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It’s voting time!! The theme for this week’s quilt contest is Travel-Inspired Quilts. You can vote for TWO faves this weekend.

The quilter with the most votes received over the weekend, will win an organic cotton fat quarter bundle of 10 solid colors (retail value of $35) from this week’s sponsor, Good Earth Quilting.

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 Remembering Veterans. 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 8: Super Deals

50% Off Meadow FriendsFat Quarter Shop

40% Off Little Apples Fort Worth Fabric Studio

30% off Lost and Found Shabby Fabrics

Week 8: Quilt-Along Blocks

Circle of Geese Wreath By: Lynette Caulkins

Starry Night By: Faith Jones

The Christmas Star By: Melissa Corry

Here’s Block 24 of our Celebrate Christmas Quilt-Along. The Christmas Star has been designed by Melissa Corry. Our friends at Shabby Fabrics have a great 30% off Super Deal for you to enjoy too.

Super Deals from Shabby Fabrics

Shabby Fabrics is an online quilt shop specializing in beautiful fabrics, quilt kits, patterns, and Block of the Month programs. They are also a pattern design company and currently have over 40 designs in print.

Today’s Super Deal:

The Super Deal this week is 30% Off all Lost & Found fabrics. To redeem, enter the coupon code LOSTFOUND30 on the View Cart page. Coupon expires Friday, November 11, 2011.

Get your Super Deal savings here!

Featured Designer: Melissa Corry

What is your quilting style?

I don’t know if I have a quilting style, per se. I like all kinds of quilting. Sometimes my quilts look more traditional, and sometimes they look more modern. I just find something that inspires me and go from there.

How did you get started quilting and/or designing?

Before my husband and I left our home of Utah for medical school I asked my mother to teach me to quilt. I figured I was about to have some lonely evenings on my hand and needed some hobbies. I began slowly and enjoyed being able to create adorable baby blankets for friends. In 2010 I discovered the on-line quilting world and I have not looked back.

Do you have a favourite quilt?

I wouldn’t say I have a favourite. I love each one of my quilts and each for different reasons. One that I am particularly proud of right now is my Summer Breeze quilt. This was my first (and to date, only) pattern and it was quite a process to learn to write that way.

Quick and fun questions:

• Favourite colour: Pink (mostly because I love the color combos you can do with pink. I love pink and green, pink and brown, pink and black, etc.)
• What part of the quilting process do you like the most? I really enjoy all the different aspects. It is to hard to pick a favourite.
• What part of the quilting process do you dislike the most? I don’t like binding as much but I refuse to do it by hand and so machine binding is tolerable to me.
• Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, or: Yes please.
• Favourite super hero or comic book character: I like Hawk Girl from the Justice League
• Most exciting place you’ve travelled: British Colombia, beautiful!!!
• Favourite quote or mantra: Just Keep Swimming. (My husband and I say this when everything is going bonkers at our house, it is our little joke to keep calm, and just keep on .)

Block 24 – Melissa’s The Christmas Star

Here’s Melissa’s The Christmas Star block. I simply adore the gold thread she added to highlight the star shape. Head over to Melissa’s blog for the excellent photo tutorial she created on putting together her block.

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 Melissa’s The Christmas Star 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!

Block 23 of our Celebrate Christmas Quilt-Along is Starry Night designed by Faith Jones. Our friends at Fort Worth Fabric Studio have a fabulous 40% off Super Deal for you to enjoy too.

Super Deal from Fort Worth Fabric Studio

Fort Worth Fabric Studio is an online quilt store full of fabulous fabrics, bundles, kits, and patterns! You can expect great customer service with special attention to your order. Nearly always, next day shipping and many times, same day shipping! We promise you "online service with a smile."

We are home of the Friday Bundle Batch, an assortment of fabrics that are hand-selected to perfectly complement each other! Check for a new Bundle each Friday!

Today’s Super Deal:

40% OFF all Little Apples, by Aneela Hooey for Moda. No special code is required. The discount applies to all Little Apples yardage, FQ Bundles, Layer Cakes, Charm Packs, and Jelly Rolls! SALE runs until November 8 at midnight, CST.

Get your Super Deal Savings here!

Featured Designer: Faith Jones

What is your quilting style?

Fresh Modern – Saturated colors with clean lines.

How did you get started quilting and/or designing?

How did you get started quilting and/or designing? I started quilting 2-1/2 years ago after falling in love with a pattern in Amy Butler’s In Stitches pattern book. I made the Patchwork Throw and loved the process and end result. I then discovered quilting blogs and Flickr groups and the rest is history!

Do you have a favourite quilt?

My favorite quilt that I’ve made is my Good Folks string quilt. It was one of the first quilts I made, and it is FAR from perfect. But that doesn’t stop it from being my children’s favorite in the house. Every time they want to cuddle or don’t feel well, they immediately ask for "the colorful quilt". There is no better feeling than knowing something I made can comfort them so much.

Quick and fun questions:

• Favourite colour: Blue
• What part of the quilting process do you like the most? Piecing
• What part of the quilting process do you dislike the most? Basting
• Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, or: Chocolate
• Favourite super hero or comic book character: Wonder Woman
• Most exciting place you’ve travelled: Paris

Block 23 – Starry Night

Here’s Faith’s Starry Night block. Head over to her blog to download the pattern and view the excellent tutorial she put together.

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 Faith’s Starry Night 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!