Weekly Slowstitch 2024 - Week Six

[@ocean.almajeda]

Tricksy little clothses!

[@k3n.clothtales]

😁❤️

[@paninhosquentes-patchwork763]

It's fascinating to watch your train of thought and see these tiny works of art taking shape. Thank you for the inspiration.

[@k3n.clothtales]

My pleasure ❤️

[@sherryzimmerman9220]

Fascinated with the TRICKSY fabric inclusion…..aka known as “ Listen to the Fabric”…..Fun Fun Fun

[@healgrowlovecommunity8397]

I'm listening to the sound of rules breaking... "Use fabrics of the same weight" - no. "Iron seams open" - no. And the result is that I am now less intimidated by cloth and feeling a wonderful freedom. Your piece is lovely and that brown, translucent silk is mouthwatering. Thank you for teaching us so much and so well Kathryn. I have learned so much from you in such a short time. Mary x

[@k3n.clothtales]

The sound of rules breaking is music to my ears 😁❤️

[@darkallegiance666]

I’m coming to the belief that it was all the rules that made me think that I hated sewing. I think that you are right & it was intimidating, because I’m really enjoying this more free & creative type of sewing by Kathryn. I was just surprised (shocked!😂) to see what I was taught as hemming stitch (& hemmed quite a number of clothes using) used by Marion as a decorative stitch & also called “herring bone stitch”!

[@carolinsocal5139]

Hello K3n, I sincerely hope you get a chuckle from this comment. About 2 months ago your video's began showing up in my feed. At first I didn't click on any because your picture was so pretty, your posture so perfect: I perceived you as a perfectionist and that's not me. But when I finally did click and learned you had dreadlock beads and are a reformed perfect quilter, I was all in! My cover for this project is nearly done, my paper dyed and I have the first two prompts done. Will post on Instagram soon. And no more lamenting oldness. I'm 76 boo but live in a little Southern Calif beach town yea.

[@k3n.clothtales]

😂 maybe I will take a new photo with bedhead and in my ratty gardening clothes 😉

[@IsobelBews]

I am 74 living in Mallorca now with tricksy hands. I have a mantra Go with the flow and keep the heart central.

[@k3n.clothtales]

@@IsobelBews perfect mantra 🙏❤️

[@gillyanderson2494]

Tricksy is a favourite word in this household, a family of Tolkien lovers! Thank you again for inspiring me to sew by hand again. X

[@SandraPujari-Harrian]

I only do intuitive these days. I’m 68 and can’t be bothered with rules anymore! Just let it flow! Thank you K3n. Enjoy you.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Love that!

[@knuffelcavia]

It is so nice to start the week with you!! You make beautiful things and I really like your Voice. I’m even more pleased hearing you talk about Gollum and The Lord of the Rings. One of my favorite books! You are the whole package, aren’t you!!!❤

[@k3n.clothtales]

😁❤️❤️❤️

[@AlisonGreenValleyCrone]

Oh mine too

[@katethompson2818]

Same with me, on all counts, @knuffelcavia and k3n!

[@adrianavelasquez7431]

You have put in words my feelings! Thank you … and K3n I appreciate what you do very much❣️❣️❣️

[@Sa_Stafford]

After years of following patterns for knitting and sewing, I’m really embracing an intuitive approach. So freeing, and actually it’s teaching me a lot more than a pattern ever could ❤ Thank you 🙏

[@helenmali]

Wonderful video once again - thank you. I also find that I am not a 'planner' but prefer to see how my stitching evolves. I call it 'organic' 🙂😉

[@lightbulbnirvana]

Hello K3!!!! Another wonderful post. Let's call it the Gollum addition! Keep them coming. So happy there's so many more of these additions coming for a whole rest of the year! Fabulous just fabulous!

[@k3n.clothtales]

Will do and thank you 😁❤️😁

[@pamfrank3962]

Interesting session. I enjoyed as well. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and talent ❤

[@IsobelBews]

Love your flowy stitching. Lots of practice, the right needle and thread. I am chasing needles now.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Hope you catch some 😁❤️

[@theresasuttle711]

I’m busy today and tomorrow so will be Wednesday before I can get to this! I’m itching to dig into my cloths and listen!

[@ReallyJillRogoff]

Well, I didn't find my mojo for an entire week (curtain emergency); but while I was watching your Week 7 video, I gathered my tiny collection of tricksy fabrics around me... and by the end of the day, had made something I rather like. Go figure, as my American friends would say. 😊

[@k3n.clothtales]

Pleased you found your mojo and I am curious (nosy?) about your curtain emergency... 🤔🤣❤️

[@ReallyJillRogoff]

LOL! Sun-damaged fabrics falling apart. Some patching helped, but need to make a new pair by hand as my (borrowed) machine has long been on the blink.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Wow curtains by hand is a huge undertaking, kudos 💪💪❤️

[@cathybrelza5055]

Thank you for Kathryn for another week of inspiration, I’m already at my table listening to the cloth. Have a great week

[@k3n.clothtales]

Yes! I hope it is speaking kindly to you ❤️

[@jennifernesta4767]

…..and to think I now have an opinion about needles… This Tricksy Cloth project has shown me that needles differ an different needles matter.

[@sallyal5266]

I LOVE your Rice bag!! Its beautiful, even to how it's made and assembled, thanks for all your inspiration 😊❤

[@k3n.clothtales]

You are so welcome! ❤️

[@lovecraftwithme]

Bless, don’t worry about technological issues, it’s all part and parcel of working online. No judgement at all. I love tricksy too, massive LOTR fan too ❤thanks again for your videos. Love this stitch along ❤

[@k3n.clothtales]

Oh thank you so much 😊

[@monicasowards3360]

Another inspiring video and pleasant way to begin a new week. Thank you for this cloth tale!

[@kelleysecrest5245]

Love your little piece. The circle added last made this very special. I am enjoying your tutorials and chats. Thank you for sharing!

[@dennypondaview]

Love your rice bags ..its on my list .

[@nicolebeauchamp7622]

"Listen to the tricksy cloths" Thank you for this episode, this is exactly what I was going to ask you to talk about. Your work piece is beautiful. All the colours play so well together.

[@kimshrader743]

You know what we are? We are cloth whisperers! Another inspirational, lovely project. I can't tell you how excited I am going to sleep on Sunday night, knowing when I awaken, your video will be posted.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Yes we are! Or maybe 'cloth wranglers' with these tricksy ones.. 😂❤️

[@OrrellMcKenna-co9lb]

Love your work … your inspiration is fab. Thank you. Looking forward to many more.

[@cathiespalding2083]

Always look forward to Mondays to see what you have for us!

[@thepenclw]

Thank you Kathryn, this weeks project is making me think, will have to go through my fabrics thinking ,” Trixie cloth”.

[@406annie]

This was another lovely cloth tale, K3n! ❤❤❤ About 15 years ago, my quilt guild learned of the death of a local fabric artist. Her family invited everyone to go to her huge studio and take as much fabric as we could stuff into our vehicles. I was into Victorian crazy quilting as well as traditional piecing/quilting then, so I went home with enough fine fabrics to fill SIX large plastic totes! I still have most of that fabric and will happily root through it to find candidates for this week’s stitching. I am loving and appreciating my long journey of experimenting, discovery, and learning. Your videos often prompt memories of that journey. As I’ve said before, I deeply value the connections that sewing/quilting/stitching/mending gifts us to women past, present, and future! ❤

[@k3n.clothtales]

Hello Annie such lovely words, I also love the connections through cloth and thread that connect us to each other and to our fore-mothers ❤️

[@annrubino6252]

Especially love respecting the nature of the cloth. This sample is lovely. Brilliant, K3N !

[@brendaestes5555]

Thank you for the inspiration, I have many tricksy fabrics calling me, lol

[@annemcdonald5602]

I love this sample book! Thank you for sharing this delightful way to create and preserve small projects.

[@k3n.clothtales]

My pleasure. I have made a few and it's so lovely to look back through them when they are complete ❤️

[@ЗояСтародубцева-х8э]

Кетрин, огромное вам спасибо за то, что обучаете нас, многому у вас научилась. Привет из России!

[@lisastephens9703]

Learned much from your knowledge on fabrics...thx💜🇺🇸

[@AlisonGreenValleyCrone]

Your chat about pre-design and intuitive design reminded me of writing. I used to write a lot, went to a workshop, was taught to plan my story, and lost interest!! I already knew what was going to happen, so why bother writing?! I think that’s why this type of stitch work appeals so much. Thank you

[@ingeleonora-denouden6222]

I wrote a story. I did some planning in advance ... but finally the story did not follow the planning! And now it's a book.

[@FunkyLittlePoptart]

Hello, fellow pantser! You did an excellent job of summing up every writing workshop ever right there. I refuse to do more than a very rough outline for any story.

