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Affiliate disclosure
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

PRIVACY POLICY
What information do we collect?
Our site collects information from you when you register on our site or fill out a form.  We also gather general statistics (not personally identifiable) for learning more about our audience and for interest based advertising (typically using tools including but not limited to Quantcast or Crazy Egg).

When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name or e-mail address.  You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

What do we use this information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

  • To personalize your experience (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
  • To improve our website (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
  • To improve customer service (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
  • To process transactions.
  • To send periodic emails.

The email address you provide for order processing may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.

Note:  If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

  • To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature

How do we protect this information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you access your personal information.

Cookies (ours, and third party)
We use cookies, as most websites with basic web functionality.  A cookie is basically a small file that holds bits of information in your browser and it gets submitted to our site when you visit.  There are two types of cookies, persistent and session.  Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain for longer.  We use cookies to help us  create a better user experience.  If you log in, we use cookies to identify your login session.  Most browsers allow you to delete cookies (both types) via your browser settings.  You are free to disable cookies and still view our sites.  Your web browser should have a setting to clear and/or disable cookies. Note that we use third party products for measuring web analytics and providing advertising, these sites use their own cookies on your computer.  They may include Google or CJ.  Feel free to disable cookies or not visit our site if you prefer to not have that info stored and submitted to us or these third party sites.

Third party links
Occasionally at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website.  These third party sites have separate and Independence privacy policies.  We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites.  Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Online Privacy Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post these changes on this page.

This was last modified on 02/04/2017

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising

The Website uses Mediavine to manage all third-party advertising on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website. The cookie may collect information relating to your use of the Website, information about your device such as the device’s IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at the Website via a link from a third-party site, the URL of the linking page.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/ .

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site.

The Website may collect IP addresses and location information to serve personalized ads and pass it to Mediavine. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit https://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp . You may also visit https://optout.aboutads.info/#/ and https://optout.networkadvertising.org/# to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at https://www.aboutads.info/appchoices to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

Mediavine partners with the following data processors:

  1. Pubmatic. You may find Pubmatic’s privacy policy through this link . The data collected on the Website may be transferred to Pubmatic and its demand partners for interest-based advertising. Statistical information and other non-cookie technologies (such as eTags and web or browser cache) may be used by third parties on this Website. Browser settings that block cookies may have no effect on these technologies, but you may clear your cache to delete such trackers. Data collected from a particular browser or device may be used with another computer or device that is linked to the browser or device on which such data was collected.
  2. Criteo. You may find Criteo’s privacy policy through this link . The data collected on the Website may be transferred to Criteo and its demand partners for interest-based advertising. Criteo may collect, access, and use non-identifying data to improve the Criteo Technology and other Criteo products, programs, and/or services. This non-identifying data may include on-site user behavior and user/page content data, URLs, statistics, or internal search queries. The non-identifying data are collected through the ad call and stored with a Criteo cookie for a maximum period of 13 months.
  3. Pulsepoint. You may find Pulsepoint’s privacy policy through this link .
  4. LiveRamp. You may find LiveRamp’s privacy policy through this link . When you use the Website, we share information that we may collect from you, such as your email (in hashed, de-identified form), IP address or information about your browser or operating system, with LiveRamp Inc, and its group companies (‘LiveRamp’). LiveRamp may use a cookie on your browser and match your shared information to their on- and offline marketing databases and those of its advertising partners to create a link between your browser and information in those other databases. This link may be shared by our partners globally for the purpose of enabling interest-based content or advertising throughout your online experience (e.g. cross device, web, email, in-app, etc.) by third parties unaffiliated with our website. These third parties may in turn link further demographic or interest-based information to your browser. To opt out of LiveRamp’s targeted advertising, please go here:

    https://liveramp.com/opt_out/
  5. RhythmOne. You may view RhythmOne’s privacy policy through this link . RhythmOne uses cookies and similar tracking technologies (such as mobile device identifiers and digital fingerprinting) to provide its services. RhythmOne may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please visit the following webpage:

