Except for the gym part, your reasons are just like mine. Plus my husband told me to get a hobby...now he's sorry!
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Except for the gym part, your reasons are just like mine. Plus my husband told me to get a hobby...now he's sorry!
I resemble your post...LOL!....you just described me to a "T".Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
When you sleep under a quilt, you sleep under a blanket of love.
Your words seem to have rung true for many of us, me included. I have more fun making a quilt for the pile than for someone I know. No pressure, no expectations, no time constraints. Just fun, doing exactly what I want to do.
"Every positive thought is a step in the right direction.”
I love your attitude! Keep it up!
Too funny and hits very close to home, except I like gardening......AND I live in the middle of an IL soybean field, : )
Love your attitude I love to quilt can't do yard work anymore so sewing is my outlet, makes great gifts also
Freedom is costly and quilting keeps us busy...
You made me smile. Thanks!
Why do I give hand made gifts???????? That's the way I grew up. It makes me happy. Keeps me busy during the year. And MOST people appreciate it.
Then there is my BIL who was almost beheaded the Christmas he remarked that "such and such" was almost as good as store bought. (Most of us do hand made items!)
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I make items for myself. I enjoy shopping for the supplies and creating something. I won't give a quilt away that I spent months making. I save those for my beds or to display in my quilt racks. I give away the fast block quilts and baby quilts. The fast quilts I have no emotional ties to and couldn't care less if they are used or tossed aside. I haven't given up cleaning or having pretty flower beds yet but I have given up day time tv.
Last edited by BellaBoo; 09-27-2012 at 09:13 AM.
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I am just the opposite. I enjoy every minute of the planning, purchasing, & making with the intended receipient in mind & I try to make something unique. That being said, I also put the time & effort into things I make for myself - but those things also usually end up being given away. I am knitting now on the 3rd "blanket" for my bed - the first 2 being given away - one to a great granddaughter who loved it & one to my son-in-law, he wanted me to make him an afghan because the one he had was scratchy. I just gave that one to him. I'm hoping I get to keep the one I'm working on now - lol.I make items for myself. I enjoy shopping for the supplies and creating something. I won't give a quilt away that I spent months making. I save those for my beds or to display in my quilt racks. I give away the fast block quilts and baby quilts. The fast quilts I have no emotional ties to and couldn't care less if they are used or tossed aside. I haven't given up cleaning or having pretty flower beds yet but I have given up day time tv.
DD & I are getting ready to put a "winter" quilt on the frames - since we hand quilt, our output is not as great as those who machine quilt, but we enjoy just being able to sit down & quilt for a few minutes between "chores". This top is a log cabin made probably 5-6 years ago - lol. We usually quilt 2 quilts each winter.
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Shirley in Indiana
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