I love the attitude that hand made things are made because you can't afford the "real" thing. If they only knew!!!
Sue

Maybe that lady should trim her toenails. LOL

My DH's reply to those that ask what I do with all my fabric.."She buys it and then cuts all that stuff up and sews it back together and she calls it a quilt" and then the chatter would begin about quilts. It was always funny to hear people's
comments. One gentleman said why doesn't she buy the material like that...and another, what is she wasting her time on
now.

I had someone email me about making a quilt. First thing I asked was "what do you have in mind?" She didn't know what she wanted. "just a regular quilt for a twin-sized bed. Quilts are too expensive". I said, "you'd need at least $80 worth of fabrics plus the batting is around $15 and up. Just depends on what you want. I don't charge much for my work but that gives you an idea on why they are so expensive."

Here's the funny part: no reply at all. Not a "wow, thank you anyway", or a "Oh I don't mind paying you a decent rate for your time and talent" or anything. Does *no reply* count as a funny remark?!

I bought one of those cheap Wal-Mart quilts at a yard sale for $5.00 it had been washed twice and was falling apart.
I hung it in my shop to show people who think my prices are to high. They can quickly see the difference when side by side with one of my quilts.

[QUOTE=willferg;4765507]I was having trouble sewing a difficult spot once and made the mistake of asking my husband. He said, "Don't you have to sew faster to make it work?" QUOTE]

He thought you needed a running start LOL

I have one of those "hand-quilted" $39.99 quilts I'll send you too. Those quilts are everywhere here. Not the Walmart quilts, but the ones sold at flea-markets and tourist-shops. I once asked the owner of one of them how they can sell them so cheap. He told me that a woman owns a town and let's people live in the town "for free". There is a fabric factory (he didn't tell me how the tops were made, but I imagine a sewing factory) and they get a oxen-pulled cart full of quilt tops. They have these needles that are 9-inches long and load them up and knock a cart full of quilts out in a week. That's how they pay their rent.
Then tourists come to the Smoky mountains and see these cheap, crappy quilts and think that's how "homemade" quilts are supposed to be! And they buy a $40 hand-crafted souvenir to take back home and then they and their friends think that hand crafts shouldn't be more than $40!

three years ago when our office was closed by the company i was lucky to find that two of my co-workers also quilt. we started getting together and invited some others who were at loose ends now that they were "retired". some did not want to quilt but the best response was, "that's for old people". hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, didn't feel THAT old, and she was only a couple of years younger than me.

and, i do watch tv, i just do it while i am quilting. or stitching.

hahahhaa...hi splinter!!
thought someone stole your topic now I see it's you!!!!
great to see your here to, as well as on the dutch quiltingforum!

I don't know any sayings but these are really funny!