The bunny is coming… Retro Mama created this great Easter Egg tutorial. These Easter eggs are fat-free, zero calories, and pretty as can be. Have fun making these cuties!

My mom just sent these photos to me in an email … aren’t they just the cutest. I want one!

What a truly wonderful story this is, The centenarian quilter. Emily Harrell has been quilting since she was 8, and she’s now 100. I’m sure we could all learn a few tricks from her. Found via Twitter by @konabayfabrics.

Judy’s hosting a virtual quiltathon this weekend. Plus she’s got the cutest chicks. My kitties go wild over the chicks and dog video. For the locals, mark your calender, the Ottawa Valley Quilters Guild (the one I belong to) is organizing the Festival of Quilts 2009 on May 8-10, 2009. Yesterday, Maria kicked off Kay’s [...]

Quilting is a billion-dollar industry where creativity and skill entwine. Seth Doane reports on the booming art form and talks with quilting celebrity, Ricky Tims. Found at the latest member of the Quilting Bloggers directory, Artisan At Heart – Quilting is My Passion!.

Here’s a great video from Eleanor Burns, Quilt in a Day on designing a sewing studio. Topics covered include: Proper height of sewing, cutting and ironing tables. Learn how to make a design wall. Transform a farm table into a flat sewing table. Tips on posture and proper ergonomics. Cutting tools. View the video

Miri has created this adorable Elephant Quilt Block. How cute is this? Perfect for a kid’s quilt. The block finishes at 10″ Download the PDF pattern.

Reeze Hanson has created this gorgeous free Flower BOM project, Midnight Posies. This pattern is a great beginner project and is a wonderful “first quilt” for those who want a pretty throw quilt with simple piecing. The fusible machine-applique border is super simple and is a great project for learning a few new techniques. The [...]

The National Quilting Association is devoting this year to the Home. They have created a free project, Welcome Home, to honour National Quilting Day. I hope everyone has a wonderful day filled with lots of quilting. I will be celebrating in spirit this year. Instead of quilting I’ll be playing dolls, colouring or baking a [...]

By: Kim Lapacek I am going to try to break down for everyone the steps I took in making my woven wonder quilt. Unfortunately, I did not take pictures during the process and I have no near plans to recreate this amazing quilt. This has also been an ongoing project for the past four years [...]

Fiberart For A Cause, fundraising for the American Cancer Society, will wrap up with two big events in 2009. First up will be The Invitational Reverse Auction of Fabulous Fiberarts on March 24 – 26. The invited artists who have donated fiber artwork are: Natalya Aikens, Gerrie Congdon, Marjorie DeQuincy, Rayna Gillman, Carol Larson, Linda [...]

Shawn Bailey from Bailey’s Quilting HeadQuarters made this excellent video on how to make a scrappy Wonky Log Cabin quilt block. She makes it look so easy, and lots of fun too. I’ve never really been inspired to do a log cabin quilt before, but I quite like this method, and want to give it [...]

As a fundraiser for The Quilters Hall of Fame July 2009 induction ceremonies of Merikay Waldvogel, Kim Wulfert from Women On Quilts is sponsoring an invitation to women to write a creative story about growing up as a female, between 1902 and 1942 in the US. In 750-1000 words, your story will have as the [...]

Please join me in welcoming a Guest Blogger to the Quilting Gallery. Find out how you can be a Guest Blogger. I am honored to be considered for guest blogger on Michele’s blog which I have been following for some time… I somehow discovered Michele’s blog while browsing blogs one day (a favorite pasttime for [...]

I’m really glad I’m not participating in Judy’s Stash Busting exercise, as I’d be high into the negatives this week. Here are the pretty fabrics I needed to complete projects for Spring Market, that I’ll be attending as an exhibitor. You’ll have to wait until May to see the finished pieces .. I want it [...]

Just checking out the new Quilter’s Home magazine web site, and came across this point, in the article 23 secrets for stress-free quilting. 8. Needling All needle points aren’t the same, girls. Use sharp, denim, or topstitch needles, which will cleanly perforate the fibers (rather than just moving them over to find the hole in [...]

Please join me in welcoming a Guest Blogger to the Quilting Gallery. Find out how you can be a Guest Blogger. Thanks Michele for allowing me to share my love of quilts especially antique quilts and quilt history. If this sounds like a dry topic — think again. Did you know that at one time [...]

Announcing a new online free mystery quilt, Star Struck from Susan Claire’s quilt shop in New Zealand. The finished quilt will measure approximately 57″ square, perfect for a lap quilt or a wall hanging. Fabric requirements and the first part of the instructions have been posted. Here’s the first block you’ll be making: Head over [...]

Quilt Treasures from the WCMA Collection March 7 – June 7, 2009 Wellington County Museum & Archives RR#1 Fergus, Ontario (Canada) N1M 2W3 0536 County Road 18 Township of Centre Wellington Discover one of the best heritage quilt collections in Ontario. The quilt collection of the Wellington County Museum & Archives is a significant expression [...]

As promised in my post earlier today, presented below is the large fabric basket tutorial. It comes with a story that I wanted to share with you all. I made quilts for both of my nieces for Christmas. With Lucy’s birthday so close, I wasn’t planning to make her anything. That is until I saw [...]

Hi all, I decided to take a week off from blogging to let everyone get caught up reading the fabulous guest blogger posts from February. If you’re interested in being a guest blogger, please read the guidelines, then send me an email. In case you missed it in my newsletter, I’ve been accepted as a [...]

Below is one quilter’s appeal to helping the victims of the Bushfires in Australia. Also check out this web site for other efforts: Handmade Help. Hello, A few days ago, I sat down in my favourite chair, reached out and picked up my current patchwork project and began to sew. I suddenly realised that for [...]

In case you’ve missed any, here’s a list of all the fabulous guest bloggers for the second half of Guest Blogger Month. Here’s the wrap up for the first half of the month. Shawn Bailey Shannon Menninger Annie Unrein of Patterns by Annie Pam Holland Deborah (Stout) Brine Susie Monday Kimberly Wulfert Kathleen Murphy rachel [...]

… Quilting Bloggers that is to reach 2,500!!! Go invite your friends, please. Have a wonderful Sunday (or Monday if that’s what it is where you are) Michele UPDATE – March 2, 2009: The Quilting Bloggers directory surpassed the 2,500 mark last night. When I first started this, I really had no idea it would [...]