A mindful journey in creating a personal art journal

[@candacenagle505]

This was so, so deeply satisfying to watch...enchanting actually. I always pick up stuff while walking...today will do it with a new intention. I am going to take my time with this. You are a lifeline for me these days....here in the states. Keeping my mind and heart on what is in front of me and not on the craziness in the media. I can't believe we are almost at a year with Monday's projects. I haven't completed all of them, or shared every week. But it is truly the center of my creative life right now. Thank you so, so much!!!

[@nancykalinowski7354]

Thank you Katherine for being my teacher in this first year of retirement. You have been exactly what my spirit needed

[@k3n.clothtales]

My pleasure Nancy ❤️

[@karenpuschmann4157]

What an amazing journey we will be on.

[@kathycook6390]

What a wonderful thing to do. I’m off to gather up things I’ve saved for ages. Now they have purpose I knew they would come in useful. Thank you this has brightened up the day ❤️

[@k3n.clothtales]

My pleasure ❤️

[@SusanGalloway-j7y]

I love watching your channel. The more you do the better, I enjoy every one. And look forward to the next one.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@theresavandervliet6687]

Thankyou so much Kathryn…this is another wonderful journey you are taking us along .

[@ljshaw8516]

Cloth Tales Spun Amongst A Book - fabulous!!! Thanks so very much!

[@k3n.clothtales]

Lovely way to put it ❤️

[@minimalist279]

Wow, this is new to me - 'personal art journal'. Number of things to learn just limitless. So grateful.🙏

[@k3n.clothtales]

It makes me so happy to share these things that bring me joy and delighted that it speaks to you. Thank you ❤️

[@roseboss5899]

I am quite literally buzzing with excitement and anticipation as I watch this! The materials gathered for your new journal are fabulous, they so very much belong together! You have me fully committed to trying eco printing and journal-making for myself for the first time. Thank you so much, Kathryn🙏 It’s going to be splendid to see how your work evolves. ❤😊x

[@k3n.clothtales]

How lovely to hear ❤️

[@Dollylit1]

Loved watching your process. Looking forward to hunting through my prints and fabrics.

[@CorneliaCalendula]

Once again I can't help but notice your lovely sleeves/cuffs. They tell me that this garment has more than one story to it. 😊

[@k3n.clothtales]

It's a jumper I knitted which shrank a bit in the wash so I crocheted around the cuffs. It's now my favourite jumper 😁♥️

[@evelynthayer7829]

Thank you ❤for sharing. I am so enjoying the process and learning 😊

[@judithgrace8359]

I have to say, Katherine,you have the nicest most generous friends!🥰

[@k3n.clothtales]

Don't I just? I am so blessed. ❤️

[@annagray4208]

Oh, such great fun. ❤ loving it, thanks Kathryn

[@viviancothros5541]

I loved every second of this video Kathryn. Thank you so much for taking us in a new creative adventure. You're a tresure!! ❤

[@newmoonjlp]

Apologies, but the rather sentimental Before I Met You juxtaposed with Discard made me laugh out loud. Laughter, however ironic, has been an important part of my healing journey and I hope that it will be for you too in time. That said, elements that you don't want stuck in your head can make quite satisfying kindling as well 😉

[@k3n.clothtales]

😁 yes the 'discard' forced an ironic inward snort from me too. Not sure if I want to process all that within this journal, we will see ♥️♥️♥️

[@toyamcclurkan2951]

I'm so excited for this! I was just determining yesterday that I wanted to make myself a journal/sketchbook. I keep avoiding it because it makes me nervous, but I really want to do it, so I've challenged myself to make one before the end of the year. And then here you are offering a wonderful method to accomplish my goal! Thank you so much! There's a week of lovely weather coming where I have the house open and get my eco print pots going, so the stars are aligning for my journal journey!😊❤

[@k3n.clothtales]

Yes! The stars are aligned and they will take care of us so no need to be nervous ❤️

[@cosmiccoyotedog-doreenb9605]

I love making these types of books. Yours is going to be spectacular, it is already.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you Doreen 😊

[@kathyffarney-keck8593]

I love watching someone's creative process

[@k3n.clothtales]

Happy to hear that Kathy ♥️

[@Jane-js2nl]

Gathering together feels like the perfect late autumn into winter journey. For me it is much needed right now. Thank you.

