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A Small Haul

I haven't been to JoAnn (or any fabric shop) in over a year, but I really needed hand quilting thread which I first needed to see in person, so I finally made the trek. I gave myself a strict budget, printed out a 40% off coupon and brought bits of fabric with me to color-match the threads. I was just going to buy thread. Not fabric, not magazines, just thread.

Well, that went as you might expect.

In my defense, it is completely unfair of JoAnn to reduce their fabric remnants to 75% off when I need to make some new liners for the puppies' crates. Also, 25% off cutting tools is pure torture, especially as my rotary cutter blade has started to skip and the blades of my fabric scissors are blunted and dinged (and the local scissor sharpening guy went out of business last year.)

Anyway, I invested a little extra $$$ in what I truly needed, and stayed away from the fabric bolt aisles and did not even glance at the quilting magazine rack. I promise.

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