Kate, so sorry about Norma’s loss. What a lovely and loving cat she was. I so enjoy your channel. My mum was born in Scotland and you put me in mind of my Scottish Nana whose name was Agnes like your granddaughter. I feel so at home visiting your channel and you are a good virtual friend for me as I too live alone with my miniature dachshund and am a quilter. Thanks for enriching my life from afar.
Dear kate,i like to listen to your voice and looking your videos about quilting and gardening.i am not quilting till now,but perhaps i will do it one day.i am working with sheepwool i get from neighbours.i have been in scotland whenni was.a young woman for bed and breakfast in balfron near glasgow.since then i was writing letters to my scottish friends.i miss them very much,they have died.you are near of scotland,i hear it in your accent.my aunt in switzerland did much quilting.she gave me a little book about quilting.i find your work very wonderfull and creatif.i am spinning with hand spindles.i have colored much wool with nature colors.i will knitt much this time,so much material in our house.i didn t cut my hair this year,i have very long hair at the moment.i am a widow since 21 years.my husband was a painter,an artist.our three children are grown up and very good adults.my son is in ireland with his friend.my second son is in austria onna farm for working in his holidays.my daughter is working near luzern.i live on my own in a very old wooden house,where i lived with my husband.i wish you much enjoyment in all you do and a good health.your you tube friend.
I just found this channel on UA-cam and feel like I’m sitting on the green sofa with you and Kate! I live in Michigan in the US and up until two years ago had a beautiful cat named Enzo Girl who was my companion and just like Kate’s Norma was my everything!
It’s so fun to have ladies around the world able to sit on the lime green couch together! I love hearing about your weather and what keeps you busy. I also enjoy Karen with just get it done and Missouri star ladies. Thank you for sharing!
I have never made a quilt. Yet. But the thought of hexagon quilt is very intriguing. My granddaughter has started taking pictures of the winter sky at sunset wherever she goes mostly the sky blue pink sky. So the quilt may be in the sky blue pink colors. Thank you for sharing.
Enjoy watching you on Sundays!!! Your use of color is inspiring. When I have very skinny little bits of fabric I put them in a suet cage along with hair from my hairbrush and let the birds use them in their nests. I got the idea when I looked into a nest and saw a little piece of ribbon woven into the nest. Have a great week!
I do the same Diane ,but I do make sure my hair is in short pieces. I was horrified a couple of years ago to watch a camera in a blue tits box .the parent got human hair wrapped around its foot. It became trapped, human hair so strong .fortunately the owner of box managed to go in and sort it .I have been very cautious ever since ,I dread to think what harm I have caused previous to seeing the footage. I think it's still on utube .?
I had a beautiful German Spitz with long ginger fur, when I brushed her throughout the year I kept it in a box and in the Spring I pegged it to the branches for the nesting birds. Might think of doing the same with tiny fabric scraps xx
I’m late to this party too Kate! Thank you for explaining leaders & Enders! I never realized the process was to end up with a 4 patch! I only found your channel about 2 months ago and have enjoyed watching your videos! Thank you thank you thank you! And I love your kitties! All the best to you.
This is an amazing idea!!! I am watching you forever while busy in the house. My grand daughter of 4 years joined me now. She come to me 2 days a week and this morning ask me when are we going to watch you!
Kate, you're definitely a woman after my own heart. I always have so many irons in my fire at the same time, it keeps life more interesting! Enjoy and God Bless!!
It is so neat that Cat Rita is taking over Norma’s place - and she is doing such a good job! Agnes’ quilt is gorgeous! Hello to everyone on the lime green sofa!
Hello Suzee. The last homely house is such a wonderful gathering place. I'm hoping that you and your family are safe and healthy. Actually, this is my hope for everyone on the lime green sofa. Have a wonderful day everyone!
@@judithburke1539 I had that sofa growing up! but sadly my mother got rid of it in the early 90's. Even tho it was in perfect condition. I wish so bad that it was still in the family.
I love that you have so many projects going at one time, something to fill a time slot or a mood. That is just how I have my house arranged. Depending on where I am at the moment I am surrounded with color and texture and things to create. How lucky are we!!!
Oh you have to have many projects; they say that a change is as good as a rest, after all! So sometimes I crochet a doily or darn a sock or repair a bedspread that got a tear in it, and I refer to cotton dishcloths as my 'palate-cleanser' when I need a break from a more-challenging project. At least we'll never be bored, eh?
Hello from Ontario, Canada. I’m sitting on the green couch with a cup of tea. I love visiting you and your family, animals and the cottage. I miss both your fur babies. Cora would be a nice name for your next cat. I try to do many of your ideas but running out of space to store them. It’s February 26. 2024 here today. Take care see you tomorrow .love carol
I went to the kitchen tonight - it was so bright that I thought the outside light was on - no, it was the moon! it's full here this week in Southern California and if I get up early enough, I'm told that we can see Venus really brightly in the sky just before the predawn light begins. Since I've been waking at ridiculous times anyway, I hope to remember tomorrow. Loads of brilliant ideas today Kate. It's fun to see you excited again. All the best. I'm off to sleep now.
So sorry for Norma!s loss. I am glad for Cat Rita. It is October 2024 and we just had a few days of a full moon and the weather is changing from cold to warm. Soon I will be enjoying the colors of your quilts will be my comfort 😊
The scraps can be a filler for a cat or dog bed, if not for yourself or family then for the humane society. Something washable. It's so great having you back on track doing a dozen projects at once.
“Just one more” 😂 I’m making your EPP 1” hexagons and sew with the TV and the sewing flies by! Thank you for the education and laughter! ❤ Love and light
I would save all the tiny scraps for Agnes to play with when she comes over. Children can up with the most amazing ideas for things that we adults would never think of.
