Workshop Warracknabeal

The weekend found us in Warracknabeal at a wonderful workshop hosted by the lovely Shirley and Dell from Quilters Harvest.

We were welcomed to Warrack with a homestyle dinner of casseroles and amazing desserts.

 Thank- you to Dell and Vic for your gengerous hospitality.                                                                                 

 Ladies from far and wide joined us to enjoy two days of food, fun and fabric.

                                                                                           

 I launched two of my  new designs that include 'Birdena' - the pin cushion and scissor keep and a lovely yo-yo shoulder bag (pictured).

It was great to be joined by Viv Robinson from Viv's Creations and Lisa Cantlay from Fig"n"Berry sharing their sewing expertise!  The hospitality continued Saturday night when we were taken to the 'Rusty Nail' for dinner. The restaurants history and memorabilia was amazing and impossible to take in one night.                                 

Now there are two attractions to Warrack - the Quilters Harvest and the Rusty Nail! 

Warracknabeal Workshop

Just thought I would give you a peek at a tiny section of two of my three my projects for "Quilters Harvest" Retreat in October 2011.

There are still a few places left on the Sunday, so ring the girls and book a seat.
It's a fantastic day of sharing, laughing, eating and you may even get a few stitches done.
Hope to see you there.

Cheers
Kerry x

Workshop & Classes for the coming year ...."so far"

I was taking this year off after Beau's accident and had to cancel a few classes earlier in the year BUT.....things change.

So much for my year off !! Somehow I seem to be busier than usual! Beau is home and well on the road to recovery so I am back in business. So here's some of the 'events' coming up:

* April 8th - Class at The Blanket Box - Geelong. I had nine wonderful ladies in my class. Thanks girls for being so understanding and your patience from the cancelled class way back when.
* May 7th - Class at AnamCara Patchwork Shop - Shepparton.
* May 20th - Echuca weekend with my beautiful sister & niece. We are going away to be pampered for a couple of days, pedicures & massages, just what the doctor orderes....haha. Can't wait.
* May 24th -Workshop with the Horsham Patchwork Group.
* May 28th - Workshop with the Hamilton Patchwork group. "Date to be confirmed.
* June 3rd - Class back at the The Blanket Box - Geelong
* June 11th - Weekend in Warrnambool for my other sister 'Vicky's' 50th Birthday....Can't tell you what we are making her in case she is listening...haha...
* June 18/19th - Workshop at Cohuna Patchwork Group. I was lucky enough to be invited back for the 2nd year in a row. I had a fantastic weekend last year up there and am so looking forward to returning.
* June 24/25/26th - Sunnystones sit n sew - Bacchus Marsh. This weekend is run by a dear friend of mine Vivienne & her daughter Lou, 25 women gather to sew, eat, drink and relax. A great weekend to finish off some of my new designs and start some new one.... that is the plan.
* July 2nd - Warracknabeal Quilters Harvest.
* August - Off on a road trip to NSW with 'Marg' my sister.
* September - Overseas with 'dear' husband! On the rocky mountain train....Yippee.
* October 8th -Workshop at Warracknabeal Quilters Harvest.
* November - Wholesale Market in Melbourne.
Right now I'm here with my sewing circle of  friends after a day at the Quilt Show in Melbourne. Of course we get all inspired and start some new projects!! More UFO's!!
Until next time.
Cheers
Kerry

Warrnambool Workshop

Once again I spent the weekend down at Fragrant Cottage in Warrnambool doing "All My Santa's" Quilt Christmas Workshop with a great bunch of ladies.

On the Saturday we did fabric painting on the top panel of my quilt, Sunday the Applique trees in varies forms of Applique.

My passion is needle turn applique which is very time consuming, so it was very interesting to see the ladies whipping up their blocks on the sewing machine using blanket stitch applique and a "little" raw edge applique.

On the way home from Warrnambool between Camperdown and Colac I just had to stop and take a photo of the "Dry Rocks Walls" which run for miles along the sides of the road edging the paddocks.

I know all you crafty people out there can appreciate the skill, time and labour in these beautiful fences.

Workshop

A couple of different projects we worked on.
All working hard...lol.. I had the whip out.

Hi everyone.
What a cold & windy old day today. I have been busy doing the bookwork today for our other "Real" business !Yuk! I hate bookwork but it does help pay the bills I suppose...lol.

While I am on my break, thought I would pop in here and show you a couple of pictures from a workshop I did on the weekend with a great bunch of ladies in Ballarat called the "Sew & Sew's". I had 15 ladies in a class doing fabric painting on a variety of different projects. They all completed their projects and were very surprised how easy and what fun it is to do.

Heading down to Warrnambool this weekend for a workshop at "Fragrant Cottage" . We will be doing "All My Santa's" quilt.

I will post a few pictures next week from my weekend at Warrnambool.

Until then, take care.

Hi everyone.

I hope you all had a great weekend....

I have been busy over the last few weeks designing and stitching a few new projects for a workshop in Tasmania in July.

"Heritage Day in Evandale"

It's set in a gorgeous historical town called Evandale, just 15 minutes out of Launceston......the town is full of history, B&B's, antique shops, bakery and a great pub for dinner, there is a small country market every Sunday morning up the main street.

Over the next few days I will give you a peck at the projects I have made for the ladies attending.

Have a great day.....

Autumn Gathering

Here we are at the Autumn gathering.

From the left is Lynette Anderson, from Queensland
Leonie & Deirdre from The Quilted Crow and yours truly .....

What a great day had by all.

I meet up again with a few familiar faces and had the pleasure to meet a lot more like minded craft women.

This is the Hall all decked out for the 70 lovely ladies booked in for a wondering day of chatting, sewing, sharing and feasting on the delicious food the girls organised for the day.
The bags on the tables were full of goodies and a few surprises.

Autumn Gathering

This is the beautiful "Curries" B&B in Richmond, where the girls from
The Quilted Crow put us up for the weekend.

"Curries" B&B
All that green grass was a lovely sight....they even had the spinkler going.

This is another part of the garden at " Curries" B&B in Richmond.