Thank you for sharing your ‘organizing’ efforts . I’m familiar with reaching the ‘ best I’ve saved for last’ stage to find it doesn’t fit. You have a beautiful rainbow for creating. Happy 2024. Enjoy this time of drawing in together.
Hi Sarah! I enjoyed visiting you in your home very much. Thanks for opening your door to us. Your fiber art is really good. I also do a lot of knitting, but I never got to do any fiber art, like actually making pictures! Mmmmm....I don't know if I have time for something like that, though I would like to try! We have a big family and there is always someone asking me to make something special and I enjoy doing that and making them happy. I just love being creative and I enjoy watching you and your creativity. Stay warm both of your, scratches behind the ear for Floki!😊
First of all, those thread paintings wow!! Absolutely stunning I want one ❤. My favourite place in Scotland right now is my new home but all time favourite is Arisaig beach. The colour and the light just hits a bit different up that way.
My favorite place in Scotland is Craigievar Castle. Within walking distance is where we house (and cat) sat for an artist for a whole month in 2017. Thanks to her graciously offering me the use of her home studio and supplies - and some wonderful feline inspiration from the tabbies - I started painting again after a 30+ year break. Once I got those brushes in my hand I never looked back - it’s been full steam ahead ever since, especially once we settled down in Florida and the pandemic began. I spent part of our time in Scotland walking around the castle grounds taking photos and getting lots of ideas. The castle itself looks like a tall, pink wedding cake. It’s really quite lovely.
My favourite place is not far from you is Spey Bay, i worked there a couple of years at the wildlife dolphin centre. I used to do the early morning shore watches at 6am for 3 hours. Sometimes i had the place to myself and the wildlife. Ospreys dolphins whales seals birds otters. The majestic powerful River Spey the view up the river to the old railway bridge on where my husband proposed marriage. Lots of happy memories.
I've constructed many makeshift storage areas out of metal shelving over the years. I'll often cover them with a neutral curtain to disguise them and cut down on the visual noise.
I leash trained both cats when I brought them home from foster moms. Best thing I ever did. Charlie & Kiva are the talk of the neighborhood and perhaps I am also! Known as the crazy cat lady? My husband Jeff accompanies us on our longer walks - bicycling alongside us, so I call him the bicycle bandit bodyguard now - because where we live in Arizona, there are lots of Javelinas, great horned, owls, bobcats, and, of course, coyotes and scorpions and rattle snakes! I have to constantly be on the lookout. That’s why we also bring a pet stroller with us so they’re safe if we do encounter one of these critters on our twilight walks.😻
Luckily we don't have lots of deadly predators here. My biggest fear are vehicles... but we live in a slow quiet area on the edge of town with hardly any traffic. I've seen the cats near the road, they are very cautious and run away when they hear vehicles. They spend most of their time in the woods or quiet gardens. But still...I worry. That's why I have tracking collars for them. Plus a friend told me a horror story- her cat got stuck in a junk yard garage for 11 days, she thought it had vanished, until it wandered home stinking of oil. She got a tracking collar and saw that the junk yard is part of it's normal route...just got unlucky when the owner went on vacation and closed the door!
I think the driftwood is for macrame projects. I did macrame in the past, as well as embroidery and knitting. I love your scenes you made with thread. Today I crochet in winter. I've crocheted an afghan for each of my 11 grandchildren. I have two new grandchildren due soon, so I'm currently working steadily on getting a baby afghan done for both of them. I'm interested to see your projects.
Many thanks for this Wonderful cozy, winter video, Sarah. It is -11 degrees where I am in Colorado as I write this and I am instantly inspired to grab my flosses and threads and do some slow stitching. Your needle works are beautiful….did I hear you say you don’t know how to sew?! 😳😜. You have some Lovely landscape pieces. I was glad to see you ordered a proper storage box; it makes the whole project more pleasing and inviting. (Sweet Wolfie fixing you a coffee adds the perfect touch to this scene!)
Goodness!! Those little embroidery landscapes are gorgeous Sarah!! Excited to see where your fibre arts interest takes you. TFS!! ps.... Floki is adorable!!!
I used to make landscape pictures made from strips of waste sari silk attached to a calico backing with a needle felting machine...painting kind of took over !
Honestly…Wolfe is devastatingly handsome…don’t worry…I’m 65😂! I really liked this episode…slow and relaxed. I like needle felting too. Making tiny toys for little people is rewarding. Like your place!
I have loved your art work, and of course watch everything you post. AND, just when I thought it couldn't get better you mention you love fiber arts also. Before sketching and painting, I did fiber arts of all kinds and then moved into art quilting. This "artsy" world we live in is just the BEST! Thank you for sharing your life with us. One of your latest quotes, "There will always be light - it just depends on where you look", was profound. It pertains to art, but also to life in general, always "look for the light!"
Long time crocheter and knitter (sure I got some strange looks when I used to knit on the bus every day) but since becoming a full time artist I don't have the time anymore. I also used to sew and make my own clothes, soft toys, dog collars and handbags. Never tried macramé but my mum and I made corn dollies many moons ago...
Wow, thank you for sharing a glimpse of your personal life & environment. Your videos mean a lot to me & have provided me with immense inspiration as a landscape artist here in the San Francisco Bay Area - also quite foggy :) Happy global bird count day from one foggy coast to another!
I love your fiber art 'paintings'. Your years of drawing and painting show up in these lovelies. Winter is such a great time for re-organizing. I used to do all my 'spring cleaning' in the winter when I lived in MN. What a treat to find more spaciousness and a larger table in your home. Such a treat. And an awesome thread stash. Its nice to know I'm not the only one that loves organizing supplies, sometimes more than the using of them. We had a calico kitty that would often go for walks. She would follow behind, rarely ahead, talking alot (as calicos do). Though she did have her limits, of how far away, and then she would urge us to turn back. I loved seeing you gathering driftwood. It feels so lovely to watch you walk the cobble and look for the gifts of the sea to bring home and create something with. The auroras are so incredible and broad and brilliant.
