Good for you. Do what makes you happy. :D

Sybil

I have been following this topic without commenting but --- oh, dear!

I am about to begin my first row robin quilt and I'm nervous enough about being creative and doing a good job. Now I have to worry over whether my fabric is good enough or not!

Years ago I got into a debate over making baby quilts. This one woman said that she spent "X" amount of money per quilt to make sure she got "good" fabric. When I told her I could make several baby quilts for that amount of money, she looked down her nose at me and said that the quilts I made were probably useless. Well, you can imagine how I felt and for several years didn't make any at all!!

I finally got over myself and went back to making baby quilts. (I made them mostly for friends and co-workers. It seemed like someone at work was always adding to their family!) The point of my "story" is that most of us are limited in the amount of money we can spend. But I feel that if I can make one toddler happy with my "useless" quilt, then I have done "good" that day. It might not have cost a lot of money to make, but it was made with love.

I also don't give anyone a quilt unless I know it will be used. So many of us put back "nice" stuff to use "later" and what happens? Our relatives sell it at a yard sale after we're gone....

This post has made me very sad and leery of participating in another swap. I am in the block swap to be mailed 1/15/09 and just have 2 blocks left and each is 1/2 done. The fabric I have used I consider good quality, but will others? My greatest concern is that the blocks are made well enough. A lot of the blocks were new to me and I did the best I could and I did learn things that I thought I could not do. Being a newbie made me doubt myself, but I did try!!!

BTW - my house is smoke free!! And I am lucky in that my dog does not shed!

Sewjoyce, that woman was cruel!!! I was nervous with my round robin too but it as also fun !!! Just have fun with it!
I have 2 cats in the house but they pretty much stay out of my sewing room. Just in case I always run a sticky roller over anything I give away or make for someone else! Great for wayward threads too! There are always ways to deal with things. Hopefully no one with bad cat allergies or asthma will suffer because of me. I would feel awful but I would ask if they had these situations in their lives prior to giving it to them. There is always laundering!

Sewjoyce your in the same group as me.......I am just as scared as you are but I know I will so excited about what you put on my quilt and holding my breath on yours. I am a beginner I am doing this to have fun and learn whilst doing. Now unless you put a bunch of santas I can tell you I will NOT be judgemental. If anyone else gets upset over my best then I am sorry, but if you want a perfect quilt then you need to do it yourself. This is about friendship and sharing.
As for fabric I dont care it can even be christmas print or whatever. It can be from walmart, joannes or that exclusive quilt store you have to have an invitation to get in LOL I keep coming back to its about FRIENDSHIP AND SHARING. I spent over 20 years trying to be better than anyone else and found that dont matter. Its whats in your heart and what you are willing to give to another. I will send and do my best and ifthat is not good enough then again I am sorry but you will not make me feel less than. I know who I am and how far I have traveled and what scars and wounds I still have open. I have no clue where you have come from or what battles you are still fighting I will NOT add to them.
I will say I have cats and dogs . I work with cows so there is animal fur in my house. I DO NOT smoke. I am also alergic to cats BIG time but whats a little coughing and stuffy head to a purring kitty LOL Yes that is MY choice.

In my case it is a lot more than coughing and a stuffy head. It is more like suffocating. If you have ever had asthma you would know what I mean. I have no choice but to stay away from them.

Sybil

Hey guys if the meanies bother you send all the crap to me. I'll give it a good hope.......I was a victum....no more...you know the old expression like it or lump it....it still pertains....we all try or best to send our best and that is that..........I'm not dropping out of anything :wink:

Good for you Ruth! Go get 'em! (The blocks that is, LOL)

Just for your info miss I do HAVE asthma. I understand ALL too well the not being able to breath. The shots and then the treatments and the nebulizers and the whole nine yards.
Remember never ASSUME anything about anyone.

David said I should just say
WHATEVER and move on LOL

MsSage I would let everyone in your group know just in case. They maybe can work on it somewhere where there aren't any cats, dogs, smokers or whatever hurts your breathing!
I always think of the show the Odd Couple when they do the scene about never assume. Good advice!