Awww Katie dariln' please don't apologies for who you are or what you do. No one else can make you happy. No one else pays your dues. How you live life is no one's business but your own. If they don't like it they don't have to watch. Who you are is why so many of us watch your channel. We love your style.
Dearest Kate, I am so blessed I have found your channel. I have learned so much from you. I have silently been watching and finally subscribed to the channel. For the last 3 weeks, my children and I have been binge watching all your old videos. This weekend we watched the series you did on “mom’s quilts.” I don’t think I have cried as much as I did watching it. What a beautiful legacy your mom left for you!! What a beautiful job you did finishing her work. They were all simply stunning!! ❤ My name is Misty Dutton and I am the momma of 12 kids, for the state of Ohio in the United States. 11 girls 1 boy. I see a lot of myself in you. I love seeing you excited about a project! I get the same way! Anyway sorry for the long post, just wanted to say I love your channel and all the great things you are doing! You are such a blessing to us all. I hope you have a blessed week. We will be in touch soon. Blessings from Ohio❤
Your style of working does NOT drive me around the bend. Rather it relaxes me to think that someone else works like I do and I don’t need to feel that I’m doing it wrong. Thank you for that Kate.
I love how genuine you are. You are so committed to being your real authentic self and not too concerned with others who don't like your style. I love watching you. You create so much joy to share with all of us on the lime green sofa. Please pass the biscuits down.
Dear Kate, I am so happy to follow along on your "butterfly mind" journey! It's never boring here at the Last Homely House and the inspiration is deep and wide. There's so much to see and do and make, why limit the sights and possibilities? I, for one, love the suspense of not knowing where we'll go together. Thank you so much!!
I like that...."I can do it, I know I can." I had to change a flat tire on my car. First time with this car. The tire is up under the back end, and I had never had to change one like that. It defeated me for a while, but then I just decided, that I could do it, so armed with the not so easy instruction manual, I persevered, and changed the tire! The tire man couldn't believe I did it by myself.
It’s now some time later and I hope you don’t mind a new comment to say thanks. I find myself in a big house and having saved lots and lots of fabrics over many decades: favorite dresses that got a rip or a stain, old family linens with fabulous monograms (victims of moths in spots), childhood favorites, and on and on. I love your clear explanations and your conversational tone. Xx
Hi Kate; I am currently on a staycation at my son’s house. His British Bulldog, Watson, watched your video with fascination. He never moved from my lap. You have a new fan.
I'm missing my 2 JUKIS and old Thelma (my kenmore that was my mother's-in-law machine. I've been packing things for months as we will be moving out of state in a couple of months. We will be closer to my son and his family. His wife Bonnie is my best and dearest friend. They moved away last October. Soon she and I will be sewing and quilting again! Kate, you are delightful and I enjoy every video that you put out! Keep on being you!!!!!
Your way of doing things suits me just fine. ☺💕 It makes my mom (and the man I live with) crazy with the many different projects I have going. It makes me very happy to know I can pick up my knitting, tatting, EPP, weaving, spinning wool, sewing clothes, crocheting doilies or quilting when in the mood. Hugs from Washington state.
You are like a very good friend. You encourage, you teach me and give me reasons to move forward. We work in similar ways, yet you have so much more energy than I do!! You are more patient, you are independent. Sorry you put me in a reflective mood. Hope that’s okay.
Your videos are so relaxing and encouraging. I’m a quilter and sometimes I feel bad because I have so many projects started! I have 4 adult kids and I’m frantically trying to get their quilts done that I started 25 years ago. I have 2 done and the top almost done for the 3rd so I’m getting there. But you remind me not to fret and enjoy the process! Thank you!
You have no idea what a kindred spirit you and I are. I would love to meet you in person and give you a hug.❤ The way you live is what I dream for my retirement. Thank you for showing me it is possible!❤❤❤
You look so healthy and happy, Kate. So glad. You came through your struggles beautifully. Not surprised but definitely relieved. Agnes looks like mini mom. So cute.
Dear Kate, every time I watch your channel I think how much I love your curtains. I have finally started mine only 188 pieces in so far. My husband said it looks like stained glass. I enjoy watching you and everything that you do.
I hadn’t realised how much the curtain lining colour influences the whole effect. I just thought that particular curtain had many more green fabrics in it. I imagine a pastel pink lining would give a lovely rosy glow to the new room, especially in winter. Happy making, Kate 🌸
I work the same way - lots of projects, different crafts. Han stitching and machine stitching are both meditative but for different moods and times. Love your videos! Thank you for making them. Can’t wait for the jacket to be finished, but no pressure from me 😉😉😉😍🤗
Thank you! Glad to hear I am definitely not alone in my way of working... I am looking forward to my jacket being finished as well - although I am rather enjoying the process, so I will miss it when it's off my design board! xxx
Oh this is the way I work too. I am currently making a crocheted doily for my mother-in-law, need to get back to working on a Lost Souls shawl for a friend, have several bags on standby, and have been making Dresden plate blocks for one quilt, hexies for another, and just finished designing a quilt for my daughter and her husband (haha, we're never finished designing until it's all stitched together!). UFOs are a crafter's way of planning to live forever, hehehe.
I admire those of you that can keep several projects going. I used to try, but ended up not getting them done when I had hoped, if at all, when our girls were young, and I was working. So, I just ditched some hobbies, and mainly do papercrafting and quilting/sewing. Finished my last cross stitch kit last summer. I put my papercrafting away for awhile, since boxes of fabric scraps were haunting me. I've wanted to try EPP, since I have a machine now that will cut the hexagons quickly. I am arranging the hexies into diamond motifs, some with 4 (2 different fabrics), and some with 9 that have a center surrounded by a different fabric. Just letting my scraps tell me what to do. I just cut them into 2 1/2" squares, and wrap each cardstock hexie, basting on the back. No trimming into hexagons shapes at all. I'm not even planning on removing the basting. I can pop out the cardstock hexies easily since I punched holes in the centers to insert my blunt scissors and just pull them out.☺️ I am also repairing a quilt for our daughter and SIL. I hope to have that nearly finished by the time I go for ten days to pet/house sit while they are on their longer vacation. I will take my extra scraps I had leftover from making the quilt 16 years ago. It has seen a lot of loving, and a lot of laundering.😊 Both that, and my hexie project will go with me, and I hope to be able to leave the fully repaired quilt when I come back home.😊
Kate, you are delightful! It is completely wonderful that you do things in a way that suits you. I’ve enjoyed every journey since finding you and following you.
