Saturday, April 16, 2011

Have you ever done this????


I order fabric on line, have done for years. I can honestly say, I've never really had any problems! This time though ...oh boy, Did I screw up?????? I spent a week in Lancaster Pa at the beginning of last month and could have found the fabric there...but NO! Not me!!! I had to wait till I got home and order it online!!!!! It's the background fabric for my Pies and Tarts......since the quilt is scrappy polka dots...I thought I would get a white background with some kind of quiet dot on it! Good Plan eh??? Went to my favorite On Line shop....Over the Rainbow and Laura had Riley Blake fabric on special that week.....so I ordered Alpine Fabrics and Riley Blake Designs Rainy Days and Mondays 9100 Spots/white $7.99 /yard so I ordered 4 yards! Well I received it Friday and the fabric is wonderful, it is white and it does have dots and it has amazing large swirls allover, the only thing.....it looks way too "Muddy" with my crisp polka dots!!!! Now this is totally my fault because many times I've checked with Laura at OTR first if I wasn't sure of a fabric, but NO, NOT ME!!! Geez!!!! Now what to do?? I have lots of kona cottoon white but I think it is a little too heavy for handpiecing a lot of little curves!!! I guess I'll have to head into my little town and get another 4 yards of something that will work!!! See, I want to print some of these Babies off, and have them all ready to go on a little Florida trip we're taking at the end of the week!!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

A-shopping you will go,
A-shopping you will go,
High-ho the derry-o,
A-shopping you will go.
LOL I can' believe you don't have the right fabric...Missy, I think it's time we started buying "perfect" background fabric by the bolt!!

Anonymous said...

Tapping my foot, patiently waiting for a new post...I know you are playing on the computer...so give us a little something ...okay?
:)