@@jennifernesta4767 just know there are 64 Million people waking up with you with the same emotions. And millions of others throughout the world who are also concerned and sending us well wishes. You are not alone. We'll get through this together. Sending lots of love 💕 from sunny 🌞 Arizona 🌵 USA. Take care of yourself and each other 😷
Thank you 🙏🏻! Thank you 🙏🏻! Thank you 🙏🏻! I’m very thankful for the fact that you accepted my suggestion, I’m happy that you liked it and I’m very grateful for the mention of my art and myself. I’ve stitched along, I’ve already have two blocks, but I’m going to make two more. I’m making a small quilt with my mother’s old cloths. I didn’t get to keep many things from her (for several reasons), so I only have some bedsheets, an old dress, a handkerchief, two cloth bags to keep the bread in (my grandmother used them a lot) and some samples of cloth from when she worked (in her 20s) in a cloth shop. The cloths are mostly a bit blah, not pretty at all, but I decided I would only use those cloths to make the quilt as a tribute to her. These blocks are going to be a part of that quilt, because you know I like to do odd, uneven and messy things, they make me happy. But before I stitched them to the quilt (that’s still maybe half the size I want), I’ll post them on the facebook group. I’m now making my other two blocks and then I’m embellishing them with my fancy stitching so the cloths look prettier. Again, many, many thanks, I sincerely appreciate this, specially now 💙❤️🤎🩷💚💜💛🧡🩵🩶♥️
Thank you Kathryn for this lovely video. Don’t worry about not being an embroiderer as Marian is, you have your qualities and Marian has hers happily for us. I am glad you feel at home in your new home, I think it’s a lovely warm home. ❤ Tineke
Feeling vulnerable can be very powerful and unnerving. So I believe being irritated and feeling shakey are mostly an emotional release. It’s how humans heal from traumas. So however uncomfortable you are doing an amazing job!
I am finishing Mondays, Kantha stitching and I struggled with a few of the new stitches. I feel really pleased that I've tried them and tried something new. I look forward to making this strip piecing with the fluffy edges.❤❤❤ thank you Kathryn for our Monday and Wednesday challenges.
There is only one absolute in the world. There can be an exception anytime you feel it necessary. Please don't feel it necessary to apologize for anything. You do you and we will watch them always!! I love your videos, and I really look forward to spending time with all 3 of your weekly videos. Hugs to you, Stella and Fred Fred. ❤❤❤
I watch Mondays video, Remember we are only human and allowed to make a mistake. I loved the video I m just a beginner and hopefully my mistakes are all part of learning..No apologies needed..just keep stitching and we can keep learning 😂
Please please don’t apologise or ever feel bad about anything you do. 😢 I’m sorry that the video for the Kantha style sample didn’t go well for you, but as you’ve often said to us viewers (hopefully friends) many times you do you! I was more than happy to see your original sampler as it was how mine has sometimes ended up, a bit wonky…. Also if you felt it wasn’t you, then you could do exactly what you needed to do and change it. My wheel didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped and I was a bit disappointed, but I have learnt from it, which for me is a big part of taking part in your wonderful channel. Please continue to do as you’re doing, but don’t be hard on yourself xx
Your voice, this morning, is occupying my mind enough to keep it from going into some darker places. Thank you for that, Kathryn!!! I applaud you for all the ways that "you do you". I think you get to choose how and what you add to your journals. Thanks for your good company and interesting creative activities! Btw, you could put the piece you weren't satisfied with in the journal, too. I've been through some of that with art journals when, after pages of pleasing artwork, I make one or more that grate on my artistic judgment... really tempting to remove them as if they never existed. I had a dog once that would run ahead on hiking trails and eat horse or other droppings before I caught up with him. He was sooo pleased with himself!!! Thankfully, most of our walks didn't offer exotic poo varieties that tempted him. Hugs and best wishes to you, Frdfred, & Stella. (Purpledicular made me laugh 😂)💕☮️🐾
Hi Kathryn! I love your videos and agree with the others about you being so real and honest. We appreciate you so much! I don't usually comment since I watch you on my television. But...when you talked about how you reflected on why you felt as you did about the embroidery video that you made, it made me reflect on why I didn't participate in the blindfolded exercise. I got quite emotional when I started thinking about it and suddenly realized that the thought of blindness frightened me. My mother became blind as a result of macular degeneration, which runs in her family. The reality of possibly becoming blind in the future has been in the back of my mind for years and I don't really deal with things that upset me very well and therefore, I just don't think about it! I don't think that's a particularly healthy thing. I thank you for setting such a good example in so many ways. The world is a better place because you are in it and share your thoughts and practices with us fortunate viewers of your channel! Keep being you!
I am so sorry you have that fear, I have something similar about my hands as both my grandmother and mother had and have bad arthritis in theirs. My Granny had to give up knitting (which she loved) and my mother can no longer knit either (she was never a hand stitcher really). My hands are fine at the moment but the thought of one day not being able to stitch is quite hard to think about. I guess I have to appreciate and enjoy it while I can. And when I can't, I will have to find another way to be creative. Hugs to you ❤️
Don’t worry about it. Just keep on going. I haven’t done that exercise yet but I still feel myself not liking how this is or that went here and there. I have pulled things apart or put it down and picked it back up the next day and all has gone better. It’s the same for baking . Some days I can’t bake worth a crap. Everything I try goes to crap. Same when painting. It’s not going well, it’s not flowing smoothly , so I just clean my brushes and put paint and mediums away and wait till the next day. We all have our moments or days when things just aren’t flowing and everything just seems to fall apart or not go well at all. Yah ketchup or tomato juice. Takes a good deal of the stink out. lol You’re doing fine. ❤❤❤❤
I found it very consoling that even someone as skillful as you can have an "off" day, to the rest of us who can be learning something new, without the strain of video recording and teaching as well the "off" day can make it less stressful for us when we go wrong. The zen factor is more achievable! 😊❤
I loved this video. Always good to remember we don't have to take every guilt trip we are packed for and that we can like or dislike our work as the mood hits us. We are not static beings. We change and grow every day and I am enjoying each opportunity to "be with you" through your lovely videos and your witters. I have learned so much and enjoy the time immensely which is what is important. Bless you and thank you.
Verry interesting piece of work,I am so happy you said you feel at home now,you have done a lot of work to achieve that and made a warm and comfy home,I always look out for your videos, not only because they are interesting but also it makes me feel happy to hear you talking 😀
😊 Katherine, you are a genuine and loving person. It’s wonderful that you can share your sincere, heartfelt self with us. We are all vulnerable to our feelings. Our collective arms are offering you a special hug ❤
Your Kantha work on Monday was beautiful. You are so very talented and you are so hard on yourself- I am a beginner and you are an amazing teacher and a huge inspiration. My name is Delisa Dickson from Ward, Arkansas. Thank you for being so honest and I love your withering, and the love you have for Stells & Fred Fred! Your eco dying was a breath of fresh air- I have always wanted to dye fabrics and papers with beets, and avocado skins, and so forth. Thank you again for being YOU!
