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Posted by BJ on Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:00 AM Post subject: Re: Happy Dance
Try this and see if it takes you to the candlewicking:
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/bj31032/album/576460762321685831#page1 "Sandy Foster"
<invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:invalid-45404C.18555511102006@news.west.earthlink.net...
[quote:1c56a14d6b]In article <8fdc2$452d56fd$4b753beb$31347@ALLTEL.NET>, "BJ"
<bhstevenson@alltel.net> wrote: I just finished my second hand-pieced, hand-quilted quilt!! I would have
finished months ago, but I had to wait until after thumb surgery before I could do the quilting part. While I was
waiting for the thumb to return to normal, I started a blue string quilt and a candlewicking quilt. You can see my
completed quilt under "My Quilty Stuff" (and the blue string). The candlewicking has an album all it's own,
but it really doesn't photograph well. It is so pretty 'in person'. I can hardly wait to finish it. It looks like an
instant heirloom. I am sewing the lace and blocks together using a sewing machine, but I plan to quilt it by hand. BJ
in GA http://new.photos.yahoo.com/bj31032/albums/ Good job, BJ! Your quilts are really nice. :) But I couldn't find
the album with the candlewicking in it -- and I *love* the look of candlewicking! <G -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las
Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister
of Education[/quote:1c56a14d6b]
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Posted by Sandy Foster on Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:55 AM Post subject: Re: Happy Dance
In article <8fdc2$452d56fd$4b753beb$31347@ALLTEL.NET>, "BJ" <bhstevenson@alltel.net> wrote:
[quote:5a1107abc7]I just finished my second hand-pieced, hand-quilted quilt!! I would have finished months ago, but I
had to wait until after thumb surgery before I could do the quilting part. While I was waiting for the thumb to return
to normal, I started a blue string quilt and a candlewicking quilt. You can see my completed quilt under "My
Quilty Stuff" (and the blue string). The candlewicking has an album all it's own, but it really doesn't photograph
well. It is so pretty 'in person'. I can hardly wait to finish it. It looks like an instant heirloom. I am sewing
the lace and blocks together using a sewing machine, but I plan to quilt it by hand. BJ in GA
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/bj31032/albums/ [/quote:5a1107abc7] Good job, BJ! Your quilts are really nice. :) But I
couldn't find the album with the candlewicking in it -- and I *love* the look of candlewicking! <G> -- Sandy in
Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA
Dame Sandy, Minister of Education
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Posted by Sandy Ellison on Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:27 AM Post subject: Re: Happy Dance
Howdy! Great! Finished is my favorite kind of quilt. <g> Very pretty quilts, BJ. Kudos to you for the
handwork. Ragmop/Sandy On 10/11/06 3:42 PM, in article 8fdc2$452d56fd$4b753beb$31347@ALLTEL.NET, "BJ"
<bhstevenson@alltel.net> wrote: [quote:e9063d7be0]I just finished my second hand-pieced, hand-quilted quilt!! I
would have finished months ago, but I had to wait until after thumb surgery before I could do the quilting part. While
I was waiting for the thumb to return to normal, I started a blue string quilt and a candlewicking quilt. You can see
my completed quilt under "My Quilty Stuff" (and the blue string). The candlewicking has an album all it's
own, but it really doesn't photograph well. It is so pretty 'in person'. I can hardly wait to finish it. It looks
like an instant heirloom. I am sewing the lace and blocks together using a sewing machine, but I plan to quilt it by
hand. BJ in GA http://new.photos.yahoo.com/bj31032/albums/ [/quote:e9063d7be0]
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Posted by Patti on Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:16 PM Post subject: Re: Happy Dance
Lovely quilts, BJ. I remember some from before, and the blue string quilt is so pretty. .. In message
<8fdc2$452d56fd$4b753beb$31347@ALLTEL.NET>, BJ <bhstevenson@alltel.net> writes [quote:9e4cd6c8a8]I just
finished my second hand-pieced, hand-quilted quilt!! I would have finished months ago, but I had to wait until after
thumb surgery before I could do the quilting part. While I was waiting for the thumb to return to normal, I started a
blue string quilt and a candlewicking quilt. You can see my completed quilt under "My Quilty Stuff" (and the
blue string). The candlewicking has an album all it's own, but it really doesn't photograph well. It is so pretty 'in
person'. I can hardly wait to finish it. It looks like an instant heirloom. I am sewing the lace and blocks together
using a sewing machine, but I plan to quilt it by hand. BJ in GA http://new.photos.yahoo.com/bj31032/albums/
[/quote:9e4cd6c8a8] -- Best Regards pat on the hill
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Posted by Debra on Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:10 PM Post subject: Re: A question about fat quarter sets
On 11 Aug 2006 07:58:06 -0700, "ann" <ladycatpink@yahoo.com> wrote: [quote:2c4edffb57]Hello everyone!
