Quilt Craft BLOG

Canadian Quilters Association: Show Winners

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:18:53 -0700

Just found the page from the Canadian Quilters’ Association showing the winners from this years juried show.

http://www.canadianquilter.com/photo-gallery/national-jury-show-2010.php

Awesome! Inspiring! Fantastic! Bookmark this link for those days when you need a little creative energy, a little pick me up, and little umph. This should do it.

Tech Note: If you click on one of the images it will bring up a lightbox slide show where you can see a larger version and then just keep clicking “next” to see them all at your own pace.

Happy HST day

Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:37:35 -0700

If you're living in Canada, you have probably spent a considerable amount of time thinking about, talking about, and just generally living and breathing HST. Well, here at Quilt Craft Distributors, so have we.

As you are no doubt aware, starting July 1st of this year, businesses will change from charging GST to charging HST and that includes us. The CRA's "Place of Supply" rules have been substantially re-written and (simplified) indicate that the destInation of goods will determine the tax rate to be charged.

Therefore, Quilt Craft Distributors will be required to charge HST on orders shipped to stores located in Ontario and British Columbia. If you are located in one of the existing HST provinces (NS, NB, NL) nothing will change, and if you are located in one of the GST/PST only provinces, your PST exemption still applies and nothing will change for you either. (And exports out of Canada will continue to be tax free).

QCD has upgraded our accounting software to manage the changes. Invoices dated July 1st and later will reflect the new HST rates. Each invoice will detail the tax rate and tax summary for your order so that you may properly account for the invoices when you receive them. You will need the information to get the taxes back in credit.

As always, if you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Ursula Riegel Shares ....

Wed, 5 May 2010 16:23:07 -0700

Satin Moon, a store based in Victoria, BC Canada, has done a series of 4 Blog posts about Ursula Riegel, the designer behind the “Designs to Share With You” line.

Take a look in Ursula’s sewing room and even make some homemade Apple Cake. Click here for a list of the blog articles.

ABQ supplies Teachers Notes for classes

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:25:23 -0700

Brenda Miller (the Brenda in Among Brenda’s Quilts) is trying to make your life easier! She has started providing Teachers Notes on all of her new patterns.

From Brenda:
“These notes offer a class schedule that stores can easily follow. There are extra tips and homework ideas that will make teaching a store class a super easy event to plan.

The Teachers’s Notes also include cut and paste text and photos for newsletters and web site advertising. Teachers Notes are a free download on the web site when you follow the links for the patterns.”

Quilt Craft Distributors has also put links to the Teachers Notes on our website on the page for the individual pattern. You can click on the link to the PDF file and review it as you are shopping for new designs to carry. Take a look at the information for “ABQ 143 Hugs & Kisses”.

Anything that saves you that much time and helps you offer more to your customers must not only be a good thing, but a great thing! Thank you Brenda.

Welcome to Gerri Richards of Cool Cat Designs

Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:24:34 -0800

We’re very happy to have another new Designer on board. Please welcome Gerri Richards of Cool Cat Designs. She has a fantastic line of great bags and purse items and uses a wonderful colour palette to show them off. She’s another Canadian Designer and has many existing customers in her area, but we want the rest of the country to see her stuff too!

Take a look!