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    Old 06-27-2018, 09:59 AM
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    [QUOTE=sprice;8038894]All these comments remind me of why I don't care to belong to a guild anymore. I'm happy doing my own thing and answering to no one. Also reminds me of why I enjoy all you wonderful, supportive folks at the QB.[/QUOTE
    Here here! I found more police in quilt guilds, some trying to be helpful but just don't know any different. Just shake head *tsk tsk* I'm sorry they don't know any different.
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    ey are just trying to sound like they know what they are doing. Some do have great advice and are not out to lower a persons craft/talent. So NEVER let someones OPINION ruin the joy.
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    Old 06-27-2018, 10:07 AM
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    My in laws never quilted, but they’re the “Anything Police”. It gets very tiring but we don’t see them much now that the parents (also police) are gone. DH didn’t get that DNA.
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    Old 06-27-2018, 11:32 AM
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    I recently heard a “quilt police” response I plan to use next time. QP- “You made a mistake using that color” Quilter response- “Oh, I am glad you noticed that. I was hoping someone would....” and turned and walked away. Lol.
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    Old 06-27-2018, 12:36 PM
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    Sometimes I like the quilt police. I have to be thick skinned, but they can make me a better quilter. However, I have to take what I like and leave the rest behind. One told me to take every block apart and resew because my blocks were about a 1/2 to big. I said NO, I'll just sew it together as is and have a quilt.
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    Old 06-27-2018, 06:42 PM
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    Beware! Sometimes the “quilt police” masquerade as “friends”... Bless their hearts!
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    Old 06-27-2018, 06:54 PM
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    Sometimes I have taken a comment that was meant to be neutral or helpful as being mean-spirited.

    I do think that many of the comments are made out of ignorance or the person forgot to put his/her brain in gear before he/she opened his/her mouth.

    Most of the time, it is not worth spending that much time fuming over a comment that was thoughtless.

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    Old 06-27-2018, 07:02 PM
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    You 'have' to sew the binding by hand. This was at a quilt guild. I went twice!
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    Old 06-28-2018, 04:28 AM
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    Quilt police are very rigid in their ways, went to a guild to see if I might like joining and to get some input on how to finish a quilt my DH's grandmother started and wanted to give to his sister. Told them what I wanted to do and promptly was told "No, don't do that, its gorgeous just finish it and give it to her." I had only been quilting a few years and it was a cathedral window that was only 1/2 way to a twin size, but was assembled with zig-zag stitches (many layers of stitching). Needles to say I did what I thought was the best way to fix it, with out adding much new fabric, it turned out great and all the comments here were wonderful and encouraging. I sew with cotton, polyester, or whatever looks good in my patterns! My quilts my choices, my joy in giving them. The police should go to jail.

    Also have a quilting friend who I love dearly that will not buy fabric at Joann's because of the "quality" hey, I work there and my quilts are made to be loved and worn out with use. I always wash first to preshrink and have had fabric from a LQS bleed and shrink on me, so it's everywhere.
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    Old 06-28-2018, 04:44 AM
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    I have a DF who had an evil stepmother, who was a quilter. So every quilt she saw of mine, she would criticize. I ended up not showing her any for a very long time. Then one day she told me she loved a quilt top of mine, it is an anvil made from civil war reproduction fabrics. I’m making it bigger and will give it to her at Christmas. I understand why she has a “thing” about quilts. I’ve ran into quilt police before and the only one that gets me is the hand made remarks. I’ve never seen hand quilting like I’ve seen on machine quilting at Paducah.
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    Old 06-28-2018, 05:00 AM
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    Originally Posted by tranum
    My in laws never quilted, but they’re the “Anything Police”. It gets very tiring but we don’t see them much now that the parents (also police) are gone. DH didn’t get that DNA.
    That was my MIL. She made a few very basic tied comforters of 6" squares, so she knew everything about quilting and I knew nothing.
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