I mentioned to my hubby about digging up my eco bundle. He asked me why I buried it and I said “to see what happens to it”. He just looked at me funny and said “you guys are weird”. 😂 I haven’t dug mine up yet as it’s night time here in Australia but looking forward to doing so tomorrow. Certainly hope there is something left for me.
Hi, I'm in Brisbane and it's dark outside too. My husband did the same thing and I replied the same as you!! Can't wait to dig it up tomorrow. I will have to make a ceremony of it! We've had a lot of rainmsince I buried it, so fingers crossed.
We're in a continuing heatwave... I *think* I can remember where I buried my bundle...But I intend to wait to (hopefully) recover it on June 21st - equinox to solstice. Am looking forward to seeing what's happened to it.
I think I did the waxed leaves as child at school in the fall..we preserved really colorful leaves from maples and oaks, Seams like we used wax paper from our mother's kitchens.
I woke up this morning and jumped out of bed, (NOT my usual routine!!) and headed outside to dig up my treasure. After digging for some time I realized that sadly it was not to be found. I was really more upset about it than I should have been and reminded myself how well you took it when one of yours was not found for your very important project. I started watching your video and soon realized that I had forgotten that we had wrapped them in leaves and bark and rusty items and then tied them in twine! I had been looking for a pristine white fabric with navy stitching with perhaps a little dirt on it! I went flying back outside and sitting on top of the soil was my little bundle that I had dug up and not recognized!! This was so much fun, from the burying to the waiting and then to the reclaiming! Thank you Kathryn and yes please to more of this in the future!!
Fredfred is the slow stitch version of a cat. Love the dappled wander and bird song. I love that you call your little pot a cauldron. And fun seeing what folks are unearthing. Cheers, Christine
This is a real contrast from the crazy patchwork session, but just as wonderfully inspiring in its 'organic' delightful creative way... so I have put another bundle to 'mature' in my vegetable border for the next equinox 😄xx
I rushed out into our woods and dug up my bundle a few moments ago. The jute twine survived, and I very carefully unwrapped it to find just four tiny fragments of cloth the size of my thumbnail clinging to the walnut shells! I am almost more excited than if the entire cloth had survived because some very interesting things happened. The cloth fragments have been oh so carefully washed with fingertips and are now drying. I am currently hatching plans for stitching! Thank you K3n for dreaming up such marvelous projects!
Dug up my bundle. Lovely juicy worms so my little fragile cotton book nearly did return to the earth. Gently washed it and teased the fragments apart. Only a little bit of my circle of writing but I will think of a way to save and protect what I have left. The worms were too happy to disturb so I returned them with the sticks and left over leaves etc to live another day. I was excited to finally dig up my bundle and relieved that a little bit is left. Now to get gently creative. Thanks Kathryn
What a treat. Such a wonderfully inspiring journey and long slow video, thank you ❤ I was always somewhat addicted to vibrant colours, clashing even. I never expected to be so captivated by rust, tea, grunge and ‘interesting’ marks. I am an ardent convert! More dyeing please. I’d also like to eco print leaves. Thank you.
I so enjoyed watching and listening again today and really look forward to retrieving my bundle today. The timing is perfect because I'm leaving tomorrow to visit my oldest son and his partner; they're both very likely to be interested, so I will probably do my stitching or whatever when I'm in their home....if my bundle is still there! I like this adventure, no matter what I find.
😂😂😂 the cat just flops 😂😂😂, beautiful walk loving all the greens and birds thank you for sharing ❤ watching you unwrap your bundle it’s such a beautiful thing.❤❤❤ your bundle reminds me a lil of birch bark it’s lovely 😊 I see a map with mountains and valleys so very awesome.
The journey with cloth, through the weeks, through your beautiful woods and through my own wonderment unwrapping my now incredibly fragile bundle- it s been wonderful. I ve reflected a lot during this work and I love what the earth has done to the bundles. Thank you K3n xxx
I buried mine in the corner of the back yard, & went out last night with a torch (I’m in Vic, Aust) to retrieve it, but couldn’t find it. I had it wrapped with a rusty spike, & found it today, in the daylight. It’s got one little hole eaten into it, & black & brown bits (after hand washing), but it’s still quite whole. That whole project was fun - so thank you! I’ve discovered that my favorite most relaxing, satisfying & enjoyable thing in this slow stitching so far is the meditation scrolls. I found myself making them wider & longer after the first couple, to make the stitching last longer, & finally came up with the idea of making a large rug out of them, stitched with some strips of other cloth, as a kind of crazy patchwork rug/quilt. Thank you very much for your teachings, K3N! 🧵 🪡
What beautiful cloth. It reminded me of sliver birch bark when you were washing it. Loved seeing you walk through the wood to retrieve your bundle from the earth. It is great to hear someone else talking to insects when rescuing them. Thank you
Lovely, 2 years ago I buried 3 pieces for old sheets, 30 x the width of the sheet in our “ vild on purpose “ corner of our garden. Put a stick in the earth so I could find the place. After 9 months I wanted to dig up the fabric. I had not told my hubby than I have buried the fabric, so the stick was gone, and I couldn’t quite remember where the place was. So we dug and dug and sorry to say I never flounder my fabric.
That's a shame. I always try to put them somewhere obvious like next to a special tree or something, but even then I sometimes forget where they are 😁❤️
I’m on holiday in Cairns North Queensland 27C and I can’t wait to arrive home in Melbourne Victoria 13C to retrieve my bundle. Yours is beautiful and looks great in your journal.❤🇦🇺🦘💕 Margaret
Oh I really enjoy seeing these buried cloth tales. I know what you mean about making a video while you are stitching on them, it's hard. Your mind really wants to wander into a different world as you look and feel whats happened to the cloth, you imagine things that happened, or at least I do. Thank you for sharing these special times. I left a piece of cloth on my clothesline here and it was a thrifted piece of clothing that I deconstructed and did the 5 minute texture to it... my neighbor, a man, remarked asking what is that? LOL He knows me pretty well so I just said oh just one of my experiments on cloth.... he probably thinks I'm nuts, but oh well. Thanks for mentioning my 5 minute method. I've used it a dozen times this week for various projects. I find it works the BEST on linen for some reason. The waxed leaves sound so interesting. I have stitched on leaves and it was so beautiful, I'd show them but they are home. I didn't use wax but the leaf as I recall wasn't totally dried out so it didn't crack. I'm going to play around with some wax now. Thanks for sharing and PS, I could hear Stella snoring! LOL ❤❤❤❤❤
Hi Jer, if people ask me what I am doing, I have taken to telling them as if it's absolutely normal (well to me it is 😁) and I find that of course some people get the look, you know the one (why did I ask and what is she on about?) but most people are interested. . Interesting that the coffee and rust thing works best on linen. ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales I'm back, I finally buried my book at the beach along the Bay. I hope I can remember where I put it! I took pictures. It's in sand so I'm not sure if anything will happen to it. Any thoughts on that? And how long do you think I should leave it? I already want to go back and get it, thinking it will magically change! LOL I think I'll make another and bury it at the Tiny House, there's more dirt here. 💜💜💜
I have left bundles below the tideline for ten days max, if it's not going to be covered with sea water, you could leave it longer. Even in dry sand, there should be changes over time but it's hard to say how long. I would maybe check in a week or so, you can always bury it again or move it. I saw you tagged me in your rice bag video, looking forward to watching ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales I went back last night and re-watched your original video on this and you buried it when the tide was out, that was brave!! Mine is up in the dunes. And yes, I left a link to your Rice bag also in my description because I used you as inspiration for the rice bag. I'm making another slightly different now. Am video'ing that one too and will put it in my Kofi. Soooo FUN!
