I’m so excited to be one of the featured blogs for the first-ever Aurifil Blog Hop happening this week. The blog hop is being organized by Pat Sloan, so you just know it’s going to be lots of fun!

There are nine bloggers participating and we’ve all designed a block just for you. The blocks will finish at 9″ and will be set on-point. The finished quilt measures 54″ square.

Of course, there are lots of prizes to be won too. Leave a comment on each participating blog on their special day for a chance to win 5-packs of each of the Aurifil threads and a grand prize of Pat Sloan’s thread collection.

Grab the block patterns and leave a comment. Here are the dates and participating bloggers:

• Monday, Feb. 21st – Pat Sloan
• Tuesday, Feb. 22nd – Pink Chalk Studio and Lizzie B Girls
• Wednesday, Feb. 23rd – Erin Russek and Thimbleanna
• Thursday, Feb. 24th – Stitchen heaven and ME! – Quilting Gallery
• Friday Feb. 25th – Sew Cal Gal and I Have A Notion

There’s a Flickr group too where you can share the blocks you’ve made.

See you on Thursday for my special day! Happy Hopping!

The theme for this week’s quilt contest is Colourful Modern Quilts. Our great friends at Fat Quarter Shop have donated two fat quarter bundles for this week’s winners. The contestant with the most votes will win the Voter’s Choice and another contestant will win the Judge’s Choice.

From the Fat Quarter Shop…

Have you been keeping up with the latest contemporary fabrics? Rosana Bowles’ Darjeeling, Kate Spain’s Central Park & Sarah Fielke’s From Little Things are a few that have stuck out to me lately. Now I want to see what Colorful Modern fabrics you love to use in your quilts. Yes, that would be this week’s theme—Colorful Modern Quilts.

If you want to keep up with the newest lines & latest sales make sure to check out the what’s new page daily, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. There is a very big bonus going on this week at Fat Quarter Shop you might just love!

Oh ya, there’s also a prize I have to tell you about! This week we are giving away TWO Beach Mod Circa 60 bundles by Monaluna for Birch Organic Fabrics.

Now get on cooking!

Good luck,
The Fat Quarter Shop Team

Enter the Contest

Get your cameras out! To enter the weekly contest, read the rules and guidelines, then submit your quilt photo by Thursday evening (EST). Voting will start on Friday and last until Sunday night.

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Last Week’s Quilt Contest

Thanks to everyone who entered last week’s Two-Coloured Quilts contest. All of the quilts were gorgeous. Thanks also to everyone that took the time to vote.

Congratulations to Milka Rajic who won with her beautiful Blue Stars quilt.

She won a $50 gift certificate from Patchwork Gracie Fabrics.

Blog It

Please share the logo below on your own blog. The more contestants, the more exciting the contests!

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse the gorgeous Two-Coloured Quilts for this week’s themed quilt contest. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with us.

This week’s contest is sponsored by Patchwork Gracie Fabrics who have donated a $50 gift certificate to be used in their online shop.

Bonus: Save 25% off all of Itty Bitty Baby fabrics at Patchwork Gracie Fabrics.

Wanted: Sponsors for upcoming weekly contests. This is a great opportunity to have your shop and/or quilting products featured here. Contact me!

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

• 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!

How to Vote:

• Review the photos and stories below… there are several, so you’ll need to scroll down to see them all.
• Underneath the photos, scroll down, you’ll see the names of all the quilts with a circular button** beside each one. Select the button for the quilt you want to vote for.
• Then scroll down, all the way, until you get to the bottom of the names of quilts. Then press the vote button.

** Note: If you don’t see the circular buttons to vote, but instead see the voting results, that means someone on your IP Address already voted or that the voting period has ended. Shared IP Addresses are very common in home or work networks.

Please Note: If you are not seeing all of the photos, check your browser settings. Go to view, and text size. Make sure it’s set at medium. If you need web sites to be larger so you can read them more easily, then use the browser’s Zoom function, not the text resize. This is a known bug and hopefully I’ll have it fixed soon.

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

Next Week’s Contest

The theme for next week’s quilt contest is Colourful Modern Quilts. Get your cameras out and Submit your Quilt Photo.

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Enter to Win Pretty Fabrics

In Calypso Swing by Mark Cesarik you’ll find purples, pinks and fuschias mixed with black and white in bold geometric designs. Click the image below to enter the give-away to win four fat quarters of this fabulous new fabric.