Dear K3n! Wonderful square! The light and dark, as it is both within us. And the same thread changing, when going from the dark to the light side. That is the perspective. It really speaks to me. Thank you! xxx Helene
Dear K3n, thank you for sharing your thoughts of reflection. I think, thats what makes your work so convincing. I belief that stumbling over one's own beliefs and intentions belongs to any process. Thank you so much for everything you share! ❤
Back in my comfort zone. I’ve enjoyed the challenge of the recent projects, but find myself going back to the meditation scrolls. So calming and comforting.
Please do not apologise, you are doing a great job, we all human, I have learned so much from you, I don’t always do the projects you do, but I use your ideas and stitches to make my own pieces, I stitch along as you talking, its like being in a stitch class, as I imagine all the other people doing the same. ❤️ xx
Thank you so much, I always imagine you all there too, stitching or knitting. I know you are not of course because I am recording and anyway you all watch at different times but I still have that community feeling. ❤️
Thank you for sharing yourself with us all. I am happy to see the wonkiness of the projects. If you did not like it, it is perfectly fine to adjust it to your liking. I try not to take things apart or redo them. But, sometimes it screams at you to fix it. It is perfectly fine with all of us. It is part of being human. We love you regardless. We just are loving you showing us your magic with cloth and threads. Keep up the stitching and whittering. I am also glad to hear you are feeling more at home in your little dwelling. Love to the three of you.
I feel honored that you share your feelings with us. Your introspection guides me as much as your needle. You have certainly made an impact on the way I approach my art. Thank you! ❤
I’m so sorry that you’re experiencing doubt and self-criticism. We are allowed to be full of contradictions and confusion. We are allowed to have off-days. We are allowed to change our minds. Recognising that emotional tension in us, and others, is what makes all of us connect more strongly with others around us. We’re not robots yet, Kathryn 🤖! Thank God! Sending you much love and support as always.
Kathryn you absolutely have nothing to be sorry about. I love how you push yourself and us out of our comfort zone at times and - certainly for me - make me consider my handwork in ways that never have occurred to me, such as sewing blind and what that’s like. Also how that affects me moving forward into subsequent pieces of work. To me this is good for me. It broadens my thinking and you didn’t twist my arm to do it! I chose to do it, to see what it was like and how I’d think about it later. I LOVE that about your teaching. Each one of us has the choice to join in or not. You mustn’t feel you owe any of us anything with what you present each week. We are so lucky to have you here working hard a number of times a week on our behalf . I personally can’t thank you enough for all you do. Sorry I’m not explaining myself very well, suffice to say YOU’RE THE BEST! 🥳❤
Thank you so much Ellen, and you are right, the prompts are only ever an invitation but you have all been so good to me and so supportive, I like to do my best for you all ❤️
I truly savor watching you stitch, tell lovely stories of Stella and Fred Fred and seeing your mind create beautiful things from small bits of fabric. You are a wonderful hard working teacher. Thank you k3n. Piece, Linda
Oh Kathryn with not liking the piece you came up with on monday yourself and your decision to make another one for your journal you made me just happy and gave me a good feeling! I always wanted my projects to be perfect and ended up supersophisticating them which made the creating process kind of stressful and less enjoyable. When I came upon your slow stitching monday project some weeks ago, it immediately hit me that I want to follow you and I started a journal titled „embrace the process“. And I‘m doing better by now, but there are still many moments when I struggle and go back into my old habit of overthinking my pieces - so, thank you for letting me witness that even you have such moments!!!!! ( I hope my writing makes sense and you understand what I wanted to say 🙈) 🤗 Angelika
Oh I am so excited to get started on this next. I sat and did some fabric weaving while I watched you do this string quilting, I’m quite behind on actually doing the things you show us. But it’s all stuck in my brain for future projects. Spinning around like a bug happy tangle of thoughts. Don’t feel hypocritical about not wanting to put something you created in your journal. Sometimes life is like that. But I still stand by my last comment that you should stack all of the pieces together- the one you were fond of, along with the fixed version and other practice versions. Because now the entire process is the memory of that week- and I think that is a lovely thing to put into the journal. But ultimately, it’s your journal and you get to decide 😀
@@k3n.clothtales I believe what sets you apart from mainstream humanity is your strong, moral compass. It’s a special trait you should honor, protect and trust.
Dear K3N, you did not disappoint us by redoing last weeks sampler. You did give us your permission and understanding when we may succumb to do the same. I have days when struck dumb with "impostor syndrome", especially when teaching others (past). Having found your friendship, I have more respect for my own feelings. We're all OK!
Hi Kathryn, it’s a balmy 78 degrees Fahrenheit in Massachusetts USA Today which is quite unusual for this time of year. Your directions are very clear to me. Looking forward to Fridays Park Home Life video, as I get to see your area of the world.
Thank you Kathryn for this lovely string block. Everything you make looks beautiful, even the stitch sampler. I'm definitely not an expert in slow stitching, but I feel that we can slow stitch a practice piece and not like the end product. I think it's OK to enjoy the process of making something and then discard it because we don't like it. Just a thought at the end of a busy day. Thank you for every video, every stitch, every word. ❤
I didn’t notice any issues with the kantha stitches video … maybe because I was concentrating on learning them? That was the purpose of your making it and I thought you explained and showed the stitches very clearly. My teaching career taught me to assess our work based on whether the desired outcomes were achieved. So all good because I/we learned and did the stitches! xo
Katherine, please don’t be too hard on yourself. Your skills are so fantastic, that I never noticed anything untoward at all. It was as usual a learning experience for me. I aspire to become even half of the accomplished needle worker you are. Speaking of accomplished. I attended the International Quilt Show in Houston Texas last weekend. What I saw was mind boggling. I was amazed at the variety! There were such beautiful quilts, art, traditional, lap, etc. sooo many! I spent the entire day there. I wish I knew how to post a couple of photos here…
@@k3n.clothtales, I've always seen that as one of the major drawbacks of RUclips, that you have to go somewhere else to post a photo or a link, even a link to another RUclips channel.
Another wonderful video Kathryn. Love all your videos, please remember you are only human but a wonderful one at that. Love hearing your thoughts as I stich on a project while watching and listening to you. Loved the Kantha video and had bought the Kantha book after watching your wonderful elephant embroidery. lots of love to you, Stella and Fred Fred and so happy to hear your dwelling now feels like home, one of the best feelings in the world xxxx
Thank you. This block looks like a lovely variation on string quilting. My take, for what it is worth, on the Kantha Embroidery stitches, week 45, is that sometimes not being pleased by the outcome of a piece or part of a piece is part of the process. But as always, you do you. I didn't feel let down in the least bit. In fact I felt validated. I don't redo things to death or for perfection but I do like to feel as if I'm honoring my making by taking my time to craft and create. If you enjoyed making the second piece and feel better about it than that's ok.
