I'm sure we went through Tignish last time... isn't that on the way to all the windmills?

O'Leary was a nice town. We visited the potato museum while there.

We stayed at Pioneer Farm both times, a wonderful off-grid little homestead with a cabin for rent, which we'd found online. It was so very special a place... but unfortunately with the economy being very tough, and most tourists turning to the east after crossing the bridge to the Island, they were not able to make a go of it and now the property is for sale. I would call it Totally Wonderful (except for the mosquitos). It's south of O'Leary, right on the water, and there's even a sandbar offshore (which does provide an escape from the bugs). In case anyone is interested in buying the place (with all that water frontage it would be a good investment I suppose) here's a link to their website. http://www.pioneerfarm.ca Jim and Judy are wonderful people and I just wish that they could have had a happy ending; they certainly deserved it.

I guess they really liked us, too, as we're #1 on their testimonials page. As it turned out, though, we were their final guests.
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Hi, I live in Sherbrooke, Québec. We used to have tons of fabric stores and now we only have 2. WM is only keeping precut fabric. A new boutique has open in a fabric store and it is specialized in quilting, but the fabric runs from 12.99 per meter (39 in). It is quite expensive, so, when I can, I cross the boarder to Newport, RI and buy my stuff there. My husband and I are planning a trip to PEI next summer. We're going to stay 10 days.

Yes Fabric in Canada is expensive compared to the US, as well as quilt batting I think.

I also was wondering about shipping. Can you use the flat rate priority boxes or envelopes to mail stuff to Canada? or what is the best, cheapest way to ship?

I agree fabric , rotary blades, specialty rulers are very expensive here. Add to that that somethings will not are cannot be sent to Canada by places like Joann's etc I want t scream ever times someone on the board complains that fat quarters at $1.50 are "expensive". Here they are up to $4 each!
Another problem is postage,. We may find a deal in the USA but the postage is more than the cost of the item!

Forgot to mention I do get some lovely fat quarters from HI . She sends them in a brown envelope , use to call them Manila envelopes, She fans them so they are flat , for between $6 to $7 . Many on ebay etc have a blanket rate using boxes that are much more expensive, sadly I just don't bu from the seller on there that charge a blanket $11. 95 to Canada.

That is so odd, must be the store charging extra, I have sent a few things to quilters in Canada and was surprised by how inexpensive the postage was. However, postage to Ireland was way more expensive than to Canada and took way longer to get there.

I buy a lot from the States as the costs here are unreal. Most of the things I get are in the flat rate envelopes and boxes but lately a few people have used first class and the postage seems to be less. Not yet sure of the delivery speed but one person told me that delivery times are the same for first class and priority. Never send anything by UPS as they charge a lot in brokerage fees and always send by USPS.