Hi! Thanks for watching! 🤗💕 What hobbies do you enjoy doing? Which hobbies have you let go of? I just realized, as I watched this...I hadn't done any cross stitch for a quarter of a century before I could finally let that hobby go.

@dianasimplifies

Ай бұрын

I'm about to let go of gardening 😂

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

@@dianasimplifies 😂😂😂I let that one go too. I tried. I'm not good at gardening.

@dianasimplifies

Ай бұрын

@@MelindaPlainandSimple it's too hot 🥵 🔥

@carrie3206

Ай бұрын

I went to school for Cosmetology back in 1981-82. I was hanging onto all the perm rollers and other supplies, for what we now call our “fantasy self”. One day, maybe 15 years ago, I went through a box and the rubber bands to hook the perm roller that goes over the hair felt sticky and gummy, so I stretched it out and it snapped, 😂 I was relieved that I could let it go without feeling bad. I’ve never had a reason to rebuy any of the items I let go.

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

@@carrie3206 That little part of us that's relieved because it's ruined. 😂 It gives us permission to let it go. No guilt. No regrets.

I love cross stitch.

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

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Hey Mel!! You did great getting rid of. Craft stuff. I did that today also as I not doing as many craft like I use to. 💜

The cardinals are so pretty ❤

Another wonderful reminder of how talented you are. The Christmas cross stitch with the various santas is my favorite. Sorry you cannot do this amazing work anymore. Thanks for being willing to bless someone else. Good job.

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

Thank you, P Lynn 😘💕

The santas really caught my eye... must be the metallic thread! When my daughter was young, I collected so much junk for her to make crafts. Now that she's a registered early childhood educator, she does the same thing and has gathered all kinds of bits and bobs for the kids at daycare.

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

Hey, Jenny 😘💕 Kids and bits and bobs...a world of fun and imagination. 🩷🩷🩷 How cool that your daughter is passing it on to her students. She must have enjoyed it. She sees the benefits. 👏👏👏

Hi friend 💞. So excited to see a video 💞

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

Hey, sweet friend! Thanks for watching! 😘💕

Love the bunny and Raggedy Anne! So cute! ❤

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

Thanks! 🩷

Wow, absolutely captivating and amazing. Like 99

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

Thank you 🤗💕

Melinda, it was fun to see your cross-stitch stash. I used to do cross a stitch about 30 years ago. I really loved it, but seasons of life change and I just lost interest. Some family and friends still have pieces I did and it's good to see them again. I really like your Christmas angel. Cheers.

@MelindaPlainandSimple

13 күн бұрын

@@juliemix3373 Hi, Julie 🤗💕 Yes! Our interests change and evolve as we go through life. Cheers! 😘

You have done some beautiful cross stitch pieces!

@MelindaPlainandSimple

18 күн бұрын

@@GoingGreenMom Thank you! 😘💕

Great video Melinda! Your cross stitching is beautiful! TYSM for sharing them with us. The back of mine is a hot mess! 😂 🥰🌺🌹🌷🌸🌻😻

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

Thanks, Jaxxy 😘💕 As long as the front turns out, that's all that matters. Nobody usually sees the back anyway. 😂😂😂

I loved seeing your cross stitch work! I would love to have the ability to sew. Love all the Americana ones 💞 xoxo💞

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I enjoyed doing handwork. Cross stitch was my favorite though. 💞

Great job the stuff we keep.oh boy.😂

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂yep

Your cross stitch work is so beautiful 😊 very nice video

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

Thanks, Judene! 😘💕

I love cross stitch as well but with vision changes and arthritis I let it go about 5 years ago. I am always happy to see your videos!

