Congratulations to both winners from last week’s Fall Spendour quilt contest. Anna won the Voter’s Choice with her gorgeous Autumn leaves (Höstlöv) quilt.

Kelly won the Judge’s Choice with her gorgeous Hunter’s Star quilt.

Thanks to everyone that took the time to vote over the weekend. Thanks also to Jojos Quilt Shoppe for sponsoring last week’s contest.

This week’s theme is Scrappy Again and is sponsored by Around the Block Quilter’s Shop. One lucky quilter will win a $30 gift certificate to use in their shop as they wish. See below for contest details.

Check out the special offers from this week’s sponsor below.

Around the Block Quilter’s Shop

Prices are “Fall”ing at Around the Block Quilters Shop!

Everything Fall is on sale 30% off through Sunday October 17th. You can find the wonderful Autumn collections – Awesome, Essence, and Gobble Gobble by designer Sandy Gervais -and Saltbox Harvest and Harvest Bouquet by Deb Strain, as well as Maple Leaf Hill by Maywood Studios.

There are lots of fun 30% off Kits. Here are just a few…

Autumn’s Silent Beauty – Regular price $51.00 now on sale for $31.50. Only one kit left!

Maple Leaf Hill Slide Show – Regular Price $110.00 now on sale for $77.00. Two kits left.

Apple Crisp Table Topper or Pumpkin Table Topper – Regular Price $35.00 now on sale for $24.50.

These and many, many more Kits with wonderful Autumn colors can be found at in our store.

News Flash!!!! – Coming Soon – Around the Block Quilters Shop will have a fabulous new upgrade to our web site. The entire design and look will be updated. We are very excited to soon be able to offer our customers a shopping cart that is more quilter friendly, the opportunity to pre-order new fabrics before they are released, and a pricing policy to tickle the “I got a great deal” spot in you.

Enter the Contest

To enter the weekly contest, read the rules and guidelines, then submit your quilt photo by Thursday evening (EDT). Voting will start on Friday and last until Sunday night. If you entered the Scrappy contest in the Spring, please do not enter the same quilt this time.

One lucky quilter will win a $30 gift certificate to use as they wish at Around the Block Quilters Shop (does not include shipping). Good luck to everyone; I’m sure we’ll see some gorgeous colourful quilts this week.

Since I can’t enter the contest myself, I decided to share the progress on my Scrappy Queen Sized Bed Quilt. I estimate that there are more than 2,500 strips of fabric in that quilt.

Planning for 2011

There are only 10 weekly contests left for 2010 I hope you’ve enjoyed these contests as much as I have. It has been truly inspirational to see so many fabulous quilts from all around the world. So far, there have been 644 quilts entered and 16,700 votes. Wow!

Now it’s time for me to start planning the themes for 2011 and I’d love to hear your suggestions. Some themes will be repeated, but I’m open to new ideas too. Here’s the list of 2010 themes. Please share your theme ideas as a comment below or send me an email.

Give-Away

There are just a couple of days left to enter the Fall into Fall Quilters Blog Give-Away. I’m giving away a fat quarter bundle of hand-dyed fabrics and a copy of the latest issue of The Quilt Life magazine with Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson. Click here to enter the give-away.

I have been working on scrappy blocks for a new queen-sized bed quilt for myself.

I started with 320 paper templates, cut at 5″ from an old phone book.

Testing the layout of 16 squares (trimmed to 4.75″) on the design wall. Need 20 of these blocks that are 17.5″ unfinished.

Auditioning the 20 blocks before sashing.

Close-up of the blocks.

Eventually it will become this:

Finished size will be: 93″ x 113″.

August 15, 2011 – Part two: More Progress on My Scrappy Bed Quilt

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s gorgeous Fall Splendour Quilts. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with all of us.

We’re trying something different this week (and subsequent week’s when possible). Two prizes will be awarded. The first will be based on Voter’s Choice, each person that visits the site will have a chance to vote for their favourite quilt. The quilter with the most votes will win a Breakfast at Tiffany’s jelly roll.

The second prize will be Judge’s Choice and will be selected by the sponsor. This quilter will win two charm packs of their choice.

Special offers from this week’s sponsor: Stop by www.JojosQuiltShoppe.com and take advantage of their great prices. This week only Save an Additional 5% off your entire order! Use Code: QUILTGALLERY during checkout. Code Expires Sunday, Midnight October 10th, 2010. Promotions exclude BOMs, Gift Certificates, Magazines, items stating exclusion in the description and shipping. Cannot combine promotions or coupons. Also join for free the Exclusive Fig Tree Quilts Quarterly Project Club. Quilting Gallery SPECIAL “Free Membership” Use Code – FIGFREE. More details are available in this post.

Now it’s time for you to vote for your favourite Fall Splendour Quilt!!

• Voting is open Friday – Sunday @ 11:59 p.m.
• One vote per IP address (NOT email address), so have your family and friends cast a ballot for their favourite quilt (from home if you send it to coworkers)
• Winner announced Monday!
• In the event of a tie at the end of voting for the Voter’s Choice winner, the sponsor will be asked to break the tie.

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Next week’s theme is Scrappy Again. Get your cameras out! Submit your quilt here. If you entered the Scrappy contest in April, please enter a different quilt for this week.

Facebook, email subscribers and RSS readers: You need to visit the Quilting Gallery blog to vote: CLICK HERE

Planning for 2011

There are only 11 weekly contests left for 2010 I hope you’ve enjoyed these contests as much as I have. It has been truly inspirational to see so many fabulous quilts from all around the world. So far, there have been 620 quilts entered and 16,050 votes. Wow!

Now it’s time for me to start planning the themes for 2011 and I’d love to hear your suggestions. Some themes will be repeated, but I’m open to new ideas too. Here’s the list of 2010 themes. Please share your theme ideas as a comment below or send me an email.

Give-Aways

I’m participating in Debi’s Fall into Fall Quilters Blog Give-Away. I’m giving away a fat quarter bundle of hand-dyed fabrics and a copy of the latest issue of The Quilt Life magazine with Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson. Click here to enter the give-away.

Yesterday’s guest blogger, Vanessa, is giving away two patterns each to two lucky winners. Click here to enter this give-away.