OMG the thread coming out of the snaps just blew my mind. My jaw literally dropped.

For pins and needles,. I use magnets ( those pizza/business card magnets for the refrig are small and can be cut to size) ..use 2 and sandwich the pins and needles in between.

As a seamstress I started carrying a personalized container in the glove compartment. Once they discovered I sew a few co workers have commisioned me for jacket zipper replacement, minor alterations, even quilt making . What they don’t know, is that I pray for them during the entire project. 😁👏🏻

@yoshiew05

2 жыл бұрын

That’s lovely!

Appropriately enough, I watched this while waiting for my cousin at the airport. I didn’t have a sewing project with me, but watching your videos is just as beneficial.

A tutorial on English Paper Piecing from you would make my day! You explain steps clearly and logically with an easy to follow cadence. I appreciate your videos and you. Thank you for the time, effort and knowledge you impart to us all. Have a blessed day.

I like to wind thread from almost empty spools onto bobbins to carry in my sewing kit esp. for EPP.

I've read that KZread likes lots of comments too! I would love to see a tutorial on English Paper Piecing. I just did my 1st FPP quilt and loved it. I also used you technique for binding a quilt...thanks!!

Hi Karen! I’m a baby sewist, and I love your videos. I especially loved your story about your quilt in the blue bag, it gave me tears. I wish I lived near you because I would want to hang out with you to sew and have wonderful conversation. You are an amazing and inspirational woman. Thank you for teaching all of us! Hugs- Lin❤️

This is great. Please do a video on EPP! Have been wanting to try that!

Lady, you are so smart! The snap idea for dispensing thread.....mind blown. Love all your videos.

I’d love to see a video of how you pulled your thread through those snaps and how you keep it inside your zipper pouch for the the go bags. Thanks for all your videos!

Thanks Karen. I love this idea!! I'm needy on a larger scale. LOL I had family members in and out of hospital and medical tests. I use to sit around sighing because I could be doing SOMETHING while waiting, so now I have a bag....I call it my ditty bag. Inside it has pockets-- I keep a fabric ornament-Styrofoam ball or egg, fabric or ribbon cut to size, pins--they are in a paper roll--I think they are called "ticket pins" from the good ole days. Because the pins are in a roll I can tear off a couple of hundred and they are secure in the paper. I also have small snips and thimble. But in my bag I also carry my spare phone charger, my MP3 player with a book, water, and snack. I also have another bag with knitting that has the above, also. I just throw in my wallet on the way out the door and I'm good to go. Makes the time go by and I feel productive.

Oh my goodness that thread hack is genius 😳 I’ve been hand quilting a quilt with three different colors and this is such a great idea!

I love your Tips!!! I like to have needle threader with me. Perhaps it is good to put your Adress in there, so you have a Chance to get your Bag back If some one finds it.good afternoon

@JustGetitDoneQuilts

3 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

I watch on my TV, so I don't often make comments, but today I logged on my computer just to say this. One, please do a EPP video. I have been using this for travel because Bernie (that's what I call my 770 QE) is too big. It might sound strange but I have horrible anxiety when traveling and concentrating on the EPP was so very helpful. I missed the view, but was so much more relaxed. And for Two, I absolutely love your videos and teaching style. I've only made a few full quilts and mostly table runners, but watching you gives me confidence that I can tackle it and that nobody will even see the mistakes I know I make. :)

I did make 2!!!! One sewing and embroidery projects… Those last-minute details that I never get done to finish the final touches! I’m finally getting some projects DONE! Thank you so much

I saw a pic on FB of an Olympic diver waiting in the stands, and he was KNITTING!

@JustGetitDoneQuilts

3 жыл бұрын

Yes...I thought of him too :)

@theonemoongoddess

3 жыл бұрын

I saw that, too! Good way for him to calm his nerves!

