Congratulations to Margeeth who won a $25 gift certificate from Eco-Tav. Tracey randomly picked the winner this morning from the commenters on her Textiles, Sewing and the Environment guest blogger post. Thanks Tracey for such an inspiring and thought-provoking piece. I received the 12th package of charms today, which means it’s time to choose a [...]

Please join me in welcoming another Guest Blogger to the Quilting Gallery. If you’re interested in being a Guest Blogger, just drop me an email to discuss. By Tracey “Halyma” Vibert With everything that is going on these days, the busy, the frantic, the chaos, I find that I can get happily lost in my [...]

A few tidbits: Check out the quilt shops in the Quilt Shop Locator – public searching now available. (List your shop, 50% off early bird rates.) Newsletter is going out tomorrow (or Sunday), subscribe today. Last day to enter two give-aways Have you submitted your entry for the Falling Leaves Quilt Show Photo Contest? Three [...]

Sarah Jane will be awarding one lucky winner from the Quilting Gallery a one-year membership to the site My Quilt Patch. Sign up for the free trial, (enter the referral source as Quilting Gallery), before the end of October to be entered in the draw. More info… What does quilting mean to you? Answer this [...]

Please note: This contest has nothing to do with the Quilting Gallery web site, I just thought it sounded like fun. The winner will receive a $15.00 gift certificate to Flamingo Island Designs web store. Here’s how it works: Go through your stash and find your ugliest fabric, you know the one that when you [...]

Check out this absolutely gorgeous doll quilt that I won from Trisha at TLC Stitches. It’s truly beautiful! I’ve has found the perfect place for it in my bedroom. Thank you Trisha for such a wonderful gift. Robyn from Daisy Quilts gave me a Wylde Woman Award for inspiration. She wrote: You inspire me for [...]

We’re well into August, and soon Summer will be over. Did it ever start in Ottawa? We’ve had a cooler than normal and very wet summer here. For me who loves it hot and sunny, I keep waiting for those days. I’m glad to be heading South next week, where I hope I’ll find some [...]

Beth over at Simply Sewn is having a big box give-away. Here’s some wonderful Moda Marbles that she’s including in the box. Good luck!

Look what the mail-lady brought me yesterday. A lovely assortment of items from Spring Market from Rachel at 2nd Avenue Studio. Market in a Box, the next best thing to being there. Included are various flyers and brochures for new products, fabrics and patterns, two packets of charm squares, a flower pen, a flower seed [...]

I’m pleased to announce that in just over three weeks, we’ve reached a thousand (and one) Quilting Bloggers, representing 34 countries, 49 US States, and 5 Canadian provinces. WOW! Here are the winners of the Reach a Thousand Contest. Registrant #1053 – June 17, 2008 Lil – Addicted Luxembourg Registrant #802 – June 6, 2008 [...]

After reading Alice’s comment, I remembered that I have a stack of Quilting Gallery business cards that I would like to get rid of, so I can order some new ones next month. If anyone would like some cards to distribute at quilt guild meetings or other such events, I’d be more than happy to [...]

We Did It… We Reached a Thousand! Have you seen how many Quilting Bloggers there are now in the directory? As of this writing, 848, which means we need only 152 more to reach the end of June goal of a thousand. I have been overwhelmed with the many kind words that have been sent [...]