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Pat,
I will have to take you shopping with me sometime. I bought some really pretty Benartex fabric last year and started to use it this year on an Irish Chain quilt. It was looking so good that I decided to make the quilt bigger so that it would fit on my queen size bed, but alas, I can't find the fabric. Only have enough to make a twin size! I need your good luck to rub off on me!!! Congrats on your great find! Debbi in SO CA "Pat in Virginia" wrote in message ... This is a Christmas tale with a tiny little miracle .... well, okay, this is fabric, so I won't call it a miracle but I will chortle about a serendipitous ending! About six years ago I made Christmas Stockings for my dear niece's three kidlets. The front of each is a crazy patch work and the name embroidered on an Aida insert. The quilting is along seam lines and wherever I thought to add some interest. I can easily make more stockings with similar fabric and style. The backs are another story. The backs are matching fabric which I bought in the late 80s. Simple little motifs on white. The motifs are separated with a cross hatch of tiny holly leaves, so it was super easy to follow the grid while quilting the back of stocking. The problem is that I used most of that fabric on those stockings and then she had more kids! Now I want you to understand that the problem is not that the kids arrived ... the number 4 child was called Desiree because she was a much desired baby. The problem is that their Batty Great Aunt did not use a plain red fabric!!! When # 4 child was born in 2000, I was rather creative, IMO. I used just about every bid of the matching fabric and pieced it with some Millennium fabric. DN was pleased to see the year of birth added to the design. Soooo, when Zachary was born this September I told her I would make him a stocking but did not have enough of the backing fabric ... just about a 3" piece. She suggested I just use some 2003 fabric, as the year fabric was so cool in Desiree's stocking. I had to explain to my non sewing DN that we may have to wait until the next Century to find dated fabric. She assumed it was made every year. (Not a bad idea, IMO!) Okay, since DN uses a certain stocking for the first Christmas, I do have about 11 months to make this. I've been giving it some thought. Yesterday I was in WalMart to buy coffee and just happened to wander by the fabric area. I selected a bolt of COC and got in line for cutting. I was GOBSMACKED to see the fabric the woman in line had! It was just $2.00 per yard and best of all, it is (Ta Da!) *THE* backing fabric!!!!!!! I got about 2 yards! Woo hoo, is this cool or what? PAT, grinning in VA/USA |
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elusive fabric! (long)
This is a Christmas tale with a tiny little miracle .... well,
okay, this is fabric, so I won't call it a miracle but I will chortle about a serendipitous ending! About six years ago I made Christmas Stockings for my dear niece's three kidlets. The front of each is a crazy patch work and the name embroidered on an Aida insert. The quilting is along seam lines and wherever I thought to add some interest. I can easily make more stockings with similar fabric and style. The backs are another story. The backs are matching fabric which I bought in the late 80s. Simple little motifs on white. The motifs are separated with a cross hatch of tiny holly leaves, so it was super easy to follow the grid while quilting the back of stocking. The problem is that I used most of that fabric on those stockings and then she had more kids! Now I want you to understand that the problem is not that the kids arrived ... the number 4 child was called Desiree because she was a much desired baby. The problem is that their Batty Great Aunt did not use a plain red fabric!!! When # 4 child was born in 2000, I was rather creative, IMO. I used just about every bid of the matching fabric and pieced it with some Millennium fabric. DN was pleased to see the year of birth added to the design. Soooo, when Zachary was born this September I told her I would make him a stocking but did not have enough of the backing fabric ... just about a 3" piece. She suggested I just use some 2003 fabric, as the year fabric was so cool in Desiree's stocking. I had to explain to my non sewing DN that we may have to wait until the next Century to find dated fabric. She assumed it was made every year. (Not a bad idea, IMO!) Okay, since DN uses a certain stocking for the first Christmas, I do have about 11 months to make this. I've been giving it some thought. Yesterday I was in WalMart to buy coffee and just happened to wander by the fabric area. I selected a bolt of COC and got in line for cutting. I was GOBSMACKED to see the fabric the woman in line had! It was just $2.00 per yard and best of all, it is (Ta Da!) *THE* backing fabric!!!!!!! I got about 2 yards! Woo hoo, is this cool or what? PAT, grinning in VA/USA |
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Pat...i would definitely call that a miracle...LOL. That fabric was just meant to be