Hope the day is going well for you all. In June at my quilt guilds quiltshow I purchased a set of fatquarters with
blocks with pictures and several coordinating fabric fat quarters. Now the question is, what the heck do I do with them.
Keepsake quilting has such lovey medleys of fabric fat quarters, but I never know what to do with them in a quilt. So
any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I would like to us as much of the fabric as I can since I paid a good penny for
the fabric. The pictures are not square but a rectangle. So any ideas? Ann in MD [/quote:2c4edffb57] That all depends
on what kind of quilt tops you enjoy. There are a lot of books out about fat quarter quilts, but the quilts all look
way too string-happy for my taste. I'd be more inclined to either use the fabrics for applique pieces or perhaps make
a few cuts and make a charm type quilt. A fat quarter can be used to make four large maple or oak leaves for an
applique leaf quilt. You could also cut several large rectangles out of a fat quarter and use them to make a quick and
easy brick quilt. Other charm type quilts are Shell, Spool, Kite, and Tumbler. I figure that using larger pieces, and
using the same print for more than one piece in the quilt top, would make a charm type quilt will look more planned and
less scrappy than usual. Another possibility is to cut each piece of fabric in half and then add other fabric strips
on two sides to make Attic Windows blocks, or add strips all around it for a block called Picture Window. Both of those
a quick blocks and you wouldn't lose much of the fabric in the cutting stage or in the seams. You could use the fat
quarter fabrics for the centers of a lot of blocks like Evening Star, Joyce's Mystery Block, Dove of Peace, Frame,
Square Dance, Friendly Pleasures, and Dewey blocks just to name a few. You could either cut square centers for square
blocks, or shake things up a bit and make rectangle centers for elongated blocks. For an elongated block draw out the
block first so you can get the proper size and shape for all the other block pieces. HTH Debra in VA See my quilts at
http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere
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Posted by KJ on Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:48 AM Post subject: Re: OT Stephanie Plum/Janet Evanovich
Didn't she read a couple of the audio books? She has the perfect accent...or fakes it well. I think she was on a
short lived sit com that had some SP similarities. Or perhaps I was reading the books at the time the show was on and
I made the connection. I've only seen Scarlett Johnasson in two movies where she was quiet and reserved...not at all a
Stephanie type. Reese Witherspoon is too small. I see SP with some meat on her bones but with a good figure....not as
buxom as Scarlett. Heck, she'd never get away from Joe and Ranger with Scarlett's rack! OK, it's late...I'm getting
punchy. KJ "Batik Freak" <lpskeen@NOSPAMliving-tree.net> wrote in message
news:1%_rg.5667$cd3.2113@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... [quote:1cb87b3c72]Dude y'all are TOTALLY forgetting the
very obvious choice of Debbie Mazar (sp). L "Sandy Ellison" <eltex@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:C0D44240.6461%eltex@sbcglobal.net... Howdy! Stephanie's got more bosom that does Ms.Bullock. <g Scarlett
Johansson has the spunk and the ability to play someone who can laugh at herself and bounce back. She can also
"do" brunette & full-figured woman. The first 3 or 4 books in the series were the best, IMO. Following
those the plots seem to repeat and repeat and regurgitate. But that Grndma Mazur--Love her! ;-P Ragmop/Sandy --no
quilts were harmed during the writing of this post because quilts do not live in Stephanie's cars which have a tendency
to burn <BG On 7/7/06 10:09 AM, in article 6Purg.24278$FQ1.11361@attbi_s71, "KJ"
KJoger@NOSPAMmchsi.com> wrote: Reese Witherspoon? Hummmm, not sure that's who I picture when I read the books. I
picture a Sandra Bullock type. Someone who could gain a little weight now and then...but still be womonly and shapely.
