so consumed with my lqs experience i forgot to tell you about the quilt police!
07-08-2010, 04:19 AM
#101
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Originally Posted by Rebecca VLQ
Woo. She *so* did not handle herself well. She is *not* the defender of the universe. And it just goes to show that everyone should engage their brain WAY before they engage their mouth! Sorry she was such a cad. Even though she was way in the wrong, just her saying ANYTHING put a crimp in your weekend. :(
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07-08-2010, 04:30 AM
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you are correct...and we LOVED the blue angels! my hubby had never seen them so it was quite a treat and i did get some pretty decent pictures ;)
Originally Posted by pansypenny
When I read your first tale of the LQS, and realized where you were/are, I just KNEW it had to be R's...right? That shop is about 8 mi. from my house and I've pretty much stopped going there. sad.
THEN.................the episode at the Blue Angels (weren't they awesome - as usual) really clinched it for me. In this AM's Record Eagle, there was a letter from someone who COMPLAINED that the Blue Angels were going over his house and they made "too much noise". I suspect his wife is your QP woman!! Some people.....and they walk among us!
THEN.................the episode at the Blue Angels (weren't they awesome - as usual) really clinched it for me. In this AM's Record Eagle, there was a letter from someone who COMPLAINED that the Blue Angels were going over his house and they made "too much noise". I suspect his wife is your QP woman!! Some people.....and they walk among us!
07-08-2010, 04:40 AM
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Love your quick wit answer to such a rude person. I love quilts for their beauty as well as for their usefulness. When my kids drag around a quilt I have made, I just think they are keeping me with them. I assume this happened AFTER your trip to the LQS and found you primmed to get in someone's face.
07-08-2010, 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by ckcowl
it was an eventful 4th of July weekend! i was so consumed with dealing with my bad experience at the lqs that i almost forgot to tell you i met (THE CHIEF OF QUILT POLICE! :shock: ) and we all thought there weren't any...
we were at the air show to see the Blue Angels...we went on the motorcycle so could not take chairs...i have this (old) quilt...well it's not even a real quilt anymore...i made it about 6-7 years ago...it didn't go so well so after it being wadded up in the bottom of a closet for a couple years i got it out one day and started cutting it up...made a couple runners, placemats...there is about a 72" square left whole...it's summery, dark blue backing on it...unbound...raggy edges...i figured this would be perfect to put in the saddle bags...fit fine. so, we are at the airshow... standing up (ok so i was standing on the 'quilt' taking pictures...this woman walks up to me...forcefully grabs my arm, yanking me off my quilt and got right in my face actually yelling at me!!! she let me know such behavior was not acceptable...that the person who put all the time and money into that quilt (remember me?)would be hard-pressed to not take it away from me, how ashamed i should be...
at first i thought my hubby was going to hit her :shock:
then he started to listen and realized what was happening and just sat down on the quilt and let me deal with her...i let her rant and get it out of her system...when she was finished i asked her if she felt better? did it make your holiday weekend to be able to assault a perfect stranger? and i asked her just how a person becomes a quilt police chief...then i proceed to tell her...i made the quilt, was pretty sure it was ok to use it anyway i saw fit, after all it is mine. that i make quilts to be used and am quite thrilled when i see the granddaughter's at the park i am quite thrilled to see they have their quilts in tow...i know how much they love them because they take them everywhere they go.
i also told her we hear and read all the time there are no quilt police...was she just self elected to the post? and i just had to add how i really feel sorry for anyone she ever gives a quilt to...i hope she lets them know upon receipt that it had better be put in a safe deposit box and never touched...or else...
she stomped off in quite a huff...my dh...was cracking up
we were at the air show to see the Blue Angels...we went on the motorcycle so could not take chairs...i have this (old) quilt...well it's not even a real quilt anymore...i made it about 6-7 years ago...it didn't go so well so after it being wadded up in the bottom of a closet for a couple years i got it out one day and started cutting it up...made a couple runners, placemats...there is about a 72" square left whole...it's summery, dark blue backing on it...unbound...raggy edges...i figured this would be perfect to put in the saddle bags...fit fine. so, we are at the airshow... standing up (ok so i was standing on the 'quilt' taking pictures...this woman walks up to me...forcefully grabs my arm, yanking me off my quilt and got right in my face actually yelling at me!!! she let me know such behavior was not acceptable...that the person who put all the time and money into that quilt (remember me?)would be hard-pressed to not take it away from me, how ashamed i should be...
at first i thought my hubby was going to hit her :shock:
then he started to listen and realized what was happening and just sat down on the quilt and let me deal with her...i let her rant and get it out of her system...when she was finished i asked her if she felt better? did it make your holiday weekend to be able to assault a perfect stranger? and i asked her just how a person becomes a quilt police chief...then i proceed to tell her...i made the quilt, was pretty sure it was ok to use it anyway i saw fit, after all it is mine. that i make quilts to be used and am quite thrilled when i see the granddaughter's at the park i am quite thrilled to see they have their quilts in tow...i know how much they love them because they take them everywhere they go.
i also told her we hear and read all the time there are no quilt police...was she just self elected to the post? and i just had to add how i really feel sorry for anyone she ever gives a quilt to...i hope she lets them know upon receipt that it had better be put in a safe deposit box and never touched...or else...
she stomped off in quite a huff...my dh...was cracking up
I always put my quilts through the washer and dryer before I give them away. Then I check to make sure all stitches are secure. I started this when I was a new quilter and sometimes found places that needed to be fixed. I learned what I was doing wrong and it has made me a better quilter.
07-08-2010, 05:23 AM
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Ckcowl, I just read this and you get a gold star for your comeback!!!! People who are in the middle of a rage usually get flustered when they are spoken to calmly.
Thanks for a good laugh this morning!!!!!!! :D
Thanks for a good laugh this morning!!!!!!! :D
07-08-2010, 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by cjomomma
The nerve of some ppl. You don't want to know what my response would have been. Probably would have had the real police there after I got done.
07-08-2010, 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by ccrow99
Originally Posted by cjomomma
The nerve of some ppl. You don't want to know what my response would have been. Probably would have had the real police there after I got done.
07-08-2010, 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Fabaddict
the only requirement I made to my grandsons is that they never use it on the ground while changing oil in their vehicles. LOL. Otherwise, it was theirs to do with as they please
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