Met the quilt police
10-28-2010, 09:07 AM
#102
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Originally Posted by Mattee
So, there I was, taking a class. I had almost completed my table topper, when a classmate asked me how I was going to cover it. "What do you mean, cover it?" I asked.
Her: "You know, so it won't get food on it."
"But it's a table topper. It's going to get food on it," I responded.
Her: "Exactly. You need to cover it in vinyl or a laminate to protect it.
Me: "No, I want it antiqued."
I was actually shocked. I must admit that the thought never crossed my mind to cover the table topper. I figured that in 80 years (I'm being optimistic), when I'm dead and gone, and my descendants are using the aforementioned table-topper (again, my optimism), it will be like an archaeology exercise. There will be evidence of past meals that can be sifted through. "Look, Great-grandma Mattee must have LOVED ketchup!"
Anyway, I won't cover it. I understand completely why some people would. What I don't understand is that this woman seemed truly appalled that I choose not to. I mean really, it is MY project, right?
Anyone else have experience with classmates being appalled at your quilting behavior?
Her: "You know, so it won't get food on it."
"But it's a table topper. It's going to get food on it," I responded.
Her: "Exactly. You need to cover it in vinyl or a laminate to protect it.
Me: "No, I want it antiqued."
I was actually shocked. I must admit that the thought never crossed my mind to cover the table topper. I figured that in 80 years (I'm being optimistic), when I'm dead and gone, and my descendants are using the aforementioned table-topper (again, my optimism), it will be like an archaeology exercise. There will be evidence of past meals that can be sifted through. "Look, Great-grandma Mattee must have LOVED ketchup!"
Anyway, I won't cover it. I understand completely why some people would. What I don't understand is that this woman seemed truly appalled that I choose not to. I mean really, it is MY project, right?
Anyone else have experience with classmates being appalled at your quilting behavior?
Yes, and with using antique glassware for a shower too. I've tried to explain that these things are made to be and have been used for hundreds of years in everyday use. What's the use in having something if you're not going to use it! If they are stained, broken or destroyed then so be it's they were used, loved and served the purpose they were intended to serve. They have provided many wonderful memories for me and the generations before me. I decide how I'll use the things I own or create.
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10-28-2010, 09:50 AM
#104
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I have said this before on here but, I will say it again. When my mom passed and we cleaned out her stuff we had to throw away so many things that had been stored for who knows how many years waiting for that special occasion to be usedd. Beautiful hand crochet and embroidery all wasted. When I make something it is used. My grandkids drags quilts all over the place and they are washed to death and further more when they wear those out I will make them more.
Some folks just do not get it.
Some folks just do not get it.
10-28-2010, 09:59 AM
#105
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Originally Posted by mommamac
kinda like putting plastic covers on your living room furniture!
And I vote for ketchup too. :lol: But Granof6, if my mom made me such a tablecloth I would cover it also or take it away for dinner and after dinner replace it back. Thats a tablecloth with a story.
10-28-2010, 10:11 AM
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Well, I'm with you about the table toppers. I'll sit my Shoyu (soy sauce) next to your ketchup and mustard.
BUT...on that lace table cloth..sorry, I'd cover it too. I have one that my grandmother made and one from my mom. When I use them, they have a plastic cover over them. I dont want to take the chance of something happening to it in the washer/dryer. The one from my grandmother was made in 1890 and my mom made hers in the 40s
BUT...on that lace table cloth..sorry, I'd cover it too. I have one that my grandmother made and one from my mom. When I use them, they have a plastic cover over them. I dont want to take the chance of something happening to it in the washer/dryer. The one from my grandmother was made in 1890 and my mom made hers in the 40s
10-28-2010, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Virginia
Originally Posted by Mattee
I have to admit that I might have covered that one as well!
Originally Posted by grann of 6
All this talk about quilt police and plastic covers reminds me of a funny thing that happened a couple years ago. This is going to be rather lengthy, but bear with me. I used to crochet doilies for gifts; learned from an aunt when I was a child. Anyhow, I always wanted to make a crocheted tablecloth, to everyone else's hilarity. Yah, Mom finishing a tablecloth, right! Well, I started making motifs years ago and worked away on them while my husband was having chemo, and during doctor visits. I wrote the beginning date on the pattern. After he passed away I couldn't work on it for about 2 years. Then I finally decided I would finish it for the next Thanksgiving dinner at my daughter's home. Now I didn't tell anyone this; they just saw me working on it and laughing silently. So anyhow I finally finished it the weekend before Thanksgiving that year and one day without saying a word, went to my daughter's house and put it on the table; wondering how long it would take her to find it. The next morning I get a phone call from her saying, " I am at Joann's in the vinyl tablecloth aisle, how much plastic and what weight should I get to cover that lace tablecloth you put on my dining room table?" I was rather abashed that she was going to cover it with plastic, but she said, "Well, I'll never get it washed and blocked and back on the table so humor me." So every year we sit there with plastic over it and enjoy it. By the way, it took me 9 1/2 years to complete it. And I told my 2 DDIL's not to expect duplicates.
10-28-2010, 10:39 AM
#108
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Originally Posted by nab
Well, maybe she has some OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disease). We have one of those here at work and she drives us all crazy. We have learned to ignore most of it, but I cannot resist sometimes to do something that I know will drive her up the wall. Example: Everything has to be filed just exactly where she wants it. So guess what? I don't. Was this her first project that she finished? Was she that proud of it?
I have table toppers too and once they are on the table, they are fair game for live. Use them, make memories and lol.
I have table toppers too and once they are on the table, they are fair game for live. Use them, make memories and lol.
10-28-2010, 11:23 AM
#110
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Pickles, gravy, blackberry pie, the first lipstick, etc....all these will find there way down the generations along with stories of remembered family dinners. Don't people know that vinyl isn't healthy??
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