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| Button,
Button Who Has the Buttons? |
| TOP WINNERS! |
 Grand
Prize Winner! - Sue W wins
an online class ($36 or less)
from Arbee
Designs, a pattern
from Fairfield
Road Designs ($11
or less), a pattern from Patterns
2 Quilt and a pattern
from Quilter
by Night Designs. |
| Second
Place Winner! - Leslie M wins
a VIQ membership at Arbee
Designs, Autumn
Days pattern from Cottage
Quilt Designs and
a pattern from Spring
Creek NeedleArt. |
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Third
Place Winner! - Lorri B
wins a penny rug kit ($40 or
less) from Rocking
Chair Stitches and
a pattern from Quilted
Escapes.
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here to view more winners! |
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| Comments
From the Game |
| I enjoyed
the button game. It was a reasonable
number of buttons to find. Other
search games require too much
time and I don't participate in
them. I even purchased two patterns
today. Thanks! - Ja R, USA |
| Success on
my second search. Thanks a lot
for the hint Cindy, now I'll just
keep my fingers crossed for the
draw. I'm really enjoying looking
at the designs you have and making
future plans for some perhaps.
- Sue C, Australia |
| What a fun
quick game. Thank you so much
for doing this fun adventure.
Thanks again for the opportunity
to participate and I must say
I have had a ball and really like
the way you have it all set up
so that we can go directly to
the sites of the designers. -
Bette D, USA |
| Yea! I found
them all....now I can get off
the computer and back to my sewing
machine !! LOL Good Luck hunting
the buttons everyone. Will keep
my fingers crossed that everyone
wins a special prize. Thanks for
the fun game. :-) - Kay V, USA |
| Thank you.
The game has been very helpful
in discovering new patterns and
I have ordered a few already.
- Phyllis L, USA |
| I found all
the buttons, it was fun! Thanks
for a great game. I fell in love
with some patterns, great use
of marketing! - Ann W, USA |
| I found
all of them -- they were tricky!!!!
Just like a button that gets lost,
it doesn't ever want to get found!
That last one was hidden well!
But I found it!!! Thanks for offering
the suggestions!!! - Debra B,
USA |
| Thanks for
organizing game !!!! I really
liked the challenge. - Miet V,
Belgium |
| Thanks for
the hint, I found it!...I had
actually done an earlier search
for cat, kitten, animals, pets
and critters....I must have missed
it the first time, or thought
I had it already....great patterns,
and a fun way to practice the
searching! - Anne V, USA |
| Hi Cindy....no
problem with me. I found ALL the
buttons. As I scrolled through
the "designers'" listings,
I got ideas of key words to search
for....the last button took a
while to find. - Cheryl S, USA |
| Thank you
for helping me out!!! - Linda
M, USA |
| Cindy, I
want to say a BIG THANK YOU, I
found the last button I would
have never figured that one out.
It took me a while but with your
hint it helped me lots. - Alicia
W, USA |
| Cindy, Thank
you for the hint. . .it took a
little while to find the last
button but I finally figured it
out. . .hope you do another contest
like this one. . .thanks again.-
Leslie M, USA |
| Thank you
for the hint. I finally found
the last button. This was a fun
game to play. - Marty A, USA |
| It was an
enjoyable search. - Diane I, USA |
| I loved playing
the game! The designers have great
sites and I love that they are
easy to access through the game.
- Desirae M, Canada |
| Thanks so
much for the clue..I tried every
kind of animal I could think of
except the obvious one! lol I
have now finished and collected
all the buttons so I just want
to let you know how much fun it
was and to thank you for setting
this up. I can only imagine all
the work involved to do this.
So thank you! - Sandi G, USA |
| Thanks for
the competition, I had so much
fun looking for the buttons, that
last one got me going until the
clue.Some very nice patterns out
there, will go back and have a
look to see which one or two or
more I will buy. Thanks again.
- Ilse B, Australia |
| I sure enjoyed
looking at all the different patterns.
Thank you for the last clue. -
Debbie K, USA |
| I am so
happy I managed to find that one
elusive button without any clues.
- Anna P, Malaysia |
| thank you
for doing this fun, fun, fun!
game....I really enjoyed it last
Saturday when I needed something
to do to get my mind off the kid's
bickering. - Kathy D, USA |
| Thanks for
the hint. I am really enjoying
this game. - Karima D, Canada |
| Fun game!
