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Slowstitch 2024 - Week 26 - Quilt As You Go Hexagon
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- čas přidán 23. 06. 2024
- This week, we revisit the hexagon and take inspiration from two of my fellow CZcams creators, Jeri and Rita. I hope you enjoy ❤️
Here is Rita's quilt as you go project
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And here is part one of Jeri and the Dots
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I have a little room in my head where all my ideas come together too. Trouble is, they all escape through it's broken window....
Some fly away never to be seen again but others circle around for a while and can be gently trapped in a net 😉❤️
😂
Thank you so much for mention me. Dragenkunst just means Dragon art. The street I live in is called Dragon Street. And in this case dragon is a small boat. Oh my, I can really relate to the age thing. I turned 67 and became a pensioner 1/2 a year ago. I started my channel about 2 years ago, and I had to figure everything out myself. I am a technical mongol and can destroy al technically stuff and also had to try to speak English, so I am quite proud of my achievement. So it really p….. me of when I tell my friends of my channel begins to talk of how cleaver there grandchildren is for this, even before I have said the last word in the sentence. So I have stoped telling. We have to stick together us strong cleaver not so jung women 😊
I take my hat off to you as well for doing videos in your second language, you are amazing. My French is pretty good but I wouldn't dare do a video in French. And yes we absolutely must stick together. I once heard a good comeback to a child taking the Mickey out of a parent for being technically inept, which was 'less of the cheek, I taught you how to use a spoon '. I thought that was great 😁❤️
@@k3n.clothtales how funny.
It's called "the devil's post pile". It's so fun that you also follow Jeri and Rita. I found all three of you at different times, but maybe in a former life you all were sisters and stitched together under a big oak tree in the garden--truly soul sisters if you ask me! Very friendly and enjoyable "wittering on".
That's a lovely thought 😊❤️
agree!
Me too. So lovely to have this gathering of women sharing ideas and amazing how cross-pollination of ideas lead to more projects
I love ‘go’ bags. They work brilliantly, even moving from room to room in a house. As ever, thank you ❤
My pleasure, and I agree 100% about the go bags 😁❤️
I'd love to see the 300 more you want to make. So beautiful and so fun. I think I'll be seeing a few hundred of these in my hands happening some time soon. You are a hive of creativity 😉
I have made 14 more so far, for an extra project I will share soon ☺️♥️
I didn’t shout but YES I did pin the edge all around before stitching and YES I did quilt through the wadding only (not the backing). I love your version! 🥰😊 PS - I am Canadian but I took Australian citizenship after I’d lived in Tasmania for 40 years. I now have dual citizenship 🍁🦘
New subbie at your channel🌷🌷🌷
@@MyMeriArt 🥰😊
Thank you Rita and I didn't know you were born in Canada, is your accent still Canadian or Aussie or a hybrid do you think? ♥️
@@k3n.clothtales - mostly Aussie I think! I was 13 when my parents came with 6 kids of whom I’m the eldest 💕😊
I'm picking and choosing, because I also knit and am a beadwork artist/designer... there are never enough hours!! I give you a thumbs up when I start - and have started trying to ignore the ads more often now, too. Living as i do in Vermont, in the US, I know I won't get to meet you in person... but it's a thing to dream on! ;)
I also have too many projects going on my own to do all of these, plus I follow many CZcamsrs and try to do a few projects from each.
Thank you for ignoring the ads, I know it's annoying and also thank you for the thumbs up, and for being here. And who knows about the meeting up, I have been in Vermont around 50 years ago when we lived in Canada we used to do camping trips down that way. Perhaps our paths crossed then. If you are older than 50 of course. 😂♥️
@@k3n.clothtales Wouldn't that be something?!? I would have been four lol! I've been to the UK twice... I am dreaming that i will be able to come over again, but.... Thank YOU for being here, and for sharing all these gorgeous art pieces 💚
I really liked the stitching around the circle. It looks like a lovely wreath.
Thank you Kelly 😊
Thank you Kathryn - as always - lots of fun - both the project (which I love) and your always enjoyable wittering !!!! And big thanks for the easy way to make a hexagon using a compass. Brilliant !!! And... I must say.... I love the fabrics that you have chosen for your hexie/circle/backing. Very pretty.
Thank you Susan, I am glad the compass thing was helpful ♥️
Kathryn, I love doing all you put on this channel for us. Mondays, Wonky Wednesdays, socks, journal making , rice bags, ALL your playlists. Thumbs up to everything. You are the BEST and I can’t do without you and your channel. ❤
Thank you so much Ellen, I am so happy you are here 🥰
Thank you for all you share Kathryn and for the thumbs up reminder - such a small thing for me to do compared with all you do for us !
also being "a woman of a certain age" really struggling with tech I really admire how skilled you are in the virtual world as well . Thank you
You are so welcome and thank you ♥️
I love your wittering and I do make all of the weekly projects. I truly enjoy Mondays now and wake up early to see what we are doing. I pick and choose with the log cabins depending on what life is throwing my way at the moment. I am about halfway through knitting some scrappy socks, and I have always disliked knitting socks, but you have made them easy for me. I think it is the cardboard foot templates so I can see how far I have to go, especially with my husband's large feet. I am an avid knitter, and just a hyperactive crafter in general, being 70 and feeling there is so much I still want to do.