Oooooooh…I so ‘get’ your way of working because I do just the same. Book binding (simple books) art making, knitting, crocheting, playing with paint and paper, gardening, sewing, quilting…so many things and each day I do just what I feel like! I don’t think we should ever have to explain the way we live. Norm and I live in a 75 square metre granny flat and I have stuff in on and under every space! I love books and they provide awesome insulation!! I used to apologise until I realised it’s our wee palace and we live in it just the way we like it…clutter and all! Thank you for all your ideas. I love your curtains and they reminded me of the small squares I cut out years ago. They are now being made into a tablecloth for one of our outdoor tables. Happy days to you and yours.
Kate you're a woman after my own heart. I also have many projects on the go. I certainly don't mind you're moving around your projects. I'm thinking I might make some of these curtains for my conservatory. It's lovely to see you with a smile on your face and happy about what you're constructing.
I understand the sewing machine experience. A very satisfying experience that I really don't have words to express. And I learned many years ago that to go with the natural flow of my own life rhythm brings great contentment.
I dip and out of your videos as, unless I'm following something that goes over several videos, it doesn't matter when you post it, the videos speak to something I'm thinking of or something that is going on in my life. You are like a favourite aunt or a really close friend. You have reinvigorated my sewing buzz which I lost during COVID. Thank you sooooooo much 😊 ❤️xxx
I've learned that there are a few ways to call your scraps. Anything under 10 inches square and under is called cabbage. And I decided that strips and small squares must be coleslaw! Coleslaw can be used to stuff pillows or 🧸! In other words, a cat cushion can be made with cabbage and stuffed with coleslaw. I think I Like that Idea! Best wishes for all your projects Everyone!
I found you last year while at work when it was quiet and slow. I enjoy watching your channel. I too like scrappy sewing and hand piercing. We are kindred spirits.
In the past, I always forced myself to finish one project before I started a new one. Then I started to look at needlework channels, specifically crocheting and knitting and I learned the delightful terms wip- work in project and ufo-unfinished object. These terms let me give myself permission to have more than one project going at a time. Its so freeing. So, I understand the fact that you have multiple irons in the fire.
I like phd (project half done). “So, what are you up to at the moment?” “Oh” (carelessly) “just working on my PhD.” 😁 Carelessly. Carelessly. Have I spelt that right? The more I look at it the more odd it seems but the dictator is spelling it exactly the same as I did. Is it like doing lines at school? After a while all the words look wrong and you find yourself seriously asking someone “how do you spell ‘the’ “.
I have had lightweight cream curtains for decades. Your curtains inspired me to start a beautiful mosaic for my 10 foot wide kitchen curtains behind my sink. This is so wild for me!
To quote Forrest Gump, your channel is ‘like a box of chocolates’ that has all of my favourite flavours. Every week I’m inspired to continue pursuit of a more creative, fulfilling life. This morning when you talked about your creative process, it reminded me of the late Cat Bordhi and her Rio Calina Cowl, which is a free pattern on her website. I think you would enjoy it when you’re looking for a new knitting project. Cat is gone, but her daughter and some dear friends and colleagues are keeping her creative spirit alive. ❤️
Since finding your site a few weeks ago I can’t seem to get any work done around my house! All I do is watch Kate create, and I love every minute of it.😂. I think I am living vicariously through you as you have the country lifestyle I want now in my older age. Keep these wonderful videos coming, I think I’m addicted now to all the projects, kitties, and your sweet personality . Thank you for making my days so bright.
Sitting here whipping the edges of sails for my Ann Woods Handmade paper mache ship and watching and listening. I often listen to you as I sit and work on some handwork. Thanks for giving me something interesting to listen to while working on repetitive projects. :)
Kate, thank you, I thought i was only one who "procrastinated" and that I was so bad not finishing something immediately. I have so many projects on the go and 50+ ideas mulling around in the head. Eventually I finish everything too
Dear Kate. I am delighted to hear that you like having several projects on the go at any one time! I have always berated myself for being so butterfly with things which, I think, stops me actually completing them. I will now work on changing my mindset to embrace my scatterbrain and see if it will help to get something finished. Hugs, lovely lady. Kx
Hi Kate I clapped and cheered when I guessed Pink🎉🎉🎉 pink and green are my favourite colours. Colour make me happy. Keep well and keep cool in this hot weather 👩🏻🦳Goldie
My mother once complained “Don’t you ever finish anything?” and it hurt terribly. She’s been gone 17 years but the harsh comment is still there. I have several projects going too, even finish most to gift to family at Christmas and birthdays. So NO to any guilt trips! Maybe it just takes a very intelligent person to keep up with them all! I will claim that bit of wisdom and pass it on to you as well. Thanks for the inspiration,Kate!
I have had this comment from someone in the past as well. While it wasn't my mother, it still got to me. But I too love the process of so many things, so finishing them is lovely, but like losing am old friend! The only thing that stresses my making mind out is if I have to do something on a timetable. It actually makes me take longer to finish these things ad they have a negative connotation to them then and I don't enjoy the making process. I've learned with my grandchildren to make things a lot larger so I don't have to get stressed it's not going too for them by the time I finish. My kids are getting used to how I work now they are adults! Enjoy your makes!
I always need lots of different projects. Knitting, crochet, spinning, painting too. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about all of your works in progress.
Kate, it seems like we crafty people always have more than one - well perhaps we have anything up to about 10 different projects on the go at once. I love watching your videos, because they often send me down another rabbit hole to discover what's there. My machine is always up, the spinning wheel always out, knitting in the basket, hand stitching and embroidery in another basket, everything ready for whichever mood takes me. Thank you for everything you show us and the friendly way you have us join you in your very Homely House and letting us sit on the lime green sofa.♥♥♥ .
It's so refreshing to come across another slow-stitcher! So many people who are drawn to quilting are very, hmmm.....type A personality lol. I'm like you and more of a type B I suppose. Because I'm a newbie quilter I am prone to feeling a bit of imposter syndrome because I don't work like the majority of quilters do. I feel like a bit of a rebel sometimes because I don't want to churn out 3 quilt tops a month lol. Anyway thank you for being so unapologetically you!
Isn't it grand to be at a point in our lives that we can choose to have the variety in our day that we like and not all those things that we 'had' to do (read JOB)! I know I appreciate every day that I get to say Yes! I'll do that today! Keep enjoying life!
It’s a great deal, Kate! I’m (too) quickly going thru all my tier videos. The last months diary was so entertaining - its so much like sitting and hanging out with a friend - I have to giggle as I find myself starting to say something to you and then realize where I am!
I don’t think that we don’t understand your butterfly mind, we just want MORE of you! I so enjoy your projects and inspiration. I wonder how many projects have been inspired by you? So many people on the lgs have mentioned EPP. I to am going to try doing EPP since it’s something I have never done. Wish me luck!
I don’t think you need luck it’s quite easy and I find addictive and portable also , I have just about finished my first project,a double quilt in hexagons , really enjoyed it so far
Love your many projects. Makes me feel better that my own have been so slow. I enjoy working slowly. The rush to just get things finished wears me out.
I wondered how your curtains were still so vibrant! Lining! What a fantastic way to use ALL of our scrap fabrics. I love whatever you choose to talk about. Life and our projects come to the fore as we need them to. You are a kindred spirit.
Thank you for the visit 😊. I'm trying to downsize my sewing and hobby "stuff". These curtains could help alot. Never thought about doing it your way in assembly. Great tip.
Your leisurely habit of doing the big projects is really so relaxing and a joy to participate in. Makes for good viewing :) As you often remind us, these are not tutorials that viewers can watch in 27 minutes and know how to do a quilt. It's a delight to make the quilt/curtain/jacket/sweater with you, over real time. I'm spinning new wool for a jumper right now, just beginning. There is joy in the long process, and more reward.
Like you, I have many things "in the works" at any given time. Kudos to you that on top of everything else you create, you find time to do videos for You Tube. I find I tell fewer and fewer people what I am doing as they don't seem to "get it". I asked one of my neighbors what she did for a hobby and she said "nothing". maybe watched an occasional thing on the TV. I take care of my husband who is ill and in a wheelchair. I love to cook and try new recipes, I sew (clothing, toys, quilts and small quilted projects) , I knit, crochet, needlepoint, embroider, cross stitch, refinish furniture, upholster, paint (acrylics and watercolors), keep house, shop, lots of gardening (I am currently hardscaping a walking path around the house and garden)...but I am never ever bored. So you just keep up what you're doing and enjoy your life. I understand completely.
Clicked on the notification immediately, leaving another video that did not inspire joy - I think I've just performed the TH-cam version of the Marie Kondo method. :D I don't think I will make curtains, but this is a fun block I think I might use for something smaller!
YES! Never feel bad about cutting off a video you don‘t enjoy, or possibly just aren‘t in the right headspace for. Either save it for later, or skip ahead until the last seconds and let it finish (it‘s important for the algorithm… aka determines whether the specific creator is recommended to others). =)
I do lots of different project along with each other: I‘ve three or for knitting projects on the go, a quilting project, two cross-stitch pillows, spinning, sketching, to name just the more active ones. That way I can put down a project that bores me and work on something else. Your wonderful curtains actually got me to use the postage stamp for seat cushions for our garden chairs. I‘m hand-quilting those right now. Happy sewing an painting and IKEA-building to remodel that sunny corner of your house, dear Kate!
Thank you so much for your videos I love watching I feel like am right there in your sewing room or out in you beautiful garden. Or down at the cabin watching the enjoy your new space. It is wonderful how you make many so comfortable and feel like they are your best friends. I really enjoy that trip on the lime green sofa, and feeling we have been friends for years. You are a very lovely person and appreciate all the time you spent with people. Much love and peace to you.😊
Don’t apologize for how you work. You do you!!! I love seeing what you’re working on and it doesn’t bother me how you manage it all ☺️ I think you’re a huge inspiration to us all no matter what you’re working on or how many things you’re working on. Another lovely video and Agnes is just the cutest!! 🥰
Hi Kate, I’m watching this video a second time now and you mentioned all your projects and how like a butterfly you flit from one thing to another……I like to think of you as a butterfly that flits from one lovely flower to another, the flowers being all your lovely projects 🦋🌺🌸🌼🌻❤️
Organizing all of these crafts and activities is something beyond me, however? Perhaps you could do some blogs on that area of being able to find your supplies when your butterfly brain flies to another project! I am so glad to meet you? I am 70 years old and never knew anyone else like me before!
Glad you do what suits you, in your life, on your channel. I love watching your videos and love the unknown of which project you will be working on when I tune in. Keep Well Kate.
I've really enjoyed today's video. Your earlier videos explaining the postage stamp blocks have always been in the back of my mind to get on with it. Just thinking of how long it will take me to do three walls of windows mentally defeats me before I even start. A lot of my ideas get stopped with this thinking. I want to thank you, Kate, for your message that the steps along the way towards the final project do not need to be rushed. It's also lovely how you just dive into so many different projects with the same mindset of 'enjoying the journey' and not racing to the finish line. ❤
I'm with you, Kate. Nothing worse than feeling you're on a production line with a scheduled due date. But.. I'm retired, so I can organize my time any way I want. Thanks for telling us how you do the curtain blocks. I've been admiring them so much, as you move around the room. I'm glad you showed us the lining and the way you've hung them. I'm still curious how you attach the lining to the new curtain. Just lovely. So good to see you doing well.
I'm curious as well small footprint. I'll admit, I was lazy & didn't trust my sewing to match up the seams, so I had marked my iron on lightweight interfacing & pregridded my squares & just randomly grabbed a square fabric & ironed them onto the interfacing.
@@Charlie-cz3jh I made a postage stamp curtain & I marked my iron on interfacing, so I didn't have to sew 2" squares or strips, so my seams matched up :D
Thank you so much, Kate! I've learned so much from you these last two years and I've been motivated to finish quilts that I'd abandoned long ago. I enjoy all the different projects that you share with us and have been inspired to try new things (English Paper Piecing?? Mind blown!) I really can't thank you enough!