I was honoured that Fredfred came along as he usually doesn't during the day, only first thing in the morning because he wants his breakfast when we get back 😁❤️
I rarely get attached to the quilts I make, but there are a few that I invest more of myself in. I still mourn one I gave away to a friend of my sister. It was a lap-size log cabin quilt I made with 1" strips, 1/2" finished, so there were a lot of cloths in it, a lot of variety and really beautiful. But when it was finished and my sister was visiting from out of town, talking about what her friend was going through, I just had the urgent sense that this quilt belonged to the friend. She needed it. Over my life, I've learned to listen to that urgent voice and occasionally, it leads me to do something others would say was stupid or an unnecessary self sacrifice, but many instances have taught me that over the long run, responding to the nudge is the right thing to do. So, I gave the quilt to my sister to give to her friend who I didn't know and lives across the country. My sister has since moved back to Seattle and is not in touch with the friend, so I have no idea what's happened to the quilt or the friend. I wish I did. I don't regret giving the quilt. I know it was the right thing to do. But I still mourn the loss of it. Watching this video and hearing you talk about the 13th piece makes me know you get it too.
My good friend was dating a guy. She made him this amazing quilt. When they split, she asked him to please not just throw away the quilt. If he didn't want it she would like it back. You put so much in to something, it contains the memories ❤
@@judymarkel8029 There is a "boyfriend sweater" curse you know. If you're dating and knit a sweater for your boyfriend, it's sure to end the relationship. I imagine quilts are the same way. I made a bathrobe for my first boyfriend; sure enough, not the guy I'm with today! .... I wonder if K3n's socks would qualify?
When I first watched this I thought,’Oh,poor fabric”. Today I dug up my bundle…and despite really gently rinsing etc it is in many pieces…I guess that that means that the soil is very healthy, lots of mini creatures…but I’ll have a lot of stitching to do once it’s dried. All very exciting 😮
Oh how very wonderful!!! I love this!!! Ok so now I will pack a little bundle and I will go bury it at Summer Solstice this week! I will harvest it in fall! How exciting!!! Thank you Kathryn!!! You are amazing!!!❤❤❤
Amazing video, Kathryn! Please explore this process further with us! It is fascinating! I just joined this group at week 17, so I had no bundle to unearth. I did put together a bundle, buried it and will dig it up at the Autumnal equinox. Thank you so much! I love this space!
Can’t believe I was so excited to retrieve my little cloth book. Slightly disappointed i didn’t have holes! But at least it’s rust coloured in places and a bit dirty - great!! I am already thinking about where to put another one - loved sewing on what I had achieved though.
Thank you Kathryn for another week of exploring and discovering. I went to retrieve my bundle buried under the lemon tree but couldn’t find it anywhere. We’ve had a very dry few months here in Adelaide SA and mice have eaten everything in the garden, even the chillies! So I guess they’ve either eaten the bundle or taken it for their nest. But I found some remnants of a hessian bag as well as a perfectly intact chain of stitching used to seal the bag. So together with a weather beaten leaf I had in my stash, I’ve managed to create something out of nothing and I love it. When life gives you lemons……. I don’t know if anyone has mentioned it yet, but the quote is by Kahlil Gibran: “If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.” Love, Cath
I have a fragile remnant but very beautiful. Some words visible and rusty marks. Now attaching it to some silk. String almost gone as it was very thin. I have two layers in places. But cant separate more as so fragile. I'm in South Africa so it was very hot and wet most of the time it was buried in a tree stump covered with soil and leaves. A lovely project! Freezing cold for us now....
Wow! I had no idea what you were talking about when you refered to digging up the piece in time for the Solstice! I checked my viewing history and I hadn't seen that episode - I came late to the party and I watched all sorts - I discovered that after Openheimer I disappeared down a Christopher Nolan and Cilian Murphy rabbit hole 🤦 when I emerged I had missed the precursor to today's digging up! I have to say yes please to more of this ilk 👏 I mentioned alchemy previously and I can't think of a better word! It's truly magical to see this process and I live close to a beach and one part of the beach has lots of pebbles perfect for burying a piece - although for some odd reason it's known as the grassy beach 🤷 I found this genuinely enthralling and hearing your thoughts on your process is just wonderful k3n 😊 many many thanks for this journey into the mind of an artist - it's just so inspiring - big love as always from Scotland ❤️
I adore eco dyeing. Your fabric piece turned out so beautiful. I'll need to go back to the earlier video of this to see the beginning. I also loved the rolled piece.
Hi katherine, I met you at the exhibition. I was inspired by your foragers journal. I took some photographs, but wish I had taken more. Could you do a video flip through of it, at some point. I need more ideas to get going. Thank you again for this opportunity to create. Xx
I pushed back again fabric tearing. Running stitch with a long needle, I envisioned a complete mess. Ecodying I was good with, but leaving stuff outside, well I thought k3n a little touched. Now I do all three. Now I have ideas for more. Katherine, there is a bit of you here with me in Saskatchewan
This is gorgeous! I'm retrieving my piece on Thursday, I can't wait to see what it's like. I'm going to work on a piece to put to the elements in its place for retrieval at the winter solstice. ❤ x
Can I message you masses of positive feedback. Absolutely loved and was totally engrossed in this project. Learning so much...more than just stitching. Thank you for your channel. Its marvellous. Bx
I’m looking forward to going out and digging up my bundle in my garden. This has been fun, so many times I’ve wanted to go out a d dig it out, but I didn’t, but I can today.
