"Quilters" do you fall in this category?
07-30-2010, 10:58 AM
#282
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: TX
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Isn't it eye-opening to realize that all the schtuff we collect as we "just sew a bit and make a few things" adds up to so much in value and volume!
I started out with some scraps of muslin I had for crafting, because DH (D at the time, not any more) surprized me with a little Brother 270D embroidery/sewing machine and I made redwork squares because I LOVE redwork but won't spend the time to hand-do it -- Led to the dark red fabric to make the squares into a quilt; more threads for colored work; other fabrics for a Broken Dishes tablecloth; and Off We Went a-Running!!!
I think I have more in sewing/quilting than in any other category of my life.
Now it's going for friends and DGB - Dearest GrandBaby - and I buy very little any more - got it all by this time - but I'll never use all this stuff if I live to be 140.
I started out with some scraps of muslin I had for crafting, because DH (D at the time, not any more) surprized me with a little Brother 270D embroidery/sewing machine and I made redwork squares because I LOVE redwork but won't spend the time to hand-do it -- Led to the dark red fabric to make the squares into a quilt; more threads for colored work; other fabrics for a Broken Dishes tablecloth; and Off We Went a-Running!!!
I think I have more in sewing/quilting than in any other category of my life.
Now it's going for friends and DGB - Dearest GrandBaby - and I buy very little any more - got it all by this time - but I'll never use all this stuff if I live to be 140.
Red & White Machine Emb. Redwork quilt 65" x 65"
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07-30-2010, 12:48 PM
#284
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Santa Cruz, California
Posts: 195
Guilty but I'm afraid that I'm past the age 65 and I have more goodies and fabric. Oh that's a scary thought.
But like the rest of us I enjoy it all so I feel that's all that counts.
Also just remember it beats having a affair,Bar Hopping and taking drugs.
Good for all of us that fits in this catagory at least we are home and happy and enjoy our good fortune.
kjym Kathy
But like the rest of us I enjoy it all so I feel that's all that counts.
Also just remember it beats having a affair,Bar Hopping and taking drugs.
Good for all of us that fits in this catagory at least we are home and happy and enjoy our good fortune.
kjym Kathy
07-30-2010, 02:46 PM
#287
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 216
I fit none of those. I just turned 65 and my computer, craft, sewing room is barely big enough too turn around in. HEY! I got a double wide with tiny closets, no attic or basement. I can't even get my scooter through the doors in this place. I get it through too the kitchen but the bedroom doors are much too small for it. I am just learning too sew quilt tops. Not progressing as fast as I would like too but maybe after I have my carpul tunnel fixed, I will do better. Most of my material has been given too me by other people that excess. I have bought probably 30.00 worth of material if that much since I started. Wal-mart here told me they were clearanceing out their sewing deptment starting Aug 3rd. I may check it out to see how low the material gets in price.
07-30-2010, 05:17 PM
#288
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: FL/formerly IL
Posts: 699
I agree totally. As my granddaugther's quilt needed mending, I took the time to teach her how to mend it and she's kept it mended. Not the prettiest, not the best but she can use it, launder it and it doesn't fall apart. A couple places got bad and I had to do the mending for her but it's had a lot of use since she came home from the hospital wrapped in it and is now 17. I even made her a new quilt using the same fabric in hopes she'd be able to put her blanky away. One day it'll be a scrap in her pocket and that's it but guess that's ok. I gather this is a common occurrence today. At least she is keeping it mended and I'm proud of her for that and amazed.
With cut backs in the school system home ec. has been cut. So they don't learn in HS.
It is up to us to teach our DD,DS, D nephews, neices and grandchildren to sew so the art is not lost.
I have had the privledge to help teach at a quilt camp for children this week. There are 8 little girls ages 8-12. We are having a great time. I think I am having more fun than the girls.
My DGS and I are working on a space quilt he is 7.
He made his first quilt at 5.
Ooops off the subject.
I think I fit all the criteria. :lol:
Originally Posted by Quilting Nana
Originally Posted by Annya
I am like you GrammyPatty7. My room houses my computer, sewing machines 2+ over locker plus another one coming cost about 6,000 and so much fabric that I don't know the value plus colored boxes to put my fat quarters color coded so I can find the right thing when needed. Storage boxes and10 plastic drawers, all full of fabric plus at the moment my table is full of fabric while I am making a quilt. I only clean up when I have finished the quilt. Don't know the total cost but I've been quilting for 10 years, but been sewing since 4yrs old. In those days you were taught to sew in pre-school. Now kids do not learn until they are in high school. I am now 58 .
It is up to us to teach our DD,DS, D nephews, neices and grandchildren to sew so the art is not lost.
I have had the privledge to help teach at a quilt camp for children this week. There are 8 little girls ages 8-12. We are having a great time. I think I am having more fun than the girls.
My DGS and I are working on a space quilt he is 7.
He made his first quilt at 5.
Ooops off the subject.
I think I fit all the criteria. :lol:
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