My mom collects all the scrap fabrics from my sister. She has a quilting business and turns out lots of scraps. So my mom pairs her fabric with all the scrap pieces and made 15 quilts this Fall. Mom makes beautiful quilts with scraps . She said she always felt like God takes us which are like scraps and turns us into something He can use.
I’m Jennifer, and I’m a scrapaholic. I’m trying, this year, not to buy any fabric, but to use my scraps to make my projects. I like to make crumb blocks.
I discovered Kate early in 2020 when we were first confined due to Covid. One by one, my quilting friends joined me in watching past episodes and looked forward to new adventures Kate shared. In particular, Denise Newcomer enjoyed Kate’s talents. Denise had excellent skills quilting, cross stitching and most other textile work. Due to her pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis, Denise confined herself to her house once quarantines were suggested. We kept in touch with face time chats three times a week; and Kate’s latest videos were always a topic of discussion. Thank you, Kate, for helping us stay in touch during these last two years. Denise died yesterday, but she had received John’s note cards and Martha’s tea towels in the mail. They gave her a sense of connection and appreciation for your family’s warmth and kindness. ❤️
I use the little stringy strips to knit up hardy rag rugs. Just knot them together into long ropes or yarn and then knit with two strands at a times knitting all stitches. End up with a colourful, nubby rug to brighten up a room. Using circular needles, but not knitting in the round, allows you to knit a greater width ( though it is also a bit hard on your needles 😹)
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍 I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
Great sitting with you this afternoon. It's cold and raining here in Maine. I made a cuppa tea and had a nice visit with you. There should be a LOVE this button beside the LIKE one! ... have a great week. Hugs from Maine.
"If you were all here with me"...what a dream! I would LOVE to sit with you, a cup of tea, and all those scraps. Would you ever consider hosting a follower for a few days when the world returns to normal. Is there a B&B nearby a viewer could stay in if you ran a class or just "A Visit With Kate" event)? You provide joy to many who follow you.
Going through our scraps is a must. Lovely to see you doing that as well. I give me small and skinny strips to an embroider who does art work with them. I feel great about that Loved your video again.
😂 great minds think alike - I had already posted my very similar reply before I saw yours. I’m leaving my comment in, because it helps the channel with the YT algorithms ..
If the strips are too narrow for seam allowances, you could just zigzag stitch the strips next to each other, leaving raw edges, to a foundation fabric to make quilt blocks, and maybe lay them out with strips going alternate directions. Even quilt as you go , by stitching them directly on batting , butted up close to each other.
Do you know anyone with a loom? I made a lovely rag rug with those long, skinny strips of scrap while I had access to one. Incidentally, I just built my own little loom with an old picture frame and am back at weaving while tuning into your channel! It was such a blessing to discover you this past week! You're my cup of tea, dear Kate!
I tend to get bored and/or frustrated when I get to a difficult point in a project, and the creative juices are always flowing, so pretty new things catch my attention! I really have to hunker down and force myself to complete a project. I admire people that complete 1 project at a time. I strive to do that.
@@katehenry2718 verb 1. finish making or doing. "he completed his Ph.D. in 1983" Similar: finished ended I have a hard time accomplishing this state of things.
What I have done is laid those tiny bits of "cabbage " on a piece of background, cover with mesh fabric and sew down with random stitches to create fabric or pictures. Note that I think scraps and leftovers need at least a year or two to ferment in order to spark "joy" again.
hi Kate. this was the first of your videos that I've seen and since I watched it I've been bingeing. I know you must get this all the time but far out you are food for the soul! I'm completely addicted to your lovely soothing voice and smile xx
I was just laughing to myself as I remembered how I first began crafting. I've said before, I'm not a quilter, but I really enjoy watching every type of crafter at work/play...I began paper crafting, crikey, must be 15 years ago now...I began by taking my 'things' in a carrier bag to a crafting get-together each week. This soon became a small cardboard box, followed by a larger cardboard box, then a pull along crafting trolley...which then led to me needing a 'desk', and some storage...then even more storage...I began shopping at craft shows and online...but I needed 'somewhere' to do my crafting by now, so I put my desk and drawers in the space underneath the stairs...which I soon outgrew, so I took over the spare bedroom...and somehow ( 🤔🤔😆 ) there appeared a craft shed in the garden!!!😆😆 Which took me forever to get everything as I wanted it, oh and naturally I needed heating, and electricity in there, some Ikea storage cubes (with fabric inner cubes), a comfy chair, larger 'desk', ooh I 'needed' a daylight lamp for when the dark nights came...Oh for goodness sake...now I needed folders to store all my cutting dies in, and a rack to store my alcohol pens/inks, and something suitable for my glues, glitters, embossing folders, quilling supplies, paper clay, beads, etc etc etc....................and you think you have a problem with your gorgeous fabric scraps Kate, it's an obsession 🤣😂🤣😅🤭🤭 but I have no wish to be cured 😜😜 xx Thoroughly enjoyed seeing in the New Year with you and everyone else on the lime green sofa xx
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍 I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍 I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
I use the thin strips for 2 purposes: to crochet with - I have made purses with and bath rugs AND I wind them and make decorative fabric balls to put in my wooden bowl in the dining room along with other decorative balls!
