Has this ever happened to you?

UPDATE
MISTLETOE MANOR FABRIC FOUND IN TEXAS
at http://www.stitchingdepot.com/holiday/673432.html
I'M A HAPPY CAMPER....(o:

A number of years ago, I bought a quilt kit from a LQS

not long after I bought it, I cut the fabrics for the blocks 

but not the borders.  When I was cutting the blocks I found 

2 of the fabrics were short.  Mr. Quiltnqueen and I went back to the shop

and Mary, the owner, gave me the shortage....
apologizing over and over again.

I stitched up all the blocks and cut the strips 

for the sashing, the corners stones and the inner border....

but not the outer border strips.

I put the blocks in a pizza box with all the extra fabric 
including the outer border fabric...and there it stayed for a few years.

About 3 weeks ago I dug the UFO out of hiding and started putting the blocks together

on the weekend I started putting on the inner border......

great I will get this top finished this weekend!!!

No so...I get the outer border fabric out and go to cut it...I should have 2.25 yards...

I have only 1.25 yards...

The fabric is by 3 Sisters...Mistletoe Manor from a while ago

and obviously not readily available any more.

The 1.25 yards is not even long enough to border the short ends of the quilt

without piecing it.

I'm miffed!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't mind piecing inner borders but I do not like to piece the outer borders.

It's back in the pizza box and will probably remain a UFO forever...)o:

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