Looking forward to trying this out Kathryn. Definitely my thing I’m discovering. It’s been such an interesting journey with you this year trying different things but I realise I’m less keen on fancy complicated work that requires too much thinking and/or measuring (don’t mind a little) and prefer more intuitive work. Thank you for presenting us with such a wide ranging palette of options. Such enjoyment travelling this road. Interestingly I’ve found a slow stitching group half an hour’s drive away and it’s great to meet like minded enthusiasts in person as well as all your lovely followers online. 🥰🤗
I heard an artist give this answer to "how long did it take?" -- "my whole life. It took every experience to lead me the moment of completing this piece." Our think our society has become so obsessed with time and doing things quickly. Yet, at the same time, we put more value on things that take a long time to do. Lots to ponder about this.
I want to learn words. As a child (my mother sewed clothes) I knew many cloths and felt proud that I did. Now there are so many different cloths I think I need a refresher course. Any advice will be appreciated. I learn much from K3N and Marion’s world. Happy Stitching❤
I am close to caught up, but I needed to express my sudden joy! I did the couching way back, but oh my.... I started this project and absolutely fell in love. I'm creating organic (one of our favourite words 😂), wiggly, layered, crazy couching and I just love it to bits. Decided to couch mostly teensy fabric strips plus some variegated wools and it looks so awesome! Thank you so much for this particular prompt, Kathryn ❤ I've found my new obsession 😮
“There is a new minimalism that is concerned with the touch of the maker. The materials lead and then the process itself is the source of poetic resonance.” Judith Martin I wrote that in my stitch journal last month after coming across Judith’s wonderful work so am thrilled that you have featured her this week. 🐸 I think her words encapsulate perfectly your philosophy. Thanks again for inspiring us week after week. 💜 Cath
Kathryn - I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your weekly slow stitch projects. 2024 has not been one of my (or my families) best years so far and being able to participate in your weekly projects with my sister has been a life saver. I wake up every Monday morning so excited to find out what our adventures for the week will be. I have completed every project and when my time allows I plan to go back and revisit your Wonky Wednesdays. I do not do Facebook so am unable to join your Facebook group. Just know that you have a huge fan out here California, USA. Thank you for being you!
Hello Jean, it's lovely to hear from you. I am so sorry your family is having a bad time. Much love to you and your sister, I am glad you are finding a little lightness in your week by following along with the projects. Much love to you both ❤️
I’m really enjoying your video and am butting in with my 2 cents about people asking how long something took to make. I am sure there are many reasons for that question and certainly admiration of your/our dedication and stamina is often one reason AND I have also experienced it as a very judgy query. All good practice at accepting we are all living on the same earth in different ways is how I feel about it. Very interesting to ponder, thank you ❤ Now back to the remaining 59 minutes 👏👏👏
@@k3n.clothtales thank you 🩷 Not to know but to go on! If I was a tattooing type of gal these words would be indelibly etched on me! Thank you so much for exploring this idea- love love love. I’m itching to start a long term piece to mark this time in my life, I think you’ve just handed me the inspiration on a plate 🙏 I really loved everything about this episode (nothing new there) ☺️ I’m so sorry hearing you were locked in the toilet, not fun at all and I admire your ability to tell it so beautifully! Ha ha rupunzel😂 and 3 cheers for practicality.🙌🙌🙌 When I was 8 I was locked in a toilet on my first day at a new school. I was too shy to yell out, I was eventually found by another girl my age who became my best friend for the rest of our primary school days. 🤩
Week 32 - Inspired by Judy Martin. "Not to know, but to go on" ~Judy Martin Thank you for introducing us to this amazing stitcher. I will be sure to explore the links, too. I giggled at your loo story🙃 When you talked about the decisions you make when stitching with other people versus when stitching alone, I find that to be the case in my art. When I do art online in my streams, I find myself very influenced by comments and suggestions. Most of the time, it leads me down a path I would not have taken on my own. It sort of takes on a collaborative process. I think when I do my art on my own, the work is much more intuitive. Just listening to your chat about the Festival of Quilts inspires me to seek out some local shows. Most of the quilting around here is most likely machine stitched quilts. But I think it would be interesting to hear local quilters talk about their quilts. This page is another technique I think I could do - I am still stitching on the Shisha piece. I did not like my Shisha stitching at first, but the more I put on it, the better I like it. I am happy to hear others struggled with the ladder stitch. Stitch mark making, doing same thing in different ways; trying different techniques Stitchhand, a way of stitching that is unique, personal, and natural to you, like your handwriting. Daily practice, hummm. Empty couching stitch, hummn. Rune stitching?? Will need to try these I'm not sure you can tell, but I have begun to type out my comments in a notepad while I am listening to you, so they tend to get lengthy by the end of the video. It is almost like I am sitting here chatting with you in person. Also, I have a written document, which I think will also go in my stitch journal when it finally gets bound. Watching you stitch your page in your book, inspiration hit!! I might try inserting my piece between two pages with a window cut through the center, so both sides show, one side on each page. Yes I might try it. This has truly been an interesting year so far. 🌷🌷🌷
This is so fabulous!! I love your way of couching, it's so much more ... friendly? It's not chicken stitch, which was the only other way I knew to do it! The lovely straight lines immediately made me think of doing circles and squiggles, and i love the idea of a scroll! I'm learning so much - I didn't know much of anything other than basic embroidery and no quilting at all, i feel like I'm taking master classes 💚
I have been making a number of the hexagons we did on your channel where they have the circle centres. My husband asked what I’m going to do with them and I said “I don’t know”. Just going to keep making them until I know what I want”. He thought that was weird but it’s nice to hear that is exactly what you are talking about today. 😍
Yes, it's a difficult concept for people to grasp when we use materials that are commonly used to make 'useful things '. People don't ask that about paintings or sculptures or other art forms ♥️
Thank you so much for introducing me to Judy Martin's breathtaking work. I'm watching and listening to her interviews every spare moment. She's an inspiration.
I am so glad I tuned in to watch this k3n - everything about this piece spoke to me and hearing your soothing voice as you describe your process is so relaxing. I like the idea of stitching for 15mins every morning - I steal time then for myself before I go in and get Oscar for tea in the porch. They say that it helps to establish a habit if you tack it on to one you already have it's easier to sustain. I loved the words and your friend's work laid as a path I thought was fabulous just fabulous. I'm glad you're having a lovely time oh and getting stuck in the bathroom was funny although it wasn't for you at the time obviously - especially the Rapunzel crack!!! Well done on the screwdriver to get out. Looking forward to seeing the exhibition on Friday's video - not sure if I will see it on Friday - just one foot in front of the other like your relative said - can't remember which one 🤷 big love from Scotland ❤️🐶
❤ I love this piece and I look forward to seeing the exhibition you visited. You are so thoughtful to do a Utube video for us. Thanks so much, Kathryn.❤
Slowly making my way , watching videos as and when I can. I enjoyed so many things about this one- the “rune “ stitches especially as I have been on a little sideways journey into embroidering runic and similar script ever since the mandala week. Lovely to have your inspiration . As always, thankyou. X
I now have a new motive: "embrace the wrinkle" :). I am going to enjoy that immensely. I am recovering from surgery, so did not feel up to stitching with you today...just sat and listened. When you discussed putting in wrinkles, I thought how many "wrinkles" my slow stitch journey has had I realized another aspect of why I enjoy this new exploration. I will now embrace those wrinkles. Enjoyed all your chat today.