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍 I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
I watched Darlene Michaud doing a crazy quilting series a few years ago, and I was hooked. No rhyme or reason, just pieces, and that makes fabric to make something else.
@@sewmanythings8616 Yes! Darlene got me going just sewing bits together and making some great ten inch crumb blocks. I have enough now to make a double-size quilt, and yet I still love just mindlessly sewing little pieces together. Very relaxing and a break from more complicated projects
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍 I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
Another use for the narrow strips: I use some of them to tie my climbing plants onto their support sticks - then I can admire my beautiful fabrics all over again when I weed, water and harvest from my garden! (Then the Cotton fabrics biodegrade and make compost!) All truly unusable tiny pieces (including snipped threads and tiny pieces of batting) go into an empty pillowcase until the pillowcase is half-full, then that is donated to a local animal shelter. Or, the tiny pieces of batting go into stuffed toys which is fantastic because the toys are then washable.
@@susanhawthorn4379 … haha - here’s another crazy idea: I might make Pom-poms (yo-yos) out of the fabric strips and just dangle them from my plants (my friend’s little girl thought of that one!)! Another Commenter suggested donating little baskets of scraps to the birds for their nests - isn’t that priceless?!
I’m lusting after your Liberty scraps!! I save my tiny ones for 1/4” or 1/2” hexies. Your long skinny strips can be knitted or crocheted, mostly for bag making.
I live in central Texas and work at our antique shop a few a week…Well, we always talk quilting with customers and this last month a couple with their son traveling came in and I asked where they were from….they were from your area! She quilts and was so excited to learn about you! Then another new customer brought a spinning wheel in to sell and as we visited…I mentioned you…and your channel and she said,” OH YOU WATCH KATE AT THE LAST HOMELY HOUSE!?!?” I said YES! Anyway you are quite popular across the world and TEXAS!❤❤
What a lovely surprise to see you today. I loved this video. It's somehow more like your old videos.... impromptu and relaxed. Just you doing what you do and taking us along just because. No appointment necessary. Thank you so much.
Oh Kate, you are such a glorious inspiration. I do agree with you about being bored with fabric we have so we buy more. We just get tired of looking at it. Whatever the reason, all of us quilters do it. We are fabricholics as you said. Much happiness, health and continued successs. Always looking forward to seeing you. love, Sherrie x
I have seen many who use the tiniest scraps as stuffing for pet bedding. I have also seen those who fill up pillow cases with the tiniest of scraps, sew closed and donate to pet shelters for bedding. Always a use for fabric, no need to throw out :) Love going through the scrap bin and making the strips on the machine tape. Can be used to add to quilts :) Lovely job Kate. I just love your visits.
I one bought a pet bed at a charity event and took it apart to wash the canvas outer shell only to find that the person who had donated the pet beds was a quilter and their idea of a discard scrap is bigger than mine. I preceded to wash everything and sort it out like Kate is. I am obsessed with little scraps. I love the half square triangles left over from sewing across a square and cutting off the excess. I have plans for all those hst's! Yes sure I do...
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍 I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
I enjoyed watching everything you do, Kate. Even sorting fabric. I think a weaver would love to try weaving mug rugs with them. (Also known as coasters).
Long strips… ribbon or braid and sew into baskets etc. So happy to se you this Sunday. All the very best of health and happiness to you and your fam for 2022. 💕❤️💕
It is so nice to hear you use inches so easily! Mostly here in the USA we still use inches even though gradually centimeters are creeping into the daily language. I’m too old to change now! lol!
Actually, I think that we are addicted to scraps. Those leftover bits of cloth challenge our creative ingenuity to craft something out of almost nothing. There's a wise saying here in the U.S. (and maybe other places): "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." Good on you, Kate!
Kate watching you do anything makes me happy! I’ve been cutting all my scraps when I end a project. I save them in a box, my goal has been to make a postage stamp quilt, with 1 1/2 inch squares. I work for a couple minutes or a couple of hours. Finally I have enough to start making small blocks. It’s exhilarating for sure.Can’t wait to see what you are going to do with your scraps.” A journey starts with one “stitch” at a time”
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍 I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
Long skinny scraps are beautiful in the garden for tying up tomatoes and flowers. I just knot them end to end and roll into a large ball. Then I snip off the length I need for the plants. I think it is a joy to tie growing things with something pretty that fades and disappears over time and the 100% cotton is compostable at the end of the season.
I would use the long strips that are half an inch or less wide to wrap presents, like ribbon. Also a UA-camr called “MadeByMarzipan” makes drinks mats (coasters) with pieces thinner 1/2” using an item called silky, don’t know what it’s called in U.K. but there must be something similar available. Loved the live stream Kate.
there is also confetti or collage quilting. You draw a design on some fusible material, use your tiny bits to create form and shadow on the design. You have the fusible side up, Place the bits of fabric on the top and then once you have a solid coverage, you iron the bits to the fuseable fabric. then you place a layer of fine netting over the top and quilt about every half inch.
