Settled in my chair after travelling overnight - so pleased to find the first video about the Coverlet of Comfort. Of course we won’t have the same bits as you - these coverlets are individual and each person will have different cloths from the next, varied influences and specific loved ones. What you do, so carefully, is give each of us permission to find our own way, to amble slowly towards what is comforting. Thank you
I have a coat of my mother’s, she would have worn it when I was about 7. It was her special Sunday, Easter, Wedding coat. I am now 66, but my memories are still vivid of her. Thank God that coat has loads of material in it because I have constantly added little bits and pieces to my sewing projects. It is funny how something would be considered castaway, can be priceless to others. Today, I took a piece and made a little grey rabbit for my slow stitch journal. She would have liked that. ❤
I like this project and will participate. I agree with self care and keeping self to self. Sometimes we, all at times, give too much away then when that person is gone due to death, illness, divorce, etc we are adrift. It happened to me. After husbands death, had to find me again, ‘‘twas a painful slow journey. “ Enjoyed the video. 😊
Hi Kathryn, I don't usually comment, but feel compelled to do so after watching your video. I haven't been able to stop thinking about everything you said. I recently lost a dear friend after a short illness and was once again reminded about how short life is. I will definitely be stitching along with you on this project and will be taking time to focus on self-care. I was also raised to believe that you have to put yourself last. Thank you so much for this project. I look forward to stitching with you. Take care ❤
Things got busy in 2024 and I missed quite a few weeks on the journal. You, my dear friend, are a MUST WATCH for 2025 and I am re-committing to SELF CARE! Thank you for your gentle and nurturing spirit. Blessings from Horseheads, NY USA.
Kindred spirits around the world are following you with love. Gorgeous starting cloth it has a welcoming look to it. I have been charity shopping for many years and can’t seem to walk past unfinished sewing projects. I can now put them in this project to complete their journey and it can hug me back . Don’t you just love a new year a fresh start with plenty of opportunities 😊 Thank you
This is so me! I have a tin I bought in a thrift store in “Amish country” in Ohio. It was full of tiny cloth squares and a very wonky 9 patch. I always imagined a very young girl learning to sew, or a very old lady with failing eyesight. In either case I now know what to do with it now. Looking forward to another wonderful year sewing with you.
I got snippy snippy scissors for christmas and snippy snippy scissors for my birthday (which is christmas too) and now I think of you Katherine each time I snip......xx
Taking a deep breath and preparing to dive into a year of exploration. It's a real challenge for me to embark on a journey without knowing the destination. I'm sure there will be life lessons in that!
I also found it challenging when I first started working like this but if you can learn to embrace it and trust the process, it's very mindful and liberating. Of course it doesn't suit everyone though.
I think I might be able to do a nine patch, following your guidelines-not-rules. I was stitching a Week 53 piece to complete last year (can’t say journal as haven’t made one - the pieces are all in order, in a box for now). I decided to join up the two ends of the roundish shape of the year by doing another cloth weave piece, while watching this video. I paused it for quite a while to write in my new daily(ish, again) journal, some reflections on how I was in my 20s compared to now, as back then, fun was in short supply and certainly nothing a grown woman (!) would have time for. But I had to go through that to get to where I am now, and now I manage to have fun, in a quiet way, pretty much every day!
I am certain you can make a nine patch Nina. I was just reading Jude Hill's blog and she observes that the digits of this year added together make 9, which makes me think that a nine patch might be an auspicious beginning to the Coverlet. 😊❤️
I’m so pleased that you too follow Jude Hill, I’ve learned so much from her website and teachings. We are all kindred spirits in stitching our stories. And how exciting is it to be starting a new project! Keep wittering , please! And thank you for sharing your new year with us all ❤
Yes. Yes! Jude is Sewist that speaks to my heart/mind also. So glad to hear Kathryn speak of her as a bit of a Stitch Sister. Holding these happy threads for the coming year.
New subscriber from Southwest VA, USA. I thank you so much for taking the time to show us your process. I was gifted a quilt top that my grandmother had done and it was damaged by cigarette smoke as well as time. When I washed it there were several spots that came loose. This has given me lots of ideas on how to repair it so that it can be completed. This will be for myself as well. Such an enjoyable video. ❤️
Absolutely love the quote on Jude Hill’s homepage « If the path before you is clear, you are probably on someone else’s « Carl Jung. Find that very reassuring and very appropriate for how I feel about the direction of this comfort cloth!!
@ I did too. I think young adults need to know that they don’t need to worry if they have not got it all sussed out. The media gives them the impression that you should know your destiny by the time you are 18, if not 4!!
❤Thank you Kathryn❤ Like a child on the monkey bars, I appreciate reaching the next bar before letting go of the one behind. I couldn’t watch the last slow stitch episode knowing it was the last, like the last bite of a sandwich or the last chapter in a good book, or saying good bye to a loved one, I don’t want to let go, stepping into the unknown future, even these tiny, silly things, is a risk as all of life’s choices involve risk. ❤Your bravery uplifts us all. So yes, a heartfelt Thank you.❤
It's so good to see your problem solving methods. Thank you for leading us into the new year with this project. I especially like turning "self centered" around to "centering self."
