I'm not happy

To be more specific, I'm not a happy ebay shopper.  I ordered two yards of Scooby Doo print fabric from one seller - then realized that I needed more so looked for another seller ( because 2 was supposedly all the first seller had left) and, when I found one, I ordered two and a half yards from that one.  This was in Dec. '15.  A few days ago, I serged the edges so that I could wash them without fraying.  Yesterday, I laid them out to be trimmed before joining into one piece.  The supposedly 2 yd piece measured about 58" (before I trimmed off the serging threads) and the second, longer piece measured out at about a yard and three quarters.  There is no way that serging along the edges ( I didn't let the serger take any fabric off) and washing would make the fabric shrink that much!!  Luckily, there was just enough to cut off the longer piece and join to the smaller piece so that they measured the same... and it's just barely 6" wider than the quilt top, so it's doable - but that's not the point.  And I really think it's too late for me to contact the sellers - I'll just be a lot more careful and be sure to measure any fabrics ( if any) that I purchase online from now on.

SD's backing and batting are on the frame - I'm just waiting to get a return call from Cathy S. about whether I should cut the background fabric out from behind the applique' or not.  I don't normally do it, but I don't normally have such a HUGE applique' either.  I know that she's done HUGE pieces before so I want her opinion... I saw her at The Hen House yesterday, but, of course, forgot to ask.

In the meantime, I finished another pieced block for the upcoming Scalloped Potato scrap quilt... 3 done - 21 to go.  I SHOULD get back to the Allstars quilt blocks, but I don't want to drag the tub back into my sewing room right now --- I'm TRYING to clean/organize, not add to the clutter.  I guess I could just go back in and work on that.

TTYL