I am so glad to have found your
website as I love the designers
patterns. Some are really unique.
- Patty S, USA |
| Yeah... I
found them all... Thanks for the
game it was lots of fun... Fingers
Crossed I win a prize... - Lisa
M, USA |
| Just to let
you know how much fun I had playing
the 'Button Game' and how bowled
over I am by all the wonderful
patterns on your web-site. - Brenda
C, United Kingdom |
| What a fun
game. Very nice website. Gets
the creative juices flowing again.
- Karen O, USA |
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| 300+ strong |
| We have 41
designers listing more than 300 patterns
at FindAQuiltPattern.com.
Click
here to visit the designer's web
sites. Click
here to check out the new patterns. |
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| May the sewing
force be with you! |
| cindy aka MsDesigns |
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Featured
Pattern
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| Call
Me! |
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| Have
you seen a teenager lately without
a cell phone attached to an ear?
Or do you hear the tap, tap, tap,
of the keys sending a text to
one of a million friends? Those
were my thoughts as I began the
design process of my new quilt,
“Call Me!”. |
| I wanted
to design a quilt with today’s
youth in mind. Initially, I was
going to make a quilt with a hopscotch
design, that was until hubby mentioned
no one plays hopscotch anymore!
Of course, I thought, they play
with cell phones…and so the
light bulb clicked and “Call
Me!” was the result.
It could have just as easily been
“Text Me!”,
or just about anything that would
fit on the screen. |
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Simple, graphic, web based
icons fall within the border;
however changing the icons to
personalize the quilt would
make it even more special. Does
your teen/tween like a certain
sport, or animal etc.? One of
my quilt testers turned the
solid blocks of the border into
pockets for her granddaughter’s
hair essentials and anything
else she needed to keep.
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This quilt is mostly piecing
with a small amount of appliqué.
I just zig zag the edges of
this fusible appliqué
quilt and it’s ready to
go. Hope you enjoy it.
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| You
can get the Call
Me pattern at
Patterns 2 Quilt. |
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A Gift
from Kaye Wood
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| Shades
of the Southwest |
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 Use
your favorite fabric and consider
fussy cutting it into different
sized circles to make this fun
wallhanging. Uses Kaye's View
& Do Circle Shape, it's
easy to do. This pattern was
originally published in Kaye's
book, Circles Made Simple
and has been completely redone.
Use this technique to showcase
your favorite embroidery as
well as favorite photos, and
themed fabrics.
Click
here for the PDF pattern
(1000k).
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| Gardener's
Delight |
 Are
you a gardener? Maybe a patio
garden or full sized estate vegetable
and flowers gardens? Our newest
pattern, Gardener’s Delight
will be published starting in
the May/June issue of Ruby,
the women’s ezine. Each issue
for the next 8 issues will feature
one of the blocks starting with
the tulip block. The last issue
will give border instructions
and the photo of the finished
and quilted project. It would
make a great throw or wall hanging! |
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 The
pattern features four flower
blocks-one for each season!
Then if you like using landscape
fabrics use grass, stones, sky
and wood grain fabrics in the
quilt. You can find all of these
fabrics at www.quiltshops.com
if your local shop doesn’t
carry them. In each ezine issue
will be my finished block, instructions,
templates and a block design.
The first issue in May will
have the yardage for the entire
quilt which measures 47"
x 67". To subscribe to
Ruby magazine
go to rubyforwomen.com.
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| Button, Button
Who has the buttons? |
| Our game starts
April 17th and will run till May 1st.
However, you can practice by looking
for two buttons that are hidden now. |
| Click
here for instructions how to play
the game. |
| The designers
are donating wonderful prizes for the
winners! Click
here to see the list. |
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| New Category |
| We have a new
category in our listing! You can now
search ... |
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| If you need
a new category, just let
me know and I will check into adding
it. |
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| 300+ strong |
| We have 40
designers listing more than 300 patterns
at FindAQuiltPattern.com.
