Crafty Lady #01 - Katrina Weber

Every day I will be posting a little bio about each of the 27 lovely crafty ladies and gentlemen that are involved in 'The Crafty Ladies & Gents Quilt'. So to begin, the first crafty lady I would like to introduce is:

Katrina Weber from Kitty Came Home...

Kitty ventures everywhere, far and wide and back in time. Everyday Kitty comes home with vintage surprises. Where she goes nobody knows. She collects fabrics, buttons and bits and pieces of pre-loved domesticity along her way. Kitty then fashions this collection into unique purses filled with memories and the adventures of Kitty.

I was first introduced to Kitty Came Home while I was at Craft Victoria and spotted the absolutely beautiful vintage fabric purses which Katrina makes. There are so many beautiful fabric choices its hard to decided which one to pick! I just love them all! She also makes really lovely journal covers and very cute little transparent coin purses. Check out her shop andwebsite to see more. Oh and she has a blog too! I've picked out a few of my favorites below.

Also, Katrina has sent me a progress shot of her patch for 'The Crafty Ladies & Gents Quilt' (oh my goodness it is gorgeous!), but I will reveal it along with some others when I get a few more.

The Crafty Ladies & Gents Quilt

The fabric which will feature in each patch

I have asked 27 of my favorite designers, crafters and friends to be involved in the 'Crafty Ladies & Gents Quilt'. Each person will design their own 30x30cm patch, each one including the same piece of fabric (shown above) which I sent to them in their kits. Once I have received all of the patches back I will sew them all together to make a big 25 patch quilt.

The quilt will be raffled along with the 'Triangle Quilt' & 'The Heart Quilt' on our raffle night, date and location to be confirmed. I will post the details up once its all organised so you can come along, have a drink and see this quilt and the other two quilts in person. And if you like you can buy a ticket or two to be in the running to win one of them.

The lovely people making patches for the 'Crafty Ladies & Gents Quilt' are: Kat Macleod, Sim Elder, Chloe Quigley, Luci Everett, Lauren Mahoney, Catrabbit, Amy Borrell, Anita Cummins, Kim Brockett, Dani M, Nella Themelios, Carmel McKie, Katrina Webber from Kitty Came Home, Dell Stewart, Gracia & Louise, Tamara Marwood, Gillian Bencke, Nathan & Clea from the Limedrop Crew, Jo McAlpine, Alice Jones, Jane Wallace-Mitchell, Amanda Wilson, Liz Oakes, Harriet Jones and myself.

I am over whelmed at the response we have been given. Thank-you to everyone involved, you are all contributing to raising money for a great cause.

Each day starting Monday I will post a little bio on each of the crafty people who are involved in this quilt. You can visit their websites/blogs from the links above or through the links on the left.

Buying Tickets, Dontating Online & The Prizes To Be Won!

I am so excited because I just worked out how to make a button so you can purchase raffle tickets online! It was so easy I am shocked. Just look to the left of this page and you will see a donate or buy now button... So tempting to click, I know!

Anyway, the raffle night will be announced soon but will be some time in October/November 2010 as we are still all madly sewing away.

THE PRIZES WILL BE:

First Prize - The Sampler Quilt (each patch designed and sewn by a crafty individual)
Second Prize - The Heart Quilt
Third Prize - The Triangle Quilt

I hope your all having fun sewing and if your not sewing I hope your enjoying watching our progress!

Lizzy x

A Lovely Reminder

Hello Pretty Patchworkers!! I just got a newsletter from Geraldine Cox and in it was this gorgeous photo. I thought I needed to upload it so you can all see what your sewing so hard for. We are making a difference not only to the orphan children who live in Cambodia's lives but also to Geraldine's life. As she battles breast cancer she is only thinking of everyone else. What an inspiration. x

The Finished Triangle Patch!

Here is my finished patch! I hope you're having fun sewing yours! x

The Workshop & The Charity.

Thank-you to everyone who came to the workshop on Sunday, to who asked for patches to be taken home for them and to those whom I am about to send packs out to in the post. You are all so lovely, thank-you for your hard work.

ANNOUNCEMENT! The charity I have chosen for us to raise money for this year is the Australian Cambodia Foundation organised and run by the very caring Geraldine Cox. The foundation supports an orphanage in Cambodia which Geraldine started back in 1993. You may have seen a little feature about her on the 7pm Project, which is where I discovered her. Geraldine has recently been fighting breast cancer so I thought as it is closely related to our past endeavors we could help her out.

Please read more about Geraldines work and the Australian Cambodia Foundation at http://www.geraldinecox.org/

How to sew a patch for the Triangle Quilt.

Step One - Choose two fabrics from the pack that you think look charming together and layout in a square shape.

Step Two - Pin two of the pieces of fabric together in each corner of the grey lead sewing lines, making sure the markings are matching on both sides. See next image as how best to sew the triangle together.

Step Three - Sew the two contrasting fabric pairs together (make sure you lay the square out again before sewing the second pair to make sure your sewing the correct side) and secondly sew the pairs together to make a square.

Reminder/Tip - To make sure you pin before sewing. Start my matching the middle points then the two outside points.

Step Four - You've done the first one! Now 15 more to go...Step Five - Sew Four squares together creating Four strips. Then sew the strips together creating a finished square patch! (I'll post a photo of my patch once I have finished it).

Thank you for all your hard work and effort. It is really appreciated, chosen charity to be announced very soon.. stay posted.

Lizzy x