[@k3n.clothtales]

My pleasure Jane, yes the nights are drawing in here in the northern hemisphere, perfect for gathering together to create ♥️

[@annrubino6252]

More and more "Gathering" of beauty. You truly speak to my heart when foraging and gathering things to be found. This is where we find miracles and secrets and mystery and preserving them within our own concept of beauty is just so fulfilling. Thank you, K3N.

[@k3n.clothtales]

My absolute pleasure Ann ♥️

[@louisetonks5599]

The Gathering. I like that. I was pondering on things while watching, and remembered a very small and tatty, Soldiers Service and Pay Book, that was my fathers. It is literally falling apart, so I will incorporate it in my journal. Others might toss it in the bin, but I can use it. He will be chuckling from above x

[@k3n.clothtales]

That's a lovely idea Louise ♥️

[@invisible4445]

I just love hearing you talk through your process. It’s very helpful. This is a great project and the name, The Gathering, is fabulous. ❤

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you so glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@dianecooke2885]

wonderful new journey to travel with you Kathryn. Im off down the rabbit hole xxx

[@mariannavacratsa3451]

Another amazing project ❤

[@cynthiahamblin-perry5880]

So glad I found your channel. Enjoying all of it - your lovely home, your walks and the crafts/projects. I need this right now. I am a big gardener and winter has arrived here so looking for pleasant distractions and ideas for projects. I am in US and things are very hard here right now so this will be a creative and relaxing place for me to be now. Thank you for sharing.

[@EllenWalters-eo8xb]

How lovely to feel I’m part of a gathering of people of like minds. This is all so exciting; doing things along with you, Kathryn, that’s SO far out of my wheelhouse to now! My sewing was so conventional and predictable and you have opened my eyes to lots of wonderful creative ideas. There’s so much out there still to discover and learn and grow - even at 67 times around the sun! Thanks for that ❤

[@k3n.clothtales]

My pleasure Ellen, lovely to have you in the Gathering ❤️

[@EllenWalters-eo8xb]

@@k3n.clothtales 🤗

[@WendyAnneLewis-1058]

I'm ridiculously excited about this, Kathryn. I'm off now to gather ...

[@k3n.clothtales]

Happy gathering, I love that you are excited 😁❤️

[@RebeccaAinsworth-o9h]

A fabulous start, thank you. 😊

[@k3n.clothtales]

You’re welcome 😊

[@helenjazz1301]

The pace at which you teach is so inspiring. I can’t wait to start ‘gathering’ x

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you 😊

[@barbibarnum]

You mentioned something about not getting overwhelmed. It was a lightbulb for me. I pull everything in and have too too much. I was thinking I was giving myself options when actually what I was doing was overwhelming myself. I think I need to change.

[@k3n.clothtales]

I find I am more creative with less stuff on hand. So I start with a selection of more than enough but not loads, then edit and often edit again as I go along. I hope you can find a way that works for you ♥️

[@dailydoseofpaper]

So we are burying stuff in the woods again are we?? Okidoki, i’m with you😃 Putting together the pages (and seeing others do that) is one of my favorite parts of the process in journal making. We are off to a lovely start! Have a good weekend Kathryn!🥰❤️🍀💖

[@k3n.clothtales]

Yes we are, well, hiding stuff under rocks 😁 when I tried to dig, there were too many roots and I didn't want to hurt the tree. Hope you have a lovely weekend too ♥️

[@MoonandSixpence]

Fun new series Kathryn. Looking forward to how this builds up. What an amazing stash you have gathered of various very, very you papers/cloths. Delightful time this morning across the Pond watching this develop 😊

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you Tracy, I am planning on watching your latest video this evening while doing some knitting 😁❤️

[@jayneelinor]

So fun you are doing a journal as this is what I primarily am doing at this stage in my ever evolving creative journey! Lovely papers and cloth!

