Ryan Walsh of I’m Just A Guy Who Quilts, put together a fabulous tutorial for this mini quilt.

It’s called Bundles of Joy Quilt and finishes at 24″ x 28″. You’ll need one charm pack and one yard of coordinating fabric. Lots of step-by-step pictures to walk you through how to put this mini quilt together.

I’m thinking to make a larger version for myself to have in my living room. I have a Butterfly Garden layer cake just calling out to me to be used.

The theme for this week’s virtual quilt contest is Picnics. The quilts are wonderful summery inspiration. Thanks to everyone that entered.

Two winners of this week’s contest will each win a $25 gift certificate to use in Sheree’s Alchemy online store.

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.

Reminder: Enter for your chance to win Patsy Thompson’s DVD: Free Motion Fun…with Feathers!. You have until July 19th to enter.

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Next week’s theme is Seashore. I’m looking forward to seeing the fabulous quilts. Remember, interpretation of the theme is up to you. Get your cameras out!

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

Yesterday’s live interview with Pat Sloan is now available. Go to Pat’s Creative Talk Radio web site and click the play button as indicated in the picture below or listen via Itunes. My interview is the second one listed as July 16, 2010. Here’s the mp3 version if you prefer to download it and listen later (right click the link and save to your hard drive).

Show notes:

• Visit the Quilting Bloggers Directory main page. Submit your blog for inclusion in the directory. Browse the latest additions to the directory or you can search for quilting bloggers geographically by country and/or province/state.
• Enter for your chance to win Patsy Thompson’s DVD: Free Motion Fun…with Feathers!. You have until July 19th to enter.
• This week’s themed virtual quilt contest is Picnics. Submit your quilt by Thursday evening to enter for your chance to win one of two $25 gift certificates from Sheree’s Alchemy. Site visitors will vote for their favourite quilt starting on Friday until Sunday. View the previous contests, sponsors and winners.
• Subscribe to the Quilting Gallery monthly newsletter where you’ll get the latest information about contests, swaps, and other fun things happening here at the Quilting Gallery.
• The article I mentioned about quilters using blogs, Facebook and Twitter can be found here: The Virtual Quilting Bee: How quilters connect online.

Thanks Pat, for having me as a guest. It was wonderful to chat with you. I can’t believe how FAST 30 minutes flew by.

Visit Pat Sloan’s web site and her blog or Facebook page for daily FUN!