year in Review Tag -
- posted 28DEC16 by Jesse Marie Does Stuff
Favorites / Least Favorites:
1. WIP
2. Finish
3. FFO
4. New Start
5. Tool
6. Technique
7. Material
8. Pattern release of 2016
How Many...
9. WIPs at the start of year?
10. WIPs at the end of the year?
11. Starts during the year?
12. Finishes during the year?
13. FFOs?
14. UFOs - temporary?
15. UFOs - permanent?
16. Full coverage pages complete?
First and Last:
17. Start:
18. Finish:
Regrets
19. Purchase?
20. Starting?
21. Stopping?
22. Not participating?
New / New to You:
23. Tool:
24. Technique / Stitch:
25. Designer:
26. Fabric:
27. Thread:
28. Vendor / Shop:
29. Terminology:
30. FlossTube Channels:
A Mix of Questions:
31. What did you learn this year?
32. What did you teach someone this year?
33. Did you become real life friends with any stitchers you only knew via social media previously?
34. Are you happy with what you accomplished this year?
35. Similarly, what were your goals for 2016? How do they measure up to what you accomplished?
36. Has your stitching style or organization changed during the year? If so, how? If no, are there any changes or improvements you’d like to make?
37. Did you fall victim to FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)? Were there any projects that you would pass on starting if you were given the chance to go back in time and do all over?
38. Did you participate in any SALs? If so, which one was your favorite?
39. What did you learn about yourself through your stitching this year?
40. What was your favorite event that you participated in this year?
41. Were there any 2016 "Stitching Fads" that you didn’t jump on the bandwagon for but you’re still considering?
2017:
42. What project are you most looking forward to starting?
43. What project are you most looking forward to finishing?
44. Do you intend to be more determined or laid back in your stitching in the coming year?
45. What event are you most looking forward to participating in?
46. What are your stitchy resolutions for next year?
47. Will you be participating in any SALs?
48. Are there any materials / stitches / techniques you’d like to try in the new year?
Non-stitching:
49. What was the best thing that happened to you this year?
50. What are your resolutions for next year?
Organise Your Stitching Tag -
- posted 20APR16 by Corrie Berry
1. How do you organise magazines?
2. How do you organise kits?
3. How do you organise digital patterns?
4. How do you organise books?
5. What do you keep with your WIPs?
6. How do you store WIPs when not in use?
7. Where do you store FOs before they become FFOs?
8. Do you have any tips for organising your cross stitch?
Travel Stitching Tag -
- posted 28Aug16 by OriettaStitch
1) Do you bring stitching with you when you travel?
2) What is your favorite project to bring on trips?
3) What are your indispensable tools to bring to help your stitching on a trip?
Every Stitch Counts’ My Tag-
- posted 31JUL16 by Every Stitch Counts
1) Favorite DMC color thread?
2) Least favorite DMC color thread?
3) Over or under when it comes to toilet paper hanging on the roll?
4) When do you cross stitch for other people? If not, why? Bad past experience?
5) Stomach or back sleeper?
6) Does anyone tease / poke fun at you for cross stitching?
7) Is there a subject, theme or topic you have yet to find in a pattern?
8) Favorite needle minder?
9) Best cross stitch deal you came across. For example, an out of print pattern or stash of skeins?
10) One fun fact about you NOT related to cross stitching
Confessions of a Cross Stitcher Tag -
- posted 15MAY2016 by Vintage Chic Stitcher
Short and sweet section:
1. Just cross stitch or specialty stitches too?
2. Whole stitches only or half and quarter stitches too?
3. French knots or beads in their place?
4. Backstitch, nemesis or friend?
5. Washed or unwashed?
6. Iron or what's an iron?
7. Professionally frames or do it yourself?
8. Framed FFOs (Fully Finished Objects) or other finishes? If other finishes please share what you have done :)
9. Stickler for the pattern or creative muse?
10. Organized stitcher or ruler of chaos?
11. Planned or spontaneous?
12. Process stitcher or project driven?
13. Impulse buyer or thoughtful purchaser?
Moment of truth section:
14. If you make a mistake, do you HAVE to frog it out?
15. Have you ever shown your work? If not, would you like to one day?
16. Who do you stitch for?
17. If you stitch gifts are they delivered on time or are they fashionably late?
18. Where is the strangest place you have ever stitched?
19. Is there any place on earth where you would really like to stitch?
20. If you could only stitch on one project monogamously for a year, which would it be?
21. What is the most amount of WIPs you've had at once?
22. How old is your oldest active WIP?
23. Honestly, tell us about your stash - how many charts and kits do you have?
24. Truth, which designs/designers do you just not get?
25. Which designs/designers do you absolutely adore and cannot live without?
26. How many hours a week do you devote to stitching?
27. You are on a desert island and resources are scare. There are four options available to you - chocolate, coffee, Mr Darcy (as played by Colin Firth (of course!) or stitching. You can only pick two, GO!
28. Does your significant other really know how much you spend on your craft?
The Behind the Scenes Tag -
- posted 05JUL16 by Jessie Marie Does Stuff
1. (Optional). Take a picture of your set up for recording. Insert it if you can.
2. How did you come up with your channel name?
3. When did you post your very first video to YouTube with FlossTube/stitching intentions?
4. What do you use for your videos (i.e. camcorder, laptop, phone, etc.)?
5. Do you record onto video software or directly onto YouTube?
6. Do you edit? If so, what do you use? If not, why not?
7. How many takes are involved in your videos? Or do you just record it all in one shot?
8. If things go wrong during recording, do you stop and restart or just post it?
9. From beginning of set up to video completely uploaded to YouTube, about how long does a standard video take?
10. What kind of prep do you do? Script? Organization? Run-through or practice?
11. Do you watch your own videos once published?
12. If you could change or enhance or improve your videos in anyway, would you and what would you do?
13. Share any other tidbits you might have about your own recording or any funny stories related to your channel.
Kelli Anne’s Craft Swap Tag -
- posted 21MAY16 by Kelli Anne
1. How many swaps have you done?
2. If only 1, why have you stopped swapping?
3. What is your biggest swap pet peeve?
4. What is your favorite item(s) received?
5. What is your worst swap received?
6. Favorite topic (theme) of a swap you've been in...
7. What are your favorite extras to send/receive?
8. Topics (themes) you'd like to see in a swap...
Mary Ellen’s Tag -
- posted 02MAY16 by Mary Ellen
1. What is your favourite floss colour?
2. Which artwork or picture that isn't an official pattern would you love to stitch or become available?
3. What is a piece you would love to stitch? Why haven't you stitched it?
4. If money wasn't an object, what piece would you stitch?
5. What is your most wanted pattern/chart?
6. What is your most loved piece that you have stitched? Do you have any pieces that you hated stitching?
7. What is your favourite subject to stitch?
8. What piece would you love to see HAED produce?
9. What artist would you like HAED to collaborate with?
10. Who is your favourite artist or designer?
11. If given the opportunity to design a piece and have it be published, what would the subject be, what would it be called, what would the style be, and who would publish it?
12. Where is your favourite place to stitch?
13. Who are your favourite Flosstubers to watch?
14. If given the opportunity, which Flosstuber would you like to meet the most?
15. What is one piece of advice you have for other stitchers or Flosstubers?
16. What is something you have learned by watching Flosstube?
17. What do you use to record videos with?
18. Who do you like stitching for? What do you enjoy making the most?
19. What is your favourite place to buy supplies?
20. What are your favourite websites for stitching?
21. Do people know you make videos?
22. What type of weather do you find most relaxing to stitch during or what is your favourite weather to stitch during?
23. If you organize your floss, do you organize by number or colour?
24. What is your most coveted stitch related item?
25. Which movie, TV show, book, video game, etc. would you most love to stitch?
26. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?
