Jalie pattern still not here

[stashpanache]

Does anyone know about how long it takes to receive a Jalie pattern which is ordered from the site?  Mine was shipped 2 weeks ago and I still do not have it?  Is this normal for Jalie or should I have it by now?  Am I being impatient?

TIA, Stash

[BetsyV]

The mail from (and to ) Canada can be slow, Stash. Plus, Jalie is in the Montreal area, and you are clear across the country. I would give it another week at least before I inquired of Jalie.

[vtmartha]

I think they have to make the pattern up in Customs, Stash, before they can agree to send it through. 

[sdBev]

vtmartha 

I hesitate to purchase from Canadian sources because of Customs.  Everything has to go into Customs, but they don't have to ever release it!  I learned that the hard way.  This should be read as a criticism of US Customs, not my Canadian neighbors and friends. 

[stashpanache]

Yes, Martha, you are so right.  It is US customs which slows everything.  I have a friend above the border from Michigan and when I mail her things, I send it to a friend of hers in Michigan.  It takes forever for things to reach her in Canada and VV.  She says it's the pits at the border now too, since 9/11.

Does anybody have a good US source for Jalie patterns?  That would probably be my solution for the future?

[BeeBee]

Pattern Review has a decent selection:  http://sewing.patternreview.com/SewingPatterns/JaliePatterns/index.html

[Gigi Louis]

Sometimes mine arrive quickly, other times they take *forever*.  I think my last order took about 3 weeks.  But, you just can't beat their buy-3-get-one-free deal!

[Gorgeous Things]

I've never had a problem with slow deliveries when I've bought from them. In fact, I ordered all four of the new patterns, and they shipped today! The original ship date was supposed to be March 24. Yay!

Ann

[stashpanache]

Ann,

Mine shipped on time too.  But, they have been IN TRANSIT for 2 weeks.  I will see if I can buy at PR next time.

[Alice in Bama]

I think when I order mine from her site It was at lease 3 weeks and I had to sign for them When the mail person deliver them to my house . But it's been a while since I order them But I remember having to sign for them thought that was a little odd till I saw they  came from Canada 

Alice

[Morzel]

Isn´t that funny, when I order jalie´s (being shipped across the atlantic) they take a little over a week... Your customs must be really slow!

[stashpanache]

Yes, according to my Canadian friends, it is US Customs that slows things up.

[sdBev]

Yes, according to my Canadian friends, it is US Customs that slows things up.

And rude if you try to expedite.

[stashpanache]

My pattern came today.  Yay!!  Oh my....not complaining, but my tiny little apt is running out of storage room.  A lot has to do with the fact that nothing is the same size?  I don't want to fold this pattern in half but may have to.  I take it you go online to get more info about the pattern?  My BWOF came today too..more Yay!!  More storage problems.  hehehehe  I spent all day organizing my stash.  And vowed not to buy even one length of fabric!!

Stash

[Alice in Bama]

HEY STASH,

    HOW MANY TIMES have we said that . hope you have more will power than I . It did not work when I went to the expo I told my DH But i did not have any linen dear and that was the truth 

Back to sewing

Alice in Bama

   

[MsFunk]

funny story about not buying more of what you've already got.
a few months back, the mister got a fairly large, odd-shaped package in the mail which he promptly whisked upstairs to his man-room in the attic.  I figured it must be a gift since it was near the holidays but I didn't get any gifts that size or shape so I was confused.  I asked him what had been in the package, and he said I would be upset if he told me. 
We don't share finances and he pays his share of the bills so I was a bit puzzled.  Turns out he had misunderstood a comment I made months and months ago.  He asked me if I had too much fabric, and I asked him if he had too many swords (he collects movie props).  He took that to mean he should stop buying swords, when I meant he should stop hassling me about my fabric.  Silly man.

[CanAndi]

I think the customs issue goes both ways in all fairness.

When I purchase items from the States, the Canadian customs will play roulette with whether or not they decide to open my pkg and then charge me tax.
Drives me batty - particularly when the product comes from a fabric mill or such.  I get that there are lots of sneaky folks in the world but they have been in their business long enough to have a clue.

And like I'm not paying enough in exchange, the government feels that they should take a piece out of me for something that was not produced or manufactured in house?  Why do they get a cut?

[BetsyV]

Stash the instructions are printed on the pattern sheet.

[sdBev]

...  Turns out he had misunderstood a comment I made months and months ago.  He asked me if I had too much fabric, and I asked him if he had too many swords (he collects movie props).  He took that to mean he should stop buying swords, when I meant he should stop hassling me about my fabric.  Silly man.

...  That comment sounds like it came from our house.  I always say I have enough fabric and yarn when he has enough fishing and hunting supplies.  We too have seprate checking accounts and we've been married 33 years.  It just saves a lot of arguments.  He knows how much he can spend because he sees it on his checking account bottom line. 

[LauraTS]

Stash the instructions are printed on the pattern sheet.

You can also go online to their website and print out the instructions on a separate sheet, which I find handier since the pattern sheet is so big - but they are on there!