Row by Row Experience
[QUOTE=Homemother;6869659]Hi Quilt Fan,
Because there are prizes involved, the stores cannot mail you the patterns. The first person to go to a participating store with a finished quilt wins 25 fat quarters + another prize if that shop's row is in their quilt. I understand your desire to get the rows. I believe the quilt shops will be offering their rows after the Row by Row Experience ends in October. The purpose of the experience was to encourage travelers to stop at shops and purchase the patterns and/or fabric. This is the heart and soul of it all. They really want people in the stores so they will buy more fabric, thus, helping the quilt stores stay in business. We happened to be traveling and my DH was so sweet to stop at as many shops as we could fit in. As we traveled, I asked the owners how the Row by Row has affected them. The overwhelming response was that their businesses were given a nice boost.
Homemother:
Your quilt is lovely and has a lot of special touches. Yes, I do understand the need to get customers into the shops, a bit like shop hops. I was just wondering if, in time, they "might" find a way to provide them by mail for those interested. I could not participate right now. Occasionally there will be a pattern published that is row by row. Love of Quilting had a Christmas quilt in 1999 that I made. Row by Row definitely has a different feel.