KwiltyKahy

My great grandmother used to say "You'll never notice it on a galloping horse" It wasn't until years later that I learned the actual quote is "It wouldn't be noticed by a man on a galloping horse". I rely on that horse for a lot of mistakes, especially in my quilts.

leonf

" galloping horse." Somes re-enactor call that the ten foot rule. If you don't notice from ten feet away, it's all good.

Mom also said, "Will this really matter in ten years?"

Mousie

when my oldest dd's children are giving in to drama about a slight injury
(bc they are bored), she says, "ok, but are you dead?"
She will give proper attention when needed but trying to teach them not
to want it over every little thing bc they have nothing else to do.

maviskw

This is my favorite of more than 40 here. I think of this every time I use my scrapper to clean out something or even put a few spoons of water in a jar, shake it well and add it to the soup.
If I can, I save a half cup or so of liquid from things I am blending. Then, when the blending is done, I pour that out, pour that half cup of liquid into the blender and blend a bit. Then pour that into the soup, cake, sauce or whatever.

Save every last drop!

sewbizgirl

This applies well to quilting, as we pay just a much, per yard, for the scraps in the garbage can.

Tish05

I didn't spend much time around my maternal grandmother so never really learned anything from her, but my mom has many sayings she learned from her granny who came to Canada from Scotland, some of them unpronounceable to me. My mom also never really worried about whether or not those sayings would hurt your feelings (still doesn't and she's 86).

I told her once that I was bored. She said "only boring people get bored". I learned real fast not to say that again, and just go find something to do;
or how about "would you like a little cheese with that whine?"

MERRYG

I was raised by my great aunt and spent time with my great grandmother. They are the ones who taught me how to work and always work hard, grandma Varney would hug me and I would spend time with her she taught me a lot I learned to crochet and always be busy her words, were idle minds and hands are a devils work shop. To this day it’s hard to not keep my hands busy and quiet my mind.
My other grand mother tried to teach me how to sew on a treadle machine I could make it sew backwards. She didn’t have a lot of patience. Now I have a treadle sewing machine I look at it and remember her and I have quilts and embroidery from my great grandmother and some of her crochet as well. I’m 68. What a blessing to have learned from them. I also learned to obey at a very young age and not be sassy.

maryb119

Grandma helped teach me how to do alterations. She would say she had to ' chew thread and spit cloth' if something was still to tight after being left out.

leonf

my mom ( pre PC) said, " An educated man is never bored." So when I am bored I look
for something to learn in the environment I am in.


I am surprised about much laundry detergent won't come out of the bottles with pour spouts.
I now cut mine open and pour the remnants into a spare bottle. lots of last tablespoons there.

tranum

My farm wife Mother said “we eat what’s cheap”. She sold her eggs and got less than 15 cents a dozen, thus we ate lots of eggs. She grew our potatoes, raised her own chickens & cleaned them. Her grocery bill wasn’t very high but there wasn’t a lot of money to buy a lot either but she saw we had good food to eat. I still grocery shop with her words in my head.