Also, arrange on a low volume rectangle say, and then attach w fmq sewing. There are options of gauze or netting on top to stabilize, or there are products you can buy to sew through to hold scraps in place without catching on your foot that dissolve in water. These abstract marvels can then be used for diff ideas - cards, cut up as hearts, birds etc, collages, fun with kids….. have fun❤️
To past your talents is the best advent ever. Watching me and my self becoming is the most important thing I received this advent. Sorry if it reads as abstract.
This is the exact project for which I am saving all of my tiny clippings after cutting out fabrics for 1/2” hexies. (Using a Teflon pressing cloth so as not to gum up my iron). This, and using modge-podge (glue paste) to do a sort of “papier mâché” - I guess it’s going to be a “fabric mâché” - on Dollarama clear bowls and plates as decor items such as jewelry, coin or key bowls.
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍 I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
Happy New Year to you and your lovely family Kate. I know why you (and I plus many others) collect scraps etc. It is generational- we were taught to keep everything because nothing new was coming along soon . We are the post-war generation, and certain things were still rationed when we were born. To this day, I cannot throw anything away, without offering it to someone who might need it, and I think this approach to what is actually re-cycling at it's best, is the best way forward, but with kindness, generosity and thrift thrown in. Keep flying the flag Kate!
I wish I had a scrap bin of liberty fabrics like that 😁. Maybe with those long thin ones you could plait together and make a lo ng cord and sew a trivet or bathmat or something like that.
Ideas for the thin strips you may want to try. Covering wire clothes hangers by winding round them, use as stuffing for cushions or anything that needs a little bit of padding. See onto plain fabric to make abstract art.
I love sitting and watching you go through your beautiful little pieces. With the pieces to small to stitch together for a quilt, I could see stitching the very narrow pieces together and then crocheting or knitting them into a mat to lay on a table. OR, put the tiny of tiny pieces in a small netting bag and add a little lavender, and there you have a pretty bag, with beautiful fabric to look at with a amazing smell. Got to go now and get my tiny scraps out and get busy sorting. Keep Smiling.
I really enjoyed this quarter of an hour with you, Kate! I've missed you here. Love Liberty. You are so inspiering. I came to think: What if quilters exchanged fabric (scraps) instead of buying new fabric themselves? Wouldn't that be a good idea?
I was thinking...my mother used those thin strips( or tore some herself) of 1" and crochet them into rugs or whatever.. Love your time with us..( and I purchased that book a poem a day on your recommendation.. love it)
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍 I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
Use yr scraps to stuff beds for yr kitties. Luv u Kate. So glad yr back. Was so worried about u.🤐😥. Please stay well . Missed u so much!!! U and Gold Shaw Farm are my 2 go-to 's to start and make my day. God Bless You, Kate, yr family human, furry and feathered. So sorry to be selfish but missed u so much! Luv n stuff. Delia, Oreo, and me. 😺🐈👵🧸🥰🥳
I use the little strips when wrapping gifts. I made the decision a few years ago to not buy new fabric. I use what I have or buy recycled fabric. I look forward to seeing what you make,
I love every one of your videos, Kate, and when you occasionally miss a week I am both worried about you and frustrated. Hahaha! You are definitely a part of my 76 year old life! About those long skinny Liberty scraps, I scatter little piles of them around my garden on the shrubbery and low limbs of trees. The birds find them and use them in their nests. Then it blesses me to come upon a nest with a bright streak of blue or pink. This actually was my husband’s idea to help me whittle down my Mt Scrapmore a bit. I can’t wait to see what you do with this. I am going to buy me some paper rTolls and join you! Thanks so much for all you share. ❤
I love going through my scraps because I see fabric I didn't know I had and so they are to me, just like shopping for new fabric. My problem is doing something with it besides just lookin at it.
I went over to ‘just get it done’ quilts and someone left a great idea. Make a box made from twigs tying it with the scrap strings. Then put the tiny pieces in side and hang it in a tree in the spring. In the fall you will see pretty colors in the birds nest. Brilliant.
I just bought a twig basket at the thrift store for this. I'm going to crochet loose bag, I think, to put scraps in. It's really windy here so there will be some trial and error to see what works. We have predators here, but not on my deck... I can hang the basket near the suet blocks. I love watching the birds.
I do this with my wooly leftovers from knitting and it works ;) Not too bright colors, but the ones you could find in nature anyway. so fun to see the nests in fall and winter!
The tiny pieces can just be sprinkled like shredded cheese on a layer of dissolvable interfacing. Then another layer of that interfacing in laid on top and pinned in places just keep the sandwich flat while it gets randomly sewn on a machine like scribbles to hold the bit of fabric pieces together. Then a good rinse in warm water removes the interfacing and leave a textured fabric.🦌💌❤️📚🙏
The long strips could be used for rug making by put holes in the end and join then, then crochet them into a round square or oblong rugs. I’ve seen these made from old sheets as well. Thank you Kate your a charm.
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍 I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
Oh you are so right. Please don't throw any scrap away..not even a teeny tiny bit. The fabric is so beautiful. I make Art Journals and I glue or stitch thin strips of fabric to the edges of my pages. So for a second my heart paused beating when you held up a thin thin strip and I was afraid you would discard it. I was silently (I think) saying No No...don't throw it away! Whew. You did not. Good girl!
