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We have two Quiltmakers’ 100 Block magazines that we will give away on Monday, December 7. To participate in this random giveaway, you may chose one or both of the following activities. Have fun, and thanks for your participation!

1.  Send us a jpg image of your favorite quilt that you have made in the last few years. Include your name, your city and state, and the name of your quilt or your design.  Note: Let us know if you are willing (or not willing) to have us show your quilt on our blog and/or facebook page in December.  Send your image and information to contest@jwdpublishing.com by December 6, 11:59 PM, PST. 

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2.  Go to our JWD Publishing Pattern page. Select your top 3-5 favorite pattern quilts. (To see enlarged views, click on selected quilt images.) Besides giving us your top picks, we would love to hear what you most like about your top quilt picks. Just leave a comment on this post with your selections by 11:59 pm PST on Sunday, December 6th, 2009, and we will pick a random winner!  Please make sure to leave a valid email address (so we can contact you if you win). Here’s our contest rules.

We are excited to be one of the stops for the Quiltmaker 100 Blocks Blog Tour!  We hope you have been following the tour all week long.  Look at the bottom of this post for another chance to win a copy of Quiltmakers’ 100 Blocks.

Stars upon Stars:
Because I love stars, I find myself designing lots of star blocks. My plan for this block was to create a design with slender, elongated star points, which could provide a sense of delicacy and dimensionality. Wanting understated beauty, I selected fabrics in muted hues. I used silk fabrics for my stars, although I do not recommend it. I found it a technical challenge to have clean, sharp points with the silk I used, which had a mind of its own. Hint: Using a dry iron with silk star points is a must.

     I have been creating quilts and textile art since the early 1970s. Currently, I find my time taken up with teaching and lecturing; writing books, particularly about color and design; creating quilts and textile art; and being the owner of the pattern company JWD Publishing.

Another chance to win a copy of 100 Blocks!
Just leave a comment on this post by 10:00 pm PST on Sunday, November 15th, 2009, and we will pick a random winner!  It doesn’t matter what you write, just make sure to leave a valid email address (so we can contact you if you win). Here’s our contest rules.

Make sure to visit the 100 blocks blog tour, as they have some great giveaways going on.  Also, look for 100 Blocks from Today’s Top Designers in your local quilt shop, or purchase it at www.quiltmaker.com/100blocks.

Also, make sure to join us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/jwdpublishing.

To celebrate two of our designers (Joen Wolfrom and Teresa Fields) being in 100 Blocks from Today’s Top Designers, we are giving away a free copy to one of our blog readers. 

Just leave a comment on this post by Thursday, November 12th, 2009 PST, and we will pick a random winner!  It doesn’t matter what you write, just make sure to leave a valid email address (so we can contact you if you win).

Here’s our contest rules.

Make sure to keep following the 100 blocks blog tour!