quiltin-nannie

And how about the use of advise and advice?

EasyPeezy

I don't get it. Like my DH just pointed out...isn't that how quilts started?
I'm sure your grand-mothers or great grand-mothers didn't buy
fabric to make a quilt but used whatever they had left-over from making
clothes. I wish I could make a true scrappy quilt but I don't have
enough stash...maybe in 30 years.

linda8450

Well, if I am using scraps (from my "stash") to make a new masterpiece, then it is a stash-buster! I do think the word scrap sounds like table scraps (or trash) to some non-quilt folks, but then I am not a cook, so baste, blend and whip mean something else to me!

DivaDee

I hate the misuse of the work "got". Even the news people on TV misuse it. "Got" haters unite!!!

QuiltingVagabond

Well, a low volume quilt is one without a lot of contrast, so maybe scrappy is "high volume"? ....Nah, I just like scrappy!

Pagzz

I have a granddaughter I had to educate on the term scrap. She always wanted to go through my fabric, knot, glue and staple pieces into bizarre creations that she would later discard. She felt she should have free reign in my fabric "scraps". I have explained that I value all my scraps, and that they are important building blocks to me.

Yooper32

The "Boarders" have driven me to distraction for a long, long time, but then, I am 83 and was taught proper English in all of my school grades, plus my mother was a former teacher, so I guess it was double perplexing for me.
As far as the "Scrap Quilt" controversy, I guess I just won't be cowed by someone who thinks that a scrap quilt is a cheap quilt.

Gay

agree with all the above, and I'll use 'scrappy', also love 'confetti' which I was taught was using minute odd shaped pieces 1/2" or smaller, mainly in wall quilts. My main grievance is using the term 'setting' triangles instead of 'set-in', probably because the teacher hasn't spoken clearly or the student not hearing properly, but you see it everywhere, even from those teaching or selling patterns.

nannykins8

I was reading the ads in my daughter's newspaper and found this "boarder collie for sale". That cracked me up and we laugh about it still. And as a former teacher, spelling errors make me want to red pencil them. Sometimes though, I think Spellcheck is the culprit.

M.Elizabeth

These bother me intensely, as well (a retired language arts teacher).