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Almost Ready

Most of my first online order from JoAnn arrived in pristine condition, and in the same colors I saw on my monitor, so I'm pretty satisfied with ordering from their web site. Since the closest store is thirty minutes away, and gas prices just keep getting worse I may stick to just shopping online for a while.

I'm waiting on one more solid for the quilt top and then I can get started on the cutting and piecing. The marbled print is the backing fabric.

I'm not a matchy-matchy person, and there are some of the quilt top colors in the backing fabric, so I'm fine with it. It's called an agate print but it reminded me of the lagoon waters in the Keys.

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