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Kat Has Too Many Hobbies
United Kingdom
Приєднався 2 лис 2011
It's never too late to learn something new. These are words I try to live by!
This world is a beautiful, bountiful buffet of different activities, experiences, and interactions. And I want to sample as much of it as I can.
Welcome to my channel, where I dedicate myself to and delight in life-long learning and happy hobby hopping.
This world is a beautiful, bountiful buffet of different activities, experiences, and interactions. And I want to sample as much of it as I can.
Welcome to my channel, where I dedicate myself to and delight in life-long learning and happy hobby hopping.
Kat makes the TLC caftan
In this video, I make a caftan out of a lightweight cotton poplin. It's a fun and fairly easy pattern that I enjoyed putting together.
Since I made it, I've been on holiday and can confirm that it is a great beach/poolside cover up!
RESOURCES
TLC Caftan by Decades of Style www.decadesofstyle.com/products/no-107-tlc-caftan
Large Roses Cotton Poplin by Pound Fabrics poundfabrics.co.uk/products/large-roses-cotton-poplin-fabric?variant=40599934107671
MUSIC
Sunday Stroll by Huma Huma
The Gentleman by DivKid
FONT
Timeburner by Nimatype nimatype.com
GRAPHICS
Inkscape inkscape.org
CAMERA
Fairphone 3 www.fairphone.com/en/
Apexcam 4K Action Camera
EDITING
OpenShot www.openshot.org/
Since I made it, I've been on holiday and can confirm that it is a great beach/poolside cover up!
RESOURCES
TLC Caftan by Decades of Style www.decadesofstyle.com/products/no-107-tlc-caftan
Large Roses Cotton Poplin by Pound Fabrics poundfabrics.co.uk/products/large-roses-cotton-poplin-fabric?variant=40599934107671
MUSIC
Sunday Stroll by Huma Huma
The Gentleman by DivKid
FONT
Timeburner by Nimatype nimatype.com
GRAPHICS
Inkscape inkscape.org
CAMERA
Fairphone 3 www.fairphone.com/en/
Apexcam 4K Action Camera
EDITING
OpenShot www.openshot.org/
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Відео
Kat makes a skirt into a hat
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...and sews through her fingertip. I turn a much beloved skirt into a soon-to-be-beloved hat. Featuring fit errors, shocking injury and bonus cat. MUSIC Chocolate Cookie Jam - An Jone FONT Timeburner by Nimatype nimatype.com GRAPHICS Inkscape inkscape.org CAMERA Fairphone 3 www.fairphone.com/en/ EDITING OpenShot www.openshot.org/
Kat makes a top at top speed
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I'm obsessed with the Great British Sewing Bee, but dumbfounded by their time constraints! Pattern challenge in 4 hours? It takes me two hours to get stuff cut out. But perhaps I'm just faffing about unnecessarily. Maybe if I gave myself that deadline, I'd surprise myself. I chose to make an easy version of the top from this Closet Historian video: ua-cam.com/video/6swWlZ-hlfU/v-deo.html It's a...
Kat makes a flannel skirt
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I sew a midi skirt with hankerchief hemline out of warm and snuggly flannel for winter. Then don't get around to posting the video until summer. Enjoy this unseasonable garb! MUSIC Timeless by Slenderbeats FONT Timeburner by Nimatype nimatype.com GRAPHICS Inkscape inkscape.org CAMERA Fairphone 3 www.fairphone.com/en/ Apexcam 4K Action Camera EDITING OpenShot www.openshot.org/
Kat goes to her first archery competition
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I go to my first archery competition: the Hertfordshire County Indoor shoot. It was a fun day out and good to go to a competition when I was under no pressure to do well. MUSIC Chocolate Cookie Jam - An Jone FONT Timeburner by Nimatype nimatype.com GRAPHICS Inkscape inkscape.org CAMERA Fairphone 3 www.fairphone.com/en/ Apexcam 4K Action Camera EDITING OpenShot www.openshot.org/
Kat refactors her wardrobe - part four - statistics
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I categorise all of the clothes in my wardrobe by colour, formality, fibre, source, and place of origin. This results in some pretty pie charts and some interesting conclusions. Audio is slightly out of sync in some parts, but gets better later on. FONT Timeburner by Nimatype nimatype.com GRAPHICS Inkscape inkscape.org FILMING OBS Studio obsproject.com/ EDITING OpenShot www.openshot.org/
Kat learns to make arrows
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In this step on my journey of learning archery, I make up my own set of arrows - with mixed success. PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY ALERT! Between 26:30 and 27:00 the editor introduced a bunch of flashing into the sped up footage. No idea why. :( Please look away or skip this section. Safe to look when I start talking again. EQUIPMENT Merlin Archery www.merlinarchery.co.uk/ MUSIC Bad Ideas Distressed ...
