Slowstitch 2024 - Crazy Patchwork Part Two
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- The second of a two part series looking at crazy patchwork. This week, we do the embroidery and embellishment. I hope you enjoy it. ❤️
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Masha Allah
I forgot to say earlier….I’m so happy to hear you talking about plans for next year. So thankful the fun won’t end with 2024. 💖💖💖
That's great Deb, I am looking forward to it, though this year is only half way through but it's gone by so quickly 😉❤️
I do so look forward to Mondays and K3n’s latest slow stitching video!
Thank you Mindy 😊
Hello, Kathryn. I'm nicely uncertain about this whole crazy thing because I have for so long shied away from "fussy, pretty" everything and anything. This project, as with several others of yours, is encouraging me to move beyond that border of "too pretty for me." Such interesting opportunities you offer us! I value that aspect of slow stitching with you and this wonderful community. Having pushed and nudged many borders in my life, I enjoy the uncertainty and just-go-for-it-ness of this crazy patchwork. :-) Also, I love the finished-unfinished business of crazy quilting. Cheers!
Thank you so much Kate, it's lovely to hear that you are open to opportunities for other kinds of stitching ❤️
This is absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much for the long video's, whatever CZcams thinks! I do my own work alongside, it's like being part of an art group. Love it! Steph
Thank you Steph, I can't seem to make short videos so I am glad you like them 😁❤️
I love crazy quilting and have been doing for years. I go to retreats and everyone asked when I'll do "sane" quilting. Made first SANE quilt last year . I truly have loved your videos and stitching . Thank you for your teaching, time spent on the videos.
My pleasure Nancy, it's funny to think of sane quilts being the opposite of crazy ones 😁❤️
Kathryn,
All your pieces of patchwork are beautiful. I especially liked your eco cloth with the feather stitch.
Such fun but each piece has a lot of hours of stitching on it. Just lovely! I’m doing mine in intervals because my hands get tired. Love it though! Thank you for all your instruction.❤
My pleasure and thank you, do take good care of your hands ❤️
Thank you for your concern.
I rest them. I noticed I was holding the cloth tight when I’m stitching, I hadn’t realized that I was doing that. ❤
I am pleased you noticed. I sometimes find the same if I am knitting something a little bit complex and have to remind myself to relax and stretch my fingers every so often. ♥️
I enjoy each of your videos but the one about Biscornu pin cushions really got me. I have a stash of fabrics from the 1940s to about 2010 . I wanted to use some for pin cushions like you made. I will be giving most away to a Linus group in Asheville NC and to church bazaars in Houston TX. At this time I have finished 37 and have cut out and ready to start stitching 77 more. I have enjoyed the process and handling all my lovely fabrics. Some are feed sacks from the 1940s and others are beautiful quilt fabrics that were left overs. Thank you for this marvelous idea and lesson.
Wow what a wonderful project and how generous of you. I am so pleased you are using my tutorial in that way ♥️
Love this craziness, so beautiful!❤
I didn't manage to watch this last week so I couldn't resist looking for it this morning. It's like watching alchemy to a beginner like me! I have to go out but I look forward to watching today's lesson later on. This one was beyond my senior brain's ken 🤦- so many choices! But delightful to watch k3n - big love as always from Scotland ❤️
Hello Margaret hope you have a lovely day ♥️
Oh wow. Love the eco print version that is stunning.❤
Thank you 😊
I love this. You inspired me to make a coaster (just one so far but you never know) for my cousin who had given me old ties to cut up for material. I just stuck to basic stitches - fly, herringbone, cross, etc - for a masculine look and omitted anything raised so that a cup or glass wouldn’t wibble wobble about! 😊
That sounds wonderful and yes, no one wants a wibbly wobbly coaster 😂❤️
I love crazy quilts. I do have Judith Baker Montano's book. I got it years ago. It's a great book. You had a lot of different blocks already done. Wow.!!!
This is the 1st time I stitched and listened. Didn't like it. Haha now I have to go back and watch again. Haha
Have a fun time with your family
Thank you Judith, yes I did lots of homework 😉 also thank you for watching twice 😁❤️
That is so beautiful
I love your work always but your ecodyed piece with feather stitch and french knots is stunning just beautiful 😍
Thank you Kerry, it's my favourite too ❤️
Thank you so much Ma'am 💐for the excellent narrative
So nice of you and you are welcome 🤗
Just beautiful. All of it!
Thank you ❤️
Your finished piece is gorgeous. I'm looking forward to having fun with this.
Thank you Jill, happy stitching ❤️
I’m SO glad I came over to watch, I just started but before I continue, thanks for showing me the cushions. I LOVE them! They are full of character and for being outside I think they did very well. Beautiful work! Thank you for your wonderful videos! 💜💛💜
Hi Jeri, thank you for asking to see them because now I have examined them up close, I am inspired to do something with them ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales I'm GLAD! I think they are lovely. I do love old things that show signs of being loved. ❤
the finished square is beautiful !
but I still am very drawn to the eco squares!
Thank thank !
Loved it especially the natural fiber one
Thank you Tineke, that's my favourite too ♥️
Such lovely little worlds exist within sections your work. I, too do like the old cushions as the nature of fabric is eventually it is fugitive. Thank you for showing us all this beautiful work and how you made it.
Thank you for that thought of little worlds within the work, what a beautiful thought ❤️
Oh my! A new word to learn besides crazy stitching. Wibble! 😻
As in 'wibble wobble ' 😁♥️
@@k3n.clothtalesWeebles wobble but they don’t fall down 😊
@@rosywilson3076 😂😂😂❤️
Now I have to go look to see if 'wibble' is in the dictionary (Oxford edition of course!) 😉
@@suebrown3194 is it?
just realised while piecing my crazy patchwork that most of the fabrics were from my dance costumes over the last 30 years -now l have a joyful memento as well as a new technique - thankyou K3n
Lovely, a dancing patchwork ❤️
I heard Hans too but thought he was praising Stella saying “good dog; good dog”. 🐶
…instead of genau. Thinking “oh he’s secretly being affectionate to Stella and didn’t think anyone could hear it which is what a lot of men tend to do for some reason 😂
😂 I will think of that every time I hear him say that now ❤️
That is gorgeous !!! Decades ago, I was intrigued by Victorian crazy patchwork quilts but thought they were too difficult for this non-sewer to do. But now.... with your teaching..... I am ready to give it a go. Not a whole quilt. Maybe a small wall hanging !!! I had a busy weekend, so I have not yet finished the Part One video. Off I go to finish that one before I watch this one..... Lots of great watching to do over the next couple of days. Thank you !!!
Thank you Susan, I am sure you can make something beautiful ❤️
Очень красивая работа,расцветка подобрано хорошо и вышивка шикарная,увас золотые руки❤❤❤
Thank you 😊
😊I LOVE this crazy stitching…..both minimal and Crazy. Thank you! 💖💖💖
My pleasure Deb 😊
My favorite is the ecodyed piece with the lovely feather stitch.
Thank you Barbara, I love those too, both how they look and stitching them ❤️
I bought the book “Elegant Stitches” and I love it! It has ribbon embroidery instructions as well. I enjoy all the stitches, so very lovely. ❤
I am glad you like it Sandra, I think it's a great resource ♥️
Absolutely stunning!!! I love the colorful blocks that you made, but the one you showed with neutral colors is also very lovely ❤
Thank you Sheila 😊
UpScaling Slow Stitching to the Next Level…..Grandmothers Cushions compliment Your saying which strikes me at my core…..”I was here”……Ms.Blunty Bridgerton in honor of “the ton” and the frenzy ….loving “the conversational sensey sense” You share with each session…..
Thank you Sherry ❤️
So beautiful!! I’ve always wanted to do some crazy stitching. You explain it so it’s so easy to understand and do it, thank you so much!! Just wish there were a button for 3 thumbs up!😂😂
I am pleased you like it and thank you for the thumbs up 👍😁❤️
Gorgeous!
Time consuming yes but it turned out gorgeous❤❤❤
Thank you Debra 😊
I had to dig out my ancient (1976) copy of The St Michael Book of Handicrafts to help me with the fancy stitches. I was rather unsure about this maximist style, but the more I did the more I started to enjoy it. Thank you for something so different. I really liked the look of the climbing rose in limited colours one on your more neutral square.
