I am a winner
@GardenGerty (160998)
United States
November 23, 2018 7:07pm CST
I was on my phone on Facebook early this morning. A message came up from my "other" folder, I guess. I did not know the person, but I understood the message.
When @marsha32 and I did the quilt shop hop in October we were entered for door prizes at every store. I won one.
My voice mail is not set up on my "smart phone" because I am dumb.
They had been trying to reach me for a while.
It happened to be the quilt store in McPherson.
The nice reusable bag in my image came loaded with goodies.
There were three fat quarter bundles of coordinating fabric. A full yard of a batik. Two batik fat quarters, two batik regular quarters, and some smaller pieces. Lots of patterns and books. A table cloth to embroider, with the thread included.
It was a very nice win.
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
24 Nov 18
Yes, it really is. I never expect to win, so it was a real surprise.
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
25 Nov 18
@LadyDuck This one will be memorable.
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@LadyDuck (472121)
• Switzerland
25 Nov 18
@GardenGerty I never expect to win either, it almost never happens.
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
24 Nov 18
Yes, I may have to abandon the computer and get some sewing done.
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@crossbones27 (49721)
• Mojave, California
24 Nov 18
Nice, goodies are always fun, one of the few things I think corporate America does right. Makes people motivated.
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
25 Nov 18
Just mentally totaling the values at a conservative rate, this is more than we spent combined on gas money for our weekend.
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@crossbones27 (49721)
• Mojave, California
25 Nov 18
@GardenGerty That is how it goes, see, they get you every time. We catching on corporate world. Better come up with some genius schemes before we totally figure it out. 
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
26 Nov 18
@crossbones27 At least the prize was worth the trip.
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
24 Nov 18
Congratulations.That is a bagful.of sewing items. What is a batik quarter?
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
25 Nov 18
@responsiveme The large bundle that is shades of black and gray I may make a quilt similar to one @marsha32 made. It is called a split rail fence, lots of thin stripes sewn together. Her first quilt in that scheme had occasional red strips. She is also working on a black and white and yellow. I will probably do the black, gray and teal color.
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
25 Nov 18
Batik is a dye method that comes out with exotic finishes. I am sure these are factory done, but it was originally a hand dying process. The colors are neat to see. Fat quarters are pieces of fabric that are equivalent to one quarter yard. Instead of cutting the whole width of a piece of yardage 9 inches, which is a regular quarter, a fat quarter is half the width of the yardage, cut 18 inches. All of this probably is strange if you use metric measures instead.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
25 Nov 18
@GardenGerty I do know about the batik work . There are dress materials that we get. Was wondering about the quarter bit.
It's the size of a piece..I get that now.
What are you going to do with them?
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
25 Nov 18
Yes, it does. It releases a little positivity into our lives.
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@freelancermariagrace (28690)
• Philippines
24 Nov 18
Wow, congratulations, Heather! That’s quite a lot 
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
25 Nov 18
I was very impressed by how much there was.
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@eliza_godinez12 (5723)
• Philippines
24 Nov 18
It’s nice to hear. Congratulations.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
24 Nov 18
That was indeed a very nice win, congratulations.
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
24 Nov 18
Thanks. More things to play around with.
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
25 Nov 18
One more great thing to be thankful for.
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@andriaperry (117173)
• Anniston, Alabama
24 Nov 18
OMG! that was an awesome win!
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
26 Nov 18
I like that "Nobody hates gifts". You are so right.
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
24 Nov 18
Yes. I need to finish a project or two so I can get busy with the new stuff.
@RasmaSandra (80884)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Nov 18
Congratulations that is wonderful.
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
25 Nov 18
It is, it is a really nice prize.
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@moffittjc (121740)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Nov 18
Congratulations on winning that nice bundle of goodies! I'm sure you will enjoy using all those items.
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
24 Nov 18
I have a few things in mind to do.
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
25 Nov 18
Thank you. I am planning on some fun.
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