21 January 2023 - Cambridge Botanic Gardens
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It's great to be out and about again: meeting with folks and drawing from life. I'd let the habit slip a bit during the cold weather. But today, despite subzero (C, not F) temperatures, I braved the perilous journey to Cambridge to sit snug in the warmth of the Botanic Garden's tropical greenhouse. COMPANY Drawn to Nature www.meetup.com/drawn-to-nature/ ENVIRONS Cambridge Botanic Gardens www.bo...
Kat gives a dressing room tour
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I give a tour of my dressing room and spend a short interlude dressing my window in vinyl. I'm exhausted from an hour long yoga session and can't be bothered to write a longer description. MUSIC Greaser by TrackTribe FONT Timeburner by Nimatype nimatype.com GRAPHICS Inkscape inkscape.org CAMERA Fairphone 3 www.fairphone.com/en/ EDITING OpenShot www.openshot.org/
Kat quits her smartphone
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Is it possible to go through life without a smartphone nowadays? More importantly, why would I even want to? FONT Timeburner by Nimatype nimatype.com GRAPHICS Inkscape inkscape.org CAMERA Fairphone 3 www.fairphone.com/en/ EDITING OpenShot www.openshot.org/
Kat sews some clothes
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Today, I show off some of the garments that I made during my recent return to the sewing machine. 1: Sleeveless top. True Bias Nikko Top. Grey polyester stretch fabric (stash). 2: Dark green culottes. Fibre Mood Bea Culotte. Forest green cotton corduroy (deadstock). 3: Burnt orange culottes. Fibre Mood Bea Culotte. Burnt orange viscose twill (stash). 4: Faux wrap skirt. Simplicity S9238. Teal c...
Kat makes cutoff jeans
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I talk about how I used a charity shop skirt to enmbellish a pair of cutoff jeans. Unfortunately, I don't have footage of doing the actual job :( FONT Timeburner by Nimatype nimatype.com GRAPHICS Inkscape inkscape.org CAMERA Fairphone 3 www.fairphone.com/en/ Apexcam 4K Action Camera EDITING OpenShot www.openshot.org/
Kat makes flared jeans
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I talk about how I used a pair of charity shop trousers to turn a pair of jeans into flares. And with enough of the original pair of trousers left to have a pair of shorts. Unfortunately, I don;t have footage of doing the actual job, but the process is as listed below: 1. Mark the knee of the jeans. 2. Measure from the hem to the mark. 3. Rip the seam stitches from the hem to the mark on inner ...
Kat refactors her wardrobe - part three - refill
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In this video, the third in my series about refactoring my wardrobe, I talk about he various ways I intend to fill in the gaps left by my declutter. These are, in priority order: 1. Mend 2. Refashion 3. Remake 4. Make 5. Buy secondhand 6. Buy new And my rules for buying: 1. Must fill a predefined gap in my wardrobe or be replacing an outgoing object. 2. Must be a natural fibre 3. If possible, b...
Kat refactors her wardrobe - part two - divest
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In this second video of a series on refactoring my wardrobe, I talk about the ways I'm getting the clothes that no longer serve me out of my house. 1. Recycling collection 2. Charity shops 3. Sell on Vinted MUSIC On My Way Home (Sting) - The 126ers. FONT Timeburner by Nimatype nimatype.com GRAPHICS Inkscape inkscape.org CAMERA Fairphone 3 www.fairphone.com/en/ Apexcam 4K Action Camera EDITING O...
Kat refactors her wardrobe - part one - declutter
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Kat refactors her wardrobe - part one - declutter
26 June 2022 - Brooks outside Barrington - Gouache
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26 June 2022 - Brooks outside Barrington - Gouache
11 June 2022 - Sketching at Strawberry Fair
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11 June 2022 - Sketching at Strawberry Fair
5 June 2022 - Urban Sketching at Ely Eel Fayre
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5 June 2022 - Urban Sketching at Ely Eel Fayre
4 June 2022 - Casein at Longstowe Hall
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4 June 2022 - Casein at Longstowe Hall
Thank you for this video, its great, but you finish every sentence on an UP, so watching it really grated on me!!!!
