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I hope you enjoy this second issue. Happy Quilting!

Michele (aka Mishka)
Quilting Gallery

News from the Quilting Gallery

June was a very exciting month for the Quilting Gallery web site. The Reach a Thousand Contest for the Quilting Bloggersdirectory was an overwhelming success. We’ve surpassed 1,150 bloggers representing 38 different countries.

A huge thank you goes to Pat Sloan, Marguerita McManus, Sarah Raffuse and Dorothy Baker for their wonderful prizes donated for the contest. The random lucky winners were: Lil (Addicted), Sue (The Monomaniacal Quilter) and Cordula (Stichelei). Also, thank you to everyone who registered their blog and those who have helped to promote the directory.

July is Charity Quilting Month. I have received some very inspiring submissions already. Look for the posts to start next week. There’s still time if you want to submit your Charity for some free publicity.

Also in July, look for our first Guest Blogger. If you’re interested in being a Guest Blogger, just send me an email and we’ll discuss.

In other news…

• Maggie won a fat quarter from my stash in the Quilting Bloggers Give-Away
• Two beautiful Pay It Forward gifts arrived from Caron and Tami. Thank you again ladies!
• I won a beautiful Orange Spiral fat quarter from FabricMom

Mishka’s Picks

My favourite posts from last month… it was really hard to pick just two (so I chose three).

• Jacquie’s Crazy Block Tutorial is a great way to use up all those little scraps. Lots of photos with this tutorial, making it super easy to follow along.
• Having a comfortable sewing area is so important. Here are two useful posts Ergonomics 101 for Your Sewing Area and Making Your Own Sewing Desk – Cheap.

Around the Web

Two great web sites worth visiting:

• Quilt News is a fun place to check out new quilt patterns, new quilt designers and other interesting quilting info. New information and resources are added regularly – check back often!
• Imagine you are in the middle of a project and suddenly realize you don’t have enough fabric to finish! You have been to every local quilt store, you have pleaded with your quilt buddies to help you find it, and you have worn out three mice searching the Internet. What do you do? Post an ad on Missing Fabrics. What a great idea for a site.

Chuckle Time

TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn’t have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!

TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America.
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America?
CLASS: Maria.

TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.

TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it’s H to O.

TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I’m a lot closer to the ground than you are.

TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with "I.’
MILLIE: I is…
TEACHER: No, Millie. Always say, "I am."
MILLIE: All right… I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.

TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don’t have to, my Mom is a good cook.

TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on "My Dog" is exactly the same as your brother’s. Did you copy his?
CLYDE: No, sir. It’s the same dog.

TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher

Humour brought to you by Is it Beer Time Yet? (Note: May not be family- or work-friendly.)