Coping with Change in Life || First Velvet Panel Complete || Victorian Velvet Coat May 2024
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- čas přidán 23. 05. 2024
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Guess why I'm spending a gazillion years working on such a long winded, samey project... In this film I'll share some thoughts on coping with major changes in your life, now that I’ve been on this crazy, unusual adventure for a year.
This is also the video in which I make the first major mistake of the project. (I did promise you that you’d get the whole story, warts and all.)
AND, I’ll introduce the new Fabric Science mini course at Foundations Revealed!
Thank you, once again, for being a part of this epic journey!
Love, Cathy
*** Music
'Illusory Motion' by Gavin Luke
'Acai Bowl' by Timothy Infinite
'Chapters' by Aerian
'A LightHouse in Space' by Kim Aspen
'A Whisper in the Dark' by Gavin Luke
'Let There Be Rain' by Silver Maple
'Muddy Waters' by Gavin Luke
'Faith' by Million Eyes
(All from Epidemic Sound)
Edited by Sophie Black at @triskellepictures
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Fashion illustrations on the Fabric Science title cards by Emma Leyfield, adapted from illustrations in her articles for Foundations Revealed. Used with permission.
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A friend of mine was a missionary. She travelled for years. Everywhere she went she had a little quilt big enough for the seat of a chair, a couple of small things to put on it, a candle and her mug. She called that her home base. It was the first thing to unpack and last to go back in the bag.
A year ago I left everything behind and moved to a different country with meager language skills and equally meager finances. The day after I landed I celebrated my 70th birthday and started my new life. The stress of such an upheaval is real and I’ve been looking for a special project where I can lose myself and the stress in the creation of something special. For me that will be hand sewing a lightweight summer quilt from fabrics with such vibrant colors and patterns that I can’t help but smile every time I see them. Congratulations on landing in Colorado! It is a beautiful state and I miss it.
Dear Cathy, are you truly ok and living the dream or is this something else? Your voice has turned out really worse. I really love your videos but this is very hard to watch for me. I dont want to be negative, I am just someone who cares. Hope you are ok. ❤
You have turned this project into something so very special for complete strangers to appreciate from afar. This garmet (or pieces of a garmet in the making) is exquisite and lovely, the craftsmanship alone deserves applause. However, I appreciate the story and journey you have shared while sewing art into this majestic velvet coat. Thank you for sharing ALL of this "Wonderful" with us. I do hope you share with us again and again whenever you feel comfortable to do so 💗
Hi, Cathy. I am so happy for you that you are doing well. Beautiful work, as always. I do have a bit of a suggestion though. I keep my mistakes that have hand work on them for as a specific memory. I am careful to store them in a cake or cookie tin if they will fit without a fold, so sometimes I store them in a small square box mean for collectors silk scarves. I then use them as repairs for tears or made thread bare by love. It use to be a pair of jeans, or a denim jacket. I love seeing them put to use as accent patch repairs. I must admit I didn't think of this because if you remember, I am the type of person that enjoys making repairs as invisible as possible. My oldest daughter gave me this idea and it has it's places. I've had mistakes large enough to embellish a garment as the cuffs or tips of a collar. Save the mistakes!
i've been watching the series for a long time, and I am amazed by your skill and dedication. I am shocked that we have lost that much knowledge in only a century of how to make these beautiful things. Thank you for taking this on. to be fair you are a new age archaeologist, just in amazing fashion. crack on you got this
Change is difficult! Having a constant is a great way to stay grounded! Also, your voice sounds to be getting stronger, my dear! Yay!
Oooh, GORGEOUS! And you finished a panel! I’ve seen the original and followed your journey toward reproducing it, but this is when your coat and its embellishment have come to life. The light in that room, as you cut from one camera to the other, showcases the changeability of the velvet beautifully. I must confess: I’m totally smitten now with the fabric. I have a mad fantasy of sneaking in to spirit that pesky corner out of your life so you’re never forced to think what the lack of an eraser months ago hath wrought…I would give it a good home and pet it often.
Hello Kathy. Well, I am so pleased you have now finished the panel. It really doesn’t matter that there is a bit of a “mistake”. It becomes part of the history of the project; its progress; the uniqueness that is an integral part of your combined journey and, as such, should be embraced and treasured. Just enjoy the ride!!
I live in the Colorado high desert, Cedaredge, and the dryness is outrageous! Your work is phenomenal!! Bless you.
The panel is absolutely beautiful, Cathy. I can relate to your stress of moving so much. I grew up in a Military family. Once we moved 3 times in one year. My Barbie doll and her clothes were my "anchor". I look forward to your next video.
I decided to finish up a knitted washcloth today. I started it a few weeks ago as one of my beginner knitting projects, but I wanted to get it done and off my needles. Had to start a new skein in the very middle - fine, fine - but I got a few rows after that and noticed I'd dropped a couple of stitches. Did NOT feel like learning how to pick up stitches, so I was like... "Well, I WAS going to make it bigger, but nope, I'm done." Immediately started decreasing to finish. XD Even the most mindless of projects have mistakes, and Herculean tasks like this one even more so.
Moving to a new place, gives you the oppotunity, to reinvent yourself. Have fun with that.
Congrats on your visa! I recall you asking for advice about it on insta. Welcome to America!
Ha!! Can totally relate with that 'look' you gave the camera at
I am now 63. When I was younger, I would just get up and move or go on a road trip or whatever, I didn’t care. I have discovered in the last few years how much of our own destiny we control. I have actively made changes in my life that caused me to be more comfortable and happy. Now that I have things arranged the way I like them, I would be much less amenable to big changes. However, that does not mean that there will not be any. The greatest challenge to me of living on the Earth as a human is accepting that everything changes all the time. I am like you, though, I have discovered simple, mundane behaviors, and objects that keep me grounded. If and when the next big change comes, I will need to remember that.
Thank you Cathy for your video. There is something magical about you making a little error as it gives us mere mortals encouragement that we all make slips from time to time. It is really obvious that you are becoming more settled as not only is your voice getting stronger but this little error has not meant the end of the world and you still see the way forward. My great aunt years ago worked in London in a well known fashion house and she always said many a garment had a slight error that no-one ever saw ,it added to it's uniqueness .
It's sooooo beautiful! 💜💜💜As for the small mistake... Who's gonna know? No one's gonna know! 🤐😂
Miss Cathy, I love your videos!!!! And the piece looks beautiful, I can’t wait to see the cost finished. I’m just very intrigued on, once it’s a finished piece of clothing, how is it supposed to be stored? You can’t hang it the closet with the rest of your wardrobe, the flowers will get crushed, won’t they?
Oooooh! Even the preview photo looks fabulous! Looking forward to hearing all about it!