Hopefully fetching my bundle from down the country lane tomorrow. My Husband is as excited as me to see what’s happened to it, or if it’s gone which is fine too. It’s been a very wet June so it could have washed away and into the estuary!😊
While I listened to this video I stopped 6 times ,dug up my roll ,pre washed it ,baking soda bath , gentle soap wash ( my own) and it is drying now ! I can’t wait for it to be dry and start stitching ,this is so exciting .😊 In the meantime I have buried three more bundles in my garden,do I love this process yes I do! I usually like more immediate results eco printing was faster but slowing down and being aware of our connections to the cloth and it’s journey is very satisfying in a myriad of ways. Thank you again for teaching us and sharing your artistic journey Kathryn.
I absolutely love this process and am excited to try. My sister has land by the woods so I will leave bundles there. I love your weathered piece and I think it’s extraordinarily beautiful. ❤
Your forest is enchanting and I enjoyed being along when you retrieved your eco bundle. Any and everything that you can teach we are excited to learn. I eagerly await every Monday and Wednesday to see where you will take us today.
I appreciate the beauty you create in cooperation with nature! I was inspired to hang a piece of cotton on y dec - then I drizzled strong coffee over it in a rather uneven fashion! That was my feeble attempt at using what I have to see what could happen for today!!!!
Oehhh…now I really have to stop myself from retrieving mine (just a few days more). This is really beautiful, It reminds me a little of birch tree skin😍🍀💖
😅I can’t wait to open my bundle. I confess, I didn’t stitch on it first. But I will if I can at a later time. This has been a lesson in patience for me. I have 2 other bundles to open, too - which I will do on June 21. Thank you so much for this lovely idea ❤ 🙏
I thought my bundle was one of the lost. I dug where I thought it was and thought surely the pine cone would not have totally disappeared! I took out my photo of the placement and thought maybe it was further over… then I found the pine cone and ultimately the bundle… I dug by a critter and whole on top of the dirt!
I've just dug my bundle up and washed it. I am very pleased with the result. Managed to get some lovely prints of the raspberry leaves I had put in it. There are lots of rust marks and chew holes. If anyone is interested, putting cloth in the compost heap gives rapid results in days, not weeks. I've done this several times and have always been pleased with the outcome.
I'm waiting until the 21st or 22nd to go find my bundle. In the meantime, I'm thinking seriously of preparing another one to leave in the ground until the autumn equinox as there's much more foliage to include in the bundle this time of year. Really curious now to see what has - or has not - happened to my original bundle!
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This is my favorite stitched item that I love to do too. Today I will get my bundle out of my large indoor planter and probably squeal with delight. Thank you, Kathryn, and have a wonderful week off.
I'm happy and also sad - I went to get my bundle and it has hardly changed - I'm in Oxford UK and it was nestled in the bottom of a tree and apart from my little dog Dexter peeing on it - it looks exactly the same -I had wrapped a rusty buckle in there but I don't think it got wet enough -however, I have learned for next time. Loving all the videos - I do need a note for my boss though - she keeps expecting me to work, when all I want to do is sew! :) xx
It’s beautiful and I love what you have done with the stitching. Mine stayed just as it was but it came out lovely, I think it stayed together because I don’t have pure cotton even though I am trying my best to get some, mine is poly/cotton ❤
Your piece is beautiful, Kathryn. I find it hard to see all the stitching due to the matching colour, but am sure it's just right. I hope you're enjoying your family visit. Safe journeys. ❤
I just dug up my bundle: the string is in (mostly short) pieces, but the stitching is completely intact, and I'm able to peel open all four "leaves" of the booklet. No li'l critters. My first ecoprint! Am delighted with it. Now to go and wash it carefully.
I’m fascinated by the 13th of your bundles going missing: in fairy tales the 13th is the archetype of Fate, and is always feminine. Think of the solar year which in actuality has 13 moons (feminine months) rather than the 12 that we have taken on culturally. Or think of the 13th fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, the one who isn’t invited to the feast because there are only 12 golden plates. And there she is, Fate, who ultimately brings about the necessary transformation albeit circuitously. I love the idea of the Missing 13th. I think of it as a terma which may be unearthed when fate allows (kairos=the right time) when it is found by a terton.
There is a tradition in Ireland (and Scotland also I think) of rag trees, also called holy trees or sometimes magic trees. Usually a tree beside a holy well, but lone hawthorns are also considered holy (or magic) trees, and sometimes these attract the tradition too. People attatched bits of fabric to the tree - just tied on with a knot - traditionally a piece of fabric from a sick person's clothing, but sometimes a bit of ribbon, or more recently sometimes a babies soother or similar little object, with prayers. The idea was that the prayers lasted as long as the fabric, or alternatively as the fabric rotted so the illness went away. These trees still exist and people still follow the practise. It would be unthinkable to remove objects from one of these trees, but tying bits of fabric to a tree or hedge in your garden and leaving them for some months might produce some interesting results, I will give it a try.
I love this! I can’t wait to dig mine up on the 21st. I placed a large Indian grinding stone over it so I can tell the squirrels and raccoons haven’t dug it up, which was my worry. Seeing yours has prepared me for what I might find.
This project learns me more about me (myself). Digging up this 'find' and then carefully trying to get it 'back in the shape it probably once had'' , using water (and some baking soda and dishwashing liquid) so it can be 'preserved' ... this is one of the reasons why archaeology attracts me. (btw another reason is: I am curious to know how people lived in the past). I was watching you stitching it on the background cloth, but I can not go on watching because I am itching to start this 'reconstruction' too! But I need to wait until it has dried. So I stopped the video, I'll go on later, when I can stitch along.
@@k3n.clothtales Thank you. I made it dry quicker by ironing it (I wanted to do anyway, iron it to get its shape) and I started while watching ... But now yoiur video has ended and I still haven't finished ... I'll show it on Facebook and Instagram
I had tried this a few years ago with disappointing results. I decided to try it again with you. Again, disappointing results - I just ended up with dirty fabric :) I had not used any rusty bits in my bundles and had not buried them (just left them out in the elements). I have now wrapped them around some rusty hand tools I found in the garage and buried them under some leaves in my wooded backyard. The ground in my yard is difficult to dig into (southeast United States). I will check again at the autumnal equinox in September.
