New Year - New Project! Making a PATCHWORK pouch for my sewing kit.

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  • Happy New Year! Here I am, starting out with a little bit of scrap stitching, making hardly any impact on my huge pile of scraps, but at least I end up with a little pouch to keep my sewing things in!
    It's cold here, so bringing in logs and settling by the fire is what I love to do. If you have a try at this little project, tag me on instagram - kateatthelasthomelyhouse - I'd love to see.
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    Thank you for joining me here on The Lime Green Sofa! I'll pass down some chocolate biscuits for you all to enjoy!
    Take care,
    Love,
    Kate
    xxx

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  • @thelasthomelyhouse
    @thelasthomelyhouse  4 місяці тому +151

    I'm so pleased you are enjoying this video - it's such an easy project isn't it! If you make something like it, please tag me on Instagram kateatthelasthomelyhouse because I would love to see what you do! Thank you to everyone snugly settled down on the Sofa with me! Kate xxx

    • @dianehall9916
      @dianehall9916 4 місяці тому +4

      What a wonderful way to start the new year, thank you for inspiring me!

    • @dianehall9916
      @dianehall9916 4 місяці тому

      What a wonderful way to start the new year, thank you for inspiring me!

    • @dianehall9916
      @dianehall9916 4 місяці тому

      What a wonderful way to start the new year, thank you for inspiring me!

    • @user-wj3ke6ov8p
      @user-wj3ke6ov8p 4 місяці тому +1

      Спасибо❤, очень уютно у вас!

    • @MLAshbacher
      @MLAshbacher 4 місяці тому +3

      Kate, is there another way to show you our finished version if we don't have Instagram?

  • @GailK.
    @GailK. 4 місяці тому +184

    When you got your mum’s button tin, I burst out laughing…with a few tears. My mother had an old wooden button box that could keep me busy sifting through it for an hour when I was small. She passed away on 2020 and I had to go through all their things they had accumulated for 75 years. She had sorted that box of buttons by colors and put them into parts bins (with the little plastic drawers). Well…I poured each little drawer into an old Christmas tin I’d been dropping buttons in for 50 years. Interestingly, I recognized buttons from the old wooden button box. She never threw out those old buttons, thank heavens. 😢❤. It’s very calming to poke through a stash of old buttons to find four different buttons to sew on something.

    • @Mary-il6zz
      @Mary-il6zz 4 місяці тому +12

      I have one from my Mom too! Good memories😊

    • @Xzx855
      @Xzx855 4 місяці тому +12

      😊yes, so true! I am 68, and I still have that special box…from my grandma and my mother, a lot of buttons and the perfume of old times…..❤🌸🥰ooooh soooo nice remember ❤

    • @janellrichards1280
      @janellrichards1280 4 місяці тому +6

      I loved that also! I have my Granny”s and Mom’s button tins

    • @pakistanpakistani7869
      @pakistanpakistani7869 4 місяці тому +5

      I can relate to that ❤

    • @user-gw6hb5bu3p
      @user-gw6hb5bu3p 4 місяці тому +3

      У тоже всего полно я Вас люблю Ви так меня. Вдохновили

  • @damarisrempel9147
    @damarisrempel9147 2 місяці тому +23

    My heart burst when you got the button box out. Childhood memories of rainy days and drawing pictures and then using the buttons to fill in the drawing. What children today are missing ... I have a button box too,
    but no children to play with them... But I still play with it and dig through it and delight in finding the beautiful antique and vintage buttons. ❤❤❤

  • @barbarameehan113
    @barbarameehan113 3 місяці тому +57

    I wake up at 3 or 4 am and what a joy to see you Kate. Sew relaxing. I am going through cancer treatment sew to have your video pop up is sheer joy. I am stressed out but you and your videos relax me. Thank you for being there. Bless you and your lovely family.💗

    • @alicecowan3499
      @alicecowan3499 3 місяці тому +3

      🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌻

    • @Loriann3616
      @Loriann3616 3 місяці тому +3

      🙏🏻 ❤🌹

    • @roslynnoble2493
      @roslynnoble2493 2 місяці тому +6

      I have cancer too and thank you for being there for when I can't sleep and of course all the other times.

    • @cindytenis7275
      @cindytenis7275 Місяць тому +3

      Hang in there. It is a journey. Relax and enjoy moments. 🙏

    • @glowilk5377
      @glowilk5377 Місяць тому

      roslyn , barbara - how are you doing? My mom is doing her journey of cancer fight too. Thinking of you all, keep your heads up. ❤

  • @pegsjustus
    @pegsjustus Місяць тому +6

    Hello Kate,… this is Peggy Justus from Lexington. Kentucky in USA. I grew up near the mountains of North Carolina. I absolutely love watching you… I’m very interested in quilting plus I’m 81 years old. Thank you for sharing your videos … I think I’ve seen “most” of them and hope to see many more in the future. ❤

  • @user-vk6wg2kz4m
    @user-vk6wg2kz4m 4 місяці тому +17

    Я не понимаю о чем говорит эта приятная женщина. Достала лоскутки, сшила их, потом баночку с пуговицами. И так от неё теплотой веет. Котик на спинке кресла, огонь в железной печке согревает женщину. Мне очень понравилось это видео и что делает эта женщина. 😊❤❤

  • @terrychristens9110
    @terrychristens9110 3 місяці тому +17

    So many people of a certain age have memories of the button tin. My tin was an old cigar box and I still have it with most of the original buttons. Some of the bakelite buttons started disintegrating but most held up. I used to sit under the dining room table and string the buttons into a very long snake. That’s how I learned to hold a needle and rethread it many times.😂 The table was covered with a knotted lace tablecloth and it was my magical spot since it was easy for me to see out but hard for the adults to see me under there. They had to listen for the clicking of the buttons as I sifted through them to make my snake.

  • @marybeth4002
    @marybeth4002 4 місяці тому +86

    Today is Sunday. We're experiencing a winter storm and frigid temps. A big pot of homemade vegetable soup on the stove and homemade rolls in the oven. Kate is here sharing her latest project with simple sewing techniques and a wonderful sewing pouch is the end result. LIFE IS GOOD ❤❤❤ Sending love to you, Kate.

    • @bluekitty3731
      @bluekitty3731 4 місяці тому +6

      Hi Mary Beth, It sounds like we had the same kinna Sunday, corn chowder, and some homemade bread for me! And lots of crocheting of granny squares.😊

    • @marybeth4002
      @marybeth4002 4 місяці тому +4

      @@bluekitty3731Hello, Blue Kitty, indeed, your Sunday sounds lovely too. Please pass the butter for the bread 😊

    • @saraburke4795
      @saraburke4795 4 місяці тому +3

      Kate, to my mind, there are few things more satisfying than getting out my scraps and having them play nicely together!❤️

    • @sandramyer7081
      @sandramyer7081 4 місяці тому +2

      Oh Yumm! Love pot of soup! Oh I love that and your back again- yay! ❤😂❤

    • @cheditaagoncillo2873
      @cheditaagoncillo2873 6 днів тому

      I Love it

  • @PreetiSharma-py7yo
    @PreetiSharma-py7yo 4 місяці тому +49

    Hi Kate. My first time on your channel. It was so relaxing watching your video. I went to school in Rajasthan, in Ajmer, and the nuns taught us cross stitch. I'm 53 now, and still love art and craft. Based in Chennai now, all the beautiful cottons! I'm inspired to buy a sewing machine and get on with quilting. You embody love, creativity and homeliness, in a world gone mad with technology. Keep spreading the joy!

    • @AC-dp3iq
      @AC-dp3iq 2 місяці тому +1

      Hermoso lo que has escrito, una realidad, tremenda, que hicieron de este maravilloso vivir❤

    • @caroletraynor8763
      @caroletraynor8763 2 місяці тому +1

      Beautiful ❤️. I have a phobia with buttons, so when I have a go at this, I'll definitely give the buttons a miss 😊

  • @user-xs8cf7bl4w
    @user-xs8cf7bl4w 4 місяці тому +118

    Kate! There you are...I'm very happy to be seeing you again. It's such fun. I hope you'll be having a wonderful and healthy year.

  • @carolynmorgan8536
    @carolynmorgan8536 4 місяці тому +99

    “No scrap left behind!” Great therapy project and love that feeling that comes with up-cycling fabric!

  • @gluey27
    @gluey27 4 місяці тому +11

    I made a pouch like yours in an afternoon today I have never had stitched before. I have a small quilt top I had just finished and am now contemplating hand stitching it. Thank you Kate for showing me how.

  • @fancyd66
    @fancyd66 4 місяці тому +28

    I loved Mr. Roger's Neighborhood as a child. He was calm, caring, and imaginative. Watching this video, you are my adult, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood!
    Ms. Kate's Sewing room...calm, caring, and creative❤

    •  4 місяці тому +5

      What a PERFECT analogy! Kate, your videos are sweetness to my soul. ❤

  • @lafranglaise3399
    @lafranglaise3399 4 місяці тому +10

    Memories of my playing with my Nan's button tin. You've given me the idea to create my own for my grand daughter to play with. Another lovely, gentle video Kate. Just the ticket when we're feeling a bit down in winter. Merci beaucoup for your ray of light.

  • @The_Sewing_Shuttle
    @The_Sewing_Shuttle 4 місяці тому +21

    My first time watching you, I have been sewing since aged 5yrs & 66yrs today, been trying to find some interesting youtubes to encourage my recently widowed friend, that she should get out her machine again, I thought I would introduce her to quilting

  • @judithavery2897
    @judithavery2897 4 місяці тому +8

    Your cottage just makes me smile with seeing your treasures when you move about your sewing room. I really really like the pouch you created from your bits of dot fabrics. I am going to make one, but probably use a printed fabric and quilt around the designs in the fabric design. I have taken hand quilting classes, so using a machine just dosen't appeal to me. My grandmother hand pieced and quilted, and I loved sitting and watching her with her needle and thread working away. (On a personal note, I love your hair, wish I were brave enough to go that short, mine is completely white like snow but at age 80 I guess that happens, lol).

  • @laurareynolds1332
    @laurareynolds1332 4 місяці тому +7

    You could put all sorts of things in there! Use it as a gift bag, toiletries, artist's tools, crochet and knitting tools, pantyhose and undies in your luggage, something that you want to pad or conceal or protect.

  • @mojow9841
    @mojow9841 4 місяці тому +6

    Thank you Kate, your button box brought back happy memories of playing with my aunt’s button box as a child. I inherited my mother’s box and have added to it over the years. I love buttons, especially old ones. The pouch is lovely and would make a good present.