What about doing this……I do some of these at Christmas and Easter or any time really, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter……. Just gather some dry sticks from your garden or hedgerow, polystyrene balls/hearts etc, odd bits of ribbon or string, school glue/ glue stick….. I prefer liquid glue and a little paint brush, pinking shears/ scissors and then odd bits of fabric,,,,, your stringy bits wd be 100% perfect for this. Just cut them up and stick all over the balls, gluing and layering where necessary. Push the ribbon or string into the the top of the ball or tie tie around and glue into place. They look bright and cheery, lovely. Until now I’ve never had any Liberty Prints but my daughter gifted me some for Christmas….. so far I’m still in the ‘gazing at’ phase. I’m finishing off a couple of knitting projects at the moment and then it’s Liberty here I come🤪. PS, children love doing these decorations in fact I’m just remembering being volunteered to go into my grandsons class to demo all this. I distinctly recall the darkened room and the glue removal when I got home💪.
Loved your comment……. I do styrene balls like this frequently and I also gave a class in school many years ago. Much fun was had by all including the lovely teacher, a young man who was born to be in a classroom. This was many years ago, happy memories. The polystyrene shapes are really lovely projects….. any season of the year. ❤️
I usually turns my radio up nigh lol one more one more there should be a song for that yes scraps please i lol ways watches Jenny’s videos have fun snow storm on the way for three days have a good week hugs to Norma from Newfoundland Canada
I don't do much sewing these days, my machine is hinky. But there is something so cathartic (is that the right word?) about watching you sew away and have a good chit chat - especially these days with all the crazy noise from the politicians and other mind boggling goings-on. Thank you Kate, your house is such a wonderful retreat, for mind and soul!
I love watching you sew, you’re so kind and relaxing and I’m a huge cat lover. My cat, Missy does everything with me. Thank you for being yourself and Iove your creativity and Karin too.
Portraits( sp) are beautiful portraits with a huge scraps are beautiful-Save them or give them collage fibers like use scraps for Art- I appreciate that “stuff” of scraps😂Sandi Myer, Kate! Thank you!
Oh Kate, I’ve recently found your channel and I’m so thrilled!!! Your content is amazing and I dearly love that you are you. Truly love the way your process and thought patterns are so genius!!! Hugs from Ohio, USA
There are so many ways to lay out the strips of strips. Turn them into blocks, cut diaganally into HSTs, use them for borders or sashings, alternate directions of square blocks of them like Rail Fence blocks or checkerboard. Yes, a worthy project. ))) Pet all the kits for us.
Agnes’s quilt is so beautiful. The way the colors flow into each other, it’s like a lifeform, like a coral reef under the transparent waters of a tropical sea.
I'm from the same mold; order from chaos. I'm happiest when half a dozen or so articles are laid out in my workroom at the same time. When I get an idea, I act on it and make room from another 'in progress' piece. Cheers!
Hello Kate …. So for the loss of Norma. I love your channel. You always have so much going on with the quilts!! I could never keep all those up and going. Beautiful patches and blocks everywhere!❤
I hear you! I am the boss of me and I dance to my own drum now. It is our fab imaginations that keep our mind seeing and feeling and engaging in the delight of creation. From almost anything. How blessed are we? Take care.
Good to see you Kate! And Rita too, she makes things homey❣️it’s good to have multiple projects going, keeps things lively during the winter and keeps our spirits up. 🐈 so glad your feeling better 🥰
As I sit here knitting calmly Missy sitting on the arm of my chair waiting to be stroked watching you sew I, m at peace with the world. I've been going through other videos and came across taking care 9 where you talked about knitting technique. I knit quickly and do so by tucking my right needle under my arm, the left loose, I hardly have to move my fingers as I wind the wool over. It might be called Irish knitting but I, m scottish and this is how my mum taught me. I probably haven't explained it very well and I, m not confident enough to make a video of how I knit though I've been knitting for 65 ish years. Xx
Pat Sloan sews 2.5” blocks together. She has a beautiful red and white quilt from them. She has lots of sew alongs and free patterns. She is on u-tube. How is Anna? Would love to hear more about her learning to quilt. Love your videos!!! Thank you Kate!!
I have not sewn for well over 10 years but what a huge difference you tube must have been. I bought many many books but it was a very isolated hobby then, little sharing of tips etc. at the time of course it was the norm, unless you were able to meet up with other like minded stitches. I’m finding a new excitement thanks to you and you tube.
I love your Sunday afternoon videos! Please do continue to come up with creative things to do with scraps, I love challenging myself to keep as much out of the landfills as possible.
That lovely Rita (Mewter Maid) is a scene stealer. She is adorable. On your recommendation, i watched the Missouri Star Janny and daughters video. The girls definitely did not understand the assignment, but made some lovely quilts anyway and answered the age old question, 'what do i do if i don't have enough crumbs." Jenny knew the brief (since she probably wrote it) and showed us a beautiful crumb quilt. Segregating and sewing crumbs into sheets of color or value is the one big tip i took away from this whole journey. I figure i will need darkest darks, lightest lights, yellows to oranges, greens to blues, reds to purples. I also think the 10 x 10 size is nice because they fit in a standard Ziploc or file.
Hi Kate, so lovely to see you this morning. Just love the ideas you’re giving us re those dastardly scraps. You’re looking so well now. Love Agnes’ quilt, it’s so pretty in every possible way. Like a beautiful garden. 😍🇦🇺
hi there i am a 48 year old mother of two girls 21 and 17 and a brand-new grandmother of a beautiful 4 month old baby girl. I just wanted to say thank you for being on you tube i really enjoy watching your channel. If I had the money to help support your channel I would but with my MS I cant work and money is a real problem any way i enjoy watching you because you are so real and you remind me of my mother who is no longer with us so when I start missing her a lot I turn you on so thank you. and because I have gotten back to sewing and quilting my 17 year old has gotten in to it, But now I need to replace my old machine but anyway thank you so much
Hi Kate. Yes I did mention that selling the scraps would find a lot of takers. So I will definitely be on the lookout because I most definitely want a fish 🐠 and chips package of scraps. Thank you so much for taking the time to make the packages. Ludmila
Hi Kate, it’s great you have these scarps and make an Art Quilt Or Make a Blue quilt with landscape- lots of ideas- I’m so glad you don’t thru them away- ❤️💕Thanks! - another idea is a Milleforie Quilt -
Hi Kate from northern Minnesota USA. Been surreptiousky watching you and your cats. You inspire me in endless ways. Seeing you deal with your scraps touches my heart. You've given me tons of ideas on how to use and use up all those tiny bits. Enough for the moment. Love your channel. Feel as though I've known you for years.