Happy 2-month New Home Anniversary Kathryn! And such a lovely home it is. Regarding the no sight project...I couldn't bring myself to do it as my Mom is currently going totally blind. It was too rare of an emotion for me to participate in and I have low vision myself...so I suppose since that might be my future, I am fully aware of my deficits. Every project I can get completed is a "little happy dance celebration", but I don't take anything for granted. Such a project can really get embedded in your mind and you need a little "reset" after the trauma of it. Soothe your soul and be gentle with yourself! 🌲🤗lj
Thank you for the happy anniversary, I actually hadn't realised 😊 I am so sorry about your mum, and I can understand completely why the exercise was too close to home. Lots of love to you ❤️
You have to be a bit of a perfectionist to be able to create all the beautiful work you do (past and present)! And we all get to enjoy that through all the videos you make, even when times are rough. You can’t do that without at least a tiny little bit of it. So thank you for being a little bit of a perfectionist and be kind to yourself as you are to others. Stella probably looks with much love at her dinner so that is also wonderful (the eye of the beholder etc. I mean, who of us like to roll around in fox poo???) This video is lovely, inspiring, relaxing and perfect as always in my eyes. 🍀💖😻😍🥰💐
Thank you Machteld, yes I guess Stella is 'doing her' rolling in fox poo, and she apparently thinks it smells great, it's just a matter of perspective that I think it's disgusting. 😂❤️❤️❤️
A warm sisterly hug for you. I may be talking out of the back of my head, but all of these changes in your life are bound to throw up all sorts of emotions and unfamiliar reactions to things. Be gentle with yourself x
Good early morning! Not usually up this early so thought I’d watch wonky Wednesday to smooth me. I’m not sure how I felt after the blindfold piece. I anticipate my pieces are never the greatest anyways so just go with it 😂. But I felt “something” different. I tried to vary my kantha a stitch piece so it “visually” looked like a project as I had done a sampler of straight lines before and hadn’t liked it. I’m not sure where I’m going with this and just wittering as you would say. But I found this past week my wanting to just do simpler stitches again but making it look somewhat interesting. Came across a couple “stitch meditation vs slow stitch” videos and what the people thought that meant. They seemed quieter and simpler than the stitch meditation scrolls even (which I adore the scrolls btw). A couple others said stitch meditation may just be a few pieces of random cloth with running stitches and several pieces were just a whole piece of cloth with random running stitches. The suggestion was made to do “stitch meditation” in a quiet silent time or at most listening to calm classical/instrumental music with no words…that it works more of the right side of the brain. Whereas slow stitch is relaxing and helps stress but with other things going on it makes the left side of the brain kick in. So I have been wondering maybe you could do a silent stitch meditation and see what happens. 😂 can you imagine trying to do a video where there is no sound and then we just kinda follow along and then we do in silence or you have pretty background music? Not sure how this all came up but maybe bc your mention of being stressed with the kantha sampler and my wondering if stitch meditation and quiet conjured up some wittering 😂. Disjointed thoughts bc it’s way too early for me I suppose. Anyhoo…when I wake up I’m gonna attempt some eco dying and then use that piece to try to use as a stitch meditation cloth. That may take a couple days so will do your awesome string quilt until that happens.
Thank you, it's an interesting thought, me not talking for an hour or so 😂 I don't think a lot of people would like music, many have said they like my channel because there's no music. Interesting that others make a distinction between stitch meditation and slowstitch, to me they are inextricably linked. I can certainly invite people to stitch in silence or with gentle music though, that is often how I work myself. ❤️
I don't know. I think the frustration over the making of the video caused your former self (the traditional quilter) to come out, and she reacted to the piece. Sometimes we tend to think too much over something making it worse than it really is. I tend to like things to be as nice as they can be, but I won't go out of my way to make it so. Suemayo said it well, you do you. I will add, don't sweat the small stuff. I can only speak for myself when I say...neat, or messy, anything you do is fine with me. 😉
I would love to have a video about “travel kit” … I’m on a vacation, found myself very frustrated not having what I “needed” when I started stitching. What do you take with you when you travel … taking squares of pre prepared small pieces of cloth was something I hadn’t even thought about
A few months ago, the theme was Desert Island Stitching which kind of addressed that a little bit. If I travel, I usually take my sewing pouch with needles, threads and scissors and a small piece if I have something on the go (I usually do) or a stitch meditation scroll (there's a video about those) to work on. ❤️
I love this and would love to try - i enjoyed the greek key and the bento so much, this looks just as fun! Is this what you were doing with the one that was partially hung on on the wall and partially laid out somewhere to work on? Where the dark and light were meandering? Or was that pieced like a traditional log cabin? I really have to figure something out for when knitting isn't possible because I've lost my beading passion again. You have been keeping me company while I figure out that, and where to find some actual hope. 💚💚💚
That one is more traditional log cabin and I pieced it on the machine. I have been doing some handstitching on it but haven't got it out for a while. I think the fact that I had machine pieced it bothered me. ❤️
I must admit I was very surprised that you did discard your sample piece and did another - may be it was feeding into something to do with your new situation maybe a feeling of not being good enough and doubting yourself, rather than your usual attitude of it’s only a sample, a try,- it was a blip and shows us your human - I identify with wonky Wednesday the most, but love trying the more technical on a Monday. Keep doing what you do, sharing your love of cloth and stitching,thank you.
Oh, I forgot, as to the Monday’s video, I did notice you were a bit nervous, but I wouldn’t worry about it nor think too much of it, because it’s more than natural that you’d be a bit nervous teaching new stitches that you yourself don’t use that often. Of course, if you have a RUclips channel, you want to do things properly so viewers can understand it, so it’s natural that in that case you want to be a perfectionist. I’m the least perfectionist person in the world, but if I had a channel and I were teaching what you teach, I would want to be a perfectionist too so that people would learn things 😊😊😊💙♥️🧡💚💛🩷💜🩵🤎❤️🩶
Ps: re: fox 💩 😂. My dad used to run his dogs in the woodsy park where they had a traveling circus. Well apparently elephant 💩 was loved by the one dog so much he would not move and just stayed in the elephant poop. 😂. Luckily elephants aren’t a common occurrence in Florida so after a few rains etx the dog no longer felt attracted to the elephant poop. 😂
Unless you are engaging in slow stitching solely for a type of meditation process or such, I think it unrealistic to believe that we shouldn't take into consideration the end product as well as the process. For those of us that stitch beyond just samples and are creating something, whether it be an art wall hanging, a quilt, a bag, whatever, how can we not consider the end result? For me, the process of stitching informs the way the piece is made and defines what it is, but if it ends up not being pleasing to the eye, I see nothing wrong with correcting it. The emphasis was the process. The product remains important, but only to the extent that it is informed by the process. This is challenging to put into words!
I’m not sure if it was you, but someone recently has mentioned that there is a “belief” that slow stitching can be messy and not to bother about stitch size or what thread or what fabric; just throw stuff down and be joyous. I don’t think that’s right. I understand letting go of the cruelty of perfection is important, but I also think being pleased by and with one’s work is more important. So if your Monday work didn’t please you, be free to redo it til it does. Nothing hypocritical or devious about that.
@@dingtonia I said recently that there is a belief that Slowstitch should be messy , which I don't agree with. Thank you yes, letting go of the cruelty of perfection, but 'doing you '. ❤️
Mostly because I live knowing several names to search with, my A-Z Embroidery Stitches book shows the mala stitch as Spanish knotted feather stitch. Looks more like a chain stitch variation to me but it gave me a no power needed visual. Letting people know that not everything goes as you want is a good thing. Showing people it's okay to be dissatisfied with a thing and change it. This got too long, sorry.
Don't apologise, that is a lovely perspective to hear. And yes, Spanish Knotted Feather Stitch, I discovered that after uploading the video, I mentioned it in the description. ❤️
Yes, I noticed Monday you wasn't happy with what you made. Maybe that's why I told about my own project (in the Facebook group) that I'm not used to straight lines and I don't mind they're 'wonky'.
I'm kind of new to your channel, so I'm not sure what's happening with Stella and the fox poo. But I gather that she likes to wear it. I read somewhere that dogs will roll in a stinky mess to camouflage their own scent. So, it could be that she doesn't like the particular scent of the shampoo that you use. Try a shampoo that is unscented.
Yes she rolls in it. She has a special shampoo from the vet as she has allergies and it's unscented, I have been using it for years and she has only recently started this fox poo obsession. Thank you though for the advice and also welcome 🤗
@k3n.clothtales , didn't you say that 2 months ago she didn't live where there were fox? That alone explains the "recent obsession". But you also mentioned that she has a lot of new friends... Maybe they smell like shampoo and that's where she's gotten the idea that she needs a smell. It could be that she wants a smell... Instead of smelling like unscented shampoo. Since she has sensitive skin, I'd try something soothing and natural that I have to hand, like a dab of coconut oil or even essential oils mixed with a base of coconut or even olive oil. I'd keep it totally non-toxic as she's likely to lick it or transfer a minute bit to you and your environment through her contact. But ask her which "moisturizer" she'd like. I'm sure you'll find one she likes better than fox poo. Because you mentioned tomato baths, you might have to choose a strong smell for her new "moisturizer". But you never know, she just might want to smell pretty like you! 💕🌞🌵😷
There were lots of foxes in our woods in France, perhaps she just likes the smell of the English ones better. 😂 But you make a good point about the other dogs, perhaps it is something to do with the fact that there are lots of other dogs around that she wants to maybe mask her own smell. Interesting. ❤️
Is she feeling insecure having moving environment? Fox poop being really smelly, is she trying to leave a stronger scent for others to find. My dog is submissive and is a bugger for rolling in it, always has when out with the husband. Doesn’t do it with the rest of us because we keep her insight. He doesn’t. Doesn’t keep her on the lead either when he should. Huge bone of contention but then he thinks we should all toe his line. We don’t. Thanks for a calm video that’s keeping me company on Sunday afternoon as I hand stitch binding to Linus quilt so can wash it.
I like the fluffy edges alot.🤎🤍🤎 And Monday was interesting that after seeing your Kantha book I bought one too. Most intriguing work and stories. Also, you tell us to "YOU DO YOU", so if I want to redo something I would. If I may suggest that "YOU DO YOU" too. LOL💙💚💛 Second or third time around is great practice. Have a wonderful day K3n🥰
At last!😊have been waiting up for this❤Cheers and wishing everyone health,happiness and joyful stitching! Julia, Brisbane, Australia 🙏 ❤ 🇦🇺 😀 🪃 xx (ps- " you can please some of the people all of the time;& all of the people some of the time;but not all of the people all of the time:- so you might as well please yourself!!" Or " you do you!"😊❤ After all you've been through & doing this year: please be gentle and kind to you!){ lecture over!x} Does Stella still take her ball on your walks!😅
I love what Liz Gilbert says: “perfection is a serial killer”. Your generosity with your skills and life experiences is deeply appreciated by me 🦋
❤Waking up in USA…Thanking Universe for Katherine’s whittering . A safe harbor amidst the storm of my emotions ❤
Hugs and thinking of you ❤️
@@jennifernesta4767 just know there are 64 Million people waking up with you with the same emotions. And millions of others throughout the world who are also concerned and sending us well wishes. You are not alone. We'll get through this together. Sending lots of love 💕 from sunny 🌞 Arizona 🌵 USA. Take care of yourself and each other 😷
I’m in the same boat. K3N is a lovely diversion! Thank you Katherine. ❤
Responding to agree, looking to slow stitching to survive.
Same here in S. California.
What a storm of emotions.
Hugs!
Thanks for some calm on a crazy day in the U.S.
I’m grateful for your calming presence at this terrible time. I am thankful for any place of sanity and decency. Thank you so much.
My pleasure Kelly, hugs and love to you ❤️
@k3n.clothtales YOU REALLY REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE @
Thank you 🙏🏻! Thank you 🙏🏻! Thank you 🙏🏻!
I’m very thankful for the fact that you accepted my suggestion, I’m happy that you liked it and I’m very grateful for the mention of my art and myself.
I’ve stitched along, I’ve already have two blocks, but I’m going to make two more. I’m making a small quilt with my mother’s old cloths. I didn’t get to keep many things from her (for several reasons), so I only have some bedsheets, an old dress, a handkerchief, two cloth bags to keep the bread in (my grandmother used them a lot) and some samples of cloth from when she worked (in her 20s) in a cloth shop. The cloths are mostly a bit blah, not pretty at all, but I decided I would only use those cloths to make the quilt as a tribute to her.
These blocks are going to be a part of that quilt, because you know I like to do odd, uneven and messy things, they make me happy. But before I stitched them to the quilt (that’s still maybe half the size I want), I’ll post them on the facebook group.
I’m now making my other two blocks and then I’m embellishing them with my fancy stitching so the cloths look prettier.
Again, many, many thanks, I sincerely appreciate this, specially now 💙❤️🤎🩷💚💜💛🧡🩵🩶♥️
You are very welcome, thank you so much for the inspiration. I am sure you will make those 'blah' cloths beautiful with your gorgeous stitching ❤️
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Thank you Kathryn for this lovely video. Don’t worry about not being an embroiderer as Marian is, you have your qualities and Marian has hers happily for us. I am glad you feel at home in your new home, I think it’s a lovely warm home. ❤ Tineke
Thank you Tineke ♥️
I think we are always self critical of ourselves , I enjoy your channel and Marion’s world both excellent.
Thank you Susan ❤️
Feeling vulnerable can be very powerful and unnerving. So I believe being irritated and feeling shakey are mostly an emotional release. It’s how humans heal from traumas. So however uncomfortable you are doing an amazing job!