So many projects! But that’s how an artist works - on inspiration ❣️ My projects right now are mostly outdoors and it’s so hot I have to go very slow, time to come indoors and sew, ha!! Always a joy to watch you work, thanks Kate!!
I love how you work. No pressure, proceeding at your own time, when inspiration hits. Do you, don’t worry about us. And thank you for doing this channel along with your patrion channels. I can’t buy them so I deeply appreciate that you still share this with us. 💕
I love the way you bounce around with your projects. It’s so refreshing and comforting because I’m the same way. I start something than something else gets my attention etc. for a few weeks now I’ve been picking up my unfinished projects and make an effort to finish them. I’m in no hurry. ❤️
Having lots of projects is good, love your whole approach. Also gave myself the “it doesn’t have to be perfect” talk the other day, because sometimes that stops me from doing things, but not anymore. Thank you for your continued inspiration on so many levels.
Kate I was wrong about the color. I said green, but can’t wait to see the pink. I really like this project. I have scraps I can use and sewing like this IS very comforting. I am always happy when I see your videos in my TH-cam feed 😊
Kate, you are so much like me, I too have many projects on the go at once, I do quickie projects but most of them take time. I love the color pink. I should paint my kitchen pink. My class room was pink and no one liked it but me. I loved going to work in it. My bedroom curtains are half square triangles that was a quilt top that never was finished. I love them. I am going to be making my living room curtains the same or maybe the squares. I have been looking for curtains for here but I do not like any of the factory made ones. I am going to be painting my chairs and creating pillows for them. I am retired and have nothing but time. I have even made socks. I wish my husband was with me still he would have love the old me come back. I was creative as a young wife/ mother then work took my time. Thank you for all the inspirations. Love and Blessings
I too am retired now. In my young mom days my creativity just flowed, then like you work took all my time. It took some time for those creative juices to start flowing again, but I sure am having fun now. Drives my husband batty with all the projects I have going tho.
I work just like this. I've got to have several projects going on at once. My mood determines what I work on. The process is the most fun not necessarily the finished project
I agree with you Kate. The joy comes when you just get up and work on the project you feel like working, it’s what brings you joy, no pressure, no real time constraints. I always have several projects on the go: weaving, sewing, hand stitching, knitting just putter around with. The joy is in the process and the finished product 🙂
Hello Kate. Just finished watching your postage stamp quilt. Knowing how much you enjoy your birds in the garden, I have a tip for you to help birds in general, make their nests. I keep an empty tissue box by my machine and when I cut stray pieces of thread, I just keep them on the box. Come spring time I set the box on my patio and watch the birds land and pick pieces of thread for their nests. Love watching you show. Keep up the good work. One of your friendly fans from across the pond, in Michigan, originally from Canada, in Ontario. Fondly KarenLynn
I spent time today sorting through my sewing room and dividing fabrics into projects, small quick projects, large quilting projects, Donation/dog quilting and sewing ideas, sorting my notions and sorting them where i can see them. A long day, a satisfying day.
I love your videos and your friendly manner. It's like visiting an old friend every week. I just finished a birthday quilt for a 5-year-old, a bookcase quilt for Father's Day, and a quilt for my son's wedding. I thought I was finished with multiple projects and could finally make a quilt for myself, but at the wedding, my new step-grandson asked for a quilt, as well as another member of my family (birthday in August), and two days later, we learned there will be another wedding in the family, and my son-in-law saw the pattern I was making for myself and asked for a quilt like it. I have also started two Hanten jackets, a light one for summer and a quilted one for winter. No matter if we do one project at a time or start several so we don't get bored, there is no such thing as "down time" for us crafty people. We need to be inspired and busy. LOL (Kathy, from Georgia, USA)
Awww Katie dariln' please don't apologies for who you are or what you do. No one else can make you happy. No one else pays your dues. How you live life is no one's business but your own. If they don't like it they don't have to watch. Who you are is why so many of us watch your channel. We love your style.
Absolutely!!!
great post.
Dearest Kate,
I am so blessed I have found your channel. I have learned so much from you. I have silently been watching and finally subscribed to the channel. For the last 3 weeks, my children and I have been binge watching all your old videos. This weekend we watched the series you did on “mom’s quilts.” I don’t think I have cried as much as I did watching it. What a beautiful legacy your mom left for you!! What a beautiful job you did finishing her work. They were all simply stunning!! ❤ My name is Misty Dutton and I am the momma of 12 kids, for the state of Ohio in the United States. 11 girls 1 boy. I see a lot of myself in you. I love seeing you excited about a project! I get the same way! Anyway sorry for the long post, just wanted to say I love your channel and all the great things you are doing! You are such a blessing to us all. I hope you have a blessed week. We will be in touch soon. Blessings from Ohio❤
Reminds me of a church window. So give me a thumbs up if you go through and read peoples comments, so I know how many do.
Your style of working does NOT drive me around the bend. Rather it relaxes me to think that someone else works like I do and I don’t need to feel that I’m doing it wrong. Thank you for that Kate.
I love how genuine you are. You are so committed to being your real authentic self and not too concerned with others who don't like your style. I love watching you. You create so much joy to share with all of us on the lime green sofa. Please pass the biscuits down.
She is a treasure!
Finally I've found the curtains I want for my sewing room ❤❤❤ thank you Kate for sharing
I was just thinking the same thing lol ❤❤❤
Working on lots of projects at once helps prevent repetitive stress on your hands. In case anyone needs an excuse!
I like that! I frequently quote "A change is as good as a rest" for my part.
What type backing goes on the back side
Excellent 😅
That can be your Therapy
Agreed! ❤
Dear Kate, I am so happy to follow along on your "butterfly mind" journey! It's never boring here at the Last Homely House and the inspiration is deep and wide. There's so much to see and do and make, why limit the sights and possibilities? I, for one, love the suspense of not knowing where we'll go together. Thank you so much!!
Well said!!
Perfectly put and said for me!!!
Agreed!!
Good to see you again Kate. Thanks for showing how you make the curtains.
Thank you Sherrie, that's so nice to hear! xxx
I absolutely LOVE calling your mind a “butterfly mind”. I just informed my husband that is what I have. So descriptive and beautiful.
It's not when we finish the projects, the joy is in the journey! Have a great week!
If we ALL worked the same way or enjoyed the same things, the world would be a very boring place. Keep being who you are!
I love your quilt curtains. It reminds me of stained glass with the light shining thru.
I like that...."I can do it, I know I can." I had to change a flat tire on my car. First time with this car. The tire is up under the back end, and I had never had to change one like that. It defeated me for a while, but then I just decided, that I could do it, so armed with the not so easy instruction manual, I persevered, and changed the tire! The tire man couldn't believe I did it by myself.
I am just started my postage stamp curtains.
I have a butterfly mind as well! ❤
It’s now some time later and I hope you don’t mind a new comment to say thanks. I find myself in a big house and having saved lots and lots of fabrics over many decades: favorite dresses that got a rip or a stain, old family linens with fabulous monograms (victims of moths in spots), childhood favorites, and on and on. I love your clear explanations and your conversational tone. Xx
Hi Kate; I am currently on a staycation at my son’s house. His British Bulldog, Watson, watched your video with fascination. He never moved from my lap. You have a new fan.
Most creative people flit from project to project…kind of like bees and flowers 🌸🥰. It takes one to know one! ❤️
“Butterfly mind.” Exactly and beautifully said. 🦋
Your curtains don't just ... LOOK OK... THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL! ❤
I'm missing my 2 JUKIS and old Thelma (my kenmore that was my mother's-in-law machine. I've been packing things for months as we will be moving out of state in a couple of months. We will be closer to my son and his family. His wife Bonnie is my best and dearest friend. They moved away last October. Soon she and I will be sewing and quilting again! Kate, you are delightful and I enjoy every video that you put out! Keep on being you!!!!!
Thank you! Good luck with the move xxx
Your way of doing things suits me just fine. ☺💕
It makes my mom (and the man I live with) crazy with the many different projects I have going. It makes me very happy to know I can pick up my knitting, tatting, EPP, weaving, spinning wool, sewing clothes, crocheting doilies or quilting when in the mood.
Hugs from Washington state.
I love your postage stamp curtains. Kate, you are so lovely to watch. I love how you talk as if each one of us is there in your sewing room.
I love the curtains. Very "stained glass" looking.
I Thought So Too Mary 🌸
You are like a very good friend. You encourage, you teach me and give me reasons to move forward. We work in similar ways, yet you have so much more energy than I do!! You are more patient, you are independent. Sorry you put me in a reflective mood. Hope that’s okay.
Thank you Carolyn, that's very kind. I promise I am not energetic all the time! xxx
Your videos are so relaxing and encouraging. I’m a quilter and sometimes I feel bad because I have so many projects started! I have 4 adult kids and I’m frantically trying to get their quilts done that I started 25 years ago. I have 2 done and the top almost done for the 3rd so I’m getting there. But you remind me not to fret and enjoy the process! Thank you!
You have no idea what a kindred spirit you and I are. I would love to meet you in person and give you a hug.❤ The way you live is what I dream for my retirement. Thank you for showing me it is possible!❤❤❤
No apology needed for the way you choose to work, Kate! I love how your mind works! You are unique! ❤ x
You look so healthy and happy, Kate. So glad. You came through your struggles beautifully. Not surprised but definitely relieved. Agnes looks like mini mom. So cute.
Dear Kate, every time I watch your channel I think how much I love your curtains. I have finally started mine only 188 pieces in so far. My husband said it looks like stained glass. I enjoy watching you and everything that you do.
I hadn’t realised how much the curtain lining colour influences the whole effect. I just thought that particular curtain had many more green fabrics in it.
I imagine a pastel pink lining would give a lovely rosy glow to the new room, especially in winter.
Happy making, Kate 🌸
I agree, especially since she plans on painting the room pink!!! Perfect!!!
Lovely idea
I work the same way - lots of projects, different crafts. Han stitching and machine stitching are both meditative but for different moods and times. Love your videos! Thank you for making them. Can’t wait for the jacket to be finished, but no pressure from me 😉😉😉😍🤗
Thank you! Glad to hear I am definitely not alone in my way of working... I am looking forward to my jacket being finished as well - although I am rather enjoying the process, so I will miss it when it's off my design board! xxx
Oh this is the way I work too. I am currently making a crocheted doily for my mother-in-law, need to get back to working on a Lost Souls shawl for a friend, have several bags on standby, and have been making Dresden plate blocks for one quilt, hexies for another, and just finished designing a quilt for my daughter and her husband (haha, we're never finished designing until it's all stitched together!).
UFOs are a crafter's way of planning to live forever, hehehe.
I admire those of you that can keep several projects going. I used to try, but ended up not getting them done when I had hoped, if at all, when our girls were young, and I was working.
So, I just ditched some hobbies, and mainly do papercrafting and quilting/sewing. Finished my last cross stitch kit last summer. I put my papercrafting away for awhile, since boxes of fabric scraps were haunting me. I've wanted to try EPP, since I have a machine now that will cut the hexagons quickly. I am arranging the hexies into diamond motifs, some with 4 (2 different fabrics), and some with 9 that have a center surrounded by a different fabric. Just letting my scraps tell me what to do. I just cut them into 2 1/2" squares, and wrap each cardstock hexie, basting on the back. No trimming into hexagons shapes at all. I'm not even planning on removing the basting. I can pop out the cardstock hexies easily since I punched holes in the centers to insert my blunt scissors and just pull them out.☺️
I am also repairing a quilt for our daughter and SIL. I hope to have that nearly finished by the time I go for ten days to pet/house sit while they are on their longer vacation. I will take my extra scraps I had leftover from making the quilt 16 years ago. It has seen a lot of loving, and a lot of laundering.😊 Both that, and my hexie project will go with me, and I hope to be able to leave the fully repaired quilt when I come back home.😊
Me too! I feel validated and love watching your channel!
Kate, you are delightful! It is completely wonderful that you do things in a way that suits you. I’ve enjoyed every journey since finding you and following you.
