Not long to go now.

Hi every one.

I hope you like the look of my blog....lol...

I was over the black look and have lightened up in both the over all look of my blog and my new designs as you can view down the page....lol.

I am off to America on the 1st of October for a month on holidays, I will spend the 1st 2 weeks touring around Orlando, Miami, Las Vegas, San Diego and Los Angeles with my hubby then I pack him on a plane for home and greet my sister in crime for another 2 weeks !!! yippee !!!.

Marg and I will be spending up big at the Houston Quilt Market for 3 days then fly up to Atlanta and work our way back down through Moultrie and New Orleans.

I am getting very excited and nervous at the same time....

I am taking my laptop with me and hope to find the time to keep you informed with photos of my trip.

This has been in the planning for over a year and an extension of my 50th birthday in January....what a year and what a birthday, wonder what they have planned for my next one...lol.. this will be hard to beat.

Please take the time to scroll down and have a look at my latest designs and what I have been up to.

Take care until next time.

Cheers Kerry

xxx

12 more sleeps.....OMG.....lol

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.

New Projects

"Cuppillar"

To your left.
I have finally finished stitching the last in my bed runner series and sent it off to the quilters.

"Birds of Paradise"

Thanks to the ladies who helped in the naming of this quilt, the birds are appliqued on last so its a fun bright, cheery, easy quilt to make.

Hope you like it .

"Ducks on Parade"

In this quilt there are nine appliqued and stitched ducks in 5 different styles

and colours. Once again its a funky, bright, fun quilt to do.

They are both at the quilters and will be launched at the AQM in November in Melbourne.

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.

All Done.

I have finally finished my Cup Cake Cushion pattern.
What do you think.

New Project

There will be a number of my applique birds in varies colours featured in a quilt. ....No Name Yet......

"All Aboard"

"Cup Cake Cushion"

Here are a few of my new designs that I have been working on over the last few months.

They are all "nearly" ready for the pattern writing stage.

What do you think.

I have named 2 of the 3 projects, any idea's for the bright bird quilt ?

The Winners Are :-

...............Drum Roll.................

Congratulations to

Cora

Kerry

& Sandy

Thank you to all that entered my giveaway and your interest in my designs and visits to my blog.

Good luck for my next giveaway.

To the ladies who have won please email me your addresses and I will pop your pattern in the post.

Giveaway

Time for a little giveaway.

Just leave me a comment and mention the giveaway on "your blog" for an extra chance at winning my latest design "Birds & Bow Bed Topper" pattern.

I will be giving 3 patterns away so tell all your friends.

I will give you until next Wednesday the 29th July 2009.

Good Luck !!!!

Went to the Melbourne Stitches Show today with my sister forters for a hand applique ilt I am working on) and lunched at the crown casinJust Bliss.

I would love to hear from anyone that has been and what they thought of the fabulous quilts I saw today, "Amazing".

Quilt Aid BOM

Hi everyone.

I am very pleased to have participated in a combined Block of the Month with 11 other Australian Designs for a Charity Project for World Vision Addis Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia.
There are 12 stores involved in this project each supplying just 1 of the 12 blocks.

My block went to the lovely shop"The Stitching Post" in Katoomba.

For further information on how the BOM runs and where you can purchase each block please visit Quiltaid .
Each shop has finished the quilt differently, so make sure you visit the quilt gallery, they are all finished off beautifully.
I hope you enjoy making my block as much as I enjoyed designing it.
Cheer

Kerry

New Design Nearly Done

Hi Everyone.

Hope you are all well.

I have been busy doing a little stitching, designing, teaching a few fabric painting classes in Geelong for Glenda at "A Little Different"and doing a short grahic design course in the city which I am enjoying immensely.

This year I decided to take it easy from tutoring as I was soooooo busy last year and felt like I was never home, so far it is going to plan....lol....

Earlier this year I was asked if I would like to be a part of a Charity BOM with 11 other great designers, the concept and final design will be out in a couple of months BUT will keep you all posted....

It is all very exciting.

Now getting back to my heading...lol....

I have "nearly" finished my bed topper, "boy" !!!!! I have had fun deciding on the patchwork design and the fabric to complement the painting...this was my second lot of fabric, I hope you like it....

Please let me know what you think.?

I still have to sew the borders to the centre piece and finish a little applique to the corners, then the quilting.

Next week I will give you a look at part of my NEW DESIGN for the little man in your life.....Trains, Bears, Toys & Soldiers another design in my

Bed Topper range.

Hope you all have a great weekend and looking forward to

hearing from you and what you have been up to.

Cheers

Kerry x