My pet peeve is by the time I get time to sew, I don't feel like it. I'm too tired or out of the mood by the time I get everything else done.

Me, too. Also hate the mistakes I make when I try to cut out late at night. And how about the machine which never gives you any trouble until you have a nice block of time to sew and then the thread breaks, the bobbin case keeps catching threads and, in general, all of that lovely time which you were going to sew disappears.

Yep that would be mine also. Nothing can upset me more.

My family used to use my sewing scissors if they were the closest to whatever they needed to cut. NOW my fabric scissors have FABRIC in bold black lettering with a permanent marker. The kitchen scissors say KITCHEN and the paper scissors say PAPER.

After my $50 scissors (a gift from my MIL) were used to cut a pin (yes, a pin! Left a nice nick in the blade), I bought a lockbox that was designed to store cash in. I put my fabric scissors, rotary cutters, and blades in it and kept the key on my keychain! When the kids or husband would say "I can't find my scissors. Can I have the key to your scissor box?" I just said "No". LOL! They learned. Now the kids are all gone so I leave scissors around. Of course, now I seem to misplace them myself! Maybe there were more advantages to that lockbox than was originally thought ...

Pam

You can also get a padlock and put it around the handles. Then you can leave your scissors where you can find them and nobody else can use them!

I just did this and I had part of the block put together. I didn't want to take the block apart. I went to 3 different stores to get this fabric (civil war fab) and then finally at the 4th one found one the I could substitute enough that it won't stand out as being different. I get new fabric each month for the BOM but after 2 yrs of doing them I'm now trying to use my scraps and save the larger pieces.

I tell them I am not that kind of seamstress. I hate taking things apart and will only do it for someone in my immediate family.

relatives or friends asking for help to make something usually a quilt and then expecting it to be finished and waiting for them after one 30 minute visit two months ago. to me help does not mean them bringing fabric and then cutting mine and leaving me to make the quilt!!

When someone who does sew thinks all quilts are easy to make.When the bobbon is empty and you didn't see it.When ypou just start to sew then everyone wants your attention.