I'm so pleased you are enjoying this video - it's such an easy project isn't it! If you make something like it, please tag me on Instagram kateatthelasthomelyhouse because I would love to see what you do! Thank you to everyone snugly settled down on the Sofa with me! Kate xxx
When you got your mum’s button tin, I burst out laughing…with a few tears. My mother had an old wooden button box that could keep me busy sifting through it for an hour when I was small. She passed away on 2020 and I had to go through all their things they had accumulated for 75 years. She had sorted that box of buttons by colors and put them into parts bins (with the little plastic drawers). Well…I poured each little drawer into an old Christmas tin I’d been dropping buttons in for 50 years. Interestingly, I recognized buttons from the old wooden button box. She never threw out those old buttons, thank heavens. 😢❤. It’s very calming to poke through a stash of old buttons to find four different buttons to sew on something.
😊yes, so true! I am 68, and I still have that special box…from my grandma and my mother, a lot of buttons and the perfume of old times…..❤🌸🥰ooooh soooo nice remember ❤
I wake up at 3 or 4 am and what a joy to see you Kate. Sew relaxing. I am going through cancer treatment sew to have your video pop up is sheer joy. I am stressed out but you and your videos relax me. Thank you for being there. Bless you and your lovely family.💗
My heart burst when you got the button box out. Childhood memories of rainy days and drawing pictures and then using the buttons to fill in the drawing. What children today are missing ... I have a button box too, but no children to play with them... But I still play with it and dig through it and delight in finding the beautiful antique and vintage buttons. ❤❤❤
Hi Kate. My first time on your channel. It was so relaxing watching your video. I went to school in Rajasthan, in Ajmer, and the nuns taught us cross stitch. I'm 53 now, and still love art and craft. Based in Chennai now, all the beautiful cottons! I'm inspired to buy a sewing machine and get on with quilting. You embody love, creativity and homeliness, in a world gone mad with technology. Keep spreading the joy!
So many people of a certain age have memories of the button tin. My tin was an old cigar box and I still have it with most of the original buttons. Some of the bakelite buttons started disintegrating but most held up. I used to sit under the dining room table and string the buttons into a very long snake. That’s how I learned to hold a needle and rethread it many times.😂 The table was covered with a knotted lace tablecloth and it was my magical spot since it was easy for me to see out but hard for the adults to see me under there. They had to listen for the clicking of the buttons as I sifted through them to make my snake.
You could put all sorts of things in there! Use it as a gift bag, toiletries, artist's tools, crochet and knitting tools, pantyhose and undies in your luggage, something that you want to pad or conceal or protect.
26:56 I bought a 9x13 cake pan with a handle on the lid. I've been lining up my random hexis in it today. I have more than I realized. I found a pattern for a Jack's Chain quilt using tiny 9 patches with 60° triangles and making circles. It is fabulous. I have a square punch, and it will be my next english paper piecing project as soon as I find that pesky punch. I can't believe I misplaced the punch! Ah well, it'll show up. I have olive green wool coming in for a new skirt. I lost more weight. Another 2". I read that eating soups will aid weight loss. May be that since I mostly make soups and salads now I am retired and home full time, my favorites. I hardly eat out anymore. Clam chowder today. I have made a few 10" squares from little bits. One day it might be a quilt. I have enough for this is lovely sewing pouch for my square punch project 😅
Today is Sunday. We're experiencing a winter storm and frigid temps. A big pot of homemade vegetable soup on the stove and homemade rolls in the oven. Kate is here sharing her latest project with simple sewing techniques and a wonderful sewing pouch is the end result. LIFE IS GOOD ❤❤❤ Sending love to you, Kate.
Hola!! Me encantan tus videos, el cálido ambiente de tu hogar. La luz gris que se vé a través de las ventanas, el precioso gato o gata, la estufa de leña y tus retales, es tan acogedor... Pareces una mujer muy despierta y creativa. Me gustaría tanto que pusieras subtitulos, soy española y no sé inglés. Gracias por compartir tus bonitas creaciones.
You spoke of remembering things that you write better than passive consumption. I am a kinetic learner and the very act of writing something analog style helps me too.
Hello from California. it is 1100pm here. I was watching cooking shows and getting so hungry. I stopped eating after 700pm for lent. Pure torture and salivating terribly. So lucky me I came upon your channel. You were very informative and give excellent instructions. Now I want to start sewing again. A small project like your sewing kit sparked my interest. Almost 10 years since I quilted. That was because, I was taking care of my mom, she has found her final resting place. Thank you for your encouragement. Just what I needed.😂
Merhaba sizin kanalınızı bugün ilk defa gördüm siz bir harikasınız bayıldım verdiğiniz değerli bilgiler için çok teşekkür ediyorum Türkiye’den sevgiler❤❤
Oh the joy of the button tin. That has reminded me that as a child I used to sit in the cupboard under the stairs with the button tin. The sound of you swishing round in it is pure joy 😊
Me too, my Mom use to teach me my colors and addition and subtraction with buttons. I sat under the table while she sewed and we chatted…I was very young and tiny, she’d teach me words,numbers, letters… Turns out she had her Grandma’s button box ( my great grandma) and that’s the button tin I grew up with. Turns out she gave it to me and I made a quilt that now hangs on the wall in my quilt room. It’s made with the very largest, prettiest buttons for flowers, complete with a patchwork basket design,embroidered basket handle, stem and leaves. The sounds and smell of a button tin is heavenly, and they are lovely to sift through and admire!
When my children were very young I gave them a threaded needle that had the point cut off and the button tin. They would string the buttons onto the thread while I was sewing. It helped them practice their fine motor skills and kept them busy while I sewed!
