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    Old 12-11-2009, 11:46 AM
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    WHY WHY WHY!!!! You can have every color of the rainbow in thread but start to quilt something and I'll be darn if I have something close to use. And the nearest place is JoAnns and that is 40 minutes away. AAAHHHHH!!!!!!
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    Old 12-11-2009, 11:57 AM
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    LOL! And how can there be so many shades of the same color and some just look BAD next to each other??
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    Old 12-11-2009, 12:10 PM
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    Poor thing. I hate when that happens.
    I'm also about 30 minutes away from the nearest LQS.
    That's why I just ordered 30+ spools of different color threads from Connecting Threads.
    Surely I'll be able to match close enough to what I'll be sewing. :roll:
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    Old 12-11-2009, 02:13 PM
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    Well....while you are there....there is always all of that fabric to look at........ Aren't they having another sale this weekend??? :wink: :D:D:D
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    I hate when that happens! When there is a quilt show I am planning on going I TRY to see what I might be getting ready to quilt and try to add to my thread collection. I take my color charts with me and I have checked all that I have already. You know there is ALWAYS something that comes up and we don't have the color we would like, or not enough to finish. :)
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    Old 12-11-2009, 02:52 PM
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    That's why I just ordered 30+ spools of different color threads from Connecting Threads.
    Can't go wrong with that strategy. They have good prices and excellent thread.
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    Old 12-11-2009, 02:59 PM
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    Yea I just saw the sale at JoAnns. Hmmmm. I am headed to Tampa for the weekend and have already scoped out the quilt shops there. But I may also check out Connecting Threads as I have heard so much about it and try it out. The funny thing is what I need is either black or a medium blue which are colors I should have but don't.
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    I have almost every color Connecting Threads has and even then I have had a hard time matching up an exact color!
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    I just use white most of the time. You're talking about the hand quilting, right?
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    Old 12-11-2009, 04:30 PM
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    Originally Posted by CajunQuilter2
    WHY WHY WHY!!!! You can have every color of the rainbow in thread but start to quilt something and I'll be darn if I have something close to use. And the nearest place is JoAnns and that is 40 minutes away. AAAHHHHH!!!!!!
    I hear ya! I blame it on Murphy, you know Murphy's Law.

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