Thank-you so much Kathryn.
My pleasure Donna and I am so glad to help with the sock knitting ☺️
So enjoyed this visit with you ! This hexagon is wonderful would be delighted to see you do more with hexagons but love watching you do most anything you share with us ! Your calmness and patience and respect for your materials is refreshing in this word. Oh and I very much enjoy your ‘twittering’ . Thank you so much for all you share !
It's my pleasure and there will be another little hexagon project coming soon 😁♥️
Thanks again, lovely tutorial, don’t know when I’ll get to it but I will , I love hexagons.
I am late to watch this video and I am granting myself the luxury of just enjoying your "craik" and enjoying your creation ❤ Tomorrow i will catch up with the Wednesday episode I've missed. "Bees in your bonnet" 😊 Ive missed hearing your "wittering" big love as always from Scotland ❤️🤗🐶
Hello Margaret, yes I have a bonnet full 😁 much love to you ❤️
I can’t even say that I’m picking and choosing! I love stitching along with you and choosing techniques I want to apply to my own projects. Many of the methods are ones I’m already familiar with but you get my creative juices going!
@@Quiltfull lovely to hear ♥️
I adore hexagons and i love what you have done here. Thank you for sharing.
So happy you like it 😊
It's comforting to find someone who makes things without a definite end piece in mind. I love sewing and crafting with my mother but she doesn't operate this way nor does she appreciate this form of making. Thank you for nurturing this type of artistry. ❤
It's my pleasure Deborah, I am so pleased you like it too 😊
I love what you have done with the feather stitch, I definitely want to try that. And thank you for all the links to all the interesting stuff from your cloth tales!❤
My pleasure Megan ☺️
❤ this you do such beautiful work.
Thank you so much! 😊
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on creating. Really enjoying making a book along with you 😊. Watch on my tv and cannot comment till I get on my phone🎉
I love the hexagon as well, definitely parked for future project. So far I’ve done all the 52 week project - love them and I admire you for tackling CZcams, I have to admit I had omitted to put the thumbs up but in my mind they are all thumbs up and will do more👍👍My journal is also getting awkward to handle but lesson learnt and may next time divide it.
Thank you so much for your support, I am glad you enjoyed the hexagons ❤️
I am one of the few, who don't do every weeks project, mostly because I am crazy busy with work and life, but I love your videos and keep "collecting bees for my bonnet" ;-)
Thank you so much, the bees will live happily in your bonnet until their time comes 🐝😁♥️
Thank you for the invitation to offer insight to how all of your inspiring work translates for me. I watch and adore everything and would love more than anything to commit to this /your/our valuable weekly stitching. The reality is that I live with ME/CFS and I simply don’t have much energy. However. Big however, I do love and absorb your videos like a sponge and they feed / sustain my creative juices! I always have a few different things on the go, stitching, knitting, even a recent bash at tea dyeing 🙌. All of this absorbing of creativity last week came flooding out of me into what I think is a wonderful intuitively stitched wall hanging (zero plan) I pulled some old cloth from the cupboard, ripped off a length and started stitching (and twining )💕 As I stitch I am so grateful to you for your generous sharing and encouragement.
There are rice bags, socks and more pin cushions waiting to be made when their time is right 👏
Always here and do remember that when I forget to thumbs up that’s all it is, love love love your offerings ❤🧵🪡🧶❤
Thank you so much and I am pleased to inspire you though I am so sorry you are living with health issues. I love the sound of your intuitive wall hanging, those are the best projects I think, the most rewarding. Hugs to you ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales thank you for your kind response k3n. Yes, rewarding is absolutely right! 👍👍👍😀
Love your Hexagon piece, I'm looking forward to making my own. I do each weekly project, I look forward to Monday mornings, sitting with a cup of coffee tuning in to see what we will be making. i struggle with some of the weeks but won't not do it, I have committed myself to do each project for the entire year and I'm loving it so much. I do watch on the TV but make it a point to open it in the PC and give the thumbs up. I find myself watching the video through to see what you are doing and to listen to your conversations, I always feel like I'm visiting with a friend.
Thank you so much Deb, for making the extra effort to open your pc for the thumbs up. It's so kind of you and yes, when I am making the videos, I feel like I am talking to friends ❤️❤️❤️
I LOVE these hexagons….and Jeri’s dots. TY both. 😊. I see our community as a Sister Circle (apologies to any men watching) without which we would all be a “puddle of goo”. 💖💖💖
That's a lovely thought and the men can be honorary sisters 😁❤️
I really didn’t know the thumbs up was that important. I just supposed it was an optional thing. I watch all the videos, enjoy them thoroughly, and can’t wait until the next one. Thanks for the heads up.
My pleasure Phyllis, I am still working out this CZcams thing myself 😁❤️
Dutifully I do each week’s project, however, I choose when I get back to it; The beauty of video. I do them in order, giving attention an depth to breathe life into each one. Now halfway thru the year, I have an encyclopedia of skills, methods, and ideas to do later on as time an imagination permit. My brain and hands have moved over these projects that make it a “living memory” . I had no idea the rich pond I was stepping into when I grabbed needles and threads.