@@jennyburden444 I'm interested to know why you thought this was something you had to tell me. Rather than just not watching!!!!
Thank you for this video. I purchased this pattern today at Stone Mountain and Daughter and can’t wait to get home and try it out.
Why not attach to the tripod board facing down, with your heavy objects and use the tale to hold sketchbook?
Thanks for the suggestion. However, I have tried this in the past, but the sketchbook I tend to use is too heavy and overwhelms the resistance of the hinges and tips backwards.
Nice job, Kat! Thank you for this video.
Hi just found you on my you tube feed 👋👋 Have to say that your you tube name is so funny 😂
Hobby overload. My blessing and my curse. x
*PromoSM* ✌️
Loved your channel name 🩷🩵
Suggest reversing the t nut board as the base and therefore holding the weight directly to the tripod. The hinges will hold the pressure of painting on the unsupported board. ( you’ll have to remove the magnets and install them on the t nut board. As well as drilling holes in the t nut board ). This method works very well.
Thanks for the suggestion. However, I have tried this in the past, but the sketchbook I tend to use is too heavy and overwhelms the resistance of the hinges and tips backwards.
I have majority cotton with sweats that have 5% spandex ...i saw a study on fibers and the different hazards that can be release it was very interesting, also a family friend unfortunately had a camp fire that flared up and he was wearing alot of polyester and ending upflaming going up from socks to shorts to shirt, thsnk goddess his son tackle him and did a drop and roll move on his dad, he has scars but hes alive with just light burns, after that i talk to fureman to ask about whats good clothes you can wear without being a walking torch he said cotton.i enjoyed your video it makes me happy to know theres other people who think about clothes and such( my family thinks im a odd duck)..
Goodness. Glad your friend is all right! I remember my whole family wearing shell suits in the 90s that were walking fire hazards. (Nylon, I think) Fortunately, none of us ignited. The closest we came was when my Nana was ironing for us and nearly melted one all away. I don't know why she thought a shell suit needed ironing, but then again she would iron everything, including socks, bless her.
Great job I did the same thing on my first builds using the Sothco tension hinges then I found “ELESA” hinges it is a absolute joy usking my palette now as I can tighten my hinges and holds my palette flat like it’s a solid board on my lap helping me to use my setup in many different uses.I’d suggest to look on the manufacturer website as do to so many miss leading manufacturers saying they are one brand and are not on Amazon just a FYI.
Hmm - maybe I'll have to give the ELESA hinges a try. The current ones are not standing the test of time, but I did buy the cheapest ones on Amazon.
Kat, come to Islam and success
Fantastic work Kat!! Really beautiful.
I really enjoyed this video the music fit the video perfect...was your yellow paintbrush holder handmade ? If you made it would it be possible if you could do a video of how you made it?... your painting turned out amazing...mikelle art mom🎨👩🎨✍
Thanks! I was really chuffed with how the picture turned out. The paintbrush holder is home made. I don't fully remember how I made it, but could have a good guess. I shall have a crack at making a video for that in the future.
As a Ukrainian i felt proud when you mentioned our Rosa (" gallery" line) company! 🇺🇦 . I graduated Kyiv s Academy of Arts as far long away as 1981🙈🙈, and i found that Rosa at the moment is the best substitution for the habitual St.Petersburg plant's production. I truly miss them now, living in Germany as a refugie...
They really are wonderful waercolours. Such great quality for a good price. I'm looking forward to trying other products from this awesome Ukrainian brand in future.
Olle, come to Islam and success
Interesting video we also have a strawberry festival in my area, thanks for video...its nice to see that different countries have the same festivals as mine we are connected as humans commonalities...👩🎨🎨✍
Thanks for watching and commenting. I do love how these festivals connect us to other humans around the world, but also how it connects us to the cycle of seasons. It's nice to highlight when certain crops come into season. Though I personally have not had great luck with my strawberries. The birds and slugs find them before I do. Raspberries on the other hand - I always get an enormous crop.