I definitely notice my neighbor who walks with her cat (their dog goes too, on the leash) and they always make me smile. So I bet yours are noticing lovely you and Floki.
I love the fiber landscapes! 🥰 Organizing makes me happy. I had to laugh when you said you almost like organizing your craft supplies more than using them. I am the same way. ☺
I am laughing ... sorting and making it organized until the very end and then just put it all in...who cares. So funny and it something I would do! Thank for always being a bright spot. ~April Moose Family Adventures
I sure miss my island driftwood. Lots of sticks up here but so far seems to be just rotted out - mostly beech tree branches. I guess you are going to make an artful macrame wall hanging … (I used to know some knots, but not anymore 😅 I even used to make plant holders and small knotted snowflake ornaments.)
Hi Sarah! I’m new here and ran across your story when I’m UA-cam and the next video was yours. I love Scotland. Ive twice and I love the Highlands and Inverness. Can’t wait to return.
I love your thread landscapes. I have done work with plastic canvas. Needle point. Are you going to do something with macrame' cord? I enjoy many different kinds of fiber arts. Have been into that since 1975. I also love my world of drawing, painting and mixed media. Glad to see kitty is feeling better. Thank you for a glimpse into your cozy, winter space. Stay warm.
Lovely and touching -- thanks for such a sweet share! I definitely spend more time acquiring and organizing art supplies than (so far) I do using them. It's like hoarding jewels, and your organizing your colored threads looked like that too. Now they're ready to go!
OVERSTORY! Of course it's on your bookshelf. Great read. Love your canvas embroidery. I knit, crochet, embroider -but only by pattern (until this inspiring post). I've done lampwork glassbead making, too. I had plans to recycle beer and wine bottles from the local restaurants and bars. Unfortunately, working with glass was incompatible with my asthma, and I had to let that go. But hey, now I've got a gouache box subscription, so it's all good.😊
I was able to visit Scotland in 2018 and there was beauty everywhere, but my favorite place was the farie pools on the Isle of Sky. We were there in August and I swam in the pools, not bad for a sixty year old woman. It was cold and wonderful!
Hi Sarah - lovely video! I think you could use some embroidery floss organizer boxes. That’s what I used when I had lots of embroidery floss and I could organize them by color. The boxes have dividers and are the perfect size. They kept everything neat and organized. They are sold on Amazon.
My fave place in Scotland so far is Glen Affric. It’s home to the last bit of the ancient Caledonian forest and I live in Cannich, right next to it 💚🏴
Loved this vlog, Sarah! So cosy. :) Dominic also drinks his coffee through a metal straw! I think that you should make some thread art of a Glencoe scene. I'd love to see that!
It's Sunday evening here in Chicago..we are currentlyin a deep freeze out here -8 feels like -32 brrr... lol. I wanted to save your video to unwind and relax while sipping on a cup of decaf. Seriously Sarah..you have the best video footage of Scotland. The photos and drone video scenes you chose n choose to capture are absolutely AMAZING. Taking my breath away everything I see anything you captured. Your artistry is superb! Then you brought out your craft box and I see for the first time your thread landscapes!😮😮😮 like little and big 3d printing like threaded incredible creations! Wow! Are those on your site for sale? If no, will you make some for sale in the future? Or a tutorial on how to do that?? Loved how the living room space turned out. Much much better and more clarity to get other things done. 😊 Lokie is a gem. Thanks again for sharing Scotland's beauty and your talent!❤
Hot Wheel car collector boxes, make perfect thread storage boxes. Place them on end in the boxes, keeps them corralled and all colors visible at a glance. Love your art and content Sarah.
there are a few cats that follow their people in the area where their cats follow them around everywhere, but thankfully not right downtown where all the cars are!
Beautiful video! Are you going to make a macrame piece with the driftwood? I do macrame as well! The simplicity of doing things with your hands is so relaxing! I have knitted & crocheted in the past. Last summer I made a crocheted top! I love your fiber art! Looking forward to see your finished piece! ❤️
Hi Sarah, i have been to Edinburgh about 15 years ago and totally loved it. I can see why you love living in Scotland so much. I seems that the weather in your location is very much like the weather in Seattle Washington. But i believe you get much more sunny days that Seattle :) I also love my crafting and sewing and painting. I feel like i am such a loner when i am doing my hobbies but honestly it makes me very happy. I currently live in Walla Walla Washington and it is very sunny most of the time and we are surounded by the Blues Montains which are so beautiful. You videos really make me want to go back to Scotland and visit again. Take care 💕
Driftwood handle for your shaped container whether it be a bowl or a long thing or whatever but Driftwood handle that’s what I’m saying you’re going to do with it 🥰❤️🥰
I really enjoyed this peaceful visit with you. I know many artists who love a variety of artistic endeavors so it was fun to see your beautiful embroidery and felting! I love doing gouache (thanks to you), oils, watercolor, crochet and many other crafts. Thank you for all your wonderful videos. ❤
oooh that thread painting(s) you showed look awesome! would totally watch videos about that! I'm not patient enough for (big) embroidery. I learned some stitches when I was a tailors apprentice but only because we had to, not because I wanted to do it xD But watching is interesting! don't know if it's the right word but my guess about the driftwood is some macrame (in German it's Makramee) pieces?
