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Vanuatu Jill 09-11-2011 02:24 PM

Yep-so many of us have been bitten by that same critter! and I am NOT sorry to say, there is no cure. The only treatment is to make sure we get all the fabric we need to not go thru withdrawals!!

jaciqltznok 09-11-2011 02:24 PM


Originally Posted by CoventryUK
And once you've got it you NEVER get rid of it!!!!!

yes you do....and then many have "buyer's remorse"....Keep the piano..for a few more years..teach the grands to play...but really..one day, you will walk out of that sewing room...and might not go back in for months....

jaciqltznok 09-11-2011 02:25 PM


Originally Posted by Cattyqwltr
I went through a phase where all I did was quilt and ignored my other interests (flute, keyboard, reading among others) Now I find that things are balancing out and sometimes my other hobbies are a break from quilting (have had wrist issues and no desire to develop carpal tunnel) and sometimes it's the other way around.

Thank you for sharing this...I too have left other loves/passions for quilting, and am now finding I really miss them and need them back in my life again...

QuiltingGrannie 09-11-2011 02:30 PM


Originally Posted by jaciqltznok

Originally Posted by CoventryUK
And once you've got it you NEVER get rid of it!!!!!

yes you do....and then many have "buyer's remorse"....Keep the piano..for a few more years..teach the grands to play...but really..one day, you will walk out of that sewing room...and might not go back in for months....

Yes, keep the piano at least for a while. I have the quilting bug really bad and have stopped my photography work, my glass etching work, wood burning work and even scrap booking! But I still have all the stuff to step right back into it.

vivoaks 09-11-2011 02:33 PM

Don't know what it is, but if it's in the water, they're really spreading it around the globe!! I have a piano, too, but I'm organist/pianist at our church, so I sort of need mine....

alikat110 09-11-2011 02:36 PM

There is no known cure!

Murphy 09-11-2011 04:01 PM

I love quilting. But that said, I would not give up playing the piano or the harp if I had that talent as well. The pleasure you give yourself and others with music should not be tossed away. IMHO (smile).

SuziC 09-11-2011 04:56 PM

I hope so....i want to stay addicted Forever :!: :!: :!: :!:

LisaGibbs 09-11-2011 04:58 PM

Right now I have the quilt bug, but I have walked away from it before for personal reasons. I also scrapbook so much so I had owned a scrapbook store. I would keep the piano just as I have my scrapbook stuff because eventually I will get back into the photos and pages then back to the fabric. Then when I hit a "brain freeze" and feel uninspired I go to the other until the same thing hits.

Jan in VA 09-11-2011 05:02 PM

I'm convinced our fabrics are treated with a magic addicting substance. All you have to do is fondle them to 'get it'. :hunf:
:-D

Jan in VA


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