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| Decision field | Open accessCanadian Quilters Association Quilt ShopsCanada · North AmericaRemove | Open accessFreeSewingGlobalRemove |
|---|---|---|
| Decision fit | ||
| Primary job | Choose materials | Find patterns & fit |
| Also useful for | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded |
| Area | Materials | Patterns & fit |
| Best for | Finding association-listed quilt shops and studios within Canada | Custom-fit home sewing patterns |
| Know before using | It is an association list of participating businesses rather than a complete Canadian shop census; confirm the shop type, inventory, address, opening, online ordering, shipping, and service quality directly. | A generated pattern is not independent fit evidence or a production-ready graded block. The result still depends on accurate measurements, the selected design and options, ease assumptions, fabric behavior, construction, and representative test garments. An account stores saved patterns and measurement sets, so review the platform's privacy terms before retaining personal measurements. |
| Practical access | ||
| For | Makers | Makers |
| Location or jurisdiction | Canada · North America | Global |
| Access | Open access | Open access |
| Format | Directory | Software |
| Source type | Industry organization | Open-source project |
| Source and review | ||
| What the source establishes | The current CQA/ACC page exposes thirty-three shop profiles and province or territory filtering across Canada, with named locations and linked business detail pages. | FreeSewing's official documentation says the browser editor drafts a selected design in real time from a measurement set rather than scaling or grading a standard-size pattern. Users can adjust design options and export the generated result, including as PDF; saving the pattern to an account is optional and is used to revisit it later. |
| Linked page reviewed | Jul 16, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Next review due | Jan 12, 2027 | Jan 17, 2027 |
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