Doesn't matter if a couple of episodes are not quite wonky Wednesday. To quote a podcaster I watch... "You do You..." It's your channel, after all, I'm just happy to be invited along!! ❤😊
Dear K3n, since you have started this new stage in your life your designs have come to life and are even more inspired and beautiful. Thank you so much!
Beautiful!!! I am finishing a few prior weeks while listening. I am thinking I will look for a Fraktur image to try with this technique. Thanks for another lovely page🌷🌷🌷
Isn't doing your own DIY empowering? The more I do for myself the more determined I become to do more. So happy for you and for what it's worth I'm proud of you as well. Thank you for your videos! Had to come back and edit it because I have a tendency to write comments before I finish watching the video and you went on to say it was empowering. Also, I’m so happy you’re not starting another channel. It’s nice to have the variety all in one place especially when it’s somebody that you like.
All bedrooms are not the same when your eyes are closed. Our other senses kick in when it’s dark. You need to be at home in the room to be at home in your body. Completely understand your plan ❤
Hi Katherine, just wanted to say how much I look forward to all of your videos, and let you know how much they mean to me. Now that my four children are all grown I find myself living alone for the first time in my whole life at 63 - and let me tell you, I'm not a fan of it 😜 . But - I find it so much more tolerable now that I have you to listen to and learn from. I even have your videos playing sometimes when I'm cooking or working on my laptop as it makes me feel less alone just hearing your wittering ☺ I live in Sydney, but my mum's family were from Ireland and so many of the turns of phrase that you use remind me of my mum and her six sisters - it makes me smile. So thank you - and keep being you 💖 p.s I have made six biscornu pin cushions (they're a bit addictive aren't they!), and a cloth pouch, and am stitching my second cloth pouch as I watched this video.
Hello there, I do know what you mean about being alone. It takes some getting used to. It's lovely to have a community here for company. I often put Marion or Jeri or Machteld on as well to listen to while I do other things. ♥️
I’m so happy you put everything on the same channel. I follow a creator who has two channels and I see what is posted on one relatively promptly but nothing from the other and I’m subscribed to both. I check your channel Monday, Wednesday and Friday just in case but everything shows up under recommended and that’s simpler than searching. So, I’m selfishly glad you kept it all on one channel 😅
100% agree k3n, don’t let anyone force you into a lane! I’m very happy to watch everything you post, and it’s easier for me to subscribe to one channel for all your content. Please keep doing what you’re doing 😊😊
Your bedroom needs to be a sanctuary. It’s the place you’ll retreat to when feeling weary or under the weather. So glad to hear that you’re making it feel better for you. Feelings are important.
People can be so rude! 😡As my daughter says, “ignore the trolls, mama, and don’t engage with them.” It’s a pleasure to watch everything you make and post on your channel, and everything Marion posts too. You’re both so talented and creative. As you always say, Katherine, you do you, and we’ll be happy to watch.
I love this project and the colours you chose. When you were talking about trimming the two little blue pieces to be symmetrical, it made me think about how my mum used to cut my hair There’s a photo of a me when I was little with my fringe literally about half an inch long, where she’d cut it wonky, tried to straighten it up, cut it wonky the other way, tried to straighten it again, on and on until it was virtually up to my hairline 🤦🏻♀️ Happily, hair grows back. And that wasn’t even the worst thing that’s happened to it in the 60+ years since 🤣
I think this beautiful butterfly is perfect for a wonky Wednesday. For me wonky means freedom, and this manner of doing applique (Sorry I don't know how to add the accent) is very free. Thanks Kathryn for this tutorial. And congratulations for mastering the art of DIY. You're a real maker, you make things happen! Perhaps that's your super power. 🙂❤
It’s a drizzly rainy day here in Massachusetts (USA) today as well. Love your bright butterfly, helps cheer up a dreary day. Your cheese box shelves are definitely a nice addition to your studio, lots of little cubbies for your sewing stuff.
Lovely :) I enjoy the Monday and Wednesday (wonky or whatever!) videos, and I ADORE the park home life videos. You can trust me to watch and stitch at my own pace 🥰 Loved hearing about your cooking and wardrobe adventures. I also enjoy how you engage with RUclips in your own way. It's brought authenticity to my experience, and I had never engaged before. Often it can feel like calling into a void, but with you it's a dialogue, which is so special!
I recently purchased my first box of A PLEE Kay pins and they are marvelous! So much easier than using my usual pins with the big beads on the end. My new pins are so tiny and lovely. Thank you for explaining what they were in a past video. - Kate from Florida, thankfully not in the path of the last two hurricanes ❤
So annoyed I’ve had to watch this video in bits and pieces…had teeth cleaning, purchasing a new washer and dryer, and then waiting for delivery and installation. All is done now, so I can sit, sip my peach tea and enjoy the rest of this lovely, relaxing video.
I need to watch this one and the last (elephant) more closely. I have some wool felt pieces that would be fun to use for both. So happy you are steadfast in your work. I’m not certain I could push through during turbulent times. Like now. My head is unable to focus past dishes, sorting cans and laundry. lol All will be well soon. ❤
Hello Sandra, I know the feeling of not being up to doing anything. Sometimes I just let myself, other times I say to myself that I will just do one small thing to start a task and often, but not always, it gets me going. Hugs ❤️
Your butterfly is lovely and very apt - Maya Angelou always finds the right words. I'm glad you're feeling more comfortable in your bedroom. Well done for tackling those wardrobes! Worth it - everything is easier to cope with when you're properly rested. Your soupfest has inspired me to stock my own freezer. Soup is so comforting and warming now that the days are getting shorter. Here in the Hebrides, we get very short days and we've already had a few gales. I love them - perfect crafting weather! Mary x 💟
Butterflies are such magical creatures, and they seem to appear whenever you need hope or comfort. I will try to make a pillow like this for my friend who just lost her teenage daughter. When she came out of the hospital, a butterfly kept following her, which meant a lot for her. ❤😢❤
You are a inspiration ✨️ for all phases of our life. I feel Marion is a wonderful inspiration also. Maybe it is your and Marion's independent nature and "can do" attitude ❤
Nothing feels so metamorphosing as tearing something down and reconfiguring. You rock it, K3N. Referring to profound poetry for inspiration is magical and this one from Maya Angelou extends to the evolution of all things, including you!
Hiya K3n 🌞, have been waiting for this all day! Starting to think because it is a public holiday here for KC3 s birthday,you mightn't post so took a shower,& up you pop!😅😊 So contented now! Lol ❤pat Stella & Fred Fred.Be well and content, Julia, Brisbane, Australia ❤ 🇦🇺 😀 🪃 xx
@@k3n.clothtales 😊They put it up as his official one 👋 but I 've been kept indoors with laryngitis as l'm imuno-comprimised and so have been a bit isolated for last week or so;looking forward to getting back out on Friday 😀. Life's got in the way a bit of late (:-•) 😀 Julia.
Kathryn, you gave me two great ideas for meals and I went out and bought a huge leek and will make leek and potato soup. I also made chicken curry. So I have not only learned slow stitching…..but you have also helped me with some menu ideas🤗. Thanks as ever
i really love your little butterfly,I always thought applique was to difficult for me,but now you have inspired me and I am going tot try it, thank you Kathryn 🥰
Love how butterfly is such a cool world! Borboleta in Portuguese, Mariposa in Spanish, Papillon in French, Farfala in Italian... And what is it in other languages? ❤
I love your beautiful butterfly. When in the cocoon initially creature turns to a mushy mess. A bit like we do in the midst of transformation. I think you tearing out your wardrobes all by yourself is marvelous. The opposite of creating is destroying, so I think you are striking a good balance. Arohanui from me in Aotearoa New Zealand ❤
@k3n.clothtales that is a wonderful idea even though in life it is never a dichotomy. I like the Yin yang idea that light holds the potential for darkness and vice versa. There are all sorts of ideas like; the greater the light the bigger the shadow, for example. From our hard times wonderful things emerge. It is a paradox isn't it.❤️
Your soup and curry sounds yummy, you can always make some rice pudding with the leftover rice. It goes well with the curry. I will look and see what image looks good to try with this project. Thank you for these projects, we all just appreciate everything you decide to share with us. Your little house is getting better every day. I thought the shelving was rather too much in the bedroom too. And a little dark looking. It will brighten it up, make it more cozy too without it. Good job, we are all patting you on the back. Love you to from all of us.
Thank you Michelle, the bedroom feels better already, even with the unpainted wall and the pollyfiller I did yesterday. Hope to paint today when I have finished the elephant rice bag video for tomorrow ❤️
I always love to see you flutter by, as Bob the builder or with a lovely butterfly. Sorry, i just had to go poetique. Love everything you do, no lanes necessary🍀💖😀
Thank you for sharing. My sister lives in Sheringham so we’ve often popped down to Cromer as a treat on my visits. I love your van. It’s always been my dream to have to just up and go when I want. Maybe one day. Good luck xx
Hello Katherine I like any lane you take and enjoyed stitching together. I was making a butterfly at the same time, but in reverse applique. Funny because the result was almost the same 😊 Looking forward seeing the changes in your home 🏡
I am happy that you only do one channel. I just select the ones I follow, being all of yours, by the way. The RUclipsrs who have more than one channel just confuse me. Having said that though, I am easily confused. Love you and love your channel.....sheer bliss..I think I have become a Kathryn groupie. xx Bye for now.
It’s always so relaxing to watch you work. I love butterflies as well as elephants so thoroughly enjoying your channel at the moment. That’s not to say I don’t always enjoy it! I also like to see everything on one channel, it’s too confusing to have everything split up, surely that’s what the playlists are for. I’m very proud of you for ‘doing it yourself’, good for you, I told you it was addictive. I agree tho about electrical work, I wouldn’t touch it either. My lovely eldest son managed to spend a night in A&E last week, having electrocuted himself, he wasn’t careless, it was an accident but apparently he’s lucky to be alive, thank goodness,!! Finally, a beautiful quote from Maya Angelou, a wonderful woman after whom my eldest granddaughter is named.
Still enjoying hot warm weather here in the Midwest of the US, we have been so lucky of late 😊 I wake up with birds singing in the morning's wee hours and like to enjoy the peace and quiet alone before the whole household wakes up too. My two ever curious kitties join me and we have a blast greeting the new day and getting fed and some fresh water. Then I finally open my phone thinking about the 101 things I have to do today, and bam, there you are with a great new project! It just makes my Mondays better immediately, thank ❤
I love the "variety" on YT channels...Looking forward to Park home Life;))) Butterfly is so lovely--I like your method a lot...hugs on a rainy day here, too (finally!) Julierose🥰
Love the butterfly 🦋 I am glad to hear you’re taking care of yourself. It makes such a difference eating well. I have changed my diet with intermittent fasting so breakfast and a late lunch( meat a huge serving veggies and fruits) eating more than I use to but it’s all healthy loosing weight so feeling good inside and out. Take care of yourself as no one else will. Do you have any plans with park home life to do some journaling?
Love this weeks stitch along and a wonderful message. I’m pleased to hear you have removed those card oppressive cupboards, they were dreadful. Now you have another wall to decorate to your taste :)
Dear K3N, I have been watching the comments to see if anyone else wanted to know how to but wire around your wall hanging quilt...MIND BLOWN!!! So chic wondering if sometime you would consider showing us!!!! Ps what a beautiful butterfly!!