Oh don't say 1976 is ancient because I remember it 😂 the summer of the great heatwave. I am about to stitch more climbing roses this evening, apparently I am still not done with them. ❤️
I love crazy stitching - embroidery- too- my grandmother( in/ law) did this with her quilt- didn't realize this - i was 23 yr a ago- now im 77 yrs
It's lovely to keep the old traditional techniques alive ❤️
K3N love your crazy stitching :) I have read that if you find a spider's web on an old quilt its very good luck , I think that is why Victorians started to embroidered webs and spiders on quilts etc.. signifying / wishing luck to the recipient. :)
Thank you, that's very interesting about the lucky spiders ❤️
And I've heard that spiders were allowed to make webs in the house/ in windows because they functioned as bug catchers before screens were widely available for windows.
Ok i found the actual info...:)In quilt making, particularly in the context of Crazy Quilts from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, an embroidered spider's web holds significant meaning. Traditionally, it symbolizes good luck and protection. The inclusion of a spider's web in a quilt was believed to bring good fortune to the quilt's owner and protect them from bad luck or misfortune.
Crazy Quilts, known for their elaborate and often whimsical embroidery, frequently featured motifs like spider webs alongside other symbols such as flowers, birds, and fans. These motifs were chosen not only for their aesthetic appeal but also for the meanings they conveyed, reflecting the quilt maker's hopes, beliefs, and intentions for the recipient.
That's wonderful Dana, I love it that so many quilts have stories and hidden meanings stitched into them, it makes them even more beautiful ❤️
@@suebrown3194 hello Sue, that's still my excuse for leaving the spiders webs in my house, even though we have screens 😁❤️
Beautiful cq blocks, Kathryn ❤
Thank you Helen ❤️
I had a hard time working whilst you whittered this week. Probably b/c we were both making so many decisions at the same time, and I was trying to teach myself some new stitches. So, I enjoyed the whitter, and switched back to my socks. I'll work my crazy during a show I can ignore more! Cheers K3n! 😘
Hi Amy, I know what you mean, I had trouble working on my blocks and chatting to my Mum and the kids. Definitely requires more concentration... 😁❤️
We have ThriftBooks in the USA. I bought both of the books you recommended for under twenty dollars. I can’t wait to get started. I really like your crazy stitching. Thank you K3N.
My pleasure Gina and thank you for telling me about Thrift books ❤️
Beautiful work and the one you did with your eco dyeing and one stitch looks stunning. I have always done my puffs with frayed edges, I find them easier to do and I love the fray. Best get on with more stitching then 🤣 ❤
Thank you Carol and pleased I am not the only one with frayed puffs 😁❤️
Love this - ❤️❤️scraps can be used!💕💕😊
Yes absolutely 😊❤️
Really beautiful and so restful to watch. The eco print version is gorgeous!
I do hope there are more rice bags coming...
Mary x
Thank you Mary, I don't think the rice bags will ever stop 😁♥️
What a wonderful inspiring feast of shapes and colours, and thought provoking creative comments. Thank you so much for this fabulous stitching journey!!! 🤩xxx
My pleasure Veronique, I am so pleased you are enjoying it 😊
I really love it!! Not only how it looks. The making of the blocks and the embellishing, the crazyness, all of it. Also it really fits, that the video is a bit crazy as wel, with you jumping back and forth between different crazy patchwork things!
Keep the crazy vibe!!
Glad you like it and enjoyed the craziness on every level 😁❤️
Nice work. Watching as I’m swinging in a hammock on Exmoor.
Scissor name contribution: the polly-wollies. It makes sense because, after all, you only use them for poly fibres. And it’s nice to say polly-wollies...
How wonderful that sounds, I love Exmoor, we used to camp there when I lived in Somerset, at Westermill near Exford. And yes it is fun to say pollywollies, or pollywollydoodles 😁❤️
Ooo Suffolk Puffs. I had a bit of a streak of making these and using them to make Xmas tree decorations. I always cut out the circles with pinking shears so no raw edges…but I’ll probably use raw edges this time
Pinking shears also a good idea only I don't have any 😂 my Mum had some, I must ask her about them ❤️
Wonderful, I love the idea of using it for a pillow, today I made the smallest puff ever for my piece, thanks for sharing your knowledge once again, K3n ❤
My pleasure Cristina, thank you as always for being here ❤️
A very beautiful colourful piece, but I prefer your eco cloth with the feather stitch and french knot flowers. Many thanks for sharing. x Blessings x Mariana UK xx
Thank you! 😊
Bernickity! Lots of new words today! 😊
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Beautiful! So calming…
Thank you Jayne ❤️
I must admit that simple is my thing too but maybe one could just do it a little at a time
Yes I agree, I think that's why I liked the choose one stitch option 😁❤️
I think that is why I never wanted to quilt ..... too much precision. I am so excited with wonky log cabins .... forever grateful
My pleasure Alison, precision is great for those who enjoy it but I prefer wonky ❤️
Just a thought. I found my scissor sharpening person through my hair dresser. Their cutting scissors have to be sharpened fairly often and he goes there to do it, since there are several hair dressers there, but he’ll sharpen anyone’s scissors if you go to his shop. . You might inquire if there are hair stylists anywhere close to you and where they get their scissors sharpened.
