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Painting a portrait when you can't paint!
A weekly series of videos throughout 2025 called a Journal for All Seasons. Journaling for self-care using mixed media and creative writing. A video every Monday at 3pm GMT.
Imbolc
The wheel of the year turns
lifting the lid of winter
through the widening crack
a warming draught of air
heavy with the scent of promise
stirs motes of clinging memories
making them dance
in the searching beams of light
and the feather duster of hope
sends fear and anger and sorrow
scuttling for cover
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Dealing with creative block and overwhelm
Просмотров 6 тыс.9 часов назад
Tales of my newly single life in a park home in the beautiful West Country of England with my furry friends Stella and Fredfred for company. I share my journey as I make my new place into a cosy home, outings to the beautiful beaches and countryside of Dorset and my witterings about the highs and lows of daily life when you are living on your own. ❤️ Links to videos mentioned Crazy patchwork st...
Slowstitching a honeycomb
Просмотров 6 тыс.14 часов назад
Using hand stitching and precious scraps of cloth, create a Slowstitch coverlet with me through the year, suitable for absolute beginners and more experienced stitchers. A journal cloth, for and about yourself. We will create a section each month and join as we go. The projects can also be used individually so don't worry if you join us late. There will be weekly videos every Wednesday at 3pm G...
Stepping forward into the future
Просмотров 4,6 тыс.19 часов назад
A weekly series of videos throughout 2025 called a Journal for All Seasons. Journaling for self-care using mixed media and creative writing. A video every Monday at 3 pm GMT. Links to videos I mention at the bottom of the page. If you enjoyed the video please click the thumbs up as it makes me very happy, thank you. ♥️ If you don't want to miss future videos, please subscribe and click the litt...
Slow Journaling - holding everything together
Просмотров 4,2 тыс.День назад
Please join me on this slow journaling journey, creating a personal art journal from scrap papers, cloth and special bits and bobs. I find that expressing my creativity in this slow and mindful way brings me peace and joy and I hope it will be the same for you too ❤️ Videos in this series will be posted every other Friday at 3pm GMT. If you enjoyed the video please click the thumbs up as it mak...
The Coverlet of Comfort - don't give yourSELF away
Просмотров 7 тыс.День назад
Using hand stitching and precious scraps of cloth, create a Slowstitch coverlet with me through the year, suitable for absolute beginners and more experienced stitchers. A journal cloth, for and about yourself. We will create a section each month and join as we go. The projects can also be used individually so don't worry if you join us late. There will be weekly videos every Wednesday at 3pm G...
Neurographic art - just for the journey
Просмотров 6 тыс.14 дней назад
A weekly series of videos throughout 2025 called a Journal for All Seasons. Journaling for self-care using mixed media and creative writing. A video every Monday at 3 pm GMT. Links to videos I mention at the bottom of the page. If you enjoyed the video please click the thumbs up as it makes me very happy, thank you. ♥️ If you don't want to miss future videos, please subscribe and click the litt...
Park (Home) Life - Your questions answered part one
Просмотров 8 тыс.14 дней назад
Tales of my newly single life in a park home in the beautiful West Country of England with my furry friends Stella and Fredfred for company. I share my journey as I make my new place into a cosy home, outings to the beautiful beaches and countryside of Dorset and my witterings about the highs and lows of daily life when you are living on your own. ❤️ Myers Briggs personality test, my results ww...
Meditative slowstitch for self care
Просмотров 9 тыс.14 дней назад
Using hand stitching and precious scraps of cloth, create a Slowstitch coverlet with me through the year, suitable for absolute beginners and more experienced stitchers. A journal cloth, for and about yourself. We will create a section each month and join as we go. The projects can also be used individually so don't worry if you join us late. There will be weekly videos every Wednesday at 3pm G...
Self care journaling with paint and collage
Просмотров 6 тыс.21 день назад
