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Weekly Slowstitch 2024 - Week 8

k3n clothtales

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Week eight of my weekly slowstitch-along for 2024. This week we explore a piecing technique inspired by traditional Korean patchwork called pojagi. As both sides of the cloth are on show, it is also something of a tribute to Joni Mitchell who sang her classic song Both Sides, Now when recently accepting her Grammy at the age of 80. ❤️

Here is the playlist of all the videos in the series, including the two part tutorial for the stitch journal

Weekly Slowstitch project 2024

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Here is the link to the video demonstrating authentic pojagi

Ssamsol, 쌈솔, Jogakbo making technique

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20 Comments

@WNPLCommunications 2 years ago

Please consider writing a book (to sell to us!) with all your inspirations, photos and, most especially; your clever British wit. I look forward to Mondays and finding more creativity through you.

@deblee1958 2 years ago

I just love your videos, my Monday mornings are much fuller and so much more fun. I am learning so much from these treasured cloth pieces you present each week. I have easily stepped out of usual style of stitching and so thankful I decided to take this journey for 2024.

@mariettafocke9276 2 years ago

Thank you so much for this excellent series of teaching me about all this different patchwork of the world.

@healgrowlovecommunity8397 2 years ago (edited)

I was taught to do French seams at school. We did a conventional seam but then we opened it up and trimmed one side before folding over
I was always panic stricken in case I chopped through the seam.
Watching you, that step is redundant. I much prefer your method - so logical and panic free.

Wonderful homage to Joni. I had the Blue album on repeat for months - happy memories. 💙

I live in permanent C.H.A.O.S.
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Mary x

@marysaunders401 2 years ago

Joni Mitchell is SUCH an inspiration! She is 80 and thriving after her recovery from a brain aneurysm. I have "followed" her for years and continue to do so. I am also inspired by you. You find inspiration everywhere and use it in your work in this project and I am sure all of your projects.

@singy555 2 years ago

I have been binging on your videos since January and have iron and tea dyed fabric and paper for the stitch along. Having only used quilting fabrics and made traditional quilts, your channel is like a breathe of fresh air, and I eagerly await your next videos. You bring new meaning to slow stitching and have influenced a lot of people as I look through and feel everyone's excitement over the project. Thanks so much for the challenges in stitching.

@ToniRutherford 2 years ago

Thank you for telling us about the YouTube commercials. I now suffer thru the commercials. You all deserve what you can get

@ChrissieCph 2 years ago

I love the simplicity of this and quite like the seams ramdomly each side, the way you accidently did it. Thank you for another inspirering video 🤩

@bunzerboy 2 years ago

Joni Mitchell lives near where I live. It is wonderful to see her getting out a bit. I liked her early stuff, but her later work, with the deeper, smoky voice is my favourite. Great theme.

@SusanMJB45 2 years ago

I was in college in the mid-60s and always loved Joni's song "Both Sides Now" And I love how you wove that into this week's project. Thank you for another inspiring project !!!

@annrubino6252 2 years ago

Another lovely tradition to adapt and enjoy. I am learning so much from you and enjoying the sharing of regional words and pronunciations. In Canada, we are overpowered by American dialect through media, and neglecting the rich, descriptive expressions of our English, Scottish and Irish ancestry. At 82 yrs., I remember and happily use many of them. We are, as always, a nation of immigrants and indigenous peoples. British heritage has become something to hide in the closet. I hope that eventually this doesn't result in resentments. Certainly, it contributes to the loss of "homely" expression.

@BethsVintageCraftedHome 2 years ago

Oh Katherine, I've wondered how these type of curtains were made for a long time! They're so expensive, but I was sure I could make them myself if only I knew how to. And now, thanks to you, I do ❤ It's so lovely learning new things from you each week x

@heike2632 2 years ago

Skurryfunge is a wonderful word, in German we say „Panikputzen“, that means cleaning up in a hurry when your mother-in-law would come surprisingly for a cup of tea…😊

@darkallegiance666 2 years ago (edited)

I’m quite sure my mum didn’t do all this back when she sewed the sides of the old, holey sheets into the middle for us to sleep on. She definitely used a sewing machine - at first my father’s mother’s beautiful old treadle Singer sewing machine, then an electric one from the ‘60’s or ‘70’s, & later on a new one - but the seams felt like a ridge down the middle of the bed - not flat & nice. She would have turned them into the middle & just sewed them together & moved on. She had 6 children in total & not much money. She made clothes for us, & knitted jumpers, socks, hats. She also made us all a heck of a lot of quilts out of old clothes - machine-sewn, crazy quilting, unbacked. Towards the end of her life she crocheted a lot of rugs.

It’s lovely to watch you sew because you obviously love what you do - thank you.

@Intiani-neitiT 2 years ago

Well I just bought the last appligue pins from Karnaluks, Tallinn, while visiting Estonia last week.😅

@jeanwhiley6571 2 years ago

Not only do we learn new skills through your fabulous videos, we also learn new words, 😂never heard of this way of stitching seams for patchwork. Just love your videos so much, thank you for sharing and your twittering is heart warming

@redparrot9489 2 years ago

“Bodge it and leg it” is my new favourite expression. 😁😁😁😁😁💕💕💕💕💕💕😊

@sheilabennett3289 2 years ago

I'm imagining making myself a maxi hippie skirt with this technique 😂❤. Thank you for inspiring me. Love your running commentary. You are a great instructor.