Selective memory?
12-31-2010, 07:58 AM
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Is it just me - or is there anyone else out there - who can remember where they bought every piece of fabric, and even the name of the collection it is from and possibly the designer too - but can't recall what you had for supper last night, or what errands it is you're supposed to be running this afternoon?
12-31-2010, 08:10 AM
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Is it anything like the times when you buy a piece of fabric and come home and find out you already have a piece of it? I tried writing the SKU on the side after getting it home but that didn't last long.
12-31-2010, 08:23 AM
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i can remember where i got most of my fabric, but not the mfg or designer, i never look, i just buy what i think is pretty. As for what i had for supper, sure i remember, because i made enough to have it for lunch today too.
12-31-2010, 08:25 AM
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I had an aunt who said she had selective hearing...she heard what she wanted to. I've on 3 occasions bought great new quilting books, only to get home and discover I already had them. Finally took the extras to a guild meeting and gave them to folks there that liked them. I have to write myself notes about errands to run and bills to pay or I forget sometimes. I've been known to call myself and leave a message of something I need to do/look for when I get home. I'd say it's an age thing, but I've always been that way. (O:
12-31-2010, 08:42 AM
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I can pretty much remember every piece, especially if I bought it -- not so much if I got it from someone else.
One time, though, I was looking through my fabric and I pulled a box out from under the bed and almost had a heart attack. It was full of fabric I did not recognize at all! I just couldn't understand it. Then I remembered that I had bought the whole box from a woman who had collected it to do watercolor quilts, so I hadn't actually bought it piece by piece. It was a big relief!
I can remember when/where I bought it and what I planned to do with it. Now if only I actually used up more of it!
Laurie
One time, though, I was looking through my fabric and I pulled a box out from under the bed and almost had a heart attack. It was full of fabric I did not recognize at all! I just couldn't understand it. Then I remembered that I had bought the whole box from a woman who had collected it to do watercolor quilts, so I hadn't actually bought it piece by piece. It was a big relief!
I can remember when/where I bought it and what I planned to do with it. Now if only I actually used up more of it!
Laurie
12-31-2010, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
Is it just me - or is there anyone else out there - who can remember where they bought every piece of fabric, and even the name of the collection it is from and possibly the designer too - but can't recall what you had for supper last night, or what errands it is you're supposed to be running this afternoon?
Now if I can just remember to get what I went to the grocery store for...
12-31-2010, 09:03 AM
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Oh, and I'm a teacher, and I realized I have to go back to school next week (which, lol, that's really selective memory) and I was trying to remember the names of my students and not a whole lot came to mind. And I'm 25, so I really don't have an excuse :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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