The Mysterious Bonnie Hunter
Bonnie’s not really mysterious, but she sure has fun with mystery quilts! The QM staff have enjoyed getting to know Bonnie Hunter through her blog and in person when she traveled through Colorado in 2008 and we got to spend some time with her.
Let me tell you a little bit about Bonnie. She’s a prolific quilter, a lot of fun and she makes great scrap quilts. She has a workable system for using her scraps (Scrap User’s System in Jan/Feb ‘09) and for making one quilt while she’s working on another (Leaders and Enders in Jan/Feb ‘08). If you ever have the chance to hear Bonnie speak, go! When I heard her speak, I sat there thinking “I can do this–I should do this–It’d be so simple to set up a system like hers.” She’s inspiring.
I’m so glad that we’ve been able to introduce Bonnie to QM readers and, in our July/Aug ‘09 issue we’re starting a mystery quilt designed exclusively for us. It’s called Christmas Lights and part 1 is now available in the magazine.
Special Offer: If you’ve missed any of the previous Quiltmaker issues that feature Bonnie’s articles and patterns, we’ve got a Bonnie Hunter Special on sale now. You get 4 issues that feature Bonnie’s articles and patterns, including July/August ‘09 to start the Mystery series all for $10.99.
Book Review + Giveaway: Bonnie is also the author of a book called Scraps & Shirttails: Reuse, Re-Purpose, Recycle! The Art of Quilting Green, published by Kansas City Star Books. This book is filled with Bonnie’s ideas to recycle everything from stash fabric to thrift store finds. Bonnie will help you tame your scraps and turn them into quilts, and the book has 12 fun patterns as well. Leave a comment mentioning your favorite quilt-related blog by 12 noon Mountain time on Friday, June 19 and I’ll select 5 different people to win a copy of Bonnie’s book!
187 comments
Quiltmaker’s blog is a favorite- is that what you mean by quilt related? I also belong to a Nebraska quilter’s blog and get lots of info from it.
I had the pleasure of taking a workshop with Bonnie through the Colorado Quilting Council. What great fun! I hear she will be the guest teacher at CQC Fall Retreat 2010. I can hardly contain my excitement.
I also enjoy reading Joan Hawley’s Lazy Girl Designs Blogs. She gives many hints on the construction of her patterns and previews her new designs.
My favorite blog spot for quilting right now is Quiltmaker Magazine. I’m involved in a couple of projects on the site and also enjoy the diversity of quilting expression posted there.
Another site I check out on occasion is the Quilting Gallery (quiltinggallery.com)
There are so many wonderful quilt-related blogs out there that it’s hard to choose just one! I’d have to say Gail Pan Designs is one, Lynette Anderson Designs is another. And I’ll probably add this one to my list now that I’ve found it! :0)
I agree with Terry, it’s hard to choose just one. But if I have to I would pick quiltsalot, I have been very inspired by her blog lately. I have been following Bonnie’s blog for quite awhile, it also is a favorite.
I have read Bonnie’s Blog and website since day one. She is one of a wonderful kind. Her blog is the top of my favorite list. Quiltmaker is a great quilt magazine. I’m looking forward to reading Quilty Pleasures.
Bonnie’s website has terrific instructions for all kinds of scrappy quilt designs + ways to individualize them, but in the blog world I’d have to go with Judy Laquidara’s blog at http://www.patchworktimes.com for all-around discussions of rural reality, quilting how-to, food, and daily life. It’s the *first* one I go to each morning after checking my email. *Then* I go right to Bonnie’s blog. It’s a difficult thing: the computer isn’t on the same floor as the quilting is…I’m getting further behind in my UFO’s! Aieee!
My favorite quilt related blog is actually Bonnie’s blog. I check it daily for new posts. I also like Sew, Mama, Sew! and Crazy Mom Quilts. Both have loads of quilting information.
It’s a great blog, and the patterns on her website are fantastic! Bonnie rules!
My favorite blogs change. Maryquilts.blogspot is one of my all-time favorites. Bonnie Hunter’s Quiltville’s Quips and Snips(quiltville.blogspot) is right up there too. And, I like my own blog! Institches with Bonnie (institcheswithbonnie.blogspot). It is as fun to write blogs as read them! I’d love to have Bonnie H.’s new book! Thanks for the offer.
My favorite quilty blog has to be Bonnie’s (quiltville.blogspot.com). When I read her posts, I feel like I am reading letters from a friend rather than peering into a strangers life. I also really like crazymomquilts.blogspot.com. I would love some of her energy!
I have been a Bonnie groupie for years now. I do have the subscription to your great magazine BECAUSE of Bonnie. I hope that you have a large in-box because of all the comments you will receive! Our Bonnie group is over 3000 strong around the world!
XOXOXO Subee
One of my favs is http://rachel-griffith.blogspot.com/ Rachel also has a second blog for us doing her Calendar Quilt Challenge. (there is a button on my blog or hers).
I would love to win Bonnie’s new book. Wish she could come to my guild….
It’s hard to choose just one favourite blog as there are so many talented and creative people out there. I do love Bonnie’s blog and her scrap saver system. I think it has saved me from the insanity of a massive scrap bag.
My favorite quilting blogs right now are
Janet from http://quiltsalott.blogspot.com/
Lori from http://humblequilts.blogspot.com/
and the material obsession ladies are inspiring me to use brighter fabrics but keeping with my love of antique quilts
http://www.materialobsession.typepad.com/
http://thelastpiece.typepad.com/
My two favorite blogs are Bonnie Hunter’s and Mark Lipinski’s. I read lots of regular Jill’s blogs too, but those two never cease being entertaining and educational!
