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I think the fabric with the guitars would make a neat quilt for a fan of the anime (or the manga) "K-ON!":

Brian Christiansen

After facing all the fabric in my studio the thought of buying more does not excite me. Currently I am thinking that a quilter should buy the fabric for one project, make that project, cut any leftovers into specific squares and strips and move on. No more buying a fabric just because it is pretty or on sale. How long do you think this malady will last?

Susan

I can live without running water and electricity. I have. But don't you remember when Katrina 'got' us I begged this group to buy some fabric and tell me about it. It wasn't the needing of fabric; I yearned to just hear about their finding something pretty or on sale. Maybe we didn't get to play with our Easter Eggs enough when we were little. Susan I do hope you get over this malady soon. It sounds awful. Polly

Howdy! As we learned in first year Spanish, Susan, "¡Ojala Que Se Mejore Pronto! Oh, I hope you get better soon! Polly, here's my latest acquisition story: The leader of the quilt bee I attend had a gift certificate awarded to her for a quilt show win. She kept that g.c. in her purse for months, then said, in January, that she just didn't have time to go to Waxahachie to get her prize. My head popped up & I said, "I love that store! I'll buy your gift certificate!" and the deal was done. So, this Tuesday I tootled on down to Waxahachie, just about 15 minutes from here, to Common Threads :

and had a nice perusal of the store. I chose an armload of bolts from the Half-price shelves & made myself very happy. Love the store: it's like a quilt show in itself, w/ quilts hung all over the walls of that old building, lots of finished samples everywhere, stacks of 1930s-type prints, Texas bluebonnets & cowboy hats, flowers & stripes & all kinds of goods from the manufacturers that keep us in stitches (lots besides Moda!!). A new twist at the check-out counter: "Do you want a bag for that or would you like to enter our contest?" Oh, well... let's see... they have cute little plastic tote bags, and I have several of those. I have other tote bags in my car... I'll take the contest entry, please! What a deal: recycle, everybody wins! There are stars on red, holly leaves & berries on white (it's never too early to make a Christmas project, right?), red horseshoes on cream, and tiny roosters in red & yellow on a black background. Awesome! The carpenters are here remodeling the master bath shower. Roosters will increase in number when the project is finished (I want to replace a goofy stain-glass window with a double-hung model); the skylight greets the morning sunshine & floods us with light: let there be roosters! There are roosters on the over-head shelf, roosters on the wall, rooster on the trash can; next: those rooster panels w/ a nice frame of tiny birds on black for curtains on a swing-rod. "No good fabric goes to waste."

Ragmop/Sandy - binding a Hug, pulling out the iron for the next project

On 5/10/13 1:37 PM, in article snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net, "Polly Esther" wrote:

On Thursday, May 9, 2013 10:06:42 PM UTC-4, Polly Esther wrote: I found a sale of children's cotton prints at

I found a grab bag of fabric at the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store for $1 .49, less a 50% discount for "over age 50" on Mondays. Buried in the bag w ere three cotton pieces: purple with tiny white hearts, a white-on-almost- white, and a purple/white flowers on pink. There was just exactly enough t o cut out five-inch squares for a disappearing nine-patch in crib size for Project Linus. I've been wanting to try that pattern ever since I saw one online. I have some batting left over from something else, and can probabl y find a suitable backing in the donated fabric at our Project Linus office . A complete quilt for 74 cents!

Frances

*WOW* okay, Frances. Hands down. You win! How wonderful. Polly

I found a grab bag of fabric at the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store for $1.49, less a 50% discount for "over age 50" on Mondays. Buried in the bag were three cotton pieces: purple with tiny white hearts, a white-on-almost-white, and a purple/white flowers on pink. There was just exactly enough to cut out five-inch squares for a disappearing nine-patch in crib size for Project Linus. I've been wanting to try that pattern ever since I saw one online. I have some batting left over from something else, and can probably find a suitable backing in the donated fabric at our Project Linus office. A complete quilt for 74 cents!

Frances