Category Archives: Charity Quilts

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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2014 Quilts for Canuck Place

Posted on February 25, 2014 by canucksfan

The campaign for quilts for Canuck Place Children’s Hospice is about to get started! I can’t believe that this will be our 4th year and that we have already donated 51 quilts to the hospice. The Game Day quilt was … Continue reading →

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A Gift of Time: for Canuck Place

Posted on September 16, 2013 by canucksfan

Last July Maple Leaf Quilters was asked if we would like to donate a quilt for the 9th Annual  “Gift of Time Gala” held at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, B.C. http://www.thegiftoftime.org/ We were pleased to say yes we would! I designed the quilt … Continue reading →

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Delivery Day for Canuck Place Quilts

Posted on July 16, 2013 by canucksfan

The 3rd annual quilt campaign for Canuck Place Children’s Hospice is now complete. It was an absolutely glorious summer day…ensuring an awesome drive into Vancouver with all the quilts in Joan’s classic convertible, top down and hair blowing in the … Continue reading →

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