What a wonderful start to 2025 'a quilt'...yay... i have a few blocks waiting to be used which are hand stitched & some by machine but no nine patches. Thank you & happy New Year Kathryn x ❤
A good beginning of this new project, Kathryn. I thoroughly enjoyed watching and listening to your process, and like the end result with your meaningful cloths. ❤
Kathryn, your so amazing on what you can come up with. I would have had the need to fixed those imperfections on that block , and you just go with the flow and feature it, I want what you have. Lol, I’m am still trying 😊
I love the idea of a nine patch as a centerpiece and since I‘m way behind in the slow stitching project after I just jumped in in september, I‘m excited to follow this project in real time! Actually I started a block of the month project myself last year. It was about the journey I’m on and using scraps and leftovers - but I somehow stopped it in may, because of so many other projects that came in my mind … so it‘s great you came up with this idea - I will include those pieces since they‘re still fitting my theme😊 - thank you for this video and your way, explaining your thoughts and how to do the pieces! 🤗Angelika
Today I did not 'stitch along' with you. I first needed to see what you were planning to do, and what your thoughts were for us to do on our 'coverlet of comfort'. While watching I started to get the idea. And there was something I could start doing already! I'll show in the FB-group and tell more about it after I made my piece for this week ☺ About 'self': in the bible it's said "you must love your neighbour as yourself", so indeed, you must love your-self! ❤
Happy new year Kathryn, and a lovely start to the year with your comfort coverlet that we can join you with. I have a pale green cotton sheet from when I first went to boarding school in 1969 as a 9 year old, (it still has my name label on) which I am thinking of using for the backing cloths. It is very soft and smooth in the centre from its life of school and home laundries, I will use the centre first. Thank you for this wonderful beginning ❤🎉
Great to see how this comfort blanket is going to be created and I am taking on board your tips against overwhelm - having a small amount of options will suit me very well 😊. Now the festivities are basically over it will be lovely to get into a routine and the 3pm postings is a great help for that too. Today I watched earlier because it's been too cold to take Oscar until now. Happy New Year to you, Stella and Fredfred ❤🎉
I made myself a new patchwork shift dress yesterday, about half of fabrics are new and patchwork cotton remnants, I also reused a long vest I loved but didn’t fit any more, I had a pretty tea towel I was gifted, and some fabrics are old. The colour theme is bright with dark accents, a bit like a licorce alsort. I made larger pieces from small bits then fitted these together like a straight edged jig saw. This means sometimes I have two or three of the same fabric together, but I’m thinking surface stitching and appliquéd flowers will fix the blockiness it has now. I used one of my favourite dress patterns and I know I’ll love it to death. As I work through my fabrics this year and make more ‘things’ I’ll add more offcuts and scraps to the collection. All this to say, I now have a bunch of smaller scraps, and I’m ‘gunna’ use these to make my year’s cloth. So I’ll try to just use these scraps I make this year to make my coverlet. I’ll also make them join as you go, I will add wadding as I have lots of smaller scraps pieces that I’ll join if need be. I have a few ideas of block. I could just make all the blocks you are making Kathryn, of I could make a wonky star quilt with all the odd shaped pieces I have leftover. Wonky star is one of my favourite blocks and can be all sorts of sizes. Another option is to make abstract blocks, or even quilt-as-you-go hexagons. Let us start and see where we get to.
How lovely to embark on this new journey, Kathryn. I've enjoyed the gentle anticipation of knowing this was coming; I love the unknown-ness of it and of all intuitive ways of working. And now I get to gather my cloths and bits and decide how I want to begin my comfort coverlet. Thank you! Happy Today & Right Now. 🤎
Pulled 3 meters of salvage to salvage from the closet. Tore it in half. Tore the front into 12 "months". I tore it. 😮 I feel faint. I am trusting in flip and stitch, and your wisdom.😊 Seeing the back of all the stitches? Nope, I am not ready for that. Maybe in 2026😅.
Love following along with you. I have followed Jude Hill for years. ❤I love the scrappiness of the stitching 🧵 and fabrics. The ragged edges make me happy 😊 . I still want to stitch up a fabric journal 📓. Thank you for sharing/ teaching ❤
I’m so happy to create this comfort cloth with you. So much about this project is perfect for me this year. I need the gentle calm to guard my heart (physical). 💖. My word for 2025 is connect so I’ll enjoy the paperless piecing and being able to see my stitches. Thank you. 💖💖💖
my mind is swimming around a bit as i try to decide my approach. i would love my comfort cloth to be made of all wool, so much easier on my hands. hot in the summer but finished just in time for january 2026. i decided that every day this year i would look up a random word in the dictionary, and today the word was overload. and right beneath it was overlook. and i thought, that is right, when you overload on things you are going to over look something. what a nice video, kathryn, as always i find so many associations to make in your thoughts, your ever rich stream of consciousness.
Happy new year and thank you for the new project. I’ll watch along even if I don’t make along just yet. I’m finishing a wonky log cabin coverlet for my old sofa as I watch this video, since giving myself permission to embrace wonkiness - and process over perfection - thanks in no small part to you 😊
Thank you Kathryn for your inspiration, generosity, and kindness you've shared w/this community! You are a blessing to me, indeed! Thank you, again, and Happy New Year to us all....👋 ❤🎉
Your video sent me upstairs to get out the quilts I brought home with me maybe 8 years ago. I don't get them out often. I have managed to get 3 of the quilts my grandmother made for 3 of us, and I found the 4th one on the floor of a closet in my brother's house. I rescued it!! Then there are a few quilt tops my mother made (machine stitched). And a couple quilts I acquired on my own. I am not a quilter. One of the quilt tops my mother made I never really cared for, but looking at it again with fresh eyes, it is really growing on me. She must have made it in the 1970's because it has those type of fabric designs. It has a lot of knit in it - stretchy. But looking at it, she did a nice job of combining the squares. I don't see any puckers, etc. She never backed it. Reading up a little on what to back knits with, I am thinking maybe a flannette type fabric. And that is probably why she never got it backed. She passed away in 2001 . It is kind of an odd size. I need to re-measure it. I think I would like to do a collaborative piece on it, start by doing running stitches on the border. I am not sure I want to stitch on the inside squares as it would be bulky. However, I would like to stitch a backing piece -- still thinking about it -- it would certainly be a year-long project. Do you think I could hand stitch on flannelette? I am thinking light tan or cream pieces that I work with in different ways (on back). We'll, I am wittering!!! Thank you for the inspiration.🌷🌷🌷
I would hold the quilt top together with some of the flannelette and try an empty needle through it. If it's new flannelette I would prewash it in case as @mixedthreadart says it shrinks. ❤️
Old flannelette is quite easy to come by, ask elderly relatives and friends they may have them in a linen closet. I often use it for interfacing if it’s old and discoloured.