I’ve never been to Scotland where my family was from, but in your videos my favorite places are the rocky cliffs with green hills, and also your forest views. I love when the flowers are blooming in the forest.
Oh my goodness, I have spotted something on your wall behind you, Sarah, that I recognise! The brass end of the black stitched leather sheath of a British dress sword! I had my grandfather’s dress sword in my possession until my brother took it to England to give to our only uncle, the son, as was my father, of a British diplomat posted in India. Your sword, or is it Wolfie’s, looks identical to ours. I am Australian born to British parents. I’m an artist of 35 years and have recently found your channel. Shall watch this video now.
Looks like a beautiful life ! Watching from the santa cruz mountain's in California rained all night..😊 love the cat..i used to walk my rabbit with a leash ! 😅
Having space that's functional makes such a huge difference. I pray Floki will get to live a long and happy life. I love the fact he goes on walks with you. It's adorable. Those embroidered landscapes are really interesting. I like them!
🙏 You've rekindled my love of fibre art! I used to mix embroidery on top of lino print... Such fun 😁 Looking forward to seeing your fibre creations 🪡🧵🧶
@@sarahinscotlandlino cut print onto 300gsm paper, med-heavy weight cotton fabric glued or stitched to the back and yur golden for embroidery and any other embellishment of fabric, thread or bead... Advise a metal thimble always be worn 😊
🧡LOVE🧡 your fiber landscapes! You make beautiful Scotland look even more stunning with your arts - how is that even possible? Don’t know… but I thoroughly enjoy watching you do it 😊 (And I don’t forget how much I learn from you every time. Gratitude always 🙏)
I love the embroidered seascape. The reflection in the water is wonderful. Winter, to me, is fiber time. I just opened my fiber center in my elementary Art Room. Kids are so excited.
I loooove needle felting little gifts for friends. I knew exactly what you meant when you said sometimes they’re weird lol 😂 we really have too much power being able to make absolutely anything with needle felting
Oh wow that’s a great yarn artwork project! I do sewing 🪡 🧵 & embroidery in the winter ❄️ more but also year round when necessary. You could use the oranges threads for a lovely sunset 🌅 over the beaches scene. Your home is looking gorgeous as is the countryside! We’re under a Winter ❄️ Storm Watch for the next 3 day with 20 degrees Fahrenheit for highs & singles digits for lows expecting 4-8 inches of snow here in North Mississippi. 🥶So I am officially in hibernation mode. Hopefully 🙏🏼 we don’t end up with an ice storm! Have a great relaxing restful winter weekend. Thanks for sharing this wonderful video!
Sarah, Your fiber landscapes are so beautiful! I love your painting and photography/vidiography also! It is delightful to see that you enjoy and work so beautifully in so many different mediums. Thank you for your videos. Happy New Year!
Sarah I live in a mobile home so I get the Tetris. This time of year I organize and make my home homey as possible. I think it going to be an interesting year.
It's so beautiful where you live, makes me want to travel to and explore Scotland. Seeing your lovely cat made me both smile and cry as I lost my gorgeous girl just over a week ago.
I'm so sorry to hear that ❤ I lost my sweet baby Vader last summer and I still cry. I actually saw a black cat yesterday and jumped up thinking it was him :( But we have to remember the good times we shared, keep their sweet memories close to our heart. The sorrow is a reminder of how much we love them
This is making me want to bring out my embroidery supplies again, and even try my hand at more freehand embroidery :D I haven't touched my supplies in years but I have kept them because I just knew I would regret getting rid of them some day.
Beautiful opening. I love watching your videos of a place I will never get to. Thanks for sharing that. I do love embroidery and fabric art. I have never succeeded at knitting (wonky arm after a stroke) but I can still crochet. Thanks for sharing your art and your journey!
Happy New Year Sarah. I do macrame and embroidery as well. I seem to shift my focus in winter time as well although I am currently painting the Wave splash tutorial in gouache. I also make miniatures and currently working on a miniature Harry Potter themed magic house. Its very cold here in Texas right now. We’ve been binge watching two of our favorite series (Yellowstone and Outlander). Love your Scotland views and your soothing voice. It brings me such peace. So happy you have a table now to work at with your textile art. LOVE seeing how you used them to create a landscape. VERY COOL! God bless you, Wolfie and Flokie.
Macrame! And do y’all have frost guards for the car windshield (do they call them windscreens there?) would save you time scraping the ice off the car. We got us a bit of snow in pittsburgh pa. it’s 15 degrees F tonight, brrr
Your embroidery is beautiful. I recommend a big metal ring (from the office supply store) to hold the colors your’re using in a project. ridiculous wind chill temps in WI now. Time for a project!
Oh I really love your thread landscape!! It looked so unique and beautiful! My cat had 2 uti incidences and the first one was very serious. What I found helped is (and sorry for the unsolicited advice but I love animals) giving them filtered water as hard water adds to the problem, feed limited amount of dry food, and only wet cat food with no ash in it. Good luck on your macrame project!
Thank you 😊 We've always had a water fountain with a filter for his water dish (he prefers moving water!). We also have him on a special diet now that the vet recommends for urinary health, and more wet than dry. So he is doing really well at the moment and we are hoping it stays that way!
Your beautiful calender arrived safely. The monthly photos are lovely and I especially love September..my birthday month 💗 It great to see Scotland through your cameras eye. Some of my ancestors came to Australia via Perth, the Outer Hebrides and Denmark.
Looks like you are collecting driftwood for macrame ? I used to love doing macrame years ago when I lived in Arizona. I would collect Cholla cactus ribs for the hangers!😎
lovely look at the early days of the new year! i'm also in a fiber crafts sort of mood and am teaching myself embroidery! and i've just picked back up my knitting after not working on it for a year or so. here's hoping all of your fiber craft dreams turn out well!
