APPLAUSE HERE!!!!!!!! GOOD for you!!!! MARVELOUS action on your part!!!!!! I hope you went elsewhere and spent your $200 there instead. MORE APPLAUSE!!!!!!!

Welcome from St. Clair Shores, MI. Hope you'll stay awhile. You'll love this site. Also, keep an eye out for Ditter---she's a hoot! :)

[. After stopping myself from saying something I shouldn't, I said, "Oh well, then I guess I won't be needing this stuff" and turned around and walked out. By the way, she had already rung everything up, the total was a little over $200.00.[/quote]

This is the best answer yet. Wish I had been there to see it. LMAO

Thanks so much!

I think that this is the key in life as well--not just about quilting.

When we want to learn something, we tend to find those who can support us and not just nitpick us to death.

Teachable people will be the most apt to teach as well since their spirit will be humble. We all need to be teachable--even the most experienced among us.

Probably the people who have the meanest spirit when it comes to being picky about quilting are probably like that in life about housekeeping, raising children, fixing dinner, etc.--extremely opinionated and speak freely on any given topic.

They are the ones who elect themselves and think they know it all about everything and can pass judgment on others whether they know anything or not. lol.

ALWAYS ask for credentials!! There is so many impersonators out there, -you gotta be careful!!LOL!!!!

That's too cute! :thumbup:

[quote=Homemother]I think the QP are generally unhappy people and the only way to make themselves feel better is to criticize someone else. They tend to be bossy know-it-alls in every walk of life regardless if they've been down those roads or not. Once upon a time I took them seriously but now either avoid them or smile at their comments and say "not a word."


I think they are also the church police, the school police, the driving police, etc. They seem to be multifaceted people!

Everyone has there own idea of how a quilt should be put together.

I normally take a few fabric's to my quilting class and ask my fellow quilter what they think and we try different pieces, then I am the one that desides which way to go. Some of them have a better eye than I do of what does together.

Now it is the back that people tell you what you should do with it. At the price of fabric today, you are the one that has to decided just how much money you want to put into that quilt. I have done a couple with mulsin and they look just great. I didn't think that until I saw someone elses done. I think part of that is all about the machine quilter and how they do it for you.

Our group has found a great machine quilting and her prices are very good. She supplies batting so you don't have to ship that to her. You can take what she supplies for free
the 3.3 Poluester batting or you can choice one of the other types that she sells. You just ship her the top and bottom and she does the rest. She has about a 3 1/2 turn around and that works for me. We have local people that charge twice as much and you supply the top, bottom and batting.

I think you hit the nail on the head. Like bullies, they are insecure people who feel good about themselves by pointing out your flaws. I feel sorry for people like that and that helps me keep from giving them any rent-free space in my head when they criticize.

Quilt Police definition for Newbies!

Definition = Self appointed, usually smug people, who have given themselves permission to critique and demoralize other quilters. They will complain, compare, and nit-pick your work to death, just to satisfy some strange emptiness in themselves. Most quilt police, instead of making quilts, spend all of their time seeking other quilters to annoy.
Synonyms = Creep, kill joy, jerk, know it all, loser, etc.

Quilt police are neurotic people who never get the pleasure of laughing off a mistake.

This is really good! I like this definition because we all usually laugh off our mistakes! Uptight people don't make good company. :roll: :lol:

I will never quilt well enough for competition. My two favorite sayings are:

Finished is better than perfect
and
If you can't wrap a sick child in it, it isn't a quilt.

The second one isn't set in stone. Wall hangings, table toppers, place mats, anything that is done with love is a quilt.

Usually old, female, been quilting a long time, and members of guilds forever. Bring on the new generation of quilters!

I took a class at a quilt shop once and I couldn't believe how snippy people were. First of all the teacher told me she didn't like the rotary cutter I had and then a couple of people asked why I chose the colors I did. They wanted to sell me a few new fabrics. That was it for me as far as live classes go. I prefer you tube for instruction.

I'm sorry you had a bad experience. I used to teach quilting classes at the LQS when I worked there. Sometimes, we had students make a few remarks but for the most part, we had fun in class. You could try a class at a different shop. Please don't give up on classes for one bad time.

I really miss the facebook "like" button on so many of these ! Great answers.. hah!

Thank you for giving me permission to do what I should have had the confidence to do in the first place. Bless YOU. :lol: :lol: :lol:

I can verify that descendants of this original group still exist here in the UK. I enthisiatically joined a newly formed group as a novice a few months ago. All were newbies like myself with the exception of one. We sat in awe for the first 4 sessions while she corrected the teacher at every breath and castigated our futile attempts to achieve a true 1/4" seam without sticking our tongues while we sewed. Finally we came to display our log cabin placemats - great trepidation, knees trembling with excitement and fear of criticism - true to form, she found fault with everyones efforts and praise for none. Her placemat made no appearance at all. However, she did offer to make labels for us all on her fancy machine which has 3, yes 3 alphabets. We ended the session with a discussion about the sampler quilt using QAYG -that we would start when we next met. the rest of us were gungho - what - real patchwork and quilting. She who must not be names -predictably disagreed and said that we should concentrate on a single block quilt so that we could learn how to perfect our points?? half triangles?? Just as we were going to concede to THE LAW someone had the audacity to ask her how many quilts she had made over the years. Her reply - 'Well none actually but she had a friend who quilted."
Yes, I admit it - I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy down! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Way to go!! Don't you just love people like her, hasn't made anything herself, but loves to tell others just how to do it. Reminds me of my ladte FIL, who seemed to be an expert or always acted like at least he knew everything about anything anyone was doing or talking about, always had an input into the subject. We were visiting the inlaws one weekend about 30 yrs or so ago, I had taken my sewing machine with me, as I was working on a project that I needed to get finished. I was set up at the kitchen table and he came in and watched me for a few minutes, then proceded to make the comment, "you know I don't know anything about sewing" well normally I just kept my mouth shut, but couldn't hold it in that time. I spoke up with "Well that's so nice to know, because I didn't think there was anything that you didn't know everything about the subject" he just looked at me and never said anything else. I know that was really tacky but I just couldn't help myself, I had listened to him spout off for years about everything anyone was talking about. Needless to say, he and I always got along, I guess because I would stand up to him and others wouldn't they just let him take over. My DH is the youngest of 5 children.

don,t you worry your pretty little head ,i have been here for several years and so far so good not even my picture on america most wanted so the cost is clear ,i think the police finally got busted or fired

They are the controllers who want to be the bosses and you can only do it their way...or they are very critical and snobbish! Stay away from them...hide if you see them coming!

My penance - I have made myself sit next to her at every meeting and say something positive every time she criticises - I think she may be getting a clue that you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. :lol: :lol: :lol:

What a marvelous, tongue-in-cheek idea!

I would love to see a picture of your lone star.

Ask and you shall receive,lol.
I posted it here http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-117120-1.htm
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They are whomever you allow to make you feel that you or your work is less worthy than theirs. And they are generally not worth giving two seconds' thought to. There are way too many people (right here on this board, for example) who will encourage and help you to let folks like that upset you.

Hey! They are our furbabies. And they are very particular about what they like and don't like.

This is so interesting. I was near Hyeres, France, a couple of summers ago at an enoteca (winery) where they had an art/craft "fair." There were many beautiful paintings, ceramics, etc., but the part I enjoyed most was a group of ladies actually quilting trapunto pieces. They explained (if I understood correctly) that a young woman was supposed to make a quilted wedding dress (might have been slip) which would become a baptismal dress or crib quilt for her children. It was fascinating to watch them work. Thank you for sharing your historical note with us.