27. What is your favourite traveled to location?
28. Do you have any special talents?
29. Name 5-10 random facts about yourself that your subscribers may not know about you.
30. What is your most prized possessions (stitch related and non-stitch related).
Jayne’s Tag -
- posted 19APR16 by mrs baker girl
1) Which, if any, WIPS do you wish will end soon?
2) What is your favorite tool for stitching?
3) Is there a kit/project you wish you didn’t buy?
4) Is there a kit/project you wish you could have and start?
Needle & Thread Tag -
- posted 15APR16 by Megan Wright
1. What are your favorite needles? Gold plated or not? Long or short?
2. How do you store your needles?
3. Do you change floss with each color or do you use multiple needles?
4. Do you use a thread tamer or wax, or thread heaven, or do you go bare?
5. Bobbins or bags?
6. Do you use long or short lengths of thread?
7. ORTs - yay, nay or what the hay?
Disney Tag -
- posted 12APR16 by Chelsea Gelesko
1) Are you a Disney freak?
2) Show us your Disney collection. (Please start with any Disney stitchy related items, and then move onto everything else.)
Tracy Talking Tag -
- posted 07APR16 by Tracy P
1. Say these words:
Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught
2. What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
3. What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
4. What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
5. What do you call gym shoes?
6. What do you say to address a group of people?
7. What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
8. What do you call your grandparents?
9. What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
10. What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
11. What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
Flosstube BAP Tag -
- posted 05APR16 by Novice Stitcher
1. Have you done a full coverage project, such as a HAED?
2. What made you decide to do one?
3. Were you afraid/nervous about starting one?
4. How did you prepare for starting one? Anything different from preparing for non-BAP projects?
5. Was it as intimidating as you thought it would be?
6. Are you glad you chose to do one?
7. How long have you been working on it or how long did it take you to complete it?
8. Did it meet your expectations?
What’s in My Stitchy Bag Tag -
- posted 22MAR16 by JOXGIRL1
1) Show us your stitchy bag (tote bag, project bag, project basket, etc)
2) Show us what’s in your stitchy bag.
Super Tag (aka Super Stitcher’s Super Tag) -
- posted 12MAR16 by Bryan C Super Stitcher
1. Robin - What is something you started or stitched that is completely not your style but for some reason grew on you?
2. Ironman - Love yourself! Say something nice about your stitching, your best stitchy quality, (do your stitches lay very flat? Do your beads always sit perfectly? Do you stitch very quickly?)
3. The Flash – What is your quickest finish? What project did you finish the fastest?
4. The Joker - Show us your craziest back!!!
5. The Hulk - What is your largest WIP?
6. Batman vs Superman - Do you prefer projects with very few colors or a lot?
7. Wonder Woman - Tell the truth! Who is your favorite superhero??
My Stitchy Buddy Pet Tag -
- posted 09MAR16 by catcrazycreations
1. Who is your stitchy buddy(s) and give an introduction? (Show your stitchy buddy(s) and tell a little about them.)
2. Where does your stitchy buddy hang out while you stitch?
3. When you start working on your stitching how long does it take for your stitchy buddy to show up?
4. What does your stitchy buddy do to get your attention while you’re stitching?
5. Of all your cross switch supplies which one(s) does your stitchy buddy enjoy playing with or napping on?
6. What is the one thing that your stitchy buddy does that irritates you while you’re stitching?
7. Give one word that describes your stitchy buddy?
Fer Realz Tho Tag -
- posted 29FEB16 by Adele McNaughton
1) Fer realz tho, what level of stitcher do you consider yourself to be?
2) Fer realz tho, how many WIPs and UFOs do you *honestly* have? This includes things you gave up on and threw out.
3) Fer realz tho, are you enabled easily?
4)Fer realz tho, do you suffer from SADD (Stitchers Attention Deficit Disorder)?