I am looking forward to making this self care comfort cloth coverlet with you and everyone else who joins in this new year. Sitting here watching this video I am working on my self care journal and thinking about what pieces I will use for my nine patch. I love the thought of making a 20"x20" (ish) block for every month of the year, and I am so thrilled to see how it turns out. I do have to find some different sheets though. I found some at a yard sale this summer and I was thrilled, however, they are not a joy to sew through at all. I should really keep a sewing needle in my purse to try things out. Oh well - I know I will use them for something else eventually (and use the machine to stitch them). Growing up i was also taught to put others before myself, and I had a very hard time a few years ago trying to convince myself that it was okay to be selfish. Sometimes you need to be. Not selfish greedy, or selfish nasty- but selfish about time and space and other personal needs that I always seemed to sacrifice so that others could not be inconvenienced (so maybe selfish isn't the correct word to use? but it is how I thought of it) So when you spoke about being self (space) centered, or centered on your self, it really struck a chord with me.
You are kept so many pieces. I’m a chucker-out. I have moved so many times in my life, schlepping stuff had to be kept to a minimum. No old sheets, no old clothes, no old fabric of any sort. And I have minimal supplies and have almost used up what I have. I’ll keep watching though to see what you make with your memory cloths.
What a lovely and perfect way to start the year Kathryn! I feel very connected to this project because I struggle with taking care of myself, always putting myself out of the center. Thank you for thinking of this project and taking us along in this stitching journey. ❤
Finally have some things for the journal ready to start putting it together. Way behind though. Holidays and so on. Will get it done even if behind some. I spent this afternoon gathering fabrics. I don’t have any left that I had saved over the years. Left it all behind for my daughter when we moved to Costa Rica. I have a few bits that came that were mine and some old shirts of my husbands. He no longer wears long sleeve shirts. Tshirts and shorts are it. So I was able to find some that would work along with some onion skin dyed cloth that I did here. I also found some Lacey crocheted squares that I had brought here from a thrift shop. I know what I want to do but I think I will keep it under my hat until it’s finished. Then I will post it and tell it’s/my story. Again Thankyou for being who you are and inspiring so many to just get busy and create ❤❤
Happy New Year Katherine!! I have saved some dresses from my favourite aunt who passed away. She made them from cotton fabric bought far away during her holidays. They have been waiting for this project, I'm sure. I have lots of ideas.
HAPPY New Year. Self care is never Self-ish. I love your advice. I think you and I had the same sort of upbringing regarding how our personality was formed at an early age. I love how your fabric pieces have such a beautiful history. Bless you k3n!🎆🌹🎇
Hi Kathryn looking forward to this project and I will be stitching along with you with my favourite Kaffe fasset fabrics which I have been hoarding 🧵🪡🧵🪡🧵
Kathryn you not only teach with care and detail but your voice and words create a captivating video. You have come a long way in a short while. You are amazing and I wish my life was together like yours (I don’t often wish). Much love Marcelle
I love watching Jude Hill create. This will be fun. I am still not sure about this but it will come to me as we continue. Hope your New Year has started well. Thank you for guiding us
Wow, what a way to begin the New Year! I am in. Heading around my cubbies to find things as soon as I finish this comment. This is just great, Kathryn! And the “working with small pieces” process is so perfect because, like you, I don’t have a lot of space to work in. I am so excited. Thank you! ❤ Happy New Year!
I am for sure hanging around to be with you ❤ once again because as you can understand I'm addicted to everything you say and do plus Stella and Fredfred are part of my fury friends ...last year I did not manage much but it's a new year and hopefully I will participate to take care of me ❤❤❤ much love going to be an amazing project
Thank you so much Kathryn. I am really looking forward to this. I need to think about this, and what to include to represent my 'self'. I love Jude Hill. I came upon her by chance a couple of years ago and she began my journey of change, in terms of sewing. Last year I found you, Marion and Sherry Iris. All different women, but cut from the same cloth x
I love the idea of comfort coverlet seems so comfy and full of love! Will gather favorite pieces of cloth. Thanks Katherine for coming up with a wonderful project for the whole year. Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy 2025! 🌸tess
Lots in this to keep me thinking…so loved seeing the pieces that you’d collected….love Jude hills style too ! All so refreshing in approach removing stress of choice and perfectionism. All a revelation to improving well being for me . Really like the table cloth too🙃
Happy New Year Kathryn. Wishing you all good things in 2025. This is a superb ease-in to our personal comfort cloth. Yours will be tremendous comfort, with all the personal memories held in these fabrics. I'm on the hunt for similar choices of my own. Hope to be caught up for next week but not going to stress about the choices. After all, it's about the process and being good to ourselves!
