Kona Club Challenge - French Press Wrap and Mug Rug by Brenda from Scraps and Strings

We're so happy to have Brenda  from Scraps and Strings take the Kona Club Challenge this month! Brenda has many beautiful projects on her blog so make sure you follow her for more ideas and inspiration!

Brenda used the colors we sent out in January 2014 for  Kona Club for her project today. We hope you enjoy this tutorial and make your own French Press Wrap and Mug Rug!

We are giving away the fat quarters that Brenda used in this tutorial so be sure to leave a comment on this post to win!

And we're Home!

Blogathon Canada has been AWESOME! Thank You to everyone who took part - all our hosts, our co-sponsors - Aurifil, Camelot Fabrics, Northcott, Robert Kaufman Fabrics, & Timeless Treasures, and everyone who hopped across the country with us! We were so happy to see so many of you back from last year and meet so many participating for the first time. We appreciate all your wonderful comments. Thank You for making this week so much fun!

We end Blogathon Canada in our home province - Ontario. We have two wonderful quilters and bloggers hosting today. And a long list of quilt blogs for you to visit!

We hope you will bookmark and follow the blogs you visited during the Blogathon.

The Hosts

Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts

Lorna is a quilter, pattern designer, farmer, and full-time mom living and working on her beautiful farm in Ontario. Lorna makes the most colourful and happy quilts that will brighten up anyone's day! Follow Lorna's blog for loads of inspiration and fun.

Click here to visit: Sew Fresh Quilts

Sandy at Upstairs Hobby Room

Sandy has always liked to sew, knit, crochet and craft but when she started quilting in 2012 she was hooked! She quilts, longarms, has a studio full of fabric and you can tell how serious she is about her quilting by the rolls of batting you see propped against the wall! Sandy is sharing a special tutorial on Blogathon Canada today so check her out! 

Click here to visit: Upstairs Hobby Room

Giveaway!

Leave a comment on this post for a change to win 10 Fat Quarters from Northcott's Stonehenge - Oh Canada! This giveaway is brought to you by Sew Sisters Quilt Shop.

The giveaway is open till November 23. Winners will be announced on November 24 and contacted by email. 

All giveaways on Blogathon Canada are open from the date of posting to November 23! So if you missed any go back and enter! International participants are welcome! 

This giveaway is CLOSED. See our blog for the winner. 

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. 

Head on over to Sew Fresh Quilts & Upstairs Hobby Room for the party!

Mother's Day Giveaways all week!

We're celebrating Mothers all week this week with a giveaway everyday on our Facebook page! 

Go to our Facebook page to enter for yourself or your mom! 

Monday

Kona Club Challenge Giveaway Winner!

The Winner of the Kona Club Challenge - Giveaway is:

Giveaway at Sew What!

Go to Sew What! to enter this giveaway!

We're giving away a fat quarter bundle of 8 fat quarters from Ecco by Greta Lynn  from Benartex.
Click here to enter the giveaway: Sew What! 
Click here to see and purchase the fabric: Ecco by Greta Lynn

Giveaway at Buttons Quilts!

Hop on over to Buttons Quilts to enter this giveaway!

We're giving away a fat quarter bundle of 8 fat quarters from Dori by Mitzi Powers from Benartex.
Click here to enter the giveaway: Buttons Quilts
Click here to see and purchase the fabric: Dori by Mitzi Powers

Batik Lover's Giveaway at Adventures in Life!

Hop on over to Sherry's blog to win 4 half yards of batiks from Batik Lover's Club!
Go here: Adventures in Life

If you love batiks join the Batik Lover's Club and get 4 half yards of gorgeous batiks delivered to your doorstep each month! Click here for all the details: Batik Lover's Club

Blogathon Canada - Aurifil, Northcott, and Robert Kaufman Giveaway Winners!

It's time to announce the winners of the giveaways!
Many thanks to all of you who participated and left beautiful comments.
We appreciate every word!

And a big THANK YOU to Aurifil, Northcott, and Robert Kaufman for their generous giveaways!

Here are the winners picked randomly.

And we're home!

Wow! Is the week over already? Hasn't it been an amazing time?
Thank You to everyone who took part in Blogathon Canada - all our hosts, our co-sponsors, and everyone who hopped across the country with us! We were so happy to see so many of you back from last year and meet so many participating for the first time. We appreciate all your wonderful comments. Thank You for making this week so much fun!

Blogathon Canada in Quebec and the Territories!

We're visiting Quebec and the beautiful Territories today on Blogathon Canada!

Blogathon Canada in Saskatchewan & Manitoba!

Isn't it fun to be able to travel across our great country from the comfort of your living room? We know you've been having a great time visiting BC, the Maritimes, and Alberta. Today we're going to make two stops - Saskatchewan & Manitoba!

Blogathon Canada in Alberta!

We've had a lot of fun visiting BC and the Maritimes over the last two days and now we're visiting Alberta! There are so many amazing quilting bloggers in this province that we're sure you'll enjoy visiting! Meet our fantastic hosts and lovely quilting bloggers from Alberta.