I can see Agnes putting those tiny scraps on your design wall. My daughter loved to do that when she was little. I'm in Saskatchewan, C anada and a subscriber of Karen 's also.
Am a scrap happy weirdo and loving the life while making something beautiful..those strings that seem like throw aways..if you garden.strips excellent for supporting tomato plants..all together now.. LETS STRING ALONG FOR MENTAL HEALTH..🇨🇦
I love it that you don’t throw away Liberty fabrics!! I am new to quilting so I only have small pieces of Liberty, and I am always on the look out for people who carry Liberty here in the USA. I like your idea of tying cards with the long, skinny strips. I also wonder if you could crochet a small mat with them? I bet there will be lots of ideas in the comments. I loved watching you doing this so please don’t think that anything is too small to do a video. Happy quilting………………..
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍 I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
I always was a colored Shoe Show and everything I don't have any scraps yet I'm still working on Crown quilting but thank you for sharing and happy quilting and happy crafting💖💖🤠🤠
Happy New Year Kate. Another you should check out is Tiffany's Quilting Life. She lives in Arizona and works with scraps most of the time, even tiny blocks. She is an amazing teacher and quilter , and a great friend too.
I am inspired by your curtains with lots of squares. Brilliant use of scraps, going to make a scrap cushion joined with decorative machine stitching. Could be a bag to keep next lot of scraps!!
That seems like a job Vienna would like to help you with 😊 You could have a try at making fabric twine with those long scraps, my bestie made me a gorgeous bag for Christmas and she used handmade fabric twine as the drawstring, it's so lovely.
Glad to see you back and looking well. I know all too well about scraps! I have taken to making yoyo garland with mine that and tinie tiny paper pieced pin cushions.....
Dearest Kate...if I may be so bold to suggest those super skinny strips of liberty fabric could be used in a birdhouse! Call it a liberty birdhouse and glue some scrappy strips on it & call it the liberty blue! What a beautiful site that would be!! PS..the birds love those skinny strips for their nests!!
Happy newyear Kate,I'm very glad to say you are looking a lot better after being poorly last year.and I love your hair a touch longer,pretty colour.anyway ..stay safe.xxxx
My mom collects all the scrap fabrics from my sister. She has a quilting business and turns out lots of scraps. So my mom pairs her fabric with all the scrap pieces and made 15 quilts this Fall. Mom makes beautiful quilts with scraps . She said she always felt like God takes us which are like scraps and turns us into something He can use.
I’m Jennifer, and I’m a scrapaholic. I’m trying, this year, not to buy any fabric, but to use my scraps to make my projects. I like to make crumb blocks.
I discovered Kate early in 2020 when we were first confined due to Covid. One by one, my quilting friends joined me in watching past episodes and looked forward to new adventures Kate shared. In particular, Denise Newcomer enjoyed Kate’s talents. Denise had excellent skills quilting, cross stitching and most other textile work. Due to her pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis, Denise confined herself to her house once quarantines were suggested. We kept in touch with face time chats three times a week; and Kate’s latest videos were always a topic of discussion. Thank you, Kate, for helping us stay in touch during these last two years. Denise died yesterday, but she had received John’s note cards and Martha’s tea towels in the mail. They gave her a sense of connection and appreciation for your family’s warmth and kindness. ❤️
I'm sorry for your loss! How nice that you and Denise could stay connected on the Lime Green Couch through our friend Kate. ❤
So sorry for your loss. I think Kate is an inspiration to us all. I just love her and all her crafts and ideas. God bless. ❤❤
A beautiful yet sad story.
"Sorting" is the word of the day!!!!
The skinny strios make colourful ties for your tomatoes and beans etc in the garden. It cheers the garden up no end.
I use the little stringy strips to knit up hardy rag rugs. Just knot them together into long ropes or yarn and then knit with two strands at a times knitting all stitches. End up with a colourful, nubby rug to brighten up a room. Using circular needles, but not knitting in the round, allows you to knit a greater width ( though it is also a bit hard on your needles 😹)
I use long skinny scraps for wrapping around clothesline, then stitch the colorful clothesline into bowls. I love all your videos so much! Thank you!
Great idea Holly! I've done that and it looks gorgeous! Plus, you don't have to wrap all the clothesline, you can just wrap parts of it!!! :)
thats a great tip...idea! thanks😊
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍
I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
Great idea!
Good idea, thank you.
Watching Kate play with Liberty scraps is the next best thing to playing with them myself! 🤣❤️
Great sitting with you this afternoon. It's cold and raining here in Maine. I made a cuppa tea and had a nice visit with you. There should be a LOVE this button beside the LIKE one! ... have a great week. Hugs from Maine.
"If you were all here with me"...what a dream! I would LOVE to sit with you, a cup of tea, and all those scraps. Would you ever consider hosting a follower for a few days when the world returns to normal. Is there a B&B nearby a viewer could stay in if you ran a class or just "A Visit With Kate" event)? You provide joy to many who follow you.
You could make up little plastic bags of the long narrow strips and sell them in your shop. They are ideal for junk journal paper crafters.
You've read my mind. I would be interested for sure 😊
Amen , what a good idea, they will fly !
Great idea
That’s a great idea.
