Originally Posted by
institches33
I stopped watching FP after a few episodes with Mary. With all the wonderful quilters in the world nepotism still prevailed. Mary seems uncomfortable on camera. She makes faces and noises, interrupts, plays dumb and gushes over guests.
The old FP's were wonderful!
That's kind of the way I feel. Liz and Marianne put in their time as quilters and educators, but I don't think Mary adds anything to the show. I don't mind the way they look - the seem very comfortable - but adding a daughter who still seems to be learning on the job, to try and teach us, is what bothers me. I don't feel she is as knowlegable as much as I would want an "expert"'on a show to be, and is only there becasue her mom is famous. I'm sure younger quilters may relate to her more, and after all, if they don't get the new quilters, the industry will eventually die out, so I'm sure it was a marketing move. But the mother-daughter duo doesn't appeal to me.