The “S” at the end of the “http” stands for “secure”, and it means all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted. But now, after a few magic days in front of the computer, our entire website is “https”. And we’ve always had a secure shopping cart system on our website for customers to use without worrying about submitting their personal information when placing an order. A slightly different look with a few new features. A few months ago we migrated to a new website. One of my many hats that I wear includes website work. But it is important work that I thought our customers should be aware of. Ok, this is not super exciting, no quilts are involved, and there aren’t any pretty pictures. On a side note, if anyone wants to join Sandy at the Quilts of Valour charity group here at the store, they meet at 10:30 am to 4 pm on the 1 st Tuesday of the month. We can see she had a lot of fun!Īnd she didn’t stop there, she quilted (yes, she does her own quilting) with a very swirly all over design that looked great. Check out who is living in Sandy’s barn, and the words of wisdom on the typewriter. Sandy got creative with her choice of fabrics for each block. In our store, we have a full-size hanging top, as well as a small baby or wall hanging size. Some customers make fewer blocks and do up lovely baby quilts. Sandy loved making the blocks, and so far, has made 3 quilts. Coming in at over 140 (Farm Girl Vintage) and 190 (Spelling Bee) pages, Lori provides multiple block sizes and full diagrams for piecing each block. Both books are chock-a-block filled with multiple quilt designs and variations. While most of the blocks in the “Spelling Bee” are the alphabet, numerals, and punctuation, there are also other blocks such as the sewing machine, dog, typewriter, and camera. Besides using the Farm Girl Vintage book by Lori Holt, she found some more fun blocks in the “Spelling Bee”. Once outfitted with the book and some bundles, Sandy was off to the sewing machine. The white background can be scrappy as well, and a 13-piece fat eighth bundle of tone-on-tone whites will get you well on your way to constructing over 40 6″ blocks. Each roll has 25 different fat eighth fabric pieces measuring approximately 10″ x 21″ in a range of colours from yellow, orange, red, pinks, green, brown, teals, and blues. Sandy started off with one of the fabric rolls we sell that give you a great selection of small, bright mini prints. So click on the pictures for larger, crisper views. Way to go Josée! We are so pumped and excited for you, love your enthusiasm, and appreciate how you are always up for a challenge. Here is another view of these fabrics which are shipping to stores in March/April 2018. So what is she up to now? Well four wins in (that I know of), and Josée comes by to share with us the card of fabrics that she and Debra Edwards have designed for Northcott based on her winning Sandscapes challenge entry! And so cool that her entry was made with the bundle we presented to her in 2015! How’s that for multiplying your wins! You can view all the winners of this challenge here on Northcott’s Facebook page.Ģ017’s Row by Row came along at our store, and 6 days into it, Josée came in with her finished quilt to capture another 25-piece fat quarter bundle of batiks. Not one to sit around waiting for next June’s Row by Row, Josée put on her creative cap, and came up as a winner. In November that year, Northcott held a challenge using the Artisan Spirit Sandscape fabrics. Below is the picture of happy Josée (on the right) and her quilt.Īlong came 2016, and Josée finished her Row by Row quilt again in record time to win a fat quarter bundle from Quilt Thyme in Kingston. A mere eight days into the contest, Josée brought in her finished quilt and was awarded a 25-piece fat quarter bundle of Northcott’s Artisan Spirit Sandscape fabrics. So here we go!Ģ015 was the first year our store participated in the Row by Row Experience. Customer Josée Element came into the store a couple of weeks ago with a big surprise! But before I reveal it to you, I want you to know the background.
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