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

Hey, Ann! Thanks for watching 🤗💕 I can relate. I had to stop over 25 years ago because I got cross eyed and couldn't see print on a page for awhile. 🤦 Now, with bifocals and a prism, plus the neck issues and the hands too, fantasy self had to let go of the possibility of ever doing it again. I'm glad I have my little collection to enjoy though. 😊

Watched your video as I was cross stitching. Your stitches are so lovely. I sometimes go down the rabbit hole of watching flosstube videos. That pile of cross stitch fabric leaving your house was 😢

@MelindaPlainandSimple

27 күн бұрын

@@gloriaaguilar692 Thank you, Gloria 😘💕 It never occurred to me that there are "flosstube" videos. 😯🤦🤷😂 If I was still cross stitching, I'd check them out. Lots of wonderful tips, I bet. And maybe I'd try making my own patterns. There's a lady in my Buy Nothing group who makes her own designs. They're beautiful. It took me a long time to be okay with letting it all go...the fabric, the floss, the patterns...the idea of doing it again someday. But it's time. No sense in it going to waste when someone else could put it to use. I didn't realize until I had already posted this video, but I haven't even cross stitched in this century. It doesn't seem that long. Lol

So happy to see you and share! I am giving the last of my needlepoint to grand daughters. I keep very basic mending supplies in a Walkers shortbread tin. I dropped off a back seat filled with clothes that are too large, and returned some that still had tags and were too big.( not trying to lose😢)

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

Hey, sweet friend! 😘💕 I'm sure your granddaughters will love your needlepoint. I'm so sorry you're losing weight. My mom lost a bunch of weight after my dad died too. She bought something to wear because she'd lost weight and it was already too big on her by the time of his memorial service.

@jeannebowes2898

Ай бұрын

@@MelindaPlainandSimple I hear you.

Great share 👍👍Liked 102 and subscribed

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 🤗💕Welcome!

Hey Melinda! Great to see another video from you! I never learned how to cross stitch. Your cross stitch items are amazing and beautiful. You are so talented. I love so many of them, especially the Americana. When I seen the Opryland, USA bag, I felt like it was mine! 😮 I must of had one myself! I would have been 15 yrs old when I traveled to Tennessee, back in 1978.

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

Hey, sweet friend! 🤗💕 Thank you! I was in my twenties when I learned. I had never heard of cross stitch, but my sister gave me a simple little kit as part of my Christmas present one year. It was a goose and had a blue plastic frame. I wanted to do more, so I asked her where she got it. Then I discovered the world of cross stitch. It felt natural to me. That's so cool! We went to Opryland twice. The first time was 1988. Randy surprised me for our 12th anniversary. He knew I'd always wanted to go there. I don't remember which trip we were on when we bought the tote, but we never used it. 🤦

@carrie3206

Ай бұрын

@@MelindaPlainandSimple Ha! Funny that you never used the bag. I learned to sew in high school, back when they had home economic classes!

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

@@carrie3206 That's when I first learned to sew too. Home Ec. Middle school. 7th grade. But I remember my grandma teaching my sister and I how to use a needle and thread before I started school. I didn't quite understand how stitches worked though because I tried to make clothes for my doll while my sister was at school. Huge fail! Maybe it was the one inch stitches. 🤔😂😂😂

So happy to see you and share! I am giving the last of my needlepoint to grand daughters. I dropped off a back seat filled with clothes that are too large, and returned some that still had tags and were too big.( not trying to lose😢)

This is the reason I don't want to do photo albums. Lol.

@MelindaPlainandSimple

18 күн бұрын

@@GoingGreenMom 💕

i had to get rid of just because the eye was narrow to thread even with that threader they give you. and open top one, thread doesnt stay in. frustrating.

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

I never used a threader, but I'd probably have to now. I'm not sure I could see with my bifocals. 🫣🤷 It's hard to give up hobbies we love, but sometimes our bodies don't give us a choice.

@lisaann6267

Ай бұрын

@@MelindaPlainandSimple yes.

Hey Mel!! You did great getting rid of. Craft stuff. I did that today also as I not doing as many craft like I use to. 💜

@MelindaPlainandSimple

Ай бұрын

Hey, Michelle! 🤗💕 Letting go of craft supplies sure has freed up a lot of space. 😂😂😂