Join us as we turn the spotlight on the amazing talent and artistry of the Canadian quilting & blogging community. This week you can travel across the country and meet 100s of quilting bloggers. Find new blogs. Make new friends and enter giveaways to win fantastic prizes!
Blogathon Canada kicks off in Beautiful BC!
Our first stop on Blogathon Canada is British Columbia!
We have two amazing hosts from BC with many fantastic blogs that you can visit. If you want to be inspired and see amazing work - BC is where you should go!
The Hosts:
Stacey is a quilter, pattern writer and designer. Stacey has a beautiful and informative blog with great tutorials and patterns. We especially like The Quilted Clock.
Click here to visit: Stacey at Stacey in Stitches
Jessica is a quilter, crafter, and general fabriholic who likes to "spend as much time as possible in her sewing studio with an overflowing collection of cottons, silks, and other textiles." We love the work Jessica does with Indigo and Shibori dying.
Click here to visit: Jessica at Momiji Studio
Stacey and Jessica have chosen delicious goodies from our store to giveaway on their blogs and have a great list of blogs from BC for you to visit. Check them out and enter the giveaways on their blogs to win amazing prizes!
Giveaway!
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Our featured sponsor today is Aurifil
Aurifil is a high quality thread that has a long staple so is unlikely to tangle or break and has very low lint . The 50 wt is our go to thread for piecing whether by hand or machine. It would be amazing just based on its quality but the price is very reasonable too! Thanks Aurifil!
Aurifil is offering Angela Yosten's Flats Thread Collection to one lucky winner. You can use these threads for hand appliqué, machine appliqué, machine quilting and more! The box has 12, 12 wt spools of yummy colors. Each spool is 356 yards of pure delight! Learn more about the 12wt 100% Aurifil Cotton Mako here: Cotton 12wt
For a chance to win Angela Yosten's Flats 12 wt collection leave a comment on this post. The giveaway is open till November 23. Winners will be announced on November 24 and contacted by email.
Aurifil is a high quality thread that has a long staple so is unlikely to tangle or break and has very low lint . The 50 wt is our go to thread for piecing whether by hand or machine. It would be amazing just based on its quality but the price is very reasonable too! Thanks Aurifil!
- Judy
Follow AURIbuzz - the Aurifil Blog for all the latest news!Aurifil is offering Angela Yosten's Flats Thread Collection to one lucky winner. You can use these threads for hand appliqué, machine appliqué, machine quilting and more! The box has 12, 12 wt spools of yummy colors. Each spool is 356 yards of pure delight! Learn more about the 12wt 100% Aurifil Cotton Mako here: Cotton 12wt
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| Angela Yosten's Flats 12 wt collection |
This giveaway is now CLOSED. Please see our blog for the winner.
All giveaways on Blogathon Canada are open to everyone! International participants are welcome!
If you are a no-reply comment blogger or a Word Press blogger please leave your email address in your comment so we can contact you if you win.
Many thanks to Aurifil and Alex Veronelli for this great giveaway!
Head on over to Stacey in Stitches & Momiji Studio for the party!
375 comments:
1 – 200 of 375 Newer› Newest»I'm so excited about this hop, even though I'm not from Canada! I love Aurifil thread.
Oh I would love to play with those
Fantastic quality of the Aurifil thread; love it! I will follow the Blogathlon.
This is a fabulous giveaway! I can't wait to see all the Canadian quilting bloggers this week.
I have never used Aurifil thread, but through all these quilting blogs, it is starting to feel like I'm missing out on something!
Happy Blogathon Canada, I have a great time reading all the blogs
Thanks for hosting another Blogathon Canada & thanks for the great giveaway.
I am from the Sask. prairies. This sounds like so much fun! I have tired Aurifil thread and love it!
Thanks for hosting this blogathon. I look forward to meeting many unknown bloggers.
Thanks for hosting this blogathon. I look forward to meeting many unknown bloggers.
Would be wonderful to have these. I always look forward to this Blogathon and meeting fellow Canadian Bloggers.
