Please join me in welcoming Vanessa Wilson as today’s guest blogger. She shares with us her very busy family and quilting life. She’s also giving away two patterns to two lucky winners that leave a comment here. See below for details. Hi there! My name is Vanessa Wilson. I am the wife and mother behind [...]

Welcome to everyone hopping around quilter’s blog land for Pat Sloan’s The Edge Blog Hop. Today is the last day of the hop and my special day. What’s been your favourite part of the blog hop? The fabulous recipes? The measuring antics? The marshmallow fields? I know, a chance to win a 10 pack set [...]

Welcome to everyone hopping around in blog land for the Fall into Fall Quilters Blog Give-Away. A huge thank you to Debi for organizing this event. It’s sure to be a lot of fun. If you’re new here, let me give you a brief tour of the Quilting Gallery site. Do you love to read [...]

I’m very excited to participate in Pat Sloan’s The Edge Blog Hop this coming week. My day is Saturday, October 2nd and I’ll be sharing a family-favourite cookie recipe and a short story of one of my first quilts. Have you heard about the new The Edge rulers from Sullivan’s? It sharpens your rotary cutting [...]

Debi is organizing a Fall into Fall Quilters Blog Giveaway starting October 1st. The Quilting Gallery will be participating with its own giveaway too. Debi’s currently looking for bloggers that want to participate in doing a giveaway on their blog too. Read this post for all the information. Here’s the list of participants so far. [...]

Congratulations to #61 Brigitte for winning Elisa Wilson’s pattern and template give-away from last week’s guest blogger post. Thanks to everyone that shared their favourite beginner’s quilting tips. Here’s Brigitte’s tip: My first quilt teacher always made us rip out anything that was not precise. At the time I thought it ludicrous but realized in [...]

Please join me in welcoming Elisa Wilson as a guest blogger today as she gives you a glimpse into her life as a pattern designer. Share your favourite beginner’s quilting tip for a chance to win a free pattern and template of your choice. I have a secret life. Most of my friends and acquaintances [...]

Congratulations to #120 Avery Claire for winning Patsy Thompson’s Free Motion Fun…with Feathers! DVD. I’ll be sending you an email to get your mailing address. Here’s Avery’s tip: I absolutely adore feathers….they look so elegant on a quilt. My favorite quilting tip is to do a LOT of practice quilting by making baby quilts. They [...]

It’s time for a give-away!! Are you excited?? I ran into quilter extraordinaire Patsy Thompson at Spring Quilt Market, and she gave me a copy of her latest DVD Free Motion Fun…with Feathers! Volume 4, to give-away to one lucky Quilting Gallery reader. You can watch an intro video on Patsy’s web site that gives [...]

Please join me in welcoming guest blogger Angela Magnan as she shares her quilting journey with us. Plus, check below for a "HOT" give-away from Angela. Angela doesn’t have a blog yet, but you can email her. Thanks Angela for being a guest here at the Quilting Gallery. Greetings from Maryland, Thank you so much [...]

I hope everyone had a wonderful time participating in Pat Sloan’s The Edge Blog Hop last weekend. I enjoyed reading everyone’s comments. Lucky quilter Angela won the set of all 10 rulers. Congrats Angela! If your local quilt shop does not have the rulers yet, and you want to purchase them, you can visit Pat’s [...]

Guest blogger, Margaret Bucklew
An epiphany happened to me about twenty years ago. There was a void in my life and I didn’t even know it was happening.