Click
here to visit the designer's web
sites. Click
here to check out the new patterns. |
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Designers
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Contact me about ... |
- Information on your latest design
- Promotions at your web site
- Fun news about quilting
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| We need more
featured patterns too. If you have a
pattern that you would like to feature,
please contact
me. |
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| Quilters |
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Help me get the word out! Add a link
to FindAQuiltPattern.com
on your website or blog. Click
here for link information.
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| Shop Owners |
| FindAQuiltPattern.com
is a great place to find new patterns
to offer in your shop. |
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Ad
Spot!
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spot in the newsletter. |
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| May the sewing
force be with you! |
| cindy aka MsDesigns |
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Contact
me
to feature one of your patterns.
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| I hope we can use this
media for designers and
quilters to stay in touch. |
| I would be very excited
to have you become
a fan of our page. |
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| New Categories |
| We have new
categories in our listing! You can now
search ... |
- Bargello
- Reverse Applique
- Stain Glass Applique
- Tote
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| We are open
to new categories. If you need one,
let me know
and I will check into adding it.
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| 250+ strong |
| We have 36
designers listing more than 250 patterns
at FindAQuiltPattern.com.
Click
here to visit the designer's web
sites. Click
here to check out new patterns. |
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Designers
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I have reduced the time for our free
pattern listing. All new patterns can
now be listed for 9 months free. Do
not forget to list more of your patterns.
Take advantage of this great opportunity
while it lasts. |
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How about contributing to the newsletter?
Contact me about ...
- Information on your latest design
- Promotions at your web site
- Fun news about quilting
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| We need more
featured patterns for our newsletter.
If you have a pattern that you would
like to feature, please
contact me. |
| Here are our
guidelines |
| 1) |
Designers that have two or
more patterns listed at FindAQuiltPattern.com
are eligible to submit one of
their patterns to be featured.
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| 2) |
The designer would include a
100 to 200 word article about
the pattern. |
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| Quilters |
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Help me get the word out! Add a link
to FindAQuiltPattern.com
on your website or blog. Click
here for link information.
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| We have a new
game coming! Stay tuned for Button
Button, who has the buttons?. |
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| Shop Owners |
| FindAQuiltPattern.com
is a great place to find new patterns
to offer in your shop. |
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Ad
Spot!
Get your
spot in the newsletter. |
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| May the sewing
force be with you! |
| cindy aka MsDesigns |
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Contact
me
to feature one of your patterns.
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portion of this newsletter may be reproduced, reprinted,
published or rewritten for redistribution. |
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| 240+ strong |
| We have 32
designers listing almost 250 patterns
at FindAQuiltPattern.com.
Click
here to visit the designer's web
sites. Click
here to check out all the new patterns. |
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Designers
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I have reduced the time for our free
pattern listing. All new patterns can
now be listed for 11 months free. Before
it was 1 year. Do not forget to list
more of your patterns Take advantage
of this great opportunity while it lasts. |
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How about contributing to the newsletter?
Contact me about ..
- Information on your latest design
- Promotions at your web site
- Fun news about quilting
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| Quilters |
| Tell all your
quilty friends about FindAQuiltPattern.com.
The more that visit our site, the more
patterns we can get listed. |
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| Shop Owners |
| FindAQuiltPattern.com
is a great place to find new patterns
to offer in your shop. |
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Ad
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Get your spot
in the newsletter. |
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| May the sewing
force be with you! |
| cindy aka MsDesigns |
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Featured
Pattern
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| Black
and White Optical Quilts |
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| What
quilt do you make for a teen aged
boy? Looking for a quilt to make
from his school colors? Want easy
piecing but a WOW effect? This
quilt is the one you want. |
| Imagine
this quilt in red & gold,
blue & white, or purple &
gold. Or, two contrasting blue
batiks like flowing water. |
| It is
strip-pieced from two colors with
the convergence technique. Cut
strips of fabric, alternate colors
and re-sew together to make a
striped fabric. Do this again
to make four small quilts. Lay
them with the small squares in
the center for an optical effect
or lay them in different orders
for your own special optical.
A gentle curve in the borders
softens the geometrics for a perfect
framing finish. Machine quilt. |
| 2 colors,
quick piecing, and great for a
teenage boy; what more do you
want in a quilt! |
| You
can get Black & White
Optical pattern at
JTQuilt. |
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Contact
me
to feature one of your patterns.