I've been looking forward to this blog hop! Thanks for a great giveaway.
Looking forward to this week of meeting new bloggers and rekindling old blogger friendships! Kudos to Sew Sisters for a great idea!
Always a great hop!!! had a blast last time.
Thank you for hosting this hop. It is always wonderful to see what my fellow Canadioan bloggers are up to! I love Aurifil thread so thanks so much for the chance to win some!
Can't wait to see all the blogs this week! Thanks!!! (Love aurifil!!!)
What a fun bloghop! Thanks for the chance to win.
Thanks for the hosting the blog hop again. And thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks for the chance to win some wonderful prizes-it's like a early Christmas present!!
FinnFinn1@yahoo.com
Your blog hop is off to a great start. Was visiting BC! We have wonderful Canadian quilters/bloggers. Thanks for hosting.
YAY! Go Canada!
I have never used the Aurifil thread and would love to win.
Looking forward to meeting the quilters in Canada.
Patricia C
O I would love to have this. I thank you for having this blogathon. So many ways to meet new friends
I love a good giveaway, but also, I am excited to find some new blogs to read. Thank you for this!
Thanks for organizing this wonderful blog hop! It's always nice to make new friends and see what others are up to!
It's quite snowy here this morning....a perfect day to come across this Blogathon, thanks!
How fun! I really enjoy blog hops, finding new to me blogs to follow and enjoy. Thanks for setting this up! and thanks to you and your sponsors for the prizes.
Thank you for organising this Blogathon. This is such a great idea as it gives me the opportunity to meet fellow Canadian bloggers I didn't know before. And thank you for all those giveaways. I would very much love winning those Aurifil spools!
Fantastic prize!! Flatts is one of my favorite fabrics!! I've made a few projects with it!! And who doesn't love Aurifil!! (blog host)
Thanks for the chance to win some Aurifil. I'm looking forward to reading all the blogs.
Love finding new blogs and great quilters on this hop. Thanks to you and Aurifil - which is my all time favourite thread!
My favorite thread. Introduced to it through Sew Sisters a few years back. Now a permanent fixture in my sewing machine ☺
I love the difference Aurifill thread makes in my machine!
Looking forward to seeing new blogs. This is a great giveaway, since I understand Aurifil thread is fantastic.
I've been looking forward to this week! Thanks for organizing this great online quilt event!
so excited that you are doing the blogathon again, can't wait to meet some new Canadian bloggers!!
Love Aurifil thread!
Looking forward to seeing all the great projects. Thanks so much for the opportunity to win that lovely thread.
Fabulous giveaway for the Aurifil Thread! I would love to try the thread. Thanks.
I love blogathons. I get to see what other areas are doing.
I'd love to win!
Thanks so much for hosting this Blogathon - I'm really excited to read all of the blogs this week!
I would love to play with more Aurifil thread! Thanks for the opportunity!
Wonderful giveaway, thanks. Can't wait to start blog hopping!
Wonderful thread...and I've been hopping...loving every minute...thank you!
thanks for organizing this fun event again...and for the great giveaway!
What a wonderful giveaway. I just love blog hops!
I can't say enough about my love of Aurifil except that I wish I could use a bigger spool so I would not run out all the time. :)
Would love to try Aurifil thread!
I love aurifil thread. It's all I use for piecing and it's great for thread painting as well. Thanks aurifil and sew sisters.
Would love to win, thanks
I have started using this thread and I love it. I get better piecing results. It has to be special ordered in yellowknife and it flies off the shelf one one day! Would enjoy winning and using this product.❄️❄️⛄️
Love to quilt
I love to quilt
I could really use some new thread. I'm running low ;)
I hear good things about Aurifil thread, would love to try some out.
Oooooooh those look pretty
This would make a great bday present ;)
Aurifil are some of my favourite threads!
This is a great opportunity to find more great Canadian blogs on quilting. Thanks for setting up the blog hop. Pick me! pick me!
I love Aurifil thread - would love to win.
