First up is Rachel’s Pinwheel Sampler Quilt Along. The instructions will be posted once a week, for 12 or so weeks.

I’ve decided to make mine with 1930s reproduction fabrics with solid white as my background.

Instructions for the first block have been posted already. You’ll also want to check out Rachel’s half square triangle tutorial. There’s also a Flickr group where you can follow along too.

Next up is Anina’s Pinwheel Party. This will be a weekly project starting March 1st and last 13 weeks.

I’ll be using solid bright fabrics with a black background.

I’ve done very little applique, so have not committing myself to these fabulous projects (yet!).

Erin’s Florabunda Block of the Month is absolutely beyond gorgeous.

Block 1 and Block 2 have been posted already. But really, Erin has so many fabulous tutorials, I highly recommend starting at the beginning of her site with a pot of coffee. You won’t be disappointed.

My good friend Anita from the Netherlands is doing this project. Here are her first two blocks. Aren’t they beautiful.

Over on the Aurifil Buzz blog, Pat Sloan is doing a Meadow Breeze block of the month. The first block has been posted already.

Reeze is doing a Tulip Tiles block of the month. I just love this one too. Hurry and download the instructions for the first two blocks, as they will not be available forever.

What about you? Are you currently working on any Block of the Month/Week projects? What have you done in the past? Do you love them or hate them. What I find so amazing about the ones I’ve featured above, is the fabulous tutorials that go along with the projects.

Join us at the new Quilter’s Daily Blog Along. The idea is that each day a new prompt will be posted, to give you inspiration for your next blog post. On your blog, write a post using the daily prompt as a guide. Then head over to the blog along site and add a link to your post in the comments for the specific day.

Today’s prompt, from me, is Block of the Month (or Week) Quilt Alongs.

Congratulations to Yvonne of Belgium for winning last week’s weekly themed quilt contest, Two-Coloured Quilts, with her very unique I and Y challenge quilt.

Thanks to Jojo’s Quilt and Gift Shoppe for their donation of a Metro Market fabric bundle. Thanks also to the 758 voters that cast their ballot over the weekend. It was an exciting contest.

This week’s theme is Snow, Ice, Cold… quilts that make us go Brrrrrrr! To enter, read the rules and guidelines, then submit your quilt photo. Voting will start on Friday and last until Sunday night.

This week’s contest is sponsored by my good friend Geta Grama from Romania. Many of you will already be familiar with her as she’s had several of her free tutorials featured here. I am also the very lucky owner of one of her shadow trapunto quilts.

Last year, Geta published her first Shadow Trapunto e-book, which is fabulous by the way. Now, she’s released a new set of patterns, called Pockets with Love. The pockets are made using origami (the traditional Japanese art of paper folding ). She adapted the technique to fabrics and instead of a single piece of paper, you use two (or three) pieces of fabric. They are super cute and super easy to make. These are perfect for Valentine’s Day, Easter or Christmas as you could hide little treats in the pockets.

The winner of this week’s contest will receive one set of Geta’s Pockets with Love patterns, including the bonus Jolly Bag pattern. Check out the fabulous bags she’s made.

Here’s Geta’s latest free tutorial from her blog, a gorgeous portfolio. Perfect for any little girl. I do believe this would make a great present for my almost 4 year old niece’s birthday later this month. Of course, you can change the fabrics for the artistic little boy in your life too.

If you want to be a sponsor, contact me.

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Charlotte Warr Andersen has put together this fabulous tutorial on making one-layer applique with fusible thread. The finished product is light, with no build-up of layers, and can be folded and washed.

I’ve never seen applique done like this before, and must admit I’m very impressed with the technique. The instructions and photos used in the tutorial make it easy to understand.

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends to the south. Hope you have a wonderful day spent with family and loved ones.

Gudrun Erla of G.E. Designs has invited eleven very cool ladies to have some fun blog-hopping around the country starting today.

Each will post every day sharing favourite Christmas recipes, traditions and stories.

And each day, one of them will share a Christmas/Holiday project with you. Twelve days… twelve free projects. WOW!

There will be prizes!!!

Start your hopping here:

• Nov. 9th. Gudrun from GE Designs
• Nov. 10th. Sandy from Pieces from my Heart
• Nov. 11th. Terry from Atkinson Designs
• Nov. 12th. Pat from Pat Sloan & Co.
• Nov. 13th. Heather from Anka’s Treasures
• Nov. 14th. Pam from Pam Kitty Morning
• Nov. 15th. Kari from New Leaf Stitches
• Nov. 16th. Terri from Whimsicals
• Nov. 17th. Sherri from This ‘N’ That
• Nov. 18th. Carrie from Miss Rosie’s Quilt Co.
• Nov. 19th. Roseann from Rosebud’s Cottage
• Nov. 20th. Linda from Linda Lum DeBono

Fun, fun, fun … for everyone!!

For day 1, Gudrun has posted this adorable quilt-as-you-go Sweet Trimmings Christmas tree wall hanging. It’s super cute and very quick to complete as you quilt it at the same as you put the top together. I definitely need to make one of these for myself. Maybe add a few buttons to serve as ornaments too.

These fabulous Scrappy Bookmarks definitely fit that bill. Terrie has put together a great tutorial with lots of photos.

If you need a refresher course, be sure to check out Nadine’s video tutorial on edge stitching Inchies. It’ll come in handy for doing the edges of the bookmarks too.