Had to pull over for a pit stop at a tire center, while waiting, struck up a conversation with a man, a little stand-offish initially! His accent soon gave him away! Native to England he followed a woman to America and, though that didn't work out, he's stuck here! So, I introced him to your page here on RUclips, told him the name of your channel--and, he loosened up right away, "Yeah, in America people think the word homely means gangly or ugly, in England it means something entirely different..." And, as he stammered, I inserted, "Cozy?" "Yeah, 'cozy he said! Yeah!" So, I told him, "If you want a taste of home, just look up 'The Last Homely House/RUclips and you'll feel right at home!
Of course I told him about your subject matter--and, that you've started a new channel for gardening--told him you have a beautiful "spread", an American word for land/homely house!
I have found your videos very therapeutic in an otherwise emotional year …. Just listening while I sew and hearing about life at the Last Homely House is comforting because nothing is rushed, there is no sign of the outside world most of the time and your contentment in being creative and enjoying your outdoor spaces makes me realise that I can do the same too. Thanks Kate 😊
kate's beautiful spirit + anna's musical genius + john's evil chuckle = the very most relaxing afternoon I've had in over 3 years. can't wait for my copy of "kate's book" to arrive 😊❤️
"Two leftover she's not gonna need..." Sure John, better not throw anything out!😉 Your mum would be on your case, 😏😸 Love seeing the whole family here, Kate.❤💕💕
I must admit I do like John’s layout. He’s not overthinking it like the rest of us do. It’s a bit like watching kids playing with colours and patterns, they just do what they like! The evil chuckle sounds like Gizmo the African grey parrot!
I love the flying goose block, too. And I've been meaning to tell Anna a big thank you for the great music in the background that she always picks out. So soothing and relaxing!
I really love these flying geese and these various way to use those FG! - I Love the fabrics- she used solids greens and love these designs of flying geese- love it!- Thanks, Kate and John😂🥰
Hi Kate, I’m new to your channel, I really love it! This is the 1st time I’ve seen the “no waste” method of sewing flying geese-wow, I’ve not tried any of those yet, but I’m definitely gonna & soon! That is after I’ve bought a copy of your quilting planner book-which looks great & that bloc-loc ruler too-wow, so excited to get back to quilting…it’s been almost 10 yrs since I’ve done anything “quilting’ & I’m so very EXCITED to get to stitchin & designing AND designing & STITCHIN!!! Your content is so relaxing & inspiring!!
Haha, oh my. John is a great quilt designer! I loved how he didn't stress, he just laid them out. And then tossed the 2 left overs. haha. It looked great. The design book looks wonderful as well. Maybe for my birthday this year...and my calendar of course. Till we meet again. Have a wonderful week.
I willl challenge myself to make flying geese quilt now. I admit they intimidate me but you have really shown a good example. I love the pattern of using 4 together. Love you, Kate.
John definitely has his mother's creative spark! Love his layout and the music in the background. It feels good to see this family's work. Kate you all feel like close friends and are a joy to watch.
I love John's layout of the quilt! That reminds me of when I would crochet scrappy afghans and I would tell my children to just grab whatever colour they wanted to add next. They are much better at being random than I am.
I don't quilt much, but I do enjoy watching you do it, Kate. Anna's music selections are exquisite -- I can listen over and over :) And everybody needs a John in the family to keep things happy!!
Your videos always help me to relax. The soft piano music, your soft English lilt, the sweet cup of tea... whatever it is I find you calming and peaceful. Thank you
John's antics crack me up. I saw something in a magazine that I think he would really like- Find an inexpensive basket with gaps in the weave. Make a little roof for it and run some twine thru both to hang it from a tree. Put thin strips or selvages in it and pull some ends thru the gaps. In the early Spring, birds will pull them out to make their nests with. How pretty that would be!
John's layout is quite interesting. Sometimes my husband with get at my design board and "try his luck". He also says I over think my design too much.🤨
My son Matthew can be just as mischievous as John when left to his own devices and unsupervised lol. So I had a much needed chuckle at John's antics. Thank you for the humor, John. And thank you, Kate, for including it.
