Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums > Main
Mending--I don't think so.... >

Mending--I don't think so....

Mending--I don't think so....

Old 03-01-2013, 06:15 AM
  #1  
Junior Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: West Central Illinois
Posts: 100
Cool Mending--I don't think so....

I saw a posting on Facebook, but couldn't figure out how to post it here.

It was one of those cute antique-looking cards that said:

Asking a quilter to mend something is like asking Michelangelo to paint a garage.

Very clever, huh?
booklady1952 is offline  
Old 03-01-2013, 06:32 AM
  #2  
Super Member
 
wolph33's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Wi
Posts: 9,232
Default

lol,I have seen that-sew true and funny
wolph33 is offline  
Old 03-01-2013, 06:46 AM
  #3  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 1,215
Default

So true! My daughter has lost some weight and asked me if I knew how to take in a waistband. Uh....no! I can quilt, but for some reason cannot do clothes well.
EllieGirl is offline  
Old 03-01-2013, 06:54 AM
  #4  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Central NJ
Posts: 5,570
Default

You don't even want to know what my mending pile looks like! And somehow DH thinks I can make whole cloth out of thin air with the things he sticks in that pile!
NJ Quilter is offline  
Old 03-01-2013, 07:21 AM
  #5  
Power Poster
 
QuiltnNan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: western NY formerly MN, FL, NC, SC
Posts: 51,433
Default

one of our members uses that in her signature
QuiltnNan is offline  
Old 03-01-2013, 07:22 AM
  #6  
Power Poster
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Upland CA
Posts: 18,376
Default

That is so funny!!!
mighty is offline  
Old 03-01-2013, 08:32 AM
  #7  
Power Poster
 
BellaBoo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Front row
Posts: 14,646
Default

When $600 is about average for one hunting jacket, I will mend a rip or two for DH. I have been known to pink the hems of too long prom dresses for my girls and say perfect! LOL
BellaBoo is offline  
Old 03-01-2013, 09:23 AM
  #8  
Super Member
 
Chasing Hawk's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Pacific Northwest
Posts: 9,265
Default

I mend clothes. I make clothes. And I quilt. To me it sewing which I like to do.

I am meticulous in mending clothes as I am in my quilting.
Chasing Hawk is offline  
Old 03-01-2013, 11:22 AM
  #9  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: The Colony, TX
Posts: 3,364
Default

When I have to I will do hems, usually for my husband's jeans for some reason he can't find them in the right length! However he always says (when he sees my sleeves rolled up) it's too bad that you don't know someone who sews!!
quiltstringz is offline  
Old 03-01-2013, 12:13 PM
  #10  
Super Member
 
GrannieAnnie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: S. W. Indiana
Posts: 7,484
Default

I hate and despise altering and not particularly fond of mending, but I've got a jacket I simply love that's a bit too big for me. I can't decide if I want to deconstruct it or just let it droop on me! It wouldn't be easy to alter, the body is princess style and has embroidery that lays over the chest seams.
GrannieAnnie is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Deborah12687
Main
5
03-17-2011 10:29 AM
kellen46
Tutorials
47
02-22-2011 07:22 AM
moreland
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
10
02-09-2011 09:44 AM
stitchfancy
Main
9
02-16-2010 03:18 PM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


FREE Quilting Newsletter