It is with excitement I sit here in my sunny design studio writing my first post for Quilting gallery. Let me introduce myself. I’m Lenna Green designer of Little Green Cottage patterns and founder of Stitching Cow.com Sewing and quilt making have been an important part of my life for as long as I can [...]

In last month’s anniversary blog post one of the most requested features is guest bloggers. I totally agree. Last February, I did guest blogger month with 58 guests. It was fabulous to learn about such talented quilters from around the world, but way too much work on such a grand scale. For 2010 I’d like [...]

What better way to start off the new year than with a new weekly virtual quilt contest. And who better to help me kick off this exciting contest than Pat Sloan. Join the fun, show off your wonderful creations and be inspired by what your quilting friends have made. Each Monday a new theme will [...]

Break out the wine glasses, grab a slice of chocolate cake, and help the Quilting Gallery celebrate it’s second birthday/blogiversary!!! Two fabulous sponsors are helping me celebrate with 11 prizes up for grabs. It has been an amazing and exciting year for the Quilting Gallery. Starting with the Charms for Charity contest last winter which [...]

The Quilter’s Cookbook is ready for purchase at the low introductory price of just $14.00. It contains 119 recipes and 76 gorgeous quilts and heart-warming stories. I hope you’ll be as pleased with it as I am.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the last day to submit your family-favourite recipe for inclusion in the Quilter’s Cookbook. I am thrilled with all the recipes that have been submitted so far. It’s going to make a fabulous gift for your quilting friends this holiday season. The quilts and stories that have been included are wonderful. I [...]

The submission forms are now complete to submit your recipe, a photo of your favourite quilt and a short story for the Quilter’s Cookbook. The Quilter’s Cookbook will be available for sale as a downloadable PDF file in early December 2009. Excellent advertising options are available too. General Information Submission Guidelines Submit your Recipe Recipes [...]

I’ve been working this week on a new feature for the Quilting Gallery site: a Quilter’s Cookbook, to be available for sale early in December as a downloadable PDF file. Early next week, you’ll be able to submit your family-favourite recipes for inclusion in the Cookbook. You’ll also be able to include a short story [...]

I’ve moved up the Fall swap registration deadline to this Saturday. No late additions will be accepted, so please register now if you want in. Partner information will be released by the 28th. The Inchie Ornaments Swap has been extended until November 5. Again, no late registrations will be accepted. Most partner information has already [...]

Today is the final mail date for the Friendship Bag Swap. If you are going to be late sending, please email your partner and myself to let us know when you expect to send it. Here’s a small sampling of the gorgeous bags that have been created. You can see more in the Flickr group. [...]

I want to thank everyone that voted and left comments or sent emails on the swap admin post from a couple of weeks. I read all comments, and have debated how to proceed. For now, things will remain as they have been for the prior swaps, with a few changes. For the Fall swap, I’ve [...]

I was very pleased earlier this week to learn that one of the missing mini quilts from the Spring Blooms swap finally arrived from Australia to it’s new home in Kansas, USA. I know two quilts have officially been lost in the post. One from the UK to France and another from Brazil to the [...]