  • @TerryHunsakerMcLemoreLMSW
    @TerryHunsakerMcLemoreLMSW 4 місяці тому +9

    I have my grandmother's button jar. She had a friend who had a collection of buttons in a cabinet with pull-out drawers made especially for a collection. In the USA women made button bracelets in the 1960's. It was a knitted cuff of metallic thread and metal buttons were attached to it. Buttons do bring up pleasant memories. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

  • @helenfields2318
    @helenfields2318 4 місяці тому +7

    Just in the middle of making the pouch with some lovely birds and nests fabric. Perfect project for this material.

  • @lauraJinstitches
    @lauraJinstitches 3 місяці тому +9

    My grandma had a button tin, lots of memories came rushing back when you shared yours. Thank you so much for reminding me what is truly important. Blessings to you from Illinois, usa. Prayers and hugs.

  • @florider8731
    @florider8731 2 місяці тому +3

    Hello from California. it is 1100pm here. I was watching cooking shows and getting so hungry. I stopped eating after 700pm for lent. Pure torture and salivating terribly. So lucky me I came upon your channel. You were very informative and give excellent instructions. Now I want to start sewing again. A small project like your sewing kit sparked my interest. Almost 10 years since I quilted. That was because, I was taking care of my mom, she has found her final resting place. Thank you for your encouragement. Just what I needed.😂

  • @julistubbs4901
    @julistubbs4901 4 місяці тому +9

    Oh I have my mother’s and both grandmothers button tins. I cherish all of them!

  • @karenhoffman8862
    @karenhoffman8862 4 місяці тому +14

    What a happy thing! :) Polka dots, stitiching, quilting, and buttons! And a pouch to put things in! Next to a warm fire. True joy! Thank you.

  • @donnadailey5062
    @donnadailey5062 4 місяці тому +35

    May I share that I've watched the majority of your videos and each time I'm inspired to try something new that you've shared. More importantly, you are a bit of sunshine, an absolutely delightful and, I'm sure, a genuinely good kind-hearted person. How I wish our world were filled with more folks like you.
    God bless you dear one. May He keep you healthy and safe and prosper you in all your endeavors as He gives you wonderful days filled with special and unexpected blessings. You are appreciated... greatly valued. Thank you for sharing your time, talent and wisdom... such amazing gifts.

    • @karenkavanagh9372
      @karenkavanagh9372 4 місяці тому

      Blessings from GiGi
      In
      Vintage
      Alma, Ontario
      Canada

  • @nattynoodles22
    @nattynoodles22 4 місяці тому +56

    Oh the joy of the button tin. That has reminded me that as a child I used to sit in the cupboard under the stairs with the button tin. The sound of you swishing round in it is pure joy 😊

    • @sead705
      @sead705 4 місяці тому +9

      Me too, my Mom use to teach me my colors and addition and subtraction with buttons. I sat under the table while she sewed and we chatted…I was very young and tiny, she’d teach me words,numbers, letters… Turns out she had her Grandma’s button box ( my great grandma) and that’s the button tin I grew up with. Turns out she gave it to me and I made a quilt that now hangs on the wall in my quilt room. It’s made with the very largest, prettiest buttons for flowers, complete with a patchwork basket design,embroidered basket handle, stem and leaves. The sounds and smell of a button tin is heavenly, and they are lovely to sift through and admire!

    • @katrinacutbill7420
      @katrinacutbill7420 4 місяці тому +1

      My Mum used to have one too…I should probably start one ❤

    • @vintagehomemaker9338
      @vintagehomemaker9338 4 місяці тому +4

      When my children were very young I gave them a threaded needle that had the point cut off and the button tin. They would string the buttons onto the thread while I was sewing. It helped them practice their fine motor skills and kept them busy while I sewed!

    • @stormeliz7406
      @stormeliz7406 4 місяці тому +1

      Yes the button tin was my favorite part! I will get mine out and feel kindred with you all on the green sofa :)

  • @mariannelovingier579
    @mariannelovingier579 4 місяці тому +13

    I will be making one for my retired nurse items to gift to a new nurse!!! Thank you ❤❤❤

  • @ucanleaveyourhaton
    @ucanleaveyourhaton 3 місяці тому +5

    Thank you for this great video ! 🤗. I love it. I can see you’re a very talented, yet kind person.
    I fervently pray every day, I meet a lovely person like you 🙏🙏🙏, and she patiently teaches me how to do patchwork projects. I just love patchwork. I have ADD and Autism, and Anxiety/Depression, which makes it hard for me to learn. I’m not feeling sorry for myself or anything… I can follow tutorials too. I’ve completed a course at my local college, and finished a few projects. It was fun, but my teacher was kind of impatient and didn’t understand my problems. It would be so good to find a kind and patient person, as I mentioned, who was patient enough to help me learn.
    All the best to everyone here. ❤️

  • @1wholovestrees
    @1wholovestrees 4 місяці тому +5

    Welcome back, Kate. It’s nice to see you. You are so meticulous and admired. I just slap the pieces together, after placing them in a bag divided between lights and darks; no sorting of pieces. Then I trim them up. I know this as Mile A Minute stitching. It gets rid of a lot of scraps!