Agnes's quilt is beautiful! Something I'm sure she'll treasure forever. Before you blink she'll be sewing with you and starting on her first quilt! I made a queensize quilt with the method Jenny uses for scraps. It is all batiks because I could never part with my scraps and whenever I saw a good sale on batik fabric I was compelled to "build my stash". I was making and selling tote bags at the time and saved every scrap. I did use some fat quarters when I realized that I was going to actually make a quilt - I like you need more than one project going - and the scrap blocks were my fill in. I did cheat and buy a 1/2 yard of yellow batik when I ran out of yellow scraps very early on. I backed it with linen and it is on my bed summer and winter it always cheers me up but if it gets too bright I flip it to the natural linen side for a bit. I'm going to start the leaders and enders - I always just used scrap pieces and sewed randomly just as easy to sew a quarter inch and make it productive! Thank you I'd never seen this before.
I have been having a big problem with quilting during b the pandemic. In the past I quilted with others. Now there is no one to quilt with. And I have no creative energy to quilt it has been almost two years now. I have tons of fabrick, but no desire to create. Bye the way I use the small scraps to make dog beds. I use soft and warm for the out side fabrics and I stuff with the leftover scraps. That way it is totally washable and dry able. The dog can scratch the stuffing to go what ever way and every body is happy I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL.. HUGS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US.
Kate, your hexi quilt looks like a painting! I love those colors. Always a pleasure to see what you're up to. I look forward to watching each week... so relaxing and inspiring.
Hello fro derp snow Canada 🇨🇦 hope to snow drop soon i hope!! Thank you for your great visit. Yes scraps got to love them! Thanks great ideas. Anita hi to everyone LGS.
I'm smiling over here while listening and watching you enjoy the bonus material. I've come to realize and embrace the fact that I have way more enjoyment and creativity when I have a pile (or piles) of bits and pieces. Making fabric. If I lived closer to your part of the world, I would most definately shop your bits and pieces. Happy sewing this week, Kate. Agnes is going to love her quilt. A lifetime of exploring the fabrics and the love that you have created for her. Priceless. Happy stitching.
I’m so very glad to have discovered you, dear lady, as I’m piecing cloth, reading British cozy mysteries (G M Malliet’s St.Just and Max Tudor series are a delight) and adjusting to the physical departure last month of my cat companion of 17 years. Betty (named for the character Rosemary Clooney played in White Christmas) was a beautiful white/calico, an elegant, self-possessed, affectionate, comical mystery being. At age 64, I’ve said goodbye to so many beloveds - people, cats and dogs, trees, places. What keeps me nourished in the day-to-day flow of life is the sense of simple tasks…caring for home and garden, walking in Nature, making soup, doing creative, expressive projects with organic materials, and especially, enjoying presentations like yours. Books/info/instructions are plentiful, but channels like yours bring a sense of shared pleasures and working through what we humans have done by hand for countless generations…such a gift to my heart and soul. Here I sit, in central Pennsylvania, delighted to have you ‘in the room’ with me. You’re nice company. Having ongoing (often lifelong) pastimes is even more beneficial now we can connect through youtube and other venues. We can keep a personal rhythm of solitude and sharing. I love it, as I’m not going to run into you on a walk or out on errands, yet we overlap here, and it gladdens my heart. My motto in recent weeks is, “O-bla-di, O-bla-da” , shorthand, of course, for Life Goes On. 🙏✌️✨🌱🌺☀️❄️💕🎶🌎😊 to all who come together in kindness, creativity and caring for what surrounds us.
I never understood 'leaders and enders' so thank you for that. I love your idea of tying up your garden posies with the fabric strings. Won't need a scare crow. I get so excited when I see you've posted. Seems you're back to your old self. Glad to have you drop by the lime green couch for a visit, and giggle with us for a bit. Much love. Lynn
Me again, I've just come acroosss the taking care videos, I, m at number 3, and I so wish I had known about your channel at that time. I've had such a hard time with this covid madness and have become a recluse as I suffer from depression and anxiety. If I had had these little videos of kind words they would have helped no end. anyway I, m watching them now and I too have gor through it by keeping my hands busy knitting and gardening which is my other passion when the weather suits. So thank you Kate xx
Agnes' quilt is beautiful!!! I also enjoy watching Karen at Just Get It Done quilts. It is so wonderful to be able to connect with quilters around the world. I am in Tennessee, USA.
Have you come for a visit? There's plenty of room on the lime green sofa! Though I would enjoy a lovely chocolate for valentine's day. Happy Valentine's Day Kate! My granddaughter is a vet tech & would love your cats. I feel like you've given me permission to have as many projects as I like & not worry about finishing. Just enjoy the process!!!
An idea for your strip piecing..some time ago I made a quilt for my sister using strip sets similarly to those you are making. I sewed strips together to make a center square, then surrounded it with white. The next round was strip set, again followed by white. I continued this way until it was the size I wanted. You could, of course, use any color you wanted to replace the white I used. The binding was also scrappy. You could alternate your pink and blue if you wanted. Have lots of fun quilting!
I’ve listened along whilst making my 10” scrappy blocks. I started these last November and was delighted when Jenny of MSQC was doing the same and now you too Kate. I decided I’d have an early night but just couldn’t resist putting some more pieces together. It’s very addictive!