yours! What a great story, and so typical of Christmas time. Hugs, and happy stocking making. -- Jalynne Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne "Pat in Virginia" wrote in message ... This is a Christmas tale with a tiny little miracle .... well, okay, this is fabric, so I won't call it a miracle but I will chortle about a serendipitous ending! About six years ago I made Christmas Stockings for my dear niece's three kidlets. The front of each is a crazy patch work and the name embroidered on an Aida insert. The quilting is along seam lines and wherever I thought to add some interest. I can easily make more stockings with similar fabric and style. The backs are another story. The backs are matching fabric which I bought in the late 80s. Simple little motifs on white. The motifs are separated with a cross hatch of tiny holly leaves, so it was super easy to follow the grid while quilting the back of stocking. The problem is that I used most of that fabric on those stockings and then she had more kids! Now I want you to understand that the problem is not that the kids arrived ... the number 4 child was called Desiree because she was a much desired baby. The problem is that their Batty Great Aunt did not use a plain red fabric!!! When # 4 child was born in 2000, I was rather creative, IMO. I used just about every bid of the matching fabric and pieced it with some Millennium fabric. DN was pleased to see the year of birth added to the design. Soooo, when Zachary was born this September I told her I would make him a stocking but did not have enough of the backing fabric ... just about a 3" piece. She suggested I just use some 2003 fabric, as the year fabric was so cool in Desiree's stocking. I had to explain to my non sewing DN that we may have to wait until the next Century to find dated fabric. She assumed it was made every year. (Not a bad idea, IMO!) Okay, since DN uses a certain stocking for the first Christmas, I do have about 11 months to make this. I've been giving it some thought. Yesterday I was in WalMart to buy coffee and just happened to wander by the fabric area. I selected a bolt of COC and got in line for cutting. I was GOBSMACKED to see the fabric the woman in line had! It was just $2.00 per yard and best of all, it is (Ta Da!) *THE* backing fabric!!!!!!! I got about 2 yards! Woo hoo, is this cool or what? PAT, grinning in VA/USA |
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Yahoo! What a find!!!!!! :-) I just love it when that happens!!
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Are you sure that's enough? Maybe you should have bought the bolt. wg
-- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply "Pat in Virginia" wrote in message ... This is a Christmas tale with a tiny little miracle .... well, okay, this is fabric, so I won't call it a miracle but I will chortle about a serendipitous ending! About six years ago I made Christmas Stockings for my dear niece's three kidlets. The front of each is a crazy patch work and the name embroidered on an Aida insert. The quilting is along seam lines and wherever I thought to add some interest. I can easily make more stockings with similar fabric and style. The backs are another story. The backs are matching fabric which I bought in the late 80s. Simple little motifs on white. The motifs are separated with a cross hatch of tiny holly leaves, so it was super easy to follow the grid while quilting the back of stocking. The problem is that I used most of that fabric on those stockings and then she had more kids! Now I want you to understand that the problem is not that the kids arrived ... the number 4 child was called Desiree because she was a much desired baby. The problem is that their Batty Great Aunt did not use a plain red fabric!!! When # 4 child was born in 2000, I was rather creative, IMO. I used just about every bid of the matching fabric and pieced it with some Millennium fabric. DN was pleased to see the year of birth added to the design. Soooo, when Zachary was born this September I told her I would make him a stocking but did not have enough of the backing fabric ... just about a 3" piece. She suggested I just use some 2003 fabric, as the year fabric was so cool in Desiree's stocking. I had to explain to my non sewing DN that we may have to wait until the next Century to find dated fabric. She assumed it was made every year. (Not a bad idea, IMO!) Okay, since DN uses a certain stocking for the first Christmas, I do have about 11 months to make this. I've been giving it some thought. Yesterday I was in WalMart to buy coffee and just happened to wander by the fabric area. I selected a bolt of COC and got in line for cutting. I was GOBSMACKED to see the fabric the woman in line had! It was just $2.00 per yard and best of all, it is (Ta Da!) *THE* backing fabric!!!!!!! I got about 2 yards! Woo hoo, is this cool or what? PAT, grinning in VA/USA |
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that is a cool story Pat. Sometimes things just work.
