Kerryswainscottage

Where have the last weeks gone

Oh I can't believe I haven't posted for so long, where is time going???

Well I have heaps to share with you - Just not sure where to start. Geoffrey and I had a fabulous time in Tasmania - I will try and pop back over the weekend and share some of our sight seeing photos but first of all I will share a couple of photos of my retreat I taught at "Calico Crossroads" in Exeter, the reason for  our visit to that gorgeous state. We had a great class held in Paulines shop, I designed a new mystery quilt especially for the retreat - called "Georgetown Circle". All of the ladies in the retreat had picked their own colour combinations - with Paulines help - and when they arrived on Saturday morning their kits were all pre cut for them and ready to be sewn. 5 ladies that were in last years class returned this years so it was great to see their friendly faces. After 2 days sewing, along with lots of chatting, laughter and of course yummy food, most of the quilt tops were all together. All the quilts looked great, even if Pauline was a little unsure of some of the colour combinations. I will try and share photos of them all over the next couple of posts.

 

We should have taken a group photo earlier in the day when everyone was there.

Saturday evening saw a few of us bloggers head into Launceston for dinner - which was lovely - great to catch up with them, here we have Vicki   

And Sarah - typepad has decided not to let me add her photo, will try again later.

Take care and happy sewing

Kerry 

 

New Paper Bag quilts on the go

Well after the amazing results of our last paper bag quilt challange - all the ladies were very keen to start again  - this time we decided on a different type of challange - A Round Robin quilt.

We have 3 different quilt groups going with this challange and it will run for another 5 months. Each month we will receive another bag from with in our small group, on which we will have to add another border to the orginal 16 1/2" square. There are rules with each border - example the first border needs to be at least 3 1/2" and no more the 4 1/2" and include triangles.

I have shared a photo of my block I have made, if there are any groups out there that would also like to take up the challange - we have 6 in each group, if you would like further details then contact me and I can email you out all the rules that i have set for our groups. It is a fun way to learn new techniques as well as work out side your square.

Happy Birthday Daphne

Well Monday of this week was one year since Nicole and I picked Daphne up to come and live with us, I know all those ladies that have joined me for retreats or just a visit to the shop have all got to know Daphne so well, she really is a gorgeous dog, a very good friend. I made her a little special birthday cake.

How cute is she.

Over due photo's and quilt named

I really must apologize to these last 5 retreat groups, sorry it's taken me so long to put some of these photo's up, how slack am I. Well better late then never, so here are some more retreat groups that have visited the shop over the past month or so. With only 2 more retreats left for 2009 plus my class in Tassie the year is drawing to a close - I often wonder what I would be doing with my life if I hadn't have started my 2 day retreats 12 years ago - I really couldn't imagine life without them.

Also thanks heaps to all those that sent me suggestions for my new quilt - after narrowing the suggestions down to 3, I have selected "Midnight Roses" by Stephanie as the name for my new quilt. A bundle of fabrics from "Return to Romance" range will be yours.

Happy sitiching and thanks for dropping by

Kerry

Look who was walking past our home the other day

Back on Wednesday morning I happen to spot this couple walking past our front gate - which is about 500metres down the road - their form of transport is slightly different.

They are walking the National Route which is all the way down the East coast of Australia ending in Melbourne - they have been on the road for 3 months.

Not every day do we see 4 camels walking by.

Hope you are all having a great weekend, thanks for all the suggestions on the name of my quilt, I have just about completed another quilt which will also need a name.

Kerry

New Quilt - can you name it

I was approached by the distributors for Maywood Studio fabrics - to design and make a quilt using their latest range of flannels - "Return to Romance 2" - they are a stunning range and this is what I designed.

I am so happy with the quilt - as for alot of my designs I have used the majority of the range in the quilt and with the gorgeous border print who could go wrong. The fabrics will be in store in about a month - orders are all ready being taken for the kits. Quilt measures 2m sq.

The quilt will be on display at the Australian Quilt Market in Melbourne in a couple of weeks and the patterns will be available for wholesale after that.

I am looking for a name for this new quilt so if you would like to leave a comment with your suggestion for a name I will pop you in the draw to win some of these fabrics.

 

Looking forward to naming my quilt soon.

Hugs Kerry

A few more photo's

Here are a few more photos of Saturdays Outdoor Quilt Airing

This Quilt Airing is going to become an Annual event - so mark it in your calendar for the October long weekend 2010   

Outdoor Quilt Airing

Wow what a fabulous day Saturday was - our very first Outdoor Quilt Airing. With the wonderful help of my Tuesday class ladies and the weather on our side we hung over 80 quilts in the paddock surrounding the Cottage on the Hill. A storm past through on Friday night - with just 2mm's of rain but this was enough to rinse off the dust from the week before and make everything look fresh for the airing - and a airing it was - by mid afternoon a south westerly breeze had blown up dropping the temperature, the quilts looked great flapping in the breeze on the fences that Sebastian and Geoffrey had erected in the paddock. We had visitors from all over find their way to Nundle on Saturday to view the airing, shop and enjoy some homemade goodies with a cuppa under the shade of the trees.

A huge thank you to Sharon, Sarah, Robin, Marilyn, Stephanie,Vicki, Marg, Betty & Trish, for all their work. Hope you all arrived home safely after the glass or 2 of "O" to finish off a wonderful day. These are a few photos of the Airing, I will be back each day this week to share a few more.

 
Lucky I have plenty of quilts here - they came in handy to keep my helpers warm with the weather change.

Kerry 
 
 

Outdoor Quilt Airing October 3rd

 

Come along and join us for a great day out in Nundle - if you have any quilts you would like to lend me to hang please let me know, I will be picking up in Tamworth on Monday.

Have a great weekend

Kerry

Meet our new friends

Look at these cute boys - Geoffrey bought these 4 this week to guard the sheep out in the back paddocks. Aren't they so cute.