[@FunkyLittlePoptart]

Did you publish it? If so, where can we find it?@@ingeleonora-denouden6222

[@carolsparrow9331]

I am late to the party, have been watching for a week or so..making small projects,up to number 5 now. I am watching week six thinking Do I Have any Nice Tricksy cloth?? I'll go digging for cloth tomorrow. And yes my Mama did make my stick straight hair curl with rags overnight sweet memories! Thank you for these lovely videos!

[@k3n.clothtales]

Welcome, love the latecomers to parties, they are often the most fun 😁❤️

[@CarolKnoles-c5m]

Your videos are like meditation ❤

[@suebrown3194]

Nice to have a dedicated bag for your EPP supplies. I have always preferred working intuitively. 😊

[@michelledonnelly1305]

When you began I couldn't imagine how your would tie all those diverse cloths together. So it was amazing to see your beautiful end piece! Also, I know that because of your internet issues you need to edit but every time you do I wonder what gems I have missed! Thank you so much for sharing you with us.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you 😊 one day we will get super fast broadband then you can look forward to 3 hour long videos 😂

[@angiekay9020]

Thanks again for another wonderful video. I not only look forward to watching your videos but also excited about what we will be sewing next 😀 x

[@juliegolub2602]

Great instructions and thoughts about using different fabrics. That's what make slow stitching unique is you're not limited by using only one type of fabric. The whole fabric world is available to use. 😍

[@k3n.clothtales]

So true! 😉❤️

[@darcy2965]

Gosh I think you're terrific!

[@k3n.clothtales]

@@darcy2965 thank you Darcy ☺️❤️❤️❤️

[@jeanwhiley6571]

I know i have several bits of “tricksy” cloth, thank you for sharing this video, a joy to watch and start my week off

[@owlbestitching8839]

Beautiful / Thanks for sharing!

[@mixedthreadart]

Monday has become a weekly vacation from stitching with care. 🤫 I use knots.

[@darkallegiance666]

Very interesting points in this video, & a very enjoyable & experimental project for this week - thank you! 💐

[@TinekeGelder]

Again learned a lot and had fun. Thank you

[@janeemason5312]

Thank you yet again for sharing your thoughts and and ideas! No better way to spend a soggy wet Aberdeenshire afternoon than sitting and stitching along with you. With regards to planing…I think many creative folk feel once you have designed and planned something to it’s conclusion there is little point in giving birth to it, as it holds no surprise or secrets, and maybe we need the adventure into the unknown to fully express ourselves? ❤️

[@k3n.clothtales]

Exactly 😁❤️

[@ellyrombouts7799]

Thank you for your wonderfull video's. I'm so inspired for making more stichwork. With love, Elly (Breda, NL)

[@lesleysculthorpe2899]

I am loving this whole project and I am just about keeping up. Thank you.

[@alicestoltz429]

Rag curls...I remember, but fought so hard as a child, my mom kept my hair pixie short!

[@k3n.clothtales]

I was the opposite, Mum wanted it short because it was always in a tangle but I insisted on having it long. I always begged for ringlets and forget every time how uncomfortable rags were to sleep in. In my teens I was a huge Kate Bush fan (still am) and used to sleep in a gazillion little plaits so when I took them out in the morning, my hair looked like Kate's. Mum used to moan about finding the little bits of cotton thread that I used to tie them with all over my room. 😂

[@bmnegus3772]

One of my girls had wavy curly hair and could be seen ironing it (!) staight, whereas the other one had hair straight as a die, all done up in rags! All.my fault of course for passing on the wrong genes... A mother'place is in the wrong and I know my place.

[@bonnadowns524]

Thank you for sharing your video with us🙏💝

[@venice93]

well I watched 'tricksy cloth' after I finished 'choices' and sewed along - no-one would believe that slow stitching could be soooo mind blowing haha......I loved it though (sort of) and now for a week of meditative scroll stitching.....

[@k3n.clothtales]

I am glad you are enjoying it, happy scroll stitching ♥️

[@lucillecash3046]

❤ this looks like fun. I’ve got a fair few bits of tricksy cloth. ❤

[@alison64able]

I LOVE your rice bag

[@margueritemitchell1829]

Hello from Beautiful British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦 Intriguing 🎉

[@beejayoung1546]

This is so enjoyable. TFS

[@amyreesor8128]

I know you are trying to keep some of your videos shorter but the cuts are so jarring. I so love the relaxing and smoothness of your voice.

