Saturday, January 18, 2014

Saturday Stash: A Cautionary Tale

Online buying is safe, easy, and well . . . easy.

Know what this is? It's a photo of a fat quarter bundle of the entire Lizzie House "Catnap" collection, newly available. Placed "on hold" as soon as I saw it advertised.


And this? Yes, it's a second bundle of the same line.


Now, I love love love Lizzie House fabrics. Enough to buy two bundles of the same collection? Not really. I  forgot I'd placed it "on reserve," and when I saw the collection at another online shop, I pounced. Imagine my surprise when two! bundles arrived, a day apart. 

To their credit, Pink Castle Fabrics agreed to take one bundle in return. But they charge a 10% restock fee, and of course, I'd have to pay the return shipping. All that plus the original shipping cost would wind up being more than $20. So I'm keeping both, maybe someday it will be one of those $250 per fat quarter fabrics and I can buy a plane ticket to Hawai'i!

And this? 


This is what happens when a quilter decides she want to make this quilt:


from this book:


and realizes she owns almost no "low volume" prints. So she buys a fat quarter of nearly every low volume print in every quilt shop she visits during an all-day road trip to pick up a quilt from Wolf Creek Quilting.

Safe, easy, and . . . . dangerous!



BTW, just wait 'til you see what I have to give away next weekend for the "Grow Your Blog" hop!
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17 comments:

  1. That is toooo funny about the Catnip bundles. Guess it really was like 'catnip' to you!!!

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  2. I once bought a book about improving your memory. When I went to put it on my bookshelf, I discovered I already had a copy! :oD

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    1. That is the best laugh I've had in ages....as the teens say - ROFL (Roll on floor laughing)

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  3. I've never bought fabric online. i'm nervous about the colors or print not being what I expected.

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    1. Sara, I purchased several bundles from various sellers on ebay, one 5 inch charm pack of Benartex from a big online seller I cannot remember who, and also purchased from Hawthorne Threads. Mixed successes-I was disappointed in the quality of the benartex, very thin and frayed; excellent quality in most ebay purchases and no disappointments. If you have never bought it before I would try Hawthorne, they are a young couple who strive for excellent fabric and service and have been very good to me three times now. JoAnn's fabric I must see and handle before buying. Best deal was a private sale in another forum that got me a box of delightful variety of huge cuts for a song. She was selling later boxes just for the postage-I have no place left to put any until I use what I have.... i should be sewing, shouldn't I ?~!

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  4. Theres just no holding you back Marti. another lovely quilt about to be made. Just as well its not a BOM....
    Couldn't help but laugh at Anne's comment!

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  5. I have duplicate fat quarter bundles in my stash too. Like you said, it's easy . . .

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    1. Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one who does this!!

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  6. funny! And I love your choice of quilt from the Classic Modern Quilts book - that's the one that jumped out to me too.

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  7. I think you were very wise to keep both bundles. :-) And I love to have a "mission" when I go on a blog hop.

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  8. that is a gorgeous quilt!
    I did smile at your comment about Hawai, fabric is so expensive here in England that I decided to try ordering from America.
    Getting excited about the bargain prices, I ordered a big pile. With shipping and taxes, my bargain £20 of fabric, cost me over £60! My husband joked that we could have bought plane tickets and collected it in person :-D

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  9. I knew you needed an intervention! You are lucky I live in Australia or I'd have to come over there and cut up your credit card!

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  10. I love that you ordered it twice! And the stars quilt will look so good in these fabrics!

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    1. Thanks, Katie -- I'm thinking the extra bundle will make a really super blog giveaway one day!

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  11. Now you have enough to keep you busy for a while! Beautiful fabrics.

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  12. That's too funny!!! I just bought a pattern that she designed - yummy!!!

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  13. I would love to win the give-away. I'm a fledgling quilter and Valentine's Day is my birthday!

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