There is alot of talk about the quilting Police and since I break so many rules. :twisted: I think I might like to know just in case they show up at my door. Also If I knew what they looked like It might be my next Halloween costume. Descriptions Please!

They have good disguises, and look quite like normal quilters.
Check their tongue .... as that's the true indentifying factor!!!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

A witch!! HEHEHE!!

Only the Shadow knows!!!!

Well, I'm not 100% sure, but some of the quilting fairy godmothers at paper panache look pretty suspicious
http://www.paperpanache.com/MBs/MB61/YdisplayGmas.php

They do look scary. I don't think I would open the door for most of them.

Hmmm.... I always picture them as really strict librarians with the "eagle eye" that finds every minor fault and holds a magnifying glass just in case they don't see an error right away ;)

They look wicked and mean.

Yeah, they wear alot of disguises, but they always end up wearing a 'church lady' look on their faces when they happen upon someone elses quilt

Trust me ! You will know .. they come in many forms , but give themselves away pretty quickly!
They typically start with phrases Like : "I would never", or "Is this your first quilt?" or the most obvious "why don't you....."
Or the most offensive "a good quilter would have......"

This is funny :)thanks, for making my day !!

I have seen the quilt police and they look like this puckered mouth short lady with eye glasses on her head. The sounds she makes are clicking of the tongue,hmmmm....then she raddles off all the bad things about the quilt stomps her feet then insults your quilt that you are working on. Ohhhh she also carries a big purse and gives you a ticket.

"O" No" I think she lives down the road from me. She looks just like your picture except I haven't notice the Q on her shirt. I going to have to keep my eye on her. Thanks

i just love those pp fgms.

Police: "That is such an old fashioned way. I would...."

Quilting is a very fashionable way of expressing ones self.

My quilt police who judges my quilts so harshly looks very much like the lady I see in the mirror. Mind you, this police woman only picks on me. Her voice says "if you are going to put the effort into this, you need to make it your best effort. This seam could be moved over just a whisker."

I wish she would be quiet sometimes.

AND ITS MY MOM and her name is PAT. So beware of her she now lives in Washington State. So the rest of us are SAFE. lol

DITTO!

Just look in the mirror! You are your own QP.

Uses a lot of ...
* you should have's
* pointy fingers
* stern, disdainful looks

and often with beady eyes looking over her nose in the air!

I think she looks like this woman I keep meeting at the cutting table who feels my fabric and informs me that the fabric I have chosen is too thin for a "quality" quilt. The fabrics that I chose don't seem to blend as well as she thinks they should either, and the fabric is all wrong for the pattern that I am using. She has burgundy hair and zebra striped glasses, two inch nails and a king sized quilted purse. I wish I could plan my shoping trips better so that I could avoid her all together. :roll:

SCARY!! This looks like the profile pics of one of QB's members. She also looks like one of the more stern Fairy Godmothers people were creating

Very scary

Mine was a little more ummm "healthy" looking and she added the usual....what machine did you use, well blah, blah, blah works sooooo much better...and what thread did you use...well mumble, mumble, mumble is a much better brand, and you bought your fabric at a yard sale....well I never!!! Yep, blah, blah, blah, and mumble, mumble, mumble, and oh yeah, I KNOW YOU never.....that's why she's the quilt po-po, and I'm not

:P :P :P

I quit going to our local group because they criticized my shortcuts-

haha, I just realized it really is a shortcut when you fold your fabric four times and cut across the WOF with a short ruler!!!

I am not sure but I don't show my quilts tops anyone. I am afraid I might run into one :lol:

Don't be afraid of them. They probably had someone pick on their quilts too when they were starting out so they feel the need to pick on everyone elses. Do they show their quilts? hmmm? Remember when you can't say what you really want to say, just thank them and tell them to have a nice day. Gets them every time.haha

I know they look over the top of their glasses at about three or four inches from a quilt!

Wouldn't it be fun to make a small very bad quilt and show it off proudly to everyone just to see the response you get.
Maybe on April fools day!

PS don't ever be shy about your work, show it off and be proud of every stitch. I work with alot of women who tell me all the time that they could never do what I do and I tell them they are absolutly right, 'cause they never try. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

:lol: :lol: :lol: These are all SO FUNNY! Very good descriptions ladies & gents.

I've also heard them start off with "Wellllll......Bless your heart".......if you had just.....

Right as rain :thumbup: :thumbup:

:shock: I'd like to give some of the QP something to bless, but it wouldn't be my heart...LOL and that's as ugly as I'm going to get :D :D :D

being as how I am just starting out, I have yet to meet one.... however... no matter how many years I continue with quilting... if I get someone nitpicking...I will turn it back on them

I will ask them, no make that drill them on how would they do it, and then pick their ideas apart... reverse the roles... THEN tell them outright that I did not ask for their opinion, and until I do, to keep it to themselves, because if making a quilt their way might turn me into them and I definitely do not want that.

So let's hope the "QP" doesn't pick on my quilts. I don't care how badly they are done, no one should pick them apart and make anyone feel badly for trying their best. Besides, handsewn or sewing machine, it is still an act of love... it will not be perfect, and if it was, it would lose character.

I feel that quilts are an extension of the person who makes them, that their energy goes into them, which is why so many people cherish quilts of those who have passed, and cherish quilts given as a gift, they are sensitive to those energies. (not everyone is sensitive to those energies :()

sorry rambling...

Perfect description!

OMG...this looks just like my son's home ec teacher when he was a senior in high school. My son WAS a troublemaker and he and 3 of his friends got in BIG trouble over something in her class. Let's just say that my son drew a picture of her and one of his friends added the title and the other kid actually wanted to get in trouble too. :roll:

The parents were called in and I CAN be arrogant at times...she immediately didn't like me...and I could have cared less.

Funny that my son and I were just discussing this incident yesterday (he'll be 40 in Feb.) and I couldn't remember what Mrs. Clark looked like. You captured her perfectly...LOL

You are so clever. :thumbup:

they come disquised in my area as "concerned quilters"..lol

They purse their lips and say tsktsk a lot.

they are usually furry and purr or bark ! lol

Real words of wisdom! Thank you! :)