Kelani Inspiration Gallery Winners!

After a fairly long delay due to a number of new store and gallery updates, I am delighted to announce the winners of our inspiration gallery competition..

Louise has shared her lovely creative projects with us and has created some wonderfully unique items!

I absolutely loved Melanie's choice of what many of us would consider a traditional boy's fabric for a girl's sundress. The same dress in Sandi Henderson 'strawberry fields' is also very sweet!

Jenny has made these beautiful lamps and lampshade from our lovely Australian Designer fabrics.

Tamika has created this beautiful linen set from the Good Train japanese fabric for her son.

Katie has designed and sewn her own sleeping bags which have come up a treat, along with a number of Nicole Mallalieu Chunky Purse and Spec Cases. See more in our gallery.

Claire has not only tackled her very first quilt using the 'bumblebub quilt' from the Melly & Me Kaleidoscope book (beautiful!) but she has also sewn these stunning clutches using the Anna Maria Horner Ruthie Clutch pattern as well as this sweet Make It Perfect Uptown Girl Jacket.

Thank you to all our truly talented customers for inspiring so many with your gorgeous handmade creations and for taking the time to email us such fabulous images. I am always blown away by all our entries and we have such a tough time choosing winners!!! Be sure to check out our gallery for more customer creations and details of their fabulous blogs and handmade businesses. I feel like I am now finally back on track and will upload September entries into our gallery next week.

Creative Customer October/November Gallery Winners

Another AMAZING couple of months of customer creation entries for our online gallery! Thank you to everyone who emailed us their gorgeous creations!  I know I said two $40 gift voucher winners but it is Christmas isn't it so we have made our difficult decision and chosen three. And the winners are...

Joy has done such a superb job with her son's kindy backpack above! Backpack made with japanese Kokka Toyland fabric.

ITS A DOLLS LIFE!

I always love seeing what has been made by our customers with fabric purchased from us but I was impressed with this gorgeous dolls house revamp or "reno" by Sarah using Kelani Fabrics. Sarah sanded and painted her original dolls house, used interfacing to stiffen the fabrics and then applied fabrics to walls with spray adhesive. I think Sarah's idea will inspire many others to renovate their old or second-hand dolls houses rather than spend money on a new one. Well done Sarah!

Adriana has sewn this fabulous tunic top with Nani IRO. This tunic has shirred sleeves providing two options of wearing as seen in above pics. Adriana has also made this lovely sling bag using the Amy Butler Birdie Sling pattern with the beautiful Dandi 'Bloom' laminate and an adorable smock from My Folklore oilcloth.

Thankyou to all our customers for inspiring so many others in 2009 and I look forward to receiving more of your beautiful gallery entries in 2010! More details on entering our monthly handmade gallery competition here and I will announce our next winning entry early February.

Nicey Jane Competition Winner!

Thankyou to all who left comments for our recent competition. The number selected by the random number generator was '12' which means we will be sending Kris a half metre of each of her above favourite fabric selections from the fantastic 'NEW' Heather Bailey 'Nicey Jane' collection. Congratulations Kris and if you could please email us your mailing address we will mail your fabrics to you asap. Enjoy!

Creative Customer August Competition Winner

As always their were so many fantastic entries in this months creative customer competition! Be sure to have a look at our customers amazing talents showcased in our handmade inspiration gallery.

Congrats to Rebekah who made this fabulous and funky laptop bag using a combination of Amy Butler, Kokka Yugyoku Floral Purple and Kokka Croquant Brown Stripe fabrics.

I chose Rebekah's laptop bag this month as I loved how she pulled off such an amazing and eye-catching bag using three very different fabrics that came together so well! Notice how the croquant stripe is the same tone as in the outline of Amy Butler's design and also came together well with the white within both of these fabrics and the Yugyoku floral also picked up and complimented a couple of colour's in the Amy Butler fabric while at the same time introducing new colours to the mix contributing to the funkiness of this bag. The basic stripe also broke up and worked really well with the two patterned fabrics. Great eye Rebekah and what an inspiration! Rebekah has been inspired by Amy Butler patterns but also managed to put this bag together based on things she has seen over the years. I also love the chair the bag is hanging from.... where can I get myself one of these?

Thanks to all customers who were a part of our competition last month and I look forward to receiving this month's entries of customer creativeness! Further details on entering are available here.

Creative Customer June & July Competition Winners

JUNE GALLERY WINNER!

Laura has done a fantastic job re-upholstering a complete set of worn Parker chairs with Amy Butler 'Dream Poppies Tangerine'. Laura also covered the fabric with PVC to act as an oilcloth and prevent spills from toddlers damaging the fabric surface. See the before and after shots below. What a fabulous difference this has made!

JULY GALLERY WINNERS!

Well done Michelle! You are one of our chosen July gallery winners for submitting three lovely handmade skirts using the fantastic Make It Perfect 'Flipsy' pattern. View Michelle's other fabulous flipsy skirts and appliqued tee in our online gallery.

Congratulations to Margaret who has been busy making so many handmade items from this gorgeous shopping bag and quilt using predominantly Sandi Henderson fabrics from the 'Farmers Market' collection to adorable 'Magoo' below made up in Anna Maria Horner 'Cathedral Peony'. View more of Margaret's wonderful creations in our gallery.

Thanks to all our customers who so generously contributed to our gallery over the last two months. If you are interested in submitting your handmade creation to our online inspirational gallery please visit here for more details.

Don't forget to visit our 'new arrivals' page as there have been loads of new fabric and pattern ranges added to the store in the past few weeks with many more to come!

Creative Customer May Competition Winners

And the winners are......





Melinda sent me this pic of her fabulous fabric covered boxes that were a gift for her mum. I immediately loved them and I think it shows perfectly how stunning fabric can make anything just like an ordinary box beautiful. Boxes, lamps, buttons, tin cans...... the skies the limit!

Pop over to Melinda's new shops here and here. Way to go Melinda!

It is always exciting to see what our customer's make with our fabrics on the other side of the world! I just love this Japanese fabric I call 'Animal Tea Party' and thought Nicole from Texas did a marvellous job with her funky kids palazzo style pants! Visit Nicole's lovely store here.

Thank you to our customers for their inspiring entries last month and I look forward to receiving more competition entries for our June gallery comp.

We have also recently added loads of new fabrics to our store with more to come in the next few weeks so keep an eye on our 'new arrivals'.

Creative Customer Feb Competition Winners

Congratulations Anna and Renee for winning our Creative Customer competition for February.




Anna is an inspiration to others wishing to try their hand at bag making with her very first bag using the Grand Revival Flea Market bag pattern using Echino fabric and lined with Tula Pinks ladybugs from the Flutterby fabric collection. Anna found the pattern to be "easy to follow and not too tricky." Well Done Anna!



Renee designed and made this beautiful, apron. Her use of crochet lacework and choice of fabrics make this a particularly stunning and individual piece. Well Done Renee!

Thankyou to all customers who contributed to our gallery and inspired others for the month of Feb!

Creative Customer January Winners!

What fantastic entries I have in our Handmade Inspirational Gallery last month!! Thankyou everyone for your fantastic entries! Please take a look here at all the lovely inspiration.

Mary has made this gorgeous dress and knitted the bodice and used Sandi Henderson apple dot fabric for the dress. I absolutely love her combination of the knit and fabric together. Congratulations Mary you have a $25 gift voucher to spend in our store. Mary tells me this very unique dress was inspired by these two fabulous blogs here (this lady is super talented in both the knitting and sewing department) and here.

Both blogs are a 'must see' for the coolest knitting projects you have ever seen and also have free patterns available.

And I simply cannot go past the lovely pics Leontine has sent me of lovely nursery pieces for her niece 'Jasmine' that have been sent all the way to India no less. This was a collaboration with a few of Leontine's good friends Rebecca and Selina. What a lot of work has gone into this stunning free motion quilt! Well Done Girls!! A $25 gift voucher will be sent to Leontine for this fantastic submission.

I have already had many fabulous submissions for the February Handmade Inspiration Gallery competition but have been busy adding loads of new fabrics and patterns to the shop so I will attempt to load these into the gallery over the next week. Many thanks everyone! Please email any submissions to gallery@kelanifabric.com.au together with a brief description of your creation and be in the running for a monthly gift voucher prize to spend in store.

Creative Customer Competition Winner

Being Christmas and all and as it is a time of giving I have decided to reward all entries for our handmade inspirational gallery during the month of November with a $25 Kelani gift voucher.

A big thankyou to the following customers for sending me these lovely pics and for inspiring so many others.

Sue has made these fantastic boys tees with appliques and light weight denim shorts with feature pockets and cuffs using the Hoffman Beep Beep range of fabrics. Visit Sue's online childrenswear shop here.

Yvonne continues to amaze me with her exceptional sewing ability and fabulous colour and fabric combinations. Beautiful dress made from 'vintage cherries red' and skirt using 'apple dot autumn' both from Sandi Henderson's popular Farmers Market fabric collection.

Leah is another big fan of Sandi Henderson's Farmers Market and has made herself a lovely skirt using the fabulous Make it Perfect Versatile Wrap pattern.

I have mentioned this before but I love receiving pics of customer's handmade creations for the Kelani online customer inspirational gallery. Please forward any of your lovely images to gallery@kelanifabric.com.au for your chance to win a Kelani Fabric gift voucher.

The December creative customer winner will be posted here during the first week of January. I look forward to receiving your entries.