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Posted by Emily Bengston on June 8, 2008, 12:36 am
On 6/7/08 5:47 PM, in article HOqdnQ2fkMWHjdbVnZ2dnUVZ_rPinZ2d@comcast.com,
> I went to my favorite fabric store (NO, not TSWLTH) hoping
> to find some genuine Malden Mills Polar FleeceŽ to make a
> throw for DGS who is going to Pacific University in the
> fall. I wanted black 200 weight, which I will edge with red
> wooly nylon on the serger, then embroidery the school logo
> in white and red (I have the design all digitized and ready
> to go). Well, of course there was no Malden on the racks,
> just a bunch of faux "Polar" "Winter" "Arctic" "No-Pill"
> (HA!) cheap substitutes.
>
> I finally asked a clerk if they had any genuine Malden
> fleece, she looked again where I had just looked, nada. So
> I asked her if they had any backstock. She went off to
> look, came back with a bolt of Malden 100 weight, not what I
> wanted. She offered to go back to see if they had any 200
> weight. Came back with a full bolt of black 200 weight
> Malden PolarFleeceŽ! As she rolled it out to cut 2 yards
> for me, she discovered a minor flaw, so she rolled the
> entire bolt off and cut from the other end, giving me a
> generous 1/4 yard allowance because it was "wrinkled". ;-)
> (That's nice because DGS is tall.)
>
> To top it off I had a "25% Off Your Entire Purchase" coupon
> so the two (and a quarter) yards of $14.99/yard fleece came
> to $22.49! What a deal. I also stocked up on 4 spools of
> navy thread, two sets of buttons, a couple of zippers, two
> cones of red wooly nylon, plus a piece of poplin to make a
> repair to a RTW coat. All for under $44.00!
>
> Beverly, firing up the embroidery machine
>
>
Congratulations, Beverly, on your bargains today and good luck on sewing the
blanket. I promised the DGS, who is at George Washington U, that I'd make
him one, last year, but someone else gave him a fleece blanket for his
October BD, but you just reminded me to check it out; and if not, I have to
get it done before he returns in the fall. I'm sending you a private e-mail
tonight with a question about your fair city.
Emily
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