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portion of this newsletter may be reproduced, reprinted,
published or rewritten for redistribution. |
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| Happy New
Year! |
| I hope this
newsletter comes to you after a safe
and happy holidays. |
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| Featured Pattern |
| We have a Featured
Pattern section! I will post
our featured patterns at our website
and in our newsletters. In this issue
is Simple Elegance Table Dressings
from Creative Folk Quilting.
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| 100+ strong |
| There are 20
designers listing over 100 patterns
at FindAQuiltPattern.com.
Slowly but surely we are growing. Now
that the holidays are over, we will
have more time to add more patterns. |
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Designers
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Do not forget to list more of your patterns.
As our database grows, I will reduce
the number of patterns we can list for
free. Take advantage of this great opportunity
while it lasts. |
| Let us know
what you are up to. If you have new
information to share about your designs,
how about we post it here in our newsletter.
Contact me
if you would like to provide a future
article. |
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| Quilters |
| Tell all your
quilty friends about FindAQuiltPattern.com.
The more that visit our site, the more
patterns we can get listed. |
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| Get
your spot in the newsletter. |
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| May the sewing
force be with you! |
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| cindy aka MsDesigns |
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Featured
Pattern
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| Simple
Elegance Table Dressings |
Garden
Party textiles designed
by Yolanda V. Fundora |
| Fabulous
fabrics paired with simple pattern
shapes result in contemporary,
high-end table fashions. What
could be more charming than your
dining table set with elegant
table dressings? This 5 piece
pattern includes directions for
plate mats, table scarf and/or
table pad, and 2 styles of lined
dinner napkins: traditional square
(with a twist) or “Holiday
Tree” napkins for garden
parties or the holidays. What
else is neat about this pattern
besides its easy-sew construction?
It’s designed to produce
two distinct looks with one sewing
operation—all components
are reversible! There are no bound
edges to slow you down with this
easy method, and no hand sewing.
Unique styling will be the star
of the show on a square or
rectangular table, and sure
to earn a standing ovation on
hard-to-fit round tables.
Imperial measurements (USA) and
metric included. |
| You
can get this pattern and the Garden
Party kit at
Urban Amish. |
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Contact me if
you would like to feature one of your patterns
in the newsletter. |
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portion of this newsletter may be reproduced, reprinted,
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| Getting the Word
Out |
| Help get the word
out about FindAQuiltPattern.com
by telling all your favorite quilt designers
and quilter friends. For a limited time pattern
listing is free, so tell the designers to
jump in now. We will be having games and prizes,
so let your quilter friends know about the
fun to come. |
| This is a win win
situation. Designs can list their patterns
and quilters can search for the pattern they
are looking for. |
| This will only work
if we all jump in together. So get the word
out. 8o) |
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| Enter Patterns |
| As you know, we can
now list up to 20 patterns free (for one year)*.
Since I was able to automate some of the admin
features, I have more time to add patterns. |
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With this automation, I can also help enter
patterns for designers. All I need is the
name of the pattern and a location of the
pattern at your web site. After I get your
pattern in the system, you can edit the
pattern entry in your Designer's Control
Panel at FindAQuiltPattner.com.
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* Please note: To list 20 patterns free,
there must be an easy to find link pointing
to FindAQuiltPattern.com on
your web site or blog.
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| Featured Patterns |
| I can not wait till
the first newsletter issue in January where
we can display our first featured pattern.
I will also have it on our home page. So far
we have three patterns waiting to be featured! |
| I have been working
with our FindAQuiltPattern.com
database so that featured patterns will show
up with the pattern listings. To see a test
run, visit
our home page and click Search Patterns
on the left. Select Patchwork category
and Beginner Skill Level.
Click the Do Search button.
Scroll down to Simple Elegance Beverage
Coaster. Within the listing you can
see a Read more button. See
a sample below. |
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| This tag will also
appear in the New
Patterns list and in a designer's
pattern list. |
| This is a great way
to advertise a pattern and to create an eye
catcher in the pattern listings. |
| I would love to have
all designers to submit one of their patterns
to be featured. It is easy, fun and free. |
| Please note the guidelines
for featured patterns. |
| 1) |
Designers that have two or more
patterns listed at FindAQuilPattern.com
are eligible to submit one of their
patterns to be featured.