[@k3n.clothtales]

I am sorry, trying to get better at editing, or better still, getting the timing right so I don't have to cut. Not very tech savvy so it's a learning curve 😔❤️

[@leonasdesigns]

Love it! It will be another interesting experience for me to try. Thank you for your inspiring videos.

[@PatLightbody-em7go]

Digging the rice bag.....😊

[@heathertroynak9041]

This one is going to ask me to listen to not only the cloth in the assemblage that wants to be created but also my to my very small stash on the whole; How can one use what I’ve been using in new ways with new understanding after watching this video. I’m going to challenge myself to only use what I have and let the new thing be my perspective and previous experience 🙏🏼🌸 thank you so much for an awesome Monday morning wake up.

[@k3n.clothtales]

My pleasure Heather, hope you enjoy ❤️

[@robinlynn539]

Time to plunge into the stash for bits of silk, taffeta, jacquard, moire, organza, velveteen ... But there will be a bit of planning along the way ... thank you for another stitching adventure and reason to be thoroughly occupied in process, Kathryn!

[@KC-ku9dq]

It's so interesting how we all approach fabric. For instance, I love thicker cloth and I love silk for hand sewing. I dislike knit or t-shirt type fabrics. I like to wear them, but I don't like to hand sew with them. Natalie Chanin (from Alabama Chanin) changed my mind on cotton jersey. But, it's still not my favorite.🥲I know what I will be sewing with this weekend.😅Really enjoyed getting to see your thought process on this project, thank you.

[@k3n.clothtales]

My pleasure, yes favourite cloth is such a personal thing ❤️

[@neilstephen6761]

Thank you for the video Happy stitching

[@k3n.clothtales]

You’re welcome 😊

[@SusanMJB45]

Very informative and helpful. Thank you Kathryn. Love it. I must go rummage through my stash 🙂 ETA: I love that translucent/sheer fabric. I know that I don't have anything like that in my stash because I would not have saved or bought it...... foolishly thinking that it was unusable. silly me.... Now I will be keeping an eye out for something similar in the thrift shops !!!!!

[@k3n.clothtales]

Happy rummaging ❤️

[@Angela-en6oh]

Really enjoyed this video. Thank you. 58:45

[@vindeljay]

I really liked that one, thanks.

[@jeannestauffer682]

Your works are just amazingly beautiful!!!😊😊😊❤

[@gwynhigginson4871]

Hello froom Leek staffordshire home of Thomas Wardle dyer of tussah silk and friend and dyer for william morris using natural dyes..mirrus printed his material with blick prints in leek then❤

[@k3n.clothtales]

Hello lovely to hear from you. I am a huge fan of Morris , didn't know about Wardle though so I will look him up. Thank you ❤️

[@alexandraalmeida3661]

Hi, Kathryn! As always, it was so nice to watch your video. I tend to use “tricksy” fabrics because I don’t have many options. Either I buy them new (which I try not to) or a buy them in the only charity shop that exists where I live, and they don’t have many options… So sometimes I use clothes that I don’t wear anymore. The thing is that I only wear the kind that are a bit “stretchy”, because I like to feel really free in my clothes, and they’re a nightmare to stitch 😂, because they get all wonky. Fortunately I don’t mind wonky, but I can’t use it for precise things, such as pouches or bags, unless it’s just embellishment. I’m glad you liked your piece this time, because I liked it too, a lot😍. Confession: I don’t shout, because I’m usually in my balcony and my neighbours would think I am mad 😂 🩷🩵❤️💙🧡💜🤍💛💚🩶🤎

[@k3n.clothtales]

I will let you off the shouting, don't want you to frighten the neighbours 😂😂😂

[@alexandraalmeida3661]

@@k3n.clothtales 😂🤣😂🤣

[@rosywilson3076]

I absolutely love this, thanks!

[@ReallyJillRogoff]

Tricksy fabricses! Thank-you so much for the sensible advice, Kathryn. I'll get out the torn recycled saris-made-into-wraparound- skirts and transparent georgette tops that I like but thought I couldn't use, and get to work. Your new EPP rice pouch is exquisite.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you Jill, good luck with your tricksy cloths I am sure you can make them behave 😁❤️

[@mariannavacratsa3451]

❤❤❤ very interesting just love you and your voice 💐 have a good week...I have to.play catch up once back on the island

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you, you too ❤️

[@amyspanne5629]

At the start of the video I'm thinking, "Just tell us what we need and get on with it!" Then I find out I'm supposed to go dig around and find my own tricksy cloths and make my own collage! What? Be not follow directions? Well, the inner 6 year old showed up and I had a bit of fun with this nasty creature and what he's got in his pocketsies. Thanks!