It's always fun to play with other people's scraps! In my quilt guild we occasionally have trash to treasure raffles for scraps, sewing room cleanouts, and UFIs
Fumble fingers! UFO's. I try to keep my stash sorted into containers of random strips, specific width strips, etc but there's always a bin of saving for "someday" as if I'll suddenly decide what to do with them. I'm a little older than you and have much more fabric than "somedays" left. I wish we could all do a regional lime green sofa destash pass-along. I Love your scrappy style!
I do love Karen from justgetitdonequilts as well. And you've re-inspired me to continue the strip sets and I love the idea of the small squares for leaders and enders. And last but not least , Agnes' quilt is so lovely can't wait to see it completed
I’ve always got three or four projects on the go at once but I thought I was the only one! 😂 Agnes’s quilt is truly a work of art, I love it. Thankyou Kate as always for a great video. Xx
So lovely to see you sewing and quilting, I love to watch you and your ideas on what to do with fabric scraps. Since watching you I have made three quilts for family, and really enjoying it. Lovely to see Rita the cat,
Hello Kate ~ Your projects have kept you company this winter. I noticed Agnes's quilt on the wall. It is looking spectacular. I finally bound my gnome Christmas table runner. The days I would pick up my granddaughters from school I would sit in my vehicle and sew (or read). I found the natural lighting was better for my eyes. I took another sewing class and I am currently working on Cathedral Windows. It will be a decorative pillow for my younger granddaughter. I have decided that the smaller projects are more likely to get done. (eventually) I can do a bit when I feel more in the mood to sew and feel as if I am accomplishing something. I guess I feel as if the finale is near! Do have a good week. Stay safe and healthy.
I am loving your strip sets of red and blue. I'm trying to get a handle on my scraps. I used my tiny tiny leftovers from a quilt I made and decoupaged a few metal containers to put in the room with the quilt. It adds a bit of color that coordinates with the quilt. I can put pencils, etc in the containers, too, and put in my sewing room. You can do this with plant pots and put them on the table in the garden in Summer. Sweet Rita is just so beautiful. The Agnes top is looking gorgeous. I love my garden in Winter. I like to see it taking a nap till warmer weather. Have a wonderful day!
Hello Kate, I’m missing my sewing room as we sold our house and are not yet settled into our new home. I enjoy watching your videos so much and yes! Feel so fortunate to have so many fine quilting videos to watch on you tube - you among them! Thank you for sharing! ❤️
Never really understood there was a future usefulness for leaders and Enders until now. I use a leader or ‘sewing spider’ when doing general sewing, but am now going to be more productive by sewing squares ‘together’. Thanks Kate. Lovely video.
Really enjoyed your company - for the first time - had a good laugh on another one of your videos, then you ask why we buy more material when we still have some. Love from SOUTH AFRICA. LOVE JENNY AND THE GIRLS TOO.
Thank you for all your wonderful videos, Kate. Agnes’s quilt is the most beautiful EPP quilt and is so inspirational. You have a very special soul and share a sense of calm and love. Have a great day! ❤
Thank you Kate, that was enjoyable. I too use leaders and enders and have a container full. Not sure what I’m going to do with them yet. See you on the LGS. Cheers from Melbourne.
Kate, so sorry about Norma’s loss. What a lovely and loving cat she was. I so enjoy your channel. My mum was born in Scotland and you put me in mind of my Scottish Nana whose name was Agnes like your granddaughter. I feel so at home visiting your channel and you are a good virtual friend for me as I too live alone with my miniature dachshund and am a quilter. Thanks for enriching my life from afar.
Dear kate,i like to listen to your voice and looking your videos about quilting and gardening.i am not quilting till now,but perhaps i will do it one day.i am working with sheepwool i get from neighbours.i have been in scotland whenni was.a young woman for bed and breakfast in balfron near glasgow.since then i was writing letters to my scottish friends.i miss them very much,they have died.you are near of scotland,i hear it in your accent.my aunt in switzerland did much quilting.she gave me a little book about quilting.i find your work very wonderfull and creatif.i am spinning with hand spindles.i have colored much wool with nature colors.i will knitt much this time,so much material in our house.i didn t cut my hair this year,i have very long hair at the moment.i am a widow since 21 years.my husband was a painter,an artist.our three children are grown up and very good adults.my son is in ireland with his friend.my second son is in austria onna farm for working in his holidays.my daughter is working near luzern.i live on my own in a very old wooden house,where i lived with my husband.i wish you much enjoyment in all you do and a good health.your you tube friend.
I just found this channel on UA-cam and feel like I’m sitting on the green sofa with you and Kate! I live in Michigan in the US and up until two years ago had a beautiful cat named Enzo Girl who was my companion and just like Kate’s Norma was my everything!
I love when you mention other UA-cam channels like Just Get it Done and Missouri Star!
It’s so fun to have ladies around the world able to sit on the lime green couch together! I love hearing about your weather and what keeps you busy. I also enjoy Karen with just get it done and Missouri star ladies. Thank you for sharing!
I couldn't have said it any better Julie!👋
I have never made a quilt. Yet. But the thought of hexagon quilt is very intriguing. My granddaughter has started taking pictures of the winter sky at sunset wherever she goes mostly the sky blue pink sky. So the quilt may be in the sky blue pink colors. Thank you for sharing.
it IS great to hear you tell us about what’s going on! i love listening your conversation with us- beautiful piano too- happiness for me with you
Enjoy watching you on Sundays!!! Your use of color is inspiring. When I have very skinny little bits of fabric I put them in a suet cage along with hair from my hairbrush and let the birds use them in their nests. I got the idea when I looked into a nest and saw a little piece of ribbon woven into the nest. Have a great week!
I do the same Diane ,but I do make sure my hair is in short pieces. I was horrified a couple of years ago to watch a camera in a blue tits box .the parent got human hair wrapped around its foot. It became trapped, human hair so strong .fortunately the owner of box managed to go in and sort it .I have been very cautious ever since ,I dread to think what harm I have caused previous to seeing the footage. I think it's still on utube .?
