I Love Quilts
 

I'm a new quilter and have only pieced two tops and quilted one. My DH says this doesn't make me a quilter.

I love the fabrics, tools, sewing machines, books, patterns, videos. I think I'm addicted to quilting without really making quilts. ;-)

Linda

He's so mistaken! You ARE a quilter! Welcome to our world! :)

You are a quilter! One quilt done makes it so and I'm sure there will be many many more to come. Enjoy!

A quilter loves what they do...could he be jelous that he isn't one of us???

A quilter is one who quilts. You most certainly ARE a quilter! "Pblblblbblffffttt!" to DH! :p

Welcome, from FELLOW QUILTERS!!! :)

You are a quilter- have have all the signs and symptoms :) It is addictive

He's a man, what does he know about what makes a quilter a quilter! (LOL)

Yes, you are a quilter with two quilts under your belt. Be proud!!!!

One or one hundred, after the first quilt, you are a quilter. You've started down the road, so enjoy the journey:)

Yup, you are a quilter! Join the rest of us in this fabulous and fun adventure called quiltmaking!

: )

For a long time after I started quilting, whenever a sales person would ask me what I was going to do with my fabric purchase I would say "I'm learning to quilt." It took me quite a while to say "I'm a quilter." Perhaps this is what your husband is feeling, although I agree with everyone else - you are a quilter!

Oh yes a quilter you are!!!!! Enjoy!!!!!

Of course, you are a quilter. I take my special guy with me to shows and exhibits and HE takes the photos. He is beginning to look with quilters eyes.

Does he have a specific amount of quilts you have to make before you become a quilter? Do you have to spend a certain amount of $$ before you become a quilter? Do you have to own a certain amount of sewing machines before you become a quilter? Ask him how much money it is going to cost before he thinks you are a quilter. I bet that will shut him up. And after my first pieced quilt, I became a quilter. And, I have never quilted a quilt except hand quilted 3/4 of a wall hanging and I don't call myself a piecer. I'm a quilter because I make quilts. No rules say you have to quilt your own quilts. There are thousands of long arm quilters out there who make a living quilting other quilter's quilts.

Yes it does! Tell him we said so! LOL....congrats on your new found love. Hope you enjoy the board and all the wonderful people here. We love to see finished projects! And of course give our opinions on just about anything!

The only way to get even with him is to get him "addicted" to quilting as well...:)

Well, no one becomes an instant {whatever] not even your husband, nor anyone else. If we don't keep learning, we become dead. We learn until we die. I'm 83 and still learning everwhere. I'm not being ugly to your husband. It's just a fact.

Welcome to the board from the state of Texas. I have ony made 6 quilts along with several small quilted items. I love quilting. I am addited to quilting and all things related to it. Tell your hubby it only gets worse.

Don't listen to him - men just can't help themselves!! You are now a quilter and we welcome you to this board with open arms!!

Welcome to the board , tell that Hubby you are a Quilter anytime you have the desire to buy fabric and tools and set down and sew together that fabric and then quilt it you have earned that right!!! So you just keep making them and enjoy the ride.. :thumbup: :}

Once you are biten by the bug you are quilter. It doesn't take much lol.

Oh poo on your DH!! Of course you're a quilter!! Once you've finished the first one and moved on to a second, you get to be called a quilter. :)

Exactly! My ex used to refer to my quilts as"blankets"... can you see why I kicked him to the curb? LOL!

Of course you are a quilter. This is just how I felt when I first started and I haven't lost the passion for quilting yet. It's my reason for getting out of bed in the morning. What does he think defines "quilter". His definition is probably just not the same as most of ours.

Welcome to the addiction. You will constantly amaze yourself with your accomplishments. And it keeps you off the streets and out of the pubs!!!

Oh men, they think they know everything. If you aren't a quilter, then what does he say you are? HaHa. My dh is clueless except for the living room and dining room overtaken by fabric. You quilt on, quilter!!! I am not all that far from you, I am in Davidsville, near Somerset, I go to Pittsburgh regularly.

Oh honey, you are a quilter! This thread was good for me to read. I've been quilting for about 9 years now. For the longest time I hesitated to call myself a quilter. I guess I didn't think I had earned that title, or was good enough. But I've been obsessed with quilting since my first class. I may not be a good one, but I am a quilter.

I was call in spirit to be a quilter, in was in my heart, i got desire of my heart , praise thee!!!! life gave me lemon but God gave me quilting i got lemonad

I think husby can't qualify as a "judge" as to who is a quilter or not since he's not involved in the process. No offense, but I think that's pretty tacky of him to denounce your status as a quilter!

In my humble opinion once the quilting sickness has bitten you you're a quilter - PERIOD.

This is so funny to me since I have a new sewing buddy who I'm teaching. She usually "shops" from my stash but now that she's acquiring scraps she's now calling her "stash". I have to laugh at her & tell her now she's a true quilter when she has a "stash".

Sounds like you have all the symptoms to me.

Of course you're a quilter. Don't let him tell you otherwise. MEN.......

Just tell your DH that you want to be a quilter and to do that not only must you make quilts, you must obtain the most high-tech sewing machine around and spend $500 a month in buying fabric. He might relent and say, "No you made a quilt and that's all it takes to be a quilter". Otherwise, take him shopping for new gadgets and fabric!

Pish Posh!! Tell that hubby of yours to zip it!! :D In a nice way of course! You ARE a quilter!! The minute that you ran your hands over fabric and felt all fuzzy and warm, you were a quilter!! Way to go!!

Lol... That's exactly how I felt when I began. But I think it does make you a quilter. :) <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" height="1" width="1">



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Does HE have a hobby? How long did it take for him to become proficient? After his first "whatever" he was probably as addicted as you are. Raspberries to the self-proclaimed judge.

Honey....I have been a quilter since I was 5 years old, playing with my dolls underneath my great-grandma's quilting frame that hung from the garage ceiling at my great-aunt's as 4 beautiful and skillful ladies chatted and stitched the day away....My love started early...the addiction came later when I started "rescuing" quilts from garage sales and thrift stores and people's trash piles and restoring them....now I restore and make my own quilts...I have a room in the upstairs of my house that is only for quilting....NO HUBBY, NO KIDS, NO PETS....just me and my addiction. So in an essence...you don't have to justify your "being, or not being" a quilter to anyone, including your hubby, as mine doesn't understand it either....but he does foot the fabric bill most of the time...lol...Quilting is in your heart =)