The theme for this week’s virtual quilt contest is On the Farm. Many thanks to everyone that entered.

Now it’s time for you to vote for your favourite!! The lucky winner will win a layer cake of their choice from the Fat Quarter Shop.

• 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 Mothers. I can’t wait to see the fabulous quilts you’ve made for your mothers; I’m sure the stories about your mother will be fabulous. Get your cameras out!

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

By: Wayne Kollinger

My wife tells me that it takes an elephant two years to give birth and that it takes me longer. I may have been slow, but I got there. I gave birth to a book. It’s called Designing Quilts is Easy! and it’s available from C&T Publishing.

The book I ended up writing is not the book I started out to write. Maybe that’s why it took so long. I ended up writing a book about designing quilts but I started to write one about Ninepatch Pinwheel quilts.

Sometime in 2005 I began designing Ninepatch Pinwheel quilts. While designing them I had an “aha” moment, a sudden flash of insight. I wasn’t doing this because I had to. I was doing it because I wanted to. I was doing it because it was fun. I was playing a game – the Ninepatch Pinwheel quilt design game.

Every game has rules. I hadn’t consciously created rules for the Ninepatch Pinwheel quilt game but it had rules nevertheless. So I asked myself what they were and was surprised to find out how few rules there were and how simple they were. It occurred to me that if I wrote the rules down, other quilters could play the game too.

If you’ve ever tried playing a new game, you know there’s more to it than learning the rules. It’s a lot easier if someone shows you how to play first. I decided to include an explanation of how the Ninepatch Pinwheel design game is played, with lots of step-by-step examples.

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Congratulations to Gail from Ontario, Canada for winning last week’s themed quilt contest, Earth Day (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), with her Shirts for Stavros quilt. Gail wins a fabulous fat quarter pack from The Quilted Fish.

This week’s theme is On the Farm and is sponsored by the Fat Quarter Shop. I’m looking forward to seeing your quilts with barns, farm animals (chickens, roosters, etc.) and more . To enter, read the rules and guidelines, then submit your quilt photo. Voting will start on Friday and last until Sunday night.

Fat Quarter Shop

Hi, quilters!

We’re glad to be back with you for another Quilting Gallery Weekly Contest! We were so impressed with your Easter submissions – now we get to see what’s "On the Farm"! I hope you get to check out our store Fat Quarter Shop; we’re constantly adding new items and fabric collections every single day!

We really have so much going on at Fat Quarter Shop, it’s hard to sum up! There are a few ways you can keep up with us; check out our blog the Jolly Jabber for interviews with fabric designers, giveaways and more. Follow us on Twitter and be a fan (or "like" us) on Facebook as we post everything new as it arrives. You can chat with us and ask us questions there. We also post weekly specials just for our Twitter and Facebook friends!

This week, we added several collections to our Sale section, like Sweet Pea, Authentic, Chinese Takeout, Feedsack Melody, and Close to My Heart (and many many more!), so definitely stay and browse a bit!

Even more exciting, we are getting very close to the launch of our exclusive 2010 Designer Mystery Block of the Month Club! This is our third year, and it’s definitely a pride and joy! Each year, twelve fantastic designers have created blocks with beautiful Moda fabric, and this quilt is no exception. We’re using 12 Days of Christmas by Kate Spain (see the Layer Cake image for an idea of the fabric!) for a fun, bright novelty quilt you are going to love. It starts in June, so now’s the time to sign up!

But back to this week’s contest; the prize we are offering this time is a Moda Layer Cake of your choice!

Thanks to Michele for letting us be a part of this, and good luck!

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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.

The theme for this week’s virtual quilt contest is Earth Day (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). Many thanks to everyone that entered.

Now it’s time for you to vote for your favourite!! The lucky winner will win a 24-fat quarter pack of Wheels by My Minds Eye from The Quilted Fish.

• 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 On the Farm. Get your cameras out!

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