Thank you so much 😊
I am finishing Mondays, Kantha stitching and I struggled with a few of the new stitches. I feel really pleased that I've tried them and tried something new. I look forward to making this strip piecing with the fluffy edges.❤❤❤ thank you Kathryn for our Monday and Wednesday challenges.
We love you K3n!!! I learn so much from your lessons. Keep on teaching and creating. Hugs!!!
Thank you Pat ❤️
There is only one absolute in the world. There can be an exception anytime you feel it necessary. Please don't feel it necessary to apologize for anything. You do you and we will watch them always!! I love your videos, and I really look forward to spending time with all 3 of your weekly videos. Hugs to you, Stella and Fred Fred. ❤❤❤
Thank you so much 😊
I watch Mondays video, Remember we are only human and allowed to make a mistake. I loved the video I m just a beginner and hopefully my mistakes are all part of learning..No apologies needed..just keep stitching and we can keep learning 😂
Thank you and yes we seem to learn more from pieces that 'go wrong ' 😊❤️
Please please don’t apologise or ever feel bad about anything you do. 😢 I’m sorry that the video for the Kantha style sample didn’t go well for you, but as you’ve often said to us viewers (hopefully friends) many times you do you! I was more than happy to see your original sampler as it was how mine has sometimes ended up, a bit wonky…. Also if you felt it wasn’t you, then you could do exactly what you needed to do and change it. My wheel didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped and I was a bit disappointed, but I have learnt from it, which for me is a big part of taking part in your wonderful channel. Please continue to do as you’re doing, but don’t be hard on yourself xx
You have said everything that I was going to say 😘
Thank you Sue ❤️❤️❤️
Your voice, this morning, is occupying my mind enough to keep it from going into some darker places. Thank you for that, Kathryn!!!
I applaud you for all the ways that "you do you". I think you get to choose how and what you add to your journals.
Thanks for your good company and interesting creative activities! Btw, you could put the piece you weren't satisfied with in the journal, too.
I've been through some of that with art journals when, after pages of pleasing artwork, I make one or more that grate on my artistic judgment... really tempting to remove them as if they never existed.
I had a dog once that would run ahead on hiking trails and eat horse or other droppings before I caught up with him.
He was sooo pleased with himself!!! Thankfully, most of our walks didn't offer exotic poo varieties that tempted him.
Hugs and best wishes to you, Frdfred, & Stella.
(Purpledicular made me laugh 😂)💕☮️🐾
My pleasure Susan, truly. And thank you so much for your understanding words ❤️
Please don't feel anxious. I think you are amazing and the world you've opened to me has brought much joy. Thank you.
Hi Kathryn! I love your videos and agree with the others about you being so real and honest. We appreciate you so much! I don't usually comment since I watch you on my television. But...when you talked about how you reflected on why you felt as you did about the embroidery video that you made, it made me reflect on why I didn't participate in the blindfolded exercise. I got quite emotional when I started thinking about it and suddenly realized that the thought of blindness frightened me. My mother became blind as a result of macular degeneration, which runs in her family. The reality of possibly becoming blind in the future has been in the back of my mind for years and I don't really deal with things that upset me very well and therefore, I just don't think about it! I don't think that's a particularly healthy thing. I thank you for setting such a good example in so many ways. The world is a better place because you are in it and share your thoughts and practices with us fortunate viewers of your channel! Keep being you!
I am so sorry you have that fear, I have something similar about my hands as both my grandmother and mother had and have bad arthritis in theirs. My Granny had to give up knitting (which she loved) and my mother can no longer knit either (she was never a hand stitcher really). My hands are fine at the moment but the thought of one day not being able to stitch is quite hard to think about. I guess I have to appreciate and enjoy it while I can. And when I can't, I will have to find another way to be creative. Hugs to you ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales Thank you for your kindness! Hugs back to you! ❤
Don’t worry about it. Just keep on going. I haven’t done that exercise yet but I still feel myself not liking how this is or that went here and there. I have pulled things apart or put it down and picked it back up the next day and all has gone better. It’s the same for baking . Some days I can’t bake worth a crap. Everything I try goes to crap. Same when painting. It’s not going well, it’s not flowing smoothly , so I just clean my brushes and put paint and mediums away and wait till the next day. We all have our moments or days when things just aren’t flowing and everything just seems to fall apart or not go well at all.
Yah ketchup or tomato juice. Takes a good deal of the stink out. lol
You’re doing fine. ❤❤❤❤
Thank you, that really helps ❤️❤️❤️
I found it very consoling that even someone as skillful as you can have an "off" day, to the rest of us who can be learning something new, without the strain of video recording and teaching as well the "off" day can make it less stressful for us when we go wrong. The zen factor is more achievable! 😊❤
Thank you Christine ♥️
I so needed this to start my day. Thank you.
A beautiful collaboration. Thanks Kathryn and Alexandra ❤️
Thank you Tracy, big hugs and lots of love ❤️
I loved this video. Always good to remember we don't have to take every guilt trip we are packed for and that we can like or dislike our work as the mood hits us. We are not static beings. We change and grow every day and I am enjoying each opportunity to "be with you" through your lovely videos and your witters. I have learned so much and enjoy the time immensely which is what is important. Bless you and thank you.
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Verry interesting piece of work,I am so happy you said you feel at home now,you have done a lot of work to achieve that and made a warm and comfy home,I always look out for your videos, not only because they are interesting but also it makes me feel happy to hear you talking 😀
Thank you Lucia ❤️
😊 Katherine, you are a genuine and loving person. It’s wonderful that you can share your sincere, heartfelt self with us. We are all vulnerable to our feelings. Our collective arms are offering you a special hug ❤
Thank you so much, what a lovely thought ❤️
Thank you, dear Kathryn 💖🙏🌺
Your Kantha work on Monday was beautiful. You are so very talented and you are so hard on yourself- I am a beginner and you are an amazing teacher and a huge inspiration. My name is Delisa Dickson from Ward, Arkansas. Thank you for being so honest and I love your withering, and the love you have for Stells & Fred Fred! Your eco dying was a breath of fresh air- I have always wanted to dye fabrics and papers with beets, and avocado skins, and so forth. Thank you again for being YOU!
My pleasure Delisa and thank you ❤️
Dear K3n! Wonderful square! The light and dark, as it is both within us. And the same thread changing, when going from the dark to the light side. That is the perspective. It really speaks to me. Thank you!
xxx Helene
Dear K3n, thank you for sharing your thoughts of reflection. I think, thats what makes your work so convincing. I belief that stumbling over one's own beliefs and intentions belongs to any process. Thank you so much for everything you share! ❤
Thank you Catherine, indeed, I love your use of the word 'stumbling' because it describes it perfectly. ❤️
Back in my comfort zone. I’ve enjoyed the challenge of the recent projects, but find myself going back to the meditation scrolls. So calming and comforting.