Your videos always make me feel nostalgic for Scotland (but I don’t miss the UK weather 😂). One of my favourite views is the White Church on the River Earn in Comrie but also love the views driving over the Quaich Road from Amulree to Kenmore.
I sometimes wonder if there's a place with 'perfect weather' ...I imagine if so, the landscape couldn't be as nice. Or that there would probably be loads of bugs, or overrun by tourists 😂
Happy NewYear! I’m old so I have done a lot of that stuff. You are going to do some macrame with the driftwood. I think that you and I have so much in common with the exception that I have ALWAYS been a passionate equestrian. We had no TV when I was a child so I learned crochet, knitting, embroidery, macrame, tatting, beading, quill working, knots ( like ships knots) and round braiding and flat braiding. I got in trouble for taking apart mechanical things to see how they worked. (The bicycle coaster brake was what got me in trouble because I wasn’t able to put THAT one back together so I got caught 😅😅😅) I still crochet and am working on an afghan right now. I identify with your organizing drive in the winter because I grew up in Michigan where we got a lot of snow. ❤❤❤❤😊
For some reason I always envisioned Scotland as a snowier place; that frost is stunning, though. Wow.❄️ We’ve been dry and bitter cold here in northern Colorado - so dry in fact that yesterday I cleanly SWEPT the snow off the porch with a broom. Those embroidery pieces are fascinating and beautiful and have excellent tonal values. Due to red-green colorblindness, it would be a near-impossible challenge for me to try such a thing (same reason I don’t do much with pastels or other tricky to keep labelled mediums). And the sun going down so early? Ooof. Made for some gorgeous footage, though. Looked warm and cozy, even though I’m sure it was anything but. I love drinking Venezuelan mate’ through a metal straw, and am puzzled why I’d never thought to drink coffee with one. New compulsion unlocked…? Best 2024 wishes for you and yours and Floki (especially his health), Laura
There are definitely areas in Scotland that get more regular snow. I think I'm just in a more temperate spot between the coast and mountains, along a river. It seems the weather moves incredibly fast over us and brings faster temperature shifts whereas some areas stay consistently cold and accumulate more snow
@@sarahinscotland That makes sense. :) All those weather changes must make for challenging but amazing mood landscapes. **plein air respect intensifies**
I love those thread landscapes! How creative! I also received my beautiful Sketching Scotland book! I just love it and it got to Oklahoma very fast considering I ordered during the holiday mail run. Thank you!
Thanks for the wonderful Sunday Winter update. Easy weather compared to CNY;) Who’s the guitar/bass player? Back in Lossie in Feb. When we’re away, your videos provide a great escape from the doldrums of winter in the midwest of the States and make us smile. Your productions continue to grow in all aspects. Please keep up the great work!
Watching your video just now Sarah and the snow has started in Aberdeenshire. I did a decluttering of my little art studio I still have too little space.
Yea, there are little flakes softly falling...but nothing is sticking yet. I saw the forecast that we will get a bit of snow this week but doesn't seem like much. I bet the mountains will be GORGEOUS!
Thank you for picking up garbage and debris along your walk, and properly disposing it!
Thank you for sharing your ‘organizing’ efforts . I’m familiar with reaching the ‘ best I’ve saved for last’ stage to find it doesn’t fit. You have a beautiful rainbow for creating.
Happy 2024. Enjoy this time of drawing in together.
Hi Sarah! I enjoyed visiting you in your home very much. Thanks for opening your door to us. Your fiber art is really good. I also do a lot of knitting, but I never got to do any fiber art, like actually making pictures! Mmmmm....I don't know if I have time for something like that, though I would like to try! We have a big family and there is always someone asking me to make something special and I enjoy doing that and making them happy. I just love being creative and I enjoy watching you and your creativity. Stay warm both of your, scratches behind the ear for Floki!😊
Hi Sarah I love your embroidery landscapes and seascapes they are beautiful. Love all your work. Thank you for this video.
Thank you so much!
First of all, those thread paintings wow!! Absolutely stunning I want one ❤. My favourite place in Scotland right now is my new home but all time favourite is Arisaig beach. The colour and the light just hits a bit different up that way.
My favorite place in Scotland is Craigievar Castle. Within walking distance is where we house (and cat) sat for an artist for a whole month in 2017. Thanks to her graciously offering me the use of her home studio and supplies - and some wonderful feline inspiration from the tabbies - I started painting again after a 30+ year break. Once I got those brushes in my hand I never looked back - it’s been full steam ahead ever since, especially once we settled down in Florida and the pandemic began. I spent part of our time in Scotland walking around the castle grounds taking photos and getting lots of ideas. The castle itself looks like a tall, pink wedding cake. It’s really quite lovely.
My favourite place is not far from you is Spey Bay, i worked there a couple of years at the wildlife dolphin centre. I used to do the early morning shore watches at 6am for 3 hours. Sometimes i had the place to myself and the wildlife. Ospreys dolphins whales seals birds otters. The majestic powerful River Spey the view up the river to the old railway bridge on where my husband proposed marriage. Lots of happy memories.
I've constructed many makeshift storage areas out of metal shelving over the years. I'll often cover them with a neutral curtain to disguise them and cut down on the visual noise.
I leash trained both cats when I brought them home from foster moms. Best thing I ever did. Charlie & Kiva are the talk of the neighborhood and perhaps I am also! Known as the crazy cat lady? My husband Jeff accompanies us on our longer walks - bicycling alongside us, so I call him the bicycle bandit bodyguard now - because where we live in Arizona, there are lots of Javelinas, great horned, owls, bobcats, and, of course, coyotes and scorpions and rattle snakes! I have to constantly be on the lookout. That’s why we also bring a pet stroller with us so they’re safe if we do encounter one of these critters on our twilight walks.😻
Luckily we don't have lots of deadly predators here. My biggest fear are vehicles... but we live in a slow quiet area on the edge of town with hardly any traffic. I've seen the cats near the road, they are very cautious and run away when they hear vehicles. They spend most of their time in the woods or quiet gardens. But still...I worry. That's why I have tracking collars for them. Plus a friend told me a horror story- her cat got stuck in a junk yard garage for 11 days, she thought it had vanished, until it wandered home stinking of oil. She got a tracking collar and saw that the junk yard is part of it's normal route...just got unlucky when the owner went on vacation and closed the door!
I think the driftwood is for macrame projects. I did macrame in the past, as well as embroidery and knitting. I love your scenes you made with thread. Today I crochet in winter. I've crocheted an afghan for each of my 11 grandchildren. I have two new grandchildren due soon, so I'm currently working steadily on getting a baby afghan done for both of them. I'm interested to see your projects.
Many thanks for this Wonderful cozy, winter video, Sarah. It is -11 degrees where I am in Colorado as I write this and I am instantly inspired to grab my flosses and threads and do some slow stitching. Your needle works are beautiful….did I hear you say you don’t know how to sew?! 😳😜. You have some Lovely landscape pieces. I was glad to see you ordered a proper storage box; it makes the whole project more pleasing and inviting. (Sweet Wolfie fixing you a coffee adds the perfect touch to this scene!)
Goodness!! Those little embroidery landscapes are gorgeous Sarah!! Excited to see where your fibre arts interest takes you. TFS!! ps.... Floki is adorable!!!
I used to make landscape pictures made from strips of waste sari silk attached to a calico backing with a needle felting machine...painting kind of took over !
Honestly…Wolfe is devastatingly handsome…don’t worry…I’m 65😂! I really liked this episode…slow and relaxed. I like needle felting too. Making tiny toys for little people is rewarding. Like your place!
What a beautiful village you live in, Sarah. Just adore countryside ❤️. Love from England xx
Bow Fiddle rock is one of my favorites in Scotland.
I will love to see a landscape embroidery of isle of Skye
That's high on my list! So many places there I absolutely love, especially Sligachan
@@sarahinscotland I hope you create them soon 💜 happy embroidery 😊
This one felt so soothing to the soul. It helped me with easing out of a funk. Universe does listen. :)
Macrame and drift wood i can't wait to see your project
Definitely some macrame w the driftwood! Thats what I do!❤🎉
Girl, I feel your pain…moving things is like “Tetris”. Oh, for sure!! Small spaces require real creativity to make it work. Kudos on a great start.
I have loved your art work, and of course watch everything you post. AND, just when I thought it couldn't get better you mention you love fiber arts also. Before sketching and painting, I did fiber arts of all kinds and then moved into art quilting. This "artsy" world we live in is just the BEST! Thank you for sharing your life with us. One of your latest quotes, "There will always be light - it just depends on where you look", was profound. It pertains to art, but also to life in general, always "look for the light!"
I have a feeling a lot of visual artists enjoy fiber arts of some kind, at least from the comments it seems so! It feels like good company here 😊
Long time crocheter and knitter (sure I got some strange looks when I used to knit on the bus every day) but since becoming a full time artist I don't have the time anymore. I also used to sew and make my own clothes, soft toys, dog collars and handbags. Never tried macramé but my mum and I made corn dollies many moons ago...
It's such a fun hobby. I don't have tons of time for it, but when I do I really enjoy it
these little crafted pictures are very good! i would like to see some more
Wow, thank you for sharing a glimpse of your personal life & environment. Your videos mean a lot to me & have provided me with immense inspiration as a landscape artist here in the San Francisco Bay Area - also quite foggy :) Happy global bird count day from one foggy coast to another!
I love your fiber art 'paintings'. Your years of drawing and painting show up in these lovelies. Winter is such a great time for re-organizing. I used to do all my 'spring cleaning' in the winter when I lived in MN. What a treat to find more spaciousness and a larger table in your home. Such a treat. And an awesome thread stash. Its nice to know I'm not the only one that loves organizing supplies, sometimes more than the using of them. We had a calico kitty that would often go for walks. She would follow behind, rarely ahead, talking alot (as calicos do). Though she did have her limits, of how far away, and then she would urge us to turn back. I loved seeing you gathering driftwood. It feels so lovely to watch you walk the cobble and look for the gifts of the sea to bring home and create something with. The auroras are so incredible and broad and brilliant.
I love your stitched landscapes. I also crochet, embroider- used to cross stitch which is too hard on my eyes now.
I definitely notice my neighbor who walks with her cat (their dog goes too, on the leash) and they always make me smile. So I bet yours are noticing lovely you and Floki.
I love the fiber landscapes! 🥰 Organizing makes me happy. I had to laugh when you said you almost like organizing your craft supplies more than using them. I am the same way. ☺
I am laughing ... sorting and making it organized until the very end and then just put it all in...who cares. So funny and it something I would do! Thank for always being a bright spot. ~April Moose Family Adventures
I sure miss my island driftwood. Lots of sticks up here but so far seems to be just rotted out - mostly beech tree branches. I guess you are going to make an artful macrame wall hanging … (I used to know some knots, but not anymore 😅 I even used to make plant holders and small knotted snowflake ornaments.)
Hi Sarah! I’m new here and ran across your story when I’m UA-cam and the next video was yours. I love Scotland. Ive twice and I love the Highlands and Inverness. Can’t wait to return.