They would also be great for weaving. Too good to cut up
Such a lovely surprise to see your smiling face. A joy....
Someone should come up with a national fabric swap library…. Send in your scraps…. Get some new exciting scraps to make new projects! No waste 🎉
Clever idea
You do have to be careful about sending scraps to other countries because the recipient will have to pay customs fees on what you sent to them.
Going through our scraps is a must. Lovely to see you doing that as well. I give me small and skinny strips to an embroider who does art work with them. I feel great about that Loved your video again.
I use the very thin strips in my garden to tie up plants. They add a bright colour in the garden before plants come into bloom.
😂 great minds think alike - I had already posted my very similar reply before I saw yours. I’m leaving my comment in, because it helps the channel with the YT algorithms ..
same here in to tie up my tomato plants to poles and/or chicken wire fencing. albuquerque nm
I do too.😀
This is a very good idea. I’ll do that. Thanks
If the strips are too narrow for seam allowances, you could just zigzag stitch the strips next to each other, leaving raw edges, to a foundation fabric to make quilt blocks, and maybe lay them out with strips going alternate directions. Even quilt as you go , by stitching them directly on batting , butted up close to each other.
Do you know anyone with a loom? I made a lovely rag rug with those long, skinny strips of scrap while I had access to one. Incidentally, I just built my own little loom with an old picture frame and am back at weaving while tuning into your channel! It was such a blessing to discover you this past week! You're my cup of tea, dear Kate!
I tend to get bored and/or frustrated when I get to a difficult point in a project, and the creative juices are always flowing, so pretty new things catch my attention! I really have to hunker down and force myself to complete a project. I admire people that complete 1 project at a time. I strive to do that.
com plete? what is this word???
@@katehenry2718 verb
1.
finish making or doing.
"he completed his Ph.D. in 1983"
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finished
ended
I have a hard time accomplishing this state of things.
Those teeny weeny bits are useful for stuffing pet beds, making fire starters & tying up tomato bushes.
What I have done is laid those tiny bits of "cabbage " on a piece of background, cover with mesh fabric and sew down with random stitches to create fabric or pictures.
Note that I think scraps and leftovers need at least a year or two to ferment in order to spark "joy" again.
hi Kate. this was the first of your videos that I've seen and since I watched it I've been bingeing. I know you must get this all the time but far out you are food for the soul! I'm completely addicted to your lovely soothing voice and smile xx
I was just laughing to myself as I remembered how I first began crafting. I've said before, I'm not a quilter, but I really enjoy watching every type of crafter at work/play...I began paper crafting, crikey, must be 15 years ago now...I began by taking my 'things' in a carrier bag to a crafting get-together each week. This soon became a small cardboard box, followed by a larger cardboard box, then a pull along crafting trolley...which then led to me needing a 'desk', and some storage...then even more storage...I began shopping at craft shows and online...but I needed 'somewhere' to do my crafting by now, so I put my desk and drawers in the space underneath the stairs...which I soon outgrew, so I took over the spare bedroom...and somehow ( 🤔🤔😆 ) there appeared a craft shed in the garden!!!😆😆 Which took me forever to get everything as I wanted it, oh and naturally I needed heating, and electricity in there, some Ikea storage cubes (with fabric inner cubes), a comfy chair, larger 'desk', ooh I 'needed' a daylight lamp for when the dark nights came...Oh for goodness sake...now I needed folders to store all my cutting dies in, and a rack to store my alcohol pens/inks, and something suitable for my glues, glitters, embossing folders, quilling supplies, paper clay, beads, etc etc etc....................and you think you have a problem with your gorgeous fabric scraps Kate, it's an obsession 🤣😂🤣😅🤭🤭 but I have no wish to be cured 😜😜 xx Thoroughly enjoyed seeing in the New Year with you and everyone else on the lime green sofa xx
Please don't cure my obsession with quilting. There's a song by Aurora "cure for me" Our crafting obsessions fit that song well.
У меня так же, сначала был уголок для творчества в гостинной, потом появилась комната, но мне стало тесно.
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍
I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
‘Hi, my name is Kate, and I’m a scrapaholic’ - I just roared when I heard that. It made my day!
I watch Just Get it Done Quilts a lot, Karen is a lot of fun to watch.
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Yes, yes! I'm with you there Kate. How well I relate to that: 'I am a scrapaholic' So good to have found my tribe :-)
I use the thin strips for 2 purposes: to crochet with - I have made purses with and bath rugs AND I wind them and make decorative fabric balls to put in my wooden bowl in the dining room along with other decorative balls!
Kate I love your sense of humor regarding stripaholic😅
I love how you highly value the Liberty scraps. It is such beautiful fabric.
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Kate, I really appreciate your approach and your love of cloth!
I watched Darlene Michaud doing a crazy quilting series a few years ago, and I was hooked. No rhyme or reason, just pieces, and that makes fabric to make something else.
I love Darlene Michaud! That was her “Crumb Quilting” series..really fun!👍🏼 And addicting😂
@@sewmanythings8616 Yes! Darlene got me going just sewing bits together and making some great ten inch crumb blocks. I have enough now to make a double-size quilt, and yet I still love just mindlessly sewing little pieces together. Very relaxing and a break from more complicated projects
Darlene sells scraps as well.
