I have just returned from a trip up to New York state to visit my parents. While I was there, a package was delivered to me from Fabric.com. I have decided to make a coat/jacket this fall and this package was my fabric and lining for it. The wool blend outer fabric was there, but...instead of my black flannel backed sateen for the lining, there was this:
...this ridiculous Halloween paper doll-ish quilting cotton. Since the sticker on this joke of a fabric was correct, I can only assume that someone somewhere is opening their package and is disappointed to see some flannel backed sateen, having their heart set on a quilting cotton with orange, pink, and purple witch hat, shirt, and sock cutouts on a light blue background. Shaking my head...
Ugh - so frustrating! This happened to me once - I ordered a lovely Valori Wells quilting cotton and got a quilting print covered in creeeepy dolls! And, by the time I got it, they had completely sold out of the fabric I had ordered. Hope that didn't happen to you, too!
ReplyDeleteI love Fabric.com's pricing, but they really could use a bit more organization. I've since lowered my expectations of them as a company, and I am surprised when A. I get everything I order B. They get the whole order correct.
In any case, looking forward to seeing that coat!
Only one other time have they sent me the wrong fabric. At least then it was the same type of fabric (chiffon) and the print was similar enough to make me think hard and wonder if it was actually what I had ordered. In any case they were good about switching it. :)
DeleteHa! What a strange mistake.
ReplyDeleteOnce, they sent me the world's most hideous floral upholstery fabric instead of whatever I really ordered. They let me keep it.
They let you keep it? Well, weren't you lucky? ;) Maybe it was a trick to reduce their inventory... :)
DeleteHah! Fabric.com has sent me some pretty random things too. :) Glad to know I'm not the only one!
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