I love your thread landscapes. I have done work with plastic canvas. Needle point. Are you going to do something with macrame' cord? I enjoy many different kinds of fiber arts. Have been into that since 1975. I also love my world of drawing, painting and mixed media. Glad to see kitty is feeling better. Thank you for a glimpse into your cozy, winter space. Stay warm.
Lovely and touching -- thanks for such a sweet share! I definitely spend more time acquiring and organizing art supplies than (so far) I do using them. It's like hoarding jewels, and your organizing your colored threads looked like that too. Now they're ready to go!
Maybe we are like magpies, collecting “shiny” things 🙃
OVERSTORY! Of course it's on your bookshelf. Great read.
Love your canvas embroidery. I knit, crochet, embroider -but only by pattern (until this inspiring post). I've done lampwork glassbead making, too. I had plans to recycle beer and wine bottles from the local restaurants and bars. Unfortunately, working with glass was incompatible with my asthma, and I had to let that go. But hey, now I've got a gouache box subscription, so it's all good.😊
I was able to visit Scotland in 2018 and there was beauty everywhere, but my favorite place was the farie pools on the Isle of Sky. We were there in August and I swam in the pools, not bad for a sixty year old woman. It was cold and wonderful!
We (the "me, myself & I"-we) love weird. And silly. It's good, it's fun! Like drinking coffee from a straw 🙂
Haha
Hi Sarah - lovely video! I think you could use some embroidery floss organizer boxes. That’s what I used when I had lots of embroidery floss and I could organize them by color. The boxes have dividers and are the perfect size. They kept everything neat and organized. They are sold on Amazon.
I ordered one because I realized it would work much better! Just arrived today so now I get to make it nice and tidy
Happy New Year Sarah and Wolfe! Winter project save us...
My fave place in Scotland so far is Glen Affric. It’s home to the last bit of the ancient Caledonian forest and I live in Cannich, right next to it 💚🏴
I absolutely love Glen Affric. That's one of the places we dreamed of living someday but feels like a fantasy
Looks like macrame you’ll be doing, I like that too. Also all my cats have gone on walks with me 😍 my favourite place is Avimior xx
Loved this vlog, Sarah! So cosy. :) Dominic also drinks his coffee through a metal straw! I think that you should make some thread art of a Glencoe scene. I'd love to see that!
P.S. Floki brings joy to my heart.
*high five Dominic!* haha
Oh yes Glencoe would be sooooo lovely and I have like a million greens to play with! I hope you are doing well 💙
It's Sunday evening here in Chicago..we are currentlyin a deep freeze out here -8 feels like -32 brrr... lol. I wanted to save your video to unwind and relax while sipping on a cup of decaf. Seriously Sarah..you have the best video footage of Scotland. The photos and drone video scenes you chose n choose to capture are absolutely AMAZING. Taking my breath away everything I see anything you captured. Your artistry is superb! Then you brought out your craft box and I see for the first time your thread landscapes!😮😮😮 like little and big 3d printing like threaded incredible creations! Wow! Are those on your site for sale? If no, will you make some for sale in the future? Or a tutorial on how to do that?? Loved how the living room space turned out. Much much better and more clarity to get other things done. 😊 Lokie is a gem. Thanks again for sharing Scotland's beauty and your talent!❤
Hot Wheel car collector boxes, make perfect thread storage boxes. Place them on end in the boxes, keeps them corralled and all colors visible at a glance. Love your art and content Sarah.
Interesting! Thank you for the tip
You are such a special person to me, Sarah. I love your art, teaching and sharing, your openness on your channel. Have a wonderful 2024!
there are a few cats that follow their people in the area where their cats follow them around everywhere, but thankfully not right downtown where all the cars are!
Beautiful video! Are you going to make a macrame piece with the driftwood? I do macrame as well! The simplicity of doing things with your hands is so relaxing! I have knitted & crocheted in the past. Last summer I made a crocheted top! I love your fiber art! Looking forward to see your finished piece! ❤️
Hi Sarah, i have been to Edinburgh about 15 years ago and totally loved it. I can see why you love living in Scotland so much. I seems that the weather in your location is very much like the weather in Seattle Washington. But i believe you get much more sunny days that Seattle :) I also love my crafting and sewing and painting. I feel like i am such a loner when i am doing my hobbies but honestly it makes me very happy. I currently live in Walla Walla Washington and it is very sunny most of the time and we are surounded by the Blues Montains which are so beautiful. You videos really make me want to go back to Scotland and visit again. Take care 💕
Driftwood handle for your shaped container whether it be a bowl or a long thing or whatever but Driftwood handle that’s what I’m saying you’re going to do with it 🥰❤️🥰
the home, the driftwood - of course floor to ceiling macrame landscapes!
I really enjoyed this peaceful visit with you. I know many artists who love a variety of artistic endeavors so it was fun to see your beautiful embroidery and felting! I love doing gouache (thanks to you), oils, watercolor, crochet and many other crafts. Thank you for all your wonderful videos. ❤
oooh that thread painting(s) you showed look awesome! would totally watch videos about that! I'm not patient enough for (big) embroidery. I learned some stitches when I was a tailors apprentice but only because we had to, not because I wanted to do it xD But watching is interesting!
don't know if it's the right word but my guess about the driftwood is some macrame (in German it's Makramee) pieces?
I’ve never been to Scotland where my family was from, but in your videos my favorite places are the rocky cliffs with green hills, and also your forest views. I love when the flowers are blooming in the forest.
I love the idea of green sprawling fields, maybe some sheep dotted around 😊
Macrame. Used to do that back in the 80’s…..
