Have you been arrested................ by the quilt police?

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07-20-2010, 08:04 PM

#81

Dee

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Originally Posted by sewcrafty

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Originally Posted by Eddie

Haha....good thing they can't crawl inside my quilts and look at my seams.

That's what I was just thinking!!! It's nice to have a fudge factor!! :lol:

Ditto on this

07-21-2010, 01:54 AM

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quiltmom04

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Originally Posted by UglyCook

I was admiring a quilt at the Sister's Show that was pieced fairly simply but had a neat story to tell on the embroidered blocks of where the family or individual had been stationed in the military. Two of the Quilt Police Guild wandered, no stomped, up and sniffed and pointed out that it was not done "right" because it had MACHINE EMBROIDERY on it!

I couldn't figure out why the machine piecing and quilting didn't bother them, just the machine embroidery.

Yeah, it's funny how some QP think everything should be done without the help of a machine - of ANY kind. I remember a lecture at the historical society several years ago by a local quilt historian, who said that after sewing machines came out, only the wealthy women could machine stitch, so women all pooled their resources to buy a communal machine, so they wouldn't seem poor. Throws another light on this 'everything should be done by hand' stuff! :)

07-21-2010, 03:43 AM

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Quilt4u

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Originally Posted by C.Cal Quilt Girl

I take the 5TH, I refuse to anwser on the grounds that I may incriminate myself !!! :) But I know someone who has done all of the above!!! :) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :oops:

Same here also . I just have to many bad habits.

07-21-2010, 06:21 AM

#84

tryitall

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I think I can plead guilty to all of the above.

07-21-2010, 11:25 AM

#85

applique

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Originally Posted by quilterken

What little thing or big thing do you do that would get you arrested by the quilt police.

One of these days I'll be arrested for cruelty to quilts. Since, I use push pins to hang up my quilts and I'm too lazy to put on hanging sleeves.

Also, I'll be locked up for poor identification. Just can't get those finishing touches, like a label on the quilt.

Make your hanging sleeve your label and take care of both at once!

07-21-2010, 11:53 AM

#86

quilting memaw

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HE HEEEE....they can't keep up with me ....still on the loose.

07-21-2010, 12:39 PM

#87

Fiber Artist

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Originally Posted by Eddie

Haha....good thing they can't crawl inside my quilts and look at my seams.

We will never tell...

07-21-2010, 03:36 PM

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echoemb

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WOW, I graduated from high school from Wilbur, WA...Are you a native or moved there??

07-21-2010, 04:10 PM

#89

Shelley

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Originally Posted by echoemb

WOW, I graduated from high school from Wilbur, WA...Are you a native or moved there??

If you're talking to me - I moved here. Been here temporarily for 17 years.....

07-21-2010, 04:21 PM

#90

RugosaB

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I remember, years ago, I was the quilt police. When I met a man and we were dating, the man that ended up being my husband worked constrction, drove a Chevy van, and in the back he used a quilt his Grandma made to wrap his tools in. I saw it and immediately took it, cleaned it up, and told him if we broke up I'd give it back.
We've been married since 1981