Pretty views interesting how you were volunteer to perform but that must have have been quite a experience....i mightve felt claustrophobia...lol well done on going with the flow...thanks for showing the sites you were painting..👩🎨🎨✍
Thanks for your comment. Ely is a lovely town with many pretty views. Once the weather is better, I hope to get back there and paint some more sites. Being part of the parade eel really was a once in a lifetime sort of thing. Right time and right place. My husband and I now use the phrase "eel energy" as our kind of short hand for saying yes to opportunities, even when they initially seem out of the comfort zone.
Enjoy watching your plein air paint,lovely peonies...👩🎨🎨✍
Hi i was wondering how your plein air board has held up im trying to get my husband to cut down a over sized clip board i used to have for my business ive watched your how to male a easel video about four times...thank you for making that video to help those of us that are on a limited budget....👩🎨🎨✍
Ah - in this video, I think I might be using my mark 2 sketch easel. The one I did a video on did end up being a little too thin to hang quite so much equipment off. I really should do a follow up video to compare the two. Something else for the to-do list! Did you end up making your clipboard easel?
Love your video. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Kat- What did you remove from the hinges? I didn’t understand what you were doing!
Hiya. On the side without the tightening/tension screw there's a low cross piece that connects the two higher ends where the hinge is screwed to the wood. This cross piece hit the end of the tightening/tension screw and stopped the hinge from closing 100% flat. I wanted to enable the easel to fold as flat and small as possible, so I removed the cross piece to make room for the hinge to shut so far that both planes are parallel. Doing so sacrificed some stability in the hinges. It's not a required step, but a choice I made to get the easel as slim as possible. In my mark 2 easel, which I didn't make a video about but can be seen in some of my plein air excursion videos, I skipped this step. So the mark 2 easel doesn't fold down as flat. But I just use the 'wasted' space in the gap to store sketchbooks when packing my plein air bag. Hope this helps explain what I did. For a more tutorial-style video about how to make this sort of easel, you can search 'james gurney easel' here on UA-cam. There are so many variants. I think the videos I watched for inspiration and found most useful were the ones by Jared Cullum and by James Gurney.
My brother and newphew are programers and it goes over my head but i can understand their passion as im a retired horticulturist im sure when i talk plants and soil their eyes getting same way but i do like knowledge so i do enjoy hearing people talk about their passion what feeds their soul, thank you for teaching me a little bit of this i can bring this up to my brother and feel like we have a communication topic...i wish i could be better at computers but i thinkk fundamentally im a earth mom more connected to ebb flow of nature but i realized we need so many people to make our world better and computers can help the environment and so we all have our place....thank you again for showing behind scenes how a developer? Designer's a idea to get it to a game interesting...mikelle art mom 👩🎨✍🎨
Thank you for video and bit of history, im with your struggle about the brown vegetation we finally received a huge two day slow moving rain storm and our ground needed it so bad...i cant wait for winter and snow...lol yes im a northern mom live near Canada and usa border not use to lack of rain or excessive heat like weve gotten in the last 10 yrs....i think i can sketch your area you showed us via video area in my sketch book from your video, thank you so much for the mini history of area, i really enjoy learning about your country and follow a few artists on ytube and sherpa(hes a huskey and with owner they travel to scotland ireland thru out britian giving great views a bit of history) touring videos cause im pretty sure i' ll never win the lottery to be be able to be a world travel but the art community and the great artist ytubers has literally help me expand my global understanding, forever gratefully to have chance to learn about new countries and their history...i did rember that tidbit of your parliment almost being attacked from my highschool history classes its been over 30 yrs...lol.my history teacher would be proud..lol....i also like watching your painting it looks lovely. Im only in my third year of watercoloring and learning all about things that feed off of it brushes sketching,and books wcp, gouache, the learning info seems daughting but atleast i can learn at my pace and interpret my style of wcp and gouache pt and other art medians versus having to be just limited to certain type ( ytube is a huge helpful resource)just trying to find whats my favorite tho is hard theres so many to try out, as im a bit older in body not spirit tho i need many reinforcing teaching videos and theres so many lovely art supplies id like to try but budget wise you understand im sure itd be easy to become a art hoarder if i was a lottery winner, altho i know there r quite a few i dont like...lol.....mikelle art mom👩🎨✍🎨
Thank you for your comment. Having only just seen the comment, it's given me an interesting moment of reflection back on how the weather was in the UK in August. Especially now in winter having last month had some of the deepest snow and longest subzero (celsius) stretch of day in quite a few years. Much of what had died back has since recovered in the interim. (Though I do appreciate what passes for cold here is nothing compared to Canada/northern US. I feel like you all would laugh at us if you knew how poorly the UK handles even the slightest bit of snow!)
