It’s voting time for the Holiday Traditions Quilt Contest. This is actually two contests in one: Large Quilts and Small Quilts & Projects. You can vote for each contest once. Voting ends December 16, 2009. You can view the quilts by thumbnail and then click the thumbnail to see the larger quilt, or you can [...]

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 [...]

Enter the Holiday Traditions Quilt Contest for your chance to win one of these fabulous prizes: 10 1-yard cuts of Asian fabrics from Kona Bay Fabrics Fat quarter bundle of Whimsyland from LizzieB Cre8ive Free Motion Fillers Volume 1 DVD and downloadable workbook from Day Style Designs Quilting for Peace by Katherine Bell and STC [...]

Congratulations to the winners of the Nature’s Best Quilt Contest. I will be contacting each of you over the next few days. Large Quilts View the quilts: Thumbnail Photos | Full-Sized Photos Earthbound By: Quilt Rat, Ontario, Canada Coral Reef – By: Maggieinsc, South Carolina, USA Stained Glass Garden – By: Denise French, Ontario, Canada [...]

Unfortunately, one of the quilts entered in the Small Quilts category for the Nature’s Best Quilt Contest had to be disqualified due to it exceeding the size limitations for that category. I’m truly sorry Deborah that I didn’t realize you entered the incorrect contest when you submitted your entry. I’ll do my best to make [...]

Voting has finished. It’s voting time for the Nature’s Best Quilt Contest. This is actually two contests in one: Large Quilts and Small Quilts & Projects. You can vote for each contest once. Voting ends October 4, 2009. You can view the quilts by thumbnail and then click the thumbnail to see the larger quilt, [...]

There are still a few days left to enter the Nature’s Best Quilt Contest for your chance to win fabulous prizes. Registration closes on Friday, September 25, 2009. Voting will start on Saturday morning and last until October 4, 2009. Two of the entries submitted for the small quilts and projects contest caught my eye [...]

Birds, bugs, flowers, sunsets, mountains, trees, food and animals all provide quilters with such wonderful inspiration. Whether it’s the nature-themed fabrics we use, or the quilts we design and create, nature provides us with endless opportunities. Enter the Nature’s Best Quilt Contest for your chance to win one of these fabulous prizes: 12 spools (1,094 [...]

Congratulations (I think!) to the three winners of The Ugly Quilt contest. First place goes to Jean Kritenbrink for My First Quilt, a quilting disaster.

Please cast your vote below for the “What was I thinking?” – The Ugly Quilt Contest. View all of the submissions (click link below), read the funny stories and make your selection below. Contestants and Submissions Since this is an Ugly Quilt Contest, please vote for the quilt most deserving of the title “The Ugly [...]

I’m slowly catching up after Canada Day celebrations last week and a visit to my family north of Toronto over the weekend. I had a fabulous time playing with my nieces, they are the best. Just a few quick reminders: There are 195 participants for the Good Ol’ Summertime Mini Quilt Swap. I’ll be closing [...]

View the contestants in the the Ugly Quilt Contest.