I set up a Cafe Press store to sell Quilting Gallery merchandise. All products and sales are handled directly through Cafe Press. They print the items, collect payment and ship them. In a few months, I might even receive a commission cheque. ;)

They offer tons of products and options, so I tried to pick the ones I thought would be most popular. If there’s something else you would like to see, please leave a comment or send me an email, and I’ll see about adding it.

A few of the items available:

Visit the Quilting Gallery Merchandise Store.

This is the final week to take advantage of the summer special for the Quilt Shop Locator where you can advertise directly to quilters for less than $7.00 a month.

The Quilt Shop Locator is a growing network of quilt shops, online retailers, retreat facilities, pattern and fabric designers, authors, teachers and other quilting professionals from around the world.

This powerful map-based tool makes it easy for quilting enthusiasts to find retailers near and far. It’s an excellent advertising option for online-only retailers too. Especially in these more difficult economic times, potential customers are more apt to buy from you if they know where you are located. It’s the trust factor. Unique categories allow customers to find you here too.

Give it a try! It’s only $40.00 for six months of advertising. You won’t find online or offline targeted advertising anywhere else for that kind of price.

Join Today!

Summer special ends September 15, 2009.

I finished cleaning the very messy sewing area on Saturday afternoon and took a few pictures as proof before I messed it up again. :)

I even have some extra space left on my shelves for more fabric that needs a good home.

As you can see, my helpers were very helpful.

And, I got to start on a paper-piecing project.

I had a great long weekend, how was yours?

Congratulations to last week’s winner #146 Erin. She won the Quilters Dream Cotton Batting donated by Seaside Quilting Supplies.

This week’s give-away is two gorgeous tote bag patterns, pictured below, donated by Barbara Weiland Talbert. One winner will be chosen to win both patterns. Stitch up a few for Christmas gifts.

Barbara is a nationally known author and award-winning free-lance writer/editor in the home sewing and quilting fields. Her sewing career began as a small child at the knee of her dear great grandmother and she’s been sewing and quilting and writing about it ever since!

Barbara’s most recent book, The Quilting Answer Book was published in April, 2009, by Storey Publishing. It was the featured selection of the month at Crafter’s Choice shortly after publication. Barbara’s next book, The Sewing Answer Book, is due for release in July, 2010.

Barbara has been designing and marketing quilt, tote bag, and garment patterns under the Jo-Lydia’s Attic label since 1999. And, when time allows, she posts sporadic entries to her blog.

To enter the give-away, please leave a comment below answering: Have you started your Christmas quilt-giving projects yet? The contest closes September 10, 2009. Winner will be randomly chosen.

Come join the fun … Christmas Swap – Inchie Ornaments

UPDATE: Congratulations to #99 DiahRothman. She won the two tote bag patterns.

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Along with Nadine Ruggles of Inchie Quilts fame, the Quilting Gallery is very pleased to host the first-ever Inchie Ornaments Swap.

Come join the fun, learn a new technique, be creative and make new friends in the process.

• Guidelines
• Registration
• Participants
• Inchie Ornaments Tutorial
• Flickr group
• DreamWeaver’s Quilts Studio – get your Inchie Supplies!

Registration closes October 15, 2009. However, I will be releasing partner information within two weeks of registration so that those that sign up early can get started right away. The deadline to mail your ornaments is December 1, 2009.

Registration for the Fall-themed Swap will start at the end of September and will not be due until next January.