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you ❤️

[@lisazilaro6906]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and inspiration for your journey into this book. 🧵🪡♥️📖

[@k3n.clothtales]

My pleasure 😊

[@ReallyJillRogoff]

How I enjoy watching and listening to your process. I enjoy the sheer beauty of the elements that you're putting together. I may well try a journal of my own in the New Year, when I've finished the year-long project. ❤

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you Jill ♥️

[@rozdragun3015]

" Be a magpie!!!"❤❤❤

[@k3n.clothtales]

Yes! 😁♥️

[@lisbethdegn-dragenkunst]

Looks like it’s going to be a great journal. I burned some fabric in my garden last week and hopefully I can find it again and not like 2 years ago, this fabric I never found again 😢

[@k3n.clothtales]

I lose some, especially if I leave them on the beach. It's a good lesson in letting go 🤗

[@marians2146]

Wonderful and very inspiring. I did a lot of eco printing , taught by you and was delighted with the results. But it ended there. I had no idea what to do with it all! I am now following your new videos with huge interest. Thank you so much. Have a lovely weekend 💕

[@k3n.clothtales]

My pleasure, I hope you will be inspired to have a go. Way back when I first started ecoprinting on paper, making journals seemed a lovely way to combine paper and cloth ♥️

[@LorrieKurth-gi9ow]

Thank you for this extra project. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this process and having been a "magpie" for at least 60 of my 68 years I am looking forward to my own slow gathering and journal making joy. Thank goodness I am now retired as I really do not have time to squeeze work in any more 😂

[@k3n.clothtales]

Happy, happy days 😁❤️

[@startipper3767]

Katherine at the 44:44 time stamp of the ledger paper with the name Bales, that is my maiden name ! ! I so rarely EVER see it or hear the name used ! ! Now you have it in your journal, very special ! ! ((hugs))

[@pamfrank3962]

Interesting morning 🌄 Thank you for taking us along on your journey ❤

[@k3n.clothtales]

My pleasure Pam ♥️

[@daffodilangel8724]

Fabulous, thank you Kathryn. Waving from 🐨🇦🇺👍❤️ Jx

[@k3n.clothtales]

Waving back and thank you ♥️

[@PatLightbody-em7go]

this sounds very exciting to me ...😍😁

[@christinawatson6048]

Thoroughly enjoyed your video Kathryn, and looking forward to making a journal with my eco printed cloth & papers. You have certainly got my creative juices going.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Wonderful!❤️

[@debzehr3244]

Thank you for sharing your process with us. 🥰. I thoroughly enjoy making my journals and journaling. Using vintage book covers is my favorite. And now I’ll name it: slow journaling. 💖💖💖

[@damienk5011]

Hiya K3n 🌞, l was burying my own little bundle at the foot of an ornamental 🍁 maple tree in my garden,when my new neighbour asked me what l was doing!:- so l explained about your channel, and, long story short, there's now another one beside it and she left me a note saying she's subscribed to your channel😊! Vicky sounds like a good friend!Best wishes to you and all! Julia, Brisbane, Australia 🙏 ❤ 🇦🇺 😀 🪃

[@k3n.clothtales]

Oh how lovely Julia and thank you so much for introducing her to me ❤️

[@susanlamb7431]

Thank you Katherine what a lovely surprise! Those dyed pieces are just so interesting to look at and the patterns of the collection are fascinating.I’m intrigued to see what you do with them . I enjoy organising stuff when feeling well …otherwise I feel totally overwhelmed by my curious objects but that’s all part of the process and sense of achievement.🙃

[@k3n.clothtales]

My pleasure Susan I am so pleased you enjoyed it 😊

[@cathyanderson622]

When I saw you starting to make this journal and that it was going to be on for a while, I was so thrilled. This was where I started my journey with you as I was already experimenting in making journals for my own personal use. When I saw your u tube last year making the slow stitched sewing journal I was hooked and so decided then to join the group. So glad that I did and have learned so much. I love the combination of cloth and paper.🌻🌻🌻cheers Cathy

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you Cathy, I am so pleased you are excited for the journal ❤️

[@alexandraalmeida3661]

When I first started following you on Instagram, you were making your amazing art journals (and then you would do a flip through on KZbin), so it’s very, very nice to see you doing this again. The pages look beautiful and I really enjoy videos like this one. Have a wonderful weekend and big hugs to Stella and Fredfred ❤️💙🤎💚🩷💛🩶🧡💜🩵♥️😘🤗