I get that question so many times, specially on instagram: “how long did it take you?” or “how many hours did it take you ?” And I never know what to answer either! Once, as I was asked it a lot, I answered simply based on a guess! I know they mean no harm, but I also don’t like the question. I really like this one, because I always like to admire the back part and keep it showing (unless if it’s bags or boxes, of course, or some utilitarian piece) and I always feel that the back part is beautiful too. I love the way you do the couching , I’m going to try it 🥰 See you Wednesday, Rapunzel 😉💙💛♥️🧡💚🩵💜🩶❤️🤎🩷🤍
Another related question that also makes me uncomfortable is 'how do you find the time?' or worse 'oh I couldn't find the time to do that ' and 'how do you find the patience?). I think I might talk more about this as so many people are picking up on it. And I might actually change my name to Rapunzel. 😂❤️❤️❤️
Another silk purse from a sow's ear, or vice versa as you will. A pig's ear is actually a lovely, tactile thing. Love your stories and appreciate everything you share with us. Judy is a hop, skip over the Rockies from me so of course I will check out her blog, etc. Your couching sampler is delightful and may just be my answer for a simple window blind that remains closed. Thank you, K3N.
It is interesting to think about why we want to know how long something took. For me I wonder if it is part of a habit of thinking how much I want to , or have to, squish into one day. But now, via a combination of being in post-Covid fatigue for over a year, and retiring a year ago, I have mostly managed to free myself from that. It is a whole new country! (Just to be clear, I am not ill anymore, just in whatever this is now, well enough to mostly do what I want with a day, which is a blessing I appreciate all the more for having been much more limited for a long time.)
Thanks Kathryn for this beautiful homage to Judy Martin. I was lucky enough to take a workshop with Judy many years ago. I didn't know at the time how lucky I was to listen to her. But I know now how lucky I am to listen to you and to see you working. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤
6 years ago, myself and 2 friends had the privilege of taking a 3 day work shop with Judy Martin called Stitch Meditations. Judy introduced us to this meditative practice. She was an amazing person and teacher.
Nice homage to Judy Martin! At first I thought, I haven’t heard about her in a while, then started getting confused because the work you showed didn’t look like the Martin’s work. But I thought, maybe she’s changed! So I Googled Judy Martin and got a few different websites (plus a professional wrestler by that name!😂) and finally sorted it out! It brought back memories of learning the quilting stitch. We were taught that even stitches were more important than size in the beginning. We were also taught to aspire to stitches of equal length on both front and back. I have finally achieved this for the most part.
@@cynthiawood2097 I also came across the wrestler when googling for the links to share. Definitely not the Judy I met 😂 the confusion with 'log cabin ' Judy Martin is why this Judy calls herself Judith e when she exhibits. 😉 I also learnt that when hand quilting, I think I achieved about 9 stitches per inch in the end. Although these days, I prefer to stitch bigger and bolder ❤️
I find I'm more interested in doing as Judy did with the piece she calls "not to know but to go on" rather than a reversible piece. I will be selecting fabric - maybe even one each day for this week - and couching them down with randomly or blindly chosen embroidery thread as a document of my days this week. I've done two quilts in a similar manner. One year I chose a strip of fabric to represent how I was feeling or what was happening that day and sewed them together in the pattern commonly called Chinese Coins. Another year I made a set of flying geese each week as a representation of what happened that week. I consider nearly all of my quilts reversible. 😊
I'm recording some of Susan Sontag's words from Judith's blog post in my quilt journal. I love her perspective about art making being a second activity in our lives. (I now have both a quilt journal and an embroidery journal where I keep project notes and ideas. I may have to copy the message into both!)
Am greatly looking forward to this piece.❤ A while later, am absolutely loving this. Oh poor you, locked in the loo! That happened to me once at the Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna, just before a concert I was about to give. A gallant member of the audience rescued me, but not before I'd discovered how wonderful the acoustics were in the bathroom. 😅
As I listened to you this evening, I was stitching away on 2 little 9-patch blocks made out of tea-subdued linen inspired by you and watching some Jude Hill (by way of your recommendation). 3 months ago, I wouldn't have even thought of stitching in this way and with such happiness and gay abandon. And now you are introducing us to some more wonderful textile artists. Can't wait to check them out. Thanks Kathryn for hitting the mark. 💛
I agree about the stitch-hand. I have been thinking about this recently, without having a name for it. Something about a natural periodicity of our hands, based on how our hands are unique to us, and then influenced slightly differently each time we stitch by the context, which might be our own internal state, or our thoughts, or what is going on at the time...
I don’t know if I’m commenting on todays program. But I loved it. You were talking about your little bundle you were picking your project. You did a great job naming each cloth and explaining the material used and naming it and telling us how it I died and best ways to use it I’m still looking for a book to learn more about on textiles so I will know I’m still-looking for A book to teach me more about cloth and vocabulary.
Hello Maxine, you are commenting on last week's but no matter, I found you. 😁 I don't know of a book like that but if one occurs to me, I will certainly share it here. Hugs ❤️
The lady who took your photo was Jan from Australia who is visiting England. I was watching your video at the show and she appeared walking behind a quilt. Recognised her and sent her a message and she said she talked to you and shared the photo of you and the quilt with me. So envious Jan got to met you.
I was feeling a little disconnected from the piece and then you introduced the Rune Stitch, it stopped me in my tracks. I REALLY like the look of that stitch and when you explained it was couching without the couched thread it made sense stitch-wise as well as cognitively. In the end I loved both fronts. It was right what you said about mark-making, the finished piece reminds me of marks on very early pottery. Thank you again for a very interesting and inspiring episode😊
Despite spending two days at the show, including Friday, I didn’t see this piece of work. I look forward to your Friday video. It was again, a great show. Saw fabulous work and met many lovely people.
Sorry not to have bumped into you Julia. To clarify, the piece of work I showed wasn't there, I think (hope!) I mentioned it in the video, though Judy had a whole stand of other work. ♥️
I think that people asking how long a thing took to make is maybe just a way of expressing their interest when perhaps they don’t know too much about the craft or technique. I’m sure I have unthinkingly asked it myself when really what I mean is “I admire your work, please tell me about it.” Your Rapunzel story was priceless! I got locked OUT of my own loo yesterday! My grandsons had been visiting and it turns out that the six year old had figured out the mechanism on the outside of the bathroom door which allows the lock to be operated with a coin. He’d secretly locked it, didn’t say a word and it wasn’t until after they left and I needed a wee that I realised I was going to have to FIND a penny before I could spend one 😂
This is an Interesting piece. But as always they feel so good, cloth and stitching. I understand not liking to be closed in. I was stuck in an elevator for about 5 minutes once. It felt like a million years. I still get the chills just thinking about it. Now I have a lot of people to look up. Thanks and have a good day
I went to a quilt exhibition that was part of King's Lynn Festival last month, in a large church building. There were hundreds and I found it quite overwhelming after a while. It made me think of Stendahl Syndrome (which I thought was something Alexander McCall Smith had made up when a character in one of his books suffered from it in, I think, Florence!).
Good morning Kathryn! I’m watching whilst sat at the dentist waiting for my husband. My nan was known as Nell or Nelly for her entire life. She even introduced herself as Nell. It was only in her last few years that she told us she didn’t like it and preferred her full name - Eleanor. Your story of getting locked in the loo reminded me of a time it happened to me - in a pub! Someone got me a knife and I got myself out - my husband didn’t notice! Anyway, back to watching and stitching on yet another crazy quilt block.
