<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Janome Life]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://janomelife.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Liz Thompson]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://janomelife.wordpress.com/author/lizafrica/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[REMINDER ABOUT AURIFIL THREAD GIVE AWAY AND TAMARA KATE MAPLE LEAF QUILT&nbsp;PATTERN]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt-pattern-and-thread-box-giveaway/ohcanadaquiltsm/" rel="attachment wp-att-16408"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="16408" data-permalink="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt-pattern-and-thread-box-giveaway/ohcanadaquiltsm/" data-orig-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ohcanadaquiltsm.jpg" data-orig-size="1366,1366" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Oh+Canada!+Quilt+sm" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ohcanadaquiltsm.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ohcanadaquiltsm.jpg?w=1024" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16408" src="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ohcanadaquiltsm.jpg?w=640&#038;h=640" alt="" width="640" height="640" srcset="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ohcanadaquiltsm.jpg?w=640&amp;h=640 640w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ohcanadaquiltsm.jpg?w=1280&amp;h=1280 1280w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ohcanadaquiltsm.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150 150w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ohcanadaquiltsm.jpg?w=300&amp;h=300 300w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ohcanadaquiltsm.jpg?w=768&amp;h=768 768w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ohcanadaquiltsm.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=1024 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a></p>
<p><strong>We posted last Monday about the  Oh Canada! Maple Leaf Quilt Pattern being now available + a limited time offer of another pattern  (fabric buckets) from Tamara Kate (see below). AND the Aurifil Janome Canada 150 Thread box giveaway.  </strong></p>
<p><a href="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt-pattern-and-thread-box-giveaway/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil2/" rel="attachment wp-att-16426"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="16426" data-permalink="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt-pattern-and-thread-box-giveaway/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil2/" data-orig-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil2.jpg" data-orig-size="1700,630" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Ad_FB-850&#215;315-Tamara_Aurifil2" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil2.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil2.jpg?w=1024" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16426" src="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil2.jpg?w=640&#038;h=237" alt="" width="640" height="237" srcset="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil2.jpg?w=640&amp;h=237 640w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil2.jpg?w=1280&amp;h=474 1280w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil2.jpg?w=150&amp;h=56 150w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil2.jpg?w=300&amp;h=111 300w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil2.jpg?w=768&amp;h=285 768w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil2.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=379 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Tamara Kate of <a href="http://www.kayajoydesigns.com/">Kayajoydesigns.com </a></strong>is one of our Janome Canada artisans who has been featured in several blog posts in the past. Tamara Kate designed this exquisite quilt below for our <a href="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/06/07/almost-time-for-the-biggest-quilt-show-in-canada/">Canada 150 Limited edition sewing machine </a>and featured in our <a href="http://www.janomemaker.com/">Cross Canada Look book</a> this summer. The quilt was also on display in the Janome booth at Quilt Canada in June in Mississauga, Ontario.</p>
<p><a href="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt-pattern-and-thread-box-giveaway/oh-canada-quilt-tamara-kate/" rel="attachment wp-att-16405"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="16405" data-permalink="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt-pattern-and-thread-box-giveaway/oh-canada-quilt-tamara-kate/" data-orig-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/oh-canada-quilt-tamara-kate-e1530289022573.jpg" data-orig-size="784,688" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="oh canada! quilt &#8211; tamara kate" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/oh-canada-quilt-tamara-kate-e1530289022573.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/oh-canada-quilt-tamara-kate-e1530289022573.jpg?w=784" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16405" src="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/oh-canada-quilt-tamara-kate.jpg?w=640&#038;h=703" alt="" width="640" height="703" /></a></p>
<p>Please see the post last Monday for more information about this magnificent quilt and check out the links to the Pattern for the quilt and the limited time offer of a free fabric basket pattern when you purchase the maple leaf pattern</p>
<p><a href="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/we-shine-the-spotlight-on-our-janome-canada-artisan-cynthia-frenette/thumbnail_150-front/" rel="attachment wp-att-14406"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="14406" data-permalink="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/we-shine-the-spotlight-on-our-janome-canada-artisan-cynthia-frenette/thumbnail_150-front/" data-orig-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/thumbnail_150-front.jpg" data-orig-size="1413,1169" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="thumbnail_150 front" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/thumbnail_150-front.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/thumbnail_150-front.jpg?w=1024" class="size-full wp-image-14406" src="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/thumbnail_150-front.jpg?w=640&#038;h=529" alt="" width="640" height="529" srcset="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/thumbnail_150-front.jpg?w=640&amp;h=529 640w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/thumbnail_150-front.jpg?w=1280&amp;h=1058 1280w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/thumbnail_150-front.jpg?w=150&amp;h=124 150w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/thumbnail_150-front.jpg?w=300&amp;h=248 300w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/thumbnail_150-front.jpg?w=768&amp;h=635 768w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/thumbnail_150-front.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=847 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a></p>