  • @patsybemish8628
    @patsybemish8628 4 місяці тому +8

    Oh the memories of running your fingers through the button tin!!! The sound of you doing this takes me back to my Mother’s button tin. ❤️ Thank you for reminding me of great memories.

  • @marilynstolberg5534
    @marilynstolberg5534 4 місяці тому +11

    The sound of raking through the button box brings fond memories of my mother's button box, which now belongs to me. The same sound is made as my grandchildren now rake through the box seeing what seem to them as oddities, as their life has zippers, Velcro, and elastic. What a lovely project.

  • @stefanievorderderfler8210
    @stefanievorderderfler8210 4 місяці тому +3

    Guten morgen ,sehr gemütlich bei dir, und du hast eine wunderschöne angenehme Stimme und strahlst eine Ruhe aus. Danke und einen lieben Gruß aus Österreich (Austria) fanny

  • @quiltcavequilter6952
    @quiltcavequilter6952 4 місяці тому +2

    Such a lovely video today. I too have a button tin passed down from my mother and possibly from her mother as well. I love the little envelope style carry tote. It will be perfect for a few of my crochet hooks I like to take on trips. I absolutely am in love with the colors of the crochet afghan in your chair… I taught myself how to crochet in 2020 and the only thing that I can crochet at this time is granny squares, so your crocheted afghan has given me such an inspiration of colors. I’ve been a quilter since 2001 so I’m sure I have plenty of scraps to make the little tied envelope carry. Thanks again for the lovely video. Hugs from Arkansas USA

  • @labnurse1
    @labnurse1 4 місяці тому +10

    Kate, you aren't the only one who loses their thimble. I'm sure my thimbles are living in the land of missing things. Love to you

    • @jeannemohr776
      @jeannemohr776 4 місяці тому +2

      I finally made myself a thimble pip, and put a long ribbon on it to attach to my scissors handle. Haven't lost on in 2 years!

    • @maggiedoor6093
      @maggiedoor6093 4 місяці тому +1

      I'm the same lost two last year.

  • @sewjackyo795
    @sewjackyo795 4 місяці тому +13

    I’m going to make one of these, a bit smaller to carry a cutlery set and napkin for my lunches at work and when I’m out and about. Great … thanks Kate. ❤

  • @5shan103
    @5shan103 3 місяці тому +3

    I love the cosiness of your sewing room. You've kept it neat and tidy and organized. I love your work. We do a lot of such crafts in our country, especially in Jaipur. The objects created in this style are highly priced in India and are a tourist attraction.

  • @ardithmininger6578
    @ardithmininger6578 4 місяці тому +19

    Kate!!! I just LOVE YOU!!! I think I might be your age…. My 73rd birthday is very soon and my wish would be to sit with you in your “Last Homely House” and stitch the day away, chatting about the beauty of fabric and sewing and stitching and cats!!!👍🏼😊❣️

    • @Xzx855
      @Xzx855 4 місяці тому +1

      The same ❤😂

  • @judymarkel8029
    @judymarkel8029 4 місяці тому +3

    When I was small my mom would let me play in her button box while she sewed. I have that button box now. I can spend hours touching the buttons❤ love the pouch. Happy New Year 🎉

  • @donnajohnson9834
    @donnajohnson9834 4 місяці тому +6

    I just said to myself earlier today, “ wonder when Kate will be back?”- and there you were!! Love the project. May give it a go!

  • @karenhalse9586
    @karenhalse9586 4 місяці тому +1

    Looks like an envelope bag. Nice for jewelry

  • @annadawson1132
    @annadawson1132 4 місяці тому +3

    After starting 2 projects for 2024 I am now starting a 3rd one....your amazing pouch using scraps from my other 2 projects! Lovely to have work on the go when chores are done😊 Thanks Kate x

  • @seaside2001
    @seaside2001 4 місяці тому +15

    I always enjoy a little crumb piecing. Even if I don't have a project in mind, I will make some 5 inch squares and an idea will follow. It is great fun, but expensive in thread use. lol

    • @gingerfeeley6849
      @gingerfeeley6849 4 місяці тому +5

      Cheaper than buying more fabric though! And it really gets the creative ideas flowing!

    • @seaside2001
      @seaside2001 4 місяці тому +7

      Yes I agree, and I use up thread spools & bobbins that have a little bit of thread left on them that isn't enough for a large project. Very satisfying almost therapeutic, use of bits and pieces. Very relaxing. @@gingerfeeley6849

    • @gingerfeeley6849
      @gingerfeeley6849 4 місяці тому +3

      @@seaside2001 Great idea! I’m going to incorporate using up thread and bobbins in this way!

    • @gillianedwards5667
      @gillianedwards5667 4 місяці тому +3

      I was thinking of a little pouch for a spool of thread inside the pouch, and a couple of needles on the flap. Perhaps a bit of elastic on the flap to hold the scissors.

  • @anniebuzzard3774
    @anniebuzzard3774 4 місяці тому +3

    You spoke of remembering things that you write better than passive consumption. I am a kinetic learner and the very act of writing something analog style helps me too.

  • @laurencelaveissiere6044
    @laurencelaveissiere6044 4 місяці тому +2

    Thanks so much Kate for sharing this simple project with us all. One of my girlfriend is expecting her first baby in April, and I am going to do one of those little pouches for her to carry a couple of nappies around when she will be going out of her house with the baby! I know she will love it!

