quilting.addict

I stay up too late reading the quilting board.
I love walking thru fabric stores and stroking bolts as I pass them by.
I hide fabric in my trunk, until DH is not looking. Then I carry fabric into the house at the bottom of my grocery bags.
I had a friend who was moving to Germany in May. I asked her did she have a sewing machine to sell. She said yes. She sent it by way of her husband. I saw the black wooden case and my heart leaped!! I asked her how much it was. She said, nothing. Just take it as a gift. It is a 1938 FW....I feel guilty I didn't tell her it was a treasure....

Grandmama Pat

If I see a bolt of fabric that grabs my attention, then I buy a piece even though I don't yet have a purpose for it.

I love fabric stores. Haven't yet tried Goodwill for men's shirts or ladies dresses to cut up. Might try that in the future. Fabric prices are getting outrageous.

I don't have enough sewing time. Hopefully in the future I will. Probably going to retire.

chris_quilts

I hide vintage sewing machines that I have bought until I can get them in the house when DH and DD's are oblivious.
I have too much fabric and keep buying more.
I only use cotton thread but don't much care if it matches what I'm sewing.
I mend once per year b/c mending isn't imoprtant to me but quilting is.
I ignore evrything when I'm on a roll - who cares if house gets straightened or teenagers get fed?

amma

Hello from another rebel :D:D:D

I am known for breaking all of the quilting rules, just to see why it is a rule to begin with LOL
Disastrous results? sometimes...
New ideas, techniques, or just a great time trying to make it work? Always!! :D:D:D

Melinda in Tulsa

All of the above!! And I never buy fabric with a project in mind. If I like it, can afford it, I'll buy it. Projects will come later!

kraftykimberly

I've never paid full price for a piece of fabric.
I've used batting scraps as small as 1/4" wide, lined up side by side in making purses and purse handles, no batting scrap is too small
Sometimes my bobbin thread and my top thread dont match
I've cut out the elastic from a fitted sheet, squared the sheet and used it as backing.
I never pin anything, takes too much time.
I always flip my rotary blade at least once before I get a new one
I get purses at Goodwill just for the handles and the hardware
I dont use my fancy needle threader on my Horizon because it takes longer to do than just sticking the thread in the eye
Im no longer scared of my walking foot
Im completely terrified of the quilt police, Im convinced every quilt I make has a flashing neon sign that only the QP can see. I've read the horror stories here in reference to the "mean quilters", I just dont want to meet any in person.

StitchinJoy

I started quilting in 1969 to "use up" two big bags of sewing scraps from clothing projects. I have accumulated fabric stash for over 40 years. I bought fabric in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, aughts, and I still like it all.

Now I have cotton fabric and/or quilts in every room of my house except the bathroom and kitchen. So much for using up those two bags of scraps!

jljack

OK, my turn.

I have told DH several times that I won't buy any more fabric, because my shelves are packed full. But I still cannot pass up fabric that catches my eye and I can "see" in a quilt in my mind.

When I get new fabric home, I have to sneak it in, and if he notices it (not often!), I tell him, oh, it was at the bottom of a pile in the back, and I was looking at it earlier today! :-P

I don't measure my quilts to cut my borders. I sew the strips for the borders to each side and trim off the excess, then I sew the top and bottom strips on and trim them. I NEVER get wavy borders, although the Quilt Police claim you will get them EVERY TIME if you do it like me.

I put lots of colors together that some people think are "weird".

I get tired of and impatient with every quilt about 1/2 way through. I can't wait for it to be finished so I can MOVE ON@!@!

DH doesn't know that I have a 1928 Singer Model 99 sewing machine stashed away on the bottom shelf in my sewing room. He is so unobservant, it will probably be there for years and I will have to actually take it out and show it to him!! :-) LOL

Terryl

I had a couple of seams come apart after the quilting/binding was done, I just whip stitched them closed and pretended I meant to do the quilt that way, (it was a chemo quilt for my brother). I didn't even bother to tell him :) :) I scrounge through my scraps to piece projects, I use left over binding for 2 1/2 inch strips for another project, shall I go on?...........as jijack said, I NEVER measure for borders and they come out just fine.

Teddybear Lady

I see I am not alone in my little world. haha "Quilting police" ...who are they and who really cares. You ladies just made my day!