The following graphic discusses the online world of quilting.  Quilting and technology are improving and complementing each other year after year.  I'm happy that The Quilt Pattern Shoppe is a part of it.

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Happy New Year! I hope you've had a wonderful holiday season!  Here's to a terrific 2013 filled with love and warmth from friends and family.  We hope you find opportunities to enjoy the satisfaction and joy that comes from serving other people. We hope you'll find time to enjoy quilting too. 

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Welcome to The Quilt Pattern Shoppe's new website! We are excited to provide a more clean look and feel to help you buy and sell your favorite digital quilting patterns. You'll notice a clean way to browse by categories on the left side of the page. Find your patterns by designer, size, skill level or technique. There are so many ways to find your patterns online!

When you order a pattern with The Quilt Pattern Shoppe, links are provided to you upon successful checkout. You are also e-mailed a receipt of your purchase with links to your patterns. To download your patterns, click these links (either at checkout or in the e-mail we send to you) and save your patterns on your computer. These links are good for 3 clicks and then they expire. If you have any trouble, please contact us!

We look forward to serving you.

Enjoy!

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One of the most effective tools we have to measure the trends in the quilting industry is through surveys. Annually, the Quilter's Shopping Trends Survey helps many local businesses stay tuned in to the consumers needs. This year, the prizes for participating total to a value well over $1,000! One winner will be selected for each of the prizes listed below.

To take the survey, visit this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/shoppingtrends2012

Each person that fills out the survey (complete with their name and e-mail address) is automatically entered into a drawing to win one of the following prizes:

• TheQuiltBarn.com 
  A 3 day 2 night stay at our retreat center the "Hen House". The retreat center has accommodations for six people with a value of $250 per night, a $30 gift basket per person for a total value of $680! The winner of this prize will be sent a detailed information packet. Visit them online www.thequiltbarn.com.  
  
  
• Ericas.com  
  $100 Gift card to order from our website; www.ericas.com.  
  
  
• ByAnnie.com 
  Free to one lucky participant; Pattern of your choice from Patterns by Annie at www.ByAnnie.com PLUS 18" x 58" package of Soft and Stable (to use in place of batting).  
  
  
• DesigningQuilts.com 
  Gift certificate for 20% off any quilting service over $75.00. Redeem at www.designingquilts.com. 
  
  
• DJsDiscountFabrics.com 
  $30 gift certificate for merchandise on www.djsdiscountfabrics.com.  
  
  
• SewEZQuilting.com 
  $15 gift certificate for products on www.sewezquilting.com. 
  
  
• SuperiorThreads.com 
  $50 gift certificate to www.superiorthreads.com.  
  
  
• TheQuiltPatternShoppe.com 
  $25 gift certificate to www.thequiltpatternshoppe.com.
  
  
• AbbysReflection.com
  $42 Retail value for 12 Alaska print fat quarters. Free shipping to anywhere within the 50 United States. See selection at www.abbysreflection.com. 

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It's getting close to that time of year that we quilters prepare quilts for Christmas gifts.  I hope you choose quilt patterns from The Quilt Pattern Shoppe as part of your preparations!

A recent poll on the Quilter's Daily Special facebook page asked quilters if they could give a quilt to anyone, who would it be to, and why.  The answers were interesting.

The most common response was to Jesus or to Jesus's mother, Mary.  Explanations included that it would be cold in the nights and in the trip to Egypt and back, so a gift of a warm quilt would be a great gift for Him.

Other responses were about Mother Theresa.  Mother Theresa would use the quilt to wrap up a cold, frightened orphan... or perhaps she could use it herself!

The third most common response was to give a quilt to their own mother.  It is wonderful to reflect on the women in our lives and how much of an impact they have on all of us.  Our mothers definitely deserve our admiration and care.  Our mothers have and do inspire us to be noble, loving, giving, and kind to others.  A quilt is a great symbol of a mother's care and love.

Other humorous responses included:

• Betsy Ross, the woman that created the American flag
• Dale Earnhardt, of NASCAR fame.  I suppose there are some NASCAR fans that love to quilt!
• Barbara Bush

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