A weekly series of videos throughout 2025 called a Journal for All Seasons. Journaling for self-care using mixed media and creative writing. A video every Monday at 3 pm GMT Kelly's video on paste paper ruclips.net/video/MfoPA3VEI3A/видео.htmlsi=URFOrK37VjBupsSM If you enjoyed the video please click the thumbs up as it makes me very happy, thank you. ♥️ If you don't want to miss future videos, ...
Creating clusters and borders for pages
Просмотров 6 тыс.21 день назад
Please join me on this slow journaling journey, creating a personal art journal from scrap papers, cloth and special bits and bobs. I find that expressing my creativity in this slow and mindful way brings me peace and joy and I hope it will be the same for you too ❤️ Videos in this series will be posted every other Friday at 3pm GMT. If you enjoyed the video please click the thumbs up as it mak...
Creating a Coverlet of Comfort - Putting a frame around the Self
Просмотров 11 тыс.21 день назад
Using hand stitching and precious scraps of cloth, create a Slowstitch coverlet with me through the year, suitable for absolute beginners and more experienced stitchers. A journal cloth, for and about yourself. We will create a section each month and join as we go. There will be weekly videos every Wednesday at 3pm GMT. For the month of January, the theme is Self. Here's the link to the TED tal...
Journaling for self-care, an exercise in letting go
Просмотров 7 тыс.28 дней назад
A weekly series of videos throughout 2025 called a Journal for All Seasons. Journaling for self-care using mixed media and creative writing. A video every Monday at 3 pm GMT Kelly's video on found text ruclips.net/video/WkT3iJx8d2s/видео.htmlsi=7uU45_-sEuORjSTv If you enjoyed the video please click the thumbs up as it makes me very happy, thank you. ♥️ If you don't want to miss future videos, p...
Park (Home) Life - Boxing Day on the beach and a new Stitch Meditation Scroll
Просмотров 8 тыс.Месяц назад
Tales of my newly single life in a park home with a postage stamp garden in the beautiful West Country of England with my furry friends Stella and Fredfred for company. I share my journey as I make my new place into a cosy home, outings to the beautiful beaches and countryside of Dorset and my witterings about the highs and lows of daily life when you are living on your own. ❤️ If you enjoyed t...
Creating a Coverlet of Comfort, beginning at the centre
Просмотров 21 тыс.Месяц назад
Using hand stitching and precious scraps of cloth, create a Slowstitch coverlet with me through the year, suitable for absolute beginners and more experienced stitchers. A journal cloth, for and about yourself. We will create a section each month and join as we go. There will be weekly videos every Wednesday at 3pm GMT. For the month of January, the theme is Self. Here's the link to Jude Hill's...
Slowstitch 2024 Review of the Year
Просмотров 9 тыс.Месяц назад
Slowstitch 2024 Review of the Year
Creating a Slowstitch journal wrap from cloth and lace
Просмотров 7 тыс.Месяц назад
Creating a Slowstitch journal wrap from cloth and lace
Create a book and journal for self care with me throughout 2025
Просмотров 7 тыс.Месяц назад
Create a book and journal for self care with me throughout 2025
A beautiful but simple stitch
Просмотров 4,9 тыс.Месяц назад
A beautiful but simple stitch
Slowstitch Week 52 Wrapping and Binding
Просмотров 6 тыс.Месяц назад
Slowstitch Week 52 Wrapping and Binding
A mince pie making, walking in the woods and trimming the Christmas tree mish mash.
Просмотров 5 тыс.Месяц назад
A mince pie making, walking in the woods and trimming the Christmas tree mish mash.
Making a journal for creative expression and self care in 2025
Просмотров 9 тыс.Месяц назад
Making a journal for creative expression and self care in 2025
Grid journaling slowstitch style
Просмотров 8 тыс.Месяц назад
Grid journaling slowstitch style
Making connections between the pages
Просмотров 6 тыс.Месяц назад
Making connections between the pages
The last ever episode of Wonky Wednesday, making a scrappy log cabin
Просмотров 6 тыс.Месяц назад
The last ever episode of Wonky Wednesday, making a scrappy log cabin
Slowstitch Week 50 - Stitching Text
Просмотров 8 тыс.Месяц назад
Slowstitch Week 50 - Stitching Text
The Red Dress, a red hat and bathtime for Stella
Просмотров 6 тыс.Месяц назад
The Red Dress, a red hat and bathtime for Stella
Join me for a year of self care journaling and Slowstitch
Просмотров 8 тыс.Месяц назад
Join me for a year of self care journaling and Slowstitch
Wonky cutwork embroidery, easier than it looks!
Просмотров 4 тыс.2 месяца назад
Wonky cutwork embroidery, easier than it looks!
Slowstitch Week 49 - Stitching by Chance
Просмотров 7 тыс.2 месяца назад
Slowstitch Week 49 - Stitching by Chance

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  • @annagray4208
    @annagray4208 46 минут назад

    Very enjoyable, Kathryn. Hope Fred Fred's much better soon. Here in Victoria Australia. Legally, a cat only be outside in a cage. Thanks for all the advice and hints again.

  • @elenabaker1914
    @elenabaker1914 6 часов назад

    Even a year later, it feels live

  • @flwr2pwr
    @flwr2pwr 6 часов назад

    Love this bowl.

  • @SandraPujari-Harrian
    @SandraPujari-Harrian 7 часов назад

    Brilliant❤ Love this so very much!

  • @kelliecorum5427
    @kelliecorum5427 8 часов назад

    ❤ TFS, beautiful!

  • @stitchann
    @stitchann 8 часов назад

    A bit of bees wax might help to keep your thread from knotting. Lovely video, enjoyed it and definitely going to make one.

  • @gayeelder8255
    @gayeelder8255 10 часов назад

    I love the little one! And will there be something on tradition/technique of the Phula? Yes, thanks. I do intend to make one or more of these!

  • @kathycook6390
    @kathycook6390 12 часов назад

    Wasn’t sure where it was going but wow that was awesome. Amazing to take pictures and turn them into beautiful art. I love it❤.

  • @donnagraves2304
    @donnagraves2304 12 часов назад

    Love watching your work, but you are out of range most of the time.

    • @donnagraves2304
      @donnagraves2304 12 часов назад

      I saw the part of your lap that had no work.

  • @ReallyJillRogoff
    @ReallyJillRogoff 15 часов назад

    A slightly-belated blessed Imbolc. Love this - the ideas, the process, the result, and - most of all - your evocative, moving poem. Having very recently lost some cousins and friends, I find it comforting. And, as always, you teach us all so much, giving me more courage and confidence as I begin to explore mixed media. Thank-you so much, dear Kathryn. You never need to apologise, but I'm touched that you trust us enough to share your doubts and anxieties as you find creative solutions. Have a good week. ❤❤❤

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales 14 часов назад

      Thank you Jill, I am so sorry for your losses. I hope you have a good week too. Lots of love ❤️

    • @ReallyJillRogoff
      @ReallyJillRogoff 6 часов назад

      Thank-you. Much love right back.

  • @danielleblimline4006
    @danielleblimline4006 20 часов назад

    Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Your art is lovely. Thank you for letting us watch. I'm learning a ton and learning to be brave with my own creations.

  • @rebeccaserpa4950
    @rebeccaserpa4950 20 часов назад

    Fantastic! I absolutely love this!

  • @jennybowman1276
    @jennybowman1276 21 час назад

    Oh I hear what you’re saying about the word “eco”. I now say Botanical Printing instead of Eco Printing 😊

  • @jennybowman1276
    @jennybowman1276 День назад

    Hi Kathryn. I’m from Western Australia,and been on holiday in Bali last couple weeks, so am now just catching up on your videos. WOW, Thankyou for sharing so much of yourself ❤ Before my holiday I had been watching you for a while. My Dad passed away 7 months ago now, and I haven’t been able to stitch either. Crocheting is all I’ve been able to do. Thankyou for sharing your cloth you made with your Dads handkerchiefs and shirts ❤ Love the movie “Yesterday” too! Thanks also for your thoughts on having too much stuff around you while trying to create. I realise now why I get so overwhelmed. I’m going to pack up some stuff now, and put it in a cupboard for shopping later. 😊 Love this idea. Well, on to watching the rest of your videos I’ve missed. ❤ 😊

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales 17 часов назад

      Hello Jenny, hope you had a lovely time. I am so sorry for the loss of your Dad, I hope your reorganization maybe sparks you to stitch again ❤️

  • @BendyDePriest
    @BendyDePriest День назад

    It’s beautiful!

  • @jenniferbrown8068
    @jenniferbrown8068 День назад

    Your process and patience are as inspiring as the beautiful outcome! You are so naturally very talented! ❤❤

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales День назад

      Thank you so much, that is such a lovely thing to say 🥰

    • @SandraPujari-Harrian
      @SandraPujari-Harrian 7 часов назад

      Brilliant!!!! Love this so very much! ❤

  • @gonerustic
    @gonerustic День назад

    Absolutely beautiful - I was mesmerised right till the end 💕😊

  • @elenabaker1914
    @elenabaker1914 День назад

    I feel so silly because ‘back in the day’ I thought that somehow you were supposed to remove the papers after stitching through them. But now as I’ve been typing, I heard you mention taking the paper out. Now, this obviously non=quilter is really confused! (Thriftbooks). I could go on...and on about my confusion but II think that I best close this comment...

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales День назад

      Hello Elena, not silly at all, yes when doing normal English paper piecing these days, we do remove the papers. In the video, I am paying tribute to antique English paper pieced quilts in museums which have the papers left in, possibly for extra warmth or sometimes because the work was unfinished. Hope that clears it up. ❤️

  • @uteute7956
    @uteute7956 День назад

    Amazing. Lovely. Delightful. Thank you.

  • @lovepaper68
    @lovepaper68 День назад

    even if it took you hours, the result is worth every single minute❤ - what a stunning page 🤗 Angelika

  • @megantorri1711
    @megantorri1711 День назад

  • @michellesocialbutterfly9517
    @michellesocialbutterfly9517 День назад

    This came out brilliant. Bravo, well done Kathryn. I love the whole spread. thank you for sharing your process. The feathers added just the right touch. I love the poem on the side over the black. the whole thing is marvelous.

  • @cristinahewer5710
    @cristinahewer5710 День назад

    I truly enjoyed the transformation of your images, well done.

  • @Zorashove
    @Zorashove День назад

    I love it and thank you

  • @debraanderson4826
    @debraanderson4826 День назад

    Bridget...Biddy Was my great grandmother who came to Australia from Ireland.❤ This has warmed my heart 😊

  • @janicelayton7373
    @janicelayton7373 День назад

    Oh Kathryn, Thank you so much for sharing so much of yourself with us. You have offered many words of wisdom here and it feels like I was sitting across the room from you! You are such an encouragement to me. Thank you from the bottom of my ❤

  • @roseboss5899
    @roseboss5899 День назад

    Beautiful. And full of special meaning ❤

  • @juliechaud
    @juliechaud День назад

    Blessed Imbolc !! I love your spread, very touching for the meaning of this special gap in time. ❤

    • @ljshaw8516
      @ljshaw8516 14 часов назад

      I love my Wheel of Time I have in my Studio/Sewing Room.

  • @karenh789
    @karenh789 День назад

    Your creativity is a treasure ❤😊

  • @cathybrelza5055
    @cathybrelza5055 День назад

    Kathryn your image is beautiful, wishing you much bravery 🍀🐚🪷🪺💐

  • @SaraKelly-ze4zz
    @SaraKelly-ze4zz День назад

    I remember last year you said that when we're not feeling very confident about our stitching, just keep adding more stitches. Your video today proves the same point. Just keep going with mark making etc. Voila! You made a gorgeous journal page!

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales День назад

      Thank you Sara, you are right 🤗❤️

  • @amyspanne5629
    @amyspanne5629 День назад

    My quote for February came from Marion as she blithely applied painted vines to a jersey cardigan she was reverse appliqueing, "Sometimes you just have to confidently go for it and you can surprise yourself how much you can do." Sometimes, we just have to go for it Kathryn. xo

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales День назад

      I saw that, her jacket turned out beautifully ❤️

  • @GuylaineDesfosses
    @GuylaineDesfosses День назад

    Bonjour K3n !! Magnifique 👌

  • @gayeelder8255
    @gayeelder8255 День назад

    Thanks!

  • @gayeelder8255
    @gayeelder8255 День назад

    What a neat finish! It is a joy to learn and watch at the same time after a depressing review of the day's news . Thank you, as always.😊

  • @ljshaw8516
    @ljshaw8516 День назад

    You spent the afternoon with me in my studio/sewing room. My grandmother was looking at you too from her lovely photo identifying each and every items in your glorious vintage DMC sewing box. It was absolutely delicious! Can I utilize that word there...oh never mind it was just a trip down memory lane of my times with grandmother. She came over from Austria-Hungary when she was just 3 years old...in 1900, landing in Ellis Island - between NY and NJ. Thanks!

