This is where you will find short news items and other bits and pieces of interest from the quilting world.  Kathy Adams of KoolKat quilting is a practising quilter, textile artist, quilt teacher and pattern designer with a wide range of interests in the world of quilting, fabrics and textiles.

CREATING QUILTS WITH COREL DRAW

Tips and techniques for using Corel Draw to design quilts.  Learn how to draw applique shapes which can be made any size, work with layers and understand how to use fill and line.  Also - how can your designs go into a publishable format?  These tips are free!  In the meantime, if you have a question about Corel Draw and quilt design, please contact Kathy and she will try to help: email

Lesson 1.  Do I need to use Corel, or another high end drawing program?  Click here to download

Lesson 2.  Making and filling shapes.  Click here to downlaod

QUILT JUDGING DEMYSTIFIED

Do you ever wonder why the quilt you really loved didn't win a prize at the quilt show?  What were they thinking!  There may be more than meets the eye on this topic - read all about it by clicking here.

WHAT'S IN A BLOG?

What is this all about, and why do quilters and lots of other creative people maintain a blog?  To me, a blog can be anything from a visual diary I would love the world to read, to a celebration of my customers' wonderful quilts.  It's more immediate than a web page, and can be a chatty and fun way to give out information.  I could spend hours reading quilt blogs on the net, and I love the way I can do a 'blog search' to find out what other quilters may be doing that interest me at that moment.  You can look at my blog by clicking here and maybe, you would like to start up your own.  It's easy, and it's free.  Have fun!