Not a string bean is what I'm trying to say I think. A little younger Sandra Bullock would be perfect. She doesn't
always seem confidant, but is courageous. Yes, Pami...start with "One for the Money"...just don't read it in
church...you'll be laughing out loud at Grandma Mazur's antics. Enjoy! KJ "Pat in Virginia"
<pat.quilts@cox.net> wrote in message news:w8urg.316654$5Z.135922@dukeread02... Pami: The adventures of Stephanie
Plum are a blast! She has a large following. It is always fun to start at the beginning and work your way through the
series, so "One" is the place to start. BTW: there will be a SP movie starring Reese Witherspoon as Stephanie!
PAT pami wrote: I have her book called "One for the money" is this book any good?? Pami
[/quote:1cb87b3c72]
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Posted by Batik Freak on Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:28 AM Post subject: Re: OT Stephanie Plum/Janet Evanovich
Yes, she did a couple of the audio books, and I do believe that accent is real. And wasn't she a secretary or some
such on the Bruce Willis/Sybill Sheppard detective series back in the 80s? L "KJ"
<KJoger@NOSPAMmchsi.com> wrote in message news:XU%rg.70703$1i1.68686@attbi_s72... [quote:7b8730c6fe]Didn't she
read a couple of the audio books? She has the perfect accent...or fakes it well. I think she was on a short lived sit
com that had some SP similarities. Or perhaps I was reading the books at the time the show was on and I made the
connection. I've only seen Scarlett Johnasson in two movies where she was quiet and reserved...not at all a Stephanie
type. Reese Witherspoon is too small. I see SP with some meat on her bones but with a good figure....not as buxom as
Scarlett. Heck, she'd never get away from Joe and Ranger with Scarlett's rack! OK, it's late...I'm getting punchy. KJ
"Batik Freak" <lpskeen@NOSPAMliving-tree.net> wrote in message
news:1%_rg.5667$cd3.2113@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... Dude y'all are TOTALLY forgetting the very obvious choice
of Debbie Mazar (sp). L "Sandy Ellison" <eltex@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:C0D44240.6461%eltex@sbcglobal.net... Howdy! Stephanie's got more bosom that does Ms.Bullock. <g Scarlett
Johansson has the spunk and the ability to play someone who can laugh at herself and bounce back. She can also
"do" brunette & full-figured woman. The first 3 or 4 books in the series were the best, IMO. Following
those the plots seem to repeat and repeat and regurgitate. But that Grndma Mazur--Love her! ;-P Ragmop/Sandy --no
quilts were harmed during the writing of this post because quilts do not live in Stephanie's cars which have a tendency
to burn <BG On 7/7/06 10:09 AM, in article 6Purg.24278$FQ1.11361@attbi_s71, "KJ"
KJoger@NOSPAMmchsi.com> wrote: Reese Witherspoon? Hummmm, not sure that's who I picture when I read the books. I
picture a Sandra Bullock type. Someone who could gain a little weight now and then...but still be womonly and shapely.