Thank you! All I did was lay the wire down between the top and backing, and trap it between two lines of running stitch. I will show you one day, perhaps I can incorporate it into one of the weeks projects ❤️
I too love to do things myself instead of calling someone. When my mother, my grandmother and I moved to a different house, I did it all myself because I love to do things that are supposed to be done by men (not electrical or plumbing). My mother also loved to do those things, but she was delighted to pass the torch😁 I love your butterfly 🦋! My grandmother used to say that seeing a white butterfly 🦋 was a good sign. She didn’t mean it as a superstition, she meant as a sign of hope or that something good was going to happen. I hope your butterfly (although it’s not white) is a sign of a good thing that’s about to start 🦋💚🦋🩵🦋🩷🦋♥️🦋🧡🦋💜🦋💛🦋💙🦋🤎🦋
Thank you Alexandra. One of my neighbours passed by this morning, the lovely old chap who put up the fence for Stella. He said that he had seen me cutting up the old wardrobes the other day (so they would fit in the car) and that I quote 'sawed like a bloke' which from him, I took as a huge compliment 😂♥️
I've just watched a RUclips video about Asheville NC by a couple who got caught out by it. The forecast did not say that they were heading into trouble. It's worth a watch if you've no idea how bad it gets. Certainly shows how useless electricity is. One of the first utilities to go off line. No Internet, tv or radio. Then, there is no water. Well, except rain and flood water. Yes there are people here in UK/Europe that have had to endure flooding way too often. Stay safe all and best wishes. Thank you, Kathryn, for all that you do. You and Marian (Marian's World) brighten mine and many others' lives😍😀
I love this!! Butterflies my fav. Hopefully when I’m calmer I can give it a proper go. Have to do still do some storm prep. Did a very archaic diddly doo for now. Btw Kathryn you are making me hungry lol. ❤😂
As ever, always interesting and inspiring! Even though I can’t bare their fluttering they are amazing creatures and metaphor for life. Lookin forward to the next one.x
I came across your channel about the time you started Park Home Life, linked to your video about your aunties book by alex castro ferreras‘ channel - and since then am kind of stuck there watching all your videos 😉 … I appreciate the way you share your story and how you settle your life new - I‘m on a similar journey ( though without moving to a new home) since over a year now and doing my art was a big part of dealing with it … I enjoy every single one of your videos, thanks for that, 🤗 Angelika
Simply lovely, Katherine. Love it! My daughter’s name is Vanessa. She’s named after the butterfly genus Vanessa, The red admirals, Indian red admirals, New Zealand red admirals, the Kamehamehas, and the painted ladies are all Vanessas. 🥰
For somebody who didn’t speak for such a long time, Maya Angelou is a very eloquent speaker. I love butterflies - have three large ones tattooed down my spine, very stylised, in jewel colours - so this project is definitely in my wheelhouse. When I moved into my own place my dad bought me a tool kit and an electric screwdriver. I definitely felt empowered by that.
@@k3n.clothtales He’s the best! He didn’t read me bedtime stories, he sang them. He bought me a guitar for my 7th birthday, and played it more than I did. He got me out of bed to watch Alan Price and Georgie Fame on tv (separate weeks). His band has a brick outside The Cavern Club. I love music because of him.
Hi Kathryn, I really appreciate the no gadget approach, as I would probably not go out and buy a whatever it was, being too much of a skinflint! I love the idea of you altering (the) time - like a Dr Who/Time Lord? (Time Lady doesn't sound quite the same somehow, such is our/my laden perception of language). Glad DDTLM fitted a new stopcock. Hope the cat flap is done soon too. Loved the account of the wardrobe removal and how you have claimed the space for yourself to make it your own! I am sure that all us "compulsive carers" are very pleased to hear that you are doing proper cooking and eating good things. I have a mental image of a long line of virtual casserole dishes leading from your door into the Cloud! After doing the video, with the 2 hour break for more stitching on your butterfly, I hope you allowed yourself to rest. (There she goes again...)
Good morning! Thank you for thinking about us in the path of hurricane Milton. We are in Naples , but have made plans to stay in Miami. It's raining here also.
“ It’s a process, I’ll get there. “ words to practice daily. ❤ my boy Jack (my pup) wakes me every morning for breakfast too. He tries to be sneaky and wake me an hour or two early hoping I will fill his bowl. Tricksy little boy. So I’ve set an alarm now and even if he wakes me early I don’t feed him till I hear the alarm. He grumbles quite loudly about that haha, but has started to realize that waking me at 3 am doesn’t mean food.
I do need to try at least to train Fredfred. I wouldn't mind but there are always biscuits in his bowl, he wants the tin of wet food he gets every morning. 🙄😁❤️
@k3n.clothtales well he only needs training if it is bothersome for you to get up to feed him. Buy the way, being made to get up early is a perfect excuse for a lovely nap later in the day!🥰🤭
It is so funny, you started talking about removing your wardrobe and how difficult it was finding someone to do the work for you, and I was starting to think I wonder if she could do it herself. Then you started talking about your journey of removing it. Just think of the money you save and the great satisfaction of accomplishing it on your own!❤
There's a quilting block method that's requires pulling two fabrics apart and slicing one. I find it easier if I make a small starter slice before I do sewing. That way I can be sure I only cut the fabric I want. Take the knowledge for whatever good it might be to you.
Thank you, yes I have done that too with larger pieces, the trouble with such little scraps is with a slit in they can pull out of shape. Plus I like to live dangerously. 😁 I will try to remember to pass on the tip next time I show something similar. ♥️
You put whatever you want on your channel. I get so frustrated with algorithm rules. Please just don't take these 2024 videos down because many of us will be taking a second try. Today in particular, (so sad), I made a couple really silly mistakes at step one. Stay busy to stay happy.