I loved Mr. Roger's Neighborhood as a child. He was calm, caring, and imaginative. Watching this video, you are my adult, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood! Ms. Kate's Sewing room...calm, caring, and creative❤
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What a PERFECT analogy! Kate, your videos are sweetness to my soul. ❤
I guess I was channeling Kate yesterday. I did exactly this, sewing together scraps and did a stitch and flip backing for a hot pad. I machine quilted a big spiral.
Memories of my playing with my Nan's button tin. You've given me the idea to create my own for my grand daughter to play with. Another lovely, gentle video Kate. Just the ticket when we're feeling a bit down in winter. Merci beaucoup for your ray of light.
I have my grandmother's button jar. She had a friend who had a collection of buttons in a cabinet with pull-out drawers made especially for a collection. In the USA women made button bracelets in the 1960's. It was a knitted cuff of metallic thread and metal buttons were attached to it. Buttons do bring up pleasant memories. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I made a pouch like yours in an afternoon today I have never had stitched before. I have a small quilt top I had just finished and am now contemplating hand stitching it. Thank you Kate for showing me how.
Thank you Kate, your button box brought back happy memories of playing with my aunt’s button box as a child. I inherited my mother’s box and have added to it over the years. I love buttons, especially old ones. The pouch is lovely and would make a good present.
Wow, I too was sorting scraps. It's been minus 31C or there about. I've had a pot of soup leftovers and cherry tarts to keep us happy. I also like the idea of a pouch inside. I'd attach a small draw sting bag to hold my thimble. I'm not sure where mine is right now -tho it is in a small bag. It has to be with one of my wip. This would make a great gift. Oh dear the last two cherry tarts are a "burnt" offering. LOL!!! Well yes, I fell asleep also. Button boxes are the best. Enjoyed visiting with everyone on the LGC.
Your cottage just makes me smile with seeing your treasures when you move about your sewing room. I really really like the pouch you created from your bits of dot fabrics. I am going to make one, but probably use a printed fabric and quilt around the designs in the fabric design. I have taken hand quilting classes, so using a machine just dosen't appeal to me. My grandmother hand pieced and quilted, and I loved sitting and watching her with her needle and thread working away. (On a personal note, I love your hair, wish I were brave enough to go that short, mine is completely white like snow but at age 80 I guess that happens, lol).
My first time watching you, I have been sewing since aged 5yrs & 66yrs today, been trying to find some interesting youtubes to encourage my recently widowed friend, that she should get out her machine again, I thought I would introduce her to quilting
Forgot to say the material I used with the ants was checked like a tablecloth. But I made a bunch of different material for others. U just sew material together and turn right side out placing yr ribbon between fabrics making sure its tucked way inside so u don't stitch over it. 😊❤
Guten morgen ,sehr gemütlich bei dir, und du hast eine wunderschöne angenehme Stimme und strahlst eine Ruhe aus. Danke und einen lieben Gruß aus Österreich (Austria) fanny
Я не понимаю о чем говорит эта приятная женщина. Достала лоскутки, сшила их, потом баночку с пуговицами. И так от неё теплотой веет. Котик на спинке кресла, огонь в железной печке согревает женщину. Мне очень понравилось это видео и что делает эта женщина. 😊❤❤
Oh Kate. Isn’t that sweet. I think I can make smaller ones and place tissues in it and slip it in my purse. Clever you are. I have a fond affection for Mother of Pearl buttons! Thank you
Welcome back, Kate. It’s nice to see you. You are so meticulous and admired. I just slap the pieces together, after placing them in a bag divided between lights and darks; no sorting of pieces. Then I trim them up. I know this as Mile A Minute stitching. It gets rid of a lot of scraps!
I've sewn a quilt from my odd shapes of scraps and it took me weeks to work on it then I've sewn the pieces together and came up with a good size quilt, now I'm handstitching the quilt while it is pinned down to batting. I'm giving it away as a gift to my friend of many years.
Happy New Year from Oregon USA everyone! It was delightful to dig through your button box with you, Kate. What is it that makes button boxes, tins and jars such a happy pasttime? It hits just about every sense, doesn't it? The sight, sound, feel and smell of all of those buttons still makes me tingle! I was repeatedly admonished as a child to NOT put the most candylike of them into my mouth, and I bet I wasn't only one!🤪
I made forts with my dominos with button flourish. I still have my grandmother's button jar. The smell takes me to her house and me on the floor sorting buttons.
I made forts with my dominos with button flourish. I still have my grandmother's button jar. The smell takes me to her house and me on the floor sorting buttons.
Lovely video, as always, I collect buttons and regret having cleared out my Mom’s during our last move. But I do have a great grandma’s sewing chest. Oh your pouch I should make one😊
Love that project. I have quite a few old embroidered table runners, vintage hankies, large table cloths and napkins all cotton. Some are very pretty. My sister found all these and no longer wanted them. I will make a few of this project for my sisters to carry their jewelry in their purses while travelling. I have my mother’s vintage Asian satiny jewelry holder she used for travel. I love min.
May I share that I've watched the majority of your videos and each time I'm inspired to try something new that you've shared. More importantly, you are a bit of sunshine, an absolutely delightful and, I'm sure, a genuinely good kind-hearted person. How I wish our world were filled with more folks like you. God bless you dear one. May He keep you healthy and safe and prosper you in all your endeavors as He gives you wonderful days filled with special and unexpected blessings. You are appreciated... greatly valued. Thank you for sharing your time, talent and wisdom... such amazing gifts.
