Yarragon Workshop

My 3 projects for the weekend.

The patterns are now available.

Santa's Helper.

A Christmas Ball with 4 different painted panels.

Gift Table Placement Bag.

Gail, Viv, Amanda, Me and Natalie.

Some of the ladies hard at work.

What a wonderful day had by all at Candleberry Country's Workshop in Yarragon.

The tutors for the weekend were Amanda, Viv Robinson and Gail Pan.

The venue is a quaint, cosy hall, fantastic food and a bag full of goodies, what more could you want.

All my projects had a small section painted, so I conducted a mini fabric painting class. What fun the ladies had, most were worried that they couldn't paint BUT by the end of the day had their projects done ready for the stitching and very pleased with themselves.

Cheers Kerry x

Harrieteville Weekend

The hand pieced wheel I did on the weekend.

My friends , Jennifer, Jenny & Wendy.

Magnolia Tree in bloom.

Part of the gardens and hills.

I have been busy and away twice since my last post.I have been up to Harrieteville with 3 friends for a weekend of sewing, eating and chatting.......it was bliss.

I did a hand piecing class with a very talented girl named Yelena, she has a patchwork shop in Beechworth.

The setting where we stayed is just gorgeous, surrounded by hills and the gardens superb.

The winner is....

"Congratulations" to Quilterpolly.

Thank you to all the ladies who entered my little competition, I just love reading your stories......some made me cry some made me laugh BUT they all had a happy ending. "Fantastic". Thanks for sharing.

I am off to Harrietville for a weekend of sewing...will tell you all about it on my return.

Until then have a wonderful day.

Kerry xx

Giveaway

... A view form our room in Sydney...

Back home from Sydney and what a wonderful time we had.
Arrived on the Saturday morning, had lunch then a massage.....ummmmm. that's the life....lol.

Went to the "Cirque Du Soleil" while we were up there....what a fantastic show, if you ever get the chance to go it is well worth it.

Caught up with some dear friends of ours, Paul, John and sister in law Denise. Had dinner on the Saturday night, at John and Denise's fabulous renovated 3 story warehouse apartment 10 minutes form the heart of Sydney.

We lost touch with Paul and his family about 10 years back when he moved to Sydney. He googled my name and found me again....what wonderful things computers are.

If any of you have a story about finding old friends or relatives on the computer I would love to hear from you.

I will be giving away 1 of my "Memory" patterns as a prize.

The finishing date for this giveaway will be Thursday the 12th of September.

(mention my giveaway on your blog to get an extra entry).

Can't wait to hear from you.

Gold Coast

Hi.

I am just back from the Gold Coast, spent a few days up there with a friend of mine and her son while our men were on a car rally up through the middle of Australia.

The weather was beautiful, warm in the day, cold at night, just how I like it.

I did get a little sewing done while I was up there for the coming workshop in Yarragon. I will have to give you a peek of my projects over the next few days....so stay tuned...lol.

One day we went out whale watching....I felt as if the whales were playing hide and seek that day.Here is a picture of the back of 2 of the whale's that we saw.

We also went up to the new "Q Deck" while we were there...Boy!!!!! what an amazing view. It was well worth the visit.

What I have been up to.....

Hi everyone.

I have been flat out since my last post.

I did a Christmas in July fabric painting workshop at Pentland Patchwork, the local patchwork shop. We all had a wonderful day.

Thanks to a friend of mine Bernadette for the extra help and set of hands.

Another class I held was for a group of ladies from Bendigo. They rent a house in Dalesford and have for the last 2 years, they invited me up there for the day to show them how to do a little fabric painting and water colour pencils, what fun we had.

They would have completed 4 projects each, so they do have a little stitching to do over the next few months.

I still have a few workshops coming up in the next few months.

September in Yarragon.

October in Warrnambool and Warracknabeal.

November the AQM.

December back at Warrnambool.

If you would like to know more about these workshops or would be interested in coming please just contact me.

Forgot to show you these.

Sorry but I had forgotten to show you the projects that I made for Evandale workshop.

So here they are......

Antique Quilt

I finally picked up my antique quilt while I was over in Tasmania.

...It's just gorgeous....

What do you think?

It was made in the 1930's and has over 3500 pieces of fabric in the tiny triangles. The wadding is sooooooooo fine it's nearly none existent.

Evandale Workshop July 2008

Hi everyone.
I am home from Tasmania.

What a wonderful few days I had over there.

My sister Marg and I flew into Hobart on the Wednesday afternoon.

I spent Thursday with the girls at "The Quilted Crow" then drove down to Launceston Thursday night.

Friday morning was spend setting up the hall...

"Saturday" the "Big" Day.

All 70 ladies and tutors had a wonderful time.

The tutors on the day were :- Vivienne Roberson, Brenda Ryan, Joy and myself.

I even had the time to caught up with Lillian from "Esme's" in Kings Meadows on the Friday afternoon.

Sunny Stones Retreat

My few days are up at "Sunny Stones" retreat was fantastic....only 10 minutes from home....lol.....BUT what a way to spend the weekend...with great company, sewing, reading, drinking and eating.

Vivienne (a good friend of mine) and her daughter Lou organise the weekend every year for a small group of sewing friends.

We arrive on the Friday afternoon and don't leave the place until the mid- day Sunday.

We all get a goodie bag full of surprises and giveaways all weekend.

The theme this year was "Pink" so we all had to dress in pink for dinner on the Saturday night....

As you can see in the above photos...."Dame Edna" graced us with her company....lol.