Nice music...and great views i think i could sketch the area in my sketch book thank you for video.....mikelle art mom👩🎨✍🎨
Thanks for watching and commenting. It is a lovely spot with great views. I think I've drawn this confluence of streams multiple times from different angles and they are all lovely views.
Thank you actually made me understand a hinge or friction piece better and the nut on the back also thank you for showing how to do this via a walk thru show process i was thinking of upcycling one of my daughters old three ring binders and mcgyvering it to my tripod i think i might try to velcro a thin piece of wood to the back of your piece or but how to adapt so can use on a tv tray with out rocking? Maybe if velcro is used then it would be more flushed or still wobbly due to velcro? Or go with your idea of a thin piece or maybe glue around back nut? Hum?...lol..i know easier just to buy pieces of wood but i kinda find it exciting to try to macgyver older things so they dont end up in landfill, i do have a extremely large clipboard from older days of holding building blue prints i can get hubby to cut down and try your idea which seems more developed than my idea of using a upcycle 3 ring school binder broken down, best go with your idea as id be able to use in different areas of house while watching tv...but still what to do with a old broken( just the vinyl is ripped off in pieces binder idea.)..lol...really enjoyed your video....do you think you can do a updated video on your thoughts of the hinges working and such much appreciated...thank you again...mikelle art mom👩🎨✍🎨
I like the idea of using velcro. Definitely quicker and less of a faff than the fiddling I have to do with the tripod nut. I'm not sure about the adapting to a TV tray part. Do you mean that the base where the palette is would sit flat on a flat TV tray and the back angle up from that? If so, I guess you could make an angled wedge with one side designed to be flat on the tray and the other at the angle you want the back held at. Then put the velcro on that edge to hold it in place on the back. Let me know how you get on and what you decide to do. It's very cool how many variations of this idea are out there and how people adapt it to their own needs and preferences.
Hello Kat, great video! Could you post a link to where you got the bristles from?
Hello. Apologies for the delayed response. I've had a look to refresh my memory, and I think I got them from Amazon. Here'e a link to the WMF ones www.amazon.co.uk/WMF-Replacement-Knife-Block-Silver/dp/B00FIV2NO2 . Pretty sure I got these and not he HANZIUP ones (www.amazon.co.uk/HANZIUP-Bristles-Dishwasher-Removable-Universal/dp/B072HV5Y12), as the former had a much thinner bottom and was, as a result, easier to cut and glue into different shapes. Looking at the price of these (I think they were cheaper when I bought), it might be cheaper to buy a complete block - some of which are cheaper than bristles alone - and harvest the bristles from it. And I guess use the outside for something else, maybe holding utensils. That's probably the way I'd go if I did this again.
Have you tried it the other way with the board with the t-nut flat on the top of the tripod and the other board as the back board for the paper, would hold more weight as it would be centred on the tripod but I'm not sure if it would work that way?
I have, but the sketchbook I tend to use is too heavy and overwhelms the resistance of the hinges and tip backwards.
If your really ambitious I like to embed my t nuts and cover it with a inlay piece of wood to make the surface nice and clean a big help is grinding the t nut or filing it to the thickness of the palette wood it’s embedded into.
Buen día Me gusta mucho lo q haces Pero es.imposible aprender a hacerlo xq el video va muy rápido y no se entiende Muchas gracias Saludos
Hiya, this video is more of a diary, it's not intended as a tutorial. If you are looking for a how-to video, check out the one that I linked in the description. That is the tutorial that I followed. Hope it is useful to you also.
Nice! Did the thin wood end up working for you? I want to do the same but am not sure if thin 3 ply wood would work.
It's definitely under a bit of stress around the hinges. I'm thinking of adding a thin strip of metal to reinforce the wood at that end, but haven't gotten around to it. I tried a smaller version with thicker ply, which is mostly working out ok. Except for the fact that the torsion hinges sheared through the middle. Quality of very similar looking hinges is quite variable apparently.