I would love to win a collection of Aurifil, I have several on my Christmas list! Thanks for the chance to win! jacklynnsteven at netzero dot com
Aurifil! I always hear about it, but haven't yet had the chance to use some yet. Hope I will soon!
I would be in a heaven with this beautiful airfil collection...lovely colors ;)
Hi,I hopped from Dolores to Stacey, then Jessica then you, and will follow this hop, always such fun to see other quilters from another country ,down here in NZ we are so small in numbers, both quilters and country size. Please enter me for the giveaway, Aurifil thread is lovely to use.Happy quilting, from Jean.
Love Love Love Aurifil thread. It is all I use.
this is so much fun, thank you and sew awesome :) 125
Wow! I love the idea that you can use the same thread for hand and machine sewing. I stress over which thread can be used for which craft, but this would certainly fix that problem! Thanks for the chance to win.
Thank you for hosting this Canadian Blog hop; it is so nice to see the Canadian side of quilting.
I love Aurifil thread. Would love to win. Thanks for the chance.
I would love to win that Aurifil thread! Thanks for doing such a great blog hop!
Thanks so much for hosting this bloghop. I use Aurifil threads for most of my quilting and would love to win.
Looking forward to this Canadian Blogathon! And love Auriful thread.
Great to get a chance to see some amazing bloggers in Canada and giveaways as well!
Hurrah for BC!
t_ktl@yahoo.com
I could definitely use more Aurafil thread. Beautiful colours, and wonderful to sew with.
Thanks for introducing us to new blogs!
Fabulous giveaway!
Awesome giveaway prize!! Thanks so much!! Looking forward to this Canadian Bloghop!!!
BEAUTIFUL GIVEAWAY!
THANKS BLOGATHON CANADA!
msstitcher1214@gmail.com
I've never taken part in a Blogathon before, love reading about other peoples creative projects. I just love Aurifil threads. Debbie
Good Monday morning!
I am so excited to see the Blogathon again this year.
I've never used the 12wt thread before, would love to quilt with it!
Beautiful colors. Thanks for the giveaway.
janie.mccombs(at)yahoo.com
I have never heard of this thrad but sure would love to try it.
Talk about inspiration! Great giveaway!
Would love to win this nice Aurifil price - it would give me a chance to try it since I don't own one.
This is so much fun! Thanks.
I love Aurifil thread. Thank you for having this great give a way.
Finally, the hop is here. Thanks so much for the wonderful prize offer.
Thank you for hosting this wonderful blogathon again.
Can't wait for Manitoba's turn on the blogathon! What a great selection of threads!
Trina
I would love to try Aurifil thread!
Oh my gosh... I am so excited about the hop!
Thanks for all the fun again this year!
I love love love Aurifil 12 wt for hand quilting... my fave!
I checked all the shops listed for Angela Yosten's items but can't find the panels anywhere. Could someone please let me know where I can purchase them? Thanks!
Aurifil is my go to thread for machine quilting. This is my first time following this blog hop and I am excited about meeting new blog friends.
Debbie
What a great prize for something that already is so much fun on its own :)
I am enjoying the Great Northern Tour!
I love Aurifil threads! Thanks for this great giveaway!!
Aurifil is my go to thread. I'm taking part in the bloggers festival and check out my fellow B.C. Bloggers.
Would love to win this package! I only use Aurifil thread after learning a bad lesson with others...top quality! awolk at rogers dot com
I would love to try Aurifil thread. I'm excited to visit all the Canadian blogs this week.
Aurifil is the only quilting thread I use! Love it and Sew Sisters!
Aurifil threads are my very favourite threads. I love the 50/2 because it nestles right into the seam and doesn't create extra bulk.
Aurifil threads are my very favourite threads. I love the 50/2 because it nestles right into the seam and doesn't create extra bulk.
Yea, Blogathon Canada is back, i look forward to discovering new Canadian bloggers to follow, last year was great, thanks
Who could possible pass up a chance to win some Aurifil Thread. Not me!!