@@k3n.clothtales I will keep trying! I will probably put a piece in my compost box. I think I will tie it to the lid, so I can easily retrieve it later LOL
I love your piece - and I remember being fascinated by your friend’s pice at the exhibition. I was going to wait until the actual solstice to try and retrieve mine, but now unsure if I can wait 😂
I was singing E.I.E.I.O. too 😅 I have been enjoying these and am learning things about myself in the process. My husband just went to lay down and take a nap. He wants me to wait till he wakes up so we can dig ours up together. The waiting is soooooo hard for me😂
I was a bit sad as mine has disintegrated, but i like the idea of putting bundles in different places. Could we have some more information on the idea of " hanging" cloth in the garden as i cannot visualise 😊
I am wondering why you cleaned your cloth with soap. I was thinking the bi-card wash was enough. Also I am so sorry to see that some makers lost their buried pieces entirely. My piece hardly changed at all. It was up against my brick house with just a few dry leaves on it, so probably did not get much moisture. Also I wrapped it around a probably-treated wooden dowel. I am a bit disappointed due to so little change. I believe I'll wrap it around a stick from the garden and bury it in a place more likely to become moist, perhaps wait a week or so. So many variables! I do love the experimentation aspect of it even though it does not always yield a favorite piece. Your piece is lovely - looks like it was about to rejoin the earth but was diverted!
Yes it probably was, just doing what my Granny would have called belt and braces, and being conscious that some people might have higher standards of cleanliness than me 😉 and I am also sad for the people who couldn't find their bundle or had it disintegrate though it is part of the process, it's disappointing. I am pleased you are going to bury yours again. It's all about experimenting and I am so happy to see that so many are going to go further with it. ❤️
I love the look of your distressed fabric from being out in nature! and as a quilter my humble opinion would be that your cloth book would be described as quilted, but not a quilt. I agree that a quilt is two or more layers quilted together and it doesn't matter if it's batting in the middle or cloth. Thank you Kathryn for sharing your process and trips through the woods💚🕊
I will go back to the Wild Woods of Deloraine and see if I can find my bundle for the third time and by the way, it wasn’t your fault that I can’t find it - I should have marked it much better and I didn’t account for the fact that autumn and winter meant leaves dropped and so do trees, but I can’t even see the tree that my grandson climbed, and it wasn’t a small tree either. Roll on tomorrow!! I will now watch the rest of the video to see what I can do on that page!😅
I hope you find it, I would stand as close to the spot as I could remember, just stand quietly and try to empty my mind then look around slowly and quietly. Sometimes then your subconscious remembers. ❤️
I mentioned to my hubby about digging up my eco bundle. He asked me why I buried it and I said “to see what happens to it”. He just looked at me funny and said “you guys are weird”. 😂 I haven’t dug mine up yet as it’s night time here in Australia but looking forward to doing so tomorrow. Certainly hope there is something left for me.
Hi, I'm in Brisbane and it's dark outside too. My husband did the same thing and I replied the same as you!! Can't wait to dig it up tomorrow. I will have to make a ceremony of it! We've had a lot of rainmsince I buried it, so fingers crossed.
We are weird but in a good way 😂♥️
Still crazy after all these years!@k3n.clothtales
We're in a continuing heatwave... I *think* I can remember where I buried my bundle...But I intend to wait to (hopefully) recover it on June 21st - equinox to solstice. Am looking forward to seeing what's happened to it.
I think I did the waxed leaves as child at school in the fall..we preserved really colorful leaves from maples and oaks, Seams like we used wax paper from our mother's kitchens.
I woke up this morning and jumped out of bed, (NOT my usual routine!!) and headed outside to dig up my treasure. After digging for some time I realized that sadly it was not to be found. I was really more upset about it than I should have been and reminded myself how well you took it when one of yours was not found for your very important project. I started watching your video and soon realized that I had forgotten that we had wrapped them in leaves and bark and rusty items and then tied them in twine! I had been looking for a pristine white fabric with navy stitching with perhaps a little dirt on it! I went flying back outside and sitting on top of the soil was my little bundle that I had dug up and not recognized!! This was so much fun, from the burying to the waiting and then to the reclaiming! Thank you Kathryn and yes please to more of this in the future!!
Hello Michelle, I am so pleased you found your bundle yes it's amazing how much they change. Some even disintegrating completely ❤️
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Fredfred is the slow stitch version of a cat. Love the dappled wander and bird song. I love that you call your little pot a cauldron. And fun seeing what folks are unearthing. Cheers, Christine
Laughing “this is a video mostly about rescuing worms”… I can’t think why you didn’t use that as the title 😆
I should have done 😂❤️
This is a real contrast from the crazy patchwork session, but just as wonderfully inspiring in its 'organic' delightful creative way... so I have put another bundle to 'mature' in my vegetable border for the next equinox 😄xx
Glad you enjoyed it! And lovely to hear that you have 'planted' another bundle 😊
I rushed out into our woods and dug up my bundle a few moments ago. The jute twine survived, and I very carefully unwrapped it to find just four tiny fragments of cloth the size of my thumbnail clinging to the walnut shells! I am almost more excited than if the entire cloth had survived because some very interesting things happened. The cloth fragments have been oh so carefully washed with fingertips and are now drying. I am currently hatching plans for stitching! Thank you K3n for dreaming up such marvelous projects!
Mindy that's wonderful, have fun finding a way to preserve your precious scraps ❤️
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Thank you so much 😊
I feel so blessed following you on this journey of cloth exploration and learning way more than I ever thought of.
Truly blessed to be in your tribe xxxx
Thank you Diane it's a blessing to have you here ❤️
Dug up my bundle. Lovely juicy worms so my little fragile cotton book nearly did return to the earth. Gently washed it and teased the fragments apart. Only a little bit of my circle of writing but I will think of a way to save and protect what I have left. The worms were too happy to disturb so I returned them with the sticks and left over leaves etc to live another day. I was excited to finally dig up my bundle and relieved that a little bit is left. Now to get gently creative. Thanks Kathryn
@@maureenlatta6376 I am happy you rescued the worms ❤️
What a treat. Such a wonderfully inspiring journey and long slow video, thank you ❤ I was always somewhat addicted to vibrant colours, clashing even. I never expected to be so captivated by rust, tea, grunge and ‘interesting’ marks. I am an ardent convert! More dyeing please. I’d also like to eco print leaves. Thank you.
Wonderful Hilary yes I can definitely promise more of this kind of thing 😁❤️
My hubby was excited the digging mine up. At time of writing I'm waiting for my piece to dry
Exciting, I am glad hubby got involved in the proceedings 😁❤️
What a beautiful piece from the interaction of cloth, environment, and the maker.
Thank you 😊
I so enjoyed watching and listening again today and really look forward to retrieving my bundle today. The timing is perfect because I'm leaving tomorrow to visit my oldest son and his partner; they're both very likely to be interested, so I will probably do my stitching or whatever when I'm in their home....if my bundle is still there! I like this adventure, no matter what I find.