I always enjoy a little crumb piecing. Even if I don't have a project in mind, I will make some 5 inch squares and an idea will follow. It is great fun, but expensive in thread use. lol
Yes I agree, and I use up thread spools & bobbins that have a little bit of thread left on them that isn't enough for a large project. Very satisfying almost therapeutic, use of bits and pieces. Very relaxing. @@gingerfeeley6849
I was thinking of a little pouch for a spool of thread inside the pouch, and a couple of needles on the flap. Perhaps a bit of elastic on the flap to hold the scissors.
I love little projects like this. Before Christmas I made some little scissor cases for my small scissors that I always lose. I popped some Velcro on the back and stuck a piece onto my sewing machine so I can keep the scissors there but also take them and the case with me if I want to do some stitching on the go.
I loved the search through your button tin. Reminded me how much I enjoyed sitting with my mom while she sewed, just letting those buttons flow through my fingers while I picked out the next one I wanted to string. I loved the colors and sizes, but most of all the sound. I wonder how many of the younger set ever got to do that. Makes me remember to find all the buttons I have and make a tin for my granddaughter.
Make sure to find some of the fancy ones & different ones. I always sorted my Mothers buttons out with the fancy ones (rhinestones) out. I always felt so fancy holding them. All the unique ones too. Quite fun times… Mother never had or was never quite. 8-10 kids/teens. Memories
I cannot wait to attempt a super scrappy hand quilted pouch. I have a dear button bin and will do a shell button of grandma's. P.S. Kate - you got me addicted to Kaffe Fassett and on our 25th wedding anniversary I made a simple 36 block king sized quilt. My hubby is over the moon about it and loves the bright color's of Kaffe's I selected. x's, lj
The sound of raking through the button box brings fond memories of my mother's button box, which now belongs to me. The same sound is made as my grandchildren now rake through the box seeing what seem to them as oddities, as their life has zippers, Velcro, and elastic. What a lovely project.
I’m going to make one of these, a bit smaller to carry a cutlery set and napkin for my lunches at work and when I’m out and about. Great … thanks Kate. ❤
I sorta like the holidays, I take time off from work…I schedule education webinars…and as soon as January starts, 1/8, it’s been so busy, 3 webinars this week, 2 more next week….the lull makes it tough to start back up! I started a sweater quilt I’ve been planing for a very long time…old sweaters cut into squares. It’s my mindless sewing, would like to complete by next winter!
Oh the memories of running your fingers through the button tin!!! The sound of you doing this takes me back to my Mother’s button tin. ❤️ Thank you for reminding me of great memories.
Lovely video…..I also have my Mum’s button tin, which was passed to her by her mother. I can remember it being a ‘treat’ as a small child to play in Mum’s button tin. I guess the tin would be well over a hundred years old!
When I was small my mom would let me play in her button box while she sewed. I have that button box now. I can spend hours touching the buttons❤ love the pouch. Happy New Year 🎉
I’m astonished at the beautiful and colorful products that have come from your talent! I love spending time watching you create, and teach! Kate, you are one wonderful lady. Well done dear. Onward! Lol! 😂♥️🙏🕊🙋♀️♥️
Kate we made picnic roll ups similar to that. There's the front also considered the back, batting,a long ribbon to match fabric and on the inside fabric we sewed a pocket the sewed it in 4 sections so u could have a steak knife a regular knife a fork and a spoon that was tall enough so they wouldn't fall out. Sewed ribbon kind of long length in between material. Then u can roll them up and have for a picnic or make enough for guests to take home from a party. U could make these for another project and it's something a lot of people could use. I found material that had ants on background of red and white and blue and white. My kids loved them and adult kids too. I bought the cheap silverware at Walmart and family dollar bcuz they're good enough for picnics and if they get lost its no big deal. Try it. They're fun! Luv u. Delia,Oreo and me. USA.
Dear Kate in the first place I wish you a happy and pleasant year. Then I want to thank you for two things you have done for me. The first is the discovery of the Lord of the Rings that I thought before was intended for old teenagers 😂 The other thing is that you pushed me to sew by hand and I just finished the hand quilting of a « grandmother’s garden »who was bored in the wardrobe. The result is incredible. And what a relaxing and creative activity. Thank you very much
Thank you for this great video ! 🤗. I love it. I can see you’re a very talented, yet kind person. I fervently pray every day, I meet a lovely person like you 🙏🙏🙏, and she patiently teaches me how to do patchwork projects. I just love patchwork. I have ADD and Autism, and Anxiety/Depression, which makes it hard for me to learn. I’m not feeling sorry for myself or anything… I can follow tutorials too. I’ve completed a course at my local college, and finished a few projects. It was fun, but my teacher was kind of impatient and didn’t understand my problems. It would be so good to find a kind and patient person, as I mentioned, who was patient enough to help me learn. All the best to everyone here. ❤️
Hello, my pal across the pond! So glad to see you! When i have trouble sleeping, i put on one of your videos and it slows my mind down. So last nite I happened on the one where you were cleaning out the table drawer. Bad choice! Instead of Peaceful Kate, I got agitated Kate! But what fun! I was chuckling every time you said "Oh! That's important! I must keep that!" I'm looking forward to spending more time with you this year.
Hello Kate,… this is Peggy Justus from Lexington. Kentucky in USA. I grew up near the mountains of North Carolina. I absolutely love watching you… I’m very interested in quilting plus I’m 81 years old. Thank you for sharing your videos … I think I’ve seen “most” of them and hope to see many more in the future. ❤
Kate, I am binge watching you as I'm in bed resting up from a cold. You brought me so much joy at the button tin. I have my mothers, which also belonged to her mother from whom I got my love of sewing from. My grandchildren when they were younger would love to go through all the buttons sorting them into colours etc. I even have some buttons left over from a dress my Grannie made me. Such wonderful memories and I absolutely adored doing the herringbone stitch. I must make this little notion bag. Thank you so much 🙏
I love the cosiness of your sewing room. You've kept it neat and tidy and organized. I love your work. We do a lot of such crafts in our country, especially in Jaipur. The objects created in this style are highly priced in India and are a tourist attraction.
