Shoe Shopping!!!!

I sorta went "shoe shopping" today in a fabric store?????

Any one who has ever went shoe shopping knows how it goes---your feet and the shoe styles clash!!!!  There are always lots of colors--except the one color you are seeking!!! You need summer shoes--but they already have winter shoes on the shelves!!!!  You would like some sales clerk advice--but she is busy with others or the phone keeps ringing or a salesman comes in and wants her attention--or all of the above!!!

 

Finally you chose some shoes---I mean fabric and you come home thinking "the job is done"--only to discover they really don't fit right after all!!!!

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That was how it went for me today in trying to find the borders for this project--

Now we have seen this before--and we know that I have some more done on it--in fact I am at the basting stage for quilting it--so the other day I got the batting and backing all cut and set it aside as I needed to work on something else--well --for some reason late last night it "hit" me--I had to do some out side border(s) before I basted and quilted it---DUH!!!!   So I spent some time this morning while I was waiting for my friend Ann to come, going through my fabric---NOW REMEMBER I have already purchased --not one --but two--different sets of outer border fabrics as I changed the inside colors---but like those "shoes" they just did not fit right--wrong colors--wrong pattern sizes--whatever---SO---Anne took me to the quilt shop to look for more ---what a mess--tried and tried to find some to work---I FINALLY--got some gold print and some solid black and came home.  End of Story----NO---when I was finally able to go into the sewing room -- I just was still NOT happy--my new shoes were pinching my feet--big time--so back to my stash---

Here is what they did for their border--

I could not find anything on this line for mine---and I always like to do my "Own" thing--so here is my border--

I know I mixed fabric textures---but believe me--this works for me and was the best look---and I am exhausted from trying on so many different kinds of "shoes"-- to even come up with this look!!!!!

Now have no fear--as I did use the gold one to make the back I had cut larger--the back now has a border too!!!

Hopefully tomorrow I will be working on the Picnic pattern--can't wait!!!!

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Teacher:  Why do we have a Thanksgiving Holiday????

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Student: So we know when to start Christmas shopping!!!!!!

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This picture is for all the dog lovers out there too!!!!

Happy stitching---Hugs, Di