The theme for this week’s virtual quilt contest is Spring Garden. Grab yourself a cup of coffe and enjoy the beautiful quilts below.

Now it’s time for you to vote for your favourite!! The lucky winner will win a $30 gift certificate to use as they wish from Jojo’s Quilt & Gift Shoppe.

• 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 your favourite quilt (from home if you send it to coworkers)
• Winner announced Monday!

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Next week’s theme is Birds & Bugs. I’m looking forward to seeing your beautiful quilts. Get your cameras out!

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

I have a confession, I have yet to start my “New from Old” quilt, for the Alliance of American Quilts contest. It’s due at the end of May. I plan to work on it when I return from Spring Quilt Market, and get it in the mail just in time to meet the deadline. Talk about cutting it CLOSE!

What about you? Are you entering the contest? All Quilting Gallery fans will be entered into a draw for a special fabulous prize package. Check out this post for more info.

Here’s a video of the latest quilts they’ve received. They are all fabulous.

Here is her message. For more information, e-mail her at meg@megcox.com.

My first book, “The Heart of a Family: Searching America for New Traditions That Fulfill Us,” was published in 1998 by Random House. It sold 15,000 copies in hardcover, is out of print, and never had a paperback edition. I’m planning to rectify that now, using a service called Back in Print available to members of the Authors Guild. As the author, I get to choose the cover art I want to use.

I’ve decided that a quilt with a heart or hearts on it, or a close-up of quilting in that shape, would be a perfect cover for the paperback edition of The Heart of a Family. I can only pay a modest amount and two free copies of the book, but my rights would only be for this book and the promotion of this book. All other rights would remain with the maker of the quilt, who might enjoy having her quilt used as cover art.

As a quilter (and author of The Quilter’s Catalog), I could make something myself, and it may come to that. But my quilts are pretty humble and I thought it would save time if I could find something already made: I’m not asking people to create something from scratch now, for my book.

Feel free to look up the hardcover of The Heart of a Family on Amazon.com: the cover illustration on the hardcover was by Danielle Mailer (daughter of Norman). I always loved that because it evoked emotion but was not sentimental. My book is a well-researched, nuanced look at contemporary family rituals.

Congratulations to Denise of Alabama for winning last week’s Mothers quilt contest, with her very creative The Grand Hands Quilt. Denise wins a gift certificate from Around the Block Quilters Shop.

This week’s theme is Spring Garden and is sponsored Jojo’s Quilt and Gift Shoppe. To enter, read the rules and guidelines, then submit your quilt photo. Voting will start on Friday and last until Sunday night.

The lucky winner of this week’s contest will receive a $30 Shopping Spree gift certificate to use as they wish. I know if it were me, I’d be putting it towards this Happy Daisy Fat Quarter Bundle that’s just perfect for my Spring Garden.

Jojo’s Quilt and Gift Shoppe

We sell top quality pre-cut quilting fabric, we provide fast shipping and free custom order coordination for customers, which helps them to maximize their shipping dollars. In this economy we want to keep Quilter’s Quilting without having to break the bank. We want to be your “One Stop PreCut Shoppe”. We specialize in Pre Cut Fabric such as Fat Quarter Bundles, Jelly Rolls, Charm Packs, Layer Cakes, and more at 20% Off everyday.

What makes us unique:

We also go the extra mile for our customers, we order fabric for their quilt Backing (over 6 yards) when the customer is ready to finish their quilt a year or two later. We are a direct link to Moda Fabrics – We will search high and low for that difficult to find fabric, we will even refer them to a competitor if needed.

We are not big tweeters, bloggers or newsletter blasters – we spend most of our time searching for fabric daily, so that we can continue to provide fabric at affordable prices!

Visit Jojo’s Quilt and Gift Shoppe today!

P.S. I see that Jojo’s is giving away a free fat quarter this week with every purchase. Hurry, offer ends May 15th.

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There are still a few weekly sponsorship opportunities left this year. Please contact me if you’re interested. It’s a fabulous opportunity to showcase new notions and fabrics.