Yes, I have been stitching one this last week ❤️
Please do not apologise, you are doing a great job, we all human, I have learned so much from you, I don’t always do the projects you do, but I use your ideas and stitches to make my own pieces, I stitch along as you talking, its like being in a stitch class, as I imagine all the other people doing the same. ❤️ xx
Thank you so much, I always imagine you all there too, stitching or knitting. I know you are not of course because I am recording and anyway you all watch at different times but I still have that community feeling. ❤️
Thank you for sharing yourself with us all. I am happy to see the wonkiness of the projects. If you did not like it, it is perfectly fine to adjust it to your liking. I try not to take things apart or redo them. But, sometimes it screams at you to fix it. It is perfectly fine with all of us. It is part of being human. We love you regardless. We just are loving you showing us your magic with cloth and threads. Keep up the stitching and whittering. I am also glad to hear you are feeling more at home in your little dwelling. Love to the three of you.
Thank you Michelle for being here ❤️
Beautiful! Thoroughly enjoyed this video! Love the block💕
I feel honored that you share your feelings with us. Your introspection guides me as much as your needle. You have certainly made an impact on the way I approach my art. Thank you! ❤
That is so lovely to hear thank you so much ❤️
This is a beautiful project👍🧡💐
Bjr des Htes Alpes.Un beau rendu pour ce travail .
I’m so sorry that you’re experiencing doubt and self-criticism. We are allowed to be full of contradictions and confusion. We are allowed to have off-days. We are allowed to change our minds. Recognising that emotional tension in us, and others, is what makes all of us connect more strongly with others around us. We’re not robots yet, Kathryn 🤖! Thank God! Sending you much love and support as always.
Thank you so much 😊
Kathryn you absolutely have nothing to be sorry about. I love how you push yourself and us out of our comfort zone at times and - certainly for me - make me consider my handwork in ways that never have occurred to me, such as sewing blind and what that’s like. Also how that affects me moving forward into subsequent pieces of work.
To me this is good for me. It broadens my thinking and you didn’t twist my arm to do it! I chose to do it, to see what it was like and how I’d think about it later. I LOVE that about your teaching.
Each one of us has the choice to join in or not. You mustn’t feel you owe any of us anything with what you present each week. We are so lucky to have you here working hard a number of times a week on our behalf .
I personally can’t thank you enough for all you do.
Sorry I’m not explaining myself very well, suffice to say YOU’RE THE BEST! 🥳❤
Thank you so much Ellen, and you are right, the prompts are only ever an invitation but you have all been so good to me and so supportive, I like to do my best for you all ❤️
I truly savor watching you stitch, tell lovely stories of Stella and Fred Fred and seeing your mind create beautiful things from small bits of fabric. You are a wonderful hard working teacher. Thank you k3n. Piece, Linda
Thank you Linda ❤️
Oh Kathryn with not liking the piece you came up with on monday yourself and your decision to make another one for your journal you made me just happy and gave me a good feeling! I always wanted my projects to be perfect and ended up supersophisticating them which made the creating process kind of stressful and less enjoyable. When I came upon your slow stitching monday project some weeks ago, it immediately hit me that I want to follow you and I started a journal titled „embrace the process“. And I‘m doing better by now, but there are still many moments when I struggle and go back into my old habit of overthinking my pieces - so, thank you for letting me witness that even you have such moments!!!!! ( I hope my writing makes sense and you understand what I wanted to say 🙈)
🤗 Angelika
Thank you Angelika, I understand perfectly 😊
All good Kathryn 😊. No need for apologies, you are a born teacher. ❤
Thank you 😊
Oh I am so excited to get started on this next. I sat and did some fabric weaving while I watched you do this string quilting, I’m quite behind on actually doing the things you show us. But it’s all stuck in my brain for future projects. Spinning around like a bug happy tangle of thoughts.
Don’t feel hypocritical about not wanting to put something you created in your journal. Sometimes life is like that. But I still stand by my last comment that you should stack all of the pieces together- the one you were fond of, along with the fixed version and other practice versions. Because now the entire process is the memory of that week- and I think that is a lovely thing to put into the journal. But ultimately, it’s your journal and you get to decide 😀
Thank you, I have put the piece I made in the video and the second one both in my journal. ❤️
@@c0ldlight1 that’s a great idea! It shows one’s progression! Love it!
Love this project❤️❤️
You are such a dear sweet person. ❤
So sweet of you Melissa, thank you ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales I believe what sets you apart from mainstream humanity is your strong, moral compass. It’s a special trait you should honor, protect and trust.
Dear K3N, you did not disappoint us by redoing last weeks sampler. You did give us your permission and understanding when we may succumb to do the same. I have days when struck dumb with "impostor syndrome", especially when teaching others (past). Having found your friendship, I have more respect for my own feelings. We're all OK!
Thank you Ann, big hugs ❤️
You are so real Katherine, a breathe of fresh air always. ❤ Sending kindness and love your way
PS thank you for the Kantha video. I have begun a story cloth and will use them on it. You inspired me to try something new.
Thank you, that sounds wonderful ❤️
Hi Kathryn, it’s a balmy 78 degrees Fahrenheit in Massachusetts USA Today which is quite unusual for this time of year. Your directions are very clear to me. Looking forward to Fridays Park Home Life video, as I get to see your area of the world.
Hope you enjoy it, it features a lovely walk around the grounds of a beautiful historic home just up the road from me. ❤️
I love watching and listening to your slow stitching videos!
Glad you like them! 😊
Thank you Kathryn for this lovely string block. Everything you make looks beautiful, even the stitch sampler. I'm definitely not an expert in slow stitching, but I feel that we can slow stitch a practice piece and not like the end product. I think it's OK to enjoy the process of making something and then discard it because we don't like it. Just a thought at the end of a busy day. Thank you for every video, every stitch, every word. ❤
Yes, Vivian that is a good perspective, thank you 😊
Thank you for sharing I enjoy all your videos and loved the Kantha work . Happy stitching
Beautiful work, thanks.
Ahhh shucks K3n we all live and learn, hopefully. Enjoyed the video.😊
I didn’t notice any issues with the kantha stitches video … maybe because I was concentrating on learning them? That was the purpose of your making it and I thought you explained and showed the stitches very clearly. My teaching career taught me to assess our work based on whether the desired outcomes were achieved. So all good because I/we learned and did the stitches! xo
Thank you Rita, I am glad it didn't come across. It took a lot of editing 😉😁❤️
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I have gotten so far behind due to life stepping in the way…this one really makes me want to catch up 😊 thank you
My pleasure Beth ❤️
oh I love this!
Katherine, please don’t be too hard on yourself. Your skills are so fantastic, that I never noticed anything untoward at all. It was as usual a learning experience for me. I aspire to become even half of the accomplished needle worker you are.