Watching this for the 3rd time Kate and Anna mostly because Dustin Hoffman's voice narrating Harry Nilsson's 'The Point' always plays through my mind when Kate says, 'It is nice to have a point'. Cheers! I so enjoy your videos, thank you.
I only sewed one variation of a Flying Geese in the 45 years I quilt. I made it for my dying brother and called it Honeward Bound….He since passed away and his wife and son too… the quilt now belongs to my SIL daughter from a previous relation.
Tell John he inspired me to lay out my flying geese all wonky as he did in this video. Like Kate, I love bright fabrics & even used all greens as my sky as you did. For the geese lavenders & reds all Kaffe. I added a 4” solid red border & backed w/a small purple Kaffe backing & bound with the same. A fun, bright 68” square quilt that will always remind me of John sneaking in & shaking up your blocks. 😂
I love your house, especially all the windows letting so much sunlight into your rooms. I have taken a few photos from several of your videos because all those sunny windows with their colorful curtains, and the quilts-in-progress, WIPs, on your walls and the finished quilts on the beds make a very cheerful sewing space and an overall delightful house! I just like to save those lovely, happy photos to look at often for a “shot” of endorphins flooding my brain. Each of your rooms is a work of art in itself!🥰 I did enjoy John’s fun at the end, to “save you time,” and him tossing the two “extra” blocks which “she’s not going to need anyway.”😂😂😂
Yay, Kate has started another quilt project. Pink & greens, who would have guessed?!?! 😉I just finished a flying geese baby quilt for a great nephew. John is so funny. 😂🎉
What a devil John is🤣🤣. I love all your fabulous fabrics, such gorgeous happy colors together. I love both designs very much, but I think John’s is just tipping the scales 👏👏👏
Love the pink and green combo - so vibrant, fresh and sweet! 😍 The design book is such a great idea. Loved the fun of John having a go laying out the quilt. 😄
Here I sit on a Saturday morning (2024) and I am enjoying this immensely. When John comes in and just does his thing 😂. Kate I like the flying goose block but I have been intimidated by it but I thinks shall give it a try
It's really interesting how many different "feels" the same block can make: contemporary, scrappy, old time, whatever - just by how you line them up! What fun. But going back to color choices changes it up as well: how different green goose on pink would be & how lots of prints change the look from solids. That design board earns its place always. John's silliness really made me realize how the art combines with craft!
I just finished 16 blocks consisting of 4 flying geese units with a square in the middle creating a star block. Each piece was 1 1/2" each except the center square which was 2". It was a challenge because of my big fingers. Its hard to handle such small pieces but it was a lot of fun. John is hilarious! He probably understands now how important getting the same size on each block he sews together precise or it gets wonky pretty quickly. I do wish he'd of understood our craft is as important to us as his woodworking is to him. Maybe he does now 🤷💕
I ordered the quilt journal so fast, faster even than ordering the ruler AND the Kaffe Fasset charm packs. And it’s all your fault. Seriously though, I love the block. I didn’t before because it was so fussy. And the burst of color healed something I didn’t think needed healing. Thank you Kate! I’m falling in love with quilting all over again. You are such a great part of my everyday happy. God bless ❤
How exciting! The creator of Block loc rulers was in my quilt group, that is until her business took off and her time got precious! So exciting to know her product made it “across the pond”.
That was so funny at the end. I think Flying Geese has just become my favorite quilt block should I ever make another quilt! It looked like origami with fabric as you were putting them together. So loved the color combo too!
Always excited about seeing your videos, Kate. I also wanted to say that you use the most beautiful music background which gives me much joy. I could watch you for hours!! Have a lovely week ahead.
Four flying geese at a time is my favorite method. I made a flying geese quilt for my son. The geese went in one direction (north) with strips of solid fabric inbetween the rows. I like your idea of keeping all four geese together, after all birds of a feather flock together! John looks like he is a big help!