Imagine your nan going her whole life with a name she didn't like. She sounds like my granny who would put other people's feelings before her own. Love your loo story! A little disconcerting that your husband didn't miss you 🙄😂♥️
I love it! I will admit that I wasn’t knitting or sewing…I was trying to finish my acrylic painting for the local horticultural show on Saturday 🙊 Your voice is like meditation for me, helping enormously, thank you! I will WATCH it all again 🤗
Way back in 2010 I went to your FOQ because I had an art quilt in the SAQA exhibit titled "When Art Meets Science". My piece was called "Blue Boobs Are Best". LOL! Now I can''t wait till Friday to see what you saw this year. By the way, after ripping out about 6 times, I finally got the hang of the open ladder chain stitch. Not to know but to go on, indeed. Love this week's piece but must finish last week's first. Since I'm trying to recover from Covid I have nothing but down time.
Hi Sara, I am sorry you have COVID, I hope you are feeling better. Are you still a Saqa member? I have a few friends who are, I used to be but let it lapse a few years ago. ❤️
Hi Kathryn, I also let my SAQA membership lapse a few years ago. Much as I appreciate SAQA ushering art quilts into the fine arts, I was ready to retire from the expensive business of putting my work out there only to have most of it returned to a closet. Now I am trying to live more lightly on the planet and work small for my own pleasure. Your stitch journal projects are just the thing for me.
Runes are very intriguing to me and so I like that you use a "rune" stitch. I hope to incorporate it into a little piece. I have always found the question "how long did it take," to be frustrating. Sometimes the person asking doesn't know how else to compliment a hand crafted item and genuinely wants to show appreciation. My inner reaction though is that considering only one dimension (time) of handcrafting doesn't do the process or the item justice. I've been knitting and stitching since I was 10 years old and like to think I've acquired skills that contribute to whatever I am currently making. Your comments are prompting me to think of a more thoughtful but kind answer.
Hi Kathryn, I enjoyed your wonderful video as usual and I have a suggestion for a group project for next year! Maybe we could have a “Meditation Scroll Monday” where those who wish to can work on our scrolls together. Maybe we could use some of the techniques you’ve taught this year or stitch in whatever method(s) we choose. I can imagine some scrolls will be quite long while others might be a series of small scrolls on little spools. I personally am working on a scroll that is 8” wide as I found a beautiful wooden industrial sized spool in an antique shop. I also have a few dozen small wooden spools and I plan to begin little projects on them soon. Just a thought! 🥰 I look forward to seeing your video on Friday of the textile art exhibited. Thank you for capturing it for us. Barbara
Serendipitous, had 3 Julias in senior school and we jus added the first letter of our surnames on the end to differentiate!( juliam,juliah,juliaw!) Thankyou for another peaceful Monday evening😊Cheers to all in the community too❤ best wishes julia,Brisbane,😊 Australia 🇦🇺 ❤ 😀 🪃
Listen to Seamside podcast episode 18 (around minute 24:00) to hear Judy Martin speak about the project; listen to entire interview and more Seamside episodes for rich conversations about quilting, stitching, living and working with textiles. (Also highly recommend the Quilty Nook network hosted by Zak Foster on Mighty Networks - kind people sharing work and so much fun and inspiration)❤. Thank you, k3n, for bringing your copious gifts, knowledge and insights here - and your wonderful, wise, and whimsical “wittering” ❤
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i used to crochet dolls, 14 inches high with clothes and hair. i would bring them to events, also take requests. i cant tell you how many people asked "How long did it take?"
I need to give it more thought and maybe dedicate a week to it. I thought it was just me but many of you are saying that you are often asked and either don't like it or don't know how to answer... 🤔❤️
"Not to know but to go on". 🥰 No front, no back, each a piece of work. Been thinking how to make back piece less of a war zone? Then comes week 32.😇 ( Now addicted will commit to monthly Ko fi 🙏)
@@k3n.clothtales Ha! Americans call it the B Side. There's a meme about social media that says "Nobody posts their B Side." We only see people's up days, not the down.
There were three Alisons in my class at school ! We were known by a shortened version of our surnames - Barra, Craig and Ding. I’m still in touch with Barra and we struggle to refer to each other as Alison 😂
One year in high school I was in a class with 4 other Susans. I ended up being called Strawberry! (I don't remember how that came about though, it was over 50 years ago.)
I think maybe the length of time sometimes gives it value? I don't know, is something that takes 2 years to do, more valuable than something that takes 1 day? In our day of quick fixes and instant, long, slow work feels more valuable because of the life invested in it ❤
I think maybe that is partly the reason behind the question, the questioner in my experience wants to hear a really long time as the answer, like years and years. That's what I meant when I said they always seem disappointed with the answer. What I usually do now is choose a very small section of the piece, where I can make a good guess how long it took and say well I don't know for the whole piece because I don't keep track but that little part took me an evening or a week or whatever.. 😁❤️
I thought meditation was exactly that - emptying your mind. I've never been able to understand it well, but have always wanted to cultivate it. I'm still searching, because I haven't found the secret yet!!
I used to think that too but I have a dear friend who practices and she told me it's about replacing negative thoughts with things to focus you inwardly. I am no expert but that's my understanding. Emptying the mind is impossible. If we try, it's like the worries and fears rush in to fill the void. ❤️
The ‘number of hours’ give me the same feeling than the ‘you are patient’. Both statements are focus only on the results and not on the process. When the process is the focus, then it is what you learn and discover during the process. The finish result is irrelevant (if it is ever finished). But then the result becomes interesting…
I agree with you completely. The comment about being patient also upsets me, I get it often. I usually answer something like 'patience isn't necessary when you are doing something you enjoy ' ❤️
Did you start a scroll after? I have made a strip but not a scroll, I absolutely LOVE this week's prompt. I will be thinking of you with love this weekend and week. 💚💚💚
It takes as long as it takes, mostly. I put things down, I pick them up. Could work it an hour, a day, a week, before setting down again. Together, could take years, months, weeks, days, hours. I don't keep track, and as it is for the joy of it instead of profit, I find it easy to forget on purpose the time. When someone asks, and they don't like the answer, I usually follow up that I don't take requests or commissions, which allows me that freedom. Then they act as if they hadn't asked that instead of asking, Oh would you make me one? But that is always an undercurrent of the asking of the time. Well, in my experience.
Yes, that's another possible reason indeed for asking how long it takes. I am happy to be able to lose myself (and find myself) within the process, and lose track of the time. Maybe that's what I will answer the next time I am asked. Or perhaps I will gently and politely ask the questioner why they are asking. It's an interesting topic, and perhaps one I should explore further rather than just being a bit irritated by it. 😊❤️
I quite frequently get the how long did it take? One time when my husband's friend wanted to buy a quilt from me he asked the question, then he asked me to make one exactly like it for his mother. I laughed and said this material is years old,but you said the right thing to get it from me.For your mother. 😂
Your "Rapunzel in the loo" story made me smile, except for the bit about you feeling anxious about being shut in. I am not sure whether I hope you have or have not opened the floodgates to stories about "locked in the loo"!
Dear Kathryn, Asking the time it took to make another way to ask the price or cost? When I worked as a potter that question opened up a way to talk about the process. That I liked. I do find myself slightly abraded by the mention of the number of pieces in the quilt, though again it might be an opening to talk about process and inspiration? Hmmm xo
Enjoying the video while knitting socks and I had made foot templates with thin cardboard and as I was cutting them out, I remembered you said you cut them out of pizza boxes and I was thinking that pizza boxes are very hard to cut through as they’re as thick as a regular cardboard box (here), and I thought about a story I read about an American woman who had moved to the UK and loved it except there was no pizza delivery and it occurred to me that you weren’t referring to pizza delivery boxes (thick cardboard) but frozen pizza packaging (thin cardboard), and so even though it’s apropos of nothing in the video (thus far, anyway), I wanted to ask if you have pizza delivery in France and/or the UK? Or just frozen pizza? For some reason, the idea of pizza delivery in France seems hilarious and sacrilegious but you never know until you ask.
I am sorry, it never occurred to me to clarify 😂 in French cities there must be pizza delivery but not in the countryside. There is a pizza van in the local town on the last Thursday of the month but you have to text the guy your order before midday then collect the pizza yourself. Plus it's not that great (at least to my taste) and it's very expensive (around 15 euros, which I think is about the same as dollars for a small pizza) . In the UK there is pizza delivery (all kinds of takeaways as well, Chinese, Indian, Thai, etc) unless you live really in the countryside and all the big chains, Pizza Hut, Pizza Express, Dominos etc.. 😁❤️
It took as long as joy lasted… an hour, a day, a week , a year…and longer …I’m guessing there is no time limit on joy…many search it without realising they are right in it only to have missed the opportunity of enjoying it all along …go figure…
I So like this weeks’ lesson. Have followed Judy Martin for a few years and admire her work and patience with such tiny stitches. Since I have never seen her quilts in person could you tell me if they have batting inside or are they a cloth like your demo? Thanks Kathryn
Hello Pamela, I think they mostly don't have batting as they are very drapey for the most part but I didn't ask her so I am not sure. I know she mostly uses recycled cloth so I am not sure if she buys batting. ❤️
Ok, so I have another question: Do people in the UK frequently vacation at each other’s homes? I always thought this happened in Agatha Christie novels and historical dramas, but not as something people did now. I don’t think vacation is the right word, but it’s the only American equivalent I can think of, visiting someplace for a few days or a couple of weeks? Specifically having more than one friend staying with you, as opposed to a family member staying over or one friend over for a brief visit? I don’t know if I’m making any sense, I am just curious if this is common in Europe/UK and what it’s called? I can’t really think of an American equivalent, outside of extended family visiting for holidays maybe.
Without being consciously aware of it, we use language that reveals a long list of underlying assumptions. Things like "Time is money" or "Time is a limited resource". We say, for example, "time is running out" or "don't waste my time". When people ask, "How long did that TAKE?" the underlying assumption is that it consumed x amount of resources and therefore has y amount of value attached to it. Ergo, the question is about the product, not the process. It's hell in the head of a linguist!
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I don’t understand why (in my experience) UK people keep the bathroom door completely closed regardless whether it’s in use. If it was left ajar, you would know it wasn’t in use. Saves banging on the door or barging in on someone. Makes no sense to me at all and makes it really awkward!
I used to go to FOQ every year, but, for me, it has become just a massive commercial enterprise. I can get the books and read about the artists without all that pushing and shoving and acquisitive grabbing and snatching at “stuff” that’ll just land up in storage in someone’s house. The quilts are beautiful, but very, very few evidence the hands of the worker holding needle and thread and cloth. Not my thing any more.
@@dingtonia I know exactly what you mean and that's the reason I haven't been for years either. I went specifically to see Judy Martin but was pleasantly surprised to discover some other lovely galleries as well. Of course I avoided the trade stands like the plague 😁♥️
A bit harsh. This sort of event has to be commercial, but it does give textile artists a platform to show their work, and to see in in the flesh is bar far better than in any publication. It also the “common folk”to be able to exhibit something that they have loved making. It doesn’t matter how it was made, as long as the process has brought pleasure.
Looking forward to trying this out Kathryn. Definitely my thing I’m discovering. It’s been such an interesting journey with you this year trying different things but I realise I’m less keen on fancy complicated work that requires too much thinking and/or measuring (don’t mind a little) and prefer more intuitive work. Thank you for presenting us with such a wide ranging palette of options. Such enjoyment travelling this road.
Interestingly I’ve found a slow stitching group half an hour’s drive away and it’s great to meet like minded enthusiasts in person as well as all your lovely followers online. 🥰🤗
Hello Anne how lovely that you have found a group to join ♥️
I heard an artist give this answer to "how long did it take?" -- "my whole life. It took every experience to lead me the moment of completing this piece."
Our think our society has become so obsessed with time and doing things quickly. Yet, at the same time, we put more value on things that take a long time to do. Lots to ponder about this.
Yes, lots more to ponder indeed, and perhaps there will be more future wittering from me on the subject because I don't think I am done 😁❤️
You never witter
@@jentextiles thank you Jen 😊
I want to learn words. As a child (my mother sewed clothes) I knew many cloths and felt proud that I did. Now there are so many different cloths I think I need a refresher course. Any advice will be appreciated. I learn much from K3N and Marion’s world. Happy Stitching❤
I am close to caught up, but I needed to express my sudden joy! I did the couching way back, but oh my.... I started this project and absolutely fell in love. I'm creating organic (one of our favourite words 😂), wiggly, layered, crazy couching and I just love it to bits. Decided to couch mostly teensy fabric strips plus some variegated wools and it looks so awesome! Thank you so much for this particular prompt, Kathryn ❤ I've found my new obsession 😮
“There is a new minimalism that is concerned with the touch of the maker. The materials lead and then the process itself is the source of poetic resonance.” Judith Martin
I wrote that in my stitch journal last month after coming across Judith’s wonderful work so am thrilled that you have featured her this week. 🐸 I think her words encapsulate perfectly your philosophy. Thanks again for inspiring us week after week. 💜 Cath
Judith has a wonderful way with words indeed 😊
Kathryn - I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your weekly slow stitch projects. 2024 has not been one of my (or my families) best years so far and being able to participate in your weekly projects with my sister has been a life saver. I wake up every Monday morning so excited to find out what our adventures for the week will be. I have completed every project and when my time allows I plan to go back and revisit your Wonky Wednesdays. I do not do Facebook so am unable to join your Facebook group. Just know that you have a huge fan out here California, USA. Thank you for being you!
Hello Jean, it's lovely to hear from you. I am so sorry your family is having a bad time. Much love to you and your sister, I am glad you are finding a little lightness in your week by following along with the projects. Much love to you both ❤️
I’m really enjoying your video and am butting in with my 2 cents about people asking how long something took to make.
I am sure there are many reasons for that question and certainly admiration of your/our dedication and stamina is often one reason AND I have also experienced it as a very judgy query.
All good practice at accepting we are all living on the same earth in different ways is how I feel about it. Very interesting to ponder, thank you ❤
Now back to the remaining 59 minutes 👏👏👏
Yes, wise words ♥️
@@k3n.clothtales thank you 🩷
Not to know but to go on! If I was a tattooing type of gal these words would be indelibly etched on me! Thank you so much for exploring this idea- love love love. I’m itching to start a long term piece to mark this time in my life, I think you’ve just handed me the inspiration on a plate 🙏
I really loved everything about this episode (nothing new there) ☺️
I’m so sorry hearing you were locked in the toilet, not fun at all and I admire your ability to tell it so beautifully! Ha ha rupunzel😂 and 3 cheers for practicality.🙌🙌🙌 When I was 8 I was locked in a toilet on my first day at a new school. I was too shy to yell out, I was eventually found by another girl my age who became my best friend for the rest of our primary school days. 🤩
Another enjoyable video. Love Judy’s work so inspiring. Happy stitching
Oh !! I do like this new way of couching. Thank you.
isn't it awesome?! I never much liked couching until K3N showed how to do it this way!!
My pleasure, I am glad you like it ♥️
Week 32 - Inspired by Judy Martin.