Pinning question? Why follow the stitching line when you pin rather than pin vertical to the sewing line? I vaguely remember you speaking to this in some earlier video but my memory fails me … apologies in advance for this lapse. Again, many thank yous for your generous sharing
I know in garment making there are specific times and places for pins to be set one way or the other, or even under a 45 degree angle. Also machine sewists often pin perpendicular so the pins are easier to remove or sew over pins (I wouldn't advise that!) I think in my case it's just habit to pin parallel.. some say that mimics the stitch more closely, others say it distorts the fabric less to pin perpendicular. For most of what I do, precision isn't important anyway. 😁♥️
Love your beautiful butterfly. I hope you don't mind but when you have FredFred's flap installed, it might be an idea to check that the guy fits it the right way round!! The only reason I say this is the man who installed ours fitted it with the locking mechanism on the outside! My Loki is pretty bright but as far as locking the flap after himself ?? He was miffed I asked him to fit it correctly. I'm sure your guy will know what he's doing BUT you never know😂😃🤔
The opposite of wonky is regular, so if you want to take a break from your “regular” Wonky Wednesday broadcast, it doesn’t stop being ‘WonkyWednesday’. Does that make sense? The ethos of Wonky Wednesday still holds true, and it really doesn’t hurt to go Off Piste occasionally.
Good morning, rainy here in France too, so like England, I can easily stay at home and stitch all day!!🪡🧵heaven. I’m retraining my thinking (again) to know that I can give myself permission to create, stitch, when I choose as opposed to justifying my reasons to sit and stitch because it’s raining!! Stitching and the company here is simply a joy, thank you everything here and of course you K3N!!
Coincidentally, I’ve just been doing some stitching on butterflies and daisies 😊 Just a note regarding the electrical socket. Don’t quote me on it, but, here in the UK I’ve got a funny feeling that building regs might stipulate that electrical sockets are supposed to be a certain height up the wall nowadays 🤔I know that they’re part way up the walls in new build homes, but the regs, thinking about it, might only apply to new builds. Obviously your electrician will know best. Just thought I’d mention it. 🫣
@@k3n.clothtales The regulation might have something to do with babies & small children sticking their little moist fingers in outlets that are at skirting board height. I might be wrong on that too, but I, honestly, can’t be bothered to Google it at the moment 🤷🏻♀️❤
Doesn't matter if a couple of episodes are not quite wonky Wednesday. To quote a podcaster I watch... "You do You..." It's your channel, after all, I'm just happy to be invited along!! ❤😊
I totally agree with you. Happy to have her do whatever she likes, it is all wonderful.
Thank you 😁❤️
Dear K3n, since you have started this new stage in your life your designs have come to life and are even more inspired and beautiful. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much 😀
Beautiful!!! I am finishing a few prior weeks while listening. I am thinking I will look for a Fraktur image to try with this technique. Thanks for another lovely page🌷🌷🌷
Kia ora-hi Kathryn, this was so enjoyble , i will be making more of these beautiful butterflies. Thank you x ❤
Isn't doing your own DIY empowering? The more I do for myself the more determined I become to do more. So happy for you and for what it's worth I'm proud of you as well. Thank you for your videos!
Had to come back and edit it because I have a tendency to write comments before I finish watching the video and you went on to say it was empowering.
Also, I’m so happy you’re not starting another channel. It’s nice to have the variety all in one place especially when it’s somebody that you like.
Thank you Jude, yes it's so empowering to discover what I am capable of indeed ❤️
All bedrooms are not the same when your eyes are closed. Our other senses kick in when it’s dark. You need to be at home in the room to be at home in your body. Completely understand your plan ❤
Thank you. And for the rationale which makes perfect sense to me. ❤️
"You do you, Kathryn" we are happy to watch whatever you feel like showing us xx
Hi Katherine, just wanted to say how much I look forward to all of your videos, and let you know how much they mean to me. Now that my four children are all grown I find myself living alone for the first time in my whole life at 63 - and let me tell you, I'm not a fan of it 😜 . But - I find it so much more tolerable now that I have you to listen to and learn from. I even have your videos playing sometimes when I'm cooking or working on my laptop as it makes me feel less alone just hearing your wittering ☺ I live in Sydney, but my mum's family were from Ireland and so many of the turns of phrase that you use remind me of my mum and her six sisters - it makes me smile. So thank you - and keep being you 💖 p.s I have made six biscornu pin cushions (they're a bit addictive aren't they!), and a cloth pouch, and am stitching my second cloth pouch as I watched this video.
Hello there, I do know what you mean about being alone. It takes some getting used to. It's lovely to have a community here for company. I often put Marion or Jeri or Machteld on as well to listen to while I do other things. ♥️
I’m so happy you put everything on the same channel. I follow a creator who has two channels and I see what is posted on one relatively promptly but nothing from the other and I’m subscribed to both. I check your channel Monday, Wednesday and Friday just in case but everything shows up under recommended and that’s simpler than searching. So, I’m selfishly glad you kept it all on one channel 😅
100% agree k3n, don’t let anyone force you into a lane! I’m very happy to watch everything you post, and it’s easier for me to subscribe to one channel for all your content. Please keep doing what you’re doing 😊😊
Also, it’s your channel, please post what you want when you want! I, for one, love the elephants ❤❤
Thank you Rosy ❤️
🦋I love your attitude🦋! You, Marion and Jeri are an amazing group of talented ladies no matter what you demonstrate.
Your bedroom needs to be a sanctuary. It’s the place you’ll retreat to when feeling weary or under the weather. So glad to hear that you’re making it feel better for you. Feelings are important.
