The jackpot

I went to JoAnns today just to snoop around the remnants bin. I found a piece of chiffon with a beautiful swirly print on it in deep blues. It had several white marks on it, the size of a pencil eraser, that were clearly a defect. I got 75% off the price of the piece.
As I was negotiating this deal, a woman had a bolt of the same fabric in greens that she was having cut. The fabric was sticking to the end of the bolt. Upon inspection, the counter ladies realized that the fabric (made in India) had been glued to the cardboard. When it is peeled off the cardboard, there are white splotches left. The woman left and did not want any of the green she had selected.
I promptly spoke up for the damaged part of the green colorway of this fabric also. I got a yard and a half of each colorway for $2.50. My head had already conjured up the next challenge piece using these little gems. The sole purpose of the trip was to look for remnants of slinky fabrics to use for the second arc piece of my miniseries. I found several of those as well. My other huge find of the day were several 5 yard roles of organza in all the beautiful colors that work with the India fabrics, each for $2.50. That must be my lucky number for the day.

And so I am off to the studio to fondle the newbies and begin to construct my August piece.