I love Darlene, I did actually make a crazy quilt after watching her.
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Precious Liberty. Luscious fabric.
Another use for the narrow strips: I use some of them to tie my climbing plants onto their support sticks - then I can admire my beautiful fabrics all over again when I weed, water and harvest from my garden! (Then the Cotton fabrics biodegrade and make compost!)
All truly unusable tiny pieces (including snipped threads and tiny pieces of batting) go into an empty pillowcase until the pillowcase is half-full, then that is donated to a local animal shelter. Or, the tiny pieces of batting go into stuffed toys which is fantastic because the toys are then washable.
I love the plant tie idea. I may just do this 🥰🥰🥰
Love it? I sew and make toys, and crochet. It's nice to find ways to use every scrap of yarn, felt, and fabric.
@@kilodeltawhisky1504 … yes! Me too 😊
@@susanhawthorn4379 … haha - here’s another crazy idea: I might make Pom-poms (yo-yos) out of the fabric strips and just dangle them from my plants (my friend’s little girl thought of that one!)! Another Commenter suggested donating little baskets of scraps to the birds for their nests - isn’t that priceless?!
I love liberty fabric, will get my hands on some one day. But I do have a lot of scraps and I like this idea. Thanks Kate!
I’m lusting after your Liberty scraps!! I save my tiny ones for 1/4” or 1/2” hexies. Your long skinny strips can be knitted or crocheted, mostly for bag making.
I live in central Texas and work at our antique shop a few a week…Well, we always talk quilting with customers and this last month a couple with their son traveling came in and I asked where they were from….they were from your area! She quilts and was so excited to learn about you! Then another new customer brought a spinning wheel in to sell and as we visited…I mentioned you…and your channel and she said,” OH YOU WATCH KATE AT THE LAST HOMELY HOUSE!?!?” I said YES! Anyway you are quite popular across the world and TEXAS!❤❤
What a lovely surprise to see you today. I loved this video. It's somehow more like your old videos.... impromptu and relaxed. Just you doing what you do and taking us along just because. No appointment necessary. Thank you so much.
I dream about being given a box of Liberty scraps! I was drooling over your stash! 😂🤗
Oh Kate, you are such a glorious inspiration. I do agree with you about being bored with fabric we have so we buy more. We just get tired of looking at it. Whatever the reason, all of us quilters do it. We are fabricholics as you said. Much happiness, health and continued successs. Always looking forward to seeing you. love, Sherrie x
Time to get a loom for those thin scraps. Lockerhooking is another option.
I have seen many who use the tiniest scraps as stuffing for pet bedding. I have also seen those who fill up pillow cases with the tiniest of scraps, sew closed and donate to pet shelters for bedding. Always a use for fabric, no need to throw out :) Love going through the scrap bin and making the strips on the machine tape. Can be used to add to quilts :) Lovely job Kate. I just love your visits.
I one bought a pet bed at a charity event and took it apart to wash the canvas outer shell only to find that the person who had donated the pet beds was a quilter and their idea of a discard scrap is bigger than mine. I preceded to wash everything and sort it out like Kate is. I am obsessed with little scraps. I love the half square triangles left over from sewing across a square and cutting off the excess. I have plans for all those hst's! Yes sure I do...
Я тоже не выбрасываю, маленькие лоскутки. Из самых маленьких лоскутиков делаю текстильную пиццу.
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Oh, and we loved it too!!!!
I enjoyed watching everything you do, Kate. Even sorting fabric. I think a weaver would love to try weaving mug rugs with them. (Also known as coasters).
Well Kate, my name is Brenda. It is my pleasure to meet you. I process ideas as you do. Keep on going & NEVER throw a scrap away. Good Job & Godspeed.
Long strips… ribbon or braid and sew into baskets etc. So happy to se you this Sunday. All the very best of health and happiness to you and your fam for 2022. 💕❤️💕
Thank you Kate! Always enjoy watching you and your creative ideas! thank you very much!
It is so nice to hear you use inches so easily! Mostly here in the USA we still use inches even though gradually centimeters are creeping into the daily language. I’m too old to change now! lol!
I have never had the privilege of having or actually seeing liberty fabric, you introduced me to liberty perhaps one day I will find some :)
Actually, I think that we are addicted to scraps. Those leftover bits of cloth challenge our creative ingenuity to craft something out of almost nothing. There's a wise saying here in the U.S. (and maybe other places): "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." Good on you, Kate!
Nice spending time with you sorting your scraps
Kate watching you do anything makes me happy! I’ve been cutting all my scraps when I end a project. I save them in a box, my goal has been to make a postage stamp quilt, with 1 1/2 inch squares. I work for a couple minutes or a couple of hours. Finally I have enough to start making small blocks. It’s exhilarating for sure.Can’t wait to see what you are going to do with your scraps.” A journey starts with one “stitch” at a time”
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Long skinny scraps are beautiful in the garden for tying up tomatoes and flowers. I just knot them end to end and roll into a large ball. Then I snip off the length I need for the plants. I think it is a joy to tie growing things with something pretty that fades and disappears over time and the 100% cotton is compostable at the end of the season.