Hi kate! When would you consider The Last Homely House's birthday to be? I'd love to sit on the lime green sofa with you and give you a present to celebrate the creation of something so wonderful.
Kate!!! I just LOVE YOU!!! I think I might be your age…. My 73rd birthday is very soon and my wish would be to sit with you in your “Last Homely House” and stitch the day away, chatting about the beauty of fabric and sewing and stitching and cats!!!👍🏼😊❣️
I love making fabric! It's so much fun to use up the scraps & comes out beautiful. 💜 I just brought home my mother-in-law's button tin, despite having jars & jars of my own. Love the sensory of the button tin.
I love that. The hand quilting is so rustic and so pretty. I have my grandma’s button box too. Passed to my mum and now to me. I spent many times just tipping them all out and looking at so many different buttons. I recently sorted them all out into colours and bought a divider box to store them. The original box was getting a bit beaten up but I couldn’t throw it out. It still sits in my sewing cupboard. So many memories. 🥰
Glad to be back on the lime green couch with everyone. I have also been sorting through my scraps this week. I started sewing skinny strips diagonal onto 10" muslin foundation blocks. I find it relaxing to "make fabric"- my pattern, my rules.
Love it! That would have been perfect to have a couple weeks ago when my hubby was in hospital and I was toting around my little squares and papers in a plastic baggie. LOL ...got some funny looks from the nurses I did!
Oh my Godness, that iron ! So special? 😂😂😂 I love your cottage, your place, sewing slowly, with peace in ❤, the windows looking the gardens , your cat… Absolutely my dream….thank you so much 🙏just discover today your channel 😘🥰👍🏻♥️🌸 Hugs from Spain, From an Italian grandma 👵
After starting 2 projects for 2024 I am now starting a 3rd one....your amazing pouch using scraps from my other 2 projects! Lovely to have work on the go when chores are done😊 Thanks Kate x
Bingo I am going to make this but use all the selvages I’ve been collecting for three years!! Maybe I’ll give them to all the crafty people in my life for Christmas presents next year!!❤️I’ll quilt with you on the LGS, and bring something yummy to snack on.
When you opened the button box a wave of nostalgia washed over me and brought tears to my eyes.Mommy's button box ! I love the little pouch.very pretty! I hope you and your family have a wonderful 2024. Time flies , doesn't it?
Beautiful project to start the year. Last week I made a pouch for a small pair of scissors I found lost on a deserted road. Used old scraps, my beloved grandmother’s embroidery thread, and a press stud that had been waiting, on its original card, to be used for at least 50 years. Quite pleased with myself and will enjoy attempting this project too. Thank you for the showing us how.
I'm so pleased you are enjoying this video - it's such an easy project isn't it! If you make something like it, please tag me on Instagram kateatthelasthomelyhouse because I would love to see what you do! Thank you to everyone snugly settled down on the Sofa with me! Kate xxx
What a wonderful way to start the new year, thank you for inspiring me!
What a wonderful way to start the new year, thank you for inspiring me!
What a wonderful way to start the new year, thank you for inspiring me!
Спасибо❤, очень уютно у вас!
Kate, is there another way to show you our finished version if we don't have Instagram?
please don't ever leave us Kate!
When you got your mum’s button tin, I burst out laughing…with a few tears. My mother had an old wooden button box that could keep me busy sifting through it for an hour when I was small. She passed away on 2020 and I had to go through all their things they had accumulated for 75 years. She had sorted that box of buttons by colors and put them into parts bins (with the little plastic drawers). Well…I poured each little drawer into an old Christmas tin I’d been dropping buttons in for 50 years. Interestingly, I recognized buttons from the old wooden button box. She never threw out those old buttons, thank heavens. 😢❤. It’s very calming to poke through a stash of old buttons to find four different buttons to sew on something.
I have one from my Mom too! Good memories😊
😊yes, so true! I am 68, and I still have that special box…from my grandma and my mother, a lot of buttons and the perfume of old times…..❤🌸🥰ooooh soooo nice remember ❤
I loved that also! I have my Granny”s and Mom’s button tins
I can relate to that ❤
У тоже всего полно я Вас люблю Ви так меня. Вдохновили
I wake up at 3 or 4 am and what a joy to see you Kate. Sew relaxing. I am going through cancer treatment sew to have your video pop up is sheer joy. I am stressed out but you and your videos relax me. Thank you for being there. Bless you and your lovely family.💗
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I have cancer too and thank you for being there for when I can't sleep and of course all the other times.
Hang in there. It is a journey. Relax and enjoy moments. 🙏
roslyn , barbara - how are you doing? My mom is doing her journey of cancer fight too. Thinking of you all, keep your heads up. ❤
💚🩷💚🩷💚🩷Happy birthday dear Kate. Hope to see you soon here on RUclips. Have a great day 💚🩷💚🩷💚🩷
My heart burst when you got the button box out. Childhood memories of rainy days and drawing pictures and then using the buttons to fill in the drawing. What children today are missing ... I have a button box too,
but no children to play with them... But I still play with it and dig through it and delight in finding the beautiful antique and vintage buttons. ❤❤❤
New to you and quilting age nearly 70..never to late.
Hi Kate. My first time on your channel. It was so relaxing watching your video. I went to school in Rajasthan, in Ajmer, and the nuns taught us cross stitch. I'm 53 now, and still love art and craft. Based in Chennai now, all the beautiful cottons! I'm inspired to buy a sewing machine and get on with quilting. You embody love, creativity and homeliness, in a world gone mad with technology. Keep spreading the joy!