John's design is beautiful and the random pattern real appeals to my free spirit. I can't wait to apply it to my grandson's quilt. Thank you Kate for all the cutting and piecing tips. Your the best!
Always love having your videos on while I'm crafting away on a Sunday afternoon. The bit at the end with John laying out your quilt and whinging on about how little time it takes: hilarious! Looking forward to the next as always.
Kate, you really need a Sue Daly pink rotating mat to help you trim all those geese. Comes in two sizes and they are pink! You will love it. Brave lady to make all those geese! They are always a great challenge for me.
When I started my first major quilt project, it was a sampler quilt block of the month project. I think I cried three times during the construction of the initial block because of the flying geese. I wasn't the most accurate, didn't know how to square up my blocks and the pieces of material frayed and got smaller and smaller as I ripped them apart with each set of errors. A friend finally rescued me, showed me what to do, as did the lovely folks at the quilt shop where I had to got to get more material for that first block. By the end of the project I was a master of the flying geese. The whole quilt is bordered with them and I got a lot of practice. I even lost a strip of seventy or so and had to remake them! I probably should dislike them after that initial project but I don't! I enjoy making them now and have made them four at a time when I can!🙂
Beautiful colours! I might use your idea for a,pillow or two for my living room! Not ready to do a whole quilt of flying geese, yet… John’s approach is the best! Don’t overthink it 😍
John's layout gets my vote!!
I actually quite like it but not him throwing the last two aside!
I like johns layout to x
@@margaretberryman6260 I laughed out loud when he tossed the other two aside !
Great layout John
Il liked it too 😂. Sometimes chaos and irreverence are the answer
Had to pull over for a pit stop at a tire center, while waiting, struck up a conversation with a man, a little stand-offish initially! His accent soon gave him away! Native to England he followed a woman to America and, though that didn't work out, he's stuck here!
So, I introced him to your page here on RUclips, told him the name of your channel--and, he loosened up right away, "Yeah, in America people think the word homely means gangly or ugly, in England it means something entirely different..."
And, as he stammered, I inserted, "Cozy?"
"Yeah, 'cozy he said! Yeah!"
So, I told him, "If you want a taste of home, just look up 'The Last Homely House/RUclips and you'll feel right at home!
Of course I told him about your subject matter--and, that you've started a new channel for gardening--told him you have a beautiful "spread", an American word for land/homely house!
I didn’t realized how much I’ve missed watching John! 😂. I hope we get to see Kate’s reaction😂
That would be the Cherry on top💕🤣🤣🤣
How can you not giggle when John is “helping” his Mum! ☺️
Okay, John now you've done it! Kate, make the blocks and turn John loose to do the lay-out. We all want to see a collaboration between the two of you.
I have found your videos very therapeutic in an otherwise emotional year …. Just listening while I sew and hearing about life at the Last Homely House is comforting because nothing is rushed, there is no sign of the outside world most of the time and your contentment in being creative and enjoying your outdoor spaces makes me realise that I can do the same too. Thanks Kate 😊
The amount of mischief in his eyes when he mixed up your design 😂😂😂 I do like it, though 😊
kate's beautiful spirit + anna's musical genius + john's evil chuckle = the very most relaxing afternoon I've had in over 3 years. can't wait for my copy of "kate's book" to arrive 😊❤️
John you silly goose! It's lovely to see you enjoying your mother's gift of sewing!!
"Two leftover she's not gonna need..." Sure John, better not throw anything out!😉 Your mum would be on your case, 😏😸
Love seeing the whole family here, Kate.❤💕💕
What a goofy son! I loved that he was willing to try his hand at designing. I liked his haphazard design.
“I just saved her a whole afternoon” 🤣👌🏻
I must admit I do like John’s layout. He’s not overthinking it like the rest of us do. It’s a bit like watching kids playing with colours and patterns, they just do what they like! The evil chuckle sounds like Gizmo the African grey parrot!