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales День назад

      Oh yes, I think you can absolutely say 'delicious' 😉 happy to keep you company ❤️

  • @bellascraftystudio
    @bellascraftystudio День назад

    Hi Katheryn, you are an amazing storyteller, I love listening to your thought process, you are teaching us so many wonderful things. Your page and poem are fabulous. Thank you so much. Lots of love and hugs, Bella xx

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales День назад

      Thank you Bella such a lovely thing to say ❤️

  • @crisfernandez477
    @crisfernandez477 День назад

    No judgement what so ever Kathryn with anything that you do😅 I'm really impressed with this technique, the end result is amazing! Happy Imbolc 😊 Btw, did you know that 3 white feathers represent the protection of your guardian angel and their love towards you? Brigid must have sent them your way as she was happy with her portrait❤

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales День назад

      Thank you Cris, I didn't know about the feathers, how lovely ❤️

  • @BettyJohnsonKoop
    @BettyJohnsonKoop День назад

    Absolutely love this, Kathryn! Very inspiring! What will I come up with? Can’t wait to try.

  • @julieoughtred4887
    @julieoughtred4887 День назад

  • @HappyBird105
    @HappyBird105 День назад

    My creative mind is buzzing!!! Watercolors-over-gesso-over-lazer-print?!? Stunning! I am so inspired! THANK YOU for sharing your creativity with those of us lucky enough to have found your channel! Our imbolc scene this year is covered in snow with freezing temperatures…but that doesn’t stop the hope of spring and appreciation of a few warm and cozy months inside. I really enjoy watching you create!🥰

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales День назад

      My pleasure, I am so pleased you enjoyed it. ❤️

  • @randicolberg1687
    @randicolberg1687 День назад

    Your poem and collage are just beautiful, Kathryn.

  • @jayneelinor
    @jayneelinor День назад

    Bright Blessing to you on Imbolc Katherine! Your page turned out so well and your poem is really beautiful and relatable. I think I understand why you feel shy to do something new on camera. When you have mastery of one type of art form (I think you will deny having mastery but you are a very accomplished and skilled cloth and stitch artist), it can be difficult to work in a medium you do not have that experience in as you may have high expectations for yourself. This has be my experience as a mixed media artist who changes their focus and has reinvented their art many times.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales День назад

      Thank you Jayne, I think you are right. I am much further along on my stitching journey and I am confident that through experience, I can sort out anything that is not making me happy. I have only been dabbling in mixed media for a couple of years so I am learning and trying to apply the same process focused ethos and not get bogged down in the outcome. It's challenging, especially doing it publicly but I can only hope it helps others to watch me struggle and (hopefully) overcome. 😁❤️

  • @rhondadownes207
    @rhondadownes207 День назад

    I just loved watching the process and your poem is magnificent. 🥰

  • @maureenlatta6376
    @maureenlatta6376 День назад

    I became completely engrossed in your process and the transformation has been brilliant. Bridget looks charming with her wispy strawberry hair. Your swirly area on her hair has taken on the image of a fabric rose when it is seen from afar. I will always follow along with you on this video and even though I will not be actually producing a journal, the way you collage is helping me get a handle on the process. Collage presents a challenge for me, even with cloth and tends to bring out my lack of confidence in my own ideas, but I will be brave one day and throw caution to the wind. After all we are our own worst critics so the item I produce may look amatuerish to me but clever to another set of eyes. Take good care Kathryn. Love your poem.

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales День назад

      Thank you Maureen, yes we can indeed be our own worst critics. Trying to focus on the process, as with my stitching but with this kind of mixed media I am less confident and more judgemental of myself. I guess that too is a process. ❤️

  • @mafish7962
    @mafish7962 День назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @alyrobbins5299
    @alyrobbins5299 День назад

    So beautiful Katherine. I love your poem and page!

  • @cathrynheywood4259
    @cathrynheywood4259 День назад

    Beautiful poem Kathryn ❤

  • @lisaray9778
    @lisaray9778 День назад

    You have been such a comfort to me since I found your channel about a year ago. As a fellow creative, horse lover/former rider (for similar reasons) and someone who needed to leave a 32 year marriage, I am still finding my way back to a life. Your genuine spirit, candid nature, wisdom and wittering are always a bright spot in my days- sometimes the only one I can manage on any given day. Thank you for discussing how letting the ads play benefits you- I will surely let them play from now on as your content is worth millions to me❤

    • @k3n.clothtales
      @k3n.clothtales День назад

      Thank you Lisa, wishing you love and strength in your own journey ❤️