  • @marshawright3433
    @marshawright3433 26 днів тому

    I am so happy to find this video after seeing the creations made from your example. Thank you for inspiring me❣️ Since watching your videos I have been more accepting of myself and my quilting designs that meander through my mind until created. My cat who is two and blind (since birth) loves you, too. When your videos are on she is calm, cuddly and happy. Thank you so much for sharing your sweet pure joy. Blessings for continued wellness in 2024.

  • @lifeofjoy9404
    @lifeofjoy9404 4 місяці тому +65

    Happy New Year from Oregon USA everyone!
    It was delightful to dig through your button box with you, Kate.
    What is it that makes button boxes, tins and jars such a happy pasttime? It hits just about every sense, doesn't it?
    The sight, sound, feel and smell of all of those buttons still makes me tingle!
    I was repeatedly admonished as a child to NOT put the most candylike of them into my mouth, and I bet I wasn't only one!🤪

    • @karlaverbeck9413
      @karlaverbeck9413 4 місяці тому

      I made forts with my dominos with button flourish

    • @karlaverbeck9413
      @karlaverbeck9413 4 місяці тому +1

      I made forts with my dominos with button flourish. I still have my grandmother's button jar. The smell takes me to her house and me on the floor sorting buttons.

    • @karlaverbeck9413
      @karlaverbeck9413 4 місяці тому

      I made forts with my dominos with button flourish. I still have my grandmother's button jar. The smell takes me to her house and me on the floor sorting buttons.

    • @cherylfredcormier7445
      @cherylfredcormier7445 4 місяці тому

      Enjoy your videos. You are so calming.

    • @Sewwithdebee
      @Sewwithdebee 4 місяці тому +1

      Lovely video, as always, I collect buttons and regret having cleared out my Mom’s during our last move. But I do have a great grandma’s sewing chest. Oh your pouch I should make one😊

  • @robertacaruthers7568
    @robertacaruthers7568 4 місяці тому +41

    I loved the search through your button tin. Reminded me how much I enjoyed sitting with my mom while she sewed, just letting those buttons flow through my fingers while I picked out the next one I wanted to string. I loved the colors and sizes, but most of all the sound. I wonder how many of the younger set ever got to do that. Makes me remember to find all the buttons I have and make a tin for my granddaughter.

    • @cynthiajones1461
      @cynthiajones1461 4 місяці тому +9

      Roberta, make the tin of buttons WITH your granddaughter. It will be a memory that may last her lifetime!

    • @donnagraves2304
      @donnagraves2304 4 місяці тому +3

      Make sure to find some of the fancy ones & different ones.
      I always sorted my Mothers buttons out with the fancy ones (rhinestones) out. I always felt so fancy holding them. All the unique ones too.
      Quite fun times… Mother never had or was never quite. 8-10 kids/teens.
      Memories

  • @camsmyth101
    @camsmyth101 3 місяці тому +4

    One of my fondest memories is being excited when my Nanna would bring out her button tin and helping her look the that perfect button she needed.

  • @koalasez1200
    @koalasez1200 4 місяці тому +13

    The button tin 🥰🥰. How wonderful that it was your grandmother’s and your mum’s. Brought tears to my eyes.

  • @northernkarma9296
    @northernkarma9296 4 місяці тому +6

    Love it! That would have been perfect to have a couple weeks ago when my hubby was in hospital and I was toting around my little squares and papers in a plastic baggie. LOL ...got some funny looks from the nurses I did!

  • @jennifersangster2814
    @jennifersangster2814 4 місяці тому +3

    loved your button tin. I have one just like it from my grandmother. Of course I have added buttons over the years. Enjoyed your project. I watched and listened while I was sewing my quilt blocks together for my granddaughter's quilt.

  • @Malagom5091
    @Malagom5091 4 місяці тому +17

    Dear Kate in the first place I wish you a happy and pleasant year. Then I want to thank you for two things you have done for me. The first is the discovery of the Lord of the Rings that I thought before was intended for old teenagers 😂
    The other thing is that you pushed me to sew by hand and I just finished the hand quilting of a « grandmother’s garden »who was bored in the wardrobe. The result is incredible. And what a relaxing and creative activity.
    Thank you very much

  • @alettavanmeurs9185
    @alettavanmeurs9185 4 місяці тому +6

    What a gorgeous handy little Pouch, and such beautiful fabric! You have such cosy areas in your home to stitch, and sitting by the fire! Cheers!

  • @sueweist8899
    @sueweist8899 4 місяці тому +5

    When you opened the button box a wave of nostalgia washed over me and brought tears to my eyes.Mommy's button box ! I love the little pouch.very pretty! I hope you and your family have a wonderful 2024. Time flies , doesn't it?

  • @dannamcgowen3889
    @dannamcgowen3889 4 місяці тому +16

    Glad to be back on the lime green couch with everyone. I have also been sorting through my scraps this week. I started sewing skinny strips diagonal onto 10" muslin foundation blocks. I find it relaxing to "make fabric"- my pattern, my rules.

  • @grandmajane2593
    @grandmajane2593 3 місяці тому +5

    Years ago when my aunt died the family saw she had a large, very large book with lots of pages in it and they were all covered with buttons, all sorted into sets. She must have sat in her home and spent a lot of time sorting and sewing the buttons to the heavy paper pages. All the women in the family wanted the book but her husband did something with it and it was never seen again. I'll always remember that book, it was impressive.

