Welcome to Blogathon Canada! *Comments Closed*

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Blogathon Canada is a week long event featuring some great Canadian bloggers. Hosted by Sew Sisters Quilt Shop and supported by a bevy of amazing sponsors, this Blogathon Canada promises to be the best yet! If you are coming over from the Sew Sisters website, you have probably already entered the great Aurifil Giveaway they have running today, but if not, be sure to click the Blogathon link above to enter and then head on back for some more great stuff right here!

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I am thrilled to be one of the hosts for BC. Not only do I get to introduce some great local Bloggers ( a few of which are fellow Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild Members), share a little about myself, and kick off this awesome week,  I get to have a great giveaway too! Are you excited? Great! Then lets get things rolling!

The dragon quilt #1

The dragon quilt #1-My very first quilt way back in the day. Being from Northern Alberta, the closest fabrics shops were a 444 km drive away! So this was made from an assortment of small pieces collected from my Grandma’s stash and larger broadcloths and cottons from Walmart.

Hi! I’m Stacey and I am a Quiltaholic! I love everything about quilting, from picking gorgeous fabrics to making tops to actually quilting and finishing some! I also design and write my own patterns, as well as do some writing and designing for a couple of great companies. I was bitten by the sewing bug early, when I made my very first quilt with my Grandma at 6 years old. I have always sewn on and off, and in 2002 my Grandma gave me her Janome 6600 for Christmas. That machine got me through college-where I earned a diploma in Fashion Production-travelled North with me when I met my husband, and then south again when I went back to school to get my diploma in Medical Radiography. I quilted on and off through all those years, but it was when I moved here, to the Lower Mainland, that I really started quilting in earnest. In the summer of 2010 I met Krista (@Poppyprint) at the Lions Gate Quilt Guild show, and she led me to the very first ever meeting of the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild. It was the most amazing experience of my life, and I will always be thankful for that chance meeting. I had been a solitary quilter for a very long time, set apart by my style and age. I didn’t realize how many like minded quilters were out there until that meeting, nor the strong online presence and resources were out there. I started entering challenges and shows, having fun the whole time, looking forward every month to those VMQG meetings.

Fossilized Amethyst

Fossilized Amethyst-this beauty is my entry for the Hoffman Challenge 2014. You can read more about it here.

 

I started my blog in 2012 (it took me that long to embrace an online presence) when my son was born. I guess I didn’t feel busy enough, ha ha! I still managed to find time for sewing and quilting, and while I do have a few more Works in Progress than I might like, they are slowly being finished and given to loving homes. I do keep quite a few for myself, my quilts rotate around in my hallways (which are nice and long, perfect for hanging lots quilts!)

Sherbert at the Beach

Sherbert at the Beach- I entered this quilt into the AQS Lancaster show. You can read more about it here!

Thank you for visiting, and have a look around! There are tutorials and free patterns scattered about in here, I did try to corral them into a single tab up top, but you know how those things tend to migrate! (I can tell you there might be one here, and here, and possibly here)

Putting on the Ritz

Putting on the Ritz-This was my very first in print pattern. It can be found in Issue 16 of Fat Quarterly

Here is the list of great blogs I get to host for! Be sure to check them all out, and then come back here and tell me your favorite in the comments below.  Why you ask? Well, for this amazing bundle of Tula Pink’s Moonshine! Thats why! Yay!!! I love giving away great fabric! The giveaway is open to everyone, international friends are welcome! If you are a no reply Blogger, please be sure to leave your email in the comments so I can reach you! My partner host for today, Jessica over at Momiji Studio, will also have some great fabrics to give away as well as another list of great BC bloggers, so be sure to hop on over and keep the fun rolling!

Blogathon Giveaway Moon Shine in Strawberry

Blogathon Giveaway Moon Shine in Strawberry

Without further ado, it is my pleasure to introduce a great group of British Columbia Bloggers! I am honored to know many of them in person, and pleased to make some new friends. I hope you do too!

aRt by Rhoda Forbes

Adventures in Life

Poppyprint​

Good Earth Quilting

Terry Aske Art Quilt Studio

What Comes Next?

Blueberry Patch

Grace and Favour

Fraser Valley Modern Quilt Guild

Daphne Greig

 

Happy Stitching!

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296 thoughts on “Welcome to Blogathon Canada! *Comments Closed*”

  2. So nice to have a list of more talented BC quilters to explore! Each is unique and great inspiration, I love everyone’s originality- love your Ritz quilt, Stacey. I can see a xmas tree motif in here! A plug here for another BC group, our young (but very enthusiastic) Victoria Modern Quilt Guild, island-based but making connections across the country!
    queenanne@shaw.ca

  5. What awesome talent! Thanks for the opportunity to enter the giveaway. (shirparks@gmail.com)

  11. I liked discovering all of these talented Canadian bloggers from BC – the one I liked best today was Blueberry Patch as I am on a scrap busting journey and found her info. very helpful.

  12. I am really enjoying the blog hop and seeing all the lovely quilts and reading all about them. Thanks for the chance to win the giveaway .
    Pauline

    perry94022 at hotmail dot com

  19. Carla at Grace and Favour is in my do.good stitches circle. She is a favorite because she makes such unique quilted and sewn items. Thanks for the giveaway.

  22. Blueberry Patch is my favourite – great ideas that I can use when organizing my stash. Thansk for this great post and giveaway ! Lori

  23. I particularly like Terry Aske Art Quilt Studio. I’m a huge fan of art quilts, and I love Terry’s quilts and tutorials!

  24. Love your blog Stacey & thanks so much for introducing us to many other fabulous bloggers! I love them all & it’s hard to speak of just one when there’s such a variety of inspiration. I do love ‘Grace and Favour’ but really, I shouldn’t only speak of one! Shout out to all!
    Maureen

  30. Thank you for sharing all these blogs. It is really hard to pick just one, I loved all of them. The one that I am most intrigued by at the moment though is Terry Aske Art Quilt Studio. I am really curious to check out further, her method for making portrait patterns.

  32. Putting on the ritz is my favorite, bright colors and to the point. I armire the others but not to my taste. beautiful work. the bundle is beautiful as well thank you for sharing your talent and the givea-way

  33. Love your quilts, and thanks for telling us about other bloggers in your area. Fun to check them all out.

  35. This is such a great way to meet my quilting sisters to the north!!! I love your dragon quilt – simply amazing!!!

  36. I’m late getting to the blog a thon. It’s been one heck of a week. I love your quilt above wth the arrows. I checked out the other blogs but I really can’t pick a favourite.

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