Since I've Become A Quilter...
11-17-2010, 03:37 PM
#71
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: N.E. FLA
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You've mentioned them all but one. Since I became a quilter my husband has lost his vision completely - only sees light. As bad as that is, there's a good side. He can't see if I don't have on make-up or still have on pjs, he can't see when I bring in more fabric, he doessn't see the dust or the crumbs on the floor, and doesn't see the mess in the sewing room (otherwise known as the fabric storeroom). I now sew on the dining room table so I can see him and be near when he needs sometning. Because he can't be alone (dementia)I don't get to go shopping often and that saves money. However, I am getting a lot of sewing done.
11-17-2010, 03:46 PM
#72
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Lutz, Fl
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Originally Posted by Lynnejean
Since i became a quilter I think paying more than $4 a yard for fabric is fine.You would have never seen me pay 8 or 10 dollars a yard before quilting.
Since I became a quilter I think its okay to have more than one project going at the same time. I was always a finish one project before staring another before.
Since I became a quilter I think everyone needs a quilt no matter what their age is because how could anyone live without one.
Ditto!!!
since I became a quilter having tons of fabric in the closet is a neccessity not hoarding.
Since I became a quilter I think its okay to have more than one project going at the same time. I was always a finish one project before staring another before.
Since I became a quilter I think everyone needs a quilt no matter what their age is because how could anyone live without one.
Ditto!!!
since I became a quilter having tons of fabric in the closet is a neccessity not hoarding.
11-17-2010, 03:59 PM
#73
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 413
Since I renewed my quilting habit - and found this wonderful web site - I have a perfect "retirement" activity. Just turned over my first Project Linus quilt - hard to have it leave my hands as I will not know who receives it but I know it will be loved as it was made with love tucked inside. Can't stop working on my second Linus quilt.
11-17-2010, 04:02 PM
#74
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: New York
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Originally Posted by chickadeee55
Since becoming a quilter: I find myself taking designs apart in sections, to see if I can recreate it in a quilt pattern.
11-17-2010, 04:39 PM
#75
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,811
Originally Posted by Lacelady
Since I've become a quilter, I have discovered that one machine is no longer enough! (I just got my eighth today, an HQ Sweet Sixteen) I am off to find out if it lights up when I switch it on!
11-17-2010, 04:45 PM
#76
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: London, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,326
Since I became a quilter...
My son thinks the TV always has that "sewing machine" sound on it.
We eat a lot of "overdone" dinners, mostly the all-in-one pot oven dinners.
I balance my chequebook around my quilting budget.
More friends are asking "can you fix this?" like coat zippers....
My son has learned that a side trip to a fabric store means "bring a book"
My dining room table is my cutting/sewing/measuring station, complete with boxes of "stash" stacked beside it.
My mother knows to phone before she comes over.
I have evicted my son from half of the basement to put in a 10' quilting frame.
Three grand for a sewing machine sounds reasonable!
I'm not afraid to adjust my machine tension anymore.
I've learned that "show and tell" isn't just for Kindergarten anymore!!!
My son thinks the TV always has that "sewing machine" sound on it.
We eat a lot of "overdone" dinners, mostly the all-in-one pot oven dinners.
I balance my chequebook around my quilting budget.
More friends are asking "can you fix this?" like coat zippers....
My son has learned that a side trip to a fabric store means "bring a book"
My dining room table is my cutting/sewing/measuring station, complete with boxes of "stash" stacked beside it.
My mother knows to phone before she comes over.
I have evicted my son from half of the basement to put in a 10' quilting frame.
Three grand for a sewing machine sounds reasonable!
I'm not afraid to adjust my machine tension anymore.
I've learned that "show and tell" isn't just for Kindergarten anymore!!!
11-17-2010, 04:53 PM
#77
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Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 1,183
Since I've become a quilter...
I almost never cook a meal
my house is never clean
I'm boring to visit with because that is all I talk about
I make all my gifts for giving
my sewing room is finally organized
I see quilt designs in everything...floor tiles, sunsets, etc :D
I almost never cook a meal
my house is never clean
I'm boring to visit with because that is all I talk about
I make all my gifts for giving
my sewing room is finally organized
I see quilt designs in everything...floor tiles, sunsets, etc :D
11-17-2010, 04:55 PM
#78
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: slaton, texas
Posts: 752
Since I started quilting I have had to get a part time job to be able to afford..............what else? more fabric!!!
Since I started quilting I have added a longarm machine to my collection.
I already had machines in the commercial class, serger, blindstitch, bartack, walking foot upholstery machine, old Singer straight stitch. Machines in the home sewing class, 1 kenmore, 1 Montgomety ward, 1 bernina, 1 treadle, 1 feather weight, 1 janome.
Since I started quilting I have added a longarm machine to my collection.
I already had machines in the commercial class, serger, blindstitch, bartack, walking foot upholstery machine, old Singer straight stitch. Machines in the home sewing class, 1 kenmore, 1 Montgomety ward, 1 bernina, 1 treadle, 1 feather weight, 1 janome.
11-17-2010, 05:39 PM
#79
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,474
since i have become a quilter....
Dinner has gotten later and later,and more quick meals
i would rather hang out at the fabric stores than Kohls
i get all excited when i meet someone else that quilts
and i can spend hours at this website instaed of doing much needed housework !!
Dinner has gotten later and later,and more quick meals
i would rather hang out at the fabric stores than Kohls
i get all excited when i meet someone else that quilts
and i can spend hours at this website instaed of doing much needed housework !!
11-17-2010, 05:59 PM
#80
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: NW Minnesota
Posts: 1,245
This has been such a wonderful thread to read!!
Since I started quilting I...
*am much more relaxed about almost everything else in my life.
*have "virtually" met so many wonderful people on this board.
*have relearned the joy of show & tell.
*have learned something new almost daily.
*have started a quilt group that meets monthly.
*get much joy from giving gifts to friends and family of things I have made.
*no longer worry about my messy house if we have unexpected guests. :)
We quilters really are very blessed people with so much richness brought into our lives because of this wonderful craft we have in common.
Patti
Since I started quilting I...
*am much more relaxed about almost everything else in my life.
*have "virtually" met so many wonderful people on this board.
*have relearned the joy of show & tell.
*have learned something new almost daily.
*have started a quilt group that meets monthly.
*get much joy from giving gifts to friends and family of things I have made.
*no longer worry about my messy house if we have unexpected guests. :)
We quilters really are very blessed people with so much richness brought into our lives because of this wonderful craft we have in common.
Patti
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