    https://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
    .
  6. District M. You may find District M’s privacy policy through this link .
  7. YieldMo. You may find YieldMo’s privacy policy through this link . If you want to opt out of receiving interest based ads from Yieldmo or exercise your right under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, you may do so through this link .
  8. The Rubicon Project. You may find Rubicon’s privacy policy through this link . If you want to opt out of receiving interest based ads from Rubicon or exercise your right under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, you may do so through this link . You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page , the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page , or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page .
  9. Amazon Publisher Services. You may find Amazon Publisher Services’ privacy policy through this link .
  10. AppNexus. You may find the AppNexus privacy policy through this link .
  11. OpenX. You may find OpenX’s privacy policy through this link .
  12. Verizon Media formerly known as Oath. You may find Verizon Media’s privacy policy through this link . You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page , the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page , or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising.
  13. TripleLift. You may find TripleLift’s privacy policy through this link . To opt out of receiving interest-based advertising (including retargeting) from TripleLift’s services through the use of cookies in your current browser and for more information on what it means to opt-out, please go to www.triplelift.com/consumer-opt-out .
  14. Index Exchange. You may find Index Exchange’s privacy policy through this link . You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page , the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page , or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising.
  15. Sovrn. You may find Sovrn’s privacy policy through this link .
  16. GumGum. You may find GumGum’s privacy policy through this link . GumGum may (i) use place and use cookies on end users’ browsers or use web beacons to collect information about end users who visit such Publisher Websites and (ii) link such collected end user information to other end user information provided by third parties in order to deliver targeted Advertisements to such end users.
  17. Digital Remedy. You may find Digital Remedy’s privacy policy through this link .
  18. MediaGrid. You may find MediaGrid’s privacy policy through this link . MediaGrid may collect and store information about end-user interactions with this website through cookies, advertising IDS, pixels and server-to-server connections. MediaGrid was receive the following information: the page an End-User has requested and the referring/exit pages; Timestamp information (i.e., the date and time the End-User has visited the page); IP address; mobile device identifier; device model; device operating system; browser type; carrier; gender; age; geolocation (including GPS coordinates); clickstream data; cookie information; first-party identifiers’; and hashed email addresses; demographic and inferred interest information; and post-conversion data (from both online and offline behaviour). Some of this data is gathered from this website and others is gathered from advertisers. MediaGrid uses this data to provide its services. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page , the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page , or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising or review their privacy policy for more information.
  19. RevContent – You may find RevContent’s privacy policy through this link . RevContent may collect information about your browser or device, including browser type, IP Address, device type, user agent string, and operating system. RevContent also collects information about the websites you visit through their services, such as date and time of access and specific pages accessed and the content and ads you click on. You may opt-out of any personalization track by opting-out of RevContent’s data collection .
  20. Centro, Inc. – You may find Centro’s privacy policy through this link . You may find opt-out information for Centro’s services through the privacy policy link.
  21. 33Across, Inc. – You may find 33Across’s privacy policy through this link . To opt-out of personalized advertising, please visit https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1 .
  22. Conversant. LLC – You may find Conversant’s privacy policy through this link . Conversant uses information that does not directly identify you, such as information about your browser type, time and date of visit, your browsing or transaction activity, the subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over, and a unique identifier (such as a cookie string, or a unique advertising identifier provided by your mobile device) during your visits to this and other websites and apps in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. Conversant may use technologies such as cookies and other tracking technologies to collect this information. To learn more about interest-based advertising, or to opt-out, you can visit www.youronlinechoices.eu or https://www.networkadvertising.org/ .

Mediavine section last updated 07/02/2020

2 comments

  • Emma Thompson

    I just found “hopefulhomemaker.com” on line when searching for some help with my large lone Star quilt.
    I am having trouble getting the corner squares to fit and lay flat. I have ripped them out at least three times and purchased fresh fabric without success.
    I believe the star points from “Y” to point are stretched. Any ideas or suggestions for getting them back into shape and size? Any idea if a light stabilizer would help or work?
    Ideas and suggestions are gladly accepted. Thank you for your help in advance, Emma

  • jennifer

    Emma,
    I have a couple of thoughts. Have you tried letting your star lay flat to see if there is a 90 degree angle between your star points? As you say, there could be stretching from the y seam to the point, or it could be that there was stretching of bias during construction and your diamond sections are not all consistent. If you want to email me a picture I’d be happy to look at it and see if I can offer any suggestions. These blocks aren’t easy, but they are sure beautiful!

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