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Rotary cutters, mats, and rulers?
Unless I am reasonably sure the person can use them properly - or will allow me to instruct them - and I can see for myself that they have a clue - I prefer not to lend things to people that they can wreck.
It's one thing if I mess up my stuff -I really do mind if someone else does.
It's also a matter of - I might be more willing to let you use my machines at MY house - not so sure about letting you take them to YOUR house.
How about you?
My DD is the only one I share with. It's great having a quilting daughter. She's my mentor. We raid each others stashes, share books and magazines AND she sews the bindings onto my quilts.
Several years ago I bought my Kenmore/Janome machine and loved it. My Singer went in the closet until my daughter started sewing. Then I bought my Viking emb machine. My daughter said her singer was messing up so I let her take my Kenmore home and she fell in love with it and said I was never getting it back. Then she called me at work one day and asked if she could use my Viking and I told her no because the last time I let her use a machine she kept it. Then she said there is one difference this time and so of course I asked her what that was, she said the difference was that I'd never allow her to take my Viking out of my house. I just laughed. The rest of my stuff she borrows back and forth. I've never had anyone else ask but when it comes to my Viking it doesn't go out of the house without me. The same goes for my Babylock Ovation serger. I could never afford to replace them and neither would she.
Judy
They can use them at my house, but can't take them out! Might consider a ruler taking a field trip, but certainly not a machine!!!!
"I do not understand how anyone can live without one small place of enchantment to turn to."
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Only my best quilting friends can borrow my quilting stuff. We feel like our sewing rooms are all our sewing rooms. No one else gets to borrow my tools to take out of my home. What chaps me is at a class or workshop, I buy the ruler or tool recommended for the class and someone will ask to borrow it for a minute because they didn't buy one. I can say NO in a second.
I got over being nice a long time ago to freeloaders.
I love my life!
I agree with youOriginally Posted by Onebyone
Freedom to speak is a gift ;please don't take it from us..
I would not lend my stuff. I don't have much stuff, I need and use every single piece every day.
From this and your previous post I take it you have a friend who wants to "try out" quilting using your stuff instead of buying it all right away?
They can come to my house and use them and leave them. Most of my friends have more than I do so not a problem. Went to a class onetime and when I signed up for the class we received a list of items to bring. My mats and everything were bigger. Went to Walmart and got a beginner's quilt kit. It was on sale for about $20.00. Perfect size. It goes in my sewing machine carrier/tote. I loaned nothing out and showed one gal the list I received which she also received. She said she came with nothing and thought she could just borrow. Sorry, not from me. She tried but finally had to buy from the shop. She was not happy! Oh well!
My friends could borrow my rulers etc. but I am the only one that sews on my machines.
Neither a borrower or a lender be - my motto. If someone has a ruler/gadget I like, I will buy one like it.
Some days are diamonds, some days are coal - BUT God is with me everyday!
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