"if you're not a quilter, you don't appreciate the work that goes into the things we make". I think that is real negativity and it's damaging.
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One of my UFOs is for my sister to donate to her Moose Lodge in Bakersfield. I doubt that she's ever sewed on a button, even though she did lovely embroidery work before her hands got so bad, but when she picked up a kids' quilt I was working on and after examining it, remarked in surprise at how much work went into it. She talked about the color contrast, how much time I must have spent cutting out all the appliques, how much time it took to sew all that.................I just LOVE that sister!!!