Hermoso lo que has escrito, una realidad, tremenda, que hicieron de este maravilloso vivir❤
Beautiful ❤️. I have a phobia with buttons, so when I have a go at this, I'll definitely give the buttons a miss 😊
So many people of a certain age have memories of the button tin. My tin was an old cigar box and I still have it with most of the original buttons. Some of the bakelite buttons started disintegrating but most held up. I used to sit under the dining room table and string the buttons into a very long snake. That’s how I learned to hold a needle and rethread it many times.😂 The table was covered with a knotted lace tablecloth and it was my magical spot since it was easy for me to see out but hard for the adults to see me under there. They had to listen for the clicking of the buttons as I sifted through them to make my snake.
You could put all sorts of things in there! Use it as a gift bag, toiletries, artist's tools, crochet and knitting tools, pantyhose and undies in your luggage, something that you want to pad or conceal or protect.
26:56 I bought a 9x13 cake pan with a handle on the lid. I've been lining up my random hexis in it today. I have more than I realized. I found a pattern for a Jack's Chain quilt using tiny 9 patches with 60° triangles and making circles. It is fabulous. I have a square punch, and it will be my next english paper piecing project as soon as I find that pesky punch. I can't believe I misplaced the punch! Ah well, it'll show up.
I have olive green wool coming in for a new skirt. I lost more weight. Another 2". I read that eating soups will aid weight loss. May be that since I mostly make soups and salads now I am retired and home full time, my favorites. I hardly eat out anymore. Clam chowder today.
I have made a few 10" squares from little bits. One day it might be a quilt. I have enough for this is lovely sewing pouch for my square punch project 😅
Today is Sunday. We're experiencing a winter storm and frigid temps. A big pot of homemade vegetable soup on the stove and homemade rolls in the oven. Kate is here sharing her latest project with simple sewing techniques and a wonderful sewing pouch is the end result. LIFE IS GOOD ❤❤❤ Sending love to you, Kate.
Hi Mary Beth, It sounds like we had the same kinna Sunday, corn chowder, and some homemade bread for me! And lots of crocheting of granny squares.😊
@@bluekitty3731Hello, Blue Kitty, indeed, your Sunday sounds lovely too. Please pass the butter for the bread 😊
Kate, to my mind, there are few things more satisfying than getting out my scraps and having them play nicely together!❤️
Oh Yumm! Love pot of soup! Oh I love that and your back again- yay! ❤😂❤
I Love it
I like it. Thank you. Nata.❤
“No scrap left behind!” Great therapy project and love that feeling that comes with up-cycling fabric!
Looks like an envelope bag. Nice for jewelry
Kate! There you are...I'm very happy to be seeing you again. It's such fun. I hope you'll be having a wonderful and healthy year.
As always, your colors are beautiful.
Super bonito ❤️❤️❤️❤️ gracias
Kisses from Brasil for vou! ❤ 👍 ☺
Hola!! Me encantan tus videos, el cálido ambiente de tu hogar. La luz gris que se vé a través de las ventanas, el precioso gato o gata, la estufa de leña y tus retales, es tan acogedor... Pareces una mujer muy despierta y creativa. Me gustaría tanto que pusieras subtitulos, soy española y no sé inglés. Gracias por compartir tus bonitas creaciones.
You spoke of remembering things that you write better than passive consumption. I am a kinetic learner and the very act of writing something analog style helps me too.
Hello from California. it is 1100pm here. I was watching cooking shows and getting so hungry. I stopped eating after 700pm for lent. Pure torture and salivating terribly. So lucky me I came upon your channel. You were very informative and give excellent instructions. Now I want to start sewing again. A small project like your sewing kit sparked my interest. Almost 10 years since I quilted. That was because, I was taking care of my mom, she has found her final resting place. Thank you for your encouragement. Just what I needed.😂
Oh I have my mother’s and both grandmothers button tins. I cherish all of them!
Merhaba sizin kanalınızı bugün ilk defa gördüm siz bir harikasınız bayıldım verdiğiniz değerli bilgiler için çok teşekkür ediyorum Türkiye’den sevgiler❤❤
Oh the joy of the button tin. That has reminded me that as a child I used to sit in the cupboard under the stairs with the button tin. The sound of you swishing round in it is pure joy 😊
Me too, my Mom use to teach me my colors and addition and subtraction with buttons. I sat under the table while she sewed and we chatted…I was very young and tiny, she’d teach me words,numbers, letters… Turns out she had her Grandma’s button box ( my great grandma) and that’s the button tin I grew up with. Turns out she gave it to me and I made a quilt that now hangs on the wall in my quilt room. It’s made with the very largest, prettiest buttons for flowers, complete with a patchwork basket design,embroidered basket handle, stem and leaves. The sounds and smell of a button tin is heavenly, and they are lovely to sift through and admire!
My Mum used to have one too…I should probably start one ❤
When my children were very young I gave them a threaded needle that had the point cut off and the button tin. They would string the buttons onto the thread while I was sewing. It helped them practice their fine motor skills and kept them busy while I sewed!
Yes the button tin was my favorite part! I will get mine out and feel kindred with you all on the green sofa :)
Just in the middle of making the pouch with some lovely birds and nests fabric. Perfect project for this material.
I loved Mr. Roger's Neighborhood as a child. He was calm, caring, and imaginative. Watching this video, you are my adult, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood!
Ms. Kate's Sewing room...calm, caring, and creative❤
What a PERFECT analogy! Kate, your videos are sweetness to my soul. ❤
I guess I was channeling Kate yesterday. I did exactly this, sewing together scraps and did a stitch and flip backing for a hot pad. I machine quilted a big spiral.