Oooooooh…I so ‘get’ your way of working because I do just the same. Book binding (simple books) art making, knitting, crocheting, playing with paint and paper, gardening, sewing, quilting…so many things and each day I do just what I feel like! I don’t think we should ever have to explain the way we live. Norm and I live in a 75 square metre granny flat and I have stuff in on and under every space! I love books and they provide awesome insulation!! I used to apologise until I realised it’s our wee palace and we live in it just the way we like it…clutter and all!
Thank you for all your ideas. I love your curtains and they reminded me of the small squares I cut out years ago. They are now being made into a tablecloth for one of our outdoor tables.
Happy days to you and yours.
Kate you're a woman after my own heart. I also have many projects on the go. I certainly don't mind you're moving around your projects. I'm thinking I might make some of these curtains for my conservatory. It's lovely to see you with a smile on your face and happy about what you're constructing.
I understand the sewing machine experience. A very satisfying experience that I really don't have words to express. And I learned many years ago that to go with the natural flow of my own life rhythm brings great contentment.
Kate those curtains must have taken you at least a couple of years to complete. I’m in awe of you .
I love the way you work 😂. You work like I do, usually I have 6 to 15 going at the same time. God Bless you Kate!!
I dip and out of your videos as, unless I'm following something that goes over several videos, it doesn't matter when you post it, the videos speak to something I'm thinking of or something that is going on in my life. You are like a favourite aunt or a really close friend. You have reinvigorated my sewing buzz which I lost during COVID. Thank you sooooooo much 😊 ❤️xxx
I've learned that there are a few ways to call your scraps. Anything under 10 inches square and under is called cabbage. And I decided that strips and small squares must be coleslaw! Coleslaw can be used to stuff pillows or 🧸! In other words, a cat cushion can be made with cabbage and stuffed with coleslaw.
I think I Like that Idea! Best wishes for all your projects Everyone!
I found you last year while at work when it was quiet and slow. I enjoy watching your channel. I too like scrappy sewing and hand piercing. We are kindred spirits.
I am actually machine sewing while watching your video! You be you because we love your style! Blue Mountains NSW Australia
I love the way you think and live. I wish I had discovered you earlier, but I really needed you now, so thank you. I will enjoy getting caught up.
In the past, I always forced myself to finish one project before I started a new one. Then I started to look at needlework channels, specifically crocheting and knitting and I learned the delightful terms wip- work in project and ufo-unfinished object. These terms let me give myself permission to have more than one project going at a time. Its so freeing. So, I understand the fact that you have multiple irons in the fire.
I like phd (project half done).
“So, what are you up to at the moment?”
“Oh” (carelessly) “just working on my PhD.” 😁
Carelessly. Carelessly. Have I spelt that right? The more I look at it the more odd it seems but the dictator is spelling it exactly the same as I did.
Is it like doing lines at school? After a while all the words look wrong and you find yourself seriously asking someone “how do you spell ‘the’ “.
I have had lightweight cream curtains for decades. Your curtains inspired me to start a beautiful mosaic for my 10 foot wide kitchen curtains behind my sink.
This is so wild for me!
To quote Forrest Gump, your channel is ‘like a box of chocolates’ that has all of my favourite flavours. Every week I’m inspired to continue pursuit of a more creative, fulfilling life. This morning when you talked about your creative process, it reminded me of the late Cat Bordhi and her Rio Calina Cowl, which is a free pattern on her website. I think you would enjoy it when you’re looking for a new knitting project. Cat is gone, but her daughter and some dear friends and colleagues are keeping her creative spirit alive. ❤️
Thank you for reminding us about the wonderful Cat Bordi. ♥️
Since finding your site a few weeks ago I can’t seem to get any work done around my house! All I do is watch Kate create, and I love every minute of it.😂. I think I am living vicariously through you as you have the country lifestyle I want now in my older age. Keep these wonderful videos coming, I think I’m addicted now to all the projects, kitties, and your sweet personality . Thank you for making my days so bright.
Sitting here whipping the edges of sails for my Ann Woods Handmade paper mache ship and watching and listening. I often listen to you as I sit and work on some handwork. Thanks for giving me something interesting to listen to while working on repetitive projects. :)
Kate, thank you, I thought i was only one who "procrastinated" and that I was so bad not finishing something immediately. I have so many projects on the go and 50+ ideas mulling around in the head. Eventually I finish everything too
Dear Kate. I am delighted to hear that you like having several projects on the go at any one time! I have always berated myself for being so butterfly with things which, I think, stops me actually completing them. I will now work on changing my mindset to embrace my scatterbrain and see if it will help to get something finished. Hugs, lovely lady. Kx
Hi Kate I clapped and cheered when I guessed Pink🎉🎉🎉 pink and green are my favourite colours. Colour make me happy.
Keep well and keep cool in this hot weather 👩🏻🦳Goldie
My mother once complained “Don’t you ever finish anything?” and it hurt terribly. She’s been gone 17 years but the harsh comment is still there.
I have several projects going too, even finish most to gift to family at Christmas and birthdays. So NO to any guilt trips! Maybe it just takes a very intelligent person to keep up with them all! I will claim that bit of wisdom and pass it on to you as well. Thanks for the inspiration,Kate!
I have had this comment from someone in the past as well. While it wasn't my mother, it still got to me. But I too love the process of so many things, so finishing them is lovely, but like losing am old friend! The only thing that stresses my making mind out is if I have to do something on a timetable. It actually makes me take longer to finish these things ad they have a negative connotation to them then and I don't enjoy the making process. I've learned with my grandchildren to make things a lot larger so I don't have to get stressed it's not going too for them by the time I finish. My kids are getting used to how I work now they are adults! Enjoy your makes!
I always need lots of different projects. Knitting, crochet, spinning, painting too. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about all of your works in progress.
Kate, it seems like we crafty people always have more than one - well perhaps we have anything up to about 10 different projects on the go at once. I love watching your videos, because they often send me down another rabbit hole to discover what's there. My machine is always up, the spinning wheel always out, knitting in the basket, hand stitching and embroidery in another basket, everything ready for whichever mood takes me. Thank you for everything you show us and the friendly way you have us join you in your very Homely House and letting us sit on the lime green sofa.♥♥♥ .