@rachelburgener819

3 жыл бұрын

Omgoodness that’s awesome!!! ❤️😀

Who would not subscribe. I am always so excited when you make a new video. You don’t make enough for me. But I love that you put so much thought and work in them to make them meaningful. Love your puppy. I have a very demanding kitten so I understand what you had been going through and needing a brake from it. It’s like a new baby. Xx

I take a sewing project with me every time I'm going somewhere overnight. 3 years ago my son had cancer (thankfully, doing excellent considering it was esophageal). Anyway I took a few sewing projects with me and was able to contain the projects in an old makeup/jewelry bag. It fit easily in my tote. I also carried some tatting with shuttle into a small ziploc bag. My sewing kit had embroidery, epp, and I was working on hand pieceing a small quilt. I was able to fit a 5-6 inch hoop in my little tote. I got quite a bit done with each little project while spending a lot of time at my son's bedside about 2-3 weeks.

I've become obsessed with sashiko/kantha type quilting. Big thread, big needle, and quilting in straight(ish) long lines. I am currently working on a bedsized quilt that I am doing in thirds -- that whole long piece gets rolled up tidily and clipped with those awesome clips just to the spot I'm working. It folds into my big soft purse, and I carry a little needle kit and with scissors clipped to it. (sometimes I use a carabiner clip and clip the scissors to my clothes too.) Was able to finish a quilt for Christmas by doing 20 minutes on the bus every morning. I used to do a lot of applique too. Hawaiian style blocks have travelled with me in all sorts of settings ... camping, picnics, TV, visiting, travelling.

@karolynbates1668

3 жыл бұрын

I am doing a sashiko by the square. Sort of quilt as you go strategy. I definitely need to develop some on-the-go kits as well. Glad to see someone else hooked on sashiko as well.

@rhondaschellin8878

3 жыл бұрын

wOw!! That sounds SO AMAZING!!! You must post a pic of it under her blog!!

@hazelem1266

3 жыл бұрын

I am also thinking of finishing my very first quilt with that. How many stitches do you get in an inch, what is the distance between rows and are you using different colour thread? Thank you for your comment.

@cfraser1321

3 жыл бұрын

@@hazelem1266 I use perle cotton size 8. Get some sashiko needles... they need to be strong, have a big enough eye, and sharp to go through fabric. Distance apart is up to you. I often use the width of my thumb as a guide, just a bit of air to both sides. I also use my thumb as a guide when I'm quilting in low light or ths thread matches too much to see well. My favourite effect is using lines of different colors cutting right through a boldly colored print... it makes it look like it's being blurred with raindrops.

@hazelem1266

3 жыл бұрын

@@cfraser1321 thank you so much for the response. I’m really looking forward to doing it. I started first hand sewing last year with the strict lockdown in Melbourne and I’m putting it together now. It’s taken me a year to do this story/family /photos/appliqué quilt which has gotten bigger and bigger. Yet, as a nurse, it has saved me mentally. Thank you.

Yes please to a video on EPP. I'd like to see how you use the hexie cutter. I started sewing and quilting during lockdown, but because machine grown quilts seem to grow very quickly it made me wonder what everyone does with their finished quilts? I saw a video on EPP and was hooked. I've been making it for about 4 months now and it's still only 24" x 48" approx. My hexies are all cut by hand and none of the sides are the same so I'd really like to see your hexie cutter in action and to know the make of it please. Thank you

The snap idea for the thread is a great one! I’m totally going to steal this.

I would like very much to see a video on paper piecing. I love your idea for feeding the thread through the snaps and the winding techniques. Also the idea with the scissor. I can take a project with me to the laundry room. Thank you again for more great ideas.

Yes, do a segment on paper piecing hexes, especially sewing them together! I used to cut my own until I found them online, precut in various sized, not jus 1/2 inch. I need help stitching them together more smoothly.

You have some great tips in here. I love the idea of using the snap to manage thread!

I am not surprised that you were able and willing to help your bank manager with a button! You are a wonderful example of kindness and respect AND obviously an ambassador for the quilting community! Love it!

EPP? Yes, Please!! For the sewing kit, that idea about threading through then winding around the snaps is priceless!

The game changer in my “go” kit is a Clover needle dome where I can safely store 10 threaded needles. It’s a bit bulky but worth it for car trips where threading is difficult. I also keep a pair of reading glasses in there.

