New word in my vocabulary
09-16-2011, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by rosemary krupski
Helen Kelley's THE JOY OF QUILTING is one of the most enjoyable books I have read. It is a collection of short stories about quilting and her adventures. You would all enjoy it.
This is her explanation - "This afternoon I have been taking my 'fankle' apart, bit by bit. A fankle is what Scottish needleworkers call a snarly mess. Until I met people who do large, counted thread pictures and kept their flosses in controlled assortments, I thought that everyone's embroidery threads were in a fankle."
Some days I feel as though my quilting is in a fankle.
Get the book. You will love it! Thanks everyone for guessing!
This is her explanation - "This afternoon I have been taking my 'fankle' apart, bit by bit. A fankle is what Scottish needleworkers call a snarly mess. Until I met people who do large, counted thread pictures and kept their flosses in controlled assortments, I thought that everyone's embroidery threads were in a fankle."
Some days I feel as though my quilting is in a fankle.
Get the book. You will love it! Thanks everyone for guessing!
You asked what a "fangle" was. Not what a "fankle" was.
That kind of makes it hard to get the correct meaning.
09-16-2011, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Tartan
A tangle with fangs? I've always used it as new fangled or fancy invention. I learned 2 new quilting words this week too...quilt poop and thread turds. Can't wait to throw those into a conversation! :lol:
09-17-2011, 03:10 AM
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In your original message you spelled the word 'fangle' in this message you spelled it 'fankle'. Now which is the correct spelling?
Originally Posted by rosemary krupski
Helen Kelley's THE JOY OF QUILTING is one of the most enjoyable books I have read. It is a collection of short stories about quilting and her adventures. You would all enjoy it.
This is her explanation - "This afternoon I have been taking my 'fankle' apart, bit by bit. A fankle is what Scottish needleworkers call a snarly mess. Until I met people who do large, counted thread pictures and kept their flosses in controlled assortments, I thought that everyone's embroidery threads were in a fankle."
Some days I feel as though my quilting is in a fankle.
Get the book. You will love it! Thanks everyone for guessing!
This is her explanation - "This afternoon I have been taking my 'fankle' apart, bit by bit. A fankle is what Scottish needleworkers call a snarly mess. Until I met people who do large, counted thread pictures and kept their flosses in controlled assortments, I thought that everyone's embroidery threads were in a fankle."
Some days I feel as though my quilting is in a fankle.
Get the book. You will love it! Thanks everyone for guessing!
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