Exactly Kate, it's an adventure whatever you find, that's a perfect way to put it ❤️
You always make me very very happy Kathryn!!!!🥰🍀💖
I am glad for that Machteld 😁❤️
😂😂😂 the cat just flops 😂😂😂, beautiful walk loving all the greens and birds thank you for sharing ❤ watching you unwrap your bundle it’s such a beautiful thing.❤❤❤ your bundle reminds me a lil of birch bark it’s lovely 😊 I see a map with mountains and valleys so very awesome.
I know, he thinks the whole world revolves around him. 😂 I am glad you enjoyed the video thank you ☺️
Thank you K3n for sharing, i love this idea, and feel inspired to do something similar in my balcony. 🥰
Wonderful 😊
I laughed literally out loud when Fred Fred dropped down for a rest. LOL! My kitty, Neal, does the same thing! 🐱
They are funny 😹❤️
For leaves I have used cleaned and dried tea bags (empty!) to hold a leaf and attach to piece. The fancy herbal tea bag’s often open up quite large…
Laughing out loud because I've just started singing Old MacDonald at the same time as you! Great minds, lol. 😂😂
😂 eeieeiooo 😉
Thank you....... No need to ever apologize. ❤❤
The journey with cloth, through the weeks, through your beautiful woods and through my own wonderment unwrapping my now incredibly fragile bundle- it s been wonderful. I ve reflected a lot during this work and I love what the earth has done to the bundles. Thank you K3n xxx
My pleasure I am so pleased you enjoyed it ❤️
I absolutely love this and would love to go further into this process 😍
Lovely to hear 😊
I buried mine in the corner of the back yard, & went out last night with a torch (I’m in Vic, Aust) to retrieve it, but couldn’t find it. I had it wrapped with a rusty spike, & found it today, in the daylight. It’s got one little hole eaten into it, & black & brown bits (after hand washing), but it’s still quite whole. That whole project was fun - so thank you!
I’ve discovered that my favorite most relaxing, satisfying & enjoyable thing in this slow stitching so far is the meditation scrolls. I found myself making them wider & longer after the first couple, to make the stitching last longer, & finally came up with the idea of making a large rug out of them, stitched with some strips of other cloth, as a kind of crazy patchwork rug/quilt.
Thank you very much for your teachings, K3N! 🧵 🪡
I am so happy you are enjoying the scrolls. I chuckled to think of you going bundle hunting by torch light 😁❤️
What beautiful cloth. It reminded me of sliver birch bark when you were washing it. Loved seeing you walk through the wood to retrieve your bundle from the earth. It is great to hear someone else talking to insects when rescuing them. Thank you
My pleasure and thank you ☺️
Your lovely piece reminded me of an old treasure map! Loving your videos so much Kathryn - thank you x
My pleasure Alison, thank you ❤️
Lovely, 2 years ago I buried 3 pieces for old sheets, 30 x the width of the sheet in our “ vild on purpose “ corner of our garden. Put a stick in the earth so I could find the place. After 9 months I wanted to dig up the fabric. I had not told my hubby than I have buried the fabric, so the stick was gone, and I couldn’t quite remember where the place was. So we dug and dug and sorry to say I never flounder my fabric.
I can't remember where I buried mine either. But it's in the garden so I can't dig too much
@@theresamitchel7056 good luck finding it
That's a shame. I always try to put them somewhere obvious like next to a special tree or something, but even then I sometimes forget where they are 😁❤️
I’m on holiday in Cairns North Queensland 27C and I can’t wait to arrive home in Melbourne Victoria 13C to retrieve my bundle. Yours is beautiful and looks great in your journal.❤🇦🇺🦘💕 Margaret
Thank you Margaret, I hope you are having a lovely holiday ❤️
Having a conversation with the cloth. I love it. 💖💖💖
Oh I really enjoy seeing these buried cloth tales. I know what you mean about making a video while you are stitching on them, it's hard. Your mind really wants to wander into a different world as you look and feel whats happened to the cloth, you imagine things that happened, or at least I do. Thank you for sharing these special times. I left a piece of cloth on my clothesline here and it was a thrifted piece of clothing that I deconstructed and did the 5 minute texture to it... my neighbor, a man, remarked asking what is that? LOL He knows me pretty well so I just said oh just one of my experiments on cloth.... he probably thinks I'm nuts, but oh well. Thanks for mentioning my 5 minute method. I've used it a dozen times this week for various projects. I find it works the BEST on linen for some reason.
The waxed leaves sound so interesting. I have stitched on leaves and it was so beautiful, I'd show them but they are home. I didn't use wax but the leaf as I recall wasn't totally dried out so it didn't crack. I'm going to play around with some wax now. Thanks for sharing and PS, I could hear Stella snoring! LOL ❤❤❤❤❤
Hi Jer, if people ask me what I am doing, I have taken to telling them as if it's absolutely normal (well to me it is 😁) and I find that of course some people get the look, you know the one (why did I ask and what is she on about?) but most people are interested. . Interesting that the coffee and rust thing works best on linen. ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales I'm back, I finally buried my book at the beach along the Bay. I hope I can remember where I put it! I took pictures. It's in sand so I'm not sure if anything will happen to it. Any thoughts on that? And how long do you think I should leave it? I already want to go back and get it, thinking it will magically change! LOL I think I'll make another and bury it at the Tiny House, there's more dirt here. 💜💜💜
I have left bundles below the tideline for ten days max, if it's not going to be covered with sea water, you could leave it longer. Even in dry sand, there should be changes over time but it's hard to say how long. I would maybe check in a week or so, you can always bury it again or move it. I saw you tagged me in your rice bag video, looking forward to watching ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales I went back last night and re-watched your original video on this and you buried it when the tide was out, that was brave!! Mine is up in the dunes. And yes, I left a link to your Rice bag also in my description because I used you as inspiration for the rice bag. I'm making another slightly different now. Am video'ing that one too and will put it in my Kofi. Soooo FUN!
Just watched the rice bag video, it's gorgeous. I left you some comments there 😁❤️
Well said Collette, l agree we need to cultivate a strong moral compass and to take responsibility for our actions and words …. Blessings 🤍
Thank you 😊
Just to say you made me so so so so happy (and more!) with this solstice bundle books... Thank you so much K3n🤎
My pleasure Tashi, I am so pleased you are enjoying it 😊
Stella looks very much like my shaggy. It was nice seeing Stella and Fred-Fred.