I had a beautiful German Spitz with long ginger fur, when I brushed her throughout the year I kept it in a box and in the Spring I pegged it to the branches for the nesting birds. Might think of doing the same with tiny fabric scraps xx
Great idea our birds need more things as in the cities there have to go far to get items to build. Thanks i will do so too.
I am going to do that too!!! Great idea. I will make sure they are short pieces. 💜
Agnes’ quilt looks like a Monet painting. So lovely Kate. Linda, PA
Yes! Has always reminded me of Water Lillies.
@@karenshanks8127 yes me too
Monet
I was thinking the same thing! I am itching to start one of my own!
It is outstanding- great for Agnes all of her life💕
I’m late to this party too Kate! Thank you for explaining leaders & Enders! I never realized the process was to end up with a 4 patch! I only found your channel about 2 months ago and have enjoyed watching your videos! Thank you thank you thank you! And I love your kitties! All the best to you.
This is an amazing idea!!! I am watching you forever while busy in the house. My grand daughter of 4 years joined me now. She come to me 2 days a week and this morning ask me when are we going to watch you!
I love your accent n the way you do your things.
Love your videos
Kate, you're definitely a woman after my own heart. I always have so many irons in my fire at the same time, it keeps life more interesting! Enjoy and God Bless!!
Hi 👋 how are you doing today
I absolutely LOVE your thought of not finishing anything in a hurry and starting something else new. You’re my kind of sewist.
Cat Rita😍 taking over for Norma. She must love when you have this long lovely "conversations" with just her!
Lovely Rita , Rita may just be the star of today! Awwh she's a pretty cat!
It is so neat that Cat Rita is taking over Norma’s place - and she is doing such a good job! Agnes’ quilt is gorgeous! Hello to everyone on the lime green sofa!
Hello Suzee. The last homely house is such a wonderful gathering place. I'm hoping that you and your family are safe and healthy. Actually, this is my hope for everyone on the lime green sofa. Have a wonderful day everyone!
Rita is a worthy successor to Kate's lap. I am sure Norma approves.
Hello to you!
@@judithburke1539 I had that sofa growing up! but sadly my mother got rid of it in the early 90's. Even tho it was in perfect condition. I wish so bad that it was still in the family.
I have a super clump of snowdrops in their full glory, bless them 🇮🇪
I love that you have so many projects going at one time, something to fill a time slot or a mood. That is just how I have my house arranged. Depending on where I am at the moment I am surrounded with color and texture and things to create. How lucky are we!!!
Hi 👋 how are you doing today
Oh you have to have many projects; they say that a change is as good as a rest, after all! So sometimes I crochet a doily or darn a sock or repair a bedspread that got a tear in it, and I refer to cotton dishcloths as my 'palate-cleanser' when I need a break from a more-challenging project.
At least we'll never be bored, eh?
Hello from Ontario, Canada. I’m sitting on the green couch with a cup of tea. I love visiting you and your family, animals and the cottage. I miss both your fur babies. Cora would be a nice name for your next cat. I try to do many of your ideas but running out of space to store them. It’s February 26. 2024 here today. Take care see you tomorrow .love carol
I went to the kitchen tonight - it was so bright that I thought the outside light was on - no, it was the moon! it's full here this week in Southern California and if I get up early enough, I'm told that we can see Venus really brightly in the sky just before the predawn light begins. Since I've been waking at ridiculous times anyway, I hope to remember tomorrow. Loads of brilliant ideas today Kate. It's fun to see you excited again. All the best. I'm off to sleep now.
I am also So Cal and a big fan of Kate.
Agnes’ quilt is magical! So interesting that Rita has stepped in for Norma.
Hi 👋 how are you doing today i really love your comment.
So sorry for Norma!s loss. I am glad for Cat Rita. It is October 2024 and we just had a few days of a full moon and the weather is changing from cold to warm. Soon I will be enjoying the colors of your quilts will be my comfort 😊
The scraps can be a filler for a cat or dog bed, if not for yourself or family then for the humane society. Something washable. It's so great having you back on track doing a dozen projects at once.
What an excellent idea! Thank you! I’m adding that to my list of useful projects 🎉
“Just one more” 😂 I’m making your EPP 1” hexagons and sew with the TV and the sewing flies by! Thank you for the education and laughter! ❤ Love and light
I would save all the tiny scraps for Agnes to play with when she comes over. Children can up with the most amazing ideas for things that we adults would never think of.
Hi 👋 how are you doing today
What about doing this……I do some of these at Christmas and Easter or any time really, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter……. Just gather some dry sticks from your garden or hedgerow, polystyrene balls/hearts etc, odd bits of ribbon or string, school glue/ glue stick….. I prefer liquid glue and a little paint brush, pinking shears/ scissors and then odd bits of fabric,,,,, your stringy bits wd be 100% perfect for this. Just cut them up and stick all over the balls, gluing and layering where necessary. Push the ribbon or string into the the top of the ball or tie tie around and glue into place. They look bright and cheery, lovely. Until now I’ve never had any Liberty Prints but my daughter gifted me some for Christmas….. so far I’m still in the ‘gazing at’ phase. I’m finishing off a couple of knitting projects at the moment and then it’s Liberty here I come🤪. PS, children love doing these decorations in fact I’m just remembering being volunteered to go into my grandsons class to demo all this. I distinctly recall the darkened room and the glue removal when I got home💪.
Loved your comment……. I do styrene balls like this frequently and I also gave a class in school many years ago. Much fun was had by all including the lovely teacher, a young man who was born to be in a classroom. This was many years ago, happy memories. The polystyrene shapes are really lovely projects….. any season of the year. ❤️
I usually turns my radio up nigh lol one more one more there should be a song for that yes scraps please i lol ways watches Jenny’s videos have fun snow storm on the way for three days have a good week hugs to Norma from Newfoundland Canada
I don't do much sewing these days, my machine is hinky. But there is something so cathartic (is that the right word?) about watching you sew away and have a good chit chat - especially these days with all the crazy noise from the politicians and other mind boggling goings-on.