<p>The colours in the thread box are based on the logo colours and quilt which tamara Kate designed.  <em>Please see below for info on how you can enter to win one of 2 boxes of this thread. </em></p>
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<p><a href="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt-pattern-and-thread-box-giveaway/download-14/" rel="attachment wp-att-16404"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="16404" data-permalink="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt-pattern-and-thread-box-giveaway/download-14/" data-orig-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/download1.jpg" data-orig-size="178,178" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="download" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/download1.jpg?w=178" data-large-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/download1.jpg?w=178" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16404" src="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/download1.jpg?w=178&#038;h=178" alt="" width="178" height="178" srcset="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/download1.jpg 178w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/download1.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150 150w" sizes="(max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px" /></a></p>
<p>The Maple Leaf quilt pattern is available at Craftsy: <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/patterns/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt/503556">https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/patterns/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt/503556</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt-pattern-and-thread-box-giveaway/download-1-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-16409"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="16409" data-permalink="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt-pattern-and-thread-box-giveaway/download-1-4/" data-orig-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/download-1.png" data-orig-size="178,178" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="download (1)" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/download-1.png?w=178" data-large-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/download-1.png?w=178" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16409" src="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/download-1.png?w=178&#038;h=178" alt="" width="178" height="178" srcset="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/download-1.png 178w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/download-1.png?w=150&amp;h=150 150w" sizes="(max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px" /></a></p>
<p>And for a limited time, every purchase of the Oh Canada! Maple Leaf Quilt pattern will entitle you to a free copy of my popular Variable Sized Fabric Buckets pattern (see details here: <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/sewing/patterns/fabric-buckets-variable-sizes/510467">https://www.craftsy.com/sewing/patterns/fabric-buckets-variable-sizes/510467</a></p>
<p>The additional fabric buckets pattern will be emailed to you within 24 hours of the quilt pattern purchase.</p>
<p><a href="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt-pattern-and-thread-box-giveaway/img_1417/" rel="attachment wp-att-16413"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="16413" data-permalink="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt-pattern-and-thread-box-giveaway/img_1417/" data-orig-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_1417.jpg" data-orig-size="640,480" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1505402058&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG_1417" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_1417.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_1417.jpg?w=640" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16413" src="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_1417.jpg?w=640&#038;h=480" alt="" width="640" height="480" srcset="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_1417.jpg 640w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_1417.jpg?w=150&amp;h=113 150w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_1417.jpg?w=300&amp;h=225 300w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a></p>
<h2>As above: <strong>we have a thread giveaway for you.</strong> We have a box of Aurifil 50wt cotton thread as in the pic above. This is a limited edition Canada 150 thread box with the colours in the Canada 150 machine logo that Tamara designed as well as in her Maple leaf quilt.</h2>
<p><a href="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt-pattern-and-thread-box-giveaway/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil/" rel="attachment wp-att-16425"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="16425" data-permalink="https://janomelife.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/oh-canada-maple-leaf-quilt-pattern-and-thread-box-giveaway/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil/" data-orig-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil.jpg" data-orig-size="1700,630" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Ad_FB-850&#215;315-Tamara_Aurifil" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil.jpg?w=1024" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16425" src="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil.jpg?w=640&#038;h=237" alt="" width="640" height="237" srcset="https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil.jpg?w=640&amp;h=237 640w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil.jpg?w=1280&amp;h=474 1280w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil.jpg?w=150&amp;h=56 150w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil.jpg?w=300&amp;h=111 300w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil.jpg?w=768&amp;h=285 768w, https://janomelife.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/ad_fb-850x315-tamara_aurifil.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=379 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a></p>
<p>Want a chance to win this thread box? Drop us a line line in the comment box below about what you would like to make with this thread&#8230;&#8230;.besides Tamara&#8217;s Maple Leaf quilt , of course!</p>
<p><strong>PLEASE NOTE:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Shipping of the 2 thread boxes will only be done to<em> Canadian</em> addresses.</li>
<li><strong>Only ONE entry per person during the 2 week draw period please</strong>. Duplicate entries will be deleted.</li>
<li><strong>Entries will close at 12 midnight Pacific Time on Saturday 30th September</strong>. We will draw ONE winner from entries during week 1:  18-23rd September and a SECOND winner from entries during week 2: 25th &#8211; 30th September.</li>
<li>We will notify the winners in early October and make arrangements to ship the thread to the 2 lucky winners.</li>
</ul>
<h2 style="text-align:center;"><strong>GOOD LUCK!</strong></h2>
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