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| 2) |
The designer would include a 100 to
200 word article about the pattern. |
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If you are interested in featuring one
of your patterns, just let me know.
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| Happy Holidays |
| Please have a safe
and happy holidays! |
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cindy aka MsDesigns
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portion of this newsletter may be reproduced, reprinted,
published or rewritten for redistribution. |
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| Designer Control
Panel Login |
| With our control
panel logins, I sorta guessed them up on the
spot. I would be more than happy to change
any designer's username, password or both.
If you would like a new login that is easier
to remember, just let me know. |
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| Newsletter |
| Next month I am going
to let the subscribers of my other web site
know about FindAQuiltPattern.com's
newsletter. I hope to have many quilting subscribers
by the first of the year. |
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| Featured Pattern |
| Our first featured
pattern is ready for its debut! It will be
presented on our home page the first of January
and presented in our first newsletter that
is issued that month. |
| This will be a great
way to advertise our patterns as well as decorate
our home page and newsletter. |
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Here are the guidelines we have so far.
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| 1) |
Designers that have two or more
patterns listed at FindAQuiltPattern.com
are eligible to submit one of their
patterns to be featured.
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| 2) |
The designer would include a 100 to
200 word article about the pattern. |
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If you are interested in featuring one
of your patterns, just let me know.
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cindy aka MsDesigns
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portion of this newsletter may be reproduced, reprinted,
published or rewritten for redistribution. |
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Let's think about our home page. It is
pretty bland right now and could use a little
color and excitement.
What do you think about having a featured
pattern displayed on our home page? Along
with a picture, there would be an article
about the pattern. Depending on how many
patterns are submitted, we can change the
featured pattern once or twice a month.
I could also add the featured pattern to
the newsletter I send out.
This will help decorate our home page and
provide quilters a fun article to read.
They are always eager to hear about what
inspired us in the creation of a pattern.
We will have to play this by ear for now,
but let's start with these guidelines.
| 1) |
Designers that have two or more
patterns listed at FindAQuiltPattern.com
are eligible to submit one of their
patterns to be featured.
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| 2) |
The pattern has to be a pattern that
is listed at FindAQuiltPattern.com. |
| 3) |
The designer would be responsible
for a 100 to 200 word article about
the pattern. |
| 4) |
First featured pattern will be displayed
in January. |
If you are interested in entering one of
your patterns just let me know and I will
get the ball rolling.
cindy aka MsDesigns
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portion of this newsletter may be reproduced, reprinted,
published or rewritten for redistribution. |
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I am so excited about FindAQuiltPattern.com.
If we all work together, we can provide
a wonderful service for both quilters and
quilt designers.
Great news! We can now list up to 20 patterns
free (for one year). All that is required
is an easy to find link pointing to FindAQuiltPattern.com
on your web site or blog.
Even better news! I can now help enter
patterns. Just provide me the name of the
pattern and a location of the pattern on
the internet. If you would like for me to
help enter your patterns at FindAQuiltPattern.com,
just let me know.
cindy aka MsDesigns
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portion of this newsletter may be reproduced, reprinted,
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I
think the change of base colour
was prompted by a recent project
I did for “Homespun"
magazine here in Australia. The
brief was to do a cushion using
light, bright and young fabrics.
I thought to myself....Wow this
is going to be hard as I am a
lover of more traditional styles
of quilts but up popped “Zoe”
which has been well received.
I
belong to a yahoo group of quilters
and one day a member posted a
web site about spidrons. I had
never seen a spidron before so
it was new to me. She knew I was
a math lover and posted "hey
Cindy, wouldn't this make a 
great
table topper". I visited
the spidron web site. For several
months the spidron image was on
my mind. I continued to search
the internet to learn more about
this cool geometric system. Anyway,
I decided to take the plunge and
started to design a table topper.
If
you took the workshop you may
remember that the spidron was
discovered by Dániel Erdély
from Hungary. Dániel came
across our workshop info page
and contacted me. Since then we
have corresponded back and fourth
now and then. Come to find out
he has a 13 year old daughter
named Janka. Anyway, he was so
excited about the quilt with spidrons
that I asked my mil if she would
make Janka a spidron table topper.
My mil was more than eager to
do so and here it is. Janka's
favorite colors are bright greens.