Has quilting made you more or less of a loner?
03-01-2011, 04:57 PM
#91
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Originally Posted by donnajean
I was just responding to another posted topic about how much is too much stash. My sister died in 2001 with a 5 bedroom house as well as storage facilities filled with anything relating to quilting. Her "when I retire I will open a quilt shop" never happened as she lost her battle with colon cancer. This was pre-internet times & quilting became such an obsession that all she did was quilt & work. She became isolated from any local friends. I don't know if this would still be true if she had gotten involved with the internet connections we have today. I have met & helped so many quilters as I send her 2,500 quilt books all over the world. Sites like this QB are a blessing for the many people like my sister who do not get out & about.
This board is wonderful and no one who joins need ever be lonely again! You can talk to so many people, about your favorite pastime, all day or night! Too bad your sister didn't live to find the great camaraderie we have here...
03-01-2011, 05:08 PM
#92
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The best part of my quilting habit, is that when I do get out and about, there is always something to share with others. I don't drive, so I am not as outgoing as I used to be. I enjoy my company too, so I am not a loner, just happy with my life. It is almost what I want it to be. :thumbup:
03-01-2011, 05:21 PM
#93
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Sorry about your sister. I am more of a loner at times. I go to sew at a quilt shop with a couple of other ladies on Tuesdays and go to a sewing evening once a month. It gets me out of the house and talking to other quilters. I think quilting can make you a hermit just because you want to stay home and quilt.
03-01-2011, 05:57 PM
#95
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I am very much a loner not by choice but circumstances. I just do not know anyone near where I have lived the last 3 years, I got tired of going shopping with no purpose in mind and found I was buying just to fill in my loneleness so I started going to stores like jo anns then to quilting stores, I do not feel so alone now because I get on this board everyday and have my quilts to keep me busy.
03-01-2011, 06:16 PM
#96
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I was a loner before I started quilting. I always had a nite job, or did 12 hour shifts as a home health aide. Never really had any girlfriends, raised my 3 kids by myself. Now there gone and out of the house. Ran into a school teacher that I knew at Hancocks, and started kinda quilt group at my house, just the two of us. Then we found a free quilt group and have been doing that now for 2 years. What a difference. Moved into a new nieghborhood last year started sewing out side, All my nieghbors came over to see what I was doing. Made friends with everyone on the block. How cool is that. I live in a cul-de-sac, and is very quiet here.
03-01-2011, 06:19 PM
#97
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Very sorry about your sister HUGS.................
l have always been very content with my own company as l have had a very busy life work related. l couldn't seem to settle down to retirement till l met a quilter who started me off into the quilting world now l am in two groups l have just finished a weekend having a quilt show with my main group which was very tireing but great l have lots of friends who came in to see what l was doing now and made a lot of new ones as l was deminstrating machine embroidery and being a white glove lady which gave me time to chat good luck to those quilters l think quilters are family and easy to talk to. HAPPY QUILTING WHERE EVER YOU ARE IN THE WORLD
l have always been very content with my own company as l have had a very busy life work related. l couldn't seem to settle down to retirement till l met a quilter who started me off into the quilting world now l am in two groups l have just finished a weekend having a quilt show with my main group which was very tireing but great l have lots of friends who came in to see what l was doing now and made a lot of new ones as l was deminstrating machine embroidery and being a white glove lady which gave me time to chat good luck to those quilters l think quilters are family and easy to talk to. HAPPY QUILTING WHERE EVER YOU ARE IN THE WORLD
03-01-2011, 06:23 PM
#98
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Location: Myrtle Beach, SC (orig CT)
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I guess I can say that I am a loner here. When I go up to CT - my friends and I always get together. I have a few acquintances here - we don't get together often anymore - we go out for lunch occasionally. All the social gatherings or groups have not continued. So I spend most of my time w/DH, quilting, alone or more enjoyably on this board - so I do keep myself busy.
03-01-2011, 06:43 PM
#99
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I'm retired and have health problems. So I'm home more, which is great because I can quilt. I do miss my family. Lately we found Skype. It's a free web site that allows my daughter and her family in Texas to talk to me in Connecticut, and we can see each other FOR FREE!! All you need is an internet connection and webcam. So all of you who are far from loved ones, try it. I paid $70 for my webcam (not on sale.) Save your pennies for one. It will open your world like this board has. I'm not affilated with Skype. I think it's important to have a circle of friends. If you are home bound, Skype might be one answer.
03-01-2011, 06:59 PM
#100
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I am so sorry about the loss of your sister. I have never been a loner and quilting hasn't changed that. One day a friend from church asked if I would teach her to quilt. I said sure, bring your machine to my house and I will teach you. Next day she called again and said she had mentioned it to so-and-so and would I teach her, too. I said fine, she can bring her machine, too. A few days later I got an email saying there were 15 who wanted lessons, then 20, then an announcement was made at church (without consulting me) that there would be a quilt class for the 25+ women who had expressed interest! So that's how I began to teach twice a month at the church (I don't have enough outlets in my house). Guess who has yet to attend a class?
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