{"id":1896,"date":"2013-12-15T15:57:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T21:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=1896"},"modified":"2014-05-17T23:39:35","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T04:39:35","slug":"new-sale-fabric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=1896","title":{"rendered":"New Sale Fabric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/79+-fat-quarters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1898\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/79+-fat-quarters.jpg\" alt=\"79+ fat quarters\" width=\"400\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I took advantage of <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.connectingthreads.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Connecting Threads<\/span><\/a><\/span>&#8216; Black Monday online fabric sales and purchased 79+ fat quarters for less than $50!!!\u00a0 That&#8217;s only 63\u00a2 each for excellent, high quality fabric.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t beat that price even for lower quality fabric on eBay\u00ae.\u00a0 SCORE!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Naturally because the order was made during peak online sale period,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.connectingthreads.com\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Connecting Threads<\/span><\/a><\/span> warned there may be a little delay in shipping.\u00a0 They had no idea our area&#8217;s major shipping hub would be iced in for days.\u00a0 Because of Mother Nature, the order took 13 calendar days to arrive\u00a0 but since I have no explicit plans for this fabric, it didn&#8217;t matter.\u00a0 I love every piece of it!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It took 3 days to wash, iron, fold and pet all of it.\u00a0 I&#8217;m also thrilled that <span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.connectingthreads.com\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">Connecting Threads<\/span><\/a><\/span> includes the bolt ends with each bundle.\u00a0 BONUS!\u00a0 One of the ends is barely short of being a complete fat quarter and several more are fat eighth size&#8230; all free!\u00a0 My PHAT fabric stash is happy, happy, happy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since mid November, I&#8217;ve spent every minute of spare time piecing and hand quilting a sofa-sized log cabin quilt.\u00a0 All that&#8217;s left to do is cut and stitch the binding and launder.\u00a0 It&#8217;s turning out really pretty and I plan to gift it.\u00a0 I used high-loft batting so it&#8217;s super snuggly.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure it will be enjoyed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jacob is here this weekend so I&#8217;ve been doing extra cooking.\u00a0 I love spoiling him!\u00a0 I spent a full day making homemade noodles for us to eat and him to take home.\u00a0 Today, I&#8217;ll bake a couple of batches of cookies.\u00a0 He&#8217;s requested cheezy potato and ham soup for dinner which isn&#8217;t difficult or time consuming.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll finally get a chance to relax this evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maybe I&#8217;ll start planning my next hand sewing project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shirl<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took advantage of Connecting Threads&#8216; Black Monday online fabric sales and purchased 79+ fat quarters for less than $50!!!\u00a0 That&#8217;s only 63\u00a2 each for excellent, high quality fabric.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t beat that price even for lower quality fabric on eBay\u00ae.\u00a0 SCORE!! 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