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you need to start giving her a fabric allowance,lol. great job on her bag.
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you need to start giving her a fabric allowance,lol. great job on her bag.
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Cute bag! I'd go through my stash and decide what I REALLY didn't want to be cut, and let her choose from the rest. It's great she's so interested and it's good to get experience, but didn't lots of us start out using actual, true SCRAPS? if nothing else, it will develop her creative and inventive side, rather than just having to pick out beautiful new fabrics. I wish her the best - it's a great age to start sewing!
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I see a next generation quilter/pattern designer!
Yep.. I think I'd figure out a way to pay her for house chores with FQ's...lol Or.. an outing to a quilt store but head for the 50% of bins first. I always check the bargain bins first. Some of my FINEST flannel backs have been found in bargain bins. I couldn't get my daughter interested as a youngster. I thin it's GREAT! |
Originally Posted by GwynR
Originally Posted by Mona Lisa 2011
Oh..............definately sell her to the Gypies. Then buy more fabric. :twisted: :lol:
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What a wonderful "problem" to have.
She did nice work, Mom! :lol: :lol: |
She is off to a great start! I'd rather have this problem than a lot of others that are out there today. She is a beauty!
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What a pretty, talented young lady! Isn't it exciting to know our daughters are following in our footsteps? Love it!
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You have a beautiful daughter with a beatiful bag. Be glad and very proud she wants to follow your hearts desire. Does she get an allowance for household chores? If not, good time to start - a small portion will go to LQS trips so she can develop her own stash.
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How great to have a daughter who sews! Enjoy the shopping as long as the money hold out! Then head to the thrift stores and teach her to recycle fabric in shirts!
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She did an awesome job! This is a great problem to have. You will have years of fun accumulating and using your stashes.
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Such a cutie! Both your daughter and her bag. She could sell them, and start a business. Now, at her age, is a good time.
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Sew wonderful reminds me whwn I started out!
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Personally, I would love anyone who had an interest in my stash.
Go through your stash and designate with sticky's--"Moms, not available for projects". Most of the quilter's stashes I've seen have more fabric than they will ever be able to use. I would be thrilled for a daughter to take such an interest! |
I envy you, wish I had someone around here interested in quilting, or even willing to listen to me talk about it. My son and husband's eyes just glaze over when I talk quilting.
You should be very proud of her, she did really good job. |
That's just wonderful. She does a really nice job and I am sure you are enjoying sharing the experience of quilting with her, Yep, your in trouble!
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Count your blessings, there are so many kids running around with no interests and getting into trouble. I agree maybe one or two fabrics that you REALLY love might be put aside, but sharing and shopping with her is priceless!
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OOPS! sorry :oops:
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Like mother, like daughter as the saying goes! She's a cutie!
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scarry.....yet another excuse to buy fabric???
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What a lucky lady you are to have a beautiful daughter who wants to join in with what you love! I would start saving up to buy her a "Sweet Sixteen" quilting machine and tell her to GO Girl!! She could do worse things than join her mother in a wonderful pastime like quilting! I would love to be in your shoes. (I am a grandma though) Wish she was close to me, I would share my stash. :)
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She did a great job! Maybe should could make bags and sell them to her family and friends and earn some pocket money for fabric.
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Originally Posted by Lori S
Give her .. her own stash ( in a seperate area or box) that she can cut and sew at will, but anything else she needs to ask permision first. Thats how my Mom managed with four sewing girls in the house. Touching Mom's stash was a HUGE No No .. but we had our own smaller stash and periodically she would give us an allowance to add to our own , and she would sometimes de-stash and have an auction amoungst us girls.
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So long as she makes YOU things, I wouldn't worry about it! She did a great job on that cute bag.
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Originally Posted by quiltyfeelings
If she is that much of a "regular" at the LQS, would they be willing to help her "sell" her goods? For example, if she could make some samples for their patterns, they would sell the patterns and they could "pay" her with fabric. A LQS here does that, and the items are always marked with a tag that says, "This bag was made by Sasha, a local 12 year old. Sasha's bag and the pattern are available for purchase." This LQS even hangs up photography and painted canvases by local kids, again all are marked with a tag that reads, "this art is made by Tommy, a local 14 year old."
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Every bond you build with her will result in a better relationship for the future. You can get more fabric, but not another daughter interested in sewing. ( But, do hide your favorites!) :lol:
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I'd be so proud of her and so happy to have another sewist in the family that I'd giver her all the fabric she wanted. She is sew cute and her bag looks great! Kudos to her.
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Originally Posted by Maggiesmom
You will be so happy sharing this "passion" for fabric. Who knows, you may have the next "Vera Bradley" living with you. Cherish the moments and hope they last. You are the lucky lady.
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:) PERFECT! I can't think of what else to say - I with my DD had shared my stash and been bitten by the bug! :)
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She is very pretty Great jobs on her bag, I don't think I could do that well
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Sounds to me like you need to: 1) Explain what an "allowance" is for; or 2) Hide your stash!!!! or ?? adopt her out to someone who can afford yet another fabriholic??? Funny! and good luck to you! By the way, the bags are adorable!
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let her start her own stash
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give her an allowance for fabric tell her she has to stay out of yours
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Originally Posted by Plumtree
Not are really huge problem but a problem just the same. My fabric stash is in real danger.
My 12 yo daughter has been bit by the quilting bug and is actually using fabric from my stash. She actually made me cut up some of my prettys so she could make bags. She started sewing in August and now asks only a weekly basis to go to LQS or just goes down and picks which ones she wants to use for her current bag project. :shock: How does a house deal with 2 fabricholics? I'm not sure my budget will like it, I know its not the end of the world but she wants me to cut my fabric. Seriously, her bags are great and she is going to be starting her first lap quilt today. |
Beautiful daughter and the bag is so cute. She did a really good job. I am thinking of the fun you two will share throughout your lifetime with this hobby. Lucky you!!! Besides, wouldn't she "inherit" your stash someday? LOL!
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what fun-
she is really quite a sewer. this gives me a new insight into my own "whirling dervish" sewing projects on my mother's machine, with her supplies and her fabric when I was a girl...(!!) she never said a word, but was just always there when I needed her :-D :-D what a great thought to carry through my day if you need any extra fabric for her, just drop me a PM. I would love to help w/ another generation of sewers |
Nice little lady!!!! :wink:
great she joines you in quilting, and just be patient....when she is a grown-up, she will have her own stash and it could be the other way around then .............. :wink: :lol: :lol: |
Adorable daughter and adorable bag! What a great quilting partner!
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WOW That is sew kool to have a DD that loves what you do. My DGD (10) is showing signs of being bitten by the bug. What fun you both will have. She is well on her way. Pretty girl, Cute bag. Lots of good suggestions on how to help her get her own stash. GOD bless you both. Happy Sewing. BrendaK
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This gal has talent. Tell her to keep it up. Maybe you could each have your own fabric stash.
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