Not a string bean is what I'm trying to say I think. A little younger Sandra Bullock would be perfect. She doesn't
always seem confidant, but is courageous. Yes, Pami...start with "One for the Money"...just don't read it in
church...you'll be laughing out loud at Grandma Mazur's antics. Enjoy! KJ "Pat in Virginia"
<pat.quilts@cox.net> wrote in message news:w8urg.316654$5Z.135922@dukeread02... Pami: The adventures of Stephanie
Plum are a blast! She has a large following. It is always fun to start at the beginning and work your way through the
series, so "One" is the place to start. BTW: there will be a SP movie starring Reese Witherspoon as Stephanie!
PAT pami wrote: I have her book called "One for the money" is this book any good?? Pami
[/quote:7b8730c6fe]
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Posted by Laurie G. on Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:16 AM Post subject: Re: OT Stephanie Plum/Janet Evanovich
So what about Jennifer Garner as Stephanie? She is a younger version of Sandra Bullock (who I think totally fits the
part!). Not sure about her, um, breasties. Don't know how they would fit in...... -- Laurie G. in CA
http://community.webshots.com/user/lagrant7 "KJ" <KJoger@NOSPAMmchsi.com> wrote in message
news:XU%rg.70703$1i1.68686@attbi_s72... [quote:ff83a3d3e4]Didn't she read a couple of the audio books? She has the
perfect accent...or fakes it well. I think she was on a short lived sit com that had some SP similarities. Or perhaps
I was reading the books at the time the show was on and I made the connection. I've only seen Scarlett Johnasson in two
movies where she was quiet and reserved...not at all a Stephanie type. Reese Witherspoon is too small. I see SP with
some meat on her bones but with a good figure....not as buxom as Scarlett. Heck, she'd never get away from Joe and
Ranger with Scarlett's rack! OK, it's late...I'm getting punchy. KJ "Batik Freak" <lpskeen@NOSPAMliving-
tree.net> wrote in message news:1%_rg.5667$cd3.2113@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... Dude y'all are TOTALLY
forgetting the very obvious choice of Debbie Mazar (sp). L "Sandy Ellison" <eltex@sbcglobal.net> wrote
in message news:C0D44240.6461%eltex@sbcglobal.net... Howdy! Stephanie's got more bosom that does Ms.Bullock. <g
Scarlett Johansson has the spunk and the ability to play someone who can laugh at herself and bounce back. She can also
"do" brunette & full-figured woman. The first 3 or 4 books in the series were the best, IMO. Following
those the plots seem to repeat and repeat and regurgitate. But that Grndma Mazur--Love her! ;-P Ragmop/Sandy --no
quilts were harmed during the writing of this post because quilts do not live in Stephanie's cars which have a tendency
to burn <BG On 7/7/06 10:09 AM, in article 6Purg.24278$FQ1.11361@attbi_s71, "KJ"
KJoger@NOSPAMmchsi.com> wrote: Reese Witherspoon? Hummmm, not sure that's who I picture when I read the books. I
picture a Sandra Bullock type. Someone who could gain a little weight now and then...but still be womonly and shapely.
Not a string bean is what I'm trying to say I think. A little younger Sandra Bullock would be perfect. She doesn't
always seem confidant, but is courageous. Yes, Pami...start with "One for the Money"...just don't read it in
church...you'll be laughing out loud at Grandma Mazur's antics. Enjoy! KJ "Pat in Virginia"
<pat.quilts@cox.net> wrote in message news:w8urg.316654$5Z.135922@dukeread02... Pami: The adventures of Stephanie
Plum are a blast! She has a large following. It is always fun to start at the beginning and work your way through the
series, so "One" is the place to start. BTW: there will be a SP movie starring Reese Witherspoon as Stephanie!
PAT pami wrote: I have her book called "One for the money" is this book any good?? Pami
[/quote:ff83a3d3e4]
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Posted by Batik Freak on Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:47 AM Post subject: Re: OT Stephanie Plum/Janet Evanovich
Dude y'all are TOTALLY forgetting the very obvious choice of Debbie Mazar (sp). L "Sandy Ellison"
<eltex@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:C0D44240.6461%eltex@sbcglobal.net... [quote:910ff3bc01]Howdy!