John's artistic eye is shining
Just saw John’s layout. It’s perfect. He’s very mischievous isn’t he.
I love the flying goose block, too. And I've been meaning to tell Anna a big thank you for the great music in the background that she always picks out. So soothing and relaxing!
I really love these flying geese and these various way to use those FG! - I Love the fabrics- she used solids greens and love these designs of flying geese- love it!- Thanks, Kate and John😂🥰
Hi Kate, I’m new to your channel, I really love it! This is the 1st time I’ve seen the “no waste” method of sewing flying geese-wow, I’ve not tried any of those yet, but I’m definitely gonna & soon! That is after I’ve bought a copy of your quilting planner book-which looks great & that bloc-loc ruler too-wow, so excited to get back to quilting…it’s been almost 10 yrs since I’ve done anything “quilting’ & I’m so very EXCITED to get to stitchin & designing AND designing & STITCHIN!!! Your content is so relaxing & inspiring!!
This will be beautiful!! I laughed so hard when John added his special touch!! 😂😂
So happy you're going to have your favorite quilt for yourself. ❤❤
Haha, oh my. John is a great quilt designer! I loved how he didn't stress, he just laid them out. And then tossed the 2 left overs. haha. It looked great. The design book looks wonderful as well. Maybe for my birthday this year...and my calendar of course. Till we meet again. Have a wonderful week.
Your John reminds me of my son David, one of my five. He would do the same thing to me when I am working on something. One has to really love him.
John is so much like my sons.. we’re so lucky and blessed to have them. ❤ makes my heart happy 😊
Quilt designed by John, sewn by Mum.
Oh but John is a delightful mischief maker 😂 😊
John is a genius like his mother. I love how you three work together. Perfect teamwork. 😊❤❤
I willl challenge myself to make flying geese quilt now. I admit they intimidate me but you have really shown a good example. I love the pattern of using 4 together. Love you, Kate.
To see the affection that your peeps have for you makes heart so happy. More people should get to feel that. ❤❤❤️
John definitely has his mother's creative spark! Love his layout and the music in the background. It feels good to see this family's work. Kate you all feel like close friends and are a joy to watch.
I love John's layout of the quilt! That reminds me of when I would crochet scrappy afghans and I would tell my children to just grab whatever colour they wanted to add next. They are much better at being random than I am.
Such a wonderful pattern. Love the Flying Goose. And of course, John’s version is smashing too…..lol.
I like using the no waste flying goose block method. Haha, I actually like John's block arrangement. He's a rascal.
I don't quilt much, but I do enjoy watching you do it, Kate. Anna's music selections are exquisite -- I can listen over and over :) And everybody needs a John in the family to keep things happy!!
John! That wicked laugh at the end! 🤣🤣🤣
I just love when John comes in and blesses us with his silliness! 😂
I love how you are keeping the same coloured geese in the blocks. It's as if each little family stays togerther.
Heehee! Perfect! What a hoot! Thanks, John! I just realized I was over complicating it! 😂😂😂
I actually love John's arrangement, it's randomness is very artistic! Bravo John!
John still has the little boy mischief! awsome
Your videos always help me to relax. The soft piano music, your soft English lilt, the sweet cup of tea... whatever it is I find you calming and peaceful. Thank you
Such a satisfying little block. I made my granddaughter, just a few weeks younger than Agnes, a flying geese quilt!
John's antics crack me up. I saw something in a magazine that I think he would really like- Find an inexpensive basket with gaps in the weave. Make a little roof for it and run some twine thru both to hang it from a tree. Put thin strips or selvages in it and pull some ends thru the gaps. In the early Spring, birds will pull them out to make their nests with. How pretty that would be!
John's layout is quite interesting. Sometimes my husband with get at my design board and "try his luck". He also says I over think my design too much.🤨
My son Matthew can be just as mischievous as John when left to his own devices and unsupervised lol. So I had a much needed chuckle at John's antics. Thank you for the humor, John. And thank you, Kate, for including it.