I was honoured that Fredfred came along as he usually doesn't during the day, only first thing in the morning because he wants his breakfast when we get back 😁❤️
I rarely get attached to the quilts I make, but there are a few that I invest more of myself in. I still mourn one I gave away to a friend of my sister. It was a lap-size log cabin quilt I made with 1" strips, 1/2" finished, so there were a lot of cloths in it, a lot of variety and really beautiful. But when it was finished and my sister was visiting from out of town, talking about what her friend was going through, I just had the urgent sense that this quilt belonged to the friend. She needed it. Over my life, I've learned to listen to that urgent voice and occasionally, it leads me to do something others would say was stupid or an unnecessary self sacrifice, but many instances have taught me that over the long run, responding to the nudge is the right thing to do. So, I gave the quilt to my sister to give to her friend who I didn't know and lives across the country. My sister has since moved back to Seattle and is not in touch with the friend, so I have no idea what's happened to the quilt or the friend. I wish I did. I don't regret giving the quilt. I know it was the right thing to do. But I still mourn the loss of it. Watching this video and hearing you talk about the 13th piece makes me know you get it too.
Hello Amy, what a beautiful thing to do. Much love ♥️
My good friend was dating a guy. She made him this amazing quilt. When they split, she asked him to please not just throw away the quilt. If he didn't want it she would like it back. You put so much in to something, it contains the memories ❤
I don’t like to give away my work… it’s mine,I made it…
@@judymarkel8029 There is a "boyfriend sweater" curse you know. If you're dating and knit a sweater for your boyfriend, it's sure to end the relationship. I imagine quilts are the same way. I made a bathrobe for my first boyfriend; sure enough, not the guy I'm with today! .... I wonder if K3n's socks would qualify?
@@donnadees1971 ❤
When I first watched this I thought,’Oh,poor fabric”. Today I dug up my bundle…and despite really gently rinsing etc it is in many pieces…I guess that that means that the soil is very healthy, lots of mini creatures…but I’ll have a lot of stitching to do once it’s dried. All very exciting 😮
Yes indeed it's a sign of soil that is full of life. 😁 I am sure you will come up with a creative way to preserve your precious fragments ❤️
Oh how very wonderful!!! I love this!!! Ok so now I will pack a little bundle and I will go bury it at Summer Solstice this week! I will harvest it in fall! How exciting!!! Thank you Kathryn!!! You are amazing!!!❤❤❤
My absolute pleasure Susanne and thank you 😊
I’m thinking the same thing!
Me too Susanne 😊
I unburied mine yesterday. It’s decomposed, of course. Interesting experiment. 😊
Hi k3n, regarding the mental exercise of "what is a quilt?" - my wife and I often say that the question is more important than the answer 😊
Hello, yes I think you're absolutely right and that is an excellent way of putting it, I am going to steal that 😉❤️
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Amazing video, Kathryn! Please explore this process further with us! It is fascinating! I just joined this group at week 17, so I had no bundle to unearth. I did put together a bundle, buried it and will dig it up at the Autumnal equinox. Thank you so much! I love this space!
Hello Cathy, I certainly will share more I am pleased you made your own bundle ❤️
am going to start over on this project....and dig it up in the fall. Squirrels got mine....as we have quite the Squirrel population here!
Oh I am sorry, little monkeys 😌❤️
My maple leaf responded so well to the bees wax. Cannot wait to share on the Facebook page.
Look forward to seeing it ❤️
Can’t believe I was so excited to retrieve my little cloth book. Slightly disappointed i didn’t have holes! But at least it’s rust coloured in places and a bit dirty - great!! I am already thinking about where to put another one - loved sewing on what I had achieved though.
That's wonderful, if yours didn't change enough for your liking, you can always put it back again, or put another one and leave it for longer 😊
I see your moon with the black around it.. And I think it is cool.. it is for the solstice after all ;D
Yes thank you ❤️
Thank you Kathryn for another week of exploring and discovering. I went to retrieve my bundle buried under the lemon tree but couldn’t find it anywhere. We’ve had a very dry few months here in Adelaide SA and mice have eaten everything in the garden, even the chillies! So I guess they’ve either eaten the bundle or taken it for their nest. But I found some remnants of a hessian bag as well as a perfectly intact chain of stitching used to seal the bag. So together with a weather beaten leaf I had in my stash, I’ve managed to create something out of nothing and I love it. When life gives you lemons…….
I don’t know if anyone has mentioned it yet, but the quote is by Kahlil Gibran: “If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.” Love, Cath
Hello Cath, I love how you found a way to put something in your book. Thank you for the information about Khalil Gibran ❤️
I have a fragile remnant but very beautiful. Some words visible and rusty marks. Now attaching it to some silk. String almost gone as it was very thin. I have two layers in places. But cant separate more as so fragile. I'm in South Africa so it was very hot and wet most of the time it was buried in a tree stump covered with soil and leaves. A lovely project! Freezing cold for us now....
Thank you for that, it's so lovely for me to hear of you all doing this project all around the world ❤️
Wow! I had no idea what you were talking about when you refered to digging up the piece in time for the Solstice! I checked my viewing history and I hadn't seen that episode - I came late to the party and I watched all sorts - I discovered that after Openheimer I disappeared down a Christopher Nolan and Cilian Murphy rabbit hole 🤦 when I emerged I had missed the precursor to today's digging up! I have to say yes please to more of this ilk 👏 I mentioned alchemy previously and I can't think of a better word! It's truly magical to see this process and I live close to a beach and one part of the beach has lots of pebbles perfect for burying a piece - although for some odd reason it's known as the grassy beach 🤷 I found this genuinely enthralling and hearing your thoughts on your process is just wonderful k3n 😊 many many thanks for this journey into the mind of an artist - it's just so inspiring - big love as always from Scotland ❤️
Thank you Margaret, your grassy beach sounds perfect. I think part one was week 12. Much love to you too ❤️
I adore eco dyeing. Your fabric piece turned out so beautiful. I'll need to go back to the earlier video of this to see the beginning. I also loved the rolled piece.
Yes explore more with this process!
Will do 😁❤️
Watched this today in NZ, on the shortest day, off to find my bundle as part of my winter solstice ritual.
I hope you find it ♥️
Loved your bundle, and Love this project,, I am interested 😢to explore it further Kathryn . Thanks for sharing your teachings with us 🙏
You are welcome Eunie ❤️
You do make me happy! ❤
And that makes me happy Brenda ☺️
Hi katherine, I met you at the exhibition. I was inspired by your foragers journal. I took some photographs, but wish I had taken more. Could you do a video flip through of it, at some point. I need more ideas to get going. Thank you again for this opportunity to create. Xx
Hello Jo, it was lovely to meet you. The journal is still in England but there is already a flip through on here, I will find the link..
