Part 2 : A rather sizable difference of opinion
10-05-2011, 06:28 AM
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I just love the comments and replies to my post, but I should tell y'all my son is 36 years old! I don't think he's ever made anything in his life, and that includes his bed! He loves the quilts I make and he is always putting in requests but he's never bought the fabric so he really doesn't have a clue. His wife however does! She has asked me to teach her how to make them and how to hand quilt them, so I'd say young son of mine is about to get an earful! LOL!
10-05-2011, 06:53 AM
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Hon - my 30 something son tossed out a stained glass piece I'd made for him and his wife as a wedding gift -- because they had cracked a piece in it. They have NO idea the amount of time, money and sweat that went into it. Nor did they even think to ask if it could be fixed. This younger generation are made up of "buy it/toss it" values. They see quilts at Walmart for $19.00 and think that's what it costs.......sad isn't it.
10-05-2011, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by amandasgramma
Hon - my 30 something son tossed out a stained glass piece I'd made for him and his wife as a wedding gift -- because they had cracked a piece in it. They have NO idea the amount of time, money and sweat that went into it. Nor did they even think to ask if it could be fixed. This younger generation are made up of "buy it/toss it" values. They see quilts at Walmart for $19.00 and think that's what it costs.......sad isn't it.
10-05-2011, 08:32 AM
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LOL, I just read the original post.
It's so true...the average person has no idea how long it takes. Or how much good fabric costs.
ETA: I just turned 37, so it's not a generational thing. I just think your son doesn't know any better. ;)
It's so true...the average person has no idea how long it takes. Or how much good fabric costs.
ETA: I just turned 37, so it's not a generational thing. I just think your son doesn't know any better. ;)
10-05-2011, 11:05 AM
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I worked with a supervisor a few years ago who had a severe case of "toss-it-itis" combined with a mandate that nothing should stay soaking in the sink. Several of us who routinely left coffee/hot chocolate cups in the sink to soak till a more convenient time to wash thoroughly had to fish our mugs out of the trash more than once.
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