Kid Giddy aka Kerry Goulder: Sewing Patterns, Crafts, DIY, Photography, Recipes and more

Hey everyone, I'm very belatedly sharing the big news that I'm teaching at QuiltCon 2024 in Raleigh, NC again and I would love for you to join me! I first taught at QuiltCon in 2022 and absolutel...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2023/08/quiltcon-2024-im-teaching.html

Back in April and May my daughter and I began to dive deep into making her Junior Prom dress. It was so much work, especially during finals, but so rewarding to see her twirling around and dancin...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-2022-prom-dress.html

Although the Puppy Portraits stitch-a-long is over, I wanted to share some of the finished puppies and share the overall design. I thoroughly enjoyed creating and stitching this project just in t...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-official-puppy-portraits-stitch.html

As some of you know and others may not know, I decided last year to go back to school at MECA&D (Maine College of Art & Design) to finish the BFA degree I started a *very* long time ago. ...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2022/10/a-semester-of-textile-printing.html

I had a very unique opportunity back in Feb-March of 2016 to sew 35 painted portraits together for John Coleman, a local Portland, Maine artist. It was so incredibly difficult to be responsible f...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2016/08/sewing-installation-art-piece.html

I know I'm not supposed to pick favorites - so I won't - but I have loved this one from the very beginning and hope you will too. This little dapper dog has a sweet little bow tie and a very eleg...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-puppy-portraits-cross-stitch-sal.html

It's still month two (albeit late) so I'm going to share the first puppy release with you before the second one comes out in August! We released the Frames to get you started back in June. Who's ...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-puppy-portraits-sal-mini-poodle.html

Two things I love in life...Christmas and crazy fun summer block parties...are coming together in just a couple of weeks in a whole new way! You know...all things jolly, the oh so swanky Ugly Swe...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-first-ever-ugly-sweater-block-party.html

If you are new to quilting or have been quilting for a long time, you likely know or have heard of the Economy Block. It has also been called the "square in a square" or the "diamond in a square"...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-pocket-economy-block.html

I am beyond excited to finally be sharing this nearly 3 year long project I've been working on with Erin over at Aurifil and the Aurifil company. I had a chance to talk to Erin a bit and shared a...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2021/06/puppy-portraits-and-stitch-long.html

I had so much fun creating this #TealPumpkinBanner for Bernina using the Electric Quilt Company #EQ8 program. I have lived gluten free for the past 5 years and it has opened my eyes (and my heart...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2020/10/sew-teal-pumpkin-paper-pieced-banner.html

Recently, I finished making a second version of my Modern Lap Quilt from my Learn to Design and Sew Foundation Paper Piecing ebook. The first Modern Lap Quilt I made was with just two colors, nav...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2020/07/eq8-fabric-stash-downloads.html

Pearson Tree Farm Quilt #1 - quilted by Jaki Soper of QuiltStudio55I've hemmed and hawed on writing this post because this quilt was never meant to be such a public "worldwide" project where I sh...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-pearson-tree-farm-quilts.html

I've lived near coastal waters most of my life and lobsters and buoys have always been a part of the scenery. I designed a stuffed Lobster (named Pinchy) for my book Sewing Tales to Stitch and Lo...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-lobster-quilt-block.html

Hi all, I have two more fun and FREE projects for you to make over on the Bernina We All Sew website. Most recently I designed this Birdhouse Mini Quilt with my mom in mind. She loves birds (even...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2020/05/free-patterns-birdhouse-mini-quilt-and.html

Hello everyone. I hope you are all staying in place, and are healthy and busy. A few weeks ago a dear friend of mine said her husband (a dental student) was being rationed to one medical face mas...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2020/03/face-mask-tutorial.html

I'm not sure how it's February already, but I have a super sweet and FREE project for you to make. I designed this Sew Plush Valentine Heart Box for the Bernina We All Sew website, just in time t...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2020/02/free-sew-plush-valentine-heart-box.html

It's still January, so I can still say welcome to the new year and a new decade. I have tons of new stuff coming down the pike and even some older stuff I haven't shared yet. But first up - the #...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2020/01/studio-and-travel-organization.html

Did you know you can make tiny pompoms with thread? Yep! This month the Aurifil Artisans were given a whole cloth mini quilt challenge using a solid fabric from Painter's Palette Solids by Paintb...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2019/08/aurifil-whole-cloth-quilt-challenge.html

Welcome to Week 3 of the Kid Giddy Sew Plush Planner sew along! To make things a little easier in this post - I'm only going to show you the zipper pages of one of the planners I'm working on. Th...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2019/06/sew-plush-planner-sew-along-week-3.html

Hello all, its a delayed start to Week 2 of the Kid Giddy Sew Plush Planner sew along! Last week I was working on 5 Sew Plush Planner covers, and now I'm working on 6...soon to be 7. I just keep ...

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Good morning all! I'm so excited to be hosting this Kid Giddy Sew Plush Planner sew along! Although the word "Sew" is in it's title, the Sew Plush Planner is also a travel organizer that is great...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2019/06/sew-plush-planner-sal-week-1-cover.html

Happy New Year! I am so excited for all the fun we are going to have this year, who's with me? To get this party started we have this "Grandfather Block" I was asked to design for Pat Sloan and J...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-splendid-sampler-2-my-grandfather.html

This just might be the last official Electric Quilt Brand Ambassador post of the year. Not only is the year coming to a close, but my computer is very much out of room (literally only 22gb remain...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2018/12/making-quilts-in-electric-quilt.html

Many of you have seen my newest pattern the Sew Plush Planner on my Kid Giddy Instagram feed and some of you lucky folks got a glimpse of it at Glamp Stitchalot! But now I'm sharing it over here ...

http://kidgiddy.blogspot.com/2018/12/introducing-sew-plush-planner.html