June, I found your blog through Bonnie. Thank you for offering this give-away. I hope I win Bonnie’s book. She is a wonderful quilter.
I love you magazine and also love Bonnie Hunter . My favorite blog is Quiltville for sure!!
betty pellissier
I read lots of quilt blogs in addition to Bonnie Hunter’s. One of my favorites is Bunny Tales at http://www.bunnyhill.blogspot.com
I have so many quilt related blogs I follow all over the world. I do love V and Co. and p.s. I quilt – they are fresh and fun. I’m just learning about Bonnie and her works, so I’m a newbie at the scrap thing, although I have a closet full of jeans and my hubby’s frayed cotton dress pants I knew I’d do something with someday.
Welcome to all the Quiltville readers! Yes, Subee, my in box is getting full and I think it will grow even more today
It’s going to be fun to explore all the blogs everyone is listing–I know some of them, but you’re naming new ones to me as well.
I love Bonnie’s blog and also Lynnette Anderson and Bunny Tales. Aof those give excellent instruction and of course creative ideas.
wowzier.
i’m very humbled to see my blog listed in the comment section.
{thanks amy!!!}
2 of my fav blogs would include, but not limited to:
v & co.
crazy mom quilts.
have a great day!!!
I start each day with my emails and then Bonnie Hunter’s blog and Hanne’s Quilt Corner (a Norwegian blogger). I find both of these ladies very inspiring and very positive, both about quilts and life itself.
ooooo…. I love Bonnie’s blog, and my other regular blog reads are Tonya at http://lazygalquilting.blogspot.com/ and Judy at http://www.patchworktimes.com/
Oh, my! I had only one quilty blog – A Peach in Stitches belongs to a guild friend – on my list until this past January when I realized that many websites have blogs and blogs led to more blogs. Now I would have to say that I enjoy the ring of Liberated Quilters starting out of Bonnie Hunter’s blog. Not all of them are actively blogging but those who are do a great job of quilting outside the lines. I am awed and inspired. Aloha, Jo PS – the fact that I’m here posting this says I enjoy your site as well. And have enjoyed Quiltmaker through the years.
I get so much inspiration from the quilting blogs I frequent. I find almost all the people (mostly women) that I chat with via the ‘net to be incredible folks. They are always there to encourage, offer advice when prompted, as well as sharing in the joys and sorrows of each other’s lives.
Here are a couple…maybe three…of my most favorite… Taniwa (http://tttl1998.blogspot.com/) , Mrs. Schmenkman Quilts (http://mrsschmenkmanquilts.wordpress.com/) and Living Life at LeeHaven (http://www.leehaven.com/).
There are so many more, including Bonnie’s blog. I would absolutely LOVE to have her book. Please enter me into the giveaway!
I love Bonnie’s blog and I also enjoy several others, notably Lazy Gals blog and of course Quiltmaker and EQ.
My very very favorite blog is Mary’s at http://maryquilts.blogspot.com … Making Scrap Quilts from Stash … she is super generous and has tons of free patterns at http://maryquilts.com Of course, there are other blogs I love to read too … too many to post.
Thanks for the giveaway ….
The quilting blog that I love most and is the most informative one I have found in blogland is the wonderful Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara. Just pop along and see and you will find out what I mean. Keep up the good work Quiltmaker.
Ever since I stumbled upon Bonnie Hunter’s Quiltville Blog last winter, life has not been the same. Since January I have made 6 of her scrap quilts and plans are in the works for several more. I never realized there could be so much joy giving life to old, worn out fabrics! Bonnie’s blog is such an inspiration to me!!!
I enjoy Bonnie`s blog. She is so down to earth and country. I`m
really interested in the places she visits. I have made several of
her quilts. I would love to have her book.
Have I really got to choose one? I have a huge list, but if I was really pushed, I would look at Quilts and Pieces, Nebraska Views and Julia’s Place, with Bonnie’s blog naturally at the top of the list. I live on a remote island off Scotland. Blogs are my lifeline to creativity!
There are so many inspiring quilt blogs out there. I’ve pulled so many ideas off of Bonnie’s blog the past few years.
http://lazygalquilting.blogspot.com/ Is a favorite as is JudyL at
http://www.patchworktimes.com/
My favorite blogs are Bonnie’s, MaryQuilts and Patchwork Times. And, and, and… I find so much inspiration there, sometimes I forget to step away from the computer and actually sew something!
I love to read Bonnie’s blog and also read the blog “Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara” on a daily basis. She is very down to earth and shares much of her life with everyone along with quilt patterns and recipes. If she ever stopped writing her blog I would be lost.
I enjoy reading Bonnie Hunter’s site; Judy Laquidara’s site; Sharon at Red Gernanium. Lots of good sites out there; very informational. Will add this site to my toolbar. thanks.
How in the world could I pick just on favorite quilt blog. I look at so many every day one of which is, of course, Bonnie’s. I love Nicole at Sister’s Choice and Anna at Thimbleanna, Sharon of Red Gerranium, rachel at p.s. I quilt. The list goes on and on.
I (and many others) are extremely happy that you allow Bonnie Hunter to grace the pages of your magazine! There are two wonderful blogs I want to share:
Crazy Mom : Incredible mother/quilter who seriously must NEVER sleep!
Alicia Quilts: A wonderful organizer of HUNDREDS of quilts for the purpose of QOV (Quilts of Valor).
Naturally, of course, there is Bonnies’ blog (and site). Her Scrap User’s System has completely redefined how I quilt.
Thank you again
My favorite quilting blogs are Quiltville, (of course) and Judy Laqidara’s Patchwork Times.