You are so easy to listen to, Kate!! And your videos are so easy to follow!!🩷🩷
I love what you are doing so don't change. Things take time so it's good to have several different projects on the go. Take care.
It's so refreshing to come across another slow-stitcher! So many people who are drawn to quilting are very, hmmm.....type A personality lol. I'm like you and more of a type B I suppose. Because I'm a newbie quilter I am prone to feeling a bit of imposter syndrome because I don't work like the majority of quilters do. I feel like a bit of a rebel sometimes because I don't want to churn out 3 quilt tops a month lol. Anyway thank you for being so unapologetically you!
Isn't it grand to be at a point in our lives that we can choose to have the variety in our day that we like and not all those things that we 'had' to do (read JOB)! I know I appreciate every day that I get to say Yes! I'll do that today! Keep enjoying life!
It’s a great deal, Kate! I’m (too) quickly going thru all my tier videos. The last months diary was so entertaining - its so much like sitting and hanging out with a friend - I have to giggle as I find myself starting to say something to you and then realize where I am!
I don’t think that we don’t understand your butterfly mind, we just want MORE of you! I so enjoy your projects and inspiration. I wonder how many projects have been inspired by you? So many people on the lgs have mentioned EPP. I to am going to try doing EPP since it’s something I have never done. Wish me luck!
I don’t think you need luck it’s quite easy and I find addictive and portable also , I have just about finished my first project,a double quilt in hexagons , really enjoyed it so far
Another lovely video. That was an adorable shot of Agnes doing her grocery shopping! She’s a mini Kate! 🥰
Love your many projects. Makes me feel better that my own have been so slow. I enjoy working slowly. The rush to just get things finished wears me out.
I wondered how your curtains were still so vibrant! Lining! What a fantastic way to use ALL of our scrap fabrics. I love whatever you choose to talk about. Life and our projects come to the fore as we need them to. You are a kindred spirit.
Thank you for the visit 😊. I'm trying to downsize my sewing and hobby "stuff". These curtains could help alot. Never thought about doing it your way in assembly. Great tip.
Your precious Agnes looks so much like you. Adorable
Your leisurely habit of doing the big projects is really so relaxing and a joy to participate in. Makes for good viewing :) As you often remind us, these are not tutorials that viewers can watch in 27 minutes and know how to do a quilt. It's a delight to make the quilt/curtain/jacket/sweater with you, over real time. I'm spinning new wool for a jumper right now, just beginning. There is joy in the long process, and more reward.
Like you, I have many things "in the works" at any given time. Kudos to you that on top of everything else you create, you find time to do videos for You Tube. I find I tell fewer and fewer people what I am doing as they don't seem to "get it". I asked one of my neighbors what she did for a hobby and she said "nothing". maybe watched an occasional thing on the TV. I take care of my husband who is ill and in a wheelchair. I love to cook and try new recipes, I sew (clothing, toys, quilts and small quilted projects) , I knit, crochet, needlepoint, embroider, cross stitch, refinish furniture, upholster, paint (acrylics and watercolors), keep house, shop, lots of gardening (I am currently hardscaping a walking path around the house and garden)...but I am never ever bored. So you just keep up what you're doing and enjoy your life. I understand completely.
I’m also into making many things at the same time and why not ! It’s what keeps our creativity going. Love the curtains Kate xxx
I love your style of working, it’s pretty much like mine. I enjoy the journey of creating, no hurry. 😊. Your granddaughters quilt is just beautiful.
I usually am a finisher of projects, but have a quilt project and knitting project always going on. Love your videos, always.
Clicked on the notification immediately, leaving another video that did not inspire joy - I think I've just performed the TH-cam version of the Marie Kondo method. :D I don't think I will make curtains, but this is a fun block I think I might use for something smaller!
YES! Never feel bad about cutting off a video you don‘t enjoy, or possibly just aren‘t in the right headspace for. Either save it for later, or skip ahead until the last seconds and let it finish (it‘s important for the algorithm… aka determines whether the specific creator is recommended to others). =)
I do lots of different project along with each other: I‘ve three or for knitting projects on the go, a quilting project, two cross-stitch pillows, spinning, sketching, to name just the more active ones. That way I can put down a project that bores me and work on something else. Your wonderful curtains actually got me to use the postage stamp for seat cushions for our garden chairs. I‘m hand-quilting those right now.
Happy sewing an painting and IKEA-building to remodel that sunny corner of your house, dear Kate!
Hello, hope you are having a great day
Thank you so much for your videos I love watching I feel like am right there in your sewing room or out in you beautiful garden. Or down at the cabin watching the enjoy your new space. It is wonderful how you make many so comfortable and feel like they are your best friends. I really enjoy that trip on the lime green sofa, and feeling we have been friends for years. You are a very lovely person and appreciate all the time you spent with people. Much love and peace to you.😊
Loving the postage stamp quilt, very uplifting colours ❤
They are so charming, and the new curtains in the extension will be beautiful. Thanks for sharing your process!
Don’t apologize for how you work. You do you!!! I love seeing what you’re working on and it doesn’t bother me how you manage it all ☺️ I think you’re a huge inspiration to us all no matter what you’re working on or how many things you’re working on. Another lovely video and Agnes is just the cutest!! 🥰
Hi Kate, I’m watching this video a second time now and you mentioned all your projects and how like a butterfly you flit from one thing to another……I like to think of you as a butterfly that flits from one lovely flower to another, the flowers being all your lovely projects 🦋🌺🌸🌼🌻❤️
Kate the more you describe yourself and how your creativity and mind work!
The more ai recognize myself in your words?
Organizing all of these crafts and activities is something beyond me, however? Perhaps you could do some blogs on that area of being able to find your supplies when your butterfly brain flies to another project! I am so glad to meet you? I am 70 years old and never knew anyone else like me before!
The curtains are lovely. I really like how they look kind of like stained glass with the light coming through the windows.
Glad you do what suits you, in your life, on your channel. I love watching your videos and love the unknown of which project you will be working on when I tune in. Keep Well Kate.