I would use the long strips that are half an inch or less wide to wrap presents, like ribbon. Also a UA-camr called “MadeByMarzipan” makes drinks mats (coasters) with pieces thinner 1/2” using an item called silky, don’t know what it’s called in U.K. but there must be something similar available. Loved the live stream Kate.
Using it as ribbon works well.
Lovely to see you tonight Kate.
there is also confetti or collage quilting. You draw a design on some fusible material, use your tiny bits to create form and shadow on the design. You have the fusible side up, Place the bits of fabric on the top and then once you have a solid coverage, you iron the bits to the fuseable fabric. then you place a layer of fine netting over the top and quilt about every half inch.
Also make paper with it
Also, arrange on a low volume rectangle say, and then attach w fmq sewing. There are options of gauze or netting on top to stabilize, or there are products you can buy to sew through to hold scraps in place without catching on your foot that dissolve in water. These abstract marvels can then be used for diff ideas - cards, cut up as hearts, birds etc, collages, fun with kids….. have fun❤️
To past your talents is the best advent ever. Watching me and my self becoming is the most important thing I received this advent. Sorry if it reads as abstract.
This is the exact project for which I am saving all of my tiny clippings after cutting out fabrics for 1/2” hexies. (Using a Teflon pressing cloth so as not to gum up my iron). This, and using modge-podge (glue paste) to do a sort of “papier mâché” - I guess it’s going to be a “fabric mâché” - on Dollarama clear bowls and plates as decor items such as jewelry, coin or key bowls.
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Kate, those were the most scrappy strips I've ever seen.
The bird's could use those for liberty nests! ❤❤❤
Happy New Year to you and your lovely family Kate. I know why you (and I plus many others) collect scraps etc. It is generational- we were taught to keep everything because nothing new was coming along soon . We are the post-war generation, and certain things were still rationed when we were born. To this day, I cannot throw anything away, without offering it to someone who might need it, and I think this approach to what is actually re-cycling at it's best, is the best way forward, but with kindness, generosity and thrift thrown in. Keep flying the flag Kate!
I like your approach in sorting scrapes. I become a zombie with crossed eyes after a bit. The timer is your friend. Happy New Year, Kate.
I wish I had a scrap bin of liberty fabrics like that 😁. Maybe with those long thin ones you could plait together and make a lo ng cord and sew a trivet or bathmat or something like that.
Mountains of scraps! Life is good!
Ideas for the thin strips you may want to try. Covering wire clothes hangers by winding round them, use as stuffing for cushions or anything that needs a little bit of padding. See onto plain fabric to make abstract art.
I love sitting and watching you go through your beautiful little pieces. With the pieces to small to stitch together for a quilt, I could see stitching the very narrow pieces together and then crocheting or knitting them into a mat to lay on a table. OR, put the tiny of tiny pieces in a small netting bag and add a little lavender, and there you have a pretty bag, with beautiful fabric to look at with a amazing smell. Got to go now and get my tiny scraps out and get busy sorting. Keep Smiling.
Love beginning the new year with new ideas! I had no idea there were so many things to do with scraps of fabric.
My daughter just told me about you and I’m laughing because what you say is so true. I look forward to all your videos now…
So pleased to have you back, dear Kate and looking much better. Loving your hair too. Take care.x
I love all your videos and your cat love the roses. love and light sent your way.
I really enjoyed this quarter of an hour with you, Kate! I've missed you here. Love Liberty. You are so inspiering. I came to think: What if quilters exchanged fabric (scraps) instead of buying new fabric themselves? Wouldn't that be a good idea?
feel good fibers where people destash and others can buy it.
Guess U have nothing better to do.
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Thankyou for clearing that up. Get bored with material. Love this video while I’m sewing masks.
I was thinking...my mother used those thin strips( or tore some herself) of 1" and crochet them into rugs or whatever..
Love your time with us..( and I purchased that book a poem a day on your recommendation.. love it)
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Use yr scraps to stuff beds for yr kitties. Luv u Kate. So glad yr back. Was so worried about u.🤐😥. Please stay well . Missed u so much!!! U and Gold Shaw Farm are my 2 go-to 's to start and make my day. God Bless You, Kate, yr family human, furry and feathered. So sorry to be selfish but missed u so much! Luv n stuff. Delia, Oreo, and me. 😺🐈👵🧸🥰🥳
Those long narrow strips would be beautiful as a rag rug - either woven or crocheted. That would use up WAY more than saving them for postcards
How wonderful to have so many tiny treasures of Liberty!
Most of the quilts I make are scrappy quilts. Love them.
Fill a cat bed with the little scraps. Luxury!
I use the little strips when wrapping gifts. I made the decision a few years ago to not buy new fabric. I use what I have or buy recycled fabric. I look forward to seeing what you make,
Those roses are georgous!
The long strips are good for twisting into cord.
