I have been out of town and away from a computer for 8 days! so I'm late with my up date got F8 from tapngram, and blocks from : Crafty3790, moonwork, dogsgod, and 2 from bibliostone. All are great no two the same yet, lots of diffrent colores to go with my WHAT WAS I THINKING WHEN I GOT THIS fabric. will post pic. when I get amy camera back from daughter. Thanks again to every one.

Imagine my surprise when I opened my mail today! I have received not one, but two wonderful blocks from Bibliostone. Thanks Elsie, they are great!

Recieved grow-ups from OkDarla and Shay1896!!
Thank you ladies:)

I also got my block from OKDarla today. Thanks! Will post a picture later.

I've received two beauties from Shay and bibliostone. Thank you! Love them!

Still awaiting F8s from:
rejenea
scollard
wanda123

Sending blocks out to jetnica and frogquilter today!

Received a F8 and pretty completed block today from rejenea. Only waiting on F8s from letsquilt, scollard, and wanda123.

Wal Mart is nuts!! Went in there and they said "WE have fabric"...I was expecting bolt after bolt...and guess what they had? Little bitty 2 yard packs of the cheapest material I think Ive ever seen!! They had some cotton, some broadcroth, F8's etc..not a single bolt of fabric. Talk about disappointed! The 2 yard packs were $7.97..Id rather go to my quilt shop and get good material! Anyone else see these mini bolts?

I used to think WalMart fabric was ok. Fabric was fabric. Then I used real quilt shop fabric... It is so much nicer. Fewer wrinkles, less shrinkage, better thread count. Now I am spoiled... I like the good stuff... and if I am putting my time into a big project, I want to know that the material will out-last me!

I was told that the reason you sometimes see the same print at WalMart places as you see in quilt shops is that when the fabric maker is first lining up the color separations to print the fabric, the trial runs are made on inexpensive fabric. That is what is sold to the discount places. After everything is lined up perfectly, then they print it on nice material and that is what goes to the quilt shops. I thought that was an interesting explaination.

hugs, Jup

I have gotten some nice fabric at wall mart but you have to be VERY carfull! and know what you want in the thread count and color. a lot of there fabric color runs and runs and runs. I never buy deep colors like dark blue, black , red, ect they seem to always run even after washing with soap, viniger and all the rest. I spend as much in water and additives as I would at a LQS. I have noticed some of my newer Joann's fabrics are almost as bad. I'm hopeing there quality is not affected by there store sale.