Thank you Kate, your house is such a wonderful retreat, for mind and soul!
I love watching you sew, you’re so kind and relaxing and I’m a huge cat lover. My cat, Missy does everything with me. Thank you for being yourself and Iove your creativity and Karin too.
Hey Kate, those little scraps are great for follage quilts- art- other quilters like Art for them- beautiful Portaurs or landscapes
Portraits( sp) are beautiful portraits with a huge scraps are beautiful-Save them or give them collage fibers like use scraps for Art- I appreciate that “stuff” of scraps😂Sandi Myer, Kate! Thank you!
Oh Kate, I’ve recently found your channel and I’m so thrilled!!! Your content is amazing and I dearly love that you are you.
Truly love the way your process and thought patterns are so genius!!!
Hugs from Ohio, USA
There are so many ways to lay out the strips of strips. Turn them into blocks, cut diaganally into HSTs, use them for borders or sashings, alternate directions of square blocks of them like Rail Fence blocks or checkerboard. Yes, a worthy project. ))) Pet all the kits for us.
Agnes’s quilt is so beautiful. The way the colors flow into each other, it’s like a lifeform, like a coral reef under the transparent waters of a tropical sea.
I'm thinking that you would be able to write beautiful poetry with your descriptive writing.
I'm from the same mold; order from chaos. I'm happiest when half a dozen or so articles are laid out in my workroom at the same time. When I get an idea, I act on it and make room from another 'in progress' piece. Cheers!
I love Karen at Just get it done. Just started quilting and I really love your channel too , it’s like having a friend ❤
Hello Kate …. So for the loss of Norma. I love your channel. You always have so much going on with the quilts!! I could never keep all those up and going. Beautiful patches and blocks everywhere!❤
The quilt for Agnes is absolutely stunning 🤩
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I’ve seen where you can take longer scraps and hang them on tree limbs and birds add them to their nests. Making a pretty nest for all to see!
I ❤ how thrifty Kate is with her Liberty fabric, or any fabric for that matter!
Totally, "Waste not, want not!!"💕
I hear you! I am the boss of me and I dance to my own drum now. It is our fab imaginations that keep our mind seeing and feeling and engaging in the delight of creation. From almost anything. How blessed are we? Take care.
I am the boss of me!! I love that! xxx
Good to see you Kate! And Rita too, she makes things homey❣️it’s good to have multiple projects going, keeps things lively during the winter and keeps our spirits up. 🐈 so glad your feeling better 🥰
Sorry to hear about Norma, but your new Cat Rita seems to be settling in. It is so nice to see all that you are doing
Just found you! So down to earth and ‘homely’ I’m addicted so will see you soon. What a lovely place to chill out and do your thing. Xxx
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Welcome to the Lime Green Sofa! #LGS
I just found this site also and I absolutely love watching/listening to it! So relaxing!
I just love Karen at Get It Done Quilts. I think she is very funny. She has great facial expressions.
Agnes’s quilt is a stunner- just beautiful!
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As I sit here knitting calmly Missy sitting on the arm of my chair waiting to be stroked watching you sew I, m at peace with the world. I've been going through other videos and came across taking care 9 where you talked about knitting technique. I knit quickly and do so by tucking my right needle under my arm, the left loose, I hardly have to move my fingers as I wind the wool over. It might be called Irish knitting but I, m scottish and this is how my mum taught me. I probably haven't explained it very well and I, m not confident enough to make a video of how I knit though I've been knitting for 65 ish years. Xx
Pat Sloan sews 2.5” blocks together. She has a beautiful red and white quilt from them. She has lots of sew alongs and free patterns. She is on u-tube. How is Anna? Would love to hear more about her learning to quilt. Love your videos!!! Thank you Kate!!
the quilt project is ongoing and will take us a few months - she is a very busy girl! xxx
I have not sewn for well over 10 years but what a huge difference you tube must have been. I bought many many books but it was a very isolated hobby then, little sharing of tips etc. at the time of course it was the norm, unless you were able to meet up with other like minded stitches. I’m finding a new excitement thanks to you and you tube.
I love your Sunday afternoon videos! Please do continue to come up with creative things to do with scraps, I love challenging myself to keep as much out of the landfills as possible.
That lovely Rita (Mewter Maid) is a scene stealer. She is adorable. On your recommendation, i watched the Missouri Star Janny and daughters video. The girls definitely did not understand the assignment, but made some lovely quilts anyway and answered the age old question, 'what do i do if i don't have enough crumbs." Jenny knew the brief (since she probably wrote it) and showed us a beautiful crumb quilt. Segregating and sewing crumbs into sheets of color or value is the one big tip i took away from this whole journey. I figure i will need darkest darks, lightest lights, yellows to oranges, greens to blues, reds to purples. I also think the 10 x 10 size is nice because they fit in a standard Ziploc or file.
Hi Kate, so lovely to see you this morning. Just love the ideas you’re giving us re those dastardly scraps. You’re looking so well now. Love Agnes’ quilt, it’s so pretty in every possible way. Like a beautiful garden. 😍🇦🇺
hi there i am a 48 year old mother of two girls 21 and 17 and a brand-new grandmother of a beautiful 4 month old baby girl. I just wanted to say thank you for being on you tube i really enjoy watching your channel. If I had the money to help support your channel I would but with my MS I cant work and money is a real problem any way i enjoy watching you because you are so real and you remind me of my mother who is no longer with us so when I start missing her a lot I turn you on so thank you. and because I have gotten back to sewing and quilting my 17 year old has gotten in to it, But now I need to replace my old machine but anyway thank you so much
Hi Kate. Yes I did mention that selling the scraps would find a lot of takers. So I will definitely be on the lookout because I most definitely want a fish 🐠 and chips package of scraps. Thank you so much for taking the time to make the packages. Ludmila
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Hi Kate, it’s great you have these scarps and make an Art Quilt Or Make a Blue quilt with landscape- lots of ideas- I’m so glad you don’t thru them away- ❤️💕Thanks! - another idea is a Milleforie Quilt -
Always great to have a little visit with you.I so enjoy hearing about all of the things you do!So many beautiful colors in Agnes's quilt!
