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Originally Posted by selm
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"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong" (Murphy's law) If you don't succeed at first, try, try, again...then throw in the towel. |
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. |
Originally Posted by Onebyone
(Post 8059218)
And this one: There is never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it again
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How about this one: Anything worth doing is worth doing right. :o
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"Just because everyone else is jumping off the cliff, doesn't mean you have to"
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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.
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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!
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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
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Originally Posted by JustAbitCrazy
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Ha, ha, did anyone else's mother tell them, "If you don't stop crying I'll give you something to really cry about!" :eek:What can I say? Mothers in the 50's were strict.
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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.
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