Speaking of accomplished. I attended the International Quilt Show in Houston Texas last weekend. What I saw was mind boggling. I was amazed at the variety! There were such beautiful quilts, art, traditional, lap, etc. sooo many! I spent the entire day there. I wish I knew how to post a couple of photos here…
Unfortunately we can't post photos here.. it's a shame ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales, I've always seen that as one of the major drawbacks of RUclips, that you have to go somewhere else to post a photo or a link, even a link to another RUclips channel.
Another wonderful video Kathryn. Love all your videos, please remember you are only human but a wonderful one at that. Love hearing your thoughts as I stich on a project while watching and listening to you. Loved the Kantha video and had bought the Kantha book after watching your wonderful elephant embroidery. lots of love to you, Stella and Fred Fred and so happy to hear your dwelling now feels like home, one of the best feelings in the world xxxx
I loved it as well as all you do❤
Thank you. This block looks like a lovely variation on string quilting. My take, for what it is worth, on the Kantha Embroidery stitches, week 45, is that sometimes not being pleased by the outcome of a piece or part of a piece is part of the process. But as always, you do you. I didn't feel let down in the least bit. In fact I felt validated. I don't redo things to death or for perfection but I do like to feel as if I'm honoring my making by taking my time to craft and create. If you enjoyed making the second piece and feel better about it than that's ok.
Yes, absolutely wise words ❤️
When i saw the fabrics for your string pieced wonky log cabin, I thought ooh Pine logs and Silver Birch logs how wonderful.😂
Yes! Lovely ❤️
When you were suggesting stitches for the diagonal, I was thinking herringbone or fly stitch would be nice too. 💕🌞🌵😷
Yes, many possibilities, herringbone or fly would be lovely 😍
So creative and relaxing to watch, thank you 💕🌸👍
My pleasure 😊
Happy 2-month New Home Anniversary Kathryn! And such a lovely home it is. Regarding the no sight project...I couldn't bring myself to do it as my Mom is currently going totally blind. It was too rare of an emotion for me to participate in and I have low vision myself...so I suppose since that might be my future, I am fully aware of my deficits. Every project I can get completed is a "little happy dance celebration", but I don't take anything for granted. Such a project can really get embedded in your mind and you need a little "reset" after the trauma of it. Soothe your soul and be gentle with yourself! 🌲🤗lj
Thank you for the happy anniversary, I actually hadn't realised 😊 I am so sorry about your mum, and I can understand completely why the exercise was too close to home. Lots of love to you ❤️
Wow I love this ❤
Thanks!
Thank you so much ❤️
No apology necessary, Kathryn. You were having a bad day. 💕
Thank you Barbara ❤️❤️❤️
You have to be a bit of a perfectionist to be able to create all the beautiful work you do (past and present)! And we all get to enjoy that through all the videos you make, even when times are rough. You can’t do that without at least a tiny little bit of it. So thank you for being a little bit of a perfectionist and be kind to yourself as you are to others. Stella probably looks with much love at her dinner so that is also wonderful (the eye of the beholder etc. I mean, who of us like to roll around in fox poo???) This video is lovely, inspiring, relaxing and perfect as always in my eyes. 🍀💖😻😍🥰💐
Thank you Machteld, yes I guess Stella is 'doing her' rolling in fox poo, and she apparently thinks it smells great, it's just a matter of perspective that I think it's disgusting. 😂❤️❤️❤️
@ that’s right (I have never actually smelled fox poo but probably don’t necessarily want to )😃🍀💖
No believe me, you don't! 😂
@@k3n.clothtales ok ok I won’t, I promise!😃🍀💖💝
A warm sisterly hug for you. I may be talking out of the back of my head, but all of these changes in your life are bound to throw up all sorts of emotions and unfamiliar reactions to things. Be gentle with yourself x
And a big hug back Louise ❤️
Good early morning! Not usually up this early so thought I’d watch wonky Wednesday to smooth me. I’m not sure how I felt after the blindfold piece. I anticipate my pieces are never the greatest anyways so just go with it 😂. But I felt “something” different. I tried to vary my kantha a stitch piece so it “visually” looked like a project as I had done a sampler of straight lines before and hadn’t liked it. I’m not sure where I’m going with this and just wittering as you would say. But I found this past week my wanting to just do simpler stitches again but making it look somewhat interesting. Came across a couple “stitch meditation vs slow stitch” videos and what the people thought that meant. They seemed quieter and simpler than the stitch meditation scrolls even (which I adore the scrolls btw). A couple others said stitch meditation may just be a few pieces of random cloth with running stitches and several pieces were just a whole piece of cloth with random running stitches. The suggestion was made to do “stitch meditation” in a quiet silent time or at most listening to calm classical/instrumental music with no words…that it works more of the right side of the brain. Whereas slow stitch is relaxing and helps stress but with other things going on it makes the left side of the brain kick in. So I have been wondering maybe you could do a silent stitch meditation and see what happens. 😂 can you imagine trying to do a video where there is no sound and then we just kinda follow along and then we do in silence or you have pretty background music? Not sure how this all came up but maybe bc your mention of being stressed with the kantha sampler and my wondering if stitch meditation and quiet conjured up some wittering 😂. Disjointed thoughts bc it’s way too early for me I suppose. Anyhoo…when I wake up I’m gonna attempt some eco dying and then use that piece to try to use as a stitch meditation cloth. That may take a couple days so will do your awesome string quilt until that happens.
Thank you, it's an interesting thought, me not talking for an hour or so 😂 I don't think a lot of people would like music, many have said they like my channel because there's no music. Interesting that others make a distinction between stitch meditation and slowstitch, to me they are inextricably linked. I can certainly invite people to stitch in silence or with gentle music though, that is often how I work myself. ❤️
I don't know. I think the frustration over the making of the video caused your former self (the traditional quilter) to come out, and she reacted to the piece. Sometimes we tend to think too much over something making it worse than it really is. I tend to like things to be as nice as they can be, but I won't go out of my way to make it so. Suemayo said it well, you do you. I will add, don't sweat the small stuff. I can only speak for myself when I say...neat, or messy, anything you do is fine with me. 😉
Thank you Lisa, I ended up putting the 'dogs dinner ' in my journal 😁❤️
Lol😅
I would love to have a video about “travel kit” … I’m on a vacation, found myself very frustrated not having what I “needed” when I started stitching. What do you take with you when you travel … taking squares of pre prepared small pieces of cloth was something I hadn’t even thought about
A few months ago, the theme was Desert Island Stitching which kind of addressed that a little bit. If I travel, I usually take my sewing pouch with needles, threads and scissors and a small piece if I have something on the go (I usually do) or a stitch meditation scroll (there's a video about those) to work on. ❤️
I love this and would love to try - i enjoyed the greek key and the bento so much, this looks just as fun! Is this what you were doing with the one that was partially hung on on the wall and partially laid out somewhere to work on? Where the dark and light were meandering? Or was that pieced like a traditional log cabin? I really have to figure something out for when knitting isn't possible because I've lost my beading passion again. You have been keeping me company while I figure out that, and where to find some actual hope. 💚💚💚
That one is more traditional log cabin and I pieced it on the machine. I have been doing some handstitching on it but haven't got it out for a while. I think the fact that I had machine pieced it bothered me. ❤️
I must admit I was very surprised that you did discard your sample piece and did another - may be it was feeding into something to do with your new situation maybe a feeling of not being good enough and doubting yourself, rather than your usual attitude of it’s only a sample, a try,- it was a blip and shows us your human - I identify with wonky Wednesday the most, but love trying the more technical on a Monday. Keep doing what you do, sharing your love of cloth and stitching,thank you.