Bonnie came to speak to my quilt guild in Jan 2008, but I didn’t joined it till Feb 2008. I just missed her by a month. AAH! – It is hard to choose a favorite blog. I like to read so many and each of them has a different feel, so I the one I want to list here is one I randomly picked off my long list of favorites.- “Hand Made by Allissa” is one I really enjoy, She has great photos and wonderful quilts for me to look at. Very inspirational.
http://www.handmadebyalissa.com/
OH boy! I have a lot of fav quilting blogs – I guess for today I will pick PamKittyMorning.
Favorite blog…
Quiltville..of course! I’m always excited to see when a new post is up.
My all time favorite quilt blog is http://maryquilts.blogspot.com/
I have a lot of favorites that I follow daily. Bonnie’s Quiltville Quips & Snips I have been following since the beginning so I guess it would be no 1. Others include Elefantz, Crazy Mom Quilts, Lurlines Place, Julias Place and A Legacy of Stitches. I love, love Bonnie’s Designs and would be delighted to win her book. Now that I have found your blog via Bonnie it will be added to my favorites also.
My favorite blogs are:
Bonnie Hunters Quitlville and oh, fransson:
http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/
Greetings from Germany
Angelika
I would have to say Quiltville blog. Bonnie inspires me so much. I’ve learned of many more in these comments.
Quiltville is the only blog I follow. She is such an inspiration to me as I also love to reuse and recycle. I try to make others aware of the real memories we can keep close in a quilt or teddy bear or other items made from “keepsake fabrics”. Make a project yours not someone elses’.
What fun– count me in. My favorite quilt blog is http://simplylibby.blogspot.com/. A Simple Girl, Libby shares her quilts and has taught me so much — like… It’s OK if it doesn’t look like the pattern– Make it your own!!! and another tip.. an eclectic border when I really ran out of fabric and didn’t have enough fabric or money for more. She is crazy for plaids and memories as a kid. You throw in her pup Harper and a couple of recipes and I can’t wait for the next post she writes. … definitely a keeper. I’ve wished over Bonnie’s Book. I hope I win.
Bonnie Hunter’s blog is my favorite blog. I’ve played along online with TWO of her mystery quilts and have had the greatest time sewing them. She’s the absolute best. Quiltville rocks!
I have to say that one of my favorite quilt related blogs is the Bitchy Stitcher. She (Megan) is so funny. And now that I’ve found this one, I’m sure that it too will be a fast favorite!
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My favorite quilt-related blog is http://www.SnippetsnScraps.blogspot.com.
I love the Selvage Blog by Karen Griska. Thanks for the chance.
I keep adding more and more blogs to my list for daily reading. Some of my favorites are pink penguin http://ayumills.blogspot.com/
and maryquilts http://maryquilts.blogspot.com/ and the moda bake shop. So much fun to see all the inspiring, fun things that people do.
My favorite blogs are patchwork times and quiltville. I need to check out some of the other blogs that people are listing!
I love Bonnie’s blog at Quiltville. My other regular reads are Judy at Patchwork Times, Leanne’s House, and Mary’s Scrap Quilt blog.
I love Bonnie’s blog, and read many others that have already mentioned. One of my favorites is Exuberant Color: http://exuberantcolor.blogspot.com/ . Wanda creates stunning quilts, and I love to read about her design and thought processes.
I have several quilt related blogs. I will tell you that besides Bonnie’s blog, I read the Moda bakeshop blog http://www.modabakeshop.com/, Mary’s blog http://maryquilts.blogspot.com/ and Judy L’s blog http://www.patchworktimes.com/.
Sounds like Kathy Wagner and I are on the same page! I also love Bonnie’s Quiltville blog. Along with Bonnie, I try to stop in daily at Judy’s Patchwork Times and Maryqults blogs. Each of them is a highlight of my day.
Besides checking Quiltville.com and using Bonnie’s ideas and patterns to use up some of my stash, I also enjoy checking out Jolly Jabber from Fat Quarter Shop keeps me up to date on the fabrics coming out. I check what my overseas friends are doing too: Hanne’s at http://hannequilt.blogspot.com/ and Tilde’s athttp://tildesquilts.blogspot.com/ between these two ladies I get to see what is going on in Europe, add in Lynette’s at http://lynetteandersondesigns.typepad.com/lynette_anderson_designs/ She shows the Australian side of quilting and stitching. It is wonderful to travel around the world in just a visit to my computer.
I read through all the comments and saw a lot of blogs I already read. I am going to add Mrs. Goodneedle and With Heart and Hands. Of course I read Bonnie’s blog among others.
I am not saying I like Bonnie’s Quiltville blog because she is in your magazine but I am truly honest when I say Quiltville is the ONLY blog I read. I haven’t gone any further looking, which I should. I love the way she shows us what quilt she is working on and the design she is quilting on her quilt tops. I am also working on ‘leaders and enders’ quilt from instructions on her site. Happy Stitching!
Love your magazine. My favorite blog is Quiltville. Bonnie has such wonderful ideas for scrap quilts.
Judy S
Hi, I’m a new quilter and still discovering so many excellent blogs. Bonnie’s is a favourite as are Lazy Gal Quilting and Scraps and Threadtales. I also love Quiltmaker magazine and am making my first full size quilt using the Pinwheel Party pattern from the March April issue.
Hi there, I have many favorite quilting related sites/blogs i read. But my favorite site for patterns is quiltville (Bonnie Hunter) you can’t beat her easy to understand directions and mystery quilts (Ive made 2 so far and love them!)
One of my favorite quilty blogs is Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara . I’m amazed by the number quilty things she get done as well as the cooking. I also love Quiltmaker magazine and buy it everytime I can find it on a news stand.
I am an aspiring quilt historian so, naturally, one of my favorite quilt related blogs is Barbara Brackman’s Material Culture http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/
So many quilt blogs, so little time. I have about a half dozen in my favorites but everyday I look at Bonnie’s- Quiltville.com, Moda Bake Shop, and inchmark.squarespace.com. all are different and all give me inspiration. I also love Quiltmaker Magazine and frequently purchase as a treat.
One of my favorites: Upstate Lisa at http://www.upstatelisa.blogspot.com
I read Bonnie’s blog daily, and enjoy it. But today I think I would put Anna Maria Horner’s blog at the top of my list. Maybe it’s because I also have a large family and I love her devotion to traditional family values.
I LOVE reading Bonnie Hunter’s Quiltville Blog. I have learned So much from reading her blog and am totally inspired by her creativity and quilts. She is so generous in sharing her designs and patterns also. I had an opportunity this spring to attend a lecture and class. AWESOME. If you ever have a chance to go, do. You won’t be disappointed.
And out of all the quilt magazines I’ve prerused, QUILTMAKER is one of favorites.
I’m a huge fan of all things Bonnie Hunter. With each new quilt she produces, I think: “That’s my new favourite!”
I hope I get picked as one of the winners. I had asked Santa Claus for a copy in my stocking, and Santa dropped the ball! Even after I’d been a good quilter all year long!!!
Of course, Bonnie’s blog is one that I check daily, http://quiltville.blogspot.com/, but another one that I really enjoy is Sister’s Choice Quilts: http://sisterschoice.typepad.com/sisters_choice_quilts/
I love reading Bonnie’s blog. She is so upbeat and energetic and gets more done in one day than I can imagine. There are many, many wonderful blogs out there. Two other blog favorites of mine are Wanda at Exuberant Color and Keryn at Quilting Twin. Both blogs are fun to read and they both have interesting projects to see.
http://exuberantcolor.blogspot.com/
http://quiltingtwin.blogspot.com/
Favourite blog…oh my – couldn’t pick just one but I do regularly check Bonnie’s Quiltville and Judy’s Patchwork times, along with a couple of personal friends that have blogs…Quilts old and new, and Passionate quilter.
I love Bonnie’s Quiltville and regularly read Bonnie’s blog…..I also like Bunny Hill a lot!
Bonnie is such an inspiration- I love her no-nonsense approach and all her tips and tricks.
quiltville.com Bonnie Hunter’s blog is the one I check several times a week, and am so dissappointed when there isn’t a new post…I just finished her free pattern of Oklahoma Backroads and “LOVE” the way it turned out!! Our Northwind Quilters Guild is bringing her to Alaska in September 2011 and we are so excited!!!!Tthanks for sharing all the other favorite blogs out there, I guess I’ll have to do some surfing on the web! Diane
I also like Marcia Hohn’s Quilter’s Cache
My two favorite quilting people and blogs are Janet at http://quiltsalott.blogspot.com/ and Ellen at http://elliesquiltplace.web-log.nl/. They both are inspirations to me and I enjoy reading their blogs every day.
I love http://www.lazygalquilting.blogspot.com and have used her free form words for a donation quilt on my first try.
What fun! I enjoy Bonnie Hunter’s blog, Judy L’s Patchwork Times, Mary Quilts, crazymomquilts.blogspot.com, and I check these everyday. And, there are so many more blogs out there that are wonderful, too. Love your magazine and thank you for featuring Bonnie Hunter.
http://www.vanessachristenson.com/
I love V and Co. She has a fun blog. I like quiltville too. Bonnie is an inspiration and I love learning from her. Her free patterns are so much fun.
My favorite blog is Bonnie Hunter’s Quiltville. I always love to see what she is up to. She is very inspiring.
My favorite quilting blog isBonnies blog on Quilville. I read it everyday.
I enjoy ready Bonnies blogs and making quilts. I have quite a few blogs that I read that give good ideas.
One of my many favorites is http://www.inspiredbyantiquequilts.blogspot.com. There are so many wonderful ones out there.
I enjoy Quiltmaker magazine and look forward to each new edition. There are so many wonderful blogs and I’ve learned a great deal about crafts and quilting visiting them. My favorite is Lisa Boyer’s blog.
http://lisaboyer.blogspot.com/2009/06/quickie-post.html
Lisa live in Hawaii where she teaches, quilts and knits and shares road trips around the island with her followers. I alway look to see what Lisa is up to. She has a great humorous way of writing that is fun to read. Always up beat!
I read Patchwork Times,Mary quilts, Fibermania and Quiltville almost every day.
Hello, I love Bonnie Hunter’s Quiltville site and blog! There are enough patterns and ideas on her site to keep one busy for a lifetime! Another favorite is Marcia Hohn at quilterscache.com! Both are wonderful places for any quilter! Dinah
I like a lot of blogs – one of the favorite is Vicky’s blog at http://vickiwelsh.typepad.com/field_trips_in_fiber/
and Mary’s at Maryquilts.blogspot.com
I read “Bonnies” blog every day. (hate it when she is away from the keyboard
She keeps me out of my box, makes me brave and lordy, lordy has made my fabric “fileing” a total miracle. I can actually find stuff!!
There are just so many blogs that I enjoy reading, but Nicole’s, Sister’s Choice is a favorite, because it was the one that got me going on reading blogs. Thanks for the opportunity to share.
Bonnie Hunter’s blog is my all-time favorite, but I also follow several other blogs. Another fav is http://subeesews.blogspot.com/
Linda in Southern Illinois
I think it’s amazing how many of us read the same blogs! My favorites are Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville, Judy Laquidara of Patchwork Times, and Mary of Mary Quilts. Not only do these three ladies contribute an enormous amount to the quilt world, but they are very generous with their free patterns and quilt related info. If you’re looking for a lift in your day, these three blogs are guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
I think my favourite quilt related blog has to be Bonnie Hunter’s Quiltville blog. Although Kathy’s Quilts runs a close second. Kathy’s was the first one I ever started reading so it holds dear spot in my heart has well. I am dying to try one of Bonnie’s quilts with shirts that I have saved and collected from family members but it seems an expected grandbaby ’s sewing has gotten in the way of my quilting time. The baby will be arriving this weekend though and once I’m done with the spoiling I’ll be back to quilting! Love your magazine.
I’ll add Supergoof’s blog.
She does wonders with fabric.
Please count me in for the give away.
http://www.supergoof.web-log.nl/
I enjoy reading Bonnie Hunters blog, Mark Lipinski’s blog and also Quilting Pirates blog (link is escaping me right now)
My favorite blog is Quiltville, with Bonnie. Tied with that is PatchworkTimes with Judy. I visit both everytime I get on the computer.
ET
i don’t have just one favorite quilting blog – Kim’s Big Quilt Adventure and Taniwa and Journey of a Quilter and LaVieEnRosie all come to mind – but i did start with reading Bonnie’s blog
I found Bonnie’ s blog and website just before she started the Double Delight mystery quilt and made it in three weeks. Since then I have made her Strip Twist and I have another couple of her quilts in the works. I also like Joan Hawley’s Lazy Girls blog.
My all time favorite blog is Quiltville.com, Bonnie Hunters quilting blog. It is just packed with information and motivation. Next in line is Patchwork Time with Judy.
Love Bonnie’s site. Also love Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara
I began my own blog after lurking on the blogs for about a year. I have had the pleasure of meeting other bloggers. I continue reading blogs- they offer so much inspiration and new ideas.
I do enjoy Bonnie’s blog but there are some others that I continue to visit- Kim from Kimsbigquilting adventure and judy laquidara from Patchworktimes and Sharon at redgeranium cottage and taniwa and Tonya ’s lazygal blog . I also read a number of Australian blogs meggie life’sfreetreats and rhubarbwhine … My blog list has about 190 wonderful quilt blogs to enjoy – Nice book that are you are giving away- Bonnie’s blog is always an inspiration…
Whomever wins the book will be a lucky winner..
Regards from a Western Canadian Quilter,
Anna
I’m a new Quilter and have enjoyed using the Internet to learn about quilting, tips on quilting, patterns to quilt, & fabric. I have been enjoying Bonnie Hunter’s Blog because she not only talks about quilts & quilting, but includes personal highlights. I look forward to trying one of her patterns and have already started using Leaders & Enders.
I currently have more than 130 blogs in my Google Reader, including Bonnie’s and most of the favourites listed in these comments (though I’ve picked up a couple of new ones – when will I find time to stitch?!?!). However my current favourite is http://flourishingpalms.blogspot.com/. My friend Linda is such an inspiration, in so many ways – as you’ll discover if you pop over to her blog. Currently we are each working on our own version of a gorgeous quilt, Snowball Medallion, designed here in Australia by Emma Jansen at http://www.ballaratpatchwork.com.au/home.htm. It’s fun to check on each other’s progress!
I started my journey into quilting blogs because of Bonnie’s blog at Quiltville. Now I have my own blog http://thesecondtwinsews.blogspot.com I enjoy “lurking” at many fun blog links and I would love to win Bonnie’s book.
My favorite, after Bonnie’s blog, is Lurline’s place.
I like Bonnie Hunter quilts. I like the scrappy look and that anybody can take shirts for making them.
I like the blog of
http://thethriftyquilter.blogspot.com/
too. She make scrapquilts too.
Bonnie is a great person.
It is bad, that she isn´t living in Germany.
Elke from Germany
Yet another Bonnie fan and have made several of her quilts. I’m totally in awe of how “scrappy” looks and because of her, I’m not so intimidated by quilts with lots of little pieces. I too have a subscription to your magazine because of her articles. THANKS
Thanks to Bonnie’s blog I subcribed to Quiltmaker. I love her scrappy patterns and hope to use up a lot of my fabric, doing the Christmas Mystery!
I discovered reading blogs a few years ago when I recovered from surgery. Reading blogs makes me feel like I have one huge quilt guild. It connects us to the world. Quilting blogs reinforce for me the good in the world as these ladies share their knowledge freely with others. I have learned so much through the blog world! My all time long read blog is Bonnie Hunters. She is the reason I have linked here and read Quiltmaker magazine!
My next long awaited blog is http://scrapsandthreadtales.blogspot.com
I love reading here blog!
I used to read other blogs to but I lost them when I had a computer crash and have never found a link back to them. Sigh! This has taught me to back up!
While everyone has listed my blogroll of favorites so far (and I was delighted to find my own blog listed as a favorite, btw!) there is always ‘that’ blog that inspires you and lets you know and feel the true joy of quilting and reminds us all just how much quilts and quilts fill the places in our hearts and souls.
I nominate Julie’s blog at http://quiltdivajulie.blogspot.com/
I have the ability to talk about life, community quilting, charitable quilting and give away thousands of free pattern links…but Julie really quilts
I love Bonnie’s scrap quilts and her “it just makes sense” scrap user system. It really works! I’m looking forward to working on her new Christmas Lights Mystery Quilt.
Thanks for getting Bonnie Hunter into your magazine! My favorite blog is Alycia Quilts, with the help of her quilting friends, she just donated over 700 quilts to soldiers!
I have to say that Bonnie Hunter is my favourite blogger
She has such a busy life, but still manages to quilt professionally, blog, write a book, add free patterns to her website and travel all over the US….spreading the scrappy love……
Well, I would also have to say that Bonnie Hunter’s blog is my favorite as it is always the first quilt related blog I check when I get on the computer. I found her blog when she moved just West of me in NC. It seems like she can make a quilt from nothing!!! How does she do that? Also, she has turned out to be a most generous person sharing patterns and mystery quilts with all of us for zero dollars. In this day and age, it does not get any better than that! Everyone who is the least bit interested in scrap quilts (or beautiful quilt designs for that matter) should definitely buy her book. Well worth the dollars spent.
I can’t stand blogs! They are so addicting and full of great ideas. I get so carried away with reading them that I don’t get any of my projects done! The only quilting blog that I have in my favorites is Quiltmaker.com/blogs. I enjoy reading it and seeing all of the comments!
I love Tanya’s Lazy Gal Quilting blog (http://lazygalquilting.blogspot.com/), and then I go from hers to all the ones she links. And instead of sewing…I end up surfing for hours…but now that I’ve had surgery on my hand, this is a good thing.
Bonnie’s is one of my absolute favorite sites. I check it daily. She has such great patterns and tips and I love looking at her photos. Especially the ones she quilts, the closeups. They’re very inspiring.
I have to say Bonnie’s blog is my favorite. I started to quilt a year ago, my mom got me doing it. My first quilt was the mystery quilt Carolina Crossroads and I have done all her other mystery quilts sometimes more than once! I do go to other places but she is my all time favorite and I would love for her to come to southern Ca. sometime! It is because of her that I subscribe to your magazine Quiltmaker.
What a great contest! One of my favorite blogs is Patchwork Times written by Judy Laquirdara
http://www.patchworktimes.com/
Judy has wonderful patterns, hints, recipes, amusing life-stories. I also love Bonnie’s site, too. Thanks for the generous offer to give-away some of Bonnie’s books.
My favorite quilting blog is “Moda Bakeshop.” There are so many quick and easy patterns.
I have two favorites: Bonnie’s and I recently discovered Quilted Cupcake that I like a lot.
My favourite quilt blog? Why Bonnie’s of course! She’s been a huge influence in my quilting. Thanks for the chance to win her book.
Bonnie Hunter’s blog is one of my favorites. I also love Crazy Mom Quilts and Judy Laquidara’s Patchwork Times. There are so many wonderful quilting blogs, it’s difficult to just pick one. Thank you for a chance to win Bonnie’s book, “Scraps & Shirttails”.
Wow. How to choose just one??? or even two dozen. If I read ALL of the quilting sites, I would never get any sewing done. And that would be a sad day for sure. I really enjoy Bonnies blog for one. “Moose on the Porch” for another, she is a local gal where I live and also a friend. I look forward to doing ANOTHER “Challenge” from Bonnie.
I love Bonnie’s website and blog. I am just starting to find quilting blogs and am enjoying them so much. Thanks for having Bonnie’s mystery in your magazine.
Favorite quilt blog is Bonnie’s.
I can’t choose just one! Three websites I check everyday (or several times a day!) are http://maryquilts.blogspot.com/, http://quiltville.blogspot.com/, and http://quiltville.blogspot.com/. Mary, Judy & Bonnie inspire, teach, and entertain!
There are so many quilty related great blog sights but Bonnie’s takes the cake (and the quilt, too. Hahaha!) Her generosity with so many of her patterns and advice is the BEST!!!
Even though I just subscribed, this blog is quickly becoming on of my favorites. and Bonnie’s blog has been a favorite for quite a while. And, no, I’m not saying that just because you are giving away Bonnie’s book.
I would love to win her book. Take care and God bless, Cory
I am new to exploring blogs and happened on Bonnie’s “Quiltville” blog. It is now in my favorites box. I am inspired to hunt for more blogs. You can tell I am really, really new at this computer stuff. I have read the comments and will look for the other blogs the readers mentioned. I need to be careful or I can see my quilting time morphing into blog reading time.
Anne
being a new quilter i stick to the ones i can learn from like crazy mom, oh franson, to name two off my head. I would just love to read bonnies new book,,,,,,,i have heard nothing but great things,,,,,so i hope i win one.
Bonnie Hunter’s is one of my fav’s
Wow, it’s so hard to choose one fav from the zillions on my blog list. Bonnie’s is certainly on the top as well as Kim at http://kimsbigquiltingadventure.blogspot.com and Judy at http://www.patchworktimes.com and Libby at http://simplylibby.blogspot.com/ and Tonya at http://lazygalquilting.blogspot.com and Marlene at http://stitchinbythelake.blogspot.com/ but I could go on and on. I love all the blogs where there is more than just quilty content. I enjoy the peek into the daily lives of these inspiring women. When there is humor thrown in they are doubly good!
Bonnie Hunter’s Quiltville blog is my absolute fave! I also check in on Mary Quilts, the Selvage blog and Mark Lipinski from time to time and oh yeah, Kimberly Camou’s blog Divine Inspirations is a good one, too.
Well obviously this blog and Bonnie’s Quiltville’s blog are in my regulars. I also enjoy several mentioned above. Some other good ones I like are PatchworkPottery.blogspot and PinkChalkStudio.com/blog and SewMamaSew.com/blog2
Although many other people have already mentioned some of my top blogs (Bonnie’s “Quiltville”, Judy’s “Patchwork Times”, Mary at “MaryQuilts” and AmandaJean’s “Crazy Mom Quilts”) I’d also like to add Wanda at “Exuberant Color” (http://exuberantcolor.blogspot.com/), Finn who encourages us to use our orphan blocks (http://orphantrainsfromfinn.blogspot.com/), Amy at “Park City Girl” who hosted a Bloggers Quilt Festival this spring (http://parkcitygirl.blogspot.com/2009/04/quilt-festival-spring-2009.html), and “Anyone Can Quilt” for her oh-so-chic, shabby chic style (http://anyonecanquilt.typepad.com/my_weblog/).
And your readers will point you to even more!
I can’t wait to take a workshop with Bonnie. Love the way she uses scraps.
Bonnie is my favorite blogger. There are so many interesting blogs that it is really hard to choose a favorite — but I do think Bonnie is great.
I really like Bonnie’s quilt patterns and have made two of her patterns on her website. They went to recipients before I could take a pic but were very much appreciated and loved. Keep up the good work Bonnie. I check you website almost every day!
I’m always late for these things! oh well.
great giveaway anyway!
favorite blog? that’s tough i have a whole list.. maybe christine @ a simple quilter
Quiltmaker is one of my favorite magazines. I am new to looking at their block but will start checking often. I have started Bonnie’s mystery and have enjoyed her website & blog.
I have made several of Bonnie’s quilts and they are so easy and l cut left over pieces into 2.5″ squares for leader and enders.
blogs, a simple quilter and Kims big quilting adventure are my favourites. Love Bonnie too!!!
I follow a few
I love Bonnie’s blog. I find her style of quilting and blogging to be something that I really relate to. I check it daily
She is amazing. I am so happy she is getting national recognition for her talent! Go Bonnie!
I love Bonnie’s blog. She’s so creative. I also like to read taylorsfarmhouseattic. She has great music on hers. Checking blogs has definitely increased my daily computer time.
Here’s one I try to follow: http://www.jonag.typepad.com/ Thanks
I was lucky to attend two wotkshops and two lectures while Bonnie was in Wisconsin last November! She is sweetie
I love all the different fabrics she *sews* together.
For the last couple of years my only access to the computer world of quilting was for only 25 minutes @ my local library, which didn’t give me enough time to explore blogs. Thank goodness for my Quiltmaker magazine subscription, my brand new home computer
and now being able to visit websites I found within your magazine, I visited Bonnie’s website and clicked around where I found your blog! Love it! A whole new world of quilting has opened up to me while visiting the recommended blogs and I’ve signed up many of them. Thank you! Oh yes, Bonnies was the first I joined 
Hello,
My most loved quilt related blog is the one from Bonnie, because her discriptions are so wonderful, and so easy, that I don’t need often a dictionary.
Greetings from Germany,
Marion
I check out Bonnie’s Blog daily. It’s my “Go to” starting point for blog reading. She inspires me with her creativity.
Christina D
My favorites have to be Bonnie’s Quiltville’s Quips and Snips and ReadWomenQuilt.com because of the humor, sometimes chaos, quilt stories, tips, life experiences, swaps and the compassion, sharing and friendship from such a warm, loving and caring community of quilters.
I have several favorite blogs – of course Bonnie Hunter’s, and Mary Johnson’s http..//maryquilts.blogspot.com and the one I go to 1st each day is Judy Laquidara’s http..//patchworktimes.com. I also have a subscription to Quiltmaker because you have the best patterns!
All of these blogs were filled with great ideas! But “Say Cheese” made me laugh outloud because I have some “can’t smile for a picture” people in my life too. Imight use Theresa’s technique for creat a little smile. Plus the picture printed on fabric is priceless. I’d really like to try that!
I follow so many blogs, is hard to pick just one. I do enjoy Bonnie’s blog and will certainly add Quiltmakers blog to my long list of blogs….thanks for the chance to win Bonnies book and offering one of mysteries in your wonderful magazine!
Hi, one of my most favorite magazine is Quiltmaker and I hope you never quit making it…As for Bonnie…Life dealt me some really horrific issues to deal with and declined quilting since 03. I decided that I got a second chance at life and wanted to begin quilting again…I was only a beginner when I had started back in 99, so I wasn’t sure where to start or how to start…I came across Bonnie’s site Quiltville and read and read and thought this lady has given me all the inspiration I need…So I’m happy to say, I have sewn one top yet to be quilted and have 6 projects on the go…I have all your magazines since back in 2000. I believe I have missed some but that was due to becoming very sick with cancer…Thank-you so much for a wonderful magazine.
As for blogs I have many many ones…Your’s and Bonnies i just love. I enjoy going to Moda Bake Shop, Any blog that has video and tutorials. I also like Quilter’s Tv…
My top 2 are Bonnie Hunter’s blog and Judy Laquidara’s blog. I love Bonnie’s style of quilting.
Tricia
Bonnie’s Quips and Snips is one of my regular reads, as well as PamKitty Morning, Patchwork Times, and Don’t Look Now is a new favorite. I’ve been begging my guild to have Bonnie come and now she’s booking so far in advance. Boo hoo! I’d love a copy of her book!! Lisa
I regularly follow Bonnie’s blog as well as Patchwork Times. I also read lots of blogs on the StashQuilts webring as well and the Quilt Mavericks webring. I just picked up the magazine to start the mystery quilt. I can’t wait!!!!
I love so many quilting websites & blogspots I would hate to start naming them and forget to mention one. I am currently working on bunnyhill.com basket BOM and eshteraliu.blogspot.com (red delicious)
I have made many of bonnie’s quilts and I have not been unhappy with a single one!
