We’ve all done it… made or started a quilt we hated once we got into the project. Enter the “What was I thinking?” – The Ugly Quilt Contest.

At Spring Market, I collected business cards for a contest drawing. Congratulations to Janine from Tonic Living in Toronto, Ontario for winning two months of free advertise on the Quilting Gallery web site. Check out the gorgeous fabrics available on her site:

It’s Fun, it’s fast, and sometimes a tad wicked…. it’s Death By Quilting (DBQ) and it’s on the internet now!

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

Here are the winners of the Falling Leaves Photo Contest. Congratulations to everyone that entered. It was such a pleasure to see all of the wonderful creations. Small Projects Leaves Will Fall Table Runner Jean Kritenbrink Large Projects Autumn Glow (Herfstgloed) Willeke de la Chambre – van der Velden Autumn Cot Quilt Angela Huddart

It’s voting time! Pick your favourite small project and large project and cast your vote for each one below. Voting will close November 28, 2008. You can click on each of the project titles below to view the full-sized photo or you can view all of the entries on one page. A huge thank you [...]

To avoid confusion, I’ve put all of the contest submissions on the one page. As mentioned the other day, I’ve split the submissions into small and large projects. Anything lap quilt size and bigger would fall into the large projects category. Voting will start next weekend. Submissions are now closed. Thanks to everyone that submitted [...]

Since I forgot to post a reminder, I’ve extended the submission deadline for the Falling Leaves Quilt Show Photo Contest until the end of the weekend, i.e. November 16, 2008. Voting will start next weekend. There are several gorgeous small projects, wall hangings, table runners, bags/purses, etc. that have been submitted. Therefore, I’ve decided to [...]

Someone asked me for the code so they could place the Falling Leaves Photo Contest graphic on their site. So, here it is. <a href="http://quiltinggallery.com/tag/falling-leaves-contest/"><img src="http://quiltinggallery.com/images/falling-leaves-quilt-show.jpg" alt="Falling Leaves Quilt Show Photo Contest" width="125" height="115" /></a>

Here are the first 14 submissions for the Falling Leaves Quilt Show Photo Contest. You may click on a photo to see the larger version. Submission deadline is November 15, 2008; read the complete contest guidelines and see the three great prizes. UPDATED: Photos have been removed from this post. See link below to view [...]

The leaves are definitely falling here in Ottawa. We’ve even had a few nights dip just below freezing; however the past couple of days have been glorious sunshine (mostly). I was lucky enough to head over to a friend’s house on the weekend in Gatineau Park to enjoy the beautiful colours of the season while [...]