I am stitching with a similar heavy thread today - would love to try the Aurifil, their 50 wt is wonderful.
what a great giveaway to start with thanks for the offer of the Aurifil
erin2470@hotmail.com
would love to win!!
I am very excited about following the Blogathon to meet with other quilters. I also love using Aurifil thread. I think it is the best.
I am excited about this blog,it is a wonderful way for quilters to connect. I also use Aurifil thread I find it is very high quality.
I love Aurifil thread. This should be a fun week. Look forward to everyone's blog.
Sweet. I'm excited to see what Canada has to offer.
I'm excited as always for this hop, this year even more so because my blog, On the Tide, is part of it! Aurifil is my go-to thread for piecing, quilting, machine embroidery ...think I'm up to about 30 colours now, and still growing my collection! Glad Sew Sisters is now stocking small spools of all the colours, would love to see some of the bigger spools, and some cones in the staple colours! Thank you for the chance at this box of threads...it looks amazing!
Looking forward to getting to know lots of Canadian bloggers this week! Thanks for the chance to win!
Oooo - they are beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win.
I love this thread!!! It's truly the best!!!
I've been anxiously awaiting the blogathon. I absolutely love Aurifil thread but haven't tried 12wt yet.
I've been anxiously awaiting the blogathon. I absolutely love Aurifil thread but haven't tried 12wt yet.
The blog argon looks like a lot of fun, I can't wait to visit all of the different blogs. Thanks for the great giveaway.
So excited for this hop! Thank you for the chance to win
Love Aurifil thread. Great gift. Thanks for hosting the Blogathon. Great idea. Tks for the chance to win :-)
I'm in the USA...but found out about your blogathon through Kathy's Quilts. I'm just now using the 12wt Aurifil to hand quilt a gift & I love it...would love to win more. I'm looking forward to seeing what more of my quilting sisters up north are doing. Thanks!
Debbie
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I am from the US but follow several Canadian bloggers. I am looking forward to meeting some new ones on this hop. And aurifil 12 weight is the best for embroidery. I love it.
Wow! What a fabulous giveaway....and Canadian bloggers,,,what could be better?
Loving this idea - cant wait to hop through all the Canadian sites.
Great way for a new quilter to see what others quilters are doing and get new ideas for projects.
I love checking out all the Canadian sites. Saw this tour for the first time last year
Love Aurifil thread! What a great idea to gain inspiration!
Not sure what to do to be part of this but I would love to learn more about quilters around me!
Love seeing what everybody is making and what there part of the world looks like.
24Tangent@gmail.com
I've never tried Aurifil threads and would love to try them out! I've heard such wonderful comments! Thanks for the chance to win!
Looks like the beginning of a fun week!
I always use Aurifil it's my favourite thread. Thanks for the giveaway.
I love Aurifil so much! I do not own any 12 weight so this would be wonderful. Thank you for hosting Blogathon Canada and bringing us Canadian quilters together with each other and quilters around the world!
Wow, what a wonderful box of threads! I have enjoyed this blog hop in the past, off to check out today's posts!
Aurifil is my favorite thread, and I love using 12wt for quilting.
I'm a newbie so I'm up for anything I can learn as I have more enthusiasm than skill at this point. Looks like a lot of fun.
I'd love to try the Aurafil thread! thanks.
I love Aurifil thread! Thanks for the chance to win!
Nothing beats Aurifil Thread, thanks for the chance to win.
Aurafil is the best thread. Period. I have tried sosme of the 12wt and it is fabulous. It would be great to win some.
sandravwoods@hotmail.com
Oo, I've always wanted to try their 12 wt thread! Thanks for hosting this giveaway.
Oo, I've always wanted to try their 12 wt thread! Thanks for hosting this giveaway.
Would be a great way to try aurifil!
I've never tried the heavier weights of Aurifil, but I have just the perfect project in mind.
I would love to win these..already use them for machine quilting.
Awesome contest!
Elizabeth.kearns33@gmail.com
Can't wait to explore Canadian blog sites in the days ahead. So nice to see Canadian talent being showcased.
