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Old 05-04-2010, 10:45 AM
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Batiks, clearance, notions, check out. I have TOO many ideas of my own to make without clocgging up my head with patterns.

If I made one quilt from each book I already own, it would take me the rest of my life.
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Old 05-04-2010, 11:35 AM
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Flannels! I have to pet them first.
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Old 05-04-2010, 11:41 AM
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Yes, I to am drawn, like a magnet, to the batiks, then the children's, or fun prints.
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Old 05-04-2010, 11:47 AM
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Whatever catches my eye when I walk in. Then I mosey and wander and dilly-dally.
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Old 05-04-2010, 11:50 AM
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I find fabric stores overwhelming and initially it is hard to focus on any one thing. I usually cruise through the store (my "oohing and aahing" is usually audible and can be heard by everyone). If I don't have a specific need in mind for a specific quilt it is quite hard because I just want it all.
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Old 05-04-2010, 12:01 PM
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I usually see if they have any 30's prints first, then I love to check to see if they have any neat animal prints. I love to look at the books and magazines, too!
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Old 05-04-2010, 12:11 PM
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I go straight to the clearance section. :P I find a lot of cotton fabric and most of the time it is more than 50% or more off. 8-) Then I look at the new line. Books and gadgets. And make a second round through the fabric once more. I have not gone to the fabric store for three weeks now. :? Maybe I can go at the end of May. I have to be careful in a couple months I have to go the oncology for my 6 months check up and it is costly. :roll:
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Old 05-04-2010, 01:39 PM
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Brights and large floral, not batiks for me. Once I found out I could not hand quilt them I block them out. LOL.
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Old 05-04-2010, 02:45 PM
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I walk in and size up the store. In Branson, there is a store called Quilts Quilts Quilts and I start in the left aisle where books and calendars are, and take one aisle at a time - just like the grocery store!
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Old 05-04-2010, 02:46 PM
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Always the batiks for me. The stores usually put them towards the front because they are beautiful and more expensive. They try to get you coming through the door :)
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