Congratulations to Marika Szabóné for winning last week’s Flowers quilt contest. Thanks to everyone that entered and took the time to vote. It was a great pleasure to see so many wonderful quilts. This week’s contest is Miniatures and is sponsored by the Fat Quarter Shop. I am a huge fan of miniature quilts made [...]
Grab yourself a cup of coffee (or two!) and browse this week’s fabulous Flower Quilts. Thanks to everyone that entered. One lucky quilter will win a $30 gift certificate to use as she/he likes from Around the Block Quilters Shop. And, that’s not all. You’re all winners as Around the Block Quilters Shop is having [...]
Please join me in welcoming guest blogger AnneMarie as she shares with us her vision for her new blog: Gen X Quilters (& Y too!). Hello there! My name is AnneMarie and I am the hard-at-work quilter behind the new blog Gen X Quilters (& Y too!). I’d like to thank Michele for giving me [...]
Posted: August 19th, 2010
Topics: Guest Bloggers, Quilt Gallery
It’s Share-It Tuesday! What have you been working on? Not much stitching time here the past week. I have been working on six applique posy needle cases. One will go to my swap partner next week and a couple others to friends. I’ll keep a couple here for emergency quilting gifts. Fabric (except the felt) [...]
Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s fabulous Embroidery/Stitchery Quilts. Thanks to everyone that entered. One lucky winner will win a fabulous gift pack of embroidery goodies from Jojo’s Quilt and Gift Shoppe. Special savings, Friday only: Take advantage of an additional 15% off all notions, books and patterns at JoJo’s! No [...]
Please join me in welcoming Ellen Anne Eddy as she guest blogs here at the Quilting Gallery. She shares with us a thought-provoking interpretation of art, beauty, interpretation and ourselves. There’s a world of debate that periodically swirls around the art world. We’re always trying to define what is or isn’t art. Everything before the [...]
Posted: August 12th, 2010
Topics: Guest Bloggers, Quilt Gallery
Please join me in welcoming Sherry A. Byrd as today’s guest blogger. She shares with us her family’s extensive quilting history spanning six generations. Thanks Sherry for being a guest! My name is Sherry A. Byrd. As a child I was introduced to quilt making via my maternal grandmother, who came from a long lineage [...]
Posted: August 11th, 2010
Topics: Guest Bloggers, Quilt Gallery
I hope you enjoyed last week’s Share-It Tuesday!. I really enjoyed seeing what you have been working on. Here’s what I accomplished the past week. Scroll down to share what you’ve been working on too. Block 7 of Rachel’s Pinwheel Sampler Quilt. Block 8 for this sampler quilt was our choice. I chose Mosaic 2. [...]
Voting is now closed for this contest. I know many of us have found the past two week’s contests difficult to choose a favourite. This week is no different. Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse these fabulous quilts! The theme for this week’s virtual quilt contest is Log Cabins. Thanks to everyone that [...]
Last week’s Share-It Tuesday! was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed seeing what many of you have been working on. This might just become a regular feature here at the Quilting Gallery. A few weeks ago, I wanted a quick and easy project to work on. I created this Blue and Yellow Fun quilt. [...]
The theme for this week’s virtual quilt contest is Summer Vacation. Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse these fabulous quilts! Thanks to everyone that entered. Two lucky winners of this week’s contest will each win a layer cake of their choice from the Fat Quarter Shop. Now it’s time for you to vote [...]
Please join me in welcoming guest blogger Margery Newman as she shares with us the new Milwaukee Art Museum and quilts from the "American Quilts: Selections from the Winterthur Collection" exhibit. Thanks Margery for sharing this fabulous exhbit with us. I had the great pleasure of leaving my home in what some people this summer [...]