The week’s I struggle with are the ones that reveal their treasures inside the process.
Then there are the rabbit trails I fall happily into ….rice bags…scrappy socks…😂❤
I love how you describe the journey ❤️
I love making these. I learned from Emma Jones videos and I made a quilt using all flowered fabrics that looks like a garden. I rode 2400 miles to Florida and back and made a whole sack full.
That sounds fabulous ❤️
Hoi k3n! I love the idea of combining two idea’s and make it your own! I’m a little behind. Today I finished the Crazy Patchwork. But I retrieved and cleaned my bundle already!!
As a crocheter I know everything about UFO’s 😅but I call them PhD: project half done. Way more positive!!!
Liefs, Helene
Thank you Helene, yes PHD is a great term ☺️
Orts are table scraps
Crossword clue😂
I watched Lisbet 's 100 day challenge, I was entranced
Paper clothe stitching mark making
Amazing the things one can learn from crosswords. 😁 I just saw there is a new video from Lisbeth about mixed media, I am looking forward to watching it later ❤️
I certainly have found my tribe here and on Jeri’s site. I stitch for the enjoyment and the finished product isn’t always a thing. It’s fun when I do find a use for my stitched items but it’s not the goal.
Exactly and it's lovely to have you here ❤️
I have giggles and laughed and smiled so much during this video…thank you so much
My pleasure Alison, happy to make you laugh 😁❤️
I've always had a bonnet full of bees. Sometimes those bees are questions I've had since childhood and forgotten about until I find the answer!
I don't do every project but I usually watch or catch up later. I want to do most of them but other things get in the way. 😊❤
"Sometimes those bees are questions
I've had since childhood
And forgotten about
Until I find the answer"
I'm not a native speaker but to me it sounds like poetry ❤ sorry for the off-topic 🙃
I agree with @joannakracher9507 that does sound like poetry ♥️♥️♥️
I will be sure I always thumbs up. I rewatch videos time and time again while doing other things. I started with week 1 about 2 months ago, decided I needed to practice some stitches first, started a scroll to do that, and well, that has morphed into another (rather large) project with a life of its own. Maybe someday I'll get back to week 1. ;)
Love that morphing thing and that you are going with the flow 😉 and thank you so much for the thumbs up 👍❤️
As usual another inspiring project - many thanks Kathryn. I have a bee story for you: Last year a swarm of bees appeared out of the blue in my backyard. By the end of the day they had set up a hive in the compost bin! I encourage them in my garden with lots of plants they like, but I was afraid to have a hive so close as my grandkids played there. That night I said a prayer to the Powers that be(e), pardon the pun, to help the queen bee find alternate accommodation. I kid you not, next morning they had all disappeared, leaving behind only a small piece of perfectly formed honeycomb attached to the bin. It still warms my heart to think about it 🐝🐝🐝 By now you know I love my quotes so here’s my favourite about bees by Antonio Machado:
Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt-marvelous error!-
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures.
That's a wonderful story and a lovely poem that warms MY heart so thank you 🐝🐝🐝❤️
I have loved the discipline of a weekly stitch. Have only missed a few .....
Thank you Pat, I am enjoying the discipline too, though I have done these kinds of projects many times on my own it's absolutely wonderful to share it with you all. ❤️
I'm a pick and chooser! I've found I'm liking structures, so having made a rice bag and biscornu (well, 3 actually! Small, medium and teeny tiny!), I'm now incorporating the crazy quilting into a fabric bowl, with a side swerve into a coaster. I find inspiration in what you, and others in the Facebook group, and other CZcamsrs do, as well as in other things I see in my local environment. I've realised that even when my hand sewing is meditative I need a purpose beyond just the act of sewing. I'm happiest if I'm sewing or creating with a specific purpose if ya know what I mean.
I do know what you mean, I like to do both but it's lovely to incorporate slowstitch pieces in useful objects. ❤️
Big hug for Stella!❤
Love your hexie rice bag.
That hexie panel is beautiful.
Thank you Kathryn for another great week project. Can’t wait to get started on it. You are a very intelligent and talented lady! ❤
Thank you so much and Stella sends you a hug back 🤗❤️
I love hexagons and keep making them just like you Kathryn 😅 they're a great take-along project, aren't they?!
I've seen Jeri's recent videos and was taken by her dotty blocks - I'm very tempted to make a few 😁 ohh and i love her dotty rice bag too! ❤
Looking forward to making my hexie block now 🪡🪡
Have fun! Yes Jeri's rice bag is beautiful ❤️
Good morning ☀️ this really beautifull.
I follow Rita & Jerry as well und it has an positive and exciting effect in my projects. I love you three 💞
🥰😊
Thank you so much 😊
Hi Kathryn, I love those little hexagon pieces in your rice bag. They would make lovely drink coasters ( not sure what the British call them). My dog Lucy does the same thing as me your Stella when I try to stop petting her.
Thank you Sue, we call them coasters too. Stella sends Lucy her love 😁❤️
I love hexies also. FYI While I’m in North Queensland with family I ‘ve managed to complete four weeks work and nearly the fifth. Some I may have been avoiding but I finished them. It’s finding the time to do everything I want to. I recently found Jeri and Rita on ytube. Now I follow and try to keep up with you Kathryn,Marion Jeri and listen to Rita also Take Care 🇦🇺🦘💕Margaret
Hello Margaret, I completely understand finding the time is difficult, if only we could stitch ourselves some extra time 😁❤️
Yes, I am definitely one of those who makes themself do every week. I discovered early on that I cannot predict which things I enjoy and which I sort of have to grit my teeth over. That’s part of the joy of it. Thank you.
Thank you Nina, that's great to hear, and I agree, sometimes the things that attract you the least turn out to be the things you enjoy the most I find ❤️
I always hit the thumbs up at the start of videos I know I'll like cos I tend to forget at the end. And I'm doing every week. I have gotten behind a few times and had to do several weeks at once but this week I finished week 25 just as you posted this video so spot on. And hexagons, one of my favourite things to do.
Thank you Carolyn, I have also got in the habit of clicking like at the beginning of videos, because sometimes I am stitching or knitting and it rolls over to the next one. Pleased you like the hexies ♥️
I do love hexagons and all the natural occurrences/recurrences in our world.
Thanks for another mindful project.
My pleasure Jayne, I am glad you enjoyed it 😊
Thumb up of course! Thank you for the entertainment, K3n! You made me giggle a lot of times 😊😊😊. You are awesome! Thank you for another wonderful lesson of love, life, and stitching!!!
You are so welcome and thank you Susanne 😊❤️
I am one who picks and chooses. I found your channel after Marion mentioned it, but I missed a bunch of the beginnings, like making the book and burying the bundle. I’ve watched a lot of the older videos, but haven't done many of them. There are more ideas than time! (I realize I'm not alone in this.) Also, I can easily see all my time getting spent on watching videos, rather than making things, so I have to make limits. Sometimes I work on other projects while I listen to your lovely chattering. ❤
Hello yes I absolutely understand more ideas than time 😁 I am glad you did the bundle book ❤️
Sure, here is the translation of your text into English:
As you mentioned whether we are working on all the weeks, it reminded me that I returned to this hexagon. I didn't want to skip it on purpose, but I didn't have the filling fabric, and I had once sewn a project with two layers of flannel, but it wasn't the same, it didn't feel right.
Today, I needed to take the sewing machine for repair because my daughter broke the needle so badly that we couldn't put a new one in, and I want her to have something to do during the holidays. In the box where the machine is kept, there were some fabrics at the bottom, so I took them out and sorted them, and there were also some scraps of filling fabric. So I decided, okay, I'll work on the hexagon.
The other reason I sometimes fall behind is that I don't know various embroidery stitches, and I keep putting it off because I see the beautiful creations of others in the group. In the end, I usually think, "So what, I'll do it my own lumberjack way, the best I can." :)
But it's true that if I missed a week, even in my own way, I would feel like my project has holes in it.
I am sorry for the broken needle but glad you found the cloth... Every cloud and all that. 😁 And I like the sound of lumberjack stitching 😊❤️
What a thrill to have you mention my name in regard to my crazy patch! My embroidery was inspired by the book Intentional Thread by Susan Brandeis. I've enjoyed the rewards of doing each of your Monday projects and sometimes my best ones are those I didn't really want to do. BTW, I first saw the QAYG hexies on Marion's World months ago and of course gave them a go. I love belonging to your hive. Thank you.
My pleasure Sara, and your point about the ones you weren't initially drawn to turning out to be favourites is a good one. I didn't know Marion had done the hexies so I will look back through her channel and watch so thank you ❤️ ps also love that we are a hive 😁
My mind gets so overwhemled by so many ideas of CZcams artists. And Pinterest etc. So I write things in my bullet journal, there are CZcams videos on that as well. And I got the app on my mobile, Chatterbooks. For a monthly fee I can print out a monthly book. I got the tiny size, and I download my screenshots of things I've seen and want to try. It gets it out of my brain and I keep them in my sewing studio, I can browse through them, while I enjoy a cup of tea. I also screenshot Pinterest, and take photos of my television screen on pause.
That's a good system, I also use Pinterest and write things in my commonplace book as well ❤️
It's fun to follow you tubers who talk about (in a good way) the other you tubers I love. It is a great community. I have done every week project. I so enjoying looking through my book of stitcherys
Have a wonderful week.
Thank you Judy, it is indeed a lovely community ❤️
The hexagon stones are also up in Scotland on the Isle of Staffa. They are in line with the Giants Causeway so perhaps once upon a time they were linked. I loved all your hexagon knowledge!
Thank you for that, it makes sense, perhaps they are linked under the Irish Sea? I must Google because now I need to know 😂❤️
Hi Kathryn, I have made something every week and surprised myself by sticking to the discipline of a piece a week. I did go rogue on week 6, 8, 10 and 11 but can't remember why 😂 Absolutely loving it, I am filling a blank book given to me years ago and it has exactly the right number of pages for the year. X
Love that you went rogue AND can't remember why 😂❤️
I thumbs up about 20min in, so I know I'm gonna watch the whole thing at once. If I'm gonna come back, I wait. If I thumbs up and come back later, my brain thinks I've already seen it!
I am watching the weeks first, as I crochet, then I'll stitch it from the beginning once I'm done with this project. I have UFOs, because I don't plan on coming back, but as you do, I mostly have long term WIPs. I plan on this to become a WIP soon :)
I'm going to watch some of the weeks while doing, like the Deserted Island one. You said not to spoil it, and I havent!
Hello there, thank you for the thumbs up and I hope you enjoy when you get around to the stitching 😁❤️
I love listening to all of you and I’m older then most but learning something new ❤❤❤
Thank you so much 😊
Who doesn't luv a hexie? Out of the clear blue, I started making 2 inch side hexies last week when the rain started here in the Midwest. I stopped when the rain stopped . What to do with them!....who knows . As it rained, I just kept knocking them out
They are addictive and a wonderful way to pass a rainy day. Or a sunny day for that matter 😉❤️
Hi Kathryn. I am watching you (at the moment I'm about halfway) while I'm knitting. That's because at the start of this project I decided I won't make a hexagon-with-circle for my journal, but a few squares-with-circles that will become another 'rice-bag' (to put my collection of embroidery floss in, that's now in an ugly plastic box).
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That's wonderful, I love circles in squares too, I just needed hexies this week 😁❤️
Devils Tower in northeastern Wyoming is made of hexagonal columns of igneous rock. “Encounters of the 3rd Kind”. Visited in 1995, was really amazing.
That sounds wonderful, and I love that film. Now I have the notes going through my head, da, da,da, duh, daaaa 😁❤️
I’m one who is doing each week so far …. I love the variety and I need to at least try because I may want to do more of one thing … I also do other things … this has just added to my enjoyment …
That's lovely to hear, i hope you enjoy the second half of the year as much 😊♥️
One of my sewing groups just had a PHD morning- Project Half Done!
Great idea 😁❤️
Loved the project again. Thank you so much.❤
You are so welcome! 🤗
I am picking and choosing the weeks as I do not really want to do the lessons that are straight traditional quilting type pieces with turned in edges etc. My usual approach is to do all the lessons as I feel I "should" but upon consideration, I ralized that I am doing this year long to learn and expand AND enjoy! So no "shoulds" allowed. ; - ) Love this take on the vine stitch, so delicate and beautiful. As always, thank you so much.
My pleasure Jayne and you are absolutely right not to 'should' yourself 😉❤️
Watching on TV with the computer on my lap, so I'll give you a long winded comment... Lucky you, we are having a chat!
I had a woman, 34 years old, watched one of my videos, she was so adorable. She aspires to be like me when she gets old, she said... 🤣 and I tell you this because you have said, women of a certain age a few times now... So we are wise women sharing our lifes experiences.
And community! OHMYGOSH! That is why I came back. So since I was here "before" I remembered the community and missed it. This for me, is the BEST part. The sharing, inspiration and encouragement is so amazing! Imagine all the people that can't get out, they get to turn on the tv and instantly they are connected. It really warms my heart.
And another great thing is how we watch each other and a new idea comes of it and off we go on a new adventure, just like you did today!
I also think it's so important to mention where we see something, it doesn't take away from what we are sharing, it enriches it because we are being honest and genuine.
I love my threads in a big ball! The mix of colors excites me although I do have some on cards, I'm not sure what possessed me to do that! HA!
I can't wait to hear why we shouldn't lick our thread... wait for it jeri... hahaheeee, I agree, we get it into the needle pretty quick so who cares if it swells.
The YT (icon) used to be a cog, I was watching a video on the hexagon, this guy compared it to a nut, and so a tool and so a tool icon made sense to him, (he said Logo) so he thought about it as a means to "fix" or work on something and he mentioned because it's an app that can be on your phone and so is YT, they had to be similar but different. And now I'm signing off! Or nodding off! LOL Loved this video, really enjoyed everything you had to say and I'm still not done with it but Im hungry! 💜💜💜
And I heard that comment as if you were right here in the room 😉 of course I agree about the sharing and crediting because we all put our own spin on things (rice bags 😂) and thank you for the info on the yt icon logo thingybob . Hope you had a nice meal ❤️❤️❤️
PS sidebar (it's catching 😂) the French for midwife is 'sagefemme' which literally means 'wise woman ' ... I am not saying we could all deliver babies of course 😁❤️
I’m one of the ones who pick and choose. Actually, that’s a lie. I must be the laziest of all your subscribers and get my fix from just watching your weekly projects and imagining me doing them! 😂 Seriously! So I’m essentially a watcher. That said I was so motivated by ‘the crazy’ that I did do that one. And I’m very tempted to give this one a go. Then again I could just imagine me doing it and using up the stash that I’m amassing - acquiring stuff and not using it is something else that I get immense pleasure from. I’m a lost cause. 😂😂😂 I hope you had a lovely time at your ‘aunt’s’. I had a few such aunts too: the last one died last year. End of an era.
I am sorry for the loss of your aunties.. and you are more than welcome to do vicarious stitching by watching, it's a good way to 'do' lots of projects without actually doing them 😉 ❤️
As I watched the video a second time, I wondered if the difference between the number of views of a video and the number of thumbs up, occurs when viewers like me watch a video for a second time to better understand or even remember a technique. I don't know anything about how CZcams stats are compiled but I rewatched the cloth pouch video several times and also pulled up the crazy quilt video several times in several different places to watch a stitching technique more than once. Just a thought and thank you again for sharing all of your knowledge.
Yes it might be partly down to that and the thought makes me feel much better so thank you ❤️
I am one of the few who pick and choose. Before having k3n’s channel showing up in my feed, the only stitching I did was cross stitching. So I just wanted to dip my toe into slow stitching and fell in love with it!! However, I felt the need to finish my cross stitch so I didn’t want to commit to the weekly projects. Then I got side tracked by the friendship star and I haven’t been able to stop making them! I’ve turned them into coasters but eventually plan to make a table runner out of new stars. I so appreciate this channel and community.
I love that you have been captivated by the friendship stars and I appreciate you too, thank you for being here ❤️
A lolly stick, I loved that term
Good to hear that you have ongoing work…with no finished project in mind. I’ve been hooked by the tiny scrappy meditation scrolls that you showed. However, I’ve been using backing cloth pieces of various shapes and sizes. Started as a travelling project but I seem to have one on the go permanently now…and no idea what I’ll do with all eventually
All about the process Alison 😁❤️
Love it! ❤ I am looking forward to trying it!
Thank you Leona 😊
I pick and choose because my cross-stitch is my priority, and I play various stitching games on FB, so I count my stitches. That said, I’ve found myself drawn to the ‘full coverage’ pieces - tricksy, pojagi, backstory, crazy quilt etc - which has kind of surprised me.
@@Stitchycatlady I am happy to surprise you, in a good way 😁♥️
I’m committed to every week both for the physical experience of learning but also the philosophical and spiritual endeavor in each prompt. The only one I didn’t do was the Crazy because I really really wanted to loop back to Pockets and explore that further along with the book and thought the two week span was the perfect time to do that so I did. And I’m so glad I did because it turned out so lovely and was such a lovely experience I figured it was worth forfeiting the crazy. I promise promise to give it a proper go at some point in the journey
I adore this year long journey. I adore it so much.
Ps. Also…last weeks listening to the cloth (summer solstice bundle)was such a divine experience. The fragility of the cloth really really brought home the slow stitch, respond don’t direct, philosophy for me. It was just …🩷🩵💙
Heather, I am so happy to read your comments, you can't even imagine. If gives me such joy to be understood, to have my practice resonate with people so thank you so much ❤️
Hiii well I’ve been watching your tutorial-how to make a cloth pouch…. Yes I’ll be making one 👏👏👏
What a shame I don’t live there, close by🤦♀️I wld pop in !!! And be your student 👩🎓 😅😅😅, be well 🙏🙏
Thank you, have fun with your pouch 😁❤️
Love the little rice bag. Enjoyed your video enormously. Happy stitching
Hello K3n, I am sorry I don’t always give you a thumbs up or comment, as my tv doesn’t seem to provide the opportunity, whereas my iPad does. I have watched every episode and look forward to them, the other thing that might be confusing is I have access to my son’s account, so no adverts. I am a little behind with the weekly projects but will complete them in time. Thanks for your inspiration and lovely friendly conversation ❤regards Marg.
Thank you Marg, that's quite ok don't worry, it's lovely to have you watching 😊
52:11 Hey K3n and all. I pick and choose. I may use the current week for inspiration, but that doesn't change what I am working on. I will still be sitting on the sidelines, stitching my patchwork dress, and watching.
That said, I do have fun here, and Thank You for the lovely videos. I confess, there are times I replay your videos a few times. If that is skewing your stats, I am so sorry. 😢
First I love the sound of your patchwork dress and second my understanding is that rewatching is a good thing as it increases watch time on which our income is based. So thank you ☺️
Thank you Kathryn, what an enjoyable week. I do every week because I am very new to stitching and I am learning so much from you ❤️
I also watch Rita and Jeri and I must say that I cannot get Jeri’s dots out of my mind, so looks like I will be driving into that rabbit hole 🤣
I know, she's a temptress 😂♥️
I must confess I've never done ONE of the projects even though I've watched nearly every video. The thing is, I have a backlog of my own projects that I work on while listening/watching. I did wash all my apparel sewing scraps recently, and I have yet to sort them, because it is my goal to eventually do some of your projects.
Hello Laura, I also watch videos without doing the projects, I even watch things I will never do, such as painting etc but there are people I like to listen to and I am inspired be even without doing the actual thing they're doing if that makes sense. 😁❤️
PS thanks so much for watching ☺️
Hello, just discovered your channel and video Week 26. Love the rice bag that you showed. On wetting your thread before threading your needle, advice was given at our embroidery guild that it may cause needles to rust in the eye. I've always done it too particularly with sewing threads.
Hello and welcome. That may be the case with some needles but I have never found it to happen. I use Tulip needles, guaranteed not to rust. It's hard to break the habit and I find it necessary with embroidery floss especially. 😊❤️
@@k3n.clothtales I still do it too with embroidery floss and sewing thread 😊
I have some catching up to do ! I have missed the last three weeks😱 I’ve been working on other things. But now I’m back and always thumbs up at the start. Love hexagons in any form. First quilt I ever made was hexi’s. You always send me to sleep,it’s a compliment your soothing voice and gentle stitching makes it inevitable 😂 so I always have to watch more than once ! 😊❤ xx
Thank you for thumbs upping at the start, it's greatly appreciated. And I am flattered that I put you to sleep, it's not a deliberate ploy to make you watch more than once, honest 😂❤️
😂😂
Was hypnotised by the chat and liked the stitch used …….. love hexagons!
Thank you Susan 😊
Thank you Kathryn. I have had a go at all 26 with mixed results but looking at them again I am mostly happy with them. I was interested when you were talking about early memories and whether they are real memories or due to repetition within the family. I have a couple involving my Dad, in one of which I would take him a mid morning drink when he was working in the fields, but then claiming to be too tired to walk back and been given a piggy back ride back to the house. I think I must have been 3 or 4
It's lovely to look back through the projects, I always find I have at least learnt something even if I wasn't especially happy with the piece. And that's a lovely memory of your Dad, piggy backs are the best, I miss them. My Dad would also sometimes put me up on his shoulders, or 'soldiers' as I called them. 😁❤️
Your hexagon absolutely deserves a huge "WOW"! It's beautiful! Your embroidery is fabulous💞 I'm definitely storing your wonderful videos until a hand injury is healed♥️. So many projects are swimming around in my head! Where will I start?! Thank you, thank you for sharing🥰
My pleasure I hope your hand heals quickly, that must be so frustrating apart from painful ❤️❤️❤️
@@k3n.clothtales Thank you so much🥰
My French Knot story is a table topper I recently finished. It features sheep made from hexagons and I filled the bodies with French Knots. I “guesstimate” that I did between 800 to 1,000 knots! 🤪
That's a lot of knots 😂❤️
Usually I don't feel motivated to craft if the weather is hot but this little projects are so enjoyable that I can do them any time; quilt as you go was in the list of things I wanted to learn, thank you for the inspiration.
My pleasure Brenda, stay cool ❤️
This was beautiful. I love your system. LOL. Most of us work a little askew (HEHE). I really love this design with the little flowers to accent. We have a lovely big family on here, all of us stitchers, and creators. It is really glorious for all of us. We are all thankful all you ladies and gents that are sharing their processes.
Thank you so much Wonky Michelle for helping to make it so lovely here ❤️😁
I’ve done all of your weekly prompts with the exception of the one you buried, but after the solstice and everyone dug up their treasure, I went back and buried a piece. I try to commit to all of them, though, because they teach me new techniques, and new ways of doing something I’ve always done. I DO pick and choose the Wonky Wednesdays, though, because SOMEONE got me into rice bags and meditation scrolls and Kawandi’s, that they get in my way. As I complete a scroll or bag or whatever I’m working on, I try to go back and try to do a couple-three of the Wonky Wednesdays.
I am now putting your videos on the TV so I can watch and stitch at the same time.
I had to laugh at your “filing away ideas” and if they’re meant to be … they’ll return. I actually take a screen shot of something I “think” I have to do … funny when I scroll back through my photos … thank goodness I have high storage capacity.
I am chuckling at being that SOMEONE 😂😂😂
@@k3n.clothtales … lol @ 2:23 am, I’m watching your hexie Wk26 now
I know this is a bit of an essay, but well, you started it! 😂Maybe it's that we're close in age, but the number of times you mention ideas I'm in the process of mulling over: UFO's. But it's not really about unfinished projects, it's about shame. And starting new projects & ideas is about the maturity to weigh our resources versus sucking up all the bits that we can like a kid set loose in a candy store. I used to do financial planning. Money management and diet management carry the same shame v. crazy kid v. maturity management battles for our souls. Maybe part of the mindfulness you talk about around slow stitching is the same mindfulness we encourage around spending and people are encouraged to think about their diets. Slow down. Let go of judgement. Experience the need you're trying to fill. Breathe.
This year, I did create a list of my UFOs/WIPs. I did it not to shame myself, but as a self assessment - much like I'd recommend a person figure out their assets and debts and where they stand financially. Get real. I distinguished between UFOs/WIPs by saying if I hadn't touched the project in more than a year, it was a UFO, WIPs were less than one year. I started making a plan: I gave a list of 12 UFO projects to my local quilt shop which does a random drawing each month indicating which of the 12 projects to work on. I peg away at that like a person might paydown their credit card. I'm looking at the items that didn't fit on that list of 12, and beginning to decide whether I ever want to finish them, and maybe bagging them up and giving them away will allow one of my fellow slow stitchers to have a lovely find at the local charity shop. The WIPs I'm still interested in and peg away at, much as you do, whatever I feel led to do at the time.
Doing this process helps me in that New Project evaluation process you talk about. I'm more aware of what's on my table and can compare the excitement of the new shiny project to what I have in process, what classes I know I'll be taking, and be realistic about what I want & don't want to spend money on. Less shame, less kid in the candy shop, more mature thinker cultivating relaxed enjoyment.