Thank you that's a good idea 😊
Too beautiful for my eyes - this slow stitching deserves slow viewing. All of your choices are so artistic, K3N. The real gift here is that no permission is needed to just 'do more'. Your combinations are noteworthy and a great stepping stone towards personal exploration. These crazy patches make me feel greedy, like viewing an exquisite cake and wanting the biggest piece. Thank you!
Thank you Ann, that's a great analogy about the lovely cake 😁❤️
Lovely ❤ and thank you for showing how to make the puff.
I'll try this afternoon 🤗
My pleasure, have fun 😊
I am also in deepest rural France and we have a chap who sharpens your knives, scissors etc in St Bazille (between Cussac and St Mathieu ) in the south of the Haute Vienne….if you are ever passing…of course France is huge….but just thought I would mention it.
Thank you, that's not very far from where my mum lives so good to know ♥️
So beautiful and so nice to see all the different possibilities. Endless really! I guess embroidery is a bit more cerebral than running stitch but i find it very mindful still. Especially accompanied by your wonderful English language (and even the few German words coming through😉). Can’t wait to embellish my piece. Enjoy the family time! 🍀💖
Thank you Machteld, yes it's nice to have both, more thought required embroidery plus the running stitch ❤️
Ooo, the feather stitching on you eco dyed block looks so good! (And yes, I need to look at great grandmother's crazy quilt to see where I can do visible repairs and/or add my own work to hers. 😊)
PS, I've taken to using a French knot at the end of my line of stitching when I secure the week's entry in my journal (on the front of the work). Then I take the needle back through fabric and paper and cut my thread. Makes it a bit easier for me and feels adequately secure.
I hope you enjoy working on your crazy quilt and the french knot idea is great, like your own personal signature stitch ♥️
I bought The Quilters Stitch Bible book from Ollie's a couple years ago. I'm going to start some projects like yours to put some of the stitches together. Thank you, your projects are beautiful.
My pleasure, that sounds like a good book ♥️
Wow yours looks fab Kathryn 🥳
Thank you Ellen ♥️
It’s a very beautiful work ❤
Este es mi estilo,me encanta, gracias 🤩
My pleasure 😊
Love how this crazy patchwork has turned out. Such a great way to experiment with embroidery stitches, thank you so much for sharing x
So pleased you enjoyed it Jean, I did enjoy doing some 'proper' embroidery for a change ☺️
It’s very bright for us?but fabulous! loving the French knots and the daisies ….liking the freedom of’crazy’ and ‘wonky’ ‘lazy’ stitching .Suffolk puffery is enchanting also. week 24is a joy to behold.
It is a change isn't it? I enjoyed making them in the bright colours and with all the stitching but I really love the more minimalist ecodyed ones. ❤️
Kathryn it is very beautifull. I, m learning a lot from you. So I say thank you Kathryn 🥰🙏🏼🌹
You are so welcome! 🤗
Talking scissor sharpening, many, many years ago I had a pair of left-handed fabric scissors. I took them to the hardware shop where they sharpened knives and scissors. So I took them in, with a large label saying " these are left-handed scissors" and explained in detail that they were for a left handed user and the blades were sharpened on the other edge. And, yes, you guessed it, they were "sharpened" along the wrong edge and, of course, ruined. The explanation was that the chap assumed I was joking. By the time I left the shop they were quite sure I was not joking, nor was I paying!
Oh my, how annoying 🙄❤️
Oh, what a shame.🙁
Thank you from Australia
For 25yrs they're looking good and outside a few tweaks here and there x🌹
Yes, I sometimes put cloth outside on on purpose, this was by accident but I really like them and I am definitely going to work on them some more. ♥️
I really enjoyed this, because it’s a bit of my aesthetic: more is more 😌! I never tried the Suffolk puffs, I think the little guys haven’t captured my heart ❤️ yet, however, I loved to have seen how used them in your piece. And, above all, it was nice to see that you also use bright colours 😉
I have been a bit sick, since Saturday, this is my first video since then and it motivated me to stitch, because I haven’t been feeling like doing it. Thank you for always inspiring me 💜❤️💚💙💛🤎🩵♥️🧡🩷🤍
Hello Alexandra I hope you are feeling better and my bright colours cheered you up. Sending you a big but gentle hug ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales ❤️❤️❤️
I shall have to do some more eco dyeing because your eco crazy patch was so delicious just stitched in one embroidery stitch pattern.
