We’re back for year 3 of our weekly themed quilt contests. This week is for the Celebrate Christmas Quilt-Along blocks.

If you made blocks from the quilt-along, take a photo and enter this week’s contest. Your project does not need to be completed. This week’s contest is really just about sharing what you made for the quilt-along. If you only completed one block, that’s fine, take a photo, and share! One submission per person, please. Designers: you are welcome to enter too, but only if you completed other blocks in addition to the one that you designed.

I don’t have a sponsor for this week’s contest; however, I will be giving each quilter that submits their photos both copies of the Quilter’s Cookbooks.

We’ll be back next Monday with our regular contest. The theme will be New Beginnings. It’s up to each individual to interpret that theme as they wish. It’ll be an open-ended contest.

Enter This Week’s Contest

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

Sponsor a weekly contest: Sponsorship opportunities are available for 2012. Want to sponsor a weekly contest? – find out how here.

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

Happy New Year everyone … are you ready for 2012? I have lots of exciting events planned here at the Quilting Gallery for 2012. I’ll reveal what I can in the next few days.

Do you pick words of intention for a new year? I’ve picked my three words for 2012 .. Keeping two from before, colour and inspiration and adding “new beginnings”. What have you chosen as your words for 2012?

On to some New Year’s fun …

Pat Sloan is hosting a New Year’s UFO Busting Luau party! What will you finish this weekend? I was planning to work on my postage stamp quilt, but might work on a secret project that keeps calling my name instead. I’m going low-key tonight, watching hockey games and fighting off a cold.

Reminder: New Year’s Eve Twitter Party tonight!

Our friends at Stitchin’ Heaven are organizing a New Year’s Eve Twitter Party. It’s sure to be loads of FUN and there will be tonnes of wonderful prizes!

Not sure how to use Twitter and join the fun? Check out this blog post with all the details. RSVP on Facebook and check out the wonderful prizes that will be awarded.

Konda of Moose on the Porch Quilts is hosting a Fat Quarter Stars Quilt-Along on her site. It started late January and will run until end of March 2012. Every Tuesday a new star block is posted.

Here are the first seven blocks that have been created. Aren’t they gorgeous? I love the variety.

You can find the quilt-along info and block tutorials on this page: Fat Quarter Stars Quilt-Along. You can jump in and join the quilt-along at anytime. There are prizes too! See the gorgeous blocks that have been created so far in the Flickr group.

At the end of January, I’ll have a block featured. I’ve been playing around in EQ7 this week, and below are four block variations I’ve come up with. What do you think? Do you have a preference? There’s a poll underneath the photos that you can select your preferred block. The colours will change depending on what fabrics I choose to use. I’m hoping to get a test block done this weekend.

Version 1

Version 2

Version 3

Version 4

Which block version is your fave?

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