(meaning are you easily distracted/bored, needing to rotate projects quite often)
5) Fer realz tho, have you ever finished a full coverage project e.g HAED, Tilton Crafts etc? If your answer was no, how far have you got?
6) Fer realz tho, do you enjoy confetti (lots of stitches in different colours)?
7) Fer realz tho, how many finishes do you have this year so far and how does this compare to your WIP/UFO number from question 2?
8) Fer realz tho, are you bothered by your answer in the last question? Would you rather have a smaller or larger number?
9) Fer realz tho, do you have any (perhaps embarrassing) dirty little stitchy secrets??
10) Fer realz tho, I DARE you to show me your messiest back!
The Pearl Tag -
- posted 26FEB16 by The Queen of Starts
Remember! This is NOT meant to be used to insult or bully ANYONE! There are things that irritate all of us as stitchers; these are meant to show people they're not alone.
1. What irritates you the most about cross stitch in general? Why?
2. What designer irritates you the most? Why?
3. What stitch irritates you? Why?
4. What irritates you about non-stitchers? (NO NAMES!)
5. What irritates you about other stitchers? (NO NAMES!)
FFO Tag -
- posted 24FEB16 by thelovelyarray
1) Do you have any FFO’d cross-stitch items displayed in your home?
2) Are they all your projects, or are there pieces stitched by someone else?
3) Show us all the cross-stitch FFO items in your home.
Rotation Tag -
- posted 17JAN16 by Tea and Stitches
1. Do you have a consistent Rotation or does it change?
2. How many tips are in your rotation?
3. How do you choose the pieces in your Rotation?
4. How does your Rotation change?
5. When do you add or change pieces in your rotation?
6. How long have you been using a rotation?
7. How often do you review or reassess your rotation?
8. How has having a rotation changed your stitching?
9. What would you change about your stitching?
Peep’s Christmas Tag -
- posted 23DEC15 by Rachel Peep
1) Which Christmas cartoon or movie would you like to be in?
2) Which Christmas recipe is the worst/best at family gatherings?
3) What is the best white Christmas you’ve ever had?
4) What is the most controversial or worst thing that has ever happened on Christmas?
5) If you could start of new Christmas tradition, what would it be?
6) What is your favorite stocking stuffer to receive?
7) How many days does it take you to clean up Christmas decorations?
8) How soon should department stores really put up Christmas decorations?
9) What is your worst Christmas shopping experience?
10) What do you feel is the most Christmas-y decoration?
End of Year 2015 Tag -
- posted 23DEC15 by Teresa Little Stitcher
1. What is the most useful tip you have ever got from watching the Flosstube community?
2. What is the best cross stitch related thing you have learnt this year?
3. Based on 2015 what have you learnt that you will not do in 2016 – if anything?
4. What are you favorite Flosstube videos to watch – Updates, Hauls, Stash, Tags, Tutorials and just watching someone stitch?
5. Based on this year’s cross stitching, what now is your most used tools/objects and what now are your least used tools/objects?
5.5. Random question… what did you do before needle minders?
6. Based on your experiences in 2015, do you now prefer small projects or big projects, Full coverage or not?
7. Do you stitch cards as well as other things?
8. What has been your biggest accomplishment this year?
9. What has been the most disappointing stitching thing of 2015?
10. What is the funniest moment in stitching this year?
11. What was your worst moment in stitching this year?
12. If you were put on a deserted island what 5 stitchy things would be your must have items?
13. Which 4 Flosstubers would you like to have on your island with you and why?
Teeny Tiny Tag -
- posted 09DEC15 by Amanda Stitching
1. When stitching a design with a face, do you do the eyes as you go or at the end?
2. What is the most unusual thing you use for cross stitching?
3. Have you ever moved onto something more up-to-date only to end up going back to how you originally did it?
4. Do you have to hide your haul/stash?
Holiday Tag -
- posted 05DEC15 by Jo & Molly
1) What's the worst holiday gift you have ever received? Best?