Thank you Jenny, have fun 😊
Just want to say I got Judith Baker Montano's book at my local library. And we have here in the states a company called Half Price Books. They have the book for $8.00. Please don't apologize for recommending it!!
That's good to hear Michelle, thank you ☺️
K3N, I love your voice. It's so calm and soothing.
Thank you 😊
I want to say that I can see where this work is done by the people who were more affluent and not by the common people. The common person would be busy doing labor to survive. I think that this would make a beautiful pin cushion. I think I will make a pincushion . So pretty!
The antique crazy quilt K3n mentioned was one I saw in a museum exhibition. It was made of fabrics from the 1930's and the only stitch used was feather stitch. I suspect it was made by a woman who needed something to do and only used what she could get her hands on at the time. It was not embellished beyond the seam line stitching. Otherwise you are right about it being the more affluent ladies who made crazy quilts.
Hello Patricia, yes certainly I imagine that the really elaborate ones were made by more affluent people and as @suebrown3194 says, the less fancy more workaday examples being made by poorer people with less access to fancy materials and less time on their hands. I like the sound of your pin cushion, I think it will be beautiful ♥️
This project is pure joy 😍
I am so happy you enjoyed it 😊
Bonsoir,merci beaucoup pour ce moment partagé. Htes Alpes France
Merci et il n'y a pas de quoi ♥️
yes...the choices part was what I disliked about this project, as it is not my strong point. And I agree...time consuming, indeed. However, I enjoyed the ride of it all, and I thank you...😊❤
My pleasure Pat, I learnt that I really enjoy the 'choose one stitch ' thing, in my case the feather stitch ❤️
Signature stitch…sweet…I’m claiming the blanket stitch as mine. lol.
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i found it on ebay for 8.00 not a bad price
No that's great 👍♥️
Моё детство 1968,1970 была игра, собирали фантики от конфет, рыли ямку укладывал фантики и ложили
I love this sooooooooooo much
Hello Nancy, yes that's exactly right and you are very welcome 😁♥️
'Bluntie Blunties' is excellent. It doesnt roll off the tongue which is fitting for the effort it takes to use the scissors 😆 onomatopoeia? metaphor?
The eco cloth piece looks stunning 🥰 I gasped when you showed it 😆
*the feather stitch one
Thank you 😊 yes bluntie blunties, a metaphor I think 😂♥️
Hi Kathryn, I'm also not from the quilting world. I've always been attracted by it, but have found it inaccessible. (The equipment and the accuracy) Your creative process suits mine very well, and so I've found an entryway into quilting :) I initially wanted to build my sewing skills so that I had an easier time with knitting and darning. Now I'm sewing my own clothes and mending like a boss 😆
That's great to hear, perhaps next year you will make a wonky quilt with me ❤️
K3n I enjoy using perle cotton, do you think number 3 perle would be okay to use instead of the stranded cotton, or would it be too thick.
Lovely tutorial thank you.
Hello Judith, no I don't think it will be too thick as long as you use a needle with a big enough eye. ❤️
И уложили сверху стекло, название игры секретки, дети искали друг удруга
I just started watching the video, so you may answer this later in the video, but how many strands of embroidery floss are you using to make your stitches? Edit: At about 33:40 I heard you say two or three strands. I used anywhere from two to six on my practice piece. It’s hard to get five or six strands through the fabric, especially at seam allowances, but more strands really increase the visibility of the stitching.
I think it's just up to you 😅
I often use only one Strand so it looks more delicade... 😊
Yes I agree Carol, more strands give more definition but less pleasure to stitch so it's a balancing act. For me, I think the most I would use is 4. I use thicker thread or more strands by whipping a stitch, then you only go twice through the cloth with the thread. ❤️
K3n I enjoy using the perle cotton, would number 3 be an acceptable substitute for the stranded cotton? Or do you think it would be too thick?
I'm hearing your ponies snort!