Stephanie's got more bosom that does Ms.Bullock. <g Scarlett Johansson has the spunk and the ability to play someone
who can laugh at herself and bounce back. She can also "do" brunette & full-figured woman. The first 3
or 4 books in the series were the best, IMO. Following those the plots seem to repeat and repeat and regurgitate. But
that Grndma Mazur--Love her! ;-P Ragmop/Sandy --no quilts were harmed during the writing of this post because quilts
do not live in Stephanie's cars which have a tendency to burn <BG On 7/7/06 10:09 AM, in article
6Purg.24278$FQ1.11361@attbi_s71, "KJ" KJoger@NOSPAMmchsi.com> wrote: Reese Witherspoon? Hummmm, not sure
that's who I picture when I read the books. I picture a Sandra Bullock type. Someone who could gain a little weight
now and then...but still be womonly and shapely. Not a string bean is what I'm trying to say I think. A little younger
Sandra Bullock would be perfect. She doesn't always seem confidant, but is courageous. Yes, Pami...start with "One
for the Money"...just don't read it in church...you'll be laughing out loud at Grandma Mazur's antics. Enjoy! KJ
"Pat in Virginia" <pat.quilts@cox.net> wrote in message news:w8urg.316654$5Z.135922@dukeread02... Pami:
The adventures of Stephanie Plum are a blast! She has a large following. It is always fun to start at the beginning and
work your way through the series, so "One" is the place to start. BTW: there will be a SP movie starring Reese
Witherspoon as Stephanie! PAT pami wrote: I have her book called "One for the money" is this book any good??
Pami [/quote:910ff3bc01]
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Posted by Sandy Ellison on Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:54 PM Post subject: Re: OT Stephanie Plum/Janet Evanovich
Howdy! Stephanie's got more bosom that does Ms.Bullock. <g> Scarlett Johansson has the spunk and the ability to
play someone who can laugh at herself and bounce back. She can also "do" brunette & full-figured woman.
The first 3 or 4 books in the series were the best, IMO. Following those the plots seem to repeat and repeat and
regurgitate. But that Grndma Mazur--Love her! ;-P Ragmop/Sandy --no quilts were harmed during the writing of this
post because quilts do not live in Stephanie's cars which have a tendency to burn <BG> On 7/7/06 10:09
AM, in article 6Purg.24278$FQ1.11361@attbi_s71, "KJ" <KJoger@NOSPAMmchsi.com> wrote:
[quote:8c72acc2ac]Reese Witherspoon? Hummmm, not sure that's who I picture when I read the books. I picture a Sandra
Bullock type. Someone who could gain a little weight now and then...but still be womonly and shapely. Not a string
bean is what I'm trying to say I think. A little younger Sandra Bullock would be perfect. She doesn't always seem
confidant, but is courageous. Yes, Pami...start with "One for the Money"...just don't read it in
church...you'll be laughing out loud at Grandma Mazur's antics. Enjoy! KJ "Pat in Virginia"
<pat.quilts@cox.net> wrote in message news:w8urg.316654$5Z.135922@dukeread02... Pami: The adventures of Stephanie
Plum are a blast! She has a large following. It is always fun to start at the beginning and work your way through the
series, so "One" is the place to start. BTW: there will be a SP movie starring Reese Witherspoon as Stephanie!