2) What holiday do you celebrate at this time of the year?
3) What is your favorite holiday cookie/candy?
4) If you could go anywhere in the world to spend the holidays, where would you go?
5) What is your favorite childhood holiday memory? Favorite grownup holiday memory?
6) Do you decorate for your holiday? Are you an over decorator, a minimalist or somewhere in between?
7) Do you have a big holiday meal? Does it involve just your immediate family, extended family, friends or a mixture of all?
8) Favorite holiday to stitch (doesn't have to be this holiday, it can be a time of year and/or season).
Thankful Tag -
- posted 17NOV15 by Stitchin Fisch
– video deleted
1. What is your favorite thing about thanksgiving?
2. What is your favorite memory from thanksgiving?
3. What are you most thankful for in your family world?
4. What are you most thankful for in your stitchy world?
Special Item Tag -
- posted 17NOV15 by MichelletheMerry
1) What is the object?
2) Where did you get it?
3) What is the story connected to the item?
General Stitching Tag -
- posted 09NOV15 by Jo & Molly
1. How often do you stitch? Once a month, week, weekly, day? How long is your typical stitching 'session'?
2. What was the longest time (one time session) you had ever stitched for?
3. Show your favorite needle minder.
4. What does the way you stitch say about you?
5. Is there one piece you stitched that didn't turn out the way you had wanted it to?
6. What do you find the easiest thing/type of pattern to stitch?
7. Are you planning on starting a new piece in the next year that you would consider a challenge?
8. What was/is the best stitching product you were 'enabled' to buy?
Crafty Tag -
- posted 27OCT15 by Pam Reid
1) Do you do crafts other then cross stitch? (Knitting, crochet, scrapbooking, quilting, etc)
If yes, tell us what they are and do a show & tell.
2) If you do not do other crafts, are there ones you are interested in trying?
Halloween Tag -
- posted 26OCT15 by j00licious
1.) How do you like your Halloween entertainment: cute & fun or super scary?
2.) What is your favorite Halloween candy?
3.) Candy corn: love it or hate it?
4.) What's your favorite scary movie? (or Halloween-themed movie in general.)
5.) Do you have a yearly Halloween tradition? (i.e. trick-or-treaters, going to a "haunted house," costume party, etc.)
6.) Favorite or most memorable Halloween costume?
7.) Recommend a Halloween-themed cross stitch pattern.
Stitchy Friends Tag -
- posted 17OCT15 by Jo & Molly
1) Do you have any stitchy friends?
2) Do you have any IRL (in real life) stitchy friends? Do you get together to stitch?
3) Do you Skype or have Hangouts w/your stitchy friends?
4) Do you get more or less stitching done while you are w/your stitchy friends?
5) Have you ever met up w/an online Stitchy friend and realized they were wackadoo?
6) How far would you travel to meet a stitchy friend?
7) Have you, or would you, gone to a monthly stitching group or a retreat?
Adele’s Stitching Confession Tag -
- posted 14OCT15 by Adele McNaughton
1) Do you have a stitching confession you’d be willing to share?
Dreamworld Tag -
- posted 28AUG15 by Rachel Peep – Link to Video
1) If you could stitch in any place in the world where would it be?
2) What is your most interesting dream while sleeping? Awake?
3) If you could design your own planet what would it look like? Which element (animal, plantlife) of Earth would you take with you?
4) If you were told you would have your own cross stitch line one day what would its theme be? Color scheme?
5) If you could would you design a new type of thread? What would it look like?
6) If you knew you would live a hundred more years what would you stitch?
The Chaotic Tag -
- posted 20AUG15 by mn chaos – Link to Video
1. What is your culture/heritage? (Where are your ancestors from? What foods did you grow up eating? Did you grow up with a particular set of beliefs and traditions?)
2. Do you make an effort to pass on the culture you grew up, are you part of any counterculture, or are you more of an individualist?