Thank you Susan, I think you are right about doubting myself. ❤️
Oh, I forgot, as to the Monday’s video, I did notice you were a bit nervous, but I wouldn’t worry about it nor think too much of it, because it’s more than natural that you’d be a bit nervous teaching new stitches that you yourself don’t use that often. Of course, if you have a RUclips channel, you want to do things properly so viewers can understand it, so it’s natural that in that case you want to be a perfectionist. I’m the least perfectionist person in the world, but if I had a channel and I were teaching what you teach, I would want to be a perfectionist too so that people would learn things 😊😊😊💙♥️🧡💚💛🩷💜🩵🤎❤️🩶
Thank you so much, I do feel like I am among friends here and of course I want to do my best for you ❤️❤️❤️
Ps: re: fox 💩 😂. My dad used to run his dogs in the woodsy park where they had a traveling circus. Well apparently elephant 💩 was loved by the one dog so much he would not move and just stayed in the elephant poop. 😂. Luckily elephants aren’t a common occurrence in Florida so after a few rains etx the dog no longer felt attracted to the elephant poop. 😂
Oh that's funny! I should be grateful that there are only foxes here 😂❤️
Unless you are engaging in slow stitching solely for a type of meditation process or such, I think it unrealistic to believe that we shouldn't take into consideration the end product as well as the process. For those of us that stitch beyond just samples and are creating something, whether it be an art wall hanging, a quilt, a bag, whatever, how can we not consider the end result? For me, the process of stitching informs the way the piece is made and defines what it is, but if it ends up not being pleasing to the eye, I see nothing wrong with correcting it. The emphasis was the process. The product remains important, but only to the extent that it is informed by the process. This is challenging to put into words!
You put it very well, yes indeed 'the product is important but only to the extent that it is informed by the process ' 🥰❤️
I’m not sure if it was you, but someone recently has mentioned that there is a “belief” that slow stitching can be messy and not to bother about stitch size or what thread or what fabric; just throw stuff down and be joyous. I don’t think that’s right. I understand letting go of the cruelty of perfection is important, but I also think being pleased by and with one’s work is more important. So if your Monday work didn’t please you, be free to redo it til it does. Nothing hypocritical or devious about that.
@@dingtonia I said recently that there is a belief that Slowstitch should be messy , which I don't agree with. Thank you yes, letting go of the cruelty of perfection, but 'doing you '. ❤️
Yes! Thank you for saying so clearly what I’d been feeling.
Mostly because I live knowing several names to search with, my A-Z Embroidery Stitches book shows the mala stitch as Spanish knotted feather stitch. Looks more like a chain stitch variation to me but it gave me a no power needed visual. Letting people know that not everything goes as you want is a good thing. Showing people it's okay to be dissatisfied with a thing and change it. This got too long, sorry.
Don't apologise, that is a lovely perspective to hear. And yes, Spanish Knotted Feather Stitch, I discovered that after uploading the video, I mentioned it in the description. ❤️
Yes, I noticed Monday you wasn't happy with what you made. Maybe that's why I told about my own project (in the Facebook group) that I'm not used to straight lines and I don't mind they're 'wonky'.
I'm kind of new to your channel, so I'm not sure what's happening with Stella and the fox poo. But I gather that she likes to wear it. I read somewhere that dogs will roll in a stinky mess to camouflage their own scent. So, it could be that she doesn't like the particular scent of the shampoo that you use. Try a shampoo that is unscented.
Yes she rolls in it. She has a special shampoo from the vet as she has allergies and it's unscented, I have been using it for years and she has only recently started this fox poo obsession. Thank you though for the advice and also welcome 🤗
@k3n.clothtales , didn't you say that 2 months ago she didn't live where there were fox? That alone explains the "recent obsession". But you also mentioned that she has a lot of new friends... Maybe they smell like shampoo and that's where she's gotten the idea that she needs a smell.
It could be that she wants a smell... Instead of smelling like unscented shampoo. Since she has sensitive skin, I'd try something soothing and natural that I have to hand, like a dab of coconut oil or even essential oils mixed with a base of coconut or even olive oil. I'd keep it totally non-toxic as she's likely to lick it or transfer a minute bit to you and your environment through her contact. But ask her which "moisturizer" she'd like. I'm sure you'll find one she likes better than fox poo.
Because you mentioned tomato baths, you might have to choose a strong smell for her new "moisturizer". But you never know, she just might want to smell pretty like you! 💕🌞🌵😷
There were lots of foxes in our woods in France, perhaps she just likes the smell of the English ones better. 😂 But you make a good point about the other dogs, perhaps it is something to do with the fact that there are lots of other dogs around that she wants to maybe mask her own smell. Interesting. ❤️
Is she feeling insecure having moving environment? Fox poop being really smelly, is she trying to leave a stronger scent for others to find.
My dog is submissive and is a bugger for rolling in it, always has when out with the husband. Doesn’t do it with the rest of us because we keep her insight. He doesn’t. Doesn’t keep her on the lead either when he should. Huge bone of contention but then he thinks we should all toe his line. We don’t.
Thanks for a calm video that’s keeping me company on Sunday afternoon as I hand stitch binding to Linus quilt so can wash it.
I think maybe it is to do with there being a lot more dogs around, she is quite submissive too, maybe disguising her own scent? ❤️
I like the fluffy edges alot.🤎🤍🤎 And Monday was interesting that after seeing your Kantha book I bought one too. Most intriguing work and stories. Also, you tell us to "YOU DO YOU", so if I want to redo something I would. If I may suggest that "YOU DO YOU" too. LOL💙💚💛 Second or third time around is great practice. Have a wonderful day K3n🥰
Thank you for that 😁❤️
At last!😊have been waiting up for this❤Cheers and wishing everyone health,happiness and joyful stitching! Julia, Brisbane, Australia 🙏 ❤ 🇦🇺 😀 🪃 xx (ps- " you can please some of the people all of the time;& all of the people some of the time;but not all of the people all of the time:- so you might as well please yourself!!" Or " you do you!"😊❤ After all you've been through & doing this year: please be gentle and kind to you!){ lecture over!x} Does Stella still take her ball on your walks!😅
Hello Julia, so pleased you like it. ❤️