Wow, so neat ... I'd love to see more of your thread landscapes in the future. The ones you showed in this video are beautiful. 😍
Oh my goodness, I have spotted something on your wall behind you, Sarah, that I recognise! The brass end of the black stitched leather sheath of a British dress sword! I had my grandfather’s dress sword in my possession until my brother took it to England to give to our only uncle, the son, as was my father, of a British diplomat posted in India. Your sword, or is it Wolfie’s, looks identical to ours. I am Australian born to British parents. I’m an artist of 35 years and have recently found your channel. Shall watch this video now.
Castle Stuart. My son and I spent a night there
Looks like a beautiful life ! Watching from the santa cruz mountain's in California rained all night..😊 love the cat..i used to walk my rabbit with a leash ! 😅
…and I walk my parrot. It’s funny, how many people don’t realize that pets need their sunshine and fresh air, as well. 🐇 🦜
I would love to see people walking with their rabbits and parrots! Sounds fab
macrame! also...you're good people, Sarah Burns
Having space that's functional makes such a huge difference. I pray Floki will get to live a long and happy life. I love the fact he goes on walks with you. It's adorable.
Those embroidered landscapes are really interesting. I like them!
Ooh, hello! Fancy seeing you here. :) I'm a Floki fan too!
Oh! Hello! Nice to bump into you. :) It's difficult to not be a fan of such a cute kitty!
Macrame plant holders or wall art. I got macrame for Christmas still practising.
Sounds lovely!
🙏 You've rekindled my love of fibre art! I used to mix embroidery on top of lino print... Such fun 😁 Looking forward to seeing your fibre creations 🪡🧵🧶
That sounds interesting!
@@sarahinscotlandlino cut print onto 300gsm paper, med-heavy weight cotton fabric glued or stitched to the back and yur golden for embroidery and any other embellishment of fabric, thread or bead... Advise a metal thimble always be worn 😊
🧡LOVE🧡 your fiber landscapes! You make beautiful Scotland look even more stunning with your arts - how is that even possible? Don’t know… but I thoroughly enjoy watching you do it 😊 (And I don’t forget how much I learn from you every time. Gratitude always 🙏)
Thank you so much!
Glen Coe never ceases to amaze especially in its golden autumn colours
I love the forest at Cawdor Castle!🌳🌲🌳🌲
I love the embroidered seascape. The reflection in the water is wonderful. Winter, to me, is fiber time. I just opened my fiber center in my elementary Art Room. Kids are so excited.
Sounds great!
I loooove needle felting little gifts for friends. I knew exactly what you meant when you said sometimes they’re weird lol 😂 we really have too much power being able to make absolutely anything with needle felting
Yea...I've made some very funny looking "sheep" 😂😂😂
Oh wow that’s a great yarn artwork project! I do sewing 🪡 🧵 & embroidery in the winter ❄️ more but also year round when necessary. You could use the oranges threads for a lovely sunset 🌅 over the beaches scene. Your home is looking gorgeous as is the countryside! We’re under a Winter ❄️ Storm Watch for the next 3 day with 20 degrees Fahrenheit for highs & singles digits for lows expecting 4-8 inches of snow here in North Mississippi. 🥶So I am officially in hibernation mode. Hopefully 🙏🏼 we don’t end up with an ice storm! Have a great relaxing restful winter weekend. Thanks for sharing this wonderful video!
It started snowing VERY lightly today! It was magical.
Sarah,
Your fiber landscapes are so beautiful! I love your painting and photography/vidiography also! It is delightful to see that you enjoy and work so beautifully in so many different mediums. Thank you for your videos.
Happy New Year!
Sarah I live in a mobile home so I get the Tetris. This time of year I organize and make my home homey as possible. I think it going to be an interesting year.
It's so beautiful where you live, makes me want to travel to and explore Scotland. Seeing your lovely cat made me both smile and cry as I lost my gorgeous girl just over a week ago.
I'm so sorry to hear that ❤ I lost my sweet baby Vader last summer and I still cry. I actually saw a black cat yesterday and jumped up thinking it was him :( But we have to remember the good times we shared, keep their sweet memories close to our heart. The sorrow is a reminder of how much we love them
❤@@sarahinscotland
Hi Sarah and Wolfie, we love watching your videos, they're brilliant. I noticed an acoustic bass hanging on the wall, who plays it? Cheers, Mike.
The textile landscapes are beautiful! I love a good organization session.
This is making me want to bring out my embroidery supplies again, and even try my hand at more freehand embroidery :D I haven't touched my supplies in years but I have kept them because I just knew I would regret getting rid of them some day.
Beautiful opening. I love watching your videos of a place I will never get to. Thanks for sharing that. I do love embroidery and fabric art. I have never succeeded at knitting (wonky arm after a stroke) but I can still crochet. Thanks for sharing your art and your journey!
I'm totally fascinated at the incredible art that can be created by a series of knots!
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I love fiber arts as much as media art. So many kinds of fibers, so little time😸😸😸Looking forward to seeing what else you come up with💕
Happy New Year Sarah. I do macrame and embroidery as well. I seem to shift my focus in winter time as well although I am currently painting the Wave splash tutorial in gouache. I also make miniatures and currently working on a miniature Harry Potter themed magic house. Its very cold here in Texas right now. We’ve been binge watching two of our favorite series (Yellowstone and Outlander). Love your Scotland views and your soothing voice. It brings me such peace. So happy you have a table now to work at with your textile art. LOVE seeing how you used them to create a landscape. VERY COOL! God bless you, Wolfie and Flokie.
We just started watching Yellowstone and WOW, what a show
Macrame! And do y’all have frost guards for the car windshield (do they call them windscreens there?) would save you time scraping the ice off the car. We got us a bit of snow in pittsburgh pa. it’s 15 degrees F tonight, brrr
Your embroidery is beautiful. I recommend a big metal ring (from the office supply store) to hold the colors your’re using in a project. ridiculous wind chill temps in WI now. Time for a project!