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I pushed back again fabric tearing.
Running stitch with a long needle, I envisioned a complete mess.
Ecodying I was good with, but leaving stuff outside, well I thought k3n a little touched.
Now I do all three.
Now I have ideas for more.
Katherine, there is a bit of you here with me in Saskatchewan
Your message brought tears to my eyes, I am very happy to have a part of me with you in Saskatchewan ❤️❤️❤️
@@k3n.clothtales❤
This is gorgeous! I'm retrieving my piece on Thursday, I can't wait to see what it's like. I'm going to work on a piece to put to the elements in its place for retrieval at the winter solstice. ❤ x
That's a lovely idea Jaki ❤️
On Wednesday its time to uncover my stitchery. I'm so excited to discover what it looks like. I'm all about the process too. Hugs ❤
That's lovely to hear 😊❤️
Can I message you masses of positive feedback. Absolutely loved and was totally engrossed in this project. Learning so much...more than just stitching. Thank you for your channel. Its marvellous. Bx
Thank you so much 😊
Loved this so much and yes I would like to see more!
Thank you Beth, I will definitely do more in this vein 😁❤️
I’m looking forward to going out and digging up my bundle in my garden. This has been fun, so many times I’ve wanted to go out a d dig it out, but I didn’t, but I can today.
Good luck with your bundle ❤️
The forest is glorious, lucky you
Hopefully fetching my bundle from down the country lane tomorrow. My Husband is as excited as me to see what’s happened to it, or if it’s gone which is fine too. It’s been a very wet June so it could have washed away and into the estuary!😊
Good luck Helen, it's lovely that your husband is excited too ❤️
Loving this. Would like to carry it forward. It’s so different. Thank you ❤
You are so welcome! 🤗
While I listened to this video I stopped 6 times ,dug up my roll ,pre washed it ,baking soda bath , gentle soap wash ( my own) and it is drying now ! I can’t wait for it to be dry and start stitching ,this is so exciting .😊
In the meantime I have buried three more bundles in my garden,do I love this process yes I do! I usually like more immediate results eco printing was faster but slowing down and being aware of our connections to the cloth and it’s journey is very satisfying in a myriad of ways.
Thank you again for teaching us and sharing your artistic journey Kathryn.
It's my pleasure and it's so lovely to hear that you are inspired to do more ❤️
I absolutely love this process and am excited to try. My sister has land by the woods so I will leave bundles there. I love your weathered piece and I think it’s extraordinarily beautiful. ❤
That sounds wonderful and thank you ☺️
Your forest is enchanting and I enjoyed being along when you retrieved your eco bundle. Any and everything that you can teach we are excited to learn. I eagerly await every Monday and Wednesday to see where you will take us today.
Thank you Pam, it's lovely to have you here on this journey ❤️
I’ve been so excited for this week, such anticipation 😊
I appreciate the beauty you create in cooperation with nature! I was inspired to hang a piece of cotton on y dec - then I drizzled strong coffee over it in a rather uneven fashion! That was my feeble attempt at using what I have to see what could happen for today!!!!
Thank you so much, it doesn't sound feeble at all, sounds like what I would call An Experiment 😁❤️
Oehhh…now I really have to stop myself from retrieving mine (just a few days more). This is really beautiful, It reminds me a little of birch tree skin😍🍀💖
I thought that when I saw the photo. I hope you can restrain yourself now you are so close 😁❤️
I usually dye with coffee instead of tra. Thanks for the link to Jeris video. Inspired me to play a bit with coffee and rust again.😊
😅I can’t wait to open my bundle. I confess, I didn’t stitch on it first. But I will if I can at a later time. This has been a lesson in patience for me. I have 2 other bundles to open, too - which I will do on June 21. Thank you so much for this lovely idea ❤ 🙏
You are welcome, I am happy you are enjoying the process 😊
I thought my bundle was one of the lost. I dug where I thought it was and thought surely the pine cone would not have totally disappeared! I took out my photo of the placement and thought maybe it was further over… then I found the pine cone and ultimately the bundle… I dug by a critter and whole on top of the dirt!
It's such an adventure looking for them, I am glad you found it ☺️
Happy solstice from rainy Scotland liked your cloth & most hope you are well .best Peter Scotland xx😅
I've just dug my bundle up and washed it. I am very pleased with the result. Managed to get some lovely prints of the raspberry leaves I had put in it. There are lots of rust marks and chew holes. If anyone is interested, putting cloth in the compost heap gives rapid results in days, not weeks. I've done this several times and have always been pleased with the outcome.
I am so pleased you had good results ❤️
I'm waiting until the 21st or 22nd to go find my bundle. In the meantime, I'm thinking seriously of preparing another one to leave in the ground until the autumn equinox as there's much more foliage to include in the bundle this time of year. Really curious now to see what has - or has not - happened to my original bundle!
That's a lovely idea Sue ❤️
Türkiye'den merhaba ilk kez izledim ve yaptıklarınız ilgimi çekti fırsat buldukça diğer videolarınızıda izleyip beğeni tuşuna basçam abone oldum😊 Hülya
Thank you so much, I left a reply to you how you can get subtitles in Turkish if you would like ❤️
This is my favorite stitched item that I love to do too. Today I will get my bundle out of my large indoor planter and probably squeal with delight. Thank you, Kathryn, and have a wonderful week off.
Thank you Doreen, I am sitting here having a read of your messages with my Mum and Aunty chattering away in the background 😁❤️
I'm happy and also sad - I went to get my bundle and it has hardly changed - I'm in Oxford UK and it was nestled in the bottom of a tree and apart from my little dog Dexter peeing on it - it looks exactly the same -I had wrapped a rusty buckle in there but I don't think it got wet enough -however, I have learned for next time. Loving all the videos - I do need a note for my boss though - she keeps expecting me to work, when all I want to do is sew! :) xx
Pee is a natural mordant 😁 you could put your bundle back somewhere else for a while longer ♥️
It’s beautiful and I love what you have done with the stitching. Mine stayed just as it was but it came out lovely, I think it stayed together because I don’t have pure cotton even though I am trying my best to get some, mine is poly/cotton ❤
Your piece is beautiful, Kathryn. I find it hard to see all the stitching due to the matching colour, but am sure it's just right. I hope you're enjoying your family visit. Safe journeys. ❤
Thank you Jill 😊
I just dug up my bundle: the string is in (mostly short) pieces, but the stitching is completely intact, and I'm able to peel open all four "leaves" of the booklet. No li'l critters. My first ecoprint! Am delighted with it. Now to go and wash it carefully.
