Each Thursday, I’m going to feature one of the fabulous bloggers from the Quilting Bloggers directory. With just under 4,000 blogs to choose from, I’ll have more than enough content to fill this spot. (I’d need 77 years to feature everyone, yikes!) My first ShouT OuT Thursday blogger is Linda M. Poole. I had the [...]

The fabulous ladies from the Fat Quarter Shop are organizing a silent auction to raise funds for charities helping the victims of the Haiti.

My name is Darla and I am one of the new bloggers out there. I am a beginner quilter with a lot of quilting and blogging ambitions, and a unique perspective. Rather than spending a lot of time talking about my blog Scientific Quilter, I wanted to share a (long) story of my experiences of [...]

Please note: I copied this announcement from the International Quilt Festival’s Facebook fan page. I don’t know any additional information than what I’ve posted here. You can find the “official” info on their web site. International Quilt Festival/Chicago plans to showcase Canadian quilts and their makers in a special exhibit, O Canada 2010. This exhibit [...]

Gudrun Erla of G.E. Designs has invited eleven very cool ladies to have some fun blog-hopping around the country starting today. Each will post every day sharing favourite Christmas recipes, traditions and stories. And each day, one of them will share a Christmas/Holiday project with you. Twelve days… twelve free projects. WOW! There will be [...]

Julie Pieri from Quilted Pleasures writes a great monthly newsletter, The Sewing Gazette filled with news and information from the quilting and sewing world. I’ll be a guest for the November issue. Sign up to receive the newsletter and read my interview.

Running the Quilting Gallery site, it’s no surprise that dozens of quilting-related blogs come across my screen each day. I can’t remember another blog that captured my attention so thoroughly like Leah Day’s 365 Days of Free Motion Quilting Filler Designs. I’ve been watching the progress daily on this blog for a few weeks, and [...]

Happy 142nd Birthday Canada!

Geta Grama’s Shadow Trapunto quilt at Spring Market and announcing her new patterns for sale.

The Women’s Historical Fiction Challenge E-Book is complete and available for download.

Enter the $10,000 Dream Sewing Room Makeover contest.

What a truly wonderful story this is, The centenarian quilter. Emily Harrell has been quilting since she was 8, and she’s now 100. I’m sure we could all learn a few tricks from her. Found via Twitter by @konabayfabrics.