"Not to know, but to go on" ~Judy Martin
Thank you for introducing us to this amazing stitcher. I will be sure to explore the links, too.
I giggled at your loo story🙃
When you talked about the decisions you make when stitching with other people versus when stitching alone, I find that to be the case in my art. When I do art online in my streams, I find myself very influenced by comments and suggestions. Most of the time, it leads me down a path I would not have taken on my own. It sort of takes on a collaborative process. I think when I do my art on my own, the work is much more intuitive.
Just listening to your chat about the Festival of Quilts inspires me to seek out some local shows. Most of the quilting around here is most likely machine stitched quilts. But I think it would be interesting to hear local quilters talk about their quilts.
This page is another technique I think I could do - I am still stitching on the Shisha piece. I did not like my Shisha stitching at first, but the more I put on it, the better I like it. I am happy to hear others struggled with the ladder stitch.
Stitch mark making, doing same thing in different ways; trying different techniques
Stitchhand, a way of stitching that is unique, personal, and natural to you, like your handwriting.
Daily practice, hummm.
Empty couching stitch, hummn.
Rune stitching??
Will need to try these
I'm not sure you can tell, but I have begun to type out my comments in a notepad while I am listening to you, so they tend to get lengthy by the end of the video. It is almost like I am sitting here chatting with you in person. Also, I have a written document, which I think will also go in my stitch journal when it finally gets bound.
Watching you stitch your page in your book, inspiration hit!! I might try inserting my piece between two pages with a window cut through the center, so both sides show, one side on each page. Yes I might try it.
This has truly been an interesting year so far.
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Thank you Meri it's lovely to read your thoughts, the window idea is great ♥️
@@k3n.clothtales🌷🌷🌷
Thank you for this inspiration, and for telling your stories 🪡
You're so welcome!❤️
This is so fabulous!! I love your way of couching, it's so much more ... friendly? It's not chicken stitch, which was the only other way I knew to do it! The lovely straight lines immediately made me think of doing circles and squiggles, and i love the idea of a scroll! I'm learning so much - I didn't know much of anything other than basic embroidery and no quilting at all, i feel like I'm taking master classes 💚
Thank you Nancy, I have a scroll already basted and have chosen some thick threads to couch on, in a friendly manner 😁♥️
@@k3n.clothtales i should have said it differently!! I meant more enjoyable
Thanks for your inspiration!
You are so welcome! 😀
Thank you for sharing the work of Judy Martin
My pleasure Tineke ❤️
I have been making a number of the hexagons we did on your channel where they have the circle centres. My husband asked what I’m going to do with them and I said “I don’t know”. Just going to keep making them until I know what I want”. He thought that was weird but it’s nice to hear that is exactly what you are talking about today. 😍
Yes, it's a difficult concept for people to grasp when we use materials that are commonly used to make 'useful things '. People don't ask that about paintings or sculptures or other art forms ♥️
@@k3n.clothtales so true! Art is a huge part of my life and now I am enjoying stitching art. But I still love to make practical items too. 😍
Thank you so much for introducing me to Judy Martin's breathtaking work. I'm watching and listening to her interviews every spare moment. She's an inspiration.
My pleasure Carol, she is indeed wonderful 😊
Enjoyed your reasoning for stitching and the process. Thank you for sharing your couching method much nicer.
My pleasure Pam ❤️
I am so glad I tuned in to watch this k3n - everything about this piece spoke to me and hearing your soothing voice as you describe your process is so relaxing. I like the idea of stitching for 15mins every morning - I steal time then for myself before I go in and get Oscar for tea in the porch. They say that it helps to establish a habit if you tack it on to one you already have it's easier to sustain. I loved the words and your friend's work laid as a path I thought was fabulous just fabulous. I'm glad you're having a lovely time oh and getting stuck in the bathroom was funny although it wasn't for you at the time obviously - especially the Rapunzel crack!!! Well done on the screwdriver to get out. Looking forward to seeing the exhibition on Friday's video - not sure if I will see it on Friday - just one foot in front of the other like your relative said - can't remember which one 🤷 big love from Scotland ❤️🐶
Hello Margaret (and Oscar) yes I think you are right about tacking a new habit on to an existing one. And I am very happy you enjoyed Judy's work. ♥️
I looked up Judy Martin and she is fabulous. She is a real thinker and gifted artist. Thank you.
What a lovely idea for using up short bits by couching onto a scroll. I like the idea of 2 fronts of a piece rather than a front and a back. ❤
Thank you! 😊
I love the idea of passing work between generations. I have some unfinished hand work that has been in the hands of my mum and grandmother. Precious
Precious indeed, do you stitch on it yourself? ❤️
Magnificent work by Judy. I can’t imagine how many stitches went into that. ❤ Green tea for me today. Loving your work. Always
Thank you! Yes so many stitches, such beauty ♥️
❤ I love this piece and I look forward to seeing the exhibition you visited. You are so thoughtful to do a Utube video for us. Thanks so much, Kathryn.❤
My pleasure Lucille, I hope you enjoy it ♥️
This piece (and Judy’s) is particularly moving somehow. But your loo stories made me laugh Rapunzel😂 🍀💖🥰
From the sublime to the ridiculous? 😂♥️
@@k3n.clothtales both those things are in the eye of the beholder! You are rediculously sublime to me (and to many)!😀💖🍀😍
@@dailydoseofpaper ♥️♥️♥️
Slowly making my way , watching videos as and when I can. I enjoyed so many things about this one- the “rune “ stitches especially as I have been on a little sideways journey into embroidering runic and similar script ever since the mandala week. Lovely to have your inspiration . As always, thankyou. X
I now have a new motive: "embrace the wrinkle" :). I am going to enjoy that immensely. I am recovering from surgery, so did not feel up to stitching with you today...just sat and listened. When you discussed putting in wrinkles, I thought how many "wrinkles" my slow stitch journey has had I realized another aspect of why I enjoy this new exploration. I will now embrace those wrinkles. Enjoyed all your chat today.
@@pamcox8582 hello Pam, wishing you a speedy recovery and much love ❤️
Thanks!
Thank you so much ❤️
I get that question so many times, specially on instagram: “how long did it take you?” or “how many hours did it take you ?” And I never know what to answer either! Once, as I was asked it a lot, I answered simply based on a guess! I know they mean no harm, but I also don’t like the question.
I really like this one, because I always like to admire the back part and keep it showing (unless if it’s bags or boxes, of course, or some utilitarian piece) and I always feel that the back part is beautiful too.
I love the way you do the couching , I’m going to try it 🥰
See you Wednesday, Rapunzel 😉💙💛♥️🧡💚🩵💜🩶❤️🤎🩷🤍
Another related question that also makes me uncomfortable is 'how do you find the time?' or worse 'oh I couldn't find the time to do that ' and 'how do you find the patience?). I think I might talk more about this as so many people are picking up on it. And I might actually change my name to Rapunzel. 😂❤️❤️❤️
@@k3n.clothtales I get those questions too 🙄 I agree, you should be Rapunzel from now on 😂
These are true installations. It takes so much commitment to get to the point of the end of a piece. X
Another silk purse from a sow's ear, or vice versa as you will. A pig's ear is actually a lovely, tactile thing. Love your stories and appreciate everything you share with us. Judy is a hop, skip over the Rockies from me so of course I will check out her blog, etc. Your couching sampler is delightful and may just be my answer for a simple window blind that remains closed. Thank you, K3N.
