Congratulations to #102 Bev C and to krousegirl2 who each won a $20 gift certificate from Sheree’s Alchemy for last week’s give-away. This week’s Friday give-away is Quilting Designs: The Quiltmaker Collection Vol. 6 CD donated by The Electric Quilt Company. See below for your chance to win. This CD features the most continuous line [...]

Last year, I ran a contest here on the Quilting Gallery site, Charms for Charity. We raised 1,149 charms. Last January a couple friends and I started a charity sewing group and invited others to join us. We meet once a month. Several of the ladies in the group have never sewn before, never mind [...]

Congratulations to #4 Wendy Culbreath for winning last week’s gorgeous 1930s fat quarters. Thanks again to Jane’s Fabrics for the donation. This week’s Friday give-away is two $20 gift certificates from Sheree’s Alchemy in Texas. See below for your chance to win. Sheree’s Alchemy is a one stop creativity shop, specializing in unique, hard to [...]

Imagine … 80,000 glorious blooms 16 gigantic gardens 16 super-sized murals 32 juried designs 7 welcoming communities If you’re near Elkhart County in Northern Indiana this summer or early fall, you must take part in the Quilt Gardens Tour. I had hoped to go see this in person, but doesn’t look like I’ll make it [...]

Since its establishment in 1994, the Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts) has documented over 6,000 quilts originating or currently owned in this state. This summer, many historically significant or esthetically appealing quilts documented by MassQuilts will be on display at the New England Quilt Museum in an exhibit entitled, Massachusetts Quilts: Our Common Wealth. The [...]

Congratulations (I think!) to the three winners of The Ugly Quilt contest. First place goes to Jean Kritenbrink for My First Quilt, a quilting disaster.

Congratulations to #47 Rachel for winning the gorgeous fabrics in last week’s give-away. Thanks to Lori of Hand Dyed Fabrics by Lori for the wonderful donation. This week’s Friday give-away of 15 gorgeous 1930′s fat quarters has been donated by Jane’s Fabrics. She started her on-line fabric store in 2004. She loves bright happy colors, [...]

If you look around 40 seconds in, you’ll see me and Phyllis Dobbs, followed by a short wave by from Judy Laquidara. Video taken by Alex Veronelli of Aurifil. (Click into the blog post to see the video, they don’t show up on the home page of this site.)

Please cast your vote below for the “What was I thinking?” – The Ugly Quilt Contest. View all of the submissions (click link below), read the funny stories and make your selection below. Contestants and Submissions Since this is an Ugly Quilt Contest, please vote for the quilt most deserving of the title “The Ugly [...]

Three great give-aways last week. Here are the winners: #17 Linda for winning the draw on this site and to Anna N. for winning the newsletter signup draw for winning FQ bundles in the Happy Canada Day post donated by Pink Panda Fabrics #2 Betsy Lynn for winning Margaret Bucklew’s Riley appliquilt kit #5 Diana [...]

I’m slowly catching up after Canada Day celebrations last week and a visit to my family north of Toronto over the weekend. I had a fabulous time playing with my nieces, they are the best. Just a few quick reminders: There are 195 participants for the Good Ol’ Summertime Mini Quilt Swap. I’ll be closing [...]

Enter this week’s Friday give-away a set of Antique Quilt Dating Guides…by Style from quilt historian, Kim Wulfert.

Guest blogger, Margaret Bucklew
An epiphany happened to me about twenty years ago. There was a void in my life and I didn’t even know it was happening.

Happy 142nd Birthday Canada!