PAT pami wrote: I have her book called "One for the money" is this book any good?? Pami [/quote:8c72acc2ac]
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View entire thread: G'day! I am a newbie... long post
Posted by Anne in CA on Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:29 AM Post subject: Re: G'day! I am a newbie... long post
Trish, I tried the bicycle clips bit and followed Harriet Hargrove's directions carefully about rolling up from both
outside edges, etc etc. And I found that way too awkward. The roll gets stiff and isn't maneuverable at all. See if
you can get a book or DVD by Paula Reid. She calls her method "fluff and stuff". I haven't made many really
BIG quilts but I do have a couple that cover the top of my queen size bed (they just don't hang over very much ;-)
Check out her site (NAYY) : http://www.battsintheattic.com/ Oh. Yeah. Welcome (back??) to rctq too :-) Anne in CA
annerudolph AT comcast DOT net Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, fact, or tact are transmission errors.
http://community.webshots.com/user/annerudolph3 http://www.frappr.com/rctq http://annerudolph.home.comcast.net/anne.htm
Trish Brown wrote: [quote:4a00afd1ff] I guess my biggest worry is fitting the quilt under the sewing machine. I've heard
of people using bicycle clips to keep the quilt tightly rolled, but I can't picture that in my mind. I'm thinking of
just tying it somehow with safety pins and bits of string. Or something. [/quote:4a00afd1ff]
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Posted by Tricia on Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:14 PM Post subject: Re: What would you do?
Another alternative that might help solve both issues with MIL --- Assuming you live near each other, Tell her politely
that you have quilts to work on for family but that you'd love to teach *her* how to make quilts for her bosses and take
her on as a student -- she makes the quilts for her bosses while you make the other quilts you need to..... *she* puts
in the time, energy, and $.....if she goes for being a student, I bet she gets a whole new appreciation for the one you
made her....who knows, maybe you'll also develop a new common interest. Tricia Jenn in CA wrote:
[quote:a09054ce65]Debbie, I agree that once a gift is given, the recipiant (I know it's not spelled right) is free to
do as they please with it. This is why when I give handmade stuff, quilts included, there is one string attached: If
you EVER think of getting rid of it, give it back. Either tell your MIL exactly how much her cost to make in time,
materials, etc. Or You could just tell her to stuff it and direct her to mass produced quilts made overseas. She will
get what she paid for Either way, talk to your DH about it. If he even has an inkling of the time and effort involved
and knows your MIL is getting rid of the one you made her, he better side with you on this. If he doesn't let me know.
I will come by if I'm ever in the area and beat some sense into his skull for you. :-) Jenn in CA PS It doesn't sound
like she is taking very good care of the one she gave you. Given the quality of fabric most of us use for this hobby,
it shouldn't have faded after less than a year. My DH has one that goes EVERYWHERE with him (try packing a queen size
quilt for a cruise :-) and hasn't yet faded and it's two years old - the fabric is 3 years old. And I'm pretty sure I
don't take good care of it. :-) Debbie wrote: Hi all, Just thought I'd get some opinions on a problem that has come
up. When people find out you make quilts they all want one. Problem is, I don't mind making relatives one for free, but
my MIL has asked me to make her bosses one each (she has two bosses) for Christmas. She says she will pay me for it. If
I charged by the time and effort I put into it, she couldn't pay me for it. I know she's thinking $20-50. Another
thing that has irked me is that I made my MIL one in January and she informed me (the same day she asked me to make her
bosses one and to make her a bedspread and matching shams for her bed) that she is going to put the one I made for her
in January in a yard sale. I said, "Don't sell it in a yard sale, I'll buy it back." And she said, "Well,
it's faded." !!!!!!!!!!!!! How do I get across to her that this stuff takes a lot of time??? She told me that
making quilts for people at Christmas was a *cheap* way to give presents, too. I don't think she is trying to be mean,
but she has no idea the time and effort that goes into this stuff. Hubby has somewhat of an idea of how much time and
effort I put into it, but he is real protective of his mother, so I have to approach this delicately. LOL Thanks for
any help and advice you can give me. Debbie[/quote:a09054ce65]
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Posted by Debbie on Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:47 PM Post subject: Re: What would you do?