Taria Pat in Virginia wrote: This is a Christmas tale with a tiny little miracle .... well, okay, this is fabric, so I won't call it a miracle but I will chortle about a serendipitous ending! About six years ago I made Christmas Stockings for my dear niece's three kidlets. The front of each is a crazy patch work and the name embroidered on an Aida insert. The quilting is along seam lines and wherever I thought to add some interest. I can easily make more stockings with similar fabric and style. The backs are another story. The backs are matching fabric which I bought in the late 80s. Simple little motifs on white. The motifs are separated with a cross hatch of tiny holly leaves, so it was super easy to follow the grid while quilting the back of stocking. The problem is that I used most of that fabric on those stockings and then she had more kids! Now I want you to understand that the problem is not that the kids arrived ... the number 4 child was called Desiree because she was a much desired baby. The problem is that their Batty Great Aunt did not use a plain red fabric!!! When # 4 child was born in 2000, I was rather creative, IMO. I used just about every bid of the matching fabric and pieced it with some Millennium fabric. DN was pleased to see the year of birth added to the design. Soooo, when Zachary was born this September I told her I would make him a stocking but did not have enough of the backing fabric ... just about a 3" piece. She suggested I just use some 2003 fabric, as the year fabric was so cool in Desiree's stocking. I had to explain to my non sewing DN that we may have to wait until the next Century to find dated fabric. She assumed it was made every year. (Not a bad idea, IMO!) Okay, since DN uses a certain stocking for the first Christmas, I do have about 11 months to make this. I've been giving it some thought. Yesterday I was in WalMart to buy coffee and just happened to wander by the fabric area. I selected a bolt of COC and got in line for cutting. I was GOBSMACKED to see the fabric the woman in line had! It was just $2.00 per yard and best of all, it is (Ta Da!) *THE* backing fabric!!!!!!! I got about 2 yards! Woo hoo, is this cool or what? PAT, grinning in VA/USA |
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__TWO__ yards, Pat? Just how many children is she planning on
having???? Yikes! Leslie vbeg The HairyFacedOnes 'N Me- My dogs aren't my whole life...they make my life whole. RCTQ- Houston 2004..... A good friend will come and bail you out of jail.... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn... that was fun!" |
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I had to laugh at this! It reminded me of the one occasion when I made
a bikini. g. It hadn't struck me as odd, but I was telling my MIL about this new venture and said I had bought 4yds of fabric!! She looked at me very oddly, and I could *see* the question in her eyes - 4 yards/bikini? Of course, all the pieces were cut on the cross/bias and were double thickness + there was an overskirt and a short jacket!! But, her face was a picture!! .. In article , The HairyFacedOnes 'N Me writes __TWO__ yards, Pat? Just how many children is she planning on having???? Yikes! Leslie vbeg The HairyFacedOnes 'N Me- My dogs aren't my whole life...they make my life whole. RCTQ- Houston 2004..... A good friend will come and bail you out of jail.... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn... that was fun!" -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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You only bought 2 yards? Pat, what were you thinking? After a search
like that, I'd be tempted to get more --maybe even the rest of the bolt. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm Pat in Virginia wrote: This is a Christmas tale with a tiny little miracle .... well, okay, this is fabric, so I won't call it a miracle but I will chortle about a serendipitous ending! About six years ago I made Christmas Stockings for my dear niece's three kidlets. The front of each is a crazy patch work and the name embroidered on an Aida insert. The quilting is along seam lines and wherever I thought to add some interest. I can easily make more stockings with similar fabric and style. The backs are another story. The backs are matching fabric which I bought in the late 80s. Simple little motifs on white. The motifs are separated with a cross hatch of tiny holly leaves, so it was super easy to follow the grid while quilting the back of stocking. The problem is that I used most of that fabric on those stockings and then she had more kids! Now I want you to understand that the problem is not that the kids arrived ... the number 4 child was called Desiree because she was a much desired baby. The problem is that their Batty Great Aunt did not use a plain red fabric!!! When # 4 child was born in 2000, I was rather creative, IMO. I used just about every bid of the matching fabric and pieced it with some Millennium fabric. DN was pleased to see the year of birth added to the design. Soooo, when Zachary was born this September I told her I would make him a stocking but did not have enough of the backing fabric ... just about a 3" piece. She suggested I just use some 2003 fabric, as the year fabric was so cool in Desiree's stocking. I had to explain to my non sewing DN that we may have to wait until the next Century to find dated fabric. She assumed it was made every year. (Not a bad idea, IMO!) Okay, since DN uses a certain stocking for the first Christmas, I do have about 11 months to make this. I've been giving it some thought. Yesterday I was in WalMart to buy coffee and just happened to wander by the fabric area. I selected a bolt of COC and got in line for cutting. I was GOBSMACKED to see the fabric the woman in line had! It was just $2.00 per yard and best of all, it is (Ta Da!) *THE* backing fabric!!!!!!! I got about 2 yards! Woo hoo, is this cool or what? PAT, grinning in VA/USA |
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