Thank you Alison, I am just waiting for the first coat of paint to dry so I can go over it again. Hoping to have my bed moved by this evening 🤞♥️
People can be so rude! 😡As my daughter says, “ignore the trolls, mama, and don’t engage with them.”
It’s a pleasure to watch everything you make and post on your channel, and everything Marion posts too. You’re both so talented and creative. As you always say, Katherine, you do you, and we’ll be happy to watch.
Thank you Judith that's good advice from your daughter ♥️
I so enjoy our time together on monday. Surprises are delightful. Thank you k3n
I love this project and the colours you chose.
When you were talking about trimming the two little blue pieces to be symmetrical, it made me think about how my mum used to cut my hair There’s a photo of a me when I was little with my fringe literally about half an inch long, where she’d cut it wonky, tried to straighten it up, cut it wonky the other way, tried to straighten it again, on and on until it was virtually up to my hairline 🤦🏻♀️
Happily, hair grows back. And that wasn’t even the worst thing that’s happened to it in the 60+ years since 🤣
Oh I remember the Mum cut fringes... 😂❤️
@@k3n.clothtales and sister cut fringes 😂
Excellent, I love how you are mindful of costs for us viewers ❤
My pleasure 😊
I think this beautiful butterfly is perfect for a wonky Wednesday. For me wonky means freedom, and this manner of doing applique (Sorry I don't know how to add the accent) is very free. Thanks Kathryn for this tutorial. And congratulations for mastering the art of DIY. You're a real maker, you make things happen! Perhaps that's your super power. 🙂❤
Thank you Vivian 😊
It’s a drizzly rainy day here in Massachusetts (USA) today as well. Love your bright butterfly, helps cheer up a dreary day. Your cheese box shelves are definitely a nice addition to your studio, lots of little cubbies for your sewing stuff.
Thank you Sue ☺️
Lovely :) I enjoy the Monday and Wednesday (wonky or whatever!) videos, and I ADORE the park home life videos. You can trust me to watch and stitch at my own pace 🥰
Loved hearing about your cooking and wardrobe adventures. I also enjoy how you engage with RUclips in your own way. It's brought authenticity to my experience, and I had never engaged before. Often it can feel like calling into a void, but with you it's a dialogue, which is so special!
Thank you so much, I am so happy you feel that way 🥰
Totally agree
I recently purchased my first box of A PLEE Kay pins and they are marvelous! So much easier than using my usual pins with the big beads on the end. My new pins are so tiny and lovely. Thank you for explaining what they were in a past video. - Kate from Florida, thankfully not in the path of the last two hurricanes ❤
So pleased you like them and that you are safe ❤️
A beautiful butterfly and a very apt quote x
Thank you Louise ♥️
So annoyed I’ve had to watch this video in bits and pieces…had teeth cleaning, purchasing a new washer and dryer, and then waiting for delivery and installation. All is done now, so I can sit, sip my peach tea and enjoy the rest of this lovely, relaxing video.
I hope you enjoyed it Judith ☺️
I need to watch this one and the last (elephant) more closely. I have some wool felt pieces that would be fun to use for both.
So happy you are steadfast in your work. I’m not certain I could push through during turbulent times. Like now. My head is unable to focus past dishes, sorting cans and laundry. lol
All will be well soon. ❤
Hello Sandra, I know the feeling of not being up to doing anything. Sometimes I just let myself, other times I say to myself that I will just do one small thing to start a task and often, but not always, it gets me going. Hugs ❤️
I just love spending time with you whatever it is, everything is so inspirational ❤
Thank you Carol ❤️
Your butterfly is lovely and very apt - Maya Angelou always finds the right words.
I'm glad you're feeling more comfortable in your bedroom. Well done for tackling those wardrobes! Worth it - everything is easier to cope with when you're properly rested.
Your soupfest has inspired me to stock my own freezer. Soup is so comforting and warming now that the days are getting shorter. Here in the Hebrides, we get very short days and we've already had a few gales. I love them - perfect crafting weather!
Mary x 💟
I've a friend on Benbecula. Beautiful but also brutal at times😀. Fresh air comes at a cost🙃🙂
Thank you Mary, the cracks and screwholes are all poly filled so next step is painting. Look out for flying trampolines ❤️
Little things like a reminder to use our hand cream to our DIY hands is a gift….
Butterflies are such magical creatures, and they seem to appear whenever you need hope or comfort. I will try to make a pillow like this for my friend who just lost her teenage daughter. When she came out of the hospital, a butterfly kept following her, which meant a lot for her. ❤😢❤
I am so sorry for your friend, how awful. Sending her and you lots of love ❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful idea
You are a inspiration ✨️ for all phases of our life. I feel Marion is a wonderful inspiration also. Maybe it is your and Marion's independent nature and "can do" attitude ❤
Thank you K3N, Beautiful scrappliqué, something chrismassey would be nice!
Nothing feels so metamorphosing as tearing something down and reconfiguring. You rock it, K3N. Referring to profound poetry for inspiration is magical and this one from Maya Angelou extends to the evolution of all things, including you!