I would like to see you put together a hexi piece and also see how you sew them together to make a flower. I'm new at this. I have made some quilts in the past, but I can't walk very good (I am 83) and I do a lot of sitting now, so I thought it would pass the time away. My name is Betty Jones and I live in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. I love watching your shows. Thanks⚽ 🙂

Yes, EPP. I would love to make 1 Grandmother's garden! You make each KZread so thoughtfully.

YES on EPP video! I love how it looks but have no idea how to start. The whole paper inside the fabric is daunting to me. BTW your hair looks terrific! I stopped coloring mine three years ago and never looked back. Thanks for all your videos, I get so much out of them.

Yes PLEASE a video on English Paper Piecing and thank you so much for this wonderful video! (also, THANK YOU for having NATURAL FINGERNAILS! - I am so peeved and weary from all the fakies!)

Please do give us a video on EPP Karen as your teaching style is very good for those of us who are unsure of ourselves. I too like pencil cases but also use toilet bags...we still have no groups yet and I'm still shielding and finding isolation very difficult. I've found you again in the hope to deal with depression and anxiety. Thank you for your channel. God bless from Northern Ireland

I always add a card or something with some contact info just in case I lose my project bag (also, i'd love to see you do a video on EPP)

Yes also please to an EPP video. Excellent idea for keeping the clear threads corralled ! Having some handwork to work on while waiting for anything makes for a less stressed me.....the time spent waiting becomes productive time. Thank you for your videos.

Love love love EPP and I’m so addicted to Hexies. I’m still looking for the ‘perfect’ on the go sewing case. I’ve sewn a couple, which I love doing, and have tried a few but still haven’t found one that I love. Thanks so much for sharing yours. You showed me the functionality that my case should have. Thanks again!

Your videos are real value for money Karen! You simply spill over with useful hints. Thank you so much.

Yes we would luv a paper piecing tutorial , we can't have too many of them .we need more!!

Yes! Karen, such great stuff to tell us- EPP would be a great video-yay - The travel case is so understanding- and the details make more sense

Wise tips. “Toss test” yes another good idea.

Some great ideas! EPP - yes please, Karen 😊

Hi Karen 🤗 Thanks for another great video🤩 I finished some 300 hexagon flowers. Tips on how to sew them together and how en what to do for binding etc will be most appreciated 😍 When I see your videos I get confidence on taking up a quilt project. Thank you very, very much for that!

My granddaughter just finished an MRI and we'll be going through follow-ups and knee surgery, physical therapy and more followups. Now is definitely the time for me to put together a To-Go project. Thanks for all the info.

Yes, please do a video on EPP. I love watching your videos and have learned a lot. Thank you 😊

It's ziploc bags for me, one for a project, one for supplies/tools. Had a couple of things picked out all ready to go on holiday with us for our anniversary, and then...lockdown wouldn't you know. Happy together wherever we are. For sure an EPP series for me -- among the many voices. Have a lovely day

Definitely YES on the PPP! I’m willing to bet you have an easier way to do it and keep it interesting. Get tips every single time I watch your blog, which I love! I watched your first video, and I liked you from the moment when you said “Tips, ttricks

I would love to see a tutorial on EPP it is something I want to start Loved your big baby boy in the water, it looks like he is in heaven

I do love sewing hexies...They were a major part of my first art quilt for my niece and something I frequently sewed on breaks. I love that you sew around those edges as well. I have found this tutorial useful, and often used zippered bags for these sorts of travel kits as I have two curious kitties.

You're an inspiring teacher!! So practical and real-life-funny...toss it in the air, steady on the lap!!! True True!!!

OMG are you a mind reader? I've just been thinking of this as I've been summoned for jury duty and might have to sit around all day at our courthouse. Perfect timing!

You recommended using a hexy punch and cardstock from mail adverts before, and I instantly went and bought said punch. Now those annoying cards serve a good cause.

@rhondaschellin8878

3 жыл бұрын

HahaHAhaHaHAHAhaHa! That's GREAT!!!

@sirleebutler

3 жыл бұрын

i bought the punch, and it won’t go through cardstock! it barely punches paper cleanly. any tips?