My mind is going full speed thinking about this project and low and behold I remember my first quilt ( Dresdan pedals) made as a young bride as my center. ❤
I make clothes and I decided today that my creative endeavor to start the year is to sort through my cloths and fabric. It’s brought me so much joy and inspiration. You have given me so much inspiration for how to make the moments more mindful, especially w/ your parklife series. Happy new year 🎉 may we be able to be present and creative ❤
I have often had to care for myself in situations that usually made me feel very lonely and abandoned but that was because the situations were so difficult. However I haven't practiced proper self care because I haven't prioritised myself. At this time in my life I'm reliant on carers and hate it. I rarely ask for them to do something that i just want..... I'm only trying to get help with my needs. Maybe I need to work on my *self* a bit more and not just to give myself therapy (I have CPTSD) but to be a bit more generous towards "me". I was discussing the topic of loving oneself earlier and it's not something I can do but the suggestion was to begin by not hating oneself (one's self?) which I've always done 😢. Good start topic for this year ❤
Hello Nina, I am so sorry. Self esteem is so difficult to achieve when we have been made to feel unworthy. It feels really unnatural for me to talk about self care, partly due to my upbringing and partly due to the relationship I have just got out of. I am very early on in my journey of recovery. I hope we can help each other to know that we are worthy of love. Not hating ourselves is a good start. Recognising that things that make us happy (our wants) are as important as our actual needs might be something else. Lots of love ❤️
I'm looking forward to starting my nine patch using cloth from my daughters little dresses from when she was a toddler, I'll be adapting this to fit in my journal I made especially for this project, I love what you have done, and thankyou for inspiring us all .❤
I, personally, love how you work. I’ve decided to do a quilt this year and will be working in this manner. However I’m really not a traditional pattern kind of girl. I appreciate all the work that goes into a log cabin or 9 patch quilt. I just think I need something more whimsical to hold my attention. But, with that said, I’m looking forward to working alongside you this year. I hope this year holds many blessings for you.
Happy New Year to you dear Kathryn! I’m looking so forward to this year with you. I’ve been checking you tube for hours waiting for you to appear 😃🥰. Thank you so much. Also. I’ve followed Jude Hill for over twenty years. She is so amazing as are you.
Happy New Year! I had this notion in my head to make one crazy patchwork block a week during 2025 because I so enjoyed the ones I made made into a pillow cover this year. I believe my idea will fit perfectly with the cloth of comfort project. I do love the hand stitching, fancy or plain. I don't have a lot of cloths that are personal to me but I do have a lot of cloth! Plenty of orphans from quilting! Are you planning to make each section roughly the same size?
That sounds lovely Carol. I would think the sections will be roughly the same area, ie what can be created in a month but dimensions will vary. Some might be more square, some strips etc. I don't really have a plan 😉♥️
Happy New Year to you dear Kathryn! I’m looking forward to this year with you. I’ve been checking you tube for hours waiting for you to appear 😃🥰. Thank you so much.
![Making 3 Fantasy Leaf Bolero Vests [CC]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ES51JzOh10A/mqdefault.jpg)
Settled in my chair after travelling overnight - so pleased to find the first video about the Coverlet of Comfort. Of course we won’t have the same bits as you - these coverlets are individual and each person will have different cloths from the next, varied influences and specific loved ones. What you do, so carefully, is give each of us permission to find our own way, to amble slowly towards what is comforting. Thank you
I have a coat of my mother’s, she would have worn it when I was about 7. It was her special Sunday, Easter, Wedding coat. I am now 66, but my memories are still vivid of her. Thank God that coat has loads of material in it because I have constantly added little bits and pieces to my sewing projects. It is funny how something would be considered castaway, can be priceless to others. Today, I took a piece and made a little grey rabbit for my slow stitch journal. She would have liked that. ❤
I like this project and will participate. I agree with self care and keeping self to self. Sometimes we, all at times, give too much away then when that person is gone due to death, illness, divorce, etc we are adrift. It happened to me. After husbands death, had to find me again, ‘‘twas a painful slow journey. “ Enjoyed the video. 😊
I am glad you enjoyed the video, yes slowly finding oneself again for whatever reason is challenging. I am so glad you got there. ❤️
Hi Kathryn, I don't usually comment, but feel compelled to do so after watching your video. I haven't been able to stop thinking about everything you said. I recently lost a dear friend after a short illness and was once again reminded about how short life is. I will definitely be stitching along with you on this project and will be taking time to focus on self-care. I was also raised to believe that you have to put yourself last. Thank you so much for this project. I look forward to stitching with you. Take care ❤
Things got busy in 2024 and I missed quite a few weeks on the journal. You, my dear friend, are a MUST WATCH for 2025 and I am re-committing to SELF CARE! Thank you for your gentle and nurturing spirit. Blessings from Horseheads, NY USA.
Kindred spirits around the world are following you with love. Gorgeous starting cloth it has a welcoming look to it. I have been charity shopping for many years and can’t seem to walk past unfinished sewing projects. I can now put them in this project to complete their journey and it can hug me back . Don’t you just love a new year a fresh start with plenty of opportunities 😊 Thank you
I am thrilled for this journal. As a beginner I could never imagine making a quilt but with your help I am confident. Thank you. Elizabeth
You are so welcome! 🤗
This is so me! I have a tin I bought in a thrift store in “Amish country” in Ohio. It was full of tiny cloth squares and a very wonky 9 patch. I always imagined a very young girl learning to sew, or a very old lady with failing eyesight. In either case I now know what to do with it now. Looking forward to another wonderful year sewing with you.
