ILoveToQuilt

Then there is Boyle's corollary to Murphy's Law: "Murphy was an optimist".

If you don't succeed at first, try, try, again...then throw in the towel.

zozee

My mom used this mantra a lot: "better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it."

It's why I always ask for a little extra fabric than what the pattern calls for.

sewbizgirl

So wise and so true!! Sounds like a fortune cookie. I love this one.

sewbizgirl

How about this one: Anything worth doing is worth doing right.

sandy l

"Just because everyone else is jumping off the cliff, doesn't mean you have to"

lindaschipper

My late sister had a saying that she used all the time....."Good enough for a town this size". Meaning that no one in this town would "police" her quilting (or whatever. Lately I find myself saying it also.

luvstoquilt

My mom would say "Oh well, dont worry about that! No one will notice on a galloping horse!" She always insisted if we found a block turned wrong she did it that way on purpose. I miss that crazy old girl!

SusieQOH

My Mom used to say to me "If one more person tells me what a nice girl you are I'm going to throw a chair at them!" We still laugh at that. And I asked her why a chair? haha

Geri B

Yes, I'm one of those mothers wh said that...and being strict wasn't all that bad..they turned out great with a good value system.......

Little Lulu

My Mother always said, "The dreading is worse than the doing." Funny, I am still amazed that this is so true whether it was studying, grading papers, cooking, household chores and even crafting - cutting a pattern, sandwiching or quilting.