While I did a pretty good job of keeping up, there is also another loop hole for me. Buda is 2 1/2 hours away and the Five and Dime program is the 3rd Saturday of each month. Some months I have scheduling conflicts that don't allow me to make the drive on that particular Saturday. If it were in my own town, I could easily run down and pick up my block in 30 minutes or less but scheduling a 5 hour drive is a bit more challenging. I can still pick up my blocks when I go the next time but it costs me $5 again, instead of the dime. And while that is still not a very expensive BOM, it could have been less!
Now I know some of you are thinking, what about the gas money needed to get there and back. Yes, it does cost money for the gas but I also go to pick up quilts from my customers and deliver finished quilts to my customers so that's a business expense I would have anyway. And since we live in a small town, and very little shopping opportunity, with NO QUILT SHOP, I take that opportunity to do some monthly shopping. Did I mention we don't have a quilt shop in Brownwood TX?
Okay, I kinda got off subject. I started this blog post to show you the last 3 months of the Five and Dime Christmas Sampler. Here they are:
This is the layout I'm thinking of using. I think I want the background to be a red, like the pool table top in this picture. I think the tree will get lost if I use a cream color. What do you think? Or I could use a green?? I'm also going to make a small 5" sawtooth star in gold for the top block, instead of the churndash block that I have laid out up there. I'll then have 4 alternate churndash blocks left over and I'm going to use them as cornerstones in the outer border.
I like the red...but you knew I would...I love Christmas quilts !
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