Last Call...

for alcohol OctoberQuest! Lynette at What A Hoot! is hosting our last TGIFF! party for October. She's sharing a gorgeous reproduction quilt called Patriots in Petticoats. Lynette's party, as well as all of this month's TGIFF! parties, will be open until October 31st for link ups to be eligible for our OctoberQuest prizes - two $50 gift certificates to Mad About Patchwork. Also, TGIFF! participants get 10% off purchases at Mad About Patchwork until October 31st as well -- the promo code is TGIFF10.

A reminder of the OctoberQuest rules:

1. Your quilty project must be completely finished (As much as we love celebrating quilt tops or completed blocks, they will not be eligible for the prizes).
2. You may enter more than one finish and even more than one finish each week. Just add a link for each finish to one of the linky parties. The linky parties will stay open from their start date until the end of the month.
3. Your post/photo on Flickr/Picasa must have a link back to the TGIFF! site and the particular party you are participating in. 
4. Link up your quilty finish in any of the TGIFF! linky parties this month:
• October 5 -  Janice @ Better Off Thread
• October 12 - M-R @ Quilt Matters
• October 19 - Jenelle @ Echinops and Aster
• October 26 - Lynette @ What a Hoot
5. OctoberQuest will be open until October 31st at 11:59 p.m. EST. A winner will be picked via Ms. Random Number Generator on November 1st and notified via email. Please make sure we can contact you via email or we will need to run Ms. Random again.

So head on over to What A Hoot!, link up, and enjoy the inspiration!

Happy Friday!

As You Wish...

From Amazon.com

It's inconceivable that it's already the third Friday of OctoberQuest, our one year anniversary of celebrating Friday quilty finishes! This week, Jenelle from Echinops & Aster has a fabulous finish that will have you wanting to (re)read and/or (re)watch The Princess Bride. Check it out and link up one or more of your own finishes.

Keep in mind that to qualify for our OctoberQuest prizes of two $50 gift certificates to Mad About Patchwork, your link-up projects must be completely finished and you must include a link back to one of the OctoberQuest TGIFF! parties. Full rules are here.

Now back to the mushy parts...

OctoberQuest Is On At Quilt Matters

The Hudson's Bay point blanket is an icon of Canadian culture. It's a very old design, but feels very modern and it's my finish this week at Quilt Matters. Come on over to check it out and celebrate OctoberQuest by linking up one or more of your own quilty finishes!

I posted this video on my blog a few weeks ago, but it's very à propos this week so I thought I'd share it here. See if you can spot the Hudson's Bay Company blankets that inspired my finish...

And We're Off Over the Rainbow!

Welcome to OctoberQuest everyone! Janice from Better Off Thread is our first host to kick off TGIFF's month-long first anniversary challenge.

Her Over The Rainbow Mini Quilt is stunning so go check it out and link up one or more of your own quilty finishes! We hope you can take some time to kick back, enjoy the other finishes, and celebrate the week that was.

Every finish linked up during the month of October gets a chance at one of two $50 gift certificates for Mad About Patchwork! And all participants get 10% off purchases at Mad About Patchwork this month too -- just use TGIFF10 at checkout.

A quick review of the rules for OctoberQuest:

1. Your quilty project must be completely finished (As much as we love celebrating quilt tops or completed blocks, they will not be eligible for the prizes).
2. You may enter more than one finish and even more than one finish each week. Just add a link for each finish to one of the linky parties. The linky parties will stay open from their start date until the end of the month.
3. Your post/photo on Flickr/Picasa must have a link back to the TGIFF! site and the particular party you are participating in. 
4. Link up your quilty finish in any of the TGIFF! linky parties this month:
• October 5 -  Janice @ Better Off Thread
• October 12 - M-R @ Quilt Matters
• October 19 - Jenelle @ Echinops and Aster
• October 26 - Lynette @ What a Hoot
5. OctoberQuest will be open until October 31st at 11:59 p.m. EST. A winner will be picked via Ms. Random Number Generator on November 1st and notified via email. Please make sure we can contact you via email or we will need to run Ms. Random again.

Share and enjoy!

Who Needs Octoberfest When You Can Do OctoberQuest

This month marks the one year anniversary of this CanAussie venture, more commonly known as TGIFF! We've got a new look and new buttons thanks to the fabulous Em from Sewing by Moonlight. Thanks so much, Em!

In honour of this milestone and, more importantly, you fine people who link up, we are celebrating with OctoberQuest (challenge, quilt fest - get it?). Anyways, your quest, should you choose to accept it is to finish up those quilty projects, whether it's for the upcoming Bloggers Quilt Festival, the 100 Day Hustle, Finish-A-Long, Halloween, Thanksgiving or even, gasp, Christmas (just think how Super Quilter-ish you'd feel if you were done some of your Christmas gifts before November even started). Or finish up those WIPs, UFOs, charity quilts, or um, overdue gifts -- you decide!

To get your quilting mojo going, we've got some incentives for you. Pam from Mad About Patchwork is giving a $50 gift certificate to two lucky participants! Oh, what quilty goodness I you could get with that! There's something for everyone too - Pam's offering a 10% off purchases for the month of October to all OctoberQuest participants -- just use TGIFF10 at checkout.

So here's how OctoberQuest will work:

1. Your quilty project must be completely finished (As much as we love celebrating quilt tops or completed blocks, they will not be eligible for the prizes).
2. You may enter more than one finish and even more than one finish each week. Just add a link for each finish to one of the linky parties. The linky parties will stay open from their start date until the end of the month.
3. Your post/photo on Flickr/Picasa must have a link back to the TGIFF! site and the particular party you are participating in. 
4. Link up your quilty finish in any of the TGIFF! linky parties this month:
• October 5 -  Janice @ Better Off Thread
• October 12 - M-R @ Quilt Matters
• October 19 - Jenelle @ Echinops and Aster
• October 26 - Lynette @ What a Hoot
5. OctoberQuest will be open until October 31st at 11:59 p.m. EST. A winner will be picked via Ms. Random Number Generator on November 1st and notified via email. Please make sure we can contact you via email or we will blow the gift certificates on ourselves need to run Ms. Random again.

So ramp up your "Let's Get 'Er Done!" attitude and start polishing off those projects to share starting this Friday at Better Off Thread.

Happy OctoberQuest!

Something Exciting This Way Comes

Get those finishes ready! More to come tomorrow...