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The Quiet Quilter 09-18-2011 03:43 PM

Happy Birthday! You really
lucked out. Hubby will get
over it!!??? Hugs, Sharon

jdavis 09-18-2011 03:52 PM


Originally Posted by Happy Tails
OMG Shelbie I love your attitude!!!! I can't respond since I felt the need to trade mine in for 2 small dogs

Originally Posted by Shelbie
I use Fusible Fleece in bags, purses, table runners and jackets, all of the small projects that need body without a lot of weight. What a wonderful birthday gift you received. As for your DH who is annoyed, guys don't "get it". My DH would have the same reaction (or worse). It would be a different story if it had been tools, fishing gear or whatever turns his crank. Tell him fabric is much cheaper than paying for therapy or a divorce.

:oops: :oops: :oops:

Talk about attitude!

jdavis 09-18-2011 03:55 PM


Originally Posted by arimuse
why on earth would hubs be unhappy! He got off the hook for a BD present - with all that loot he wouldnt even have to get a Christmas present -lol!

Maybe he didnt want to help carry it all in the house!!! Figure up the pricing and tell him he just saved X amt of dollars where you wont be running out buying this much, sharet

I don't DARE tell him how many yards of fabric I brought in!

jdavis 09-18-2011 03:59 PM


Originally Posted by Alondra
Happy Birthday! Tell DH about how much all that would have cost, if you had bought it. Then tell him what all you can do with it. He just needs a vision. If he's still bent out of shape, that's his choice. Rejoice, and don't let him rain on your parade! :)

I guess his biggest problem is that he doesn't like all the time [he thinks] I spend sewing. Hey, I still work 40 hours a week, I'm NOT high maintenance, and I don't ask for much. Ok, so I ignore housework most of the time, but so does everyone else who lives here. When I find some time to sew, it makes me feel a lttle less like all I do is work.

jdavis 09-18-2011 04:03 PM


Originally Posted by Fabriholic
That's so great! I especially like to find the pre-made blocks. It will be exciting to see what you do with those half-square triangle blocks in red/white & black/white plaids. And the rest of the fabric ... Whoo Hoo!!

This will be one of those things I'm not sure what to do with. Right now it just says "picnic table" to me, and I think it would be cute to applique large ants all over it. But then I do a reality check, and I remember I wouldn't be able to quilt such a big project myself (you know, for free), until some day when I can get myself a longarm machine. I do want to lay out the blocks and see what kind of arrangement I might like, but I'd better wait until DH cools down a bit.

jdavis 09-18-2011 04:04 PM


Originally Posted by Quiltinelaine
It was my Birthday on Wednesday and NOTHING, I said NOTHING
like that happened to me:::: WOOOO is me!!!!But I'm very happy for you::: Lots of wonderful PROJECTS in your further.

Well, happy birthday to you, too!

starshine 09-18-2011 04:07 PM

How wonderful for you! Happy Birthday!
Maybe your co-worker and her father would like one of your special quilter's basket ornaments for their tree (if they celebrate Christmas).

jdavis 09-18-2011 04:09 PM

Ok everybody, here's the total:

217 yds of quilting cottons,
49 yds muslin in regular widths,
8 yds muslin in 90" width
(All the other stuff I listed on the first page)
a 1983 coupon from Joann's (lol)
5 yds of a lovely, silky scarf fabric, but in a color I could never wear.
A Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt project.....if interested, please see the classifieds.

Thank you all for the birthday wishes and moral support!

Nettie Phillips 09-18-2011 04:59 PM

Wow! You got quite a haul. Have fun.

Val in IN 09-18-2011 05:08 PM

Wow! Happy Birthday and congrats on your good fortune!! I just had my birthday on the 15th and all I got was a sunburn and chapped lips :-) Tell your husband to chill, he would have been REALLY ticked if he had to pay for all that treasure.


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