@nicolebrunzel6608

3 жыл бұрын

@@sirleebutler It doesn't go through paper for some reason but through cardstock. Try anything above 160 g per square meter.

Good morning everyone. I have just been sewing-on-the-go...my first road trip in forever. My nephew was married on the weekend in Montreal. It was a lovely time with family who we had not seen in over two years. So the video is a bit late...but I can definitely vouch for how a good sewing-on-the-go-kit can fill those dead moments when you are waiting for stuff to happened. So grab your coffee and enjoy. . Correction- I use Invisafil thread not Invisalign 🙄

@colleen5587

3 жыл бұрын

I had my husband make me a template that fit on 2.5 strips so I could us 2.5 and use rotary for English paper piecing and sooooo easy to turn and sew, Karen make a ruler ❤️❤️❤️❤️and sell them, my friends love what he made👍

@teresasabin1754

3 жыл бұрын

Can you tell us where you find the poich

@julieenslow5915

3 жыл бұрын

@@teresasabin1754 In Florida, most stand alone "drug stores" (which include a pharmacy) will also have a nice makeup section - which often has makeup bags of various sizes.

@libbydowling759

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you once again Karen for sharing your wealth of ideas and talent

@mary-annz.reynolds7778

3 жыл бұрын

I love it 💕

When I first saw this video I knew one day I would want to try EPP, so I bought the travel kit. Now here I am two years later and my kit is in my suitcase wish me luck. Thank you for all the tips and a well thought out kit.🌸

I love your blouse! I read your blog and understand the joy of returning "home" to visit parents. Both my parents are gone now and I miss them so much. I wish you could have been able to purchase the nearby property, but I guess it wasn't meant to be. I love your videos, I feel like I'm sitting at the kitchen table with talking about quilts and other things. I would love to see an English Paper Piecing video.

Plan ahead? Yes! Your "Tips, Tricks and Strategies" are always great. I love this one!

I would love to see a tutorial for English Paper piecing. I have seen so many wonderful projects made with them and I like that it uses scrap fabric (I have plenty of that!). I would love to eventually make a table cover with them.

Another great tutorial. Altho I don’t do EPP and much hand sewing, I keep a hospital ‘go bag’ in my car with quilts to bind off. So when sitting with my elderly parents, I can keep sane.

I keep a bag in my car with small cross-stitch projects and needles and floss and a snip and needle minders. Or might bring EPP on longer trips.

What you did with the thread and male snap is brilliant!

I would enjoy an episode on EPP, great ideas, thank you!

Thread thru snaps GENIUS!!!!

I love the thread pull and wrap around you made. Brilliant!

Great video on sewing on the go, such good ideas. Yes, it would be great to have a tutorial on EPP or foundation piecing.

Excellent ideas for sewing on the go! Thank you, Karen!

Sign me up for that EPP video! 😁 I love crafting on the go; my crochet bag goes with me everywhere.

Hi Karen. I LOVE these types of videos. I always have a knit bag ready to grab as I go out the door. I also have a clear vinyl bag that I have my hexies in and a small bag with my hexi tools in. I take those, too. I have one more row of "squares" to go before I can start sewing them all together. It definitely won't be portable then. lol I love doing EPP. Great video, Karen! Your channel is one of my favorites!

@JustGetitDoneQuilts

3 жыл бұрын

thank you

This video couldn’t have come at a better time. In a couple of months, God willing, I will have to have a stay in hospital in isolation for a few weeks. I set to make myself a bag to carry my hand quilting in (Japanese QAYG squares) It’s a project, pattern byAnnie and I was thinking it was too small. Now I’m thinking maybe its too big. After watching your video I shall certainly test it out prior to using.I don’t want thread, needles etc bouncing around a hospital room. I’ve already been thinking of some modifications but I can see a few more coming on. Thanks

I've never heard of English paper piecing. I'd like to learn, so yes, please do a video on that!

Hi Karen! EPP Yes please!! Love sewing on the go! Thanks for sharing your tips!