I’m fascinated by the 13th of your bundles going missing: in fairy tales the 13th is the archetype of Fate, and is always feminine. Think of the solar year which in actuality has 13 moons (feminine months) rather than the 12 that we have taken on culturally.
Or think of the 13th fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, the one who isn’t invited to the feast because there are only 12 golden plates. And there she is, Fate, who ultimately brings about the necessary transformation albeit circuitously.
I love the idea of the Missing 13th. I think of it as a terma which may be unearthed when fate allows (kairos=the right time) when it is found by a terton.
Thank you so much for that interpretation, that is quite wonderful and now I am so happy at the idea of the Missing 13th ❤️
There is a tradition in Ireland (and Scotland also I think) of rag trees, also called holy trees or sometimes magic trees. Usually a tree beside a holy well, but lone hawthorns are also considered holy (or magic) trees, and sometimes these attract the tradition too. People attatched bits of fabric to the tree - just tied on with a knot - traditionally a piece of fabric from a sick person's clothing, but sometimes a bit of ribbon, or more recently sometimes a babies soother or similar little object, with prayers. The idea was that the prayers lasted as long as the fabric, or alternatively as the fabric rotted so the illness went away. These trees still exist and people still follow the practise. It would be unthinkable to remove objects from one of these trees, but tying bits of fabric to a tree or hedge in your garden and leaving them for some months might produce some interesting results, I will give it a try.
Yes, also known as Clootie Trees, I wrote about them in my Forager's Journal. ❤️
I love this! I can’t wait to dig mine up on the 21st. I placed a large Indian grinding stone over it so I can tell the squirrels and raccoons haven’t dug it up, which was my worry. Seeing yours has prepared me for what I might find.
So pleased you like it, I hope your bundle is safe and sound ❤️
This project learns me more about me (myself). Digging up this 'find' and then carefully trying to get it 'back in the shape it probably once had'' , using water (and some baking soda and dishwashing liquid) so it can be 'preserved' ... this is one of the reasons why archaeology attracts me. (btw another reason is: I am curious to know how people lived in the past).
I was watching you stitching it on the background cloth, but I can not go on watching because I am itching to start this 'reconstruction' too! But I need to wait until it has dried. So I stopped the video, I'll go on later, when I can stitch along.
Yes it is a little like cloth archaeology. I hope you enjoy stitching with me later ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales Thank you. I made it dry quicker by ironing it (I wanted to do anyway, iron it to get its shape) and I started while watching ... But now yoiur video has ended and I still haven't finished ... I'll show it on Facebook and Instagram
I had tried this a few years ago with disappointing results. I decided to try it again with you. Again, disappointing results - I just ended up with dirty fabric :) I had not used any rusty bits in my bundles and had not buried them (just left them out in the elements). I have now wrapped them around some rusty hand tools I found in the garage and buried them under some leaves in my wooded backyard. The ground in my yard is difficult to dig into (southeast United States). I will check again at the autumnal equinox in September.
Something rusty always nearly guarantees marks on the cloth ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales I will keep trying! I will probably put a piece in my compost box. I think I will tie it to the lid, so I can easily retrieve it later LOL
That's a good idea ☺️
I love your piece - and I remember being fascinated by your friend’s pice at the exhibition. I was going to wait until the actual solstice to try and retrieve mine, but now unsure if I can wait 😂
😂 sit on your hands, you've come this far 😉❤️
I was singing E.I.E.I.O. too 😅
I have been enjoying these and am learning things about myself in the process. My husband just went to lay down and take a nap. He wants me to wait till he wakes up so we can dig ours up together.
The waiting is soooooo hard for me😂
I can imagine but so lovely that he wants to be involved 😁❤️
Yes, a use for that bag of candle wax scraps I’ve been saving for years 😂
😂 you sound like me, saving things in case they will be useful one day 😉❤️
I just dug mine up and have made a video. What an interesting project!
Looking forward to watching ❤️
@@k3n.clothtales 😊
I was a bit sad as mine has disintegrated, but i like the idea of putting bundles in different places. Could we have some more information on the idea of " hanging" cloth in the garden as i cannot visualise 😊
Thank you for taking us on this journey with you. Loved every second of this video.
Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
I'm ready to go find my bundle in the woods! Hope its still there
I love how yours turned out! I am excited to see what mine looks like!
Good luck Leona 🤞❤️
It looks like an old map 🤩
Génial cette présentation. Htes Alpes.
Merci ❤️
I am wondering why you cleaned your cloth with soap. I was thinking the bi-card wash was enough. Also I am so sorry to see that some makers lost their buried pieces entirely. My piece hardly changed at all. It was up against my brick house with just a few dry leaves on it, so probably did not get much moisture. Also I wrapped it around a probably-treated wooden dowel. I am a bit disappointed due to so little change. I believe I'll wrap it around a stick from the garden and bury it in a place more likely to become moist, perhaps wait a week or so. So many variables! I do love the experimentation aspect of it even though it does not always yield a favorite piece. Your piece is lovely - looks like it was about to rejoin the earth but was diverted!
Yes it probably was, just doing what my Granny would have called belt and braces, and being conscious that some people might have higher standards of cleanliness than me 😉 and I am also sad for the people who couldn't find their bundle or had it disintegrate though it is part of the process, it's disappointing. I am pleased you are going to bury yours again. It's all about experimenting and I am so happy to see that so many are going to go further with it. ❤️
I really love this.
I am so pleased ❤️
I really liked this project ❤ my mind is full of thoughts what to do with my granmothers old bedsheets 😅 thank You for sharing 😊
Such fun, and beautiful.
I love the look of your distressed fabric from being out in nature! and as a quilter my humble opinion would be that your cloth book would be described as quilted, but not a quilt. I agree that a quilt is two or more layers quilted together and it doesn't matter if it's batting in the middle or cloth. Thank you Kathryn for sharing your process and trips through the woods💚🕊
My pleasure Pam, yes I wouldn't call my journal a quilt, I was just wittering to 'spin my wheels ' as my granny would have said 😁❤️
Beautiful!
Enjoyed your video thank you
I will go back to the Wild Woods of Deloraine and see if I can find my bundle for the third time and by the way, it wasn’t your fault that I can’t find it - I should have marked it much better and I didn’t account for the fact that autumn and winter meant leaves dropped and so do trees, but I can’t even see the tree that my grandson climbed, and it wasn’t a small tree either. Roll on tomorrow!! I will now watch the rest of the video to see what I can do on that page!😅
I hope you find it, I would stand as close to the spot as I could remember, just stand quietly and try to empty my mind then look around slowly and quietly. Sometimes then your subconscious remembers. ❤️