My pleasure Ann, a couched window blind is a lovely idea. And I agree about pig's ears 😁❤️
It is interesting to think about why we want to know how long something took. For me I wonder if it is part of a habit of thinking how much I want to , or have to, squish into one day. But now, via a combination of being in post-Covid fatigue for over a year, and retiring a year ago, I have mostly managed to free myself from that. It is a whole new country! (Just to be clear, I am not ill anymore, just in whatever this is now, well enough to mostly do what I want with a day, which is a blessing I appreciate all the more for having been much more limited for a long time.)
Yes the value we place upon time, maybe it's connected to that. Phrases in the language waste of time, time flies, etc... ❤️
Thanks Kathryn for this beautiful homage to Judy Martin. I was lucky enough to take a workshop with Judy many years ago. I didn't know at the time how lucky I was to listen to her. But I know now how lucky I am to listen to you and to see you working. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤
How lovely that you have the memory of that and thank you so much for your kind words ❤️
I so enjoy your stories and this stitch meditation inspired by Judith Martin. 😊. I look forward to Friday. TY. 💖💖💖
Thank you Deb, I am so pleased you are enjoying it 😊♥️
6 years ago, myself and 2 friends had the privilege of taking a 3 day work shop with Judy Martin called Stitch Meditations. Judy introduced us to this meditative practice. She was an amazing person and teacher.
Wonderful! ❤️
Thank you. Love love this technique. However, all your videos are very inspiring.
Glad you liked it Bev ❤️
Nice homage to Judy Martin! At first I thought, I haven’t heard about her in a while, then started getting confused because the work you showed didn’t look like the Martin’s work. But I thought, maybe she’s changed! So I Googled Judy Martin and got a few different websites (plus a professional wrestler by that name!😂) and finally sorted it out! It brought back memories of learning the quilting stitch. We were taught that even stitches were more important than size in the beginning. We were also taught to aspire to stitches of equal length on both front and back. I have finally achieved this for the most part.
@@cynthiawood2097 I also came across the wrestler when googling for the links to share. Definitely not the Judy I met 😂 the confusion with 'log cabin ' Judy Martin is why this Judy calls herself Judith e when she exhibits. 😉 I also learnt that when hand quilting, I think I achieved about 9 stitches per inch in the end. Although these days, I prefer to stitch bigger and bolder ❤️
I find I'm more interested in doing as Judy did with the piece she calls "not to know but to go on" rather than a reversible piece. I will be selecting fabric - maybe even one each day for this week - and couching them down with randomly or blindly chosen embroidery thread as a document of my days this week. I've done two quilts in a similar manner. One year I chose a strip of fabric to represent how I was feeling or what was happening that day and sewed them together in the pattern commonly called Chinese Coins. Another year I made a set of flying geese each week as a representation of what happened that week. I consider nearly all of my quilts reversible. 😊
I'm recording some of Susan Sontag's words from Judith's blog post in my quilt journal. I love her perspective about art making being a second activity in our lives. (I now have both a quilt journal and an embroidery journal where I keep project notes and ideas. I may have to copy the message into both!)
Hello Sue, I love the sound of your project for the week ❤️
Thanks Katryn. This looks so fun. I am anxious to try doing this. I am a few weeks behind right now, but having fun catching up. 😊
Enjoy Leona ❤️❤️❤️
Wasn’t too sure about this at the start but enjoyed the journey and love your finish.
Thank you! 😊
Am greatly looking forward to this piece.❤
A while later, am absolutely loving this.
Oh poor you, locked in the loo! That happened to me once at the Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna, just before a concert I was about to give. A gallant member of the audience rescued me, but not before I'd discovered how wonderful the acoustics were in the bathroom. 😅
😂 I can just imagine you singing in the loo 😁♥️♥️♥️
:-) Actually, I was calling for help.
As I listened to you this evening, I was stitching away on 2 little 9-patch blocks made out of tea-subdued linen inspired by you and watching some Jude Hill (by way of your recommendation). 3 months ago, I wouldn't have even thought of stitching in this way and with such happiness and gay abandon. And now you are introducing us to some more wonderful textile artists. Can't wait to check them out. Thanks Kathryn for hitting the mark. 💛
It's my absolute pleasure Kristelle ♥️
Great week and will be going to explore Judy’s work and her blog ❤
I am glad you enjoyed it Carol, hope you enjoy the exhibition video on Friday ❤️
I agree about the stitch-hand. I have been thinking about this recently, without having a name for it. Something about a natural periodicity of our hands, based on how our hands are unique to us, and then influenced slightly differently each time we stitch by the context, which might be our own internal state, or our thoughts, or what is going on at the time...
Yes, definitely something to explore further 😊❤️
Very interesting concept. TY🌻🥀🌻
I don’t know if I’m commenting on todays program.
But I loved it. You were talking about your little bundle you were picking your project. You did a great job naming each cloth and explaining the material used and naming it and telling us how it I died and best ways to use it I’m still looking for a
book to learn more about on textiles so I will know
I’m still-looking for
A book to teach me more about cloth and vocabulary.
Hello Maxine, you are commenting on last week's but no matter, I found you. 😁 I don't know of a book like that but if one occurs to me, I will certainly share it here. Hugs ❤️
The lady who took your photo was Jan from Australia who is visiting England. I was watching your video at the show and she appeared walking behind a quilt. Recognised her and sent her a message and she said she talked to you and shared the photo of you and the quilt with me. So envious Jan got to met you.
@@judybubb9063 oh thank you so much for telling me ♥️
I was feeling a little disconnected from the piece and then you introduced the Rune Stitch, it stopped me in my tracks. I REALLY like the look of that stitch and when you explained it was couching without the couched thread it made sense stitch-wise as well as cognitively. In the end I loved both fronts. It was right what you said about mark-making, the finished piece reminds me of marks on very early pottery. Thank you again for a very interesting and inspiring episode😊
Glad you enjoyed the rune stitch, I love stitching it (and couching 😁) there is something very soothing about the rhythm of it 😊
My favourite of Judy’s. I saw it in person at the World of Threads! It is wonderful Kathryn!
Oh Donna how wonderful 😊
Despite spending two days at the show, including Friday, I didn’t see this piece of work. I look forward to your Friday video.
It was again, a great show. Saw fabulous work and met many lovely people.
Sorry not to have bumped into you Julia. To clarify, the piece of work I showed wasn't there, I think (hope!) I mentioned it in the video, though Judy had a whole stand of other work. ♥️
I think that people asking how long a thing took to make is maybe just a way of expressing their interest when perhaps they don’t know too much about the craft or technique. I’m sure I have unthinkingly asked it myself when really what I mean is “I admire your work, please tell me about it.”
Your Rapunzel story was priceless! I got locked OUT of my own loo yesterday! My grandsons had been visiting and it turns out that the six year old had figured out the mechanism on the outside of the bathroom door which allows the lock to be operated with a coin. He’d secretly locked it, didn’t say a word and it wasn’t until after they left and I needed a wee that I realised I was going to have to FIND a penny before I could spend one 😂
Cheeky little monkey! 😂
This is an Interesting piece. But as always they feel so good, cloth and stitching. I understand not liking to be closed in. I was stuck in an elevator for about 5 minutes once. It felt like a million years. I still get the chills just thinking about it. Now I have a lot of people to look up. Thanks and have a good day
I can imagine! Gives me chills to think of it. Isn't it strange? Other people don't like wide open spaces, I guess we are all different 😊♥️
@@k3n.clothtales yes we are
Thanks
Thank you so much Lesley ☺️
I went to a quilt exhibition that was part of King's Lynn Festival last month, in a large church building. There were hundreds and I found it quite overwhelming after a while. It made me think of Stendahl Syndrome (which I thought was something Alexander McCall Smith had made up when a character in one of his books suffered from it in, I think, Florence!).
