My sister and her business partner put together a community magazine in the small town they live in called Uxbridge Town Talk. For their December issue, my sister interviewed her daughter, my eldest niece, Lucy.

It’s a sweet and endearing post. Read it here: Capturing the Magic of Christmas.

I couldn’t help but laugh when Lucy suggests to google elves to find out how many kids Santa has.

I can’t wait to see my nieces over the holidays. I know they are very excited to meet Milo too. Speaking of him, it’s his 3 month birthday today. Yesterday he went to the vet for another check up and vaccines. He’s gained a full pound. He’s up to 4.51 lbs (or 2.05 kg). Tonight we are going to see a trainer for an evaluation and tomorrow night we start puppy kindergarten. It’ll be a learning experience for us both.

The theme for this week’s quilt contest is Christmas Table Runners. Next week we’ll do just Christmas. We did Stars last week. Please don’t enter the same item more than once for these three weeks.

Guidelines4Quilting.com are back as this week’s sponsor and have donated two gift certificates for the winners with the most votes on the weekend.

Guidelines4Quilting.com

Happy Holidays!

For the week of December 5 contest, we’re offering two gift certificates, $20 for the first winner and $10 for the second to be used on FinishedSizeQuilting.com or Guidelines4Quilting.com.

Bonus for Everyone:

The Ultimate Stashbuster Set: A Great Way to Turn Your Stash into Finished Blocks. Click here to see how it works.

The Ultimate Stashbuster™ Set works with any 12" or 24" long acrylic quilting ruler. Save $5.00 or $8.00 on the 12" or 24" Ultimate Stashbuster Set. Take advantage of special discounts by clicking: Quilting Gallery Special Purchase Page. This page will be available through Sunday, December 11, 2011.

December Quilting Tip:

This month’s topic is how to sew accurate scant 1/4" seam allowances:

Happy quilting to everyone!
The Guidelines4Quilting Team

Enter the Contest

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

• Rules and Guidelines
• Submit your Quilt
• Upcoming Themes

New: The 2012 Themes are now available. Find out how you can be a Contest Sponsor.

Last Week’s Quilt Contest

Thanks to everyone who entered last week’s Stars quilt contest. We had so many beautiful entries and even though we got to pick 7 favourites, it still wasn’t easy. Thanks also to everyone that took the time to vote. Our sponsor, JoJo’s Quilt Shoppe, donated three Moda Candy Bars to the winners. Congratulations to:

Milka Rajic

jonaga

Nann Hilyard

Blog Hop Party

Our Blog Hop Party starts this Saturday. We have 150 bloggers registered already. If you want your blog to be included, you must register by December 9th. Register here!

Please note, Facebook, email subscribers and RSS readers: You need to visit the Quilting Gallery blog to vote and view the quilt photos: CLICK HERE

It’s voting time!! The theme for this week’s quilt contest is Stars. We have many, oh so many, fabulous quilts for you to look at. Grab yourself a cup of coffee (or two!) and a pencil to make note of your faves. You can vote for SEVEN quilts this weekend.

Jojo’s Quilt Shoppe are back as this week’s sponsor and have donated three Moda candy bars to this week’s winners. Be sure to check out the fabulous savings available in their shop… you won’t be disappointed.

When you’re done voting, join our Blog Hop Party!

Now it’s time for you to vote for your favourites!

• Voting is open Friday – Sunday @ 11:59 p.m.
• One vote per person (based on 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!

How to Vote:

• Review the photos and stories below… there are several, so you’ll need to scroll down to see them all. You can also click the link to the slider version to review the quilts in the large format and then return to this page to vote.
• Underneath the photos, scroll down, you’ll see the names of all the quilts with a square button** beside each one. Select the buttons for the quilts you want to vote for. You can select up to SEVEN quilts this week.
• Then scroll down, all the way, until you get to the bottom of the names of the quilts. Press the vote button.

** Note: If you don’t see the square buttons to vote, but instead see the voting results, that means someone on your IP Address already voted, or that the voting period has ended, or that you need to refresh the page to see the voting options. Shared IP Addresses are very common in home or work networks.

Slider version: To view the large photos to display all the quilts and descriptions, CLICK HERE. You’ll need to return to this page to cast your votes.

Please Note: If you are not seeing all of the photos, check your browser settings. Go to view, and text size. Make sure it’s set at medium. If you need web sites to be larger so you can read them more easily, then use the browser’s Zoom function, not the text resize. You can also use the scroll bar above, beside the photos, to scroll and see the hidden ones.

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Next Week’s Contest

Next week, it is Christmas Table Runners. The following week, and last contest of the year, is Christmas. Please do not submit the same quilt more than once. Get your cameras out!

• Rules and Guidelines
• Submit your Photo
• Upcoming Themes

New: The 2012 Themes are now available. Find out how you can be a contest sponsor.

It’s the final week of our Celebrate Christmas Quilt-Along & Super Deals campaign.

Week 12: Super Deals

50% Off Reindeer Games Fat Quarter Shop

40% Off Curio Fort Worth Fabric Studio

40% Off Puttin’ On The Ritz Shabby Fabrics

Week 12: Quilt-Along Blocks

Snow Crystil By: Joanna – Shape Moth

Tree Toppers By: Anina – Twiddletails

Christmas Memory By: Wendy – Ivory Spring