3. Is there a social issue/cause you are passionate about? (whether it be about education, health, the military, human rights, etc.)
4. Do you have a favorite style or aesthetic? (For example: modern/vintage, fantasy, chic/shabby chic, anime, kawaii, a certain decade’s aesthetic, etc.)
5. Do you somehow incorporate any of your above 4 answers into the choice of patterns you choose to stitch/design? If yes: How do you incorporate them? If no: Would or wouldn’t you want to? Why or why not?
6. If you were to stitch a person, who would it be?
7. Do you know of a little known designer that you would like to let us know about?
8. What direction do you lay your top cross? Is there a reason for that?
9. Are there any “rules” or popular methods you don’t follow in cross stitch? Why?
10. If someone were to find your FFOs or WIP pile in 100 years, when you’re long gone, what might they say/think about you?
Tips and Techniques Tag -
- posted 18AUG15 by mondot stitches – Link to Video
1. How do you keep your projects clean when working on them?
2. Do you have a tip or technique that hasn't been asked in previous TAGs that you'd like to share?
3. What advice would you share with a newer stitcher?
The Fun Little Tag -
- posted 11AUG15 by Carolina S – Link to Video
1. How do you arrange the floss you are using on a project?
2. Have you attempted to dye fabric, if so what method(s) did you use? If not, is there any particular method you want to try?
3. If you use a needle threader, is there any specific type you prefer?
4. If you use any type of frame to stitch, do you stitch with the fabric over the frame or “in the well”?
5. Do you start your threads in the front or back of your projects? What methods do you use?
6. If you are a gridder, what is you preferred method of gridding?
7. What is your favorite way(s) to finish projects?
8. What was your first cross stitching milestone?
9. What is a stitch goal you have/ something you want to conquer?
10. What is your silliest “duh” stitch moment?
11. If you use paper charts, do you print them at home or use a service?
12. How do you mark of your paper charts ( if you use them)?
13. Is there a Cross Stitch book you suggest?
14. Is there anything that you find you are very nitpicky about when you cross stitch?
15. Favorite LNS you’ve visited while on a trip (if you’ve been to one?)
16. Is there anything you do that you feel takes up a lot of time when you cross stitch but is worth it in the end?
Jo’s Tag -
- posted 04AUG15 by Jo Gregoire – Link to Video
1. If you do kits, what do you do with the leftover floss?
2. Do you keep most of your FFOs or give/gift them to others?
3. Have you have ruined a project while FFOing it?
4. Who would you will your stash to?
Shari’s Technology Tag -
- posted 29JUL15 by Shari Burkett – Link to Video
1. What App(s) do you find most helpful for cross stitching?
2. What program do you use to create your Flosstube videos?
Stash Enhancement Tag -
- posted 12JUL15 by The Stash Queen – Link to Video
1. What is your favorite pattern in your stash that you haven't started yet? What has kept you from starting it yet?
2. What is your favorite non-pattern item in your stash?
3. What do you have the most of in your stash: Patterns, Floss, Fabric, or other (beads, etc.)?
4. Besides your LNS and the big box craft shops, where is your favorite place to buy stitching supplies?
5. Name one item you have purchased that was not meant for cross stitch use that you have repurposed for your craft.
6. Name one item in your stash that you were enabled to purchase after seeing someone else with that item.
7. If someone asked you what was the one must have pattern that they had to have in their stash, which pattern would you recommend?
8. If someone asked you what one designer they had to check out to enhance their stash, who would it be?
Teresa Tag -
- posted 08JUL15 by Teresa Little Stitcher – Link to Video
1. Do seasons affect your stitching pattern? (do you stitch less in the summer)
2. Do you prefer stitching with a lap stand, on a floor stand or in hand?
3. Do you prefer stitching with a hoop, Q-Snap, Frame or in hand?
4. Do you use a stitching light or no additional lighting - if yes, do you use a floor light or clip-on light?
5. Do you use a magnifier? If yes, do you use the one with an arm that clips on or glasses?
6. Do you stitch one handed, two handed or both?
7. Do you prefer to stitch alone in a quiet please or around the family and in a living area?
8. What is your preferred fabric and preferred count of that fabric?
9. In your time stitching, have you ever lost your stitchy bug? If so, how many times have you lost it and how did you get it back?
10. Do you travel and stitch? Would you/do you stitch on public transport? or is it a home hobby only?
Year in Review: 6 Month Edition Tag -
- posted 02JUL15 by Dee Stitcher - Link to Video
1. Is the year going the way you thought?
2. Have you learned anything new about yourself this year?
3. Have you learned any new technique this year?
4. What do you hope to accomplish for the rest of the year?
Joy of Cross Stitch Tag -
- posted 21JUN15 by catcrazycreations – Link to Video
1. How did you learn to stitch?
2. Have you ever taught anyone how to stitch?
3. When you stitch do you like to watch TV, listen to music or just have quiet?
4. When you use a kit, which company or companies do you like the best?
5. What are your favorite designs to stitch?
6. How do you get ideas or inspiration for your projects?
7. How do you store or keep your charts?
8. Do you stitch for yourself or to give to others?
9. When you take your cross stitch projects in the car, to appointments or traveling, how do you carry all your supplies?
10. What do you enjoy most about stitching?
Un-Normal Tag -
- posted approx 12JUN15 by Stitchn Fisch – video has been deleted
1. What is the strangest place you have ever stitched?
2. What is your next favorite hobby?
3. To smoke or not to smoke?
4. What is your favorite social media to share your stitching on?
5. Do you model stitch (or have you ever)?
6. Wash or no wash?
7. If you use a digital program, which do you use?
8. What do you do with your finished project?
Curiosity Tag -
- posted 30MAY15 by Donna Murray – Link to Video
1. How long have you been stitching?
2. Do you prefer framing your projects or making them into cushions or wall hangings etc?
3. Do you have a favorite designer?
4. What is the most you have paid for a design, fabric and floss?
5. What is the longest you have stitched on one project in 1 day?
6. Do you have any FFOs where you have major mistakes in them but only you would notice?
7. What is your favorite project you have finished or most proud of?
8. If you have lost your stitchy bug, what makes it come back?
9. Do you have to make sure you finish a project or can you just leave them for months at a time and do new starts?
10. What is your most hated type of stitch?
Stitchy Mood Tag -
- posted 27MAY15 by Beyond the Keyhole – Link to Video
1. How do you get into the mood to cross stitch?
2. How do you prepare to stitch?
3. How do you motivate yourself to get stitching on a bothersome project?
Stitching Style Tag -
- posted 11MAY15 by Pam Reid – Link to Video
1. What is your favorite fabric?
2. Do you use a hoop or frame?
3. Do you use a stand or just hold your frame?
4. What is your favorite time to stitch?
5. Do you use a printed paper copy of your chart or digital?
6. Are you a floss licker?
7. Do you hoard or buy supplies as needed?
8. What is your favorite floss?
9. Are you a serial starter or do you have a WIP at a time?
10. Do you have more FFOs or UFOs?
11. Do you watch TV while stitching?
12. Do you mostly stitch alone or do you ever get together with someone to stitch?
13. Do you like to experiment and alter things with your charts or do you stitch them just as written?
14. Do you bobbinate floss or not?
15. Do you start a project in the middle of your fabric or at the corner?
16. Do you have a WIP rotation?
17. Do you use a time keeper to keep track of how long it takes you to complete a project?
18. Do you use the parking technique?
19. Do you keep your orts?
20. Do you like to have a snack or drink while stitching?
CoffeeStitcher Tag -
- posted 19FEB15 by CoffeeStitcher – Link to Video
1. What is one designer you didn't initially have any interest in until you actually did one?
2. What is one designer that you just cannot get in the groove on?
3. What is one chart that you would love to see made and who would you like to see design it?
Nay’s Designer Tag -