[quote:6c149d0b89]Debbie, I agree that once a gift is given, the recipiant (I know it's not spelled right) is free to
do as they please with it. This is why when I give handmade stuff, quilts included, there is one string attached: If
you EVER think of getting rid of it, give it back. [/quote:6c149d0b89] Yes, I will start telling them that.
[quote:6c149d0b89] Either tell your MIL exactly how much her cost to make in time, materials, etc. Or You could just
tell her to stuff it and direct her to mass produced quilts made overseas. She will get what she paid for
[/quote:6c149d0b89] AAmen [quote:6c149d0b89] Either way, talk to your DH about it. If he even has an inkling of the
time and effort involved and knows your MIL is getting rid of the one you made her, he better side with you on this. If
he doesn't let me know. I will come by if I'm ever in the area and beat some sense into his skull for you. :-)
[/quote:6c149d0b89] LOL. I think I luv you. [quote:6c149d0b89] Jenn in CA PS It doesn't sound like she is taking very
good care of the one she gave you. Given the quality of fabric most of us use for this hobby, it shouldn't have faded
after less than a year. My DH has one that goes EVERYWHERE with him (try packing a queen size quilt for a cruise :-)
and hasn't yet faded and it's two years old - the fabric is 3 years old. And I'm pretty sure I don't take good care of
it. :-) [/quote:6c149d0b89] Well, I bought the material from JoAnns, not Wal-Mart, so I don't how it could have faded
enough to where she finds it not good enough to display or use. grrrrrrrrr I just saw it about a month ago and it
looked the same to me! Just hurt my feelings that something I considered so valuable and loving is tossed into a yard
sale for pennies, ya know? When I gave it to her I told her it was made with love especially for her. Oh well. Debbie
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Posted by Jenn in CA on Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:41 PM Post subject: Re: What would you do?
Debbie, I agree that once a gift is given, the recipiant (I know it's not spelled right) is free to do as they please
with it. This is why when I give handmade stuff, quilts included, there is one string attached: If you EVER think of
getting rid of it, give it back. Either tell your MIL exactly how much her cost to make in time, materials, etc. Or
You could just tell her to stuff it and direct her to mass produced quilts made overseas. She will get what she paid
for Either way, talk to your DH about it. If he even has an inkling of the time and effort involved and knows your MIL
is getting rid of the one you made her, he better side with you on this. If he doesn't let me know. I will come by if
I'm ever in the area and beat some sense into his skull for you. :-) Jenn in CA PS It doesn't sound like she is taking
very good care of the one she gave you. Given the quality of fabric most of us use for this hobby, it shouldn't have
faded after less than a year. My DH has one that goes EVERYWHERE with him (try packing a queen size quilt for a cruise
:-) and hasn't yet faded and it's two years old - the fabric is 3 years old. And I'm pretty sure I don't take good care
of it. :-) Debbie wrote: [quote:ef429bc676]Hi all, Just thought I'd get some opinions on a problem that has come up.
When people find out you make quilts they all want one. Problem is, I don't mind making relatives one for free, but my
MIL has asked me to make her bosses one each (she has two bosses) for Christmas. She says she will pay me for it. If I
charged by the time and effort I put into it, she couldn't pay me for it. I know she's thinking $20-50. Another thing
that has irked me is that I made my MIL one in January and she informed me (the same day she asked me to make her bosses
one and to make her a bedspread and matching shams for her bed) that she is going to put the one I made for her in
January in a yard sale. I said, "Don't sell it in a yard sale, I'll buy it back." And she said, "Well,
it's faded." !!!!!!!!!!!!! How do I get across to her that this stuff takes a lot of time??? She told me that
making quilts for people at Christmas was a *cheap* way to give presents, too. I don't think she is trying to be mean,
but she has no idea the time and effort that goes into this stuff. Hubby has somewhat of an idea of how much time and
effort I put into it, but he is real protective of his mother, so I have to approach this delicately. LOL Thanks for
any help and advice you can give me. Debbie[/quote:ef429bc676]
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