Memories of my playing with my Nan's button tin. You've given me the idea to create my own for my grand daughter to play with. Another lovely, gentle video Kate. Just the ticket when we're feeling a bit down in winter. Merci beaucoup for your ray of light.
Coook güzel oldu ellerinize sağlık evinizde pek sıcak görünüyor
I have my grandmother's button jar. She had a friend who had a collection of buttons in a cabinet with pull-out drawers made especially for a collection. In the USA women made button bracelets in the 1960's. It was a knitted cuff of metallic thread and metal buttons were attached to it. Buttons do bring up pleasant memories. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I made a pouch like yours in an afternoon today I have never had stitched before. I have a small quilt top I had just finished and am now contemplating hand stitching it. Thank you Kate for showing me how.
Thank you Kate, your button box brought back happy memories of playing with my aunt’s button box as a child. I inherited my mother’s box and have added to it over the years. I love buttons, especially old ones. The pouch is lovely and would make a good present.
Wow, I too was sorting scraps. It's been minus 31C or there about. I've had a pot of soup leftovers and cherry tarts to keep us happy. I also like the idea of a pouch inside. I'd attach a small draw sting bag to hold my thimble. I'm not sure where mine is right now -tho it is in a small bag. It has to be with one of my wip. This would make a great gift. Oh dear the last two cherry tarts are a "burnt" offering. LOL!!! Well yes, I fell asleep also. Button boxes are the best. Enjoyed visiting with everyone on the LGC.
I will be making one for my retired nurse items to gift to a new nurse!!! Thank you ❤❤❤
Your cottage just makes me smile with seeing your treasures when you move about your sewing room. I really really like the pouch you created from your bits of dot fabrics. I am going to make one, but probably use a printed fabric and quilt around the designs in the fabric design. I have taken hand quilting classes, so using a machine just dosen't appeal to me. My grandmother hand pieced and quilted, and I loved sitting and watching her with her needle and thread working away. (On a personal note, I love your hair, wish I were brave enough to go that short, mine is completely white like snow but at age 80 I guess that happens, lol).
My first time watching you, I have been sewing since aged 5yrs & 66yrs today, been trying to find some interesting youtubes to encourage my recently widowed friend, that she should get out her machine again, I thought I would introduce her to quilting
Forgot to say the material I used with the ants was checked like a tablecloth. But I made a bunch of different material for others. U just sew material together and turn right side out placing yr ribbon between fabrics making sure its tucked way inside so u don't stitch over it. 😊❤
Kate, you aren't the only one who loses their thimble. I'm sure my thimbles are living in the land of missing things. Love to you
I finally made myself a thimble pip, and put a long ribbon on it to attach to my scissors handle. Haven't lost on in 2 years!
I'm the same lost two last year.
Thank you for the new project. I love making small things 26:56
When I was a little girl I often went through my mother's button jar. It was a good plaything on a rainy day.
Guten morgen ,sehr gemütlich bei dir, und du hast eine wunderschöne angenehme Stimme und strahlst eine Ruhe aus. Danke und einen lieben Gruß aus Österreich (Austria) fanny
Kate, Rewatched the “Sewing Pouch” Video and obtained your measurements and directions👏. M🍀
Я не понимаю о чем говорит эта приятная женщина. Достала лоскутки, сшила их, потом баночку с пуговицами. И так от неё теплотой веет. Котик на спинке кресла, огонь в железной печке согревает женщину. Мне очень понравилось это видео и что делает эта женщина. 😊❤❤
Oh Kate. Isn’t that sweet. I think I can make smaller ones and place tissues in it and slip it in my purse. Clever you are. I have a fond affection for Mother of Pearl buttons! Thank you
Welcome back, Kate. It’s nice to see you. You are so meticulous and admired. I just slap the pieces together, after placing them in a bag divided between lights and darks; no sorting of pieces. Then I trim them up. I know this as Mile A Minute stitching. It gets rid of a lot of scraps!
Thank you, Kate! Lovely! So nice to see you again. So relaxing on a minus 14 degrees in Illinois, USA.
What a happy thing! :) Polka dots, stitiching, quilting, and buttons! And a pouch to put things in! Next to a warm fire. True joy! Thank you.
I've sewn a quilt from my odd shapes of scraps and it took me weeks to work on it then I've sewn the pieces together and came up with a good size quilt, now I'm handstitching the quilt while it is pinned down to batting. I'm giving it away as a gift to my friend of many years.
Happy New Year from Oregon USA everyone!
It was delightful to dig through your button box with you, Kate.
What is it that makes button boxes, tins and jars such a happy pasttime? It hits just about every sense, doesn't it?
The sight, sound, feel and smell of all of those buttons still makes me tingle!
I was repeatedly admonished as a child to NOT put the most candylike of them into my mouth, and I bet I wasn't only one!🤪
I made forts with my dominos with button flourish
I made forts with my dominos with button flourish. I still have my grandmother's button jar. The smell takes me to her house and me on the floor sorting buttons.
I made forts with my dominos with button flourish. I still have my grandmother's button jar. The smell takes me to her house and me on the floor sorting buttons.
Enjoy your videos. You are so calming.
Lovely video, as always, I collect buttons and regret having cleared out my Mom’s during our last move. But I do have a great grandma’s sewing chest. Oh your pouch I should make one😊
Love that project. I have quite a few old embroidered table runners, vintage hankies, large table cloths and napkins all cotton. Some are very pretty. My sister found all these and no longer wanted them. I will make a few of this project for my sisters to carry their jewelry in their purses while travelling. I have my mother’s vintage Asian satiny jewelry holder she used for travel. I love min.