I got snippy snippy scissors for christmas and snippy snippy scissors for my birthday (which is christmas too) and now I think of you Katherine each time I snip......xx
I love your “improv” stitching style!❤ I’m not big on pre-planning, as life rarely seems to go as I’ve planned.
Taking a deep breath and preparing to dive into a year of exploration. It's a real challenge for me to embark on a journey without knowing the destination. I'm sure there will be life lessons in that!
I also found it challenging when I first started working like this but if you can learn to embrace it and trust the process, it's very mindful and liberating. Of course it doesn't suit everyone though.
I think I might be able to do a nine patch, following your guidelines-not-rules. I was stitching a Week 53 piece to complete last year (can’t say journal as haven’t made one - the pieces are all in order, in a box for now). I decided to join up the two ends of the roundish shape of the year by doing another cloth weave piece, while watching this video. I paused it for quite a while to write in my new daily(ish, again) journal, some reflections on how I was in my 20s compared to now, as back then, fun was in short supply and certainly nothing a grown woman (!) would have time for. But I had to go through that to get to where I am now, and now I manage to have fun, in a quiet way, pretty much every day!
I am certain you can make a nine patch Nina. I was just reading Jude Hill's blog and she observes that the digits of this year added together make 9, which makes me think that a nine patch might be an auspicious beginning to the Coverlet. 😊❤️
@@k3n.clothtales Thank you for the encouragement, Kathryn ❤️
Happy New Year everyone from Alabama, USA! 🥳
I’m so pleased that you too follow Jude Hill, I’ve learned so much from her website and teachings. We are all kindred spirits in stitching our stories. And how exciting is it to be starting a new project! Keep wittering , please! And thank you for sharing your new year with us all ❤
Yes. Yes! Jude is Sewist that speaks to my heart/mind also. So glad to hear Kathryn speak of her as a bit of a Stitch Sister. Holding these happy threads for the coming year.
New subscriber from Southwest VA, USA. I thank you so much for taking the time to show us your process. I was gifted a quilt top that my grandmother had done and it was damaged by cigarette smoke as well as time. When I washed it there were several spots that came loose. This has given me lots of ideas on how to repair it so that it can be completed. This will be for myself as well. Such an enjoyable video. ❤️
Hello and welcome, what a lovely project to repair your grandmother's quilt ❤️
Absolutely love the quote on Jude Hill’s homepage « If the path before you is clear, you are probably on someone else’s « Carl Jung. Find that very reassuring and very appropriate for how I feel about the direction of this comfort cloth!!
That's an interesting quote! Thank you
Shared the quote w my son!
@ I did too. I think young adults need to know that they don’t need to worry if they have not got it all sussed out. The media gives them the impression that you should know your destiny by the time you are 18, if not 4!!
❤Thank you Kathryn❤
Like a child on the monkey bars, I appreciate reaching the next bar before letting go of the one behind. I couldn’t watch the last slow stitch episode knowing it was the last, like the last bite of a sandwich or the last chapter in a good book, or saying good bye to a loved one, I don’t want to let go, stepping into the unknown future, even these tiny, silly things, is a risk as all of life’s choices involve risk.
❤Your bravery uplifts us all. So yes, a heartfelt Thank you.❤
It's so good to see your problem solving methods. Thank you for leading us into the new year with this project. I especially like turning "self centered" around to "centering self."
What a wonderful start to 2025 'a quilt'...yay... i have a few blocks waiting to be used which are hand stitched & some by machine but no nine patches. Thank you & happy New Year Kathryn x ❤
A good beginning of this new project, Kathryn. I thoroughly enjoyed watching and listening to your process, and like the end result with your meaningful cloths. ❤
I really love this project. Thank you so much for walking us through it. Really appreciate it.
I'm glad you like it❤️
Kathryn, your so amazing on what you can come up with. I would have had the need to fixed those imperfections on that block , and you just go with the flow and feature it, I want what you have. Lol, I’m am still trying 😊
It has been a journey, I had to learn but it's so liberating. I am sure you can get there too. ❤️
Loved watching how you are putting it together. Seeing in progress makes sense. Thank you.
What a nice project ! Will get all my precious fabric pieces out and stitch, stitch… and love that you encourage the wonky stitching
I'm another one who likes to take the scenic route in stitching. Love your videos, best wishes for the New Year from New Mexico!
Thank you! You too! 😊
I love the idea of a nine patch as a centerpiece and since I‘m way behind in the slow stitching project after I just jumped in in september, I‘m excited to follow this project in real time! Actually I started a block of the month project myself last year. It was about the journey I’m on and using scraps and leftovers - but I somehow stopped it in may, because of so many other projects that came in my mind … so it‘s great you came up with this idea - I will include those pieces since they‘re still fitting my theme😊 - thank you for this video and your way, explaining your thoughts and how to do the pieces!
🤗Angelika
Today I did not 'stitch along' with you. I first needed to see what you were planning to do, and what your thoughts were for us to do on our 'coverlet of comfort'. While watching I started to get the idea. And there was something I could start doing already! I'll show in the FB-group and tell more about it after I made my piece for this week ☺
About 'self': in the bible it's said "you must love your neighbour as yourself", so indeed, you must love your-self! ❤
Thank you for sharing this projectwith us,it's so warm and comforting ♥️
Happy new year Kathryn, and a lovely start to the year with your comfort coverlet that we can join you with.
I have a pale green cotton sheet from when I first went to boarding school in 1969 as a 9 year old, (it still has my name label on)
which I am thinking of using for the backing cloths.
It is very soft and smooth in the centre from its life of school and home laundries, I will use the centre first.