Finally, basalt columns! Nick Zentner, a professor at Central Washington University did some short videos with some lovely footage of Washington's hexagonal basalt columns and he talks about the history of Scottish & English scientists studying the hexagonal structures: Nick On The Rocks basalt columns: czcams.com/video/cWGoiOFgpKI/video.html
I did start it, 😂 I love that you apply your financial planning skills to your WIPs and UFOs, and you are right the 'Slow movement ' principles apply to so many things. I rehomed a lot of things before I left England. Mature thinker cultivating relaxed environment is a great way to put it. Thank you for the basalt columns, I look forward to watching that ❤️
I am doing each Monday even if I don’t like the project but as you said I always find something I like or learn from it.
Thank you so much for sharing your art.
It's my pleasure and thank you for being here 😊
Im venturing into blues which isn’t what I usually use! Blueberry season isn’t until late July/early August but I’m thinking of them!!
Yummy! Blueberry pie ☺️❤️
Türkiye'den merhaba ketrin yine güzel iş çıkardın sizden öğreneceğim çok şey var el becerilerinizi beğenerek izliyorum ve hemen beğeni tuşuna basıyorum😊👏 Hülya 💐
Thank you so much Hülya ❤️
I want to do ALL your weekly projects (And learn to knit!) but missed two so far (but still will do them ofcourse😊). I always look forward to Mondays for your videos or Tuesdays if I didn’t have time to watch. The hexagon with the batting looks like you can use it as a cute pincushion on the go, in one of your lovely ricebags! I love this community spirit here, am not tech- savy and easily overwhelmed by all social media. So I take it easy with my own channel and don’t click on the red hexgagon icontoo often (Icon, Yes!!)😎. Enjoy your week away and thank you so much, as always. 💖🍀💖🍀
Hello Machteld, good idea for the pin cushion, I have a hexagon pin cushion in progress (for ages now) that I haven't got around to sharing yet. The problem for me is that in my notifications on CZcams itself, I don't see all the comments so I have to come here to the app. For example, I had no notification of your comment but here you are in my app. I try not to get sucked in to the analytics though because it can tie me up in knots. It's like being back at school in a way, getting your report card. Or getting a performance assessment at work. Makes me anxious just thinking about it, which is probably why I went on about it far too much in this video, a sure sign that I am anxious about something. 😁❤️
@@k3n.clothtales if I see how many comments you get (and then also probably on other platforms) I can’t even imagine keeping up with all of them! That must bring some pressure as well besides the pleasure. I feel like I am in school with You, but only in the best way possible and you’re my favorite teacher ever! Now ofcourse I want to see the Hexagon pincushion (And the sunflower quilt)! But take your time and definitely no pressure from me, just hugs , admiration and gratitude 🥰🍀💖
Thank you Machteld, of course it takes time going through the comments but people take the time to write so I like to respond and at least read them all 😁♥️
I show my support by following you and watching your videos from start to finish. I use the thumbs up to be able to find some videos again from content creators I don't follow but enjoyed a specific video. I'm not sure if others do this as well. I want to do all the projects, but I can't seem to finish most of them in a week. I'm hoping to catch up on some when I go on vacation this summer. I like the experience of trying something I might otherwise not do. I also have some Kawandi projects planned, but I never seem to get them started.
Thank you Jacqueline for your support, it means a lot 🙏❤️
Kia ora - hi. I always love to watch everything you post and give thumbs up. However, i don't do all your projects and the ones i have done have been so enjoyable. Thank you so much Kathryn you are appreciated ❤
Thank you so much Angie for being here and supporting me ❤️
Thanks so much for all the inspiration, Kathryn! I'm one of those who pick and choose projects as the mood suits. When I was younger, I would likely have committed to doing every project as they were presented, but by this time of life, I simply do what takes my fancy 😊.
And you are absolutely right Lana ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales Even though I don't make all the projects, I do watch and listen to your videos. They're like having a lovely visit with a good friend.
I got hooked on Jeri's dots on the first video. Same way with the 100 hearts in 100 days. Im still making those hearts! I love stitching, and stitching without an "end" is what I'm all about (no pressure to complete). I often wonder what my children will think of me when I pass. Lol! I'm trying all your pieces, but some I'm enjoying more than others. 😊 hugs ❤
Those dots are addictive, I am also making more. And hopefully our children will be grateful that we lived such productive, creative lives, while they are working out what to do with it all. 😂 There's a thing called 'Swedish Death Cleaning ', a video about it popped up in my feed recently. I watched it and the woman ended up with a nearly empty house. I can't see myself doing that anytime soon though I kind of appreciate the concept. 😊❤️
Thank you so much for another lovely video Kathryn. 😊💕
My pleasure Sue 😊
I'm actually not working any of your projects because I have so many ongoing already
,I watch because I like listening to fellow stitchers and it's sewing company whilst I work on mine. I have however picked up ideas and tips and stitch reminders and I thoroughly enjoy them.❤
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Thank you Christine, I also watch and listen to other CZcamsrs for the same reason ❤️
Thank you so much, in the past I found sewing a bit overwhelming at times but you break it down easily . I gave up a few years ago on a square for the log cabin. When I saw how you did that tutorial my mind was blown away ;all I needed was an actual teacher to show me visually and now I can do it. So thank you for all you do, so lovely to show us your process for each project.
You are welcome, I am so glad you understand my explanations, in amongst all the wittering 😁❤️
Love this ❤️