May I share that I've watched the majority of your videos and each time I'm inspired to try something new that you've shared. More importantly, you are a bit of sunshine, an absolutely delightful and, I'm sure, a genuinely good kind-hearted person. How I wish our world were filled with more folks like you.
God bless you dear one. May He keep you healthy and safe and prosper you in all your endeavors as He gives you wonderful days filled with special and unexpected blessings. You are appreciated... greatly valued. Thank you for sharing your time, talent and wisdom... such amazing gifts.
Blessings from GiGi
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I've got my Grandmother's & my Mother's button boxes too! I love to sit & look through them, too!
I always enjoy a little crumb piecing. Even if I don't have a project in mind, I will make some 5 inch squares and an idea will follow. It is great fun, but expensive in thread use. lol
Cheaper than buying more fabric though! And it really gets the creative ideas flowing!
Yes I agree, and I use up thread spools & bobbins that have a little bit of thread left on them that isn't enough for a large project. Very satisfying almost therapeutic, use of bits and pieces. Very relaxing. @@gingerfeeley6849
@@seaside2001 Great idea! I’m going to incorporate using up thread and bobbins in this way!
I was thinking of a little pouch for a spool of thread inside the pouch, and a couple of needles on the flap. Perhaps a bit of elastic on the flap to hold the scissors.
I love little projects like this. Before Christmas I made some little scissor cases for my small scissors that I always lose. I popped some Velcro on the back and stuck a piece onto my sewing machine so I can keep the scissors there but also take them and the case with me if I want to do some stitching on the go.
I loved the search through your button tin. Reminded me how much I enjoyed sitting with my mom while she sewed, just letting those buttons flow through my fingers while I picked out the next one I wanted to string. I loved the colors and sizes, but most of all the sound. I wonder how many of the younger set ever got to do that. Makes me remember to find all the buttons I have and make a tin for my granddaughter.
Roberta, make the tin of buttons WITH your granddaughter. It will be a memory that may last her lifetime!
Make sure to find some of the fancy ones & different ones.
I always sorted my Mothers buttons out with the fancy ones (rhinestones) out. I always felt so fancy holding them. All the unique ones too.
Quite fun times… Mother never had or was never quite. 8-10 kids/teens.
Memories
I cannot wait to attempt a super scrappy hand quilted pouch. I have a dear button bin and will do a shell button of grandma's. P.S. Kate - you got me addicted to Kaffe Fassett and on our 25th wedding anniversary I made a simple 36 block king sized quilt. My hubby is over the moon about it and loves the bright color's of Kaffe's I selected. x's, lj
The sound of raking through the button box brings fond memories of my mother's button box, which now belongs to me. The same sound is made as my grandchildren now rake through the box seeing what seem to them as oddities, as their life has zippers, Velcro, and elastic. What a lovely project.
Love this way to use up tiny scraps. I don’t throw them out either. Might make one for my quilting friends
I’m going to make one of these, a bit smaller to carry a cutlery set and napkin for my lunches at work and when I’m out and about. Great … thanks Kate. ❤
I sorta like the holidays, I take time off from work…I schedule education webinars…and as soon as January starts, 1/8, it’s been so busy, 3 webinars this week, 2 more next week….the lull makes it tough to start back up!
I started a sweater quilt I’ve been planing for a very long time…old sweaters cut into squares. It’s my mindless sewing, would like to complete by next winter!
Oh the memories of running your fingers through the button tin!!! The sound of you doing this takes me back to my Mother’s button tin. ❤️ Thank you for reminding me of great memories.
Lovely video…..I also have my Mum’s button tin, which was passed to her by her mother. I can remember it being a ‘treat’ as a small child to play in Mum’s button tin. I guess the tin would be well over a hundred years old!
When I was small my mom would let me play in her button box while she sewed. I have that button box now. I can spend hours touching the buttons❤ love the pouch. Happy New Year 🎉
I love you4 pouch and especially the use of you small scraps. A girl after my own heart. ❤
I’m astonished at the beautiful and colorful products that have come from your talent! I love spending time watching you create, and teach! Kate, you are one wonderful lady. Well done dear. Onward! Lol! 😂♥️🙏🕊🙋♀️♥️
Kate we made picnic roll ups similar to that. There's the front also considered the back, batting,a long ribbon to match fabric and on the inside fabric we sewed a pocket the sewed it in 4 sections so u could have a steak knife a regular knife a fork and a spoon that was tall enough so they wouldn't fall out. Sewed ribbon kind of long length in between material. Then u can roll them up and have for a picnic or make enough for guests to take home from a party. U could make these for another project and it's something a lot of people could use. I found material that had ants on background of red and white and blue and white. My kids loved them and adult kids too. I bought the cheap silverware at Walmart and family dollar bcuz they're good enough for picnics and if they get lost its no big deal. Try it. They're fun! Luv u. Delia,Oreo and me. USA.
Dear Kate in the first place I wish you a happy and pleasant year. Then I want to thank you for two things you have done for me. The first is the discovery of the Lord of the Rings that I thought before was intended for old teenagers 😂
The other thing is that you pushed me to sew by hand and I just finished the hand quilting of a « grandmother’s garden »who was bored in the wardrobe. The result is incredible. And what a relaxing and creative activity.
Thank you very much
Какой утюг интересный, как робот. И поверхность гладильная.
Thank you for this great video ! 🤗. I love it. I can see you’re a very talented, yet kind person.
I fervently pray every day, I meet a lovely person like you 🙏🙏🙏, and she patiently teaches me how to do patchwork projects. I just love patchwork. I have ADD and Autism, and Anxiety/Depression, which makes it hard for me to learn. I’m not feeling sorry for myself or anything… I can follow tutorials too. I’ve completed a course at my local college, and finished a few projects. It was fun, but my teacher was kind of impatient and didn’t understand my problems. It would be so good to find a kind and patient person, as I mentioned, who was patient enough to help me learn.
