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nycquilter 06-04-2011 04:02 AM

because is IS a chore. Now, do you feel better??

TeesMeema 06-04-2011 05:33 AM

Asking a quilter to mend is like asking Picasso to paint a garage.

(author unknown) My feelings exactly when my DH asks me to mend something for him. :shock:

quiltybarb 06-04-2011 07:40 AM

I always thought that is normal...

nycquilter 06-04-2011 06:08 PM

actually, I possess a mug that says "Quilters Don't Do Buttons"

there is an exception though. I do my husband's buttons. He rarely asks anything and I'm too cheap to give the money to the tailor!

QUILT4JOY 06-04-2011 06:12 PM


Originally Posted by ckcowl
quilting consumes me...i quilt in my sleep- and really don't want to mend, make dresses (or anything else for that matter) anymore- there are too many quilts to get to before i die....my bucket list has quilts on it :)

AMEN 8-)

marlene tarzwell 06-04-2011 08:01 PM

I might be crazy but I have always enjoyed ironing. Have done it for pay when we were stationed in Germany. I heavily starched Army fatigues for 22 years now dress shirts every week. And all my clothes. So its been almost 38 yrs. I couldn't the last 2 months because of a ruptured Achilles tendon and had surgery. My foot would swell and hurt so bad, but now I have extensive therapy, so I sit on a big stool and prop my foot on a chair. So as you can see, I am a crazy die-hard iron-er. My DH is still buggy my to let him take everything to the cleaners.I hate to spend[my fabric] money on it.

Mimito2 06-04-2011 08:10 PM

I don't know which is worse. Having to iron the shirt or look at DH wearing it because he put it on wrinkled an would not take it off so I could iron it.

NannaJen 06-06-2011 10:41 PM

I know the feeling - says she who's ironing basket is untidy and overflowing, but who's fat quarters, yardages etc. look so neat and pretty, washed and ironed immediately they're touch dry.

tntgranny 06-07-2011 09:59 AM

I agree. I'll spend all day sewing and when my husband gives me is jacket with a button to sew on I hand him the needle and thread.


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