Thank you for this wonderful beginning ❤🎉
That's wonderful Theresa ♥️
Great to see how this comfort blanket is going to be created and I am taking on board your tips against overwhelm - having a small amount of options will suit me very well 😊. Now the festivities are basically over it will be lovely to get into a routine and the 3pm postings is a great help for that too. Today I watched earlier because it's been too cold to take Oscar until now. Happy New Year to you, Stella and Fredfred ❤🎉
Happy New year to you both ❤️
I made myself a new patchwork shift dress yesterday, about half of fabrics are new and patchwork cotton remnants, I also reused a long vest I loved but didn’t fit any more, I had a pretty tea towel I was gifted, and some fabrics are old. The colour theme is bright with dark accents, a bit like a licorce alsort. I made larger pieces from small bits then fitted these together like a straight edged jig saw. This means sometimes I have two or three of the same fabric together, but I’m thinking surface stitching and appliquéd flowers will fix the blockiness it has now. I used one of my favourite dress patterns and I know I’ll love it to death. As I work through my fabrics this year and make more ‘things’ I’ll add more offcuts and scraps to the collection.
All this to say, I now have a bunch of smaller scraps, and I’m ‘gunna’ use these to make my year’s cloth. So I’ll try to just use these scraps I make this year to make my coverlet. I’ll also make them join as you go, I will add wadding as I have lots of smaller scraps pieces that I’ll join if need be. I have a few ideas of block. I could just make all the blocks you are making Kathryn, of I could make a wonky star quilt with all the odd shaped pieces I have leftover. Wonky star is one of my favourite blocks and can be all sorts of sizes. Another option is to make abstract blocks, or even quilt-as-you-go hexagons.
Let us start and see where we get to.
That all sounds great, starting and seeing where we get to is the order of the day 😁❤️
An exciting journey has started with all of you which I'm very excited about!
Thank you Kathryn. You're an absolute star 🌟❤️
Happy New Year. I look forward to working this project with you. Thank you for sharing. Happy stitching
Happy new year!❤️
How lovely to embark on this new journey, Kathryn. I've enjoyed the gentle anticipation of knowing this was coming; I love the unknown-ness of it and of all intuitive ways of working. And now I get to gather my cloths and bits and decide how I want to begin my comfort coverlet. Thank you! Happy Today & Right Now. 🤎
Pulled 3 meters of salvage to salvage from the closet. Tore it in half. Tore the front into 12 "months". I tore it. 😮 I feel faint. I am trusting in flip and stitch, and your wisdom.😊 Seeing the back of all the stitches? Nope, I am not ready for that. Maybe in 2026😅.
Love following along with you. I have followed Jude Hill for years. ❤I love the scrappiness of the stitching 🧵 and fabrics. The ragged edges make me
happy 😊 . I still want to stitch up a fabric journal 📓. Thank you for sharing/ teaching ❤
I am really looking forward to this journey with all of you!
I’m so happy to create this comfort cloth with you. So much about this project is perfect for me this year. I need the gentle calm to guard my heart (physical). 💖. My word for 2025 is connect so I’ll enjoy the paperless piecing and being able to see my stitches. Thank you. 💖💖💖
my mind is swimming around a bit as i try to decide my approach. i would love my comfort cloth to be made of all wool, so much easier on my hands. hot in the summer but finished just in time for january 2026. i decided that every day this year i would look up a random word in the dictionary, and today the word was overload. and right beneath it was overlook. and i thought, that is right, when you overload on things you are going to over look something. what a nice video, kathryn, as always i find so many associations to make in your thoughts, your ever rich stream of consciousness.
Happy new year and thank you for the new project. I’ll watch along even if I don’t make along just yet. I’m finishing a wonky log cabin coverlet for my old sofa as I watch this video, since giving myself permission to embrace wonkiness - and process over perfection - thanks in no small part to you 😊
Yes it’s definitely liberating…..and I love that joining where users made of stitches showing ! Hoorar!
I'm really looking forward to this project ❤. A wonderful way to include orphan blocks and cherished scraps 😂. Happy New Year from California
Happy New Year from Sebastopol CA
Happy New Year! I am ready to start gathering my cloths and to get started. Wahoo! Another year stitching with you!
Thank you Kathryn for your inspiration, generosity, and kindness you've shared w/this community! You are a blessing to me, indeed! Thank you, again, and Happy New Year to us all....👋 ❤🎉
Your video sent me upstairs to get out the quilts I brought home with me maybe 8 years ago. I don't get them out often. I have managed to get 3 of the quilts my grandmother made for 3 of us, and I found the 4th one on the floor of a closet in my brother's house. I rescued it!!
Then there are a few quilt tops my mother made (machine stitched). And a couple quilts I acquired on my own. I am not a quilter.
One of the quilt tops my mother made I never really cared for, but looking at it again with fresh eyes, it is really growing on me. She must have made it in the 1970's because it has those type of fabric designs. It has a lot of knit in it - stretchy. But looking at it, she did a nice job of combining the squares. I don't see any puckers, etc. She never backed it.
Reading up a little on what to back knits with, I am thinking maybe a flannette type fabric. And that is probably why she never got it backed. She passed away in 2001 .
It is kind of an odd size. I need to re-measure it. I think I would like to do a collaborative piece on it, start by doing running stitches on the border. I am not sure I want to stitch on the inside squares as it would be bulky. However, I would like to stitch a backing piece -- still thinking about it -- it would certainly be a year-long project.
Do you think I could hand stitch on flannelette? I am thinking light tan or cream pieces that I work with in different ways (on back). We'll, I am wittering!!!
Thank you for the inspiration.🌷🌷🌷
Flannette is quite soft with a loose for stitching. Quite prone to shrinking.