  • @barbarahaupt6950
    @barbarahaupt6950 3 місяці тому +3

    I love to watch all of your many ideas. You have made my quilting so much more enjoyable. Thank you from a senior citizen in the state of Alabama!

  • @frocking_adventures6748
    @frocking_adventures6748 4 місяці тому +6

    Oh I do love the sound of a button tin❤ I also love looking through other people's, so that was a real treat for me, thank you ❤

  • @christinesmutek3856
    @christinesmutek3856 4 місяці тому +17

    I love that. The hand quilting is so rustic and so pretty. I have my grandma’s button box too. Passed to my mum and now to me. I spent many times just tipping them all out and looking at so many different buttons. I recently sorted them all out into colours and bought a divider box to store them. The original box was getting a bit beaten up but I couldn’t throw it out. It still sits in my sewing cupboard. So many memories. 🥰

  • @shelleyfry
    @shelleyfry 4 місяці тому +16

    Beautiful project to start the year. Last week I made a pouch for a small pair of scissors I found lost on a deserted road. Used old scraps, my beloved grandmother’s embroidery thread, and a press stud that had been waiting, on its original card, to be used for at least 50 years. Quite pleased with myself and will enjoy attempting this project too. Thank you for the showing us how.

  • @RebeccaTreeseed
    @RebeccaTreeseed 3 місяці тому

    Your spotted fabric reminds me of asking mom why I was red headed with blue eyes and freckles. My Chiricahua Apache family is heavy on black hair and eyes, brown skin.Instead of a heavy conversation, she told a funny story about white people, black people, yellow people, brown people, troll dolls with green hair, and special Spotted Dotted People with orange hair.
    I think that deserves a Spottled Dotted project.

  • @Xzx855
    @Xzx855 4 місяці тому +10

    Oh my Godness, that iron ! So special?
    😂😂😂 I love your cottage, your place, sewing slowly, with peace in ❤, the windows looking the gardens , your cat…
    Absolutely my dream….thank you so much 🙏just discover today your channel 😘🥰👍🏻♥️🌸
    Hugs from Spain,
    From an Italian grandma 👵

  • @amandareynolds7995
    @amandareynolds7995 4 місяці тому +5

    So wonderful watching you rummage through your mum’s button tin, I now have my grandmothers, and it really does bring back memories of very special times spent together. Priceless moments. Thank you for sharing this. ❤

  • @vickiemeisinger9632
    @vickiemeisinger9632 4 місяці тому +6

    I love your idea of making use of little pieces of scrap. My grandmother would make quilts out of scraps of material from my mother’s sewing projects for the clothing she did for all of us, girls and boys over the years. She would cut them into one and a quarter inch squares, and of course that was back when you didn’t have a rotary cutter and she used an old wooden yardstick for her guide, her marking and measuring and cutting and she hand quilted every single piece together no sewing machine and she would get the quilt top done, and it wasn’t anything fancy, but it was really cool to see all of our clothing preserved in that quiltand she made a lot of them there in a chair just as you were working in the evening and in between her daily chores/😮😮 projects and show those tiny squares together one row at a time. Eventually she gave the quilt top to my mother, who then bind it in quilted etc. to finish it off. But she didn’t believe in wasting any scrap material and I have kept a lot of pieces of material over the year for that same reason. Didn’t know what I was going to do with it, but I hope you go leave something could be made when it was a pillow or something, just don’t waste the fabric.
    I think this would be a wonderful project to do with the Granddaughter, and help her not only how to use the machine, but handing and sewing in the ditch; looking through the button Tan together. Many years ago Mary Kay put out a traveling JEWELRY bag that was on the same Principal only it had zippers in pockets but it rolled up just like your square with the ribbons tied and it’s got to be close to 40 years old and I still have it and I still use it. I can see many uses for this 15 years, or whatever size you would choose to make your “fabric envelope”, as I would call it.
    Thank you for this UA-cam video. I’m new to your channel and have subscribed. I love listening to you talk and I love the comfort of “being in your home “while you work. Thank you so much for sharing that part in your video you don’t have to let us see your home , it was lovely watching you show by the fireplace and I couldn’t help but think of my lovely grandmother who has been gone for close to 30 years.. I just found myself drawn to your teaching video because you sounded a lot like my grandmother not the one that made the one Square quilt but the other one who spent a lot of time with me and teaching me a lot including gardening and I miss her a lot. Anyway, thank you so much for a great video and I apologize for rambling, but I’m feeling nostalgic after watching your video❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️😊

  • @paularodery8074
    @paularodery8074 Місяць тому +1

    When I was a small child my Grandmama would give me her button box and a threaded needle with looong thread to string buttons on. Your hand and finger look like hers and ohhh, that sound. So many memories.