I've really enjoyed today's video. Your earlier videos explaining the postage stamp blocks have always been in the back of my mind to get on with it. Just thinking of how long it will take me to do three walls of windows mentally defeats me before I even start. A lot of my ideas get stopped with this thinking.
I want to thank you, Kate, for your message that the steps along the way towards the final project do not need to be rushed. It's also lovely how you just dive into so many different projects with the same mindset of 'enjoying the journey' and not racing to the finish line. ❤
Love the way you work Kate I don’t feel guilty now as I’ve got lots on the go some I’ve had for years but I like to know they are there.
I'm with you, Kate. Nothing worse than feeling you're on a production line with a scheduled due date. But.. I'm retired, so I can organize my time any way I want. Thanks for telling us how you do the curtain blocks. I've been admiring them so much, as you move around the room. I'm glad you showed us the lining and the way you've hung them. I'm still curious how you attach the lining to the new curtain. Just lovely. So good to see you doing well.
I'm curious as well small footprint. I'll admit, I was lazy & didn't trust my sewing to match up the seams, so I had marked my iron on lightweight interfacing & pregridded my squares & just randomly grabbed a square fabric & ironed them onto the interfacing.
@@6869-h1l huh?
@@Charlie-cz3jh I made a postage stamp curtain & I marked my iron on interfacing, so I didn't have to sew 2" squares or strips, so my seams matched up :D
Thank you so much, Kate! I've learned so much from you these last two years and I've been motivated to finish quilts that I'd abandoned long ago. I enjoy all the different projects that you share with us and have been inspired to try new things (English Paper Piecing?? Mind blown!) I really can't thank you enough!
So many projects! But that’s how an artist works - on inspiration ❣️
My projects right now are mostly outdoors and it’s so hot I have to go very slow, time to come indoors and sew, ha!! Always a joy to watch you work, thanks Kate!!
Thank you! Yes I am the same with work in the garden at this time of year - it is a nice way to work. Not that it gets too hot in Northumberland! xxx
I love how you work. No pressure, proceeding at your own time, when inspiration hits. Do you, don’t worry about us. And thank you for doing this channel along with your patrion channels. I can’t buy them so I deeply appreciate that you still share this with us. 💕
I love the way you bounce around with your projects. It’s so refreshing and comforting because I’m the same way. I start something than something else gets my attention etc. for a few weeks now I’ve been picking up my unfinished projects and make an effort to finish them. I’m in no hurry. ❤️
Dear Kate -- I do believe most of us would enjoy you Making Tea! You are Loved Dear Lady. From a warm day in New Brunswick Canada.!
I do at least 2x 30 min a day at the sewing machine. ( To save joint pain ) It is my happy place too. Love it.
I totally get how you work on multiple projects. I like not knowing which I will pick up each day. I like letting my projects evolve.
Having lots of projects is good, love your whole approach. Also gave myself the “it doesn’t have to be perfect” talk the other day, because sometimes that stops me from doing things, but not anymore. Thank you for your continued inspiration on so many levels.
Love Agnes in her pullover.She is so sweet.
Kate I was wrong about the color. I said green, but can’t wait to see the pink. I really like this project. I have scraps I can use and sewing like this IS very comforting. I am always happy when I see your videos in my TH-cam feed 😊
Kate, you are so much like me, I too have many projects on the go at once, I do quickie projects but most of them take time. I love the color pink. I should paint my kitchen pink. My class room was pink and no one liked it but me. I loved going to work in it. My bedroom curtains are half square triangles that was a quilt top that never was finished. I love them. I am going to be making my living room curtains the same or maybe the squares. I have been looking for curtains for here but I do not like any of the factory made ones. I am going to be painting my chairs and creating pillows for them. I am retired and have nothing but time. I have even made socks. I wish my husband was with me still he would have love the old me come back. I was creative as a young wife/ mother then work took my time. Thank you for all the inspirations. Love and Blessings
I too am retired now. In my young mom days my creativity just flowed, then like you work took all my time. It took some time for those creative juices to start flowing again, but I sure am having fun now. Drives my husband batty with all the projects I have going tho.
@@lorik8923 glad your creative juices are back. It took me a long time to get mine back too.
I work just like this. I've got to have several projects going on at once. My mood determines what I work on. The process is the most fun not necessarily the finished project
The more projects the merrier!! Yes Kate I so agree with your style. Blessings.
I agree with you Kate. The joy comes when you just get up and work on the project you feel like working, it’s what brings you joy, no pressure, no real time constraints. I always have several projects on the go: weaving, sewing, hand stitching, knitting just putter around with. The joy is in the process and the finished product 🙂
Hello Kate. Just finished watching your postage stamp quilt. Knowing how much you enjoy your birds in the garden, I have a tip for you to help birds in general, make their nests. I keep an empty tissue box by my machine and when I cut stray pieces of thread, I just keep them on the box. Come spring time I set the box on my patio and watch the birds land and pick pieces of thread for their nests. Love watching you show. Keep up the good work. One of your friendly fans from across the pond, in Michigan, originally from Canada, in Ontario. Fondly KarenLynn
I spent time today sorting through my sewing room and dividing fabrics into projects, small quick projects, large quilting projects,
Donation/dog quilting and sewing ideas, sorting my notions and sorting them where i can see them. A long day, a satisfying day.
I love your videos and your friendly manner. It's like visiting an old friend every week. I just finished a birthday quilt for a 5-year-old, a bookcase quilt for Father's Day, and a quilt for my son's wedding. I thought I was finished with multiple projects and could finally make a quilt for myself, but at the wedding, my new step-grandson asked for a quilt, as well as another member of my family (birthday in August), and two days later, we learned there will be another wedding in the family, and my son-in-law saw the pattern I was making for myself and asked for a quilt like it. I have also started two Hanten jackets, a light one for summer and a quilted one for winter. No matter if we do one project at a time or start several so we don't get bored, there is no such thing as "down time" for us crafty people. We need to be inspired and busy. LOL (Kathy, from Georgia, USA)
Hi Kathy, how wonderful! Sounds like you are going to have lots to keep you occupied for the next few months xxx
Your many ongoing projects are a sign of a VERY creative/satisfied person who knows herself IMHO! Keep it up Kate -- I'm right there with you!🥰