GrannieAnnie

I heard that story ages ago about a ham. tee hee.

paulettepoe

My mother often told me I dont quilt. Which would hurt me or make me mad, depending on the day. Well, she quilted a few quilts, and liked to do pillows. Today....I am making quilt number 98 and 99 for my mother's twin great granddaughters Due to be born the end of May.
RIP Mother.

auniqueview

I wouldn't be too hard on her. I am sure that she, at 80, is probably rather set in her ways. Just be glad that you never had the opportunity to meet and be offended by my mother, the equal opportunity bigot. I think I was the hardest for her to take, lol....I insisted on being Native American, and God Help Us, that would never do, lol. How she managed to not be, when the rest of the family is????? But that was her, and she could offend you within moments of meeting you, and feel pleased with herself for having done it. I suspect this woman was serious, tho....and shocked at what has happened to quilting, as she has always known it. I'm glad you did not give her grief.

Wanabee Quiltin

I had a woman ask me how I quilted and I replied 'any way I can'. Then she asked me if I quilted by hand or by machine. I said 'both'. She made a face and said she only quilted by hand. I was ready for her if she said anymore. I was going to ask her if she made her butter by churning it. If she still ironed all her clothes after she hung them on the line to dry. I could go on and on but I'm sure you get the message. I still remember the gal who told me that in her own opinion the only 'good' quilts were those that were hand pieced and hand quilted.

auniqueview

I bought a really nice vintage "utility" quilt at a yard sale, brought it home and washed it, since it had been tossed on the ground to keep other items dry. (Really, what are some people thinking? Well, actually, I happen to know that this woman was getting rid of stuff from the first wife, lol....even tho this was made by the grandmother of same). It's a wonderful quilt, and I use it every day. I have a cousin (or two, lol) who have been quilting for ages, and when I told her that there was one square that needed replaced, because the tear in it was too big to repair, she told me that if I used any current fabric, I ruined the "vintage" age of the quilt. I figure that the quilt doesn't care, I am certainly happy with the piece I added, and there hasn't been one quilt police come to the door to arrest me, lol. I wonder if I am going to ruin my nice machine sewn quilt when I repair it by hand?

stchenfool

I have to commend you for doing it yourself - good for you - she's just one fish in the pond - the rest of us all admire you!

Sandygirl

I can think of other things that would defile a quilt and long arm quilting is not it!

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quiltapillow

Question?? Which would you classify longarm quilting using the hands on method, (close to hand quilting) better than the Automatic Computerized machine quilting(I think is professional) that you can program the computer to do anything? (more like a factory job professional).

GrannieAnnie

Sounds about like my sis one Christmas. I had received a very nice Lenox teapot. My sis cautioned me about making sure I took good care of all the paperwork "for the future".

Well, this teapot's future is holding tea------------period!

hobo2000

I am truly sorry this happened to you but this persons belongs in the category of many people today. They are so wrapped up in themselves and what they think, they hardly have time to be civil. I see it every day in so many ways. I am 73 and walk with a cane wearing ugly, special shoes. I hear so many calluse remarks about my sqeekie rubber shoes and they don't even say it under their breath either. They literally close the door in my face. People in wheelchairs that no one helps, it goes on and on. I think we are fast becoming more un-civilized.