Thank you Ann, yes I love this quote ❤️
Hiya K3n 🌞, have been waiting for this all day! Starting to think because it is a public holiday here for KC3 s birthday,you mightn't post so took a shower,& up you pop!😅😊 So contented now! Lol ❤pat Stella & Fred Fred.Be well and content, Julia, Brisbane, Australia ❤ 🇦🇺 😀 🪃 xx
Hello Julia, I thought his birthday was in November? It's just a normal Monday here 😁♥️
@@k3n.clothtales 😊They put it up as his official one 👋 but I 've been kept indoors with laryngitis as l'm imuno-comprimised and so have been a bit isolated for last week or so;looking forward to getting back out on Friday 😀. Life's got in the way a bit of late (:-•) 😀 Julia.
what a great project to work on! Thank you!! Love it
Lovely butterfly, Kathryn 🦋 Looking forward to seeing the bedroom before and after! Beth x
Kathryn, you gave me two great ideas for meals and I went out and bought a huge leek and will make leek and potato soup. I also made chicken curry. So I have not only learned slow stitching…..but you have also helped me with some menu ideas🤗. Thanks as ever
My pleasure 😁❤️
Can't wait to see what everyone does with this week's idea! xx
Me neither 😁♥️
you are doing a great job at getting settled. take care x
Thank you ❤️
i really love your little butterfly,I always thought applique was to difficult for me,but now you have inspired me and I am going tot try it, thank you Kathryn 🥰
Pretty cool for slapdash, Kathryn. Looking forward m to friday. Take care.😊.
Thank you 😊
As we said as children ....I love your ..flutterby ❤❤❤❤❤💚
Love how butterfly is such a cool world! Borboleta in Portuguese, Mariposa in Spanish, Papillon in French, Farfala in Italian... And what is it in other languages? ❤
It's Schmetterling in German
I love your beautiful butterfly. When in the cocoon initially creature turns to a mushy mess. A bit like we do in the midst of transformation. I think you tearing out your wardrobes all by yourself is marvelous. The opposite of creating is destroying, so I think you are striking a good balance. Arohanui from me in Aotearoa New Zealand ❤
Yes, I have been thinking about destroying and creating as a theme for one of the Monday projects ❤️
Isn’t Kali, the Hindu goddess, both a destroyer and a creator ?
@AlisonGreenValleyCrone yes she is. I think most Hindu gods and goddesses express both sides in this way.
@k3n.clothtales that is a wonderful idea even though in life it is never a dichotomy. I like the Yin yang idea that light holds the potential for darkness and vice versa. There are all sorts of ideas like; the greater the light the bigger the shadow, for example. From our hard times wonderful things emerge. It is a paradox isn't it.❤️
Your soup and curry sounds yummy, you can always make some rice pudding with the leftover rice. It goes well with the curry. I will look and see what image looks good to try with this project. Thank you for these projects, we all just appreciate everything you decide to share with us. Your little house is getting better every day. I thought the shelving was rather too much in the bedroom too. And a little dark looking. It will brighten it up, make it more cozy too without it. Good job, we are all patting you on the back. Love you to from all of us.
Thank you Michelle, the bedroom feels better already, even with the unpainted wall and the pollyfiller I did yesterday. Hope to paint today when I have finished the elephant rice bag video for tomorrow ❤️
I always love to see you flutter by, as Bob the builder or with a lovely butterfly. Sorry, i just had to go poetique. Love everything you do, no lanes necessary🍀💖😀
Thank you Machteld, poetique indeed 😁❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing. My sister lives in Sheringham so we’ve often popped down to Cromer as a treat on my visits. I love your van. It’s always been my dream to have to just up and go when I want. Maybe one day. Good luck xx
Sizin elinizle yapılan herşey güzel ketrin kelebeğin çok hoş canlı kelebek gibi olmuş teşekkürler 👍👏🙋
Thank you Hülya lots of love ❤️
Hello Katherine
I like any lane you take and enjoyed stitching together. I was making a butterfly at the same time, but in reverse applique. Funny because the result was almost the same 😊
Looking forward seeing the changes in your home 🏡
Thank you Karin, yes it's a similar process just kind of the other way around 😁♥️
Love Miss Stellar, cuddle bug ❣️
I am happy that you only do one channel. I just select the ones I follow, being all of yours, by the way. The RUclipsrs who have more than one channel just confuse me. Having said that though, I am easily confused. Love you and love your channel.....sheer bliss..I think I have become a Kathryn groupie. xx Bye for now.
Happy to have you as a groupie Maureen 😁❤️
Love it. Thanks for sharing Kathryn
It’s always so relaxing to watch you work. I love butterflies as well as elephants so thoroughly enjoying your channel at the moment. That’s not to say I don’t always enjoy it! I also like to see everything on one channel, it’s too confusing to have everything split up, surely that’s what the playlists are for. I’m very proud of you for ‘doing it yourself’, good for you, I told you it was addictive. I agree tho about electrical work, I wouldn’t touch it either. My lovely eldest son managed to spend a night in A&E last week, having electrocuted himself, he wasn’t careless, it was an accident but apparently he’s lucky to be alive, thank goodness,!! Finally, a beautiful quote from Maya Angelou, a wonderful woman after whom my eldest granddaughter is named.
I hope your son was ok. This socket looks like it's properly wired and just needs moving but I am not taking any chances. ❤️
Lovely butterfly I ❤ it 😊
Thank you so much 😊
Lovely butterfly!❤
Sending Southwest Sunshine your way 🌞from NM. Love the echo stitches. I incorporate that in several of my pieces as I love the look it creates.
Still enjoying hot warm weather here in the Midwest of the US, we have been so lucky of late 😊 I wake up with birds singing in the morning's wee hours and like to enjoy the peace and quiet alone before the whole household wakes up too. My two ever curious kitties join me and we have a blast greeting the new day and getting fed and some fresh water. Then I finally open my phone thinking about the 101 things I have to do today, and bam, there you are with a great new project! It just makes my Mondays better immediately, thank ❤
My pleasure Emilia, so happy to be a part of your Monday ❤️
I love the "variety" on YT channels...Looking forward to Park home Life;)))
Butterfly is so lovely--I like your method a lot...hugs on a rainy day here, too (finally!) Julierose🥰
Thanks so much! 😊
Reminds me of a song...right said Fred got to take the doors off. While I am listening to your rain we have torrential rain here...lovely video.
