Voting is now closed for this contest.

I know many of us have found the past two week’s contests difficult to choose a favourite. This week is no different. Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse these fabulous quilts!

The theme for this week’s virtual quilt contest is Log Cabins. Thanks to everyone that entered.

TWO lucky winners will each win a $25 gift certificate from Sheree’s Alchemy.

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 Quilts that incorporate embroidery/stitchery. I’m looking forward to seeing the fabulous quilts. Get your cameras out!

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Thank you to dear friends that have sent or given me such lovely gifts lately. You are all wonderful and I treasure your gifts every day I see or use them.

Anita from the Netherlands sent me this lovely embroidery. It just arrived in my mail one day totally unexpected. Thanks Anita!

In late May, I finally had the pleasure of meeting Upstate Lisa. She’s from Ottawa but now lives in upper New York. She gave me this lovely travel wallet to take with me to Spring Market in Minneapolis. It was perfect as it held my travel receipts and passport. Thanks Lisa!

My friend Sandie gave me this cute memo holder. The Bird of Paradise was the theme for her daughter’s wedding. Thanks Sandie!

Earlier this week, this lovely needle case for the applique swap arrived from Berit in Norway. She also included a birthday calendar of trolls. It’s super cute. Thanks Berit!

I also met with my Dealer this week, my Aurifil threads dealer that is, Bytowne Threads. Aren’t these colours just fabulous? Can’t wait to start using them.

Last week’s Share-It Tuesday! was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed seeing what many of you have been working on. This might just become a regular feature here at the Quilting Gallery.

A few weeks ago, I wanted a quick and easy project to work on. I created this Blue and Yellow Fun quilt. It’s a disappearing nine-patch. I adore this pattern as it is charm or fat quarter friendly. Here’s another one I made for a friend’s wedding.

I started with 12 fat quarters, six blue and six yellow. The fabric is Califon by Mark Lipinski and had been in my stash for a year calling to me to be used! From each fat quarter, I cut 12-5″ squares. I then made 16 nine patches, alternating yellow and blue fabrics. The large nine patches were then cross-cut into 7″ pieces for 63 segments. Put them on the design wall and played until I had a design I liked.

The border fabrics came from my stash too. A 1″ orange border, a 1/4″ flange on top, followed by a 5″ outer border. The total size of the quilt is 58″ x 72″. The quilt top has moved to the pile of quilts waiting to be quilted this Fall. Here’s a close-up of a corner of the quilt top. The colours are more accurate in this photo than the one above.

So, what have you been working on?