I've been using selvage strips to tie my plants to sticks. Cording would be even stronger. Thank you for your suggestion. 🍄🍄
I love every one of your videos, Kate, and when you occasionally miss a week I am both worried about you and frustrated. Hahaha! You are definitely a part of my 76 year old life! About those long skinny Liberty scraps, I scatter little piles of them around my garden on the shrubbery and low limbs of trees. The birds find them and use them in their nests. Then it blesses me to come upon a nest with a bright streak of blue or pink. This actually was my husband’s idea to help me whittle down my Mt Scrapmore a bit. I can’t wait to see what you do with this. I am going to buy me some paper rTolls and join you! Thanks so much for all you share. ❤
Hello Kate! I think the tiny strips would look amazing added to the pulp in handmade paper!
Stay well!
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What a nice surprise seeing you this Monday morning Kate! You are doing better than me for I can’t even bring myself to cut my Liberty Fabric!
Crumb quilts are great to use up your small pieces in that card making pile 😀
Those long skinny strips would make fun tassels for Christmas ornaments.
I love going through my scraps because I see fabric I didn't know I had and so they are to me, just like shopping for new fabric. My problem is doing something with it besides just lookin at it.
Hi Kate, you could sew the ends of the narrow straps together and perhaps crochet a little napping mat for the cats. If you crochet!
I went over to ‘just get it done’ quilts and someone left a great idea. Make a box made from twigs tying it with the scrap strings. Then put the tiny pieces in side and hang it in a tree in the spring. In the fall you will see pretty colors in the birds nest. Brilliant.
A word of caution because it also makes them an easy catch for predators.
I just bought a twig basket at the thrift store for this. I'm going to crochet loose bag, I think, to put scraps in. It's really windy here so there will be some trial and error to see what works.
We have predators here, but not on my deck... I can hang the basket near the suet blocks. I love watching the birds.
I do this with my wooly leftovers from knitting and it works ;) Not too bright colors, but the ones you could find in nature anyway. so fun to see the nests in fall and winter!
The tiny pieces can just be sprinkled like shredded cheese on a layer of dissolvable interfacing. Then another layer of that interfacing in laid on top and pinned in places just keep the sandwich flat while it gets randomly sewn on a machine like scribbles to hold the bit of fabric pieces together. Then a good rinse in warm water removes the interfacing and leave a textured fabric.🦌💌❤️📚🙏
The long strips could be used for rug making by put holes in the end and join then, then crochet them into a round square or oblong rugs. I’ve seen these made from old sheets as well. Thank you Kate your a charm.
That’s what I do! It goes very fast!
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Oh you are so right. Please don't throw any scrap away..not even a teeny tiny bit. The fabric is so beautiful. I make Art Journals and I glue or stitch thin strips of fabric to the edges of my pages. So for a second my heart paused beating when you held up a thin thin strip and I was afraid you would discard it. I was silently (I think) saying No No...don't throw it away! Whew. You did not. Good girl!
I can see Agnes putting those tiny scraps on your design wall. My daughter loved to do that when she was little. I'm in Saskatchewan, C anada and a subscriber of Karen 's also.
Hi fellow Canuck from vanc island..daughter in SK..isn’t this amazing woman such fun..🇨🇦
Am a scrap happy weirdo and loving the life while making something beautiful..those strings that seem like throw aways..if you garden.strips excellent for supporting tomato plants..all together now.. LETS STRING ALONG FOR MENTAL HEALTH..🇨🇦
The skinny strips could be used for packages instead of all that tape. Love the scraps; I love to run my hands through material scraps.
AHhhhh. thread in the veins ))))
Love to see this new to me way of quilting.
I love it that you don’t throw away Liberty fabrics!! I am new to quilting so I only have small pieces of Liberty, and I am always on the look out for people who carry Liberty here in the USA. I like your idea of tying cards with the long, skinny strips. I also wonder if you could crochet a small mat with them? I bet there will be lots of ideas in the comments. I loved watching you doing this so please don’t think that anything is too small to do a video. Happy quilting………………..
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I always was a colored Shoe Show and everything I don't have any scraps yet I'm still working on Crown quilting but thank you for sharing and happy quilting and happy crafting💖💖🤠🤠
Happy New Year Kate. Another you should check out is Tiffany's Quilting Life. She lives in Arizona and works with scraps most of the time, even tiny blocks. She is an amazing teacher and quilter , and a great friend too.
I am inspired by your curtains with lots of squares. Brilliant use of scraps, going to make a scrap cushion joined with decorative machine stitching. Could be a bag to keep next lot of scraps!!
That seems like a job Vienna would like to help you with 😊 You could have a try at making fabric twine with those long scraps, my bestie made me a gorgeous bag for Christmas and she used handmade fabric twine as the drawstring, it's so lovely.
We live in northern Oklahoma and love your show Love the liberty fabric quilting to the animals to the cooking. Love it all.
Glad to see you back and looking well. I know all too well about scraps! I have taken to making yoyo garland with mine that and tinie tiny paper pieced pin cushions.....
Dearest Kate...if I may be so bold to suggest those super skinny strips of liberty fabric could be used in a birdhouse! Call it a liberty birdhouse and glue some scrappy strips on it & call it the liberty blue! What a beautiful site that would be!! PS..the birds love those skinny strips for their nests!!
Happy newyear Kate,I'm very glad to say you are looking a lot better after being poorly last year.and I love your hair a touch longer,pretty colour.anyway ..stay safe.xxxx
I love keeping yarn scraps, and knitting scrappy socks out of them