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you Alexandra, I never stopped journaling, I just couldn't find the time or space here to share until now. I am so pleased you like my journals, thank you so much for your kind words ❤️

[@alexandraalmeida3661]

@ I imagined you were still art journaling. I’m so happy you’re sharing that too now. I always love your videos, all of them, even if I don’t follow all the prompts. There’s always something I learn, something that inspires me and, of course, your company while I stitch ❤️😘🤗

[@k3n.clothtales]

It's lovely to have your company Alexandra and I so appreciate you being here ❤️

[@kelliecorum5427]

❤ TFS

[@helenbrown2001]

I love your papers and fabric, looking forward to having a go myself. I’ve made a few journals, but never one like this . I did make a perpetual garden journal for sketching and painting different plants (which I’m not doing much in), but I love the idea of using papers like yours. A perfect jumping off point instead of being faced with a blank page. 😳 Thank you, I love your videos. X

[@k3n.clothtales]

My pleasure Helen. Another advantage of journaling in this way is that there is no pressure to work in the 'finished' journal because you work in it while making it. I hear many people say they make journals then don't use them and that makes them feel guilty. This way, once it's bound it's already a beautiful book so if you don't feel inspired to work further in it, you don't have to. ❤️

[@margaretmcgregor5686]

That's a brilliant video Kathryn 🎉 and I had forgotten it was coming so I am a very happy bunny! I love the stream of consciousness way of teaching that you employ - it makes it so accessible! Even I can be ready to continue in 2 weeks!!😅 I did laugh at Stella wanting to dig up your bundle 😂 that's exactly what Oscar did with mine back in whenever it was - months ago - the one with the words stitched in - if it comes back to you etc. So I have kept it to replant on the winter solstice and I will properly bury it this time! Ps Oscar is finding your voice very relaxing so evening is going to be my best time to watch you. 🎉 and it's a welcome change from the period dramas on bbc iplayer that I confess to have overdosed on since I found them 😅 big love as always from Margaret and Oscar - off to finish watching Wednesday's video - where I was going until I saw this was up. ❤

[@k3n.clothtales]

When we went walking today, Stella went straight to it. 😂 It's now safely under a big stone. Hugs to you and Oscar ♥️♥️

[@birgitbonde6677]

Love it🍁

[@LindaSmith-fr3yh]

Thanks!

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@SacredSoulArt]

Dear K3N I really thank you for all your wonderful videos, tutorials and parklife videos. I’m so happy I found your channel. My dad passed away 3 months ago and I’ve taken slow stitching up since then as a way to help me deal with the grief. I really love all the wonderful things you make and I sit and make them with you. You have inspired me sooooooo much! I can’t stop tea dyeing fabrics and thread! It’s my new obsession (I just don’t tell my husband that I’m using all his Yorkshire teabags!😂) thank you, and sending you lots of gratitude and love xx

[@k3n.clothtales]

I am so sorry for the loss of your Dad. I lost mine 5 years ago. I hope your stitching brings you comfort. I made a quilt using my Dad's shirts and hankies, about a year after he died. I call it the Crumbs of Comfort Cloth. It's very precious to me. And Yorkshire teabags are the best, for drinking and for dyeing with 😁❤️

[@SacredSoulArt]

@ thank you so much 💕sorry to hear that too. aww how beautiful! I bet it is very precious ❤️ You inspired me to collect my dad’s shirts too. I have made a couple of cushions so far with them (kept one to wear 😊) and I am going to make a meditation scroll with his shirts too. I still have a few to cut up but can’t quite do that yet. 😢. But I will certainly make use of them. I have never made a quilt ( currently doing English paper piecing- inspired by you which I hope to eventually make into my first quilt). If it’s something I can do then I may save the rest of my dad’s shirts to make something similar. Thank you xx

[@k3n.clothtales]

It took me a long time to bring myself to cut into a shirt. I started with the hankies but that was hard enough. You will know when the time is right and you are ready. FYI next year's weekly project will give you the opportunity to make a quilt if you want to. My wonky make it up as we go along way, no rules, no stress. ❤️

[@SacredSoulArt]

@ thank you for the reassurance and taking time to reply to me. Ooh lovely! I havent a clue where to start so that will be amazing. 🤩 cant wait! Thank you