I LOVE bonnie’s blog, then the Yahoo group about Stashbusters. “maryquilts” is fabulous. I also love just clicking through the links on one blog to another and another – just browsing through the world of quilting blogs.
I love reading Bonnie Hunter’s Quiltville! She is such a generous quilter. I like Judy L’s patchwork times too. So many blogs~ sew little time!
http://www.patchworktimes.com and http://quiltville.blogspot.com Are by far my fav’s. I love them both.
I have a subscription to Quiltmaker, so I really enjoy your site.
There are a lot of blogs that I read, but I like Bonnies (quiltville.blogspot.com). for all the help and I also like Bunny Hill. Sometimes I spend way too much time reading the blogs and not enough time sewing. Sew much to know. Helen
I love Bonnie’s blog and even blog about my quilts made from her site and mysteries!
She is truly an inspiration to all of us at her quiltville chat group too. I can’t wait to see how the new mystery works up then we all post pictures and start chatting about the quilt.
Happy Sewing
My current favorite is Tonya’s lazygalquilting.blogspot.com blog. Having a blast with the free pieced lettering. I came to Tonya’s blog via Bonnie Hunter’s blog when the two of them did Love on a Shoestring Budget project together.
I read Bonnie Hunter’s and Anne Sutton’s (Bunny Hill Designs) blogs regularly. They post frequently and share a bit of themselves and a bit of quilty knowledge with their readers.
I have, within the last year discovered Bonnie, her blog and her fabulous website. I love all three! She is a talented, creative artist and a generous woman who always thinks about others. What a gem! It’s so much fun to follow her thru her blog! She is a great inspiration to us all!!
I read Bonnie Hunter’s (http://quiltville.blogspot.com) and Karen’s (http://sewprimitive.blogspot.com) almost every day. They feel like friends even though I’ve never met either of them. Both have projects that inspire me and adventures that make me smile.
I just found this Blogand I enjoying reading everyone comments. I also reads Blogs from, Pam Bono, Quilters Newsletter, Twitter, And Facebook Quilters.
I read 68 quilting blogs, so picking one as a favorite really wouldn’t be fair. A few I really enjoy are Kim’s Quilting Adventure, Crazy Mom, Sew Mama Sew, Oh, Fransson, and Mary Quilts…and of course Bonnie’s.
I love reading Bonnie’s blog, love her patterns too!
Bonnie’s site was probably one of the first I found as a new quilter 10 years ago and Quiltmaker was the first magazine I subscribed to. I once bought the first (100? 50? can’t remember) issues of Quiltmaker on ebay and still have them. I subscribe to a lot of quilting blogs thru Google Reader; if I don’t have much time to read many entries about ‘life,’ I head straight for the quilty inspiration: (alpha order)
Alycia (http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com)
Keryn (http://quiltingtwin.blogspot.com)
Linda (http://catsnqlts2.blogspot.com)
Mary (http://maryquilts.blogspot.com and her http://heartstringsquiltproject.blogspot.com)
Mereth (http://artfulsister.blogspot.com)
Patsy (http://patsyquiltretreat.blogspot.com)
Bonnie’s blog is my favorite place to be with my morning coffee. The problem is sometimes it becomes lunch-time coffee too. There is so much great information there……….I just love it!
I was thrilled to see her associated with my Quiltmaker Magazine again. Please enter me in the drawing. I’d love to have her book!
I love reading these blogs:
http://nancynearphiladelphia.blogspot.com/
http://kimsbigquiltingadventure.blogspot.com/
I have to admit Bonnie’s site is the only one I follow regularly. Being strapped for cash, I find her scrap patterns perfect for me. I make my quilts out of material from shirts, etc all the time. This enables me to make one for a family member, then one to donate. She is a real inspiration to me!
I am really love Bonnie Hunter’s blog. I can’t imagine the the time and effort she shares with the quilt world. Not to mention her hints, patterns, etc. I am so impressed with her. I I also like the Japanese quilts so I also like this blog…http://quiltotaku.blogspot.com/
I stumble across blogs all the time when I’m mindlessly surfing quilt-related sites (the sewing machine rumble keeps the kids up; therefore, I surf), so I can’t really come up with a fav. Maybe I should start bookmarking some.
My favorite blog is Bonnie’s. If have made many of her patterns as Charity quilts with our quild.
This is AWESOME!! One of my bee girlfriends LOVES, LOVES, LOVES scraps AND crumbles….this will be fun to share/do together. Thank you to my gal pal in Virginia for bringing me to this fun site! Can’t wait to start the mystery.
Bonnie totally rocks and I also enjoy Bunny Hill Designs blog as they are both super sources for inspiration!!!!!!! Don’t forget to support Bonnie on her cycling for a cancer cure – every one, every bit can make a difference!!!!!!!!!!
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I have found so many wonderful quilting blogs but I always like to check out Crazy Mom’s and Sisters Choice. Would love to win Bonnie’s book. Scrap quilts are a favorite.
I try to read lots of blogs, but Bonnie’s is one of my favoritess.
My favorite blog site is maryquilts.com. I love Bonnie’s website, it has really given me a new appreciation for scrap quilts. I made my first scrapquilt (string) after finding her site.
I love this idea, this has given me more new blogs to explore.
Gosh – spoilt for choice! So many great blogs all around the world but I guess I should really vote for Bonnie’s Quiltville as that was the first blog I really tuned into and was my introduction to a great number of online friends who I would never probably have hooked up with otherwise
I just found Bonnie’s Quiltville blog today and have already started one of her scrap quilts. What a wealth of information she has on her site! She is now my new favorite blogger and I would love to have her book.
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