  • @anneleonas7813
    @anneleonas7813 4 місяці тому +32

    I’m always so delighted to see you, Kate! ❣️❣️❣️

  • @victoriahanke5086
    @victoriahanke5086 4 місяці тому +32

    I’m astonished at the beautiful and colorful products that have come from your talent! I love spending time watching you create, and teach! Kate, you are one wonderful lady. Well done dear. Onward! Lol! 😂♥️🙏🕊🙋‍♀️♥️

  • @user-hf2xx2wl4v
    @user-hf2xx2wl4v 4 місяці тому +8

    Очень нравится как ты Катя все объясняешь,и чем занимаешься ,у тебя не остаётся отрезков материала они все в деле молодец ,я сама такая же.Привет с России .Подписалась на твой канал.Ребята ,а кто язык не понимает видно ,что она делает последовательность ,и это не тяжело ,душу надо вкладывать в изделия ,как Катя.

  • @mmgg9337
    @mmgg9337 4 місяці тому +4

    Dear Kate,
    My new year project has been to join a local quilting group. I am new to quilting but needed a hand quilting/sewing project to take along. Your beautiful 2023 calendar that has adorned my sewing space these past 12 months has been immortalised- I have punched 1” hexagons from nearly every inch of the colourful paper. I am thoroughly enjoying my first taste of hand made quilting with my colourful hexagons ❤.
    I hope you approve of my upcycling !
    Bless you for all your creative inspiration 🤗💕

  • @ednatrent-meyer5256
    @ednatrent-meyer5256 4 місяці тому +10

    Can't wait to see what's in-store for 2024 here as well as the garden and pond adventure. SO exciting to watch all your happiness in the Last Homely House !!!

  • @venitabucceri8435
    @venitabucceri8435 4 місяці тому +7

    It's SO GOOD to see you again, Kate ❣️ I'm glad your new year was such vibrant time!!!

  • @user-nq8nx5bx4e
    @user-nq8nx5bx4e 2 дні тому

    Не знаю английский язык, но посмотрела и послушала Вас с большим интересом.. Спасибо! 👍😊

  • @courageousspirit3586
    @courageousspirit3586 Місяць тому +1

    Kate, I love your creative ambition and to see all the things you make, surrounding you in your cozy cottage is a delight. Loved seeing the cat share time with you also. I too enjoy using up the bits of scrap fabric that accumulates, just like my grandfather did, making his quilts. I make tiny felt books, where I collage small scraps on the front and inside panels and embellish with stitching and beading. the inside of the rectangle is lined with a scrap, then two felt panels on each end/side, so it creates a pocket, then I sew button hole stitch around the entire perimeter, and on the open sides I pull through skinny ribbon for a tie to close this little book project that I gift to children and friends. Your button tin reminded me of the small tin I inherited from my grandfather, I still have a collection of old buttons, but no children to share them with yet. Thank you for all of your videos that enrich my quiet time.

  • @christiseverance4038
    @christiseverance4038 4 місяці тому +8

    This is a great project and the perfect size for me to try slow stitches and hand quilting. Thank you for your wonderful content.

  • @deedarandle9085
    @deedarandle9085 4 місяці тому +9

    Happy New Year,
    I love that you are "just going for it". Sometimes that is what brings the joy of the project.

  • @evelyneneed2063
    @evelyneneed2063 Місяць тому +2

    I love how you made from scraps this poch.I love also you you tube films and of course you familie and cats.
    Your vision of colours and quilts! I'am a FAN!!

  • @orapronobis2149
    @orapronobis2149 4 місяці тому +2

    January 24 2024 Maryland USA: I so much love your video’s and find them on so many levels a time to just be. My own mind makes notes of your suggestions. You are such an amazing lady that truly has reached out to many as family…on your couch or at the work table or even in your garden. 😊

  • @patstrawhouse4005
    @patstrawhouse4005 3 місяці тому +3

    Hello, Kate!
    Such a lovely pouch! A perfect small project to enjoy stitching and quilting. Something I could piece together and take along when I’m camping to quilt and assemble on a rainy day.
    Thank you, and stay well,
    Muskoka ON 🇨🇦

  • @dianehutchens
    @dianehutchens 4 місяці тому +3

    I love watching your tutorials. Thank you so much. I was willed my aunts button box....she was a button collector. I feel so blessed to have that hatbox of buttons.
    I made a quilt for my grandson last year using used dryer sheets for a foundation for my scrap fabric. Turned out quite lovely.
    I'm excited to see your pouch pattern so I can take some hand sewing with me while traveling.

  • @melissas170
    @melissas170 4 місяці тому +1

    I always want to check in with Kate and see what she's up to. I REALLY LOVE HER SEWING PROJECTS. SHES SO DELIGHTFUL 😊

  • @RebeccaTreeseed
    @RebeccaTreeseed 3 місяці тому

    I am Grammy with a button tin.
    My diamond templates came in the mail today. Yay!
    It's cold at night here, but I came down with a cold, and sinus congestion. Uggghhh. I got out my bay leaves and burned a couple. Cleared my sinus out nicely.

  • @lorrainesept-drayer4390
    @lorrainesept-drayer4390 4 місяці тому +4

    I am very new to quilting but have always had a love of cloth and sewing. I can't bear to throw away any scrap of material which can be repurposed, and this project is just the inspiration I need! I want to design a series of fabric wall hangings to hold many of my fiber related tools and supplies which I currently have to root through totes to locate. Thank you for the encouragement, and please thank Anna for her exceptional taste in music throughout ALL of your videos!❤

  • @RogueAPBT
    @RogueAPBT 4 місяці тому +5

    A new video from Kate! Made my day brighter.

