I'm not tellin' what's in this box. You have to win it to find out. See below. 
I couldn't resist this photo of Lily Bear: great smile, chubby toes, couture outfit, the works! It's from Heather's brand new quilt blog called How Do You Do This Again? See her selvage bag there too.
Take a look at this article written by Oliver Willms from Canada who's mother, grandmother, and sister are all quilters. What a lucky guy!
This fabulous book "Picture This" by Marcia Stein (published by C&T 2010) shows you how to make applique pictorial quilts from your favorite photos. If you are a visual learner, you'll love all the "how-to" photos.
Are you in the market for a new calendar? This one is spiral bound so it lays flat on your desk. There is a page for each week, and beautiful quilt photos to inspire you all year long.
I'm really excited about Ricky Tims' new book "Kool Kaleidoscope Quilts" published by C&T. First, he shows you the basic method summarized on two pages. Then each step is presented in detail. Basically, you sew fabric strips into strata, then cut triangles and kite shapes to create your big wedges. Take a look at the photos on the back cover, shown below.
Ricky has taught this method many times so the directions are clear as a bell. There are also many photos of inspirational quilts made by his students. He says he doesn't plan the quilt in advance; he just chooses fabrics he likes and lets the design develop. That's my kind of quilt! This looks like so much fun, and the quilts are gorgeous.
One thing though, this fellow chops up his selvages! What is he thinking? Somebody tell Ricky to trim off his selvages before cutting his fabric into strips, in case he wants to try selvage quilting. Some even have his own name on them! Haha.
The new collector's edition of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Volume 2 will hit the stores on Tuesday. Leave a comment below to enter a drawing for a free copy. There will be 3 winners.
Selvage quilters can tell at a glance how to make this block, but to show the newbies, I took some in-process photos. Machine stitch along the bound edge of each selvage. The stitching is easy to see on the red selvage in the photo below.
I like the little boots on the Moda selvage. That's one of my favorites.
Trim the block as shown above. Make three more, then sew them together, as shown below.
Add a selvage to the top and the bottom of the block, and then add one to each side. I think it will look really interesing when all the blocks go together. The long selvages will appear as if they're woven together. So far, I've only made one block, so this is just speculation.
I like the soft shaggies on the Moda acorn selvage below.
I was delighted to see another block in this book that included a selvage. Patty Young designed both the fabric and the block design for "Flutter." Isn't the hummingbird shape nice? Great colors too.
Wasn't it interesting to read about what we quilters wear (or don't wear) on our little feet when we sit down at the sewing machine? Who knew?
When I told Megan at C&T that we were following the Blog Tour on the Selvage Blog, I asked if they'd like to provide a copy of The Practical Guide to Patchwork by Elizabeth Hartman for a give-away here. She said, "Great idea!" So leave a comment today to enter the drawing. Winner announced tomorrow. The quilts shown above are from this book.
Here are the winners of yesterday's fat quarter give-away:Congratulations! Send me your mailing addresses and I'll get your packages in the mail.
Justine in CT, I couldn't reach you (no email in your Google profile) so please mail me.
I wish I had 98 packages so I could send one to everybody!! Thanks for playing.
Jewel Tones. (above)
Neon Brights. (above)
Mid-range. (above)
Click here to enter this give-away at jaybirdquilts. Julie is featuring Above All Fabric, the sponsor of the give-away. This is an awesome site with delicious fabrics. Take a look. My favorite fabric is the Garden Henna (Farmer's Market Collection) in every color way. Good luck.
Could you use some interesting selvages to jazz up your stash? How about some little boots, some selvages from the Netherlands, and more! Your comment is your entry. Sign up to Follow this blog, and enter a second comment. (If you're already a Follower, enter twice.) 
