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It’s voting time!! The theme for this week’s quilt contest is Thanksgiving/Gratitude. You can vote for TWO favourites this weekend.

The quilter with the most votes received over the weekend will win a Jelly Roll of Grand Finale by Sandy Gervais from the Fat Quarter Shop.

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 TWO 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

The theme for next week’s quilt contest is Fabric Items For the Kitchen. This includes aprons, hot pads, table mats, place mats, mug rugs, quilts, etc. 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.

Week 10: Super Deals

50% Off Ready Set Snow Fat Quarter Shop

40% Off Treasures & Tidbits Fort Worth Fabric Studio

Save over 40% Over The River Mad About Patchwork

Week 10: Quilt-Along Blocks

Christmas Candy By: Scott Hansen

All Wrapped Up By: Kim Lapacek

Bountiful By: Lisa Sipes

Block 30 of our Celebrate Christmas Quilt-Along is Bountiful designed by Lisa Sipes. Also, Mad About Patchwork is offering a fabulous 40% off Super Deal for you to enjoy too.

Super Deal from Mad About Patchwork

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Today’s Super Deal:

Save over 40% on Over The River by Barbara Jones – $6/yard and $1.50/fat quarter. No coupon code needed. Sale runs until November 30th.

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Featured Designer: Lisa Sipes

What is your quilting style?

I don’t really have one. Since I’ve only been quilting for three years (just had my anniversary!), I can’t say I’ve had a chance yet to develop my own quilting style. I have a certain amount of appreciation for all styles, but definitely have my favorites that I adapt as much as possible to make them more my own. Yet they’re not my own.

Eventually, I want people to be able to look at my work and say, “That’s Lisa’s”! One day. I guess for now the only word I can use to describe my style is “happy”. Everything I do makes me happy, for the most part. That said I have a project that I’m working on that’s really depressing. But I’m getting it all out. And that makes me happy.

How did you get started quilting and/or designing?

I still don’t have a good answer for this question. I’m asked so often and I never know what to say. I sort of fell (or was thrown) into it. I’ve held several different jobs in several different fields and I scoffed at the idea of quilting, especially for a living because I had no idea what quilting was all about. However, the first time I got my hands on a longarm, I decided this was something I wanted to pursue. It took me a couple of months after that to finally start piecing my very first quilt and the rest is history.

Do you have a favourite quilt?

My favorite quilt(s) is(are) going to be no surprise to anyone that is familiar with my blog or that knows me. My very favorite thus far is definitely my BeDazzled quilt. Why? Well just look at it!

And my second favorite has to be Sedona Star. It is the Block of the Month quilt for 2012 (yes, NEXT year) for The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims. I really didn’t get many good pictures of it before handing it over to them for their booth in Houston. But it’s one of my favorites because it was an extreme honor to be asked to do it to begin with. The fabrics really aren’t my style and I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about the finished product when I started making it. Now that it’s done, I love it!

Quick and fun questions:

• Favourite colour: I’m loving orange and grey lately. But my “forever” favorite color is pink.
• What part of the quilting process do you like the most? Daydreaming
• What part of the quilting process do you dislike the most? MATH! And marking a top for quilting. That’s why I free motion nearly everything. I hate marking!
• Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, or: Oh, come on. Like you don’t know?!
• Favourite super hero or comic book character: Was that in English?
• Most exciting place you’ve travelled: I’ve been to a lot of exciting places. I could never pick just one. Before life got so crazy I used to travel a LOT!
• Favourite quote or mantra: Just Keep Swimming.

Block 30 Bountiful

Here’s Lisa’s Bountiful block. Don’t let his block intimidate you. Head over to Lisa’s blog for the excellent photo tutorial.

Share Your Photos

Upload your completed blocks to our Flickr group for a chance to win some adorable buttons from Button Mad – Incomparable Buttons. One winner for each of our quilt-along blocks will be randomly chosen. You have two weeks to complete Lisa’s Bountiful block to be eligible to win.

Quilt-Along Links

• General Info
• Featured Designers
• Super Deals for Quilters
• Upload your blocks – Flickr Group

Please share the Quilt-Along graphic on your own blog. The more participants, the more FUN!