Category Archives: Charity Quilts

The Evolution of the I Believe in Blue Canuck Quilts

Posted on August 8, 2018 by canucksfan

We are winding up the I Believe in Blue 2018 quilt campaign for Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. I thought it would be fun to see how the quilt patterns and deliveries have changed over the last 7 years with our … Continue reading →

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2017 Canuck Quilt Delivery Day

Posted on September 26, 2017 by canucksfan

September 14: Our seventh delivery day to Canuck Place Children’s Hospice was just as exciting as the previous six. There’s just something so special about this day. This year was a little different in that we delivered in mid September … Continue reading →

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I Believe in Blue 2017

Posted on July 13, 2017 by canucksfan

OMG, it is year seven of our I Believe in Blue quilt campaign! We’ve been working on our Canuck Place quilts since February and will be making the delivery in September this year. <–  Fin spends a lot of time … Continue reading →

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The 2016 I Believe in Blue Quilts

Posted on September 20, 2016 by canucksfan

August 11th marked delivery day for the seventeen quilts from the 2016 quilt campaign. Such a magical day seeing the children, Poppy and staff so happy at Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. After doing a show and tell of  all this … Continue reading →

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We Believe in Blue & Canuck Place

Posted on January 6, 2016 by canucksfan

When we delivered quilts to Canuck Place back in August they promised to send a picture of Lorraine’s quilt to Eddie Lack. They did so via Twitter and he responded with an “awesome.” We can’t help but smile as that’s … Continue reading →

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2015 Canuck Quilt Delivery Day

Posted on August 21, 2015 by canucksfan

Delivery day this year was Tuesday, August 18th. For me it began the day before as I made my way to Tsawwassen so I could sew the labels on those quilts that went home to be bound by their owners … Continue reading →

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2015 Quilting Marathon

Posted on July 23, 2015 by canucksfan

Our 4th annual quilting marathon took place this week. Lots of work: 12 flimsies to be quilted, bound and labeled. We started getting organized on Monday night after dinner. We sorted through the quilts and picked out pantographs. We then prepared … Continue reading →

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2015 Canuck Quilt Campaign

Posted on June 1, 2015 by canucksfan

It’s been 5 years since we started the campaign for quilts for Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. When we deliver this latest batch of quilts we will have donated 83! We are thrilled that sponsors and quilters keep supporting this very … Continue reading →

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2014 Quilts Delivery

Posted on September 5, 2014 by canucksfan

On August 19th Joan, Ruth and I delivered the 2014 I Believe in Blue quilts to Canuck Place. It was the 4th delivery bringing our total to 67! It’s always a lot of fun bringing the quilts into Canuck Place … Continue reading →

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Quilting Marathon

Posted on July 11, 2014 by canucksfan

When MLQ started the I Believe in Blue quilting campaign back in April 2011 there was no plan beyond getting 16 quilts to Canuck Place Children’s Hospice and celebrating the Vancouver Canucks winning that 16th game for the Stanley Cup. Well … Continue reading →

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