Watching this for the 3rd time Kate and Anna mostly because Dustin Hoffman's voice narrating Harry Nilsson's 'The Point' always plays through my mind when Kate says, 'It is nice to have a point'. Cheers! I so enjoy your videos, thank you.
Such a great show. Love your planner and Flying Goose pattern. But I must say, John stole the show.😊
Lovely quilt. I like John’s layout. He thinks he’s messing with his Mum, but he’s doing a great quilt pattern! 😂
Lol loved John's design
Enjoyed the video, I rather liked John's version of your quilt. To funny.
Into the Naughty corner John. What a wonderful Mum you have she’s the best Crafts person I’ve ever watched.
I like John’s pattern. 😂
What a lovely man, your John is. He's not wrong, lol. Sometimes we overthink things.
I only sewed one variation of a Flying Geese in the 45 years I quilt. I made it for my dying brother and called it
Honeward Bound….He since passed away and his wife and son too… the quilt now belongs to my SIL daughter from a previous relation.
Tell John he inspired me to lay out my flying geese all wonky as he did in this video. Like Kate, I love bright fabrics & even used all greens as my sky as you did. For the geese lavenders & reds all Kaffe. I added a 4” solid red border & backed w/a small purple Kaffe backing & bound with the same. A fun, bright 68” square quilt that will always remind me of John sneaking in & shaking up your blocks. 😂
I love John's take on designing a quilt! What a nice surprise! LOL!
Johns so mischievous. He makes me laugh. Enjoy your making.
I love your house, especially all the windows letting so much sunlight into your rooms. I have taken a few photos from several of your videos because all those sunny windows with their colorful curtains, and the quilts-in-progress, WIPs, on your walls and the finished quilts on the beds make a very cheerful sewing space and an overall delightful house! I just like to save those lovely, happy photos to look at often for a “shot” of endorphins
flooding my brain. Each of your rooms is a work of art in itself!🥰
I did enjoy John’s fun at the end, to “save you time,” and him tossing the two “extra” blocks which “she’s not going to need anyway.”😂😂😂
I quite like John's approach to quilting. Love his design
Yay, Kate has started another quilt project. Pink & greens, who would have guessed?!?! 😉I just finished a flying geese baby quilt for a great nephew.
John is so funny. 😂🎉
What a devil John is🤣🤣. I love all your fabulous fabrics, such gorgeous happy colors together. I love both designs very much, but I think John’s is just tipping the scales 👏👏👏
John actually did a really good job!
John is such a joy!
I like John’s arrangement best!
Love the pink and green combo - so vibrant, fresh and sweet! 😍 The design book is such a great idea. Loved the fun of John having a go laying out the quilt. 😄
John’s an imp! He’s funny!
Such a beautiful happy quilt! And what a bonus getting to see John at the end!
Here I sit on a Saturday morning (2024) and I am enjoying this immensely. When John comes in and just does his thing 😂. Kate I like the flying goose block but I have been intimidated by it but I thinks shall give it a try
It's really interesting how many different "feels" the same block can make: contemporary, scrappy, old time, whatever - just by how you line them up! What fun. But going back to color choices changes it up as well: how different green goose on pink would be & how lots of prints change the look from solids. That design board earns its place always. John's silliness really made me realize how the art combines with craft!
I love John's improvisational layout! And the block toss was a hoot! 😂
The green/red/pink and one direction pattern look like Christmas trees, I love it.
John’s hilarious!
I always gray scale my quilts. Makes it nice for balancing the colors throughout the quilt. John made me laugh when he threw to two blocks out 😂❤
OMG, it goes without saying that I love watching and listening to you, Kate, but John's cameo appearance was THE BEST! 🤪
Such a beautiful, peaceful moment to have you present this afternoon.
I love John's layout, I think you should go with it Kate!
