Congratulations to Terry Giet for winning last week’s Embroidery/Stitchery quilt contest. There was a lot of competition and 898 votes. Thanks to everyone that voted and entered such fabulous quilts.

Playing catch up here, as I didn’t get a chance to announce the winners of the previous week’s Log Cabins quilt contest. There were two winners from this week, congrats to both Lynn Wilson and Barbara Duffy.

This Week’s Contest: Flowers

This week’s theme is Flowers and is sponsored by Around the Block Quilters Shop, an online retailer and professional teacher from Illinois. They are donating a $30 gift certificate that the winner can use as they wish.

Around the Block Quilters Shop is having a Great Big Blow-out Clearance Sale this week August 16-20. They have to clear up some room for new fabric so they are selling some entire fabric lines at $3.00 per Yard!!! They also have some fabric priced at $4.00 and $5.00 per yard – Amazing! Many of their patterns will sale at 60% off! Hurry, at these prices, fabric won’t last long.

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.

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s fabulous Embroidery/Stitchery Quilts. Thanks to everyone that entered.

One lucky winner will win a fabulous gift pack of embroidery goodies from Jojo’s Quilt and Gift Shoppe.

Special savings, Friday only: Take advantage of an additional 15% off all notions, books and patterns at JoJo’s! No code required, sale ends Friday, Midnight August 13th, 2010.

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!
• 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 Flowers. I’m looking forward to seeing the fabulous quilts. Get your cameras out!

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

Please join me in welcoming Ellen Anne Eddy as she guest blogs here at the Quilting Gallery. She shares with us a thought-provoking interpretation of art, beauty, interpretation and ourselves.

There’s a world of debate that periodically swirls around the art world. We’re always trying to define what is or isn’t art. Everything before the Renaissance was about creating more and more realism within art. But after that we’ve seen a whirlwind of differing techniques and views, lionized and vilified both.

In a way, it’s all mute. Time separates it out for us. Each year brings it’s own art fashions, just like clothes and home decoration. Images and viewpoints go in and out of vogue just as the hemlines change.

Dancing in the Light

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