Hi everyone,

I hope you’ve been enjoying the new Learning Center section here at the Quilting Gallery hosted by Pat Sloan.

After our first month of the Studio Organization series, Pat and I did an evaluation of the month in terms of content quality, amount of time we are spending to create the posts and feedback from readers. What we’ve decided is that doing two posts each week is requiring more time than we anticipated and that we have available. We both have other commitments and businesses that we need to run too. Plus, two posts was proving to be too much content for our readers too.

So, we had two choices: cut back on the length and quality of posts or scale back to one post a week and continue to maintain the high quality we both want. We definitely don’t want to sacrifice quality, so we’ve decided to do one post a week. New Learning Center posts will be published each Thursday.

Pat’s post on Fabric Types and Styles will be available on Thursday … it’s a huge post with tonnes of information and the Fat Quarter Shop have donated a Moda fat quarter bundle too. Stay tuned!

As always, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me or Pat.

Cheers,
Michele

P.S. Did you enter last week’s give-away? The good folks at Sullivans are giving away two 6.5″x24.5″ The Cutting Edge rulers.

Enter here!

Also, I’m giving away five copies of this gorgeous pattern created by Erin Russek.

Enter this give-away here!

The theme for this week’s contest is Quilts for Babies. Our friends from the Fat Quarter Shop are back as this week’s sponsor. Check out the adorable FQ bundle they donated for this week’s winner.

Fat Quarter Shop

Check Me Out! No, I mean the Check Me Out Sesame Street Quilt Kit by It’s Sew Emma. This is our newest baby quilt kit and it is so fast and easy to make! Speaking of babies, that is this week’s theme, "Quilts for Babies"!

We will be giving away a Fat Quarter Bundle of Sesame Street to one lucky winner. If "Elmo" was one of your child’s first words, I know you’ll want this prize!

Good Luck!
The Fat Quarter Shop 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 (EDT). Voting will start on Friday and last until Sunday night.

Weekly Quilt Contest Links

• Guidelines
• Submit your photo
• 2012 Themes, Winners & Sponsors
• Sponsor a contest

Last Week’s Quilt Contest

Thanks to everyone who entered last week’s Scrappy Triangles contest. There were so many fabulously gorgeous quilts to see. Thanks also to our sponsor Picket Fence Fabrics for donating a pattern and fabric kit. Congratulations to the winner:

Nann Hilyard

It’s voting time!! The theme for this week’s contest is Scrappy Triangle Quilts. There are many fabulous quilts to inspire you. Grab yourself a cup of coffee and a pencil to make note of your faves. You can vote for FIVE quilts this weekend.

We have a new sponsor this week, Picket Fence Fabrics. They are located about 1 hour away from me in gorgeous downtown Brockville, Ontario. The winner of this week’s contest receives a Jewel Window pattern and a bundle of beautiful batiks (fat eighths).

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 FIVE 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 of 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 Quilt Contest

The theme for next week’s contest is Quilts for Babies. Get your cameras out!

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

Weekly Quilt Contest Links

• Guidelines
• Submit your photo
• 2012 Themes, Winners & Sponsors
• Sponsor a contest

The Learning Center

In The Learning Center this week, we have three posts in our Quilting: Back to Basics series hosted by Pat Sloan:

• Quilting Types and Styles – Pat asked several guests to contribute their expertise discussing the various styles of quilting.
• Fabric Collaged Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) – A beginner’s tutorial from Pokey Bolton.
• Getting Started: Basic Quilting Tools, Reference Books and Standard Quilt Sizes – with a give-away for two of The Cutting Edge rulers.

Another Give-Away

I’m giving away five copies of this gorgeous, Miss Kyra, pattern by Erin Russek: