Kathy Doughty Trunk Show
Event Details
TO BOOK: This trunk show can be booked right here online. Just scroll to the bottom of the listing, past the info and images, click ‘add to cart’ and follow the prompts. If you prefer to book by phone and ask any questions you may have call Ph 02 4464 3387 during our business hours. If the event shows as ‘sold out’ and you’re interested, please email or phone and ask to be put on the waitlist as places sometimes do become available.
Note: We are also holding a two day Organic Applique workshop with Kathy on the Saturday and Sunday following the trunk show which is booking out fast. If you have tickets to the workshop you will receive a complimentary ticket to the trunkshow. There is no need to book a trunkshow ticket here if you are coming to the workshop.
We are so excited to have Kathy Doughty coming to visit Berry!! It has been quite a while since she has been in our part of the world. We are going to hang a lush, exciting and inspiring display of Kathy’s work in the large light filled hall near our shop. We use this hall regularly for events and it is perfectly positioned for an easy walk to the Berry Quilt & Co. Shop or into the main shopping and cafe strip of Berry.
The Friday evening trunk show will take place in the middle of the display. A unique opportunity for Kathy to talk about quilts that are hanging and which will stay hanging as she talks. Often there is not room to do this in a trunk show. Quilts get held up and put away – not this time. You will have the opportunity to look closely and compare quilts with each other as Kathy talks. It is fortunate Kathy is travelling to us in her car so we will be able to see and hear about as many quilts as she can fit in. Cars can fit many more quilts than luggage can!!
The event will begin at 5pm and close at 7pm. We will begin with nibbles and a class of bubbly or a hot drink if you prefer. Kathy will then take over and talk about her inspiration, process and stories about individual quilts. This is not a class. Just an ‘eye-candy’ opportunity to meet Kathy, hear her chat about her work and even better to see her work up close. The talk will run for approximately an hour and there will be time at the end to meet Kathy, chat with Kathy and have her sign any books you own, then browse through the exhibition of Kathy’s work that will be set up around you. We will have a mini stall on site with books, patterns, templates, fabric starter packs and plenty of Kathy-esque inspiration AND the Berry Quilt & Co. shop will be open immediately after the event for shopping.
Growing up in the USA, Kathy says she often looks back on her youth and thinks of the simplicity of green grass yards in Ohio. Cowboys and Indians, hide-and-seek, cards, and coloring filled her days. She liked nothing more than climbing a tree, taking aimless walks in the woods, or going for long bike rides. Sewing was not on her list of favorite activities! She moved several times – from Ohio to New York and back again – before heading off to college in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, where she was surrounded by more wilderness. Upon graduating she left the wild for a different kind of wild – the East Village of New York City during the punk rock era. She worked in advertising, fashion, and marketing for ten years. While living in the city she was often grateful for the foundation of green grass of her youth, she says. Then, she married and moved with her husband to Australia in 1990, where she was able to give her sons the foundation of green grass and a simple, practical life. Her three adult sons are fully Aussie, having grown up playing cricket and rugby.
In 1993 she made her first quilt and instantly fell in love with the “American”-style quilt. It connected her to her childhood and her home so far away and simple pleasures. She spent years making squares until she discovered triangles. Then she found an array of lively shapes and skills that took her into more complex quilting patterns. She enjoys that there is a lot to learn in quilting, and she says she will always want to fine-tune and add skills to the basics that she still loves. She connects with the idea of traditional quilts made modern by the influences of today. She says the many artists with whom she has worked over the years have opened her eyes to the principles of design, color, shape, and line; they include Sue Cody, Marg George, Brigitte Giblin, Wendy Williams, Rosalie Dace, and so many others. Now she wishes to share the added depth she has found as she has grown in her love. -The above is Kathy’s Bio on the C&T Publishing website.
FINE PRINT: Once booked there are no refunds for trunk show tickets. Consider this when booking. Non attendance because of illness, change of plans or circumstances on the evening of the event will not generate a refund or store credit.
COVID 19: At the time listing Covid 19 protocols such as mask wearing, check-ins and social distancing of 1.5m no longer apply. However if you would like to wear a mask you are very welcome.
Kathy at Material Obsession
Kathy promoting her fabrics with Brandon Mably
Kathy with a version of her Overgrown Quilt
Another version of the Overgrown Courthouse steps medallion quilt.
Kathy’s Creative Applique Templates
Kathy appearing on The Quilt Show with Ricky Tims
Kathy’s Organic Appliqué Book Front Cover available in our store now!
Into the wild. Another ‘organic appliqué’ approach.
The Abundance Quilt Another approach to Organic Appliqué
A boab tree composition from Kathy’s book Organic Appliqué
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