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06-30-2011, 10:21 AM

#131

mommafank

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Whatever!

06-30-2011, 10:48 AM

#132

sandwich child

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It's usually fear of the unknown that people won't change their ways. Or, that dreaded word "rigidity." It's like saying Rembrandt wasn't a great artist because he didn't "paint" all his pictures in charcoal.

06-30-2011, 11:40 AM

#133

Farm Quilter

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Originally Posted by Linda71

It always surprises me when someone says "I would NEVER do/try/use/ or whatever". My mother has a friend who quilts and she will not go to a quilt show because "People use MACHINES to quilt-That is not REAL quilting".

I guess she lives in a sod house and uses a fire to heat her home as well as to cook over, she walks everywhere she goes, weaves her own cloth from her sheep that she shears by hand, cards and spins into thread...if she is willing to use ANY invention from the last 200 years, she is hypocritical and is probably afraid she could not compete with the machine quilting she would see at the show. Feel sorry for her, she is really limiting herself and her life, how sad. :cry:

06-30-2011, 11:41 AM

#134

gramajo

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Originally Posted by gramquilter2

I am one that wants to try every old/new idea, technique, material, pattern that I find. My bucket list has grown so long in the quilting area that I will have to live to be 1000 and then I still have to learn to fly a plane and skydive!!!

I'm with you gramquilter2. I do have a pilot's license, but no way do I want to skydive. Why leave a perfectly flying airplane :lol:

06-30-2011, 11:55 AM

#135

Terryl

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Originally Posted by gramajo

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Originally Posted by gramquilter2

I'm with you gramquilter2. I do have a pilot's license, but no way do I want to skydive. Why leave a perfectly flying airplane :lol:

I love the adreneline rush I get when I sky dive :roll: :lol: :roll:

06-30-2011, 11:58 AM

#136

seasaw2mch

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Originally Posted by annieb

IMHO we should never critisize anothers work but if asked we can give our kind opinion. We owe it to our fellow quilters to honor them for the love and labor they put into it even when it isn't our personal taste - it's why we all make different quilts. And we all do the best we can with what we have at any given time in our lives. And to remember that no matter the question, love is the answer.
AnnieB

Very well said AnnieB, I'm with you 100% on that

06-30-2011, 11:59 AM

#137

patricej

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Originally Posted by luvTooQuilt

we have to remember that this board is for all of us. I am not a moderator but this post could quickly become deleted and then we all lose if this becomes a name calling & berating thread..

Everyone has an opinion, not everyone will like it or agree with it..

i started to surgically edit to remove all the snarky bits.

changed my mind. i've already put in a full day at the office, and here.

let's all remember that it IS possible to express an opinion, or a counterpoint to somebody else's opinion without being nasty.

Please remember the dress code:

Plan to arrive dressed for a neighborhood block party. Please feel free to wear anything you like except the following:
-knotted shorts
-twisted knickers
-cranky pants
-sack cloth and ashes
-any variation or style of said articles of clothing

and no snooty shoes, either, please. they leave marks on the carpet.

i'm too lazy to type all of that again.