• Welcome
• Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting November/December 2011 is on sale today!
• What’s Happening on Quilty?
• International Quilt Study Center & Museum Presents Yvonne Wells
• Tips Galore!
• New: Sew Easy Videos!
• New Block of the Month!
• Sew & Tell
• Quilters Club of America – Community Update

This week the trees have become an artist’s masterpiece. Leaves in reds, yellows, oranges, and browns have painted the horizon as far as the eye can see. Fall is such a special time of the year. There is nothing like walking on a path, even if it is the sidewalk, and feeling the leaves crunch under foot. Quilt and fall festivals provide great inspiration for creativity…we are especially inspired by the beautiful colors and the spiced smells of the season. We encourage you to attend a quilt show or a fall festival so you can be equally inspired!

The November/December 2011 issue of Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting is now available as a print or digital magazine.  Order your print magazine and get a free digital edition, or order the digital edition.  

Extra Videos are available with the Love of Quilting digital issue! Watch TV Projects like Indigo Stars, Bluebird of Happiness, and Scrappy Triangles. Sew Easy Videos also help you with exciting new quilting techniques!

Beautiful winter quilts, gift ideas, and TV projects will inspire your quilting creativity. Get your issue today!

Can’t wait for the next episode of Quilty to come out…Here is a sneak-peek of what is coming up this week.

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The International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present the exhibition "Yvonne Wells: Quilted Messages" opening on Oct. 7 and running through Feb. 26. Click here for more information.

Use your Address Labels We found a good use for extra address labels. Fold them down over the tops of your favorite catalog and magazine pages you want to go back to. This saves time when you’re ready to order from the catalog or look for a quilt that you want to make.

Do you have a great tip? Submit your tip to us so we can share it with everyone!

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Holiday treats to sweeten your monograms
During the holiday season, delicious meals and sweet goodies are abundant. Indulge this season with the new Designer’s Gallery Christmas Font Pack for MonogramWorks. The Christmas Font Pack includes 5 festive fonts and 20 ornate decorations. So whether you are going for a traditional Christmas look or a more whimsical holiday theme you’ll find what you need.

Baby Lock  is an official sponsor of Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting. Visit them at www.babylock.com.

Did you know our Sew Easy lessons are now available as videos? Today we will feature the 60 Degree Braid Video Lesson. Click here to learn how to stitch a fancy-looking braid easily with this tried-and-true technique!

We are excited to introduce our new Block-of-the Month kits by Patrick Lose and Nancy Halverson. Every month a block-of-the-month will be delivered to your door! Participation is limited so don’t delay.

Winter Stars Americana
Submitted by Hettie Trout from Patriot, OH

I was looking through a friend's quilting magazines for an Americana theme pattern for my daughter. I was immediately drawn to Winter Stars featured in the November/December 2004 issue of Love of Quilting.

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Warm Memories
Submitted by Dorene DeJarlais, Marshfield, WI

My granddaughter, Amara, and I share a love for the Birds of Paradise flower which grows abundantly in California.

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Wonky Bunko
Submitted by Linda Ikeda from El Cajon, CA

Two of my favorite things are Halloween and Bunko, so the Wonky Jacks blocks from the September/October 2004 issue of Love of Quilting were perfect for the pillows I made for my Bunko group.

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If you’ve made a project from Love of Quilting magazine or one of our books, we’d love to see it and hear your story. Please note that due to the large volume of photos we receive, we cannot acknowledge receipt. Send a color photo and brief description of your project to sewandtell@fonsandporter.com

• Be sure to enter our fun contests:
  • Would you like to win 66 spools of Coats & Clark thread?
  • You could win a Keepsake Quilting gift certificate in our Monthly Survey Question contest, or by submitting a quilting related tip.
• We’ve seen so many fun projects around the community:
  • Pam finished her L’il Pumpkins Project. So cute!
  • Genette’s Tree of Life quilt continues to progress
  • This quilted wedding gown posted in Naysa’s gallery, is incredibly beautiful.
  • There are some eye-catching quilts in Zsofia’s Gallery.
  • Shrink your quilt and save? Yep!
• So many new quilters are joining us! If you haven’t yet introduced yourself, don’t be shy!