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can I expect when I purchase one of your patterns?
 When
you purchase any of my patterns,
you will receive the pattern as a pdf file(s), and it will be sent to
your email account as an attachment.
As it will state on
the opening page, you should be requesting the Technique
Files from the Library and printing the coloured web page with the
picture of the Quilt and the Fabric Key.
What
is the best way to print one of your web pages?
Place
your cursor at the start of what you want to print. Click your left
button and keep holding it down while you drag it to where you want
to stop printing. Release the button. The shaded area is what will print
when you choose "Selection" on your printer options.
Please note: If the
whole page does not get printed, you could try setting your printer
for "landscape".
Can I copy my pattern to give to my small quilt group?
Everything
you need to know about copying any of my patterns or web pages (any
kind of copying) or what I mean when I say "Personal Use Only" please
read the information that can be found here.
No pdf file sharing is allowed.
How
do I print out my pattern (or technique pages)? I can't open the file
you sent me.
What
you will need to know about saving, opening, reading and printing the
free technique pages can be found on the
Downloading & Printing Page.
You will need an unzip program to open some of the files and you will
need Acrobat Reader (links for free copies can be found on the Downloading
& Printing Page).
Can
I receive a free pattern? I've signed up for your newsletter.
Receiving
the Victoriana Quilters newsletter is not the same thing as being a
paid member of Victoriana Quilters.
The newsletter is available to everyone, as part of the many free things
I offer on this site. I believe very strongly in the sharing of quilting
knowledge...hence my free technique instructions & information,
Block of the Month, Complimentary Patterns, Charity Quilt Patterns,
Cutting Charts, Printable Labels.
A paid membership ($19.50 USD for the first year) to Victoriana Quilters
allows you to receive the pattern instructions from the patterns on
the Pattern Page, and have access to the Past Blocks of the Month, Members
Notebook and register for the Online Classes. Member's also have the
opportunity to purchase past patterns for a nominal fee.
The $19.50 first year membership fee is what you pay for a book, or
a subscription to a magazine or a couple of patterns.
I
tried to request a file, but I never received it attached to an email.
Why would that be?
You
might not have received the file(s) you requested for one of the following
reasons:
1. It could be that
you accidentally entered an incorrect email address.
2. Your ISP could have
spam blocked my email address.
Checking your spam/junk
folder is ususally helpful.
If this still doesn't
work you need to contact your server, or try a different
email address.
Servers
with the worst blocking record: AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo, Sbcglobal, Roadrunner,
Rogers, Sympatico, Optonline and Windstream.
Try Google's gmail if you are still having problems (You can get Google
Buzz posts with it too!).
Please
feel free to try again!
3. Your virus checker
could have blocked it. Sometimes a virus program will not allow a file
through, not because it's infected, but because it assumes the attachment
will be a virus.
You need to know that
I wouldn't be offering a file that has any viruses.
If you would like to get the files open, you could temporarily set your
virus checker at a lower security setting, until you are able to save
the
files.
This has worked for others who also set the setting to the highest security
setting.
The
file I requested arrived attached to my email, but it's all gibberish.
Saving
the file to your computer before opening it should correct this problem.
What
are these Social Bookmarking Icons?
The
first set of icons are used to receive updates to this site through
a different method other than the update newsletter.
  
You can load the RSS
Feed into any Reader to receive your notices.
The second set are
social bookmarking icons link to sites that let you easily share Victoriana
Quilt Designs with other Web users and to store this page for future
reading. Social bookmarking is a way to save the web pages that you
stumble across to one central location on the Internet. The sites allow
you to access your bookmarks from any computer, share stories with your
friends and find useful pages that you almost forgot about....like Victoriana
Quilt Designs!
Each site requires
you to register if you want to start submitting links or to vote on
other people's submissions. Registration is free.
The sites listed are only a few of them many there are and each are
set up a little differently (read each site's information).
Here's what I've learnt about these:
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Delicious
- This social bookmarking site was the first. |
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Digg - When
you submit a link to the Digg site, other Digg users can either
"digg" (vote in favor of) or "bury" (vote against)
your submission. The site ranks links based largely on how many
digs they receive.
Any registered user can post comments on any link submission. Debate
is often lively and not always for all ages. |
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Reddit - Like
Digg, Reddit allows you to submit links you like and to vote for
and against others' submissions. Reddit will also suggest sites
you might like based on your past votes and submissions. |
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StumbleUpon
- StumbleUpon requires you not only to register but also to download
a free software plug-in for your Web browser.
The software adds StumbleUpon buttons to your browser. As you surf
the Web, you can click the "thumb up" button to vote for
the page your—or the "thumb down" button.
Gradually, StumbleUpon's computers form a sharper and sharper idea
of what you do and don't like. That's where the "SU" button
comes in—click it and you'll be taken to a random page that StumbleUpon's
computers think you might like.
Each time you click the StumbleUpon logo or link in the "Share
This Page" box on the Victoriana Quilt Designs page, you're
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