Hi Kate from northern Minnesota USA. Been surreptiousky watching you and your cats. You inspire me in endless ways. Seeing you deal with your scraps touches my heart. You've given me tons of ideas on how to use and use up all those tiny bits. Enough for the moment. Love your channel. Feel as though I've known you for years.
I too loved the crumb quilt video by Missouri Star. This is my rendition.
Agnes's quilt is beautiful! Something I'm sure she'll treasure forever. Before you blink she'll be sewing with you and starting on her first quilt!
I made a queensize quilt with the method Jenny uses for scraps. It is all batiks because I could never part with my scraps and whenever I saw a good sale on batik fabric I was compelled to "build my stash". I was making and selling tote bags at the time and saved every scrap. I did use some fat quarters when I realized that I was going to actually make a quilt - I like you need more than one project going - and the scrap blocks were my fill in. I did cheat and buy a 1/2 yard of yellow batik when I ran out of yellow scraps very early on. I backed it with linen and it is on my bed summer and winter it always cheers me up but if it gets too bright I flip it to the natural linen side for a bit. I'm going to start the leaders and enders - I always just used scrap pieces and sewed randomly just as easy to sew a quarter inch and make it productive! Thank you I'd never seen this before.
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I love having extra projects on the side. Sometimes I just need to do some mindless sewing. Enders, scrappy fabric making and the ticker tape sewing.
Loved this, Kate! I think Norma is not only missed by us.
I have been having a big problem with quilting during b the pandemic. In the past I quilted with others. Now there is no one to quilt with. And I have no creative energy to quilt it has been almost two years now. I have tons of fabrick, but no desire to create. Bye the way I use the small scraps to make dog beds. I use soft and warm for the out side fabrics and I stuff with the leftover scraps. That way it is totally washable and dry able. The dog can scratch the stuffing to go what ever way and every body is happy I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL.. HUGS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US.
Kate, your hexi quilt looks like a painting! I love those colors. Always a pleasure to see what you're up to. I look forward to watching each week... so relaxing and inspiring.
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Your cat and mine do not care what we are doing they just want a pet. Lovely quilt you are making. God bless you both.
I love Agnes’s quilt. It is a work of art.
Hello fro derp snow Canada 🇨🇦 hope to snow drop soon i hope!! Thank you for your great visit. Yes scraps got to love them! Thanks great ideas. Anita hi to everyone LGS.
I'm smiling over here while listening and watching you enjoy the bonus material. I've come to realize and embrace the fact that I have way more enjoyment and creativity when I have a pile (or piles) of bits and pieces. Making fabric. If I lived closer to your part of the world, I would most definately shop your bits and pieces. Happy sewing this week, Kate. Agnes is going to love her quilt. A lifetime of exploring the fabrics and the love that you have created for her. Priceless. Happy stitching.
Agnes's quilt is so beautiful.
I love seeing cat Rita. She's doing a good thing, little sweetie. The music was beautiful. Love from the snowy Massachusetts coast.
I’m so very glad to have discovered you, dear lady, as I’m piecing cloth, reading British cozy mysteries (G M Malliet’s St.Just and Max Tudor series are a delight) and adjusting to the physical departure last month of my cat companion of 17 years. Betty (named for the character Rosemary Clooney played in White Christmas) was a beautiful white/calico, an elegant, self-possessed, affectionate, comical mystery being.
At age 64, I’ve said goodbye to so many beloveds - people, cats and dogs, trees, places. What keeps me nourished in the day-to-day flow of life is the sense of simple tasks…caring for home and garden, walking in Nature, making soup, doing creative, expressive projects with organic materials, and especially, enjoying presentations like yours.
Books/info/instructions are plentiful, but channels like yours bring a sense of shared pleasures and working through what we humans have done by hand for countless generations…such a gift to my heart and soul.
Here I sit, in central Pennsylvania, delighted to have you ‘in the room’ with me. You’re nice company. Having ongoing (often lifelong) pastimes is even more beneficial now we can connect through youtube and other venues. We can keep a personal rhythm of solitude and sharing. I love it, as I’m not going to run into you on a walk or out on errands, yet we overlap here, and it gladdens my heart.
My motto in recent weeks is, “O-bla-di, O-bla-da” , shorthand, of course, for
Life Goes On.
🙏✌️✨🌱🌺☀️❄️💕🎶🌎😊 to all who come together in kindness, creativity and caring for what surrounds us.
I never understood 'leaders and enders' so thank you for that. I love your idea of tying up your garden posies with the fabric strings. Won't need a scare crow. I get so excited when I see you've posted. Seems you're back to your old self. Glad to have you drop by the lime green couch for a visit, and giggle with us for a bit. Much love. Lynn
Me again, I've just come acroosss the taking care videos, I, m at number 3, and I so wish I had known about your channel at that time. I've had such a hard time with this covid madness and have become a recluse as I suffer from depression and anxiety. If I had had these little videos of kind words they would have helped no end. anyway I, m watching them now and I too have gor through it by keeping my hands busy knitting and gardening which is my other passion when the weather suits. So thank you Kate xx
Agnes’s quilt is my favorite project of your. It is beautiful and I can hardly wait to see the final finish.
Agnes' quilt is beautiful!!! I also enjoy watching Karen at Just Get It Done quilts. It is so wonderful to be able to connect with quilters around the world. I am in Tennessee, USA.