Oh yes I remember that song. Shame my Fred wasn't capable of doing it 😁❤️
Didn’t it include cups of tea too 🙂
@@AlisonGreenValleyCrone yep...charlie and me had anover cup of tea and then we went home.
Love the butterfly 🦋 I am glad to hear you’re taking care of yourself. It makes such a difference eating well. I have changed my diet with intermittent fasting so breakfast and a late lunch( meat a huge serving veggies and fruits) eating more than I use to but it’s all healthy loosing weight so feeling good inside and out. Take care of yourself as no one else will. Do you have any plans with park home life to do some journaling?
Thank you, yes I do want to share more journaling here. Park Home Life might be a good place to do that. ❤️
Love this weeks stitch along and a wonderful message. I’m pleased to hear you have removed those card oppressive cupboards, they were dreadful. Now you have another wall to decorate to your taste :)
Yes, I hadn't realised how oppressive they were until now, when they're gone. ❤️
Dear K3N, I have been watching the comments to see if anyone else wanted to know how to but wire around your wall hanging quilt...MIND BLOWN!!! So chic wondering if sometime you would consider showing us!!!! Ps what a beautiful butterfly!!
Thank you! All I did was lay the wire down between the top and backing, and trap it between two lines of running stitch. I will show you one day, perhaps I can incorporate it into one of the weeks projects ❤️
Great folk art. So sweet.💙💚💛
I too love to do things myself instead of calling someone. When my mother, my grandmother and I moved to a different house, I did it all myself because I love to do things that are supposed to be done by men (not electrical or plumbing). My mother also loved to do those things, but she was delighted to pass the torch😁
I love your butterfly 🦋! My grandmother used to say that seeing a white butterfly 🦋 was a good sign. She didn’t mean it as a superstition, she meant as a sign of hope or that something good was going to happen. I hope your butterfly (although it’s not white) is a sign of a good thing that’s about to start 🦋💚🦋🩵🦋🩷🦋♥️🦋🧡🦋💜🦋💛🦋💙🦋🤎🦋
Thank you Alexandra. One of my neighbours passed by this morning, the lovely old chap who put up the fence for Stella. He said that he had seen me cutting up the old wardrobes the other day (so they would fit in the car) and that I quote 'sawed like a bloke' which from him, I took as a huge compliment 😂♥️
@@k3n.clothtales It was indeed a compliment 😁
Beautiful ❤ Australia
I've just watched a RUclips video about Asheville NC by a couple who got caught out by it. The forecast did not say that they were heading into trouble. It's worth a watch if you've no idea how bad it gets. Certainly shows how useless electricity is. One of the first utilities to go off line. No Internet, tv or radio. Then, there is no water. Well, except rain and flood water.
Yes there are people here in UK/Europe that have had to endure flooding way too often.
Stay safe all and best wishes.
Thank you, Kathryn, for all that you do. You and Marian (Marian's World) brighten mine and many others' lives😍😀
❤️❤️❤️
love it
Beautiful.
I love this!! Butterflies my fav. Hopefully when I’m calmer I can give it a proper go. Have to do still do some storm prep. Did a very archaic diddly doo for now. Btw Kathryn you are making me hungry lol. ❤😂
Stay safe ❤️
As ever, always interesting and inspiring! Even though I can’t bare their fluttering they are amazing creatures and metaphor for life. Lookin forward to the next one.x
Good Morning ! 🌞💐x
Good morning! ♥️
Beautiful 🦋 ❤❤
Thank you! 🤗
Beautiful 🦋 butterfly, thank❤🙏 you so much!
I came across your channel about the time you started Park Home Life, linked to your video about your aunties book by alex castro ferreras‘ channel - and since then am kind of stuck there watching all your videos 😉 … I appreciate the way you share your story and how you settle your life new - I‘m on a similar journey ( though without moving to a new home) since over a year now and doing my art was a big part of dealing with it … I enjoy every single one of your videos, thanks for that, 🤗 Angelika
My pleasure Angelika, I am glad you found me. Good luck with your own journey and much love ❤️
Simply lovely, Katherine. Love it!
My daughter’s name is Vanessa. She’s named after the butterfly genus Vanessa, The red admirals, Indian red admirals, New Zealand red admirals, the Kamehamehas, and the painted ladies are all Vanessas. 🥰
I didn't know that, how wonderful 😊
Glad that you’re not starting a new channel. I love your channel, and Marion’s World and Hippy Highland Living because they’re full of variety…
Lovely, thank you Katherine. ❤ Think I'll try a bird xx
Sounds lovely 🐦♥️
❤ Love this! I am excited to try creating mine!
I hope you have fun Leona ❤️
For somebody who didn’t speak for such a long time, Maya Angelou is a very eloquent speaker.
I love butterflies - have three large ones tattooed down my spine, very stylised, in jewel colours - so this project is definitely in my wheelhouse.
When I moved into my own place my dad bought me a tool kit and an electric screwdriver. I definitely felt empowered by that.
Your Dad sounds wonderful 😁 I wish I wasn't such a wimp, I always wanted a tattoo but too scary 😂🐦
Don't know where the bluebird flew in from 😁♥️
@@k3n.clothtales He’s the best! He didn’t read me bedtime stories, he sang them. He bought me a guitar for my 7th birthday, and played it more than I did. He got me out of bed to watch Alan Price and Georgie Fame on tv (separate weeks). His band has a brick outside The Cavern Club. I love music because of him.
Magnifique ❤
So precious ❤
Hi Kathryn, I really appreciate the no gadget approach, as I would probably not go out and buy a whatever it was, being too much of a skinflint!
I love the idea of you altering (the) time - like a Dr Who/Time Lord? (Time Lady doesn't sound quite the same somehow, such is our/my laden perception of language).
Glad DDTLM fitted a new stopcock. Hope the cat flap is done soon too. Loved the account of the wardrobe removal and how you have claimed the space for yourself to make it your own!
I am sure that all us "compulsive carers" are very pleased to hear that you are doing proper cooking and eating good things. I have a mental image of a long line of virtual casserole dishes leading from your door into the Cloud!
After doing the video, with the 2 hour break for more stitching on your butterfly, I hope you allowed yourself to rest. (There she goes again...)
Thank you Nina, I really appreciate the care . Truly I do. ❤️❤️❤️
Good morning! Thank you for thinking about us in the path of hurricane Milton. We are in Naples , but have made plans to stay in Miami. It's raining here also.
Please stay safe Julie ❤️
Marion and Kate…….use our freeways here in the States with many many lanes…..
😁 good one, we will have freeway channels ❤️❤️❤️
“ It’s a process, I’ll get there. “ words to practice daily. ❤ my boy Jack (my pup) wakes me every morning for breakfast too. He tries to be sneaky and wake me an hour or two early hoping I will fill his bowl. Tricksy little boy. So I’ve set an alarm now and even if he wakes me early I don’t feed him till I hear the alarm. He grumbles quite loudly about that haha, but has started to realize that waking me at 3 am doesn’t mean food.
I do need to try at least to train Fredfred. I wouldn't mind but there are always biscuits in his bowl, he wants the tin of wet food he gets every morning. 🙄😁❤️
@k3n.clothtales well he only needs training if it is bothersome for you to get up to feed him. Buy the way, being made to get up early is a perfect excuse for a lovely nap later in the day!🥰🤭
Beautiful. Just the right size ...or we just make a bigger book next time.😊
the butteryfly upside down ay about 1:03 reminded me of a Kabuki mask.
I like the sound of a clock ticking especially when I am in bed.
The upside down butterfly (before the body) looked like a spooky Halloween face 🎃
Happy to be topical 😂♥️
It is so funny, you started talking about removing your wardrobe and how difficult it was finding someone to do the work for you, and I was starting to think I wonder if she could do it herself. Then you started talking about your journey of removing it. Just think of the money you save and the great satisfaction of accomplishing it on your own!❤
Yes! It was a lot of work but not really that difficult. 😁❤️
There's a quilting block method that's requires pulling two fabrics apart and slicing one. I find it easier if I make a small starter slice before I do sewing. That way I can be sure I only cut the fabric I want. Take the knowledge for whatever good it might be to you.
Thank you, yes I have done that too with larger pieces, the trouble with such little scraps is with a slit in they can pull out of shape. Plus I like to live dangerously. 😁 I will try to remember to pass on the tip next time I show something similar. ♥️
You put whatever you want on your channel. I get so frustrated with algorithm rules. Please just don't take these 2024 videos down because many of us will be taking a second try. Today in particular, (so sad), I made a couple really silly mistakes at step one. Stay busy to stay happy.
Me too. I just will continue to do me. You all seem to like it. And yes of course I will leave the videos up, 😉❤️
Pinning question? Why follow the stitching line when you pin rather than pin vertical to the sewing line? I vaguely remember you speaking to this in some earlier video but my memory fails me … apologies in advance for this lapse. Again, many thank yous for your generous sharing
I know in garment making there are specific times and places for pins to be set one way or the other, or even under a 45 degree angle. Also machine sewists often pin perpendicular so the pins are easier to remove or sew over pins (I wouldn't advise that!) I think in my case it's just habit to pin parallel.. some say that mimics the stitch more closely, others say it distorts the fabric less to pin perpendicular. For most of what I do, precision isn't important anyway. 😁♥️
Love your beautiful butterfly. I hope you don't mind but when you have FredFred's flap installed, it might be an idea to check that the guy fits it the right way round!! The only reason I say this is the man who installed ours fitted it with the locking mechanism on the outside! My Loki is pretty bright but as far as locking the flap after himself ?? He was miffed I asked him to fit it correctly. I'm sure your guy will know what he's doing BUT you never know😂😃🤔
Oh goodness, yes I will keep an eye on him when he finally gets here. 🙄😁❤️
The opposite of wonky is regular, so if you want to take a break from your “regular” Wonky Wednesday broadcast, it doesn’t stop being ‘WonkyWednesday’. Does that make sense? The ethos of Wonky Wednesday still holds true, and it really doesn’t hurt to go Off Piste occasionally.
It does thank you 😊
I like rainy English weather it justifies my desire to not go out!
😁♥️♥️♥️
…and stay in to stitch x
Good morning, rainy here in France too, so like England, I can easily stay at home and stitch all day!!🪡🧵heaven. I’m retraining my thinking (again) to know that I can give myself permission to create, stitch, when I choose as opposed to justifying my reasons to sit and stitch because it’s raining!! Stitching and the company here is simply a joy, thank you everything here and of course you K3N!!
Thank you yes, giving ourselves permission to create is so important. ❤️
Coincidentally, I’ve just been doing some stitching on butterflies and daisies 😊
Just a note regarding the electrical socket. Don’t quote me on it, but, here in the UK I’ve got a funny feeling that building regs might stipulate that electrical sockets are supposed to be a certain height up the wall nowadays 🤔I know that they’re part way up the walls in new build homes, but the regs, thinking about it, might only apply to new builds. Obviously your electrician will know best. Just thought I’d mention it. 🫣
Thank you, I have a feeling I have heard that too recently. Hopefully he can move it because it's just above bed height. 🙄❤️
@@k3n.clothtales The regulation might have something to do with babies & small children sticking their little moist fingers in outlets that are at skirting board height. I might be wrong on that too, but I, honestly, can’t be bothered to Google it at the moment 🤷🏻♀️❤