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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-23-2007, 12:40 AM (1 of 15)
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I thought this was so cute and true I had to share it with you. Only a Quilter … by Tom and Madge Powis June 2003 We've all heard the classic line that only a quilter would take yards and yards of material, cut it into little pieces and then sew them back together again. While this statement is true and a little funny to think about, it doesn't even scratch the surface of the things that only a quilter would do. Only a Quilter would spend more hours sewing several hundreds of buttons on a quilt to embellish it, but wouldn't take five minutes to replace a button on a pair of pants. Only a Quilter would give the gift of a wedding quilt two months after the birth of the couple's second child. Only a Quilter would put hundreds of dollars worth of fabric into her fabric stash because she might find a use for it sometime, but wouldn't replace a 50-cent needle on her sewing machine. Only a Quilter would let three later-arriving patients go ahead of her at the doctor's office because she is on the verge of completing a block. Only a Quilter would rush to finish a gift quilt. Not so it's done in time for the recipient's birthday, but so it's done in time for Show and Tell. Only a Quilter would make a special quilt to give to her son, who would then have to attend quilt shows just to see it. Only a Quilter would use freezer paper in the production of something to keep someone warm. Only a Quilter has a welcome mat at the door to her home and an "Enter at Your Own Risk" sign on the door of her sewing room. Only a Quilter invites everyone to see her sewing room, then says, "Don't look at the mess." Only a Quilter says, "I really don't need another project," then offers to make a quilt for a friend. Only a Quilter will buy more than she'll ever need of one fabric for her stash, but slightly less than is needed of another fabric to complete a project. Only a Quilter would give a quilt book to the guild auction then bid on it to get it back. Only a Quilter would drive 40 miles in a hurricane to attend a quilt show, but call out to have her dinner delivered because it is drizzling. Only a Quilter's family would put up with, understand and love a quilter. I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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User: MotherInLaw
Member since: 06-25-2005 Total posts: 1118 
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From: Skye
Date: 01-23-2007, 02:33 AM (2 of 15)
hee hee  so true |
User: Skye
Member since: 09-28-2000 Total posts: 233 |
From: HeyJudee
Date: 01-23-2007, 07:27 AM (3 of 15)
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I'm guilty of a couple of those!!! LOL
TTFN from
Judy |
User: HeyJudee
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From: Patty22
Date: 01-23-2007, 08:10 AM (4 of 15)
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Bwhahahahaha....Thanks Suzie...... I adapted one stanza for our area of the country  Only a Quilter would drive 40 miles in a snowstorm to attend a quilt show, but call out to have her dinner delivered because it looks like snow. Patty
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User: Patty22
Member since: 03-29-2006 Total posts: 1194 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 01-23-2007, 08:32 AM (5 of 15)
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It's like I always say -- those quilters are all crazy!! Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: Patty22
Date: 01-23-2007, 09:21 AM (6 of 15)
Dorothy.....that's why I keep insisting you are a quilter at heart  
Patty
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User: Patty22
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From: lendube
Date: 01-23-2007, 11:17 AM (7 of 15)
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Those are great! I think it applies to all of us here that LOVE sewing. Lennie |
User: lendube
Member since: 08-06-2006 Total posts: 1548 |
From: swartzrn
Date: 01-23-2007, 04:13 PM (8 of 15)
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I LOVE it!!!
Julie
"To see the future, look into a child's eyes." |
User: swartzrn
Member since: 02-17-2006 Total posts: 436 
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-23-2007, 04:37 PM (9 of 15)
How nice to have something that applies to me....and you, and you and you and well most of 'us'...
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: Bama
Date: 01-23-2007, 05:09 PM (10 of 15)
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Only a Quilter would spend more hours sewing several hundreds of buttons on a quilt to embellish it, but wouldn't take five minutes to replace a button on a pair of pants.
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User: Bama
Member since: 03-21-2000 Total posts: 2116 
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From: esrun3
Date: 01-23-2007, 08:55 PM (11 of 15)
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ROFL....too funny, and too too true!! Thanks for sharing that! I'm thinking I need to embroider those sayings on a quilt hahahhahahaahaha
Lyn
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User: esrun3
Member since: 12-02-2004 Total posts: 2345 |
From: mozeyrn
Date: 01-23-2007, 10:20 PM (12 of 15)
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I don't quilt but there's even one or two that apply to me! Very funny.
- Maureen.
Learning something new with every stitch!! Kenmore 16231000 |
User: mozeyrn
Member since: 11-29-2005 Total posts: 349 |
From: plrlegal
Date: 01-23-2007, 11:24 PM (13 of 15)
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Susie that is terrific. If you don't mind, I'm going to share it with my Sonshine quilt group and the Midwest City Stitchin Sisters Quilt Guild. They'll all love it. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: cowqueenie
Date: 01-24-2007, 12:50 PM (14 of 15)
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I am so guilty of the button one! Just had to spend five minutes this morning FINALLY putting a button on one of my shirts so that I could wear it today! UGH! "A trip to the fabric store is my therapy"
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User: cowqueenie
Member since: 10-30-2006 Total posts: 125 
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-24-2007, 09:43 PM (15 of 15)
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I think it applies to most of us even the ones that don't quilt but just sew. I love fabric, I even look at RTW garments and think boy that is great fabric I wish I had some to make...................... Well you know the rest. LOL I thought it sounded like something that would hit a nerve in all of us. It was sent to me by a lady I met on here and then I met her in person when we did a swap. She was "coffeequeen". She lives in Mississippi and we met half way and had dinner and did our swap at the restaurant and have been emailing each other ever since. Patsy go ahead I don't mind you sharing with everyone. I just did. I did give the author credit at the top I'm not the author. I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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User: MotherInLaw
Member since: 06-25-2005 Total posts: 1118
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