I would just like to register what time you are coming to quilting night!!!
DOES anyone else quilt? I know it seems like 10 old bitties sitting 'round a fire talking about cooking recipies or something but its actually nice.
My stepmom and I quilt because she needed something relaxing to do to calm her down because she recently had a stroke which we are now finding out has something to do with her scoliosis???
Well anyone we have a great time talking we have gone on to explore such many subjects.
Like Being poor, I believe that being poor build character.
Like My stepmom used to make ramen noodles on her radiator because she didnt have any electicity and it only took like 2 hours to boil the water, meanwhile once she had enough money to turn her phone on, her phone didnt have a ringer, so her mom would tell her that she was going to call at 7 and she would just have to pick up the phone at 7, hello, hello? Then she was so worried about the things she carried in her 81 Honda civic Hatchback because she worked at RadioShack and she had to carry around merchandise. But no need to worry she lived in such a poor neighbor hood, and theives dont steal from their own neighborhood! She worked two jobs went to school and got about 4 hours of sleep a day, 2 hours after her job that ended at 4 then another 2 after her job that ended at 5 in the morning and they cycle begins again. But amazingly enough when you have one whole dollar to feed you until friday it mysteriously stretches itself so you can. Like when you have 5 bucks of gas until the end of the week. (We can all relate right?)
Please let me know of your character building experiences. . .
Geez, Mandi – I would have jumped in here sooner but I don’t post from work. Don’t feel bad.
I’m not sure what you’re looking for. “Character building experiences” could be lots of things. Illness, death, childbirth, school, marriage, friendship, a good book or a favorite song.
As for quilting, I’ve made a few, and if I knew how to do it, I’d post a link where you could see pictures. (I don’t have a website.) I started my first one shortly after we moved back to Iowa, and finished it right after my husband died.
Mine are rather primitive, however, because I get impatient and I don’t measure as accurately as I should, and I hate constantly taking blocks to the ironing board. Consequently, my last quilt doesn’t look much better than my first.
I was born a character. I didn’t need to build one.
If by “character-building experiences” you mean those depressing life lessons that I and the people around me would have been a whole lot better off if I could have learned from somebody else, I’ve spent the last few years forgetting about them.
I simply do not have the patience to quilt. I admire the results but could not do it myself. And cutting up a rectangle of cloth so I can sew it back together and then have the dogs step on my handiwork with muddy paws doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. Perhaps it is because I have done so little sewing that I find it nerve-wracking rather than relaxing.
Only if it’s true what they say… well, you know the rest
I don’t quilt. I do sew. I should be tracing patterns for my boys’ Christmas presents right now, but here I sit in front of the computer, naughty mamma that I am. Someday I should learn quilting; I have enough scraps of (some really fabulous!) fabric to cover every bed in this house, and then go on to table runners, pot holders, tea cozies…
Did I just say tea cozies??? :eek:
We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread, already in progress.
Tea cozies?! The woman who first encouraged me to quilt made tea cozies too. Her quilts weren’t for beds though – they were wall hangings. Artistic rather than functional.
My second quilt was just squares sewn in a row, then I sewed the rows together. I didn’t measure anything or attempt to make an interesting design – just sewed the blocks together until the thing looked like it was big enough to wrap up in and stopped.
It doesn’t fall apart in the wash, so I guess it’s a success.
It is really easy, and relaxing too. I’d encourage anyone to try it. I’m not crafty at all – if I can do it, you can too.
Yeah I like quilting, its fun TubaGirl and I go and chat with my stepmom about our weeks worth of happenings, while I make a christmas present wall hanging thing, Deb is making a queen size bed spread, gives herself about 1 year to do that and TubaGirl is making a bedspread too.
I love it tis calming and gives us time to gab without all those pesky husbands around, NO KIDS either!!
I personally don’t quilt, but my mom is a professional quilter and I have lived around it for my entire life - the first quilt my mom made was my baby quilt. I have two of my own, the baby quilt and another that was a high school graduation present. My mom is the vice-president of the local quilt guild and her best friend is the president, so that’s just what they do all the time.
I made a quilt when I was in junior high, but I don’t have the patience for it, really. But I know huge amounts about it, thanks to being dragged to quilt shows and fabric stores my entire life, not to mention the absurd numbers of quilting books and magazines lying around the house.