Oh I really love your thread landscape!! It looked so unique and beautiful! My cat had 2 uti incidences and the first one was very serious. What I found helped is (and sorry for the unsolicited advice but I love animals) giving them filtered water as hard water adds to the problem, feed limited amount of dry food, and only wet cat food with no ash in it. Good luck on your macrame project!
Thank you 😊 We've always had a water fountain with a filter for his water dish (he prefers moving water!). We also have him on a special diet now that the vet recommends for urinary health, and more wet than dry. So he is doing really well at the moment and we are hoping it stays that way!
Stunning intro. I will be there in a few weeks and can’t wait to experience the winter in the highlands ❤
Ah nice I hope you get to see some mountains!
Wow - love your thread landscapes! What's the name of the last song of the video? I love it 😍
The three sisters in Glencoe
Thanks for such wonderful videos! Just received your brushes last month, and I am loving them too!
That's great, so glad you are enjoying them!
Your beautiful calender arrived safely. The monthly photos are lovely and I especially love September..my birthday month 💗 It great to see Scotland through your cameras eye. Some of my ancestors came to Australia via Perth, the Outer Hebrides and Denmark.
Wonderful!
Looks like you are collecting driftwood for macrame ? I used to love doing macrame years ago when I lived in Arizona. I would collect Cholla cactus ribs for the hangers!😎
lovely look at the early days of the new year! i'm also in a fiber crafts sort of mood and am teaching myself embroidery! and i've just picked back up my knitting after not working on it for a year or so. here's hoping all of your fiber craft dreams turn out well!
Your videos always make me feel nostalgic for Scotland (but I don’t miss the UK weather 😂). One of my favourite views is the White Church on the River Earn in Comrie but also love the views driving over the Quaich Road from Amulree to Kenmore.
I sometimes wonder if there's a place with 'perfect weather' ...I imagine if so, the landscape couldn't be as nice. Or that there would probably be loads of bugs, or overrun by tourists 😂
Happy NewYear! I’m old so I have done a lot of that stuff. You are going to do some macrame with the driftwood. I think that you and I have so much in common with the exception that I have ALWAYS been a passionate equestrian. We had no TV when I was a child so I learned crochet, knitting, embroidery, macrame, tatting, beading, quill working, knots ( like ships knots) and round braiding and flat braiding. I got in trouble for taking apart mechanical things to see how they worked. (The bicycle coaster brake was what got me in trouble because I wasn’t able to put THAT one back together so I got caught 😅😅😅) I still crochet and am working on an afghan right now. I identify with your organizing drive in the winter because I grew up in Michigan where we got a lot of snow. ❤❤❤❤😊
I having always been so interested in fiber art/craft of all kinds. Just other things pull me away. But now feels like the perfect time!
My hubby has an electric smoker - it's the only time I can get him to cook. 😂
For some reason I always envisioned Scotland as a snowier place; that frost is stunning, though. Wow.❄️ We’ve been dry and bitter cold here in northern Colorado - so dry in fact that yesterday I cleanly SWEPT the snow off the porch with a broom.
Those embroidery pieces are fascinating and beautiful and have excellent tonal values. Due to red-green colorblindness, it would be a near-impossible challenge for me to try such a thing (same reason I don’t do much with pastels or other tricky to keep labelled mediums).
And the sun going down so early? Ooof. Made for some gorgeous footage, though. Looked warm and cozy, even though I’m sure it was anything but.
I love drinking Venezuelan mate’ through a metal straw, and am puzzled why I’d never thought to drink coffee with one. New compulsion unlocked…?
Best 2024 wishes for you and yours and Floki (especially his health),
Laura
There are definitely areas in Scotland that get more regular snow. I think I'm just in a more temperate spot between the coast and mountains, along a river. It seems the weather moves incredibly fast over us and brings faster temperature shifts whereas some areas stay consistently cold and accumulate more snow
@@sarahinscotland That makes sense. :) All those weather changes must make for challenging but amazing mood landscapes. **plein air respect intensifies**
I love those thread landscapes! How creative! I also received my beautiful Sketching Scotland book! I just love it and it got to Oklahoma very fast considering I ordered during the holiday mail run. Thank you!
I'm glad it got there safely and you are enjoying it! :)
Vous faites du macramé.....Bonne journée
macrame and driftwood sculpture to hang?
Macrame! With driftwood😀?🤷🏼♀️
Where do you sell your thread pictures? They're beautiful!
I don't sell them right now. Takes way too long!
This was exactly the video for my Sunday to watch. Thank you so much and I wish you both an amazing year to come. 😊💕
Sundays are my cozy video days too 😊
Thanks for the wonderful Sunday Winter update. Easy weather compared to CNY;) Who’s the guitar/bass player? Back in Lossie in Feb. When we’re away, your videos provide a great escape from the doldrums of winter in the midwest of the States and make us smile. Your productions continue to grow in all aspects. Please keep up the great work!
I don't miss the lake effect snow of CNY!!
My husband plays bass! Do you play?
Yes!!!!
Watching your video just now Sarah and the snow has started in Aberdeenshire. I did a decluttering of my little art studio I still have too little space.
Yea, there are little flakes softly falling...but nothing is sticking yet. I saw the forecast that we will get a bit of snow this week but doesn't seem like much. I bet the mountains will be GORGEOUS!
@@sarahinscotland yes they will be amazing I love it when the trees get covered in snow as well.
Do you gather any rocks?
Not from the coast. It's not allowed
Macrame?