I would hold the quilt top together with some of the flannelette and try an empty needle through it. If it's new flannelette I would prewash it in case as @mixedthreadart says it shrinks. ❤️
@k3n.clothtales Thank you! I have never worked with flannelette. I appreciate the advice. 🌷
@mixedthreadart thank you! I will consider that when buying. I haven't worked with it before. I appreciate the advice. 🌷
Old flannelette is quite easy to come by, ask elderly relatives and friends they may have them in a linen closet. I often use it for interfacing if it’s old and discoloured.
I am looking forward to making this self care comfort cloth coverlet with you and everyone else who joins in this new year. Sitting here watching this video I am working on my self care journal and thinking about what pieces I will use for my nine patch. I love the thought of making a 20"x20" (ish) block for every month of the year, and I am so thrilled to see how it turns out. I do have to find some different sheets though. I found some at a yard sale this summer and I was thrilled, however, they are not a joy to sew through at all. I should really keep a sewing needle in my purse to try things out. Oh well - I know I will use them for something else eventually (and use the machine to stitch them). Growing up i was also taught to put others before myself, and I had a very hard time a few years ago trying to convince myself that it was okay to be selfish. Sometimes you need to be. Not selfish greedy, or selfish nasty- but selfish about time and space and other personal needs that I always seemed to sacrifice so that others could not be inconvenienced (so maybe selfish isn't the correct word to use? but it is how I thought of it) So when you spoke about being self (space) centered, or centered on your self, it really struck a chord with me.
You are kept so many pieces. I’m a chucker-out. I have moved so many times in my life, schlepping stuff had to be kept to a minimum. No old sheets, no old clothes, no old fabric of any sort. And I have minimal supplies and have almost used up what I have. I’ll keep watching though to see what you make with your memory cloths.
I don't actually have a lot, I didn't bring much when I moved from France. I was just very selective ❤️
What a lovely and perfect way to start the year Kathryn! I feel very connected to this project because I struggle with taking care of myself, always putting myself out of the center. Thank you for thinking of this project and taking us along in this stitching journey. ❤
I love the freedom of the whole sowing project, we are going to have so much fun this year! 😊 Thanks Kathryn ❤ Take care😘
Finally have some things for the journal ready to start putting it together. Way behind though. Holidays and so on. Will get it done even if behind some.
I spent this afternoon gathering fabrics. I don’t have any left that I had saved over the years. Left it all behind for my daughter when we moved to Costa Rica. I have a few bits that came that were mine and some old shirts of my husbands. He no longer wears long sleeve shirts. Tshirts and shorts are it. So I was able to find some that would work along with some onion skin dyed cloth that I did here. I also found some Lacey crocheted squares that I had brought here from a thrift shop. I know what I want to do but I think I will keep it under my hat until it’s finished. Then I will post it and tell it’s/my story.
Again Thankyou for being who you are and inspiring so many to just get busy and create ❤❤
My sister lives in CR, Playa del Coco on the west coast! Another ex pat!
That’s not far from here. 45 min drive. This is a beautiful country. All the best to your sister
Happy New Year, Katherine and all the magical women of this community. You all changed me last year and I’m very excited for this project!!
"That'll do, Pig!" My favorite quote from "Babe". It's been part of our family's vernacular ever since the movie first came out.
This looks like so much fun. Looking forward to more Comfort Cloth episodes. 💕
So excited to be beginning a new project with you Thank you and everyone here
Mutlu yıllar, güzel paylaşımlar için teşekkürler. Ellerinize emeğinize yüreğinize sağlık ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉😊
Absolutely marvellous.....very much looking forward to this year's project.
Thank you, thank you.
Happy New Year Katherine!!
I have saved some dresses from my favourite aunt who passed away. She made them from cotton fabric bought far away during her holidays. They have been waiting for this project, I'm sure.
I have lots of ideas.
What a beautiful project! Starting to collect meaningful bits. Happy Happy New Year!! You give us great ideas. ❤
HAPPY New Year. Self care is never Self-ish. I love your advice. I think you and I had the same sort of upbringing regarding how our personality was formed at an early age.
I love how your fabric pieces have such a beautiful history. Bless you k3n!🎆🌹🎇
I can't wait to try this. Iv got so much fabric, that belonged to my mother ❤
Hi Kathryn looking forward to this project and I will be stitching along with you with my favourite Kaffe fasset fabrics which I have been hoarding 🧵🪡🧵🪡🧵
Kathryn you not only teach with care and detail but your voice and words create a captivating video. You have come a long way in a short while. You are amazing and I wish my life was together like yours (I don’t often wish). Much love Marcelle
I love watching Jude Hill create. This will be fun. I am still not sure about this but it will come to me as we continue. Hope your New Year has started well. Thank you for guiding us
Wow, what a way to begin the New Year! I am in. Heading around my cubbies to find things as soon as I finish this comment. This is just great, Kathryn! And the “working with small pieces” process is so perfect because, like you, I don’t have a lot of space to work in. I am so excited. Thank you! ❤ Happy New Year!
thank you Katherine, I am so looking forward to this. Will enjoy the gathering and try to keep it simple.
Great beginning, Kathryn. Thank you.😊
That came out so lovely.
I am for sure hanging around to be with you ❤ once again because as you can understand I'm addicted to everything you say and do plus Stella and Fredfred are part of my fury friends ...last year I did not manage much but it's a new year and hopefully I will participate to take care of me ❤❤❤ much love going to be an amazing project
Happy new year to you K3n and everyone here. I’ve been looking forward to this and our new adventure, perfect day to begin! X
Thank you so much Kathryn. I am really looking forward to this. I need to think about this, and what to include to represent my 'self'.