All the best to everyone here. ❤️
Hello, my pal across the pond!
So glad to see you!
When i have trouble sleeping, i put on one of your videos and it slows my mind down. So last nite I happened on the one where you were cleaning out the table drawer. Bad choice! Instead of Peaceful Kate, I got agitated Kate! But what fun! I was chuckling every time you said "Oh! That's important! I must keep that!"
I'm looking forward to spending more time with you this year.
Hello Kate,… this is Peggy Justus from Lexington. Kentucky in USA. I grew up near the mountains of North Carolina. I absolutely love watching you… I’m very interested in quilting plus I’m 81 years old. Thank you for sharing your videos … I think I’ve seen “most” of them and hope to see many more in the future. ❤
Классно! Спасибо Вам большое! Ваша работа замечательная. Очень понятный урок,
Kate, I am binge watching you as I'm in bed resting up from a cold. You brought me so much joy at the button tin. I have my mothers, which also belonged to her mother from whom I got my love of sewing from. My grandchildren when they were younger would love to go through all the buttons sorting them into colours etc. I even have some buttons left over from a dress my Grannie made me. Such wonderful memories and I absolutely adored doing the herringbone stitch. I must make this little notion bag. Thank you so much 🙏
I love your long string of pearls at the background
Memories. Of button tins and my mum.
Love this project
lovely. thank you. I will make one of floral scraps to take along with me on bus trips as I enjoy hand sewing on the bus on shopping trips.
The button tin 🥰🥰. How wonderful that it was your grandmother’s and your mum’s. Brought tears to my eyes.
Precioso trabajo❤❤❤❤❤❤
I love the cosiness of your sewing room. You've kept it neat and tidy and organized. I love your work. We do a lot of such crafts in our country, especially in Jaipur. The objects created in this style are highly priced in India and are a tourist attraction.
Hi kate!
When would you consider The Last Homely House's birthday to be?
I'd love to sit on the lime green sofa with you and give you a present to celebrate the creation of something so wonderful.
I just said to myself earlier today, “ wonder when Kate will be back?”- and there you were!! Love the project. May give it a go!
I so wish I had a picture of my son lining up armies of buttons from my button tin. Was in days before our phone cameras.
Kate!!! I just LOVE YOU!!! I think I might be your age…. My 73rd birthday is very soon and my wish would be to sit with you in your “Last Homely House” and stitch the day away, chatting about the beauty of fabric and sewing and stitching and cats!!!👍🏼😊❣️
The same ❤😂
I love making fabric! It's so much fun to use up the scraps & comes out beautiful. 💜 I just brought home my mother-in-law's button tin, despite having jars & jars of my own. Love the sensory of the button tin.
I love that. The hand quilting is so rustic and so pretty. I have my grandma’s button box too. Passed to my mum and now to me. I spent many times just tipping them all out and looking at so many different buttons. I recently sorted them all out into colours and bought a divider box to store them. The original box was getting a bit beaten up but I couldn’t throw it out. It still sits in my sewing cupboard. So many memories. 🥰
I make fabric with my liberty scraps and make boho floor cushions, they are so lovely. Thankyou for all your tutorials 🇦🇺
Glad to be back on the lime green couch with everyone. I have also been sorting through my scraps this week. I started sewing skinny strips diagonal onto 10" muslin foundation blocks. I find it relaxing to "make fabric"- my pattern, my rules.
Great to see you! Lovely pouch! Make a little pocket inside of it for your thimble.
Love it! That would have been perfect to have a couple weeks ago when my hubby was in hospital and I was toting around my little squares and papers in a plastic baggie. LOL ...got some funny looks from the nurses I did!
Foarte frumos și util ! Thank you! Respect din Cluj- România!
Oh my Godness, that iron ! So special?
😂😂😂 I love your cottage, your place, sewing slowly, with peace in ❤, the windows looking the gardens , your cat…
Absolutely my dream….thank you so much 🙏just discover today your channel 😘🥰👍🏻♥️🌸
Hugs from Spain,
From an Italian grandma 👵
I am Srilankan very useful. Thank you very much God bless you
After starting 2 projects for 2024 I am now starting a 3rd one....your amazing pouch using scraps from my other 2 projects! Lovely to have work on the go when chores are done😊 Thanks Kate x
Bingo I am going to make this but use all the selvages I’ve been collecting for three years!! Maybe I’ll give them to all the crafty people in my life for Christmas presents next year!!❤️I’ll quilt with you on the LGS, and bring something yummy to snack on.
I’m always so delighted to see you, Kate! ❣️❣️❣️
thank you I did enjoy that and I am going to do it for me.
I love to watch all of your many ideas. You have made my quilting so much more enjoyable. Thank you from a senior citizen in the state of Alabama!
Love this, thanks! Happy to hear your voice is finally back to normal.
When you opened the button box a wave of nostalgia washed over me and brought tears to my eyes.Mommy's button box ! I love the little pouch.very pretty! I hope you and your family have a wonderful 2024. Time flies , doesn't it?
Lovely and just the thing to get back into sewing.
Beautiful project to start the year. Last week I made a pouch for a small pair of scissors I found lost on a deserted road. Used old scraps, my beloved grandmother’s embroidery thread, and a press stud that had been waiting, on its original card, to be used for at least 50 years. Quite pleased with myself and will enjoy attempting this project too. Thank you for the showing us how.
I so enjoyed this video. I also, am a quilter. If only our little girls could learn these skills-not so much texting!!!!