I am so happy to see you sewing again. Looking forward to spring and seeing you out in the garden! Also looking forward to Anna's quilting project!
My black cat Lucky is sitting next to me on my sewing cabinet. Great company,!
I saw that same Missouri star video you mentioned and I’m doing the same as Jenny with my scraps. Very addictive!
For the last two years I have bought no fabric all I have done is make quilt tops with scraps and crumbs Very satisfying
Good Morning love it when you are sewing it is so fun to watch you do it with a quilt.
Have you come for a visit? There's plenty of room on the lime green sofa! Though I would enjoy a lovely chocolate for valentine's day. Happy Valentine's Day Kate! My granddaughter is a vet tech & would love your cats. I feel like you've given me permission to have as many projects as I like & not worry about finishing. Just enjoy the process!!!
I watched one of your older videos where you just reached 1000 subscribers. It’s so amazing that you now have over 50,000 subscribers. Way to go Kate!
I can't believe it ! it is so surprising! xxx lovely to have you all here xxx
Greetings from Pennsylvania USA! Love Agnes's quilt in progress...gorgeous colors!!
An idea for your strip piecing..some time ago I made a quilt for my sister using strip sets similarly to those you are making. I sewed strips together to make a center square, then surrounded it with white. The next round was strip set, again followed by white. I continued this way until it was the size I wanted. You could, of course, use any color you wanted to replace the white I used. The binding was also scrappy. You could alternate your pink and blue if you wanted. Have lots of fun quilting!
I like your idea,it sounds lovely.
Red and white quilt with red quilting threat yippee 😁 a happy quilt.
I’ve listened along whilst making my 10” scrappy blocks. I started these last November and was delighted when Jenny of MSQC was doing the same and now you too Kate. I decided I’d have an early night but just couldn’t resist putting some more pieces together. It’s very addictive!
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It's always fun to play with other people's scraps! In my quilt guild we occasionally have trash to treasure raffles for scraps, sewing room cleanouts, and UFIs
Fumble fingers! UFO's. I try to keep my stash sorted into containers of random strips, specific width strips, etc but there's always a bin of saving for "someday" as if I'll suddenly decide what to do with them. I'm a little older than you and have much more fabric than "somedays" left. I wish we could all do a regional lime green sofa destash pass-along. I Love your scrappy style!
I do love Karen from justgetitdonequilts as well. And you've re-inspired me to continue the strip sets and I love the idea of the small squares for leaders and enders. And last but not least , Agnes' quilt is so lovely can't wait to see it completed
50 thousand folks who have similar interests to mine. So nice in this sometimes confusing world. Thank you so very much for leading the charge!!
I’ve always got three or four projects on the go at once but I thought I was the only one! 😂 Agnes’s quilt is truly a work of art, I love it. Thankyou Kate as always for a great video. Xx
So lovely to see you sewing and quilting, I love to watch you and your ideas on what to do with fabric scraps. Since watching you I have made three quilts for family, and really enjoying it. Lovely to see Rita the cat,
Great idea for the fish 🐠 and chips scraps packages. Will definitely be on the lookout. Thank you for taking the time to make the packets.
So sorry for your loss in Norma, never an easy thing.
Hello Kate ~ Your projects have kept you company this winter. I noticed Agnes's quilt on the wall. It is looking spectacular. I finally bound my gnome Christmas table runner. The days I would pick up my granddaughters from school I would sit in my vehicle and sew (or read). I found the natural lighting was better for my eyes. I took another sewing class and I am currently working on Cathedral Windows. It will be a decorative pillow for my younger granddaughter. I have decided that the smaller projects are more likely to get done. (eventually) I can do a bit when I feel more in the mood to sew and feel as if I am accomplishing something. I guess I feel as if the finale is near! Do have a good week. Stay safe and healthy.
I am loving your strip sets of red and blue. I'm trying to get a handle on my scraps. I used my tiny tiny leftovers from a quilt I made and decoupaged a few metal containers to put in the room with the quilt. It adds a bit of color that coordinates with the quilt. I can put pencils, etc in the containers, too, and put in my sewing room. You can do this with plant pots and put them on the table in the garden in Summer. Sweet Rita is just so beautiful. The Agnes top is looking gorgeous. I love my garden in Winter. I like to see it taking a nap till warmer weather. Have a wonderful day!
Hello Kate, I’m missing my sewing room as we sold our house and are not yet settled into our new home. I enjoy watching your videos so much and yes! Feel so fortunate to have so many fine quilting videos to watch on you tube - you among them! Thank you for sharing! ❤️
Miss you and Anna quilting together.
You could also use a few scraps as filler in your Christmas boxes…or other shipping items. Very creative with so many ideas already!
I also have several projects going at once! I just can’t help myself. I am also working on using my scraps.
OH , they would make a beautiful reversable shopping hand bag ! Can't wait to see what you create !
Never really understood there was a future usefulness for leaders and Enders until now. I use a leader or ‘sewing spider’ when doing general sewing, but am now going to be more productive by sewing squares ‘together’. Thanks Kate. Lovely video.
Oh, yes! Looking forward to all the this-and-that you have in store for us 😍
Really enjoyed your company - for the first time - had a good laugh on another one of your videos, then you ask why we buy more material when we still have some.
Love from SOUTH AFRICA. LOVE JENNY AND THE GIRLS TOO.
Love Agnes’ quoilt! The colors are soooo beautiful put together. It will be an heirloom for sure 💜💙💚
Thank you for all your wonderful videos, Kate. Agnes’s quilt is the most beautiful EPP quilt and is so inspirational. You have a very special soul and share a sense of calm and love. Have a great day! ❤
Thank you Kate, that was enjoyable. I too use leaders and enders and have a container full. Not sure what I’m going to do with them yet. See you on the LGS. Cheers from Melbourne.
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The tiny squares you could make pins for jackets.. you held it up and gave me the idea.