Two quick polls, so I can make sure the polling software is working correctly for next week’s voting for the Falling Leaves Quilt Show Photo Contest. Note you need to hit both Vote buttons below for each poll.

If you run into any problems, please post in the comments, or contact me. IP addresses are being logged, so if you share your Internet connection, only one vote per address.

Yes – Always: 49 – 40% of all votes
No – Never: 27 – 22% of all votes
Sometimes: 46 – 38% of all votes
Total Votes: 122

How many quilts do you finish (bound and labelled) in a year?

1-3: 47 – 41% of all votes
4-8: 46 – 40% of all votes
8-12: 17 – 15% of all votes
12+: 6 – 5% of all votes
Total Votes: 116

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!

The Quilting Gallery has been nominated for the 2008 Blogger’s Choice Awards in the Best Hobby Blog category.  Please vote for me.

Thanks!!

Michele (aka Mishka)

I’ve been busy working on a new web site for my sister that we launched last night. It’s for daycare providers and parents in Durham Region, Ontario. If you live in the area, or know people that do, please visit. It’s an exciting venture for her and I wish her all the success in the world.

I’ve also been planning the finer details of my trip to Nashville. I’m leaving on Sunday, driving through northeastern New York, into Ohio where I’ll stay one night and explore Dutch/Amish country the next day, then head into Kentucky for another night, then continue on into Nashville arriving on Tuesday. If you know of any must stop and see quilt shops on the way, please let me know. I’ll have my cell phone with me, and my laptop, so if you want to get together drop me an email.

I’ve received 14 lovely submissions for the Lazy Days of Summer Photo Contest which I hope to post on the weekend before I leave. Note, you don’t have to be a member of the Quilting Bloggers directory to submit a photo, I think there was some confusion on this. It’s open to anyone. Keep those submissions coming!

I also have a new guest blogger to feature later this week, or early next week. And, I’m busy working on something very special for this site … to be revealed in the next couple of days.. stay tuned.

Oh, I do have a request for help … I’ve been waiting two months to get some black perle cotton size 12 from the local shop here. Apparently, they are the only place that has it in town, and guess what, they still don’t have it. Does anyone know where I can buy it in the US, perhaps a chain store, that I can stop at on my way. I’m bringing some pieces to hand blanket stitch for my niece’s quilt, and I’d really like to get working on them once I hit the road. Does Joanne’s sell it (I’ve never looked), or Michaels in the US? Do quilt shops normally carry it, just the ones I know about up here don’t?

Happy Quilting,
Michele

I added a new page to this site, How to Add a Logo to Blogger. Big thanks to Nicolette for sending me the instructions. You can find the various logos for this site on the Promote page.

Did you see that earlier this week, the total number of Quilting Bloggers went past 1,300 respresenting 42 countries. Wow! The Directory will be two months old next week. I am amazed and thrilled at the number of quilting bloggers there are. I’ve been trying to estimate how many there will be by the end of the year … sounds like a great idea for a Contest. More details to follow.

Some other site news:

• There’s one more Charity Quilting project post to come in the next couple of days. I’m still working on the summary post of other Charity Quilters, if you have a post already on your site (or want to do one), just send me the address and I’ll add it to the list.
• The first Guest Blogger will be featured soon too, probably on the weekend. If you’re interested in being a Guest Blogger, drop me an email.
• For those that subscribe to receive notifications via email whenever this blog is updated, I switched the mail service to FeedBlitz. There seems to have been a few bumps along the way, but I’m hoping they will be sorted out in the next day or so. If you’ve stopped receiving notices, and things don’t improve by the weekend, let me know, please.
• I have my first paid advertiser for the next issue of the newsletter due out at the beginning of August. If you’re interersted in advertising, contact me to discuss the details.