Blogathon Canada is On!

Welcome to Blogathon Canada 2013 - a week long blog hop of Canadian quilting blogs!  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! 

Calling Canadian Quilters - Last Chance to Link Up!

Are you a quilting blogger in Canada?
Then be sure to link up to Blogathon Canada - an all Canadian, week long, blog hop of Canadian quilting blogs! Write to us at connect@sew-sisters.com before Thursday November 14 and we will add your blog to the list.

Meet talented quilters and win amazing prizes!

Go here for all the details: Blogathon Canada

This year we have a special treat for you! Not only can you win prizes from our store on the host bloggers blogs, you can also enter giveaways on our blog during Blogathon week!
These prizes are sponsored by our fabulous co-sponsors:

Giveaways!

To celebrate our big Birthday Sale this year we're have a bunch of giveaways in Blog land!

Here are the lovely Canadian bloggers who accepted to host our giveaways. Make sure you stop by and enter and also check out their blogs!

• Stamp Stitch Create
• Quilt Matters
• True Blue Canadian 
• The Cuddle Quilter
• The Running Thimble

Enjoy and Good Luck!

Kona Club Challenge - Modern Labyrinth Trivet by Leanne from She Can Quilt

We're so happy to have Leanne from she can quilt on the Kona Club Challenge this month. Leanne used the colors we sent out in February 2012 for Kona Club and made this lovely Modern Labyrinth Trivet. We hope you enjoy this tutorial and make one of your own!

We are giving away the fat quarters that Leanne used in this tutorial so be sure to leave a comment on this post to win!

Modern Labyrinth Trivet 

I'm Leanne and I have been blogging about quilting at she can quilt for about 2.5 years - do stop by my blog to visit if you have a minute. I live in Edmonton, Alberta and I also spend time at our little acreage on one of the Gulf Islands. I have been sewing, knitting, and embroidering all my life and I also weave and crochet. I began quilting about 3.5 years ago, and now, when I am not working or taking care of my family, I spend as much time as I can quilting.

Kona Club Challenge July Giveaway Winner!

The Winner of the Kona Club Challenge - Giveaway is:

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62. Shannon said...

Wonderful! And thanks for the link for hand quilting - I knew I was doing something wrong and now I know what it is! Yahoo!!

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Congratulations Shannon!

We've emailed you. You can also write to us with your postal address at connect@sew-sisters.com.


Many thanks to Carla from  Cora Quilts  for this awesome tutorial!

If you'd like to build you solids stash and receive gorgeous Kona Solids at your doorstep sign up for Kona Club! Go here: Kona Club 

Giveaway at In My Sewing Room

Hop on over to In My Sewing Room for a Batik Lover's Giveaway!

Kona Club Challenge June Giveaway Winner!

The Winner of the Kona Club Challenge - Giveaway is:

            40. barbara woods said...

                 thanks for the chance

                  17:35 

Congratulations Barbara Woods!

We've emailed you. You can also write to us with your postal address at connect@sew-sisters.com.

Many thanks to Tabatha from Bending Pins  for this awesome tutorial!

If you'd like to build you solids stash and receive gorgeous Kona Solids at your doorstep sign up for Kona Club. Go here: Kona Club 

Kona Club Challenge - Quilted Fabric Basket by Tabatha @ Bending Pins

Tabatha  from Bending Pins took the Kona Club Challenge this month. Tabatha used the colors we sent out in September 2012 for Kona Club and made this fun and useful Quilted Fabric Basket. Make one of these to store all your sewing supplies and pretty up your home using this great tutorial! Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win the fat quarters used in this project! 

Quilted Fabric Basket

Tabatha & Cookie

I started sewing clothes as a teen, as many did in home ec class then attended Champlain College and the Ottawa School of Art in the fine arts of painting, printing and sculpting. My mother taught arts and crafts at our local summer camp, and taught me how to knit and crochet. My father is also very crafty, his main passion is wood working but has also dabbled in stained glass and leather work. I'm the only child of three who has inherited my parent's love of creating. Quilting is a relatively new passion which started a year and a half ago, following in the footsteps of my paternal grandmother, who was, in my opinion, a master quilter. I can only hope to live up to her talents one day.

Baskets can be used for a plethora of tasks, I like to use mine to transport items that need hand finishing from my sewing room in the basement, to the living room on the main floor, where I can hand sew while watching T.V. I also use my quilted baskets to hold magazines or even so that items in my car don't roll around or get lost. For this example, I used 5 log cabin blocks 10 & 1/2” x 10 & 1/2” and 5 improv blocks. You can use any 5 quilt blocks you like or simply cut 10 pieces of fabric, 5 pieces for the exterior and 5 pieces for the interior.

** PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE CUTTING FABRIC AND SEWING **

(Once you know how this goes together, you may wish to change your fabric and there are construction options.)