- posted 02FEB15 by Nay’s Cross Stitch Needles – Link to Video
1. Who is your favorite designer?
2. When did you first discover them?
3. What was the first chart you bought?
4. What was your first finished piece?
5. How many charts do you now have?
6. Do you have any current WIPs?
7. What is your favorite chart by your favorite designer?
mrs bakergirl Tag -
- posted 27JAN15 by mrs bakergirl – Link to Video
1. How long have you been stitching?
2. What is your favorite thing bought for cross stitching purposes?
3. If you could do a Disney cross-stitch, what would it be?
4. Of all the cross stitch magazines and books, what is your favorite?
A.Stitch.In.Time Tag -
- posted approx 22Jan15 by A.Stitch.In.Time – video has been deleted
1. What is your favorite finish?
2. Show us some of your backs.
3. Loops, knots, or tail? (how to do you start your threads?)
A Panda Tag -
- posted 15JAN15 by StitchingPanda – Link to Video
1. If you were a fairy tale or book character, what or who would you be, and why?
2. Have you ever gotten a cross stitch pattern because of that book or fairy tale?
3. What is the most unique place you’ve brought your cross stitching?
4. What is your most favorite pattern in your stash? (can you show it to us?)
Stitcher Moose Tag -
- posted 14NOV14 by Stitcher Moose – Link to Video
1. Do you have some favorite holiday or other traditions?
2. What is the origin of your YouTube channel name?
3. Besides music, what else do you listen to? (Podcasts, radio shows, audiobooks etc)
Know Your Needleworker Tag -
- posted 31OCT14 by whimsydaisical – Link to Video
1. Where do you live?
2. What do you do for a living?
3. Do you have any children?
4. Do you have any pets?
5. What are your other hobbies besides stitching?
6. What is your favorite movie?
7. What is your favorite tv show?
8. What is your favorite book?
9. What is you favorite music?
10. What one word best describes you?
Stitchy Spot Tag -
- posted 26SEP14 by Kerry Sayers – Link to Video
1. Show/describe your stitchy spot.
2. Show/describe the view from your stitchy spot?
3. What is your perfect stitchy day?
September Tag -
- posted approx 10SEP14 by Shellstitch67 – video has been deleted
1. Do you have a favorite DMC color and if so what is it?
2. Do you stitch for Christmas/Winter and if so have you started yet?
3. Do you like to read and if so what are you reading at the moment?
4. Lastly share 3 random facts about yourself.
Tool Time Tag -
- posted 27FEB14 by Joanne B – Link to Video
1. What are your top five favorite cross stitching tools? Why?
Cross Stitch Wishlist Tag -
- posted 21JUN14 by Sticky Stitch – Link to Video
- inspired by Thread Garden - Link to Video
1. What are the top 3 patterns you dream of stitching?
2. What do you want to start stitching in the next 6 months? 1 year?
*** check out Sticky Stitch’s video for the first mention of the term “Flosstube”***
Original Cross Stitch Tag -
- posted 25OCT13 by mnemomma - Link to Video
- revised 29OCT13 by Stitching Mae - Link to Video
1. How did you start or who introduced you to cross stitch?
2. Do you have a favorite theme or designer?
3. What floss brand do you use?
4. What is your fabric of choice?
5. Do you use a needle threader or are you a "floss licker"?
6. What kind of stitching frame do you use?
7. How many projects have you finished?
8. How many completed works do you have currently displayed in your home?
9. Do you do more stitching for gifts or keep them for yourself?
10. What is your favorite project or finish you are most proud of?
11. What has been your least favorite or worst experience while stitching?
12. What do you love and what do you hate about cross stitch?
13. Have you introduced anyone else to cross stitch?
14. What was your first project and did you finish it, if not what was your first finish?
15. How do you store your cross stitch floss?