Please join me in welcoming Aunt Spicy as she guest blogs today and shares her love of fabric with us all. Hello. My name is Aunt Spicy. I have a problem. It’s called fabric.  Colors.  Patterns.  The crisp feel of a new yard. Or two.  The emotions that certain prints and colors evoke.  Don’t tell [...]

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s gorgeous Paper Pieced Quilts. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with all of us. The Simplicity Creative Group have donated two of their fabulous Deluxe SideWinders, the portable bobbin winder. The prizes will be awarded based on Voter’s Choice (the [...]

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s gorgeous Scrappy Again Quilts. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with all of us. One lucky quilter will win a $30 gift certificate to use at Around the Block Quilter’s Shop. Special offer from this week’s sponsor: Prices are “Fall”ing [...]

I have been working on scrappy blocks for a new queen-sized bed quilt for myself. I started with 320 paper templates, cut at 5″ from an old phone book. Testing the layout of 16 squares (trimmed to 4.75″) on the design wall. Need 20 of these blocks that are 17.5″ unfinished. Auditioning the 20 blocks [...]

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s gorgeous Fall Splendour Quilts. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with all of us. We’re trying something different this week (and subsequent week’s when possible). Two prizes will be awarded. The first will be based on Voter’s Choice, each person [...]

The Teddy Bears have taken over the Quilting Gallery. Aren’t they all just so cute!! Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s gorgeous Teddy Bear Quilts. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with all of us. Two lucky quilters will each win a fat quarter bundle from [...]

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s gorgeous Stained Glass Quilts. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with all of us. One lucky quilter will win a $50 gift certificate from Sheree’s Alchemy Now it’s time for you to vote for your favourite Stained Glass Quilt!! Voting [...]

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s gorgeous Fall Fair Quilts. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with all of us. One lucky quilter will win a layer cake and a super cute pattern. See prize photos here. Be sure to drop by and visit this week’s [...]

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s gorgeous Baby Quilts. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with all of us. One lucky quilter will win a Fat Quarter Bundle from the Funny Babies Collection from Around the Block Quilters Shop. Now it’s time for you to vote [...]

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s gorgeous Watercolour Quilts. Every week, I’m amazed and inspired by all the wonderful quilts submitted. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with all of us. One lucky quilter will win a $50 gift certificate to use as she/he likes from [...]

Peggy who won last week’s Miniatures quilt contest, sent me these more detailed photos of her mini quilt to share. You can click on each photo to view a larger version. The title of Peggy’s quilt is Let Freedom Ring!. It finishes at 7.875″ x 7.125″. Here’s the story she submitted: About 2 wks before [...]

Grab yourself a cup of coffee (or two!) and browse this week’s fabulous Miniature Quilts. Every week, I’m amazed and inspired by all the wonderful quilts submitted. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with all of us. One lucky quilter will win a $50 gift certificate to use as she/he [...]