I love Jude Hill. I came upon her by chance a couple of years ago and she began my journey of change, in terms of sewing.
Last year I found you, Marion and Sherry Iris. All different women, but cut from the same cloth x
Beautiful, thank you so much for sharing, 🪡🧵♥️
Happy new year, Kathrine!
Lovely that you have such lovely personal cloths
Happy New Year to All from Maine!!!
I love the idea of comfort coverlet seems so comfy and full of love! Will gather favorite pieces of cloth. Thanks Katherine for coming up with a wonderful project for the whole year.
Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy 2025!
🌸tess
Lots in this to keep me thinking…so loved seeing the pieces that you’d collected….love Jude hills style too ! All so refreshing in approach removing stress of choice and perfectionism. All a revelation to improving well being for me . Really like the table cloth too🙃
Happy New Year Kathryn. Wishing you all good things in 2025. This is a superb ease-in to our personal comfort cloth. Yours will be tremendous comfort, with all the personal memories held in these fabrics. I'm on the hunt for similar choices of my own. Hope to be caught up for next week but not going to stress about the choices. After all, it's about the process and being good to ourselves!
Texas here! I have been making curtains by joining 9 patches very similar to this process.
This looks like lots of fun!
I’m working on another project but definitely going to try this method. Thank you!
Lovely project 🎉Happy new year Kathryn❤ love peace and health to you!
My mind is going full speed thinking about this project and low and behold I remember my first quilt ( Dresdan pedals) made as a young bride as my center. ❤
Love it!!!!!!
I make clothes and I decided today that my creative endeavor to start the year is to sort through my cloths and fabric. It’s brought me so much joy and inspiration. You have given me so much inspiration for how to make the moments more mindful, especially w/ your parklife series. Happy new year 🎉 may we be able to be present and creative ❤
I have often had to care for myself in situations that usually made me feel very lonely and abandoned but that was because the situations were so difficult. However I haven't practiced proper self care because I haven't prioritised myself. At this time in my life I'm reliant on carers and hate it. I rarely ask for them to do something that i just want..... I'm only trying to get help with my needs. Maybe I need to work on my *self* a bit more and not just to give myself therapy (I have CPTSD) but to be a bit more generous towards "me". I was discussing the topic of loving oneself earlier and it's not something I can do but the suggestion was to begin by not hating oneself (one's self?) which I've always done 😢. Good start topic for this year ❤
Hello Nina, I am so sorry. Self esteem is so difficult to achieve when we have been made to feel unworthy. It feels really unnatural for me to talk about self care, partly due to my upbringing and partly due to the relationship I have just got out of. I am very early on in my journey of recovery. I hope we can help each other to know that we are worthy of love. Not hating ourselves is a good start. Recognising that things that make us happy (our wants) are as important as our actual needs might be something else. Lots of love ❤️
I love coverlets. So homey and comforting. Great project choice, Katherine.
Best wishes K3n and a happy new year to eveyone on channel ......hugs from Scotland 🤗
I really enjoyed watching that....
thankyou☺️
So excited 😊 excellent beginning. Happy New Year🎉🥳🎊✨️🥳🎉🎊✨️🥳🎉🎊✨️🥳🎉🎊✨️🥳🎉🎊 I actually like the red background. Whoever stitched did it well.❤
Thank you, it was me. It's the back of the quilt that is on the kitchen table ♥️
I'm looking forward to starting my nine patch using cloth from my daughters little dresses from when she was a toddler, I'll be adapting this to fit in my journal I made especially for this project, I love what you have done, and thankyou for inspiring us all .❤
Love this 💕
Good to be back and a new start. Hope your hols have been lovely.💖
I love this idea…looking forward to following along in 2025. Happy New Year! 😊
I, personally, love how you work. I’ve decided to do a quilt this year and will be working in this manner. However I’m really not a traditional pattern kind of girl. I appreciate all the work that goes into a log cabin or 9 patch quilt. I just think I need something more whimsical to hold my attention. But, with that said, I’m looking forward to working alongside you this year. I hope this year holds many blessings for you.
Beautiful thank you ❤
I can't wait for this. I'm afraid my pieces are modern but I will scout round charity shops ❤
Happy happy new year! It’s 7 am in California USA
Happy New Year...Sebastopol CA here!
Happy New Year to you dear Kathryn! I’m looking so forward to this year with you. I’ve been checking you tube for hours waiting for you to appear 😃🥰. Thank you so much. Also. I’ve followed Jude Hill for over twenty years. She is so amazing as are you.
2025 ❣a fresh year added to our community lives. Savour the moment 🍀
Happy New Year! I had this notion in my head to make one crazy patchwork block a week during 2025 because I so enjoyed the ones I made made into a pillow cover this year. I believe my idea will fit perfectly with the cloth of comfort project. I do love the hand stitching, fancy or plain.
I don't have a lot of cloths that are personal to me but I do have a lot of cloth! Plenty of orphans from quilting!
Are you planning to make each section roughly the same size?
That sounds lovely Carol. I would think the sections will be roughly the same area, ie what can be created in a month but dimensions will vary. Some might be more square, some strips etc. I don't really have a plan 😉♥️
Looking forward to seeing how this develops. ❤
Happy New Year to you dear Kathryn! I’m looking forward to this year with you. I’ve been checking you tube for hours waiting for you to appear 😃🥰. Thank you so much.
❤happy new year Katherine!❤️💖🍀
And i just misspelled your name😱
That's ok 😊 happy new year to you too ♥️