A Great Notion is Canada's largest mail order supplier of innovative and hard-to-find sewing and quilting notions, shipping across Canada and around the world.
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A Great Notion was launched in January of 1990 by Judi Atkinson. Judi developed this company in the basement of her home, starting with a small 8 page catalogue. After a few years, A Great Notion grew out of her home, and has now grown into two retail stores, a business division, and a warehouse holding over 7,000 sku's of sewing related merchandise. A Great Notion now publishes two 128-page catalogues per year, along with several other associated flyers and publications. Judi has taught extensively at trade shows across Canada, and has co-hosted her own cable television series, "Let's Get Sewing".

This fall, you can meet with Judi at the Calgary Creative Stitches and Crafting Alive

show on September 28th and 29th at the Round-Up Centre in Calgary, or in Toronto at the Creative Sewing and Needlecraft Festival on October 26th through 28th at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto. If you are unable to attend either of these shows, please visit us Monday through Saturday 9:30 - 5:30 in either of our stores in BC:

Surrey/Langley:
#108 - 19289 Langley ByPass,
Surrey, BC V3S 6K1
(same parking lot as Wolfe Mazda)
604-575-9028

Abbotsford
#101 - 32526 George Ferguson Way (formerly Dahlstrom Ave.)
Abbotsford, BC V2T 4Y1
604-853-8930