[@k3n.clothtales]

😂 I am so pleased you stuck with it (me!) and had fun 😊

[@consideredwhisper]

Lovely.

[@lucy7b]

What a lovely use of silk. I’ve always pronounced viscose to rhyme with hose. I have a sheer silk scarf somewhere. 😂😂😂

[@k3n.clothtales]

I just looked up pronunciation and it's apparently pronounced like that both sides of the pond, so I have no idea why I say 'viscuss' 😂 maybe it's a northern England thing 🤔 or maybe I am just plain wrong 😂❤️

[@judymarkel8029]

I dont have a great deal of silks and sheer fabrics. ( if any) Let's see what I can come up with. Love how your piece came out

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you 😊 just choose the fabrics you don't want to choose. 😂 Even if you have only well behaved cotton, maybe just pattern or colour you don't like. 😉❤️

[@judymarkel8029]

Ok good thought

[@lindamarshall-ur9tk]

Thank you 😊

[@ingeleonora-denouden6222]

I'll go and see what 'tricksy' fabrics I have and what they want to become ...

[@k3n.clothtales]

Have fun 😊

[@cosmiccoyotedog-doreenb9605]

I smiled when you grabbed the piece to couch. I'm in the States, FYI, and find it's interesting that you call it 'cloth' when I use 'fabric'. I wonder if it's a location thing or not? Love your vid.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Re the cloth thing, most British people will say fabric or material is more old fashioned. Years ago when I was teaching I had a gentleman in my classes who was a retired tailor and he called it cloth, I acquired the habit from him because I found it such a lovely, gentle word that seems to represent the thing it describes. ♥️

[@ruthsimmons9709]

Do you have any videos showing your different methods of dying fabric? I love the colour of the iris bulb

[@k3n.clothtales]

Not yet, apart from tea and rust, there is a two part tutorial. I will be sharing a video using onion skins soon and there will be more videos of natural dyeing and ecoprinting later in the year. ❤️

[@debzehr3244]

I will enjoy sampling my tricksy cloths. 😊. I have MANY well behaved quilters cottons that I have hot water/soap washed and they have softened but I would like them to seem more worn/softer. Any suggestions? Anyone? 💖💖💖

[@k3n.clothtales]

You could put them outside for a while, I often do that with really 'new feeling ' cloth. Peg it up somewhere or weigh it down on a surface with rocks. Let the sun and rain get to it for a bit. 😊

[@debzehr3244]

Thank you so much. Some pieces going outside tomorrow. 💖

[@jacquielawrence5670]

Ooh, I was brave this morning and "ripped" a.wof from a piece of quilting cotton. Never again, I ruined the edge of it. I was practicing the twisted twine . Thank you for that video

[@erinneil5480]

Prospero says to Ariel “my tricksy spirit”.

[@k3n.clothtales]

I wonder if that's where Tolkien got it from 🤔❤️

[@lucy7b]

❤❤❤

[@joystone6460]

Your bag is really cute. Think they are called rice bags?

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you yes they are ❤

[@CarolynHeldon-fl3to]

Tricksy cloths… I have some random ones given to me today. Fluorescent orange Lycra is amongst them. Let’s see if it makes it into my piece this week.

[@k3n.clothtales]

Fluorescent orange lycra is very tricksy, good luck! Though I am sure you won't need it 😉

[@samanthakhosla9504]

Hi, Katherine. I notice that you do not use pinking shears. Is that because you like frayed edges, or is there some other reason?

[@k3n.clothtales]

Hello, yes I do like fraying and also I am not a fan of the even zig zag look left by pinking shears. If I have scraps of cloth that have been pinked, I cut the edge off. 😁 Unless it will be hidden in a seam. 😉❤️

[@samanthakhosla9504]

Thanks!@@k3n.clothtales

[@helenjackson6503]

Where do you get your shaped lollipop sticks please

[@k3n.clothtales]

They all came out of lollies, I don't buy them new. 😉 Saved over the years from various kinds, Magnum type lollies mostly ( probably supermarket own brand). I have loads, the kids used to love them and were taught young to wash and save the sticks. ❤️

[@janet7640]

Dearest Kathryn, like jazz, the improvisation, remaining alert to the possibilities the work as it evolves. The translucent Japanese silk evoked Bill Evans for me. Remembering the Rain kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2mxlWxriq6apbs xo

[@k3n.clothtales]

Thank you I will have a listen 😊