I know that feeling of overwhelm but didn't know it had a name either ❤️
Good morning Kathryn! I’m watching whilst sat at the dentist waiting for my husband.
My nan was known as Nell or Nelly for her entire life. She even introduced herself as Nell. It was only in her last few years that she told us she didn’t like it and preferred her full name - Eleanor.
Your story of getting locked in the loo reminded me of a time it happened to me - in a pub! Someone got me a knife and I got myself out - my husband didn’t notice!
Anyway, back to watching and stitching on yet another crazy quilt block.
Imagine your nan going her whole life with a name she didn't like. She sounds like my granny who would put other people's feelings before her own. Love your loo story! A little disconcerting that your husband didn't miss you 🙄😂♥️
My nan was amazing - my hero.
To be fair to my husband we were at a rock night and he assumed I was on the dance floor 🤘
@@Stitchycatlady fair enough then, he's let off 😂♥️
I love it! I will admit that I wasn’t knitting or sewing…I was trying to finish my acrylic painting for the local horticultural show on Saturday 🙊 Your voice is like meditation for me, helping enormously, thank you! I will WATCH it all again 🤗
My pleasure Brenda, good luck with your painting 😊♥️
@@k3n.clothtales Thank you, Will let you know!
Oh my goodness, that is beautiful. I imagine it weights quite a bit, can’t imagine trying to pick that up to move it.
I would love to hold it, it must have a real feeling of substance. But you are right, I expect it's really heavy. ❤️
Way back in 2010 I went to your FOQ because I had an art quilt in the SAQA exhibit titled "When Art Meets Science". My piece was called "Blue Boobs Are Best". LOL! Now I can''t wait till Friday to see what you saw this year. By the way, after ripping out about 6 times, I finally got the hang of the open ladder chain stitch. Not to know but to go on, indeed. Love this week's piece but must finish last week's first. Since I'm trying to recover from Covid I have nothing but down time.
Hi Sara, I am sorry you have COVID, I hope you are feeling better. Are you still a Saqa member? I have a few friends who are, I used to be but let it lapse a few years ago. ❤️
Hi Kathryn, I also let my SAQA membership lapse a few years ago. Much as I appreciate SAQA ushering art quilts into the fine arts, I was ready to retire from the expensive business of putting my work out there only to have most of it returned to a closet. Now I am trying to live more lightly on the planet and work small for my own pleasure. Your stitch journal projects are just the thing for me.
Runes are very intriguing to me and so I like that you use a "rune" stitch. I hope to incorporate it into a little piece. I have always found the question "how long did it take," to be frustrating. Sometimes the person asking doesn't know how else to compliment a hand crafted item and genuinely wants to show appreciation. My inner reaction though is that considering only one dimension (time) of handcrafting doesn't do the process or the item justice. I've been knitting and stitching since I was 10 years old and like to think I've acquired skills that contribute to whatever I am currently making. Your comments are prompting me to think of a more thoughtful but kind answer.
I agree, I think most people don't mean to offend with the question, and I too must give some thought as to how to answer more kindly ❤️
Love Judith E Martin’s work; I saw the Fibre Arts Take 2 feature when it was aired also. And she is from Ontario which is where I was born! 🍁😊
Lovely, talented textile artists come from Ontario apparently 😊♥️
@@k3n.clothtales - 🥰🥰
Hi Kathryn, I enjoyed your wonderful video as usual and I have a suggestion for a group project for next year! Maybe we could have a “Meditation Scroll Monday” where those who wish to can work on our scrolls together. Maybe we could use some of the techniques you’ve taught this year or stitch in whatever method(s) we choose. I can imagine some scrolls will be quite long while others might be a series of small scrolls on little spools. I personally am working on a scroll that is 8” wide as I found a beautiful wooden industrial sized spool in an antique shop. I also have a few dozen small wooden spools and I plan to begin little projects on them soon. Just a thought! 🥰 I look forward to seeing your video on Friday of the textile art exhibited. Thank you for capturing it for us.
Barbara
That is a lovely idea Barbara. If I had decent internet connection, I would love to do 'live' videos and your idea would fit within that I think ♥️
Serendipitous, had 3 Julias in senior school and we jus added the first letter of our surnames on the end to differentiate!( juliam,juliah,juliaw!) Thankyou for another peaceful Monday evening😊Cheers to all in the community too❤ best wishes julia,Brisbane,😊 Australia 🇦🇺 ❤ 😀 🪃
Thank you Julia and much love to you too ♥️
Listen to Seamside podcast episode 18 (around minute 24:00) to hear Judy Martin speak about the project; listen to entire interview and more Seamside episodes for rich conversations about quilting, stitching, living and working with textiles. (Also highly recommend the Quilty Nook network hosted by Zak Foster on Mighty Networks - kind people sharing work and so much fun and inspiration)❤. Thank you, k3n, for bringing your copious gifts, knowledge and insights here - and your wonderful, wise, and whimsical “wittering” ❤
Hello Linda, I know the Zak Foster podcasts but not the Seamside one, I will check it out thank you ♥️
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Thank you Hülya, I am sorry you can't get Turkish subtitles, I thought they were in every language. But I am glad you like watching. ♥️
i used to crochet dolls, 14 inches high with clothes and hair. i would bring them to events, also take requests. i cant tell you how many people asked "How long did it take?"
I need to give it more thought and maybe dedicate a week to it. I thought it was just me but many of you are saying that you are often asked and either don't like it or don't know how to answer... 🤔❤️
"Not to know but to go on". 🥰
No front, no back, each a piece of work.
Been thinking how to make back piece less of a war zone? Then comes week 32.😇
( Now addicted will commit to monthly Ko fi 🙏)
Thank you so much that is so kind of you 😊❤️❤️♥️
❤❤
Like on old LP's, we're playing on the Flip Side!
😁 yes, what they used to call a 'double A side' 😉❤️
@@k3n.clothtales Ha! Americans call it the B Side. There's a meme about social media that says "Nobody posts their B Side." We only see people's up days, not the down.
There were three Alisons in my class at school ! We were known by a shortened version of our surnames - Barra, Craig and Ding. I’m still in touch with Barra and we struggle to refer to each other as Alison 😂
😂♥️
One year in high school I was in a class with 4 other Susans. I ended up being called Strawberry! (I don't remember how that came about though, it was over 50 years ago.)
I think maybe the length of time sometimes gives it value? I don't know, is something that takes 2 years to do, more valuable than something that takes 1 day? In our day of quick fixes and instant, long, slow work feels more valuable because of the life invested in it ❤
I think maybe that is partly the reason behind the question, the questioner in my experience wants to hear a really long time as the answer, like years and years. That's what I meant when I said they always seem disappointed with the answer. What I usually do now is choose a very small section of the piece, where I can make a good guess how long it took and say well I don't know for the whole piece because I don't keep track but that little part took me an evening or a week or whatever.. 😁❤️
I almost went to The NEC on Friday. Wished I had.
We could have met up. 😉 I didn't know I was going for sure until the night before. ❤️
‘Things take the time they take’ from Mary Oliver’s poetry.
@@SarahWilliams-oo6zg yes, thank you, you may have given me the perfect quote for a future week ❤️
Thank Mary Oliver and my daughter who introduced me to her a couple of years ago. ❤
I thought meditation was exactly that - emptying your mind. I've never been able to understand it well, but have always wanted to cultivate it. I'm still searching, because I haven't found the secret yet!!