Thanks for the chance.
It's amazing to see the range of styles and artistic talent that we have in Canada...happy to be part of the community as a new quilter!
Great prize! Would love to try this thread.
This is such a great blogathon! Love seeing all the different Canadian blogs! Thanks for the giveaway too :)
I love the 28 weight Aurifil thread and am just dying to give the 12 weight a try!
Thanks for the giveaway,
Jacqueline in Pitt Meadows
thanks so much for the great giveaways!!!
chrissiewunderlich@hotmail.com
Aurifil thread is great.
I am looking forward to a Canadian blog-a-thon! Thank-you!
What a fun bloghop and great giveaway! Thanks for the fun and sure I`ll follow the party!!
I am so excited that another Blogathon Canada has begun. I will be spending lots of time at my computer the next while. This is one awesome giveaway. Thanks for hosting the blogathon and offering such wonderful giveaways.
I am looking forward to another great Blog Hop.
I think this is such a great and fun idea! Visiting theses blogs. I love thread!
It is great to find Canadian bloggers and sure would love to try out the thread! Thanks...grammaval3@gmail.com
Love the thread!
I love Aurifil thread...and this case looks so transportable!!
I love, love, love Aurifil thread! I use it to hand and machine piece as well as hand and machine quilt. Thank you for this giveaway and sponsoring our Canadian Bloghop. I always enjoy reading blogs from Canadians!
very cool :)
Would love to try some of the 12 wt. Aurifil thread.
Bev in Alberta
Love this giveaway!
Thank you for sponsoring this Blogathon! We have some very talented quilters!
I use Aurafil thread for all my piecing and would love to try some 12 wt thread for hand quilting!
I'm looking forward to visiting Canadian quilters' blogs. Thanks for the opportunity.
Woohoo! A great start to a whole week of fun. :o)
Thanks so much, Sew Sisters and to today's sponsor, Aurifil!
I am so thrilled to visit our Canadian blogs. Thanks for hosting this blogathon! I bought my first spool of Aurifil thread at a quilt show many years ago - and I loved it. Have been using Aurifil ever since.
I love Aurifil threads and I love canadian blogs , what a great combination , thanks for the chance .
I am not familiar with Aurifil thread as I have limited resources to fabric/quilt stores, so would really love to win a set to sew my quilts with. Thanks for the great Blogd
I could use some thread. Looking forward to finding new blogs.
Some of my wonderful blogging friends are in Canada, and I think this hop is fun and a great idea. I love visiting new blogs.
I LUV YOU BLOGATHON!!!! thanks for the give away as well!
Love The Blogathon and what can I say about Aurifil!!!!
I'm looking forward to hearing about great bloggers from across Canada. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I love Aurifil for piecing but haven't tried it for quilting. I have a quilte for my niece which needs quilting so I'll try Aurifil on it. Thanks for the opportunity to win this thread.
Great Thread.
Excited for this blog hop, it is my first!
love this blog hop…and who wouldn't love aurifil thread
Love Sew Sisters and I would love to win the prize.
Wonderful. Looking forward to the he blogathon.
What a great giveaway! My husband and I dream of living in Canada someday.
Lovely thread. Thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks for hosting the Blogathon again this year.
Thanks so much for Blogathon Canada! I'm looking forward to discovering many new blogs. And thanks for the chance to win some fabulous Aurifil.
this is going to be a fun hop, thanks for hosting.
Dawn said - what a neat idea for quilting in Canada. I wonder if the blogging will go through Quebec. Fabric and quilters are not many!
Lolabelle2@gmail.com
I've never tried Aurifil thread but I'd sure like to!
I'd love to try this thread. I've heard so many good things about it!
Gorgeous Aurifil - such a beautiful collection!
I've never tried Aurifil. I hear it's wonderful!
Love Aurifil thread.looking forward to all the bloggers
As a new quilter I have not tried Aurifil thread. Looking forward to all your future posts to learn more.
What fun! The only thing better than quilting is reading blogs from quilters.
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