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    Old 08-24-2012, 02:29 PM
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    Wink do you use this quilting tool?

    Here is one of DH's most treasured tools - his collection of little tiny pencils that he uses for marking fabric. He does most of the cutting and won't use a rotary cutter. Makes his own patterns too. I tell him he is WAY out of date.

    Anyway he won't throw any pencils out until they are so small the pencil sharpener eats them. He keeps a bundle of them like this and when they are all dull he hands them to me to sharpen.

    I was using one today and thought you would all get a kick out of it.
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    Old 08-24-2012, 02:31 PM
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    Why does he hand them to you, to sharpen? Just curious.
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    Old 08-24-2012, 02:33 PM
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    My co worker marks and does not have a rotary cutter. If she ever tried on she would throw out the scissors!
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    Old 08-24-2012, 02:38 PM
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    The pencil sharpener is in the cellar, he only goes up and down stairs once a day since he had a stroke. Besides, women do it so much BETTER than men, you know, we have the secret knowledge....
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    Old 08-24-2012, 03:22 PM
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    yep, he knows a good wife when he has one!!!
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    Old 08-24-2012, 03:25 PM
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    How totally charming. I love him too!

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    Old 08-24-2012, 03:47 PM
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    If my DH was helping with the cutting, he could use any old tool he liked.
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    Old 08-24-2012, 03:59 PM
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    not only that but he does math in his head!!
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    Old 08-24-2012, 04:02 PM
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    Goodness gracious.
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    Old 08-24-2012, 04:06 PM
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    Originally Posted by ptquilts
    The pencil sharpener is in the cellar, he only goes up and down stairs once a day since he had a stroke. Besides, women do it so much BETTER than men, you know, we have the secret knowledge....
    Good point; women generally stop sharpening, when the pencil is sharp.
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