I know you posted this segment a year ago (and I watched it a few months ago) but wanted to thank you for the great ideas for organizing EPP projects. I just recently was able to utilize my new soft pink makeup bag filled with my 3/4" hexi project as I sat in 2 different airports. Because I had 4 zippered compartments I stayed perfectly organized. Thanks for your great videos!!!

I wanted this video to be longer. I wanted more information on each of your bags and especially the projects. I especially like the handmade bag. I’d love the pattern. Once again, a fantastic video!

Love your new hairstyle Karen. You have wonderful ideas and I love them all

Karen, your videos always come at just the right time. I'm planning out my next epp travel kit and the button snap thread minder system (tm?) is genius! Especially when I need more than one thread color at the ready for blending. Can you show how you did it or what it looks like inside the pouch? This is seriously amazing.

Thanks Karen, guess what I am waiting to see the doctor and watching you, how I wish I had broght my hand sewing. Will definitely do it next time 🇨🇦💕

@JustGetitDoneQuilts

3 жыл бұрын

It makes the delays much more tolerable

@karolynbates1668

3 жыл бұрын

My handwork helps me wait more patiently or is it peacefully.

I would love to have a video on EPP TIPS

Hello Karen! I am so happy you were able to spend some time with family. We all need each other❤️. Great tips here, once again you’ve helped us set up our projects. EPP- yes please, I’m so interested in it! Also maybe you could provide a thimble class🤪. I’ve never used one but see and hear a lot of y’all using them. I believe I have my grandmothers, but I don’t recall her using them unless it was before me… My momma never used one either 🤔. Thank you ❤️😀

Like your kit with the snaps that you pull your thread through. Ingenious!! Like your hair cut too.

@JustGetitDoneQuilts

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Genius thread dispensing snaps idea! 😍

I can't wait for a english paper piecing tutorial 🙏🏻. Thank you so much

Thanks! This is just what I need to pack. I’m new to EPP and I love how portable it is! I especially like the see thru compartments for keeping my project separated, safe and accessible.

Karen, if you would do a tutorial on EPP that would be wonderful! I am so glad that you got out and from now on .. every time I am at the bank, I am going to be looking at my Branch Manager for missing buttons!! LOL!!!!!

Oh yes I'd love to see english paper pieces. I find it very interesting but have no idea how it really works

I might need to make a small travel sewing kit. I’d love to see a video on English paper piecing.

I would love to see a tutorial on English Paper Piecing, please.

Please do a English Piecing tutorial. I enjoy many of your videos. Thank you.

Your method for keeping three threads tangle free is ingenious. I will definitely be copying that idea; thank you for sharing it.

I would love to see a video on English Paper Piecing, especially what shapes you can use. I know Hexagons and Diamonds work, but what other shapes.

I love to buy makeup bags, totes, purses and backpacks at the thrift store because they are so much cheaper than a retail store. When I get home, I'll put them in a laundry bag, toss in the washing machine with dish rags and beat up towels and then allow them to air dry. They come out beautifully.

I also knit so I always have a sock project bag ready to take with me anywhere. Your project bag/housewife for sewing on the go is a great idea.

Your modifications to your sewing kit are brilliant!

Yes! Karen, the EPP video would be great! Sandi Myer🥰

Yes! Please do a video on EPP

Thanks for the tip about the thread & the poppers. Brilliant. I have used lots of your tips & tricks over the past couple of years since I found you on KZread. I even made an ironing station to your specifications. Love it.

I have felt that often. Wish I had been organized before right now as I have 2 or 3 hours waiting for someone to get out of surgery. Nice to watch KZread while waiting though.

You always come up with good ideas. Thanks. Like the new haircut. suits you.

Yes, please make a video in English paper piecing.

I would definitely enjoy seeing your take on English Paper Piecing.

Fiskars makes small scissors for school age kids (found in the office or school supplies aisle in most stores). I've seen round nosed, pointy and needle nosed scissors about 5 inches in length. These are surprisingly sharp and for under $2 on back to school sales, they are worth getting for every sewing project bag you have. 💖🌞🌵😷

Yes please make a video about EPP! I just started doing it and would love your tips.

A video on EPP would be fun! I’m working on a few and love to get hints and tips from others to help the process along :)