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My second niece arrived safely Halloween night. Alice Lynne McDougall-Foster was born at 7:52pm, weighing in at 8lb, 10oz and 21.5″ tall!

That’s my mom, Alice and Lucy’s Nana, in the last picture.

Big sister Lucy went trick or treating with her Grandpa!

A few tidbits:

• Check out the quilt shops in the Quilt Shop Locator – public searching now available. (List your shop, 50% off early bird rates.)
• Newsletter is going out tomorrow (or Sunday), subscribe today.
• Last day to enter two give-aways
• Have you submitted your entry for the Falling Leaves Quilt Show Photo Contest? Three great prizes to be won.

Have a great weekend!

Sarah Jane will be awarding one lucky winner from the Quilting Gallery a one-year membership to the site My Quilt Patch. Sign up for the free trial, (enter the referral source as Quilting Gallery), before the end of October to be entered in the draw. More info…

What does quilting mean to you? Answer this question, in the comment section of Chris Dahl’s guest blogger post and you will be entered into the random draw to win a free class at Quilting Weekly. To be eligible, submit your answer/comment before the end of October.

Congratulations to Sharon Schamber for winning the Best in Show at this year’s Houston Quilt Festival for her quilt The Spirit of Mother Earth. I’d also like to say thanks to Sharon for posting such detailed photos on her web site. It is a real treat to be able to see so closely the gorgeous stitching.

Please note: This contest has nothing to do with the Quilting Gallery web site, I just thought it sounded like fun.

The winner will receive a $15.00 gift certificate to Flamingo Island Designs web store. Here’s how it works:

1. Go through your stash and find your ugliest fabric, you know the one that when you look at it you say to yourself, “What was I thinking?” Dig deep and find that turkey! It will surely not be a lovely flamingo fabric, but who knows what you may find hidden in there.
2. Cut 2 – 8″ squares and put your name and email on the back.
3. Send the squares to:
   Floozies Ugly Fabric Contest
   Flamingo Island Designs
   8165 25th St
   Vero Beach, FL
   32966 (USA)
4. Your squares must arrive by Wednesday, November 26, 2008.

The winner will be chosen by a random drawing from all entries on Thanksgiving Day. In addition to the Gift Certificate, the winner will receive a set of the turkeys we collect. The second set of the turkeys will be donated to the Sunbonnet Sues Quilting Guild in Vero Beach, Florida and will be used in a charity quilt.

Here are some photos from the past two weeks of the glorious colours that could be found in Ottawa. I don’t remember them ever been quite so gorgeous as they have been the past couple of weeks. Some of the pictures have been taken from Gatineau Park while others were taken from Parliament Hill and beyond.

Can you just imagine a quilt or two in these colours? Which reminds me, don’t forget to send me your submissions for the Falling Leaves Photo Contest