I used to think that too but I have a dear friend who practices and she told me it's about replacing negative thoughts with things to focus you inwardly. I am no expert but that's my understanding. Emptying the mind is impossible. If we try, it's like the worries and fears rush in to fill the void. ❤️
The ‘number of hours’ give me the same feeling than the ‘you are patient’. Both statements are focus only on the results and not on the process. When the process is the focus, then it is what you learn and discover during the process. The finish result is irrelevant (if it is ever finished). But then the result becomes interesting…
I agree with you completely. The comment about being patient also upsets me, I get it often. I usually answer something like 'patience isn't necessary when you are doing something you enjoy ' ❤️
Did you start a scroll after? I have made a strip but not a scroll, I absolutely LOVE this week's prompt. I will be thinking of you with love this weekend and week. 💚💚💚
I did and have couched a couple of inches. Haven't had time to do much. Thank you for thinking of me ❤️
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It takes as long as it takes, mostly. I put things down, I pick them up. Could work it an hour, a day, a week, before setting down again. Together, could take years, months, weeks, days, hours. I don't keep track, and as it is for the joy of it instead of profit, I find it easy to forget on purpose the time.
When someone asks, and they don't like the answer, I usually follow up that I don't take requests or commissions, which allows me that freedom. Then they act as if they hadn't asked that instead of asking, Oh would you make me one? But that is always an undercurrent of the asking of the time. Well, in my experience.
Yes, that's another possible reason indeed for asking how long it takes. I am happy to be able to lose myself (and find myself) within the process, and lose track of the time. Maybe that's what I will answer the next time I am asked. Or perhaps I will gently and politely ask the questioner why they are asking. It's an interesting topic, and perhaps one I should explore further rather than just being a bit irritated by it. 😊❤️
I quite frequently get the how long did it take? One time when my husband's friend wanted to buy a quilt from me he asked the question, then he asked me to make one exactly like it for his mother. I laughed and said this material is years old,but you said the right thing to get it from me.For your mother. 😂
😁 sweet man and sweet you for responding in that way 😊❤️
Your "Rapunzel in the loo" story made me smile, except for the bit about you feeling anxious about being shut in. I am not sure whether I hope you have or have not opened the floodgates to stories about "locked in the loo"!
There have been a few 😁❤️
It is in Slow Stitch book pp96-7 :)
@@AlisonGreenValleyCrone thank you Alison ♥️
Dear Kathryn, Asking the time it took to make another way to ask the price or cost? When I worked as a potter that question opened up a way to talk about the process. That I liked.
I do find myself slightly abraded by the mention of the number of pieces in the quilt, though again it might be an opening to talk about process and inspiration? Hmmm
xo
Yes, I think probably everyone who asks the question has a different reason for asking ❤️
Enjoying the video while knitting socks and I had made foot templates with thin cardboard and as I was cutting them out, I remembered you said you cut them out of pizza boxes and I was thinking that pizza boxes are very hard to cut through as they’re as thick as a regular cardboard box (here), and I thought about a story I read about an American woman who had moved to the UK and loved it except there was no pizza delivery and it occurred to me that you weren’t referring to pizza delivery boxes (thick cardboard) but frozen pizza packaging (thin cardboard), and so even though it’s apropos of nothing in the video (thus far, anyway), I wanted to ask if you have pizza delivery in France and/or the UK? Or just frozen pizza? For some reason, the idea of pizza delivery in France seems hilarious and sacrilegious but you never know until you ask.
I am sorry, it never occurred to me to clarify 😂 in French cities there must be pizza delivery but not in the countryside. There is a pizza van in the local town on the last Thursday of the month but you have to text the guy your order before midday then collect the pizza yourself. Plus it's not that great (at least to my taste) and it's very expensive (around 15 euros, which I think is about the same as dollars for a small pizza) . In the UK there is pizza delivery (all kinds of takeaways as well, Chinese, Indian, Thai, etc) unless you live really in the countryside and all the big chains, Pizza Hut, Pizza Express, Dominos etc.. 😁❤️
It took as long as joy lasted… an hour, a day, a week , a year…and longer …I’m guessing there is no time limit on joy…many search it without realising they are right in it only to have missed the opportunity of enjoying it all along …go figure…
Perfectly put ❤️
@@k3n.clothtalesthe turtle dove knows 😉
Runes! ❤ 👍🏼
I So like this weeks’ lesson. Have followed Judy Martin for a few years and admire her work and patience with such tiny stitches. Since I have never seen her quilts in person could you tell me if they have batting inside or are they a cloth like your demo? Thanks Kathryn
Hello Pamela, I think they mostly don't have batting as they are very drapey for the most part but I didn't ask her so I am not sure. I know she mostly uses recycled cloth so I am not sure if she buys batting. ❤️
Ok, so I have another question: Do people in the UK frequently vacation at each other’s homes? I always thought this happened in Agatha Christie novels and historical dramas, but not as something people did now. I don’t think vacation is the right word, but it’s the only American equivalent I can think of, visiting someplace for a few days or a couple of weeks? Specifically having more than one friend staying with you, as opposed to a family member staying over or one friend over for a brief visit? I don’t know if I’m making any sense, I am just curious if this is common in Europe/UK and what it’s called? I can’t really think of an American equivalent, outside of extended family visiting for holidays maybe.
Hi Kelly, I don't know if it's common exactly but it's not unusual amongst my own friends and family ❤️
I was also raised by my father and I am the same way, give me some tools and I will fix it.❤
Kathryn, wouldn’t it be wonderful if your friend, Katherine, from school saw you on You Tube down here in Oz and made contact? ❤😊
Yes it would indeed. It was with her watching Wimbledon that I first started doing patchwork as a young teenager 😊♥️
Without being consciously aware of it, we use language that reveals a long list of underlying assumptions. Things like "Time is money" or "Time is a limited resource". We say, for example, "time is running out" or "don't waste my time". When people ask, "How long did that TAKE?" the underlying assumption is that it consumed x amount of resources and therefore has y amount of value attached to it. Ergo, the question is about the product, not the process. It's hell in the head of a linguist!
Yes! Thank you for 'getting' me fellow linguist 😁♥️♥️♥️
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That’s what I did. Blanket then straight.
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I don’t understand why (in my experience) UK people keep the bathroom door completely closed regardless whether it’s in use. If it was left ajar, you would know it wasn’t in use. Saves banging on the door or barging in on someone. Makes no sense to me at all and makes it really awkward!
I don't know, I have been in homes where it's open and homes where it's closed.. 😁😉♥️
@@k3n.clothtales maybe I just have weird relatives!! lol
@@LesleyMichie-wm2mw 😂♥️
I went to the Festival of Quilts!! It was really good :D
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I just thought "that's such an analogy for life" when you said it...
Great minds! 😁♥️
I used to go to FOQ every year, but, for me, it has become just a massive commercial enterprise. I can get the books and read about the artists without all that pushing and shoving and acquisitive grabbing and snatching at “stuff” that’ll just land up in storage in someone’s house. The quilts are beautiful, but very, very few evidence the hands of the worker holding needle and thread and cloth. Not my thing any more.
@@dingtonia I know exactly what you mean and that's the reason I haven't been for years either. I went specifically to see Judy Martin but was pleasantly surprised to discover some other lovely galleries as well. Of course I avoided the trade stands like the plague 😁♥️
A bit harsh. This sort of event has to be commercial, but it does give textile artists a platform to show their work, and to see in in the flesh is bar far better than in any publication. It also the “common folk”to be able to exhibit something that they have loved making. It doesn’t matter how it was made, as long as the process has brought pleasure.
@@k3n.clothtales I love Judy’s work. Thank you for introducing her to us. 🌺