Originally Posted by
Jingle
I said it in a very nice way.
I work full time, keep a clean house, take care of three cats, one dog and a pet bird. I get paid enough through my job that I can afford to give to kids, Grands. Great Grands, friends and some people I don't even know. When I give a quilt to someone and they cry at my generosity that is payment enough for me. I am working on my 125th quilt. I sew on weekends, a few hours in the evening. Since quilt making is a hobby, and I intend to keep it as such I would not do it for money.
This is my opinion and I am as entitled to it as everyone else is to theirs. Sorry if some don't like my opinion.
The comment was obviously not perceived as "nice" by many here, no matter how you meant it.
Many of us also work full time, care for pets and even aging parents, and run full house well; that's hardly exceptional.
Most of us make quilt gifts for our family, friends, community service AND military/civic service personnel and feel very blessed for doing so; that's not exceptional.
Many, many of us have made dozens or hundreds of quilts; that's not exceptional.
"Since quilt making is a hobby....." is NOT a true statement. It does not apply to everyone. It never has applied to everyone. This is a blanket statement.....and as such is just not true. Understandable from some, perhaps, but not true in a statement. That is something with which we can take exception.
For many of us, quilt making is an art form, an industry, a passion, a career, a talent, indeed a job, that *may* have started as a hobby, but has become much, much more. And thereby quilt making deserves to be respected by family, friends, fellow quilters (no matter *their* direction), the public in general. *That* is all we are making a point for here. Respect for the work as "we" do it -- hobby or otherwise.
Sometimes women can be their own worst enemies to each other as we all try to "establish" our place in the pecking order, when, in reality we should all be supportive of each other's place and being, with tender words and genuine understanding.
So, I hereby apologize for hurting the feelings of and upsetting anyone here with my remarks.
Jan in VA