[@LuciaVandenbergh]

What a lovely project,I have never done this before but I am going trry it🧡

[@k3n.clothtales]

Wonderful! ❤️

[@christinenewell2679]

I loved watching all this, beginnings of new pages, thoughts for the middle pages and the mystery of the ending pages. As you said, “it’s a process” …….. I have to be patient and I certainly will. This is a nice journey to be on with you…….. there’s one thing I can’t quite understand and that is, ‘why did you bury the bundle in the woods? Was it simply to see what colours would be stained into the fabric? Or, was it a woodland mystery’thing’? I’m certainly looking forward to the making of this journal.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you. The cloth burying is something I have been doing for years. It's part ritual, part slow ecoprinting. I will talk more about it as we go along. It is also an exercise in letting go. ❤️

[@madebylora]

I really enjoyed this. It is interesting to hear the thought process that gets you to a place of what looks and feels right. I make a lot of books but mostly I end up making “clean” books haha. Even when I try to make more grungy books using tea dyed paper or inked edges etc, the actual pages themselves tend to be mostly blank. I’d love to “let go” and do something that ends up looking less controlled, even though more thought goes into choosing and balancing the colours, textures, sizes etc. Looking forward to the next one!

[@k3n.clothtales]

I am so glad you enjoyed it. I started making 'blank' journals to house little daily stitched pieces then evolved to incorporating cloth and stitching into the substance of the book too. ♥️

[@rachelbishop8556]

I love this project. I would like to try this. I listen to you as i hand quilt.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Wonderful, it's a lovely process, I hope you will give it a try ♥️

[@marians2146]

Thanks

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you so much ♥️

[@lisaduncan-purcell1450]

Between 13-14 minutes mark, the tiny metal object that you couldn't identify is a key to an old sardine can. They used to attach them to the can and that's how you opened it.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Oh thank you, that's good to know ❤️

[@jennywren2395]

Oh, of course, I knew I should know what it is.

[@HeatherBarnett-b3x]

I'm here giggling about the sardine opener! I bought a tin last week and as I was trying to open the tin with the ring pull, I was thinking of my dear old dad opening his sardines with the little 'key'. I wonder how many millions went into landfill over the years and now they are precious little rare objects that we all wish we'd kept..... Thoroughly enjoying every video. Thanks Kathryn ❤🦘

[@k3n.clothtales]

My pleasure Heather, yes imagine all those little keys. My Dad liked pilchards and they also came in tins with a little key. He kept a spare one in the kitchen drawer in case a tin was missing its key. How I wish I had his spare key. ❤️

[@AlisonGreenValleyCrone]

Oh dear. I’m meant to be reducing, winnowing and packing away my various collections, then you say, ‘’be a magpie” 😂 What’s a girl to do?! I shall just have to watch and live vicariously as you journal, knowing that once I finally move and can unpack I’ll be able to indulge myself in an orgy of creating.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Be a magpie but only of tiny, precious, discarded treasures 😁 ♥️

[@juliemarie1116]

Hello to you* is theis a new channel? I have the large picture behind you, the boy in red. Dont know what the name but i buyed it at an opt shop. I have been making needle books for my daughter and her daughter. I watch you as you sewed several stitches and included them in their books. I having fun making them. I feel at home and cozy as i watch and listen to you. Very Calming you are *** LOVE from IDAHO U.S.A, Julie

[@k3n.clothtales]

Hello Julie my channel has been going for about a year, I also have lots of stitching videos that you might enjoy. I got my red boy at a flea market years ago, it's needle point. The original painting was done by Thomas Lawrence in the 19th century, it's of a boy called Charles Lambton and is known as 'the Red Boy'. Lovely that you have one too. Hugs ♥️

[@aoreliasamantha5339]

You could have let Stella dig (-> a hole for you) 😂🥰

[@k3n.clothtales]

😂 should have thought of that 😜

[@aoreliasamantha5339]

@@k3n.clothtales it just came to me watching your videocut and voiceover seeing that bent spoon and then her digging 😂

[@sharonkantzer4302]

Why the burying?

[@k3n.clothtales]

It's part ritual part slow ecoprinting, I will talk more about it next time ❤️