My name is Meg Cox and I’m the author of The Quilter’s Catalog: A Comprehensive Resource Guide, published last year. I was thrilled to accept Michele’s invitation to be a guest blogger because I’m looking for quilters to help me with my next book. I’ve been quilting for 20 years, since my mother taught me, [...]

I’m ready to hand over the reins of this blog to some very talented quilters from all over the world. There are 62 guest bloggers lined up for the next month. It’s going to be very exciting. Many guests are offering give-aways. I must admit it’s been a bit strange not searching for new content [...]

Here’s the final charm report for the Charms for Charity Contest. A few weeks ago I received a wonderful package from New Zealand with 40 charms, 40 of each pre-fused hearts and stars, all from local designers. What a wonderful treat. Thanks go to Susan Claire for a glimpse into fabrics from a world so [...]

I have several Terry Atkinson patterns and was delighted to discover she has a new blog filled with yummy colours and inspiration. She’s posted some free projects: Airplane Art Binder Best Press Bag Fat Sack

I’m switching the Quilting Gallery over to a new server tonight. Everything is ready and working. Please don’t leave any comments or sign up for the Quilting Bloggers or Quilt Shop Locator at this time. The new server is very fast, and you should notice improvements right away. See you on the flip side. Michele [...]

Pat Sloan has something funky going on over at her web site, I’ll let her tell you in her own words. I’m Pat Sloan and I LOVE Orange… I love ALL colors but REALLY love Orange! I love it SO MUCH I’m hosting ‘The OP’ which is a SeW AloNG! during my February Virtual retreat. [...]

Foolish Goose Tracks is a free block of the month quilt finishing at 89″ x 106″. This BOM lasts for the next six months. The fabric requirements and first block have been posted already. Be sure to check out Heather Finnell’s blog too for construction tips.

Here’s a gorgeous free pattern for Redwork, Quilter’s Watch. The site’s written in Spanish. To download the pattern, look at the very bottom of the top post, Quilter’s Watch está aquí.

Anina over at Twiddle Tails has a fabulous Freezer Paper Foundation Piecing Tutorial. It includes tonnes of photos and the instructions are very well done. Anina sent me a Woodland Bloom by Moda charm pack for the Charms for Charity contest. It’s simply gorgeous. Thanks, Anina!

Living Healing Quilt ProjectPromoting Healing – One Stitch at a Time Here’s a summary of all the quilt blocks for the Living Healing Quilt Project.

Hi folks, Sorry, this site is so slow the past few days. I’m working on a solution, but it might be a few more days before it’s fully solved. So not what I needed to do this week. Oh well, it’s all for the best, and we’ll be super fast by the weekend. More soon, [...]

Living Healing Quilt ProjectPromoting Healing – One Stitch at a Time This post is part of the Living Healing Quilt Project that honours the strength, courage, and commitment of Indian Residential School Survivors. This quilt block is from Quilt 3 – Child Prisoners. This picture represents our grandfather (Raksotha) Kaheroton Daniel Peter Nicholas who was [...]

Living Healing Quilt ProjectPromoting Healing – One Stitch at a Time This post is part of the Living Healing Quilt Project that honours the strength, courage, and commitment of Indian Residential School Survivors. This quilt block is from Quilt 3 – Child Prisoners. The eagle represents freedom and sees very far. The feather gives us [...]

Living Healing Quilt ProjectPromoting Healing – One Stitch at a Time This post is part of the Living Healing Quilt Project that honours the strength, courage, and commitment of Indian Residential School Survivors. This quilt block is from Quilt 3 – Child Prisoners. I know that Inukshook is not in my teaching. I’m Oneida, but [...]

Check out this fabulous tutorial to make a 12″ finished Gretchen block. The Gretchen block is traditionally made up of only 2 colours. This tutorial uses a series of light and darks with red and white prints for the pinwheel of each block. Great for using up scraps.

Living Healing Quilt ProjectPromoting Healing – One Stitch at a Time This post is part of the Living Healing Quilt Project that honours the strength, courage, and commitment of Indian Residential School Survivors. This quilt block is from Quilt 3 – Child Prisoners. By: Shirley Ida Williams nee Pheasant This is my story of how [...]

Living Healing Quilt ProjectPromoting Healing – One Stitch at a Time This post is part of the Living Healing Quilt Project that honours the strength, courage, and commitment of Indian Residential School Survivors. This quilt block is from Quilt 3 – Child Prisoners. My name is Kimberley Dunstan, I am Nlakapamux from Lytton British Columbia. [...]

Living Healing Quilt ProjectPromoting Healing – One Stitch at a Time This post is part of the Living Healing Quilt Project that honours the strength, courage, and commitment of Indian Residential School Survivors. This quilt block is from Quilt 3 – Child Prisoners. This square was quilted by Lugaganowals (Trudy Spiller). I am Gitxsan in [...]

I realized as I’m writing my newsletter to go out later tonight (or tomorrow), that I haven’t posted photos of the Christmas quilts I made for my family. Oops! Here they are. I made each of my nieces a quilt. Dora for Lucy and Elmo for baby Alice. While these aren’t great works of art, [...]

Living Healing Quilt ProjectPromoting Healing – One Stitch at a Time This post is part of the Living Healing Quilt Project that honours the strength, courage, and commitment of Indian Residential School Survivors. This quilt block is from Quilt 3 – Child Prisoners. My mom, Mavis Harrison Linklater, was four years old when she was [...]

Living Healing Quilt ProjectPromoting Healing – One Stitch at a Time This post is part of the Living Healing Quilt Project that honours the strength, courage, and commitment of Indian Residential School Survivors. This quilt block is from Quilt 3 – Child Prisoners. My colonial name is Moneca Sinclaire and I was raised as a [...]

We had our first charity quilting sew-a-thon day last Sunday. Eight of us gathered at Lois and Lisa’s house for an afternoon of sewing fun. Three of the ladies had never sewn before. For one reason or another, they have a strong desire to learn and support Victoria’s Quilts with their efforts. They each finished [...]

February 2009 will be Guest Blogger month at the Quilting Gallery. If you’d like to participate, please send me an email and I’ll give you the next available date. First, read other Guest Blogger posts to get an idea of what others have written about. I don’t have any real guidelines and I am pretty [...]

Bunny Hill Designs is offerring a free Mystery Block of the Month project entitled A Tisket, A Tasket, Twelve Months of Baskets! I love the first block (below), and I’m sure the rest will be just as whimsical and fun. Check out the Bunny Tales blog too.

Happy New Year everyone. I hope you had a nice holiday … I sure did. Here’s the latest report on the Charms for Charity Contest. If you would like to participate, the final contest drawing will be held January 31st. With the holidays over, the mail seems to be moving a lot quicker, so there’s [...]