I just finished 16 blocks consisting of 4 flying geese units with a square in the middle creating a star block. Each piece was 1 1/2" each except the center square which was 2". It was a challenge because of my big fingers. Its hard to handle such small pieces but it was a lot of fun. John is hilarious! He probably understands now how important getting the same size on each block he sews together precise or it gets wonky pretty quickly. I do wish he'd of understood our craft is as important to us as his woodworking is to him. Maybe he does now 🤷💕
Its going to be a beautiful bright quilt, thank you for showing us how you do it. I love that your son is involved, what a treasure.
I liked John's layout. Wish my children supported my crafts as yours do. My oldest and his wife are helping me a little now. Lol
I ordered the quilt journal so fast, faster even than ordering the ruler AND the Kaffe Fasset charm packs. And it’s all your fault. Seriously though, I love the block. I didn’t before because it was so fussy. And the burst of color healed something I didn’t think needed healing. Thank you Kate! I’m falling in love with quilting all over again. You are such a great part of my everyday happy. God bless ❤
LOL - that John is such a devil!! It’s a good thing he’s so cute!😉 Kate, what did you do when you saw your design wall?!!!😂😂😂
I've got to give it to John -- his relaxed attitude is terrific!
How exciting! The creator of Block loc rulers was in my quilt group, that is until her business took off and her time got precious! So exciting to know her product made it “across the pond”.
oh kate i wrote my last comment to soon i saw john's design and i loved his way also lol
`I really liked John's layout! ha ha, amazing how that quilt looks good with so many colors in it.
That was so funny at the end. I think Flying Geese has just become my favorite quilt block should I ever make another quilt! It looked like origami with fabric as you were putting them together. So loved the color combo too!
How lovely to see John! He is such a giggle!
Oh my goodness…John had fun…I would have loved to see Kate’s reaction to his arrangement. He made me laugh!!
Always excited about seeing your videos, Kate. I also wanted to say that you use the most beautiful music background which gives me much joy. I could watch you for hours!! Have a lovely week ahead.
Four flying geese at a time is my favorite method. I made a flying geese quilt for my son. The geese went in one direction (north) with strips of solid fabric inbetween the rows. I like your idea of keeping all four geese together, after all birds of a feather flock together! John looks like he is a big help!
John's design is beautiful and the random pattern real appeals to my free spirit. I can't wait to apply it to my grandson's quilt. Thank you Kate for all the cutting and piecing tips. Your the best!
The red and green goose block reminds me of fall when the gees come just before Christmas.
Always love having your videos on while I'm crafting away on a Sunday afternoon. The bit at the end with John laying out your quilt and whinging on about how little time it takes: hilarious! Looking forward to the next as always.
Kate, you really need a Sue Daly pink rotating mat to help you trim all those geese. Comes in two sizes and they are pink! You will love it. Brave lady to make all those geese! They are always a great challenge for me.
When I started my first major quilt project, it was a sampler quilt block of the month project. I think I cried three times during the construction of the initial block because of the flying geese. I wasn't the most accurate, didn't know how to square up my blocks and the pieces of material frayed and got smaller and smaller as I ripped them apart with each set of errors. A friend finally rescued me, showed me what to do, as did the lovely folks at the quilt shop where I had to got to get more material for that first block. By the end of the project I was a master of the flying geese. The whole quilt is bordered with them and I got a lot of practice. I even lost a strip of seventy or so and had to remake them! I probably should dislike them after that initial project but I don't! I enjoy making them now and have made them four at a time when I can!🙂
I am making Flying Geese while watching this afternoon. I will use them as Star points in a scrappy quilt.
John is on to something. I like his layout. Love that ruler! I have it for hst blocks but never knew there was one for flying geese!🙄
Kate, your videos are so lovely and relaxing. It truly feels as though I am on the lime green sofa with you and all the rest of us…
Loved your Sons idea. More to look at. !!
Love John and his laugh!
Leave it to John to find an easy but elegant solution…love his spur of the moment layout!
Beautiful colours! I might use your idea for a,pillow or two for my living room! Not ready to do a whole quilt of flying geese, yet… John’s approach is the best! Don’t overthink it 😍
Oh, my! John!