Congratulations to Ruth for winning last week’s Stained Glass Quilt Contest. She won a $50 gift certificate from Sheree’s Alchemy. Thanks to everyone that took the time to vote.

This week’s theme is Teddy Bears and is sponsored by the Fat Quarter Shop. Two lucky winners will each win a fat quarter bundle. See below for details.

Fat Quarter Shop

Hello Quilting Gallery fans!

The teddy bears are going to take over Quilting Gallery this week! Watch out! At Fat Quarter Shop we have bears for the holidays, in flannel and even in a children’s book print. The children’s book is Brown Bear, Brown Bear — which isn’t as much of a Teddy Bear, but he sure is a site for the memories! We also have Flannel Bear, Boo Bears, Paper Doll Christmas, Giving Season, and more!

Let’s see what kind of projects you can come up with this week including this week’s theme, Teddy Bears!

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With the holidays creeping up faster every day and the adorable teddy bears hiding inside, we felt it was appropriate for this week’s prize to
be Paper Doll Christmas by Windham Fabrics. We are awarding to top TWO winners one fat quarter bundle each!

Good Luck!
Fat Quarter Shop

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.

Planning for 2011

Did you know, there are only 12 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 608 quilts entered and 15,518 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.

Blog It

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

I’m very excited to participate in Pat Sloan’s The Edge Blog Hop this coming week. My day is Saturday, October 2nd and I’ll be sharing a family-favourite cookie recipe and a short story of one of my first quilts.

Have you heard about the new The Edge rulers from Sullivan’s? It sharpens your rotary cutting blade with every cut… awesome idea! Additional features include:

• Full see-through NON SKID frosting keeps the ruler from sliding and makes it light enough to see your fabric through it.
• Unique red grid system to highlight the 1/2″ marking, using both lines to square up blocks or to cut squares effortlessly.
• Diagonal with dots large enough to see for fabric positioning.
• Large numbers for easy visibility that never blend into the fabric.
• Very light 1/8″ markings do not distract when using the most common 1/4″ markings.

The rulers come in 10 different sizes. I have the 8 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ size (I can’t belive how useful this size is!) and the 16 1/2″ square. I love the frosted non-skid backing and the lines on these rulers are soooooo easy to see.

There are 14 bloggers participating in the hop and a fabulous give-away too. One lucky winner will receive all 10 of Sulivan Edge Rulers… WOW!!! All you have to do to enter, is leave a comment on each of the blogs participating in the hop on their given day. (Don’t leave one here today for me, come back on Saturday and leave a comment on that post to be eligible.)

Here’s the blog hop line-up:

Mon. Sept. 27

• Pat Sloan – http://patsloan.typepad.com/
• Kelly – http://ihaveanotion.blogspot.com/

Tues. Sept. 28

• Amy – http://amyscreativeside.com/
• Jackie – http://cvquiltworks.blogspot.com/

Wed. Sept. 29

• Julie – http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/
• Amanda – http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/

Thur. Sept. 30

• Monica – http://www.thehappyzombie.com/blog/
• Amy – http://mrsschmenkmanquilts.wordpress.com/
• Pam – http://pamkittymorning.blogspot.com/

Fri. Oct. 1

• Carrie – http://lavieenrosie.typepad.com/lavieenrosie/
• Polly and Laurie – http://minickandsimpson.blogspot.com/
• Cheryl – http://naptimequilter.blogspot.com/

Sat. Oct. 2

• ME! – http://quiltinggallery.com/
• Pat Sloan’s wrap up – http://www.patsloan.typepad.com/

Have fun touring the blogs this week. Don’t forget to leave a comment on each one, each day to be eligible for the fabulous give-away. See you Saturday here for my special day!!

UPDATE: CLICK HERE for my special day for this blog hop, and to leave a comment for your chance to win the ruler set.

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

One lucky quilter will win a $50 gift certificate from Sheree’s Alchemy

Now it’s time for you to vote for your favourite Stained Glass 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!
• New: in the event of a tie at the end of voting, 5 random Facebook quilters will be asked to vote again to break the tie.

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Next week’s theme is Teddy Bear Quilts. These are going to be so cute. Get your cameras out!

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

Candle Mat Swap

Registration is now open for the Candle Mat Swap. It’s super cute and easy to make. One charm pack will make two candle mats, plus you’ll need a fat quarter for the backing (two FQs if you are making two) and a scrap (or two) of batting.

Click here for the swap guidelines and to register.