  • @user-ld9en9ju6v
    @user-ld9en9ju6v 23 дні тому

    какая милая женщина! Красивая речь. Удивительные работы!!! Спасибо за видео.

  • @eshannon922
    @eshannon922 4 дні тому +1

    I’m going to try to make one. I started out hand quilting and I love hand embroidery. This will give me a chance to do both. 😊

  • @martinagraham3792
    @martinagraham3792 4 місяці тому +8

    Sewing crumbs into usable fabric is so relaxing. Love to see your creative ideas develop.

  • @joanelizabethhall9455
    @joanelizabethhall9455 4 місяці тому +8

    I've just discovered your channel and I'm loving it! At age 78, I just learned that 83% of my DNA ties me to England. I was born and raised in California. Thus, 2024 is going to be Explore-My-Heritage year. As a lifelong needleworker I love all your projects. Also, I'm a harpist and I'm sure there's glorious traditional music to be explored.

    • @GailK.
      @GailK. 4 місяці тому

      Welcome to the LGS. Kate is a joy to know. I still go back and rewatch her videos over and over. I too am going through my parents genealogy research and trying to work in the WikiTree free site to get my family information online. My family background is English, Welsh, with some French in there from 1066. LOL. I have a folk harp I need to restring. It’s hard to play when missing a couple strings. Though I do play piano, I’m still learning the harp. Do you play a concert harp or folk harp?

    • @joanelizabethhall9455
      @joanelizabethhall9455 4 місяці тому +1

      @@GailK. Greetings! It is an interesting journey, researching one's ancestors. I have learned that a distant ancestor, Thomas Hurlbutt, emigrated from Sheffield, England to Groton, Connecticut in 1687. I realize Hurlbutt is a fine English name, but it was not a fun surname to grow up with! I have two harps: the "money harp" (the one people will pay to hear!) is a 34-string lever harp, so half-way between a folk harp and a concert harp. His name is Celestine. My other harp is Roselyn the Tiny, a very little 12-string harp. I have rheumatoid arthritis and Roselyn is the arthritis-friendly harp.

    • @GailK.
      @GailK. 4 місяці тому

      @@joanelizabethhall9455 I found your UA-cam channel! My harp is about the same size and mine is a lever harp also. Your music is inspiring me to order new strings. I’ve added your videos to my Music saves that I listen to when I’m sewing.

  • @wyattjohnson9297
    @wyattjohnson9297 4 місяці тому

    Hi kate!
    When would you consider The Last Homely House's birthday to be?
    I'd love to sit on the lime green sofa with you and give you a present to celebrate the creation of something so wonderful.

  • @stormeliz7406
    @stormeliz7406 4 місяці тому +5

    This little pouch is the perfect, useful project to get me started. I'm new at sewing, all inspired by Kate at The Last Homely House. Thank you for showing this project from start to finish. These videos warm my heart. Love from the USA, Alabama

  • @rosesbaker
    @rosesbaker 3 місяці тому

    GREAT PROJECT!!! Make multiple bags as gifts for girlfriends -- sweet, quick and fun. Thanks Kate 💝

  • @ikaleroux2195
    @ikaleroux2195 Годину тому

    Hi Kate! My first time on your channel. I am from South Africa. Thank you for sharing your expertise.❤

  • @triciamcintosh6964
    @triciamcintosh6964 4 місяці тому +10

    This is totally something I could do! I have loads of scraps and ideas in my head. Happy New Year!

  • @friedareading6814
    @friedareading6814 4 місяці тому +4

    Love the colors! I make these GONE TO PIECES quilts for the children’s program at our quilt guild for children whose lives have gone to pieces. Good use of really good fabric! 😃👍❤️ great to see you today, stay well and stay safe, it is very cold here to day and will be a few more days.

  • @-gina1114
    @-gina1114 3 дні тому

    Enjoyed hanging out with you, Kate!

  • @georgiacorey954
    @georgiacorey954 4 місяці тому +2

    This is such a good idea. Often times I use a see through zip lock baggy for my small crochet projects so I can see my items. Your quilted bag is so much more nice & personal for or a take a long bag. Ty for sharing & inspiring. I love this.

  • @user-rb3ob5lr5b
    @user-rb3ob5lr5b 4 місяці тому +7

    Loved your new video! Here’s to more stitching projects in 2024!

  • @catherinewindmiller6309
    @catherinewindmiller6309 4 місяці тому +5

    Oh that’s lovely! I think I’ll start doing these throughout the year for Christmas gifts!

  • @suzisandpiper
    @suzisandpiper 3 місяці тому

    I just found you Kate, I’m fairly new to slow stitching and sewing generally, finding my way here from making journals of all things! I’ve found I love working with fabric, and hand stitching and embroidery. But I love making things that have a use. What a lovely video. And I’m looking forward to watching your videos. I grew up abroad and didn’t know my grandparents, and my mother never shared stitching with me. She told me her mother was very talented at dressmaking and stitching and that’s all I know. So I love hearing bits and pieces from people about their experiences growing up, looking through the button tin etc. It’s a whole aspect of family life I feel I missed out on. Thank you for taking the time to share your creativity.

  • @tennysoneffie6943
    @tennysoneffie6943 4 місяці тому +1

    I can feel the heat of your wood burning stove!

  • @ella6106
    @ella6106 4 місяці тому +7

    So nice, the flowers and the cat. A really homely house.