Jackpot!

Well, I didn't hit a Jackpot as great as KK's but I did hit one. Somehow, from somewhere, I had about ½ yard of a beautiful fabric that is neither red nor pink. It is about the color of the heart of a perfectly ripe watermelon. There was only enough printing on the edge to tell me it was a Color Connector. I rooted around the net (Jeanne would be proud) and found

3 that might be *the one* at Cloth Peddler. Those nice people sent me 3 different swatches so I could pick which watermelon tasted just right. While I was ordering some, I just happened to notice that they had lots of good stuff at $ 4.50 to $ 5.00 per yard. DBIL asked me recently how I managed to accumulate such beautiful fabrics. "It's not easy," I sighed. Somebody's got to do it. Polly

What a delicious sounding color- now my mouth is watering for a big, cold wedge of watermelon and the bestest ones won't be for sale until August. And that's only if they didn't get frozen out in that late spring freeze we had here. The local blueberry crop was destroyed and I was really looking forward to getting a couple of gallons. (pout!)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Nice haul, KK!! Don't 'cha just love it when stuff like that happens? And Polly, your fabric color sounds SO pretty! What a nice, summertime color.

Leslie - wish I had a way to get some of our "bumper crop" of berries to you. We never seem to be hurting for any 'blue' color berry. Have you ever tried one of those "sugar baby" watermelons? I call them "personal size" because they're small enough for one or two people to chow down on in a couple days, and so, so, SOOOO sweet and delicious! They're only about as big as a volley ball.

Patti in Seattle

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Somebody around here pointed toward the Hancock sale fabrics again, and I just happened to have gotten a bit of money from my parents for my birthday....so I spent every penny of it! Now I just have to be patient and wait for it to arrive!

Yeah, like I'm anywhere near patient! Hopefully it will arrive on Thursday or Friday when I will need it the most!

Thanks again, you enabler you!

Dannielle

Congrats KK! It's always nice to feel you've hit it big! Even if you can't use it right now, you can fondle!

Dannielle

Well done both of you! Amazing -I'm just astounded at your luck and computer skills. Polly's right, it isn't easy! Roberta in D

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Cool! What are the main colors? What type of prints? Debra in VA See my quilts at

: Cool! What are the main colors? What type of prints? : Debra in VA : See my quilts at :

Standard variety pack for me LOL I only work with scraps and oddball pieces and colours so I take anything that calls to me, most brights and true colours not shades or muted.

Prints range from obscure thingys to flowery whatchamacallits with a bit of whatsits mixed in for good measure!

I don't collect any one print, I don't collect any one kind, I collect what calls to me.... clear as mud? LOL

I am however still keeping my eyes out for any Halloween prints and themes for a quilt for my oldest son. I am trying to have it made for him for his

20th birthday. I have about 6 months to get it done, if it isn't ready for 20, then 21 and being legal will have to be the birthday it hits LOL

~KK in BC~

It was my turn to get lucky today. Friend who collects bric-a-brac for the various organisations I belong to (yes, she too belongs to too many things!) gave me a bag of Laura Ashley prints - mainly terracotta and white, and a plain terracotta and a packet of steel templates. There were 5 Grandmother's Flower Garden patches still on their papers - beautifully done, and altogether about 9 or 10 yards, currently in the washing machine. The comment was 'I don't know if you like the colours'

- People never understand that all colours are wonderful, do they!

They came free, though I will put something in the box at the next sale we have.

Can't decide whether to use the current patches in a Grandmother's Flower Garden lap quilt and perhaps put it in a draw at Christmas (or later!) or do something else with it (using the ready done blocks in a pillow or something). Seems a shame not to use all the co-ordinating fabrics together, especially as they must have been quite expensive.

Its surprising how much fabric has been given to me with odd hexagons cut out of it. It seems that it is where so many people both start and finish quilting!

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk