You know you are a quilter when.......

You will iron ten yards of fabric but not the family laundry

You plan your vacation around quilt shows or quilt shops

You feel your "stash" to calm yourself in stressful times

You "see" quilts in things all around you


Please add your own.

DD

You know you are a quilter when.......

You see someone wearing a gorgeous print, and wonder if you can borrow their clothing (or have it when they're done) because it is just the right pattern/color/shade to go in your quilt.

:oops: I have actually done this :oops:

Moonpi: I've done the SAME thing.

You know you are a quilter when:

someone announces a little addition to the family coming in nine months and you immediately start going through your pattern stash to find just the right one for the new baby.

You know you are a quilter when:

It takes you the whole nine months to pick the pattern, fabric and actually complete the darn thing! (And all the parents have to worry about is the name!)

when your 27 year old son is still waiting for his high school graduation quilt. :!:

...When you will gladly clean and organize your sewing room for hours if necessary, but can only "allow" 15 or 20 minutes for mopping the floors in the rest of the house.

...When you lay down at night with a million things from the day causing you to toss, turn, & worry and your saving grace is the calm thinking of a fantasy fabric shopping adventure brings to your restless mind.

... You go through your house and wonder what else would look good quilted- couch pillows, seat cushions, etc...

You spend hours online looking for just the right pattern. :D

You know you are a quilter when....the seasons new styles don't work but you love the wonderful colors and patterns.

You know your a quilter when ... you tell your child its time to get their own place because you need their room too for your stash

omigosh!!! please don't tell my son i said that, too.

i always tell him as long as i have a home so does he. but if i had to give his room back to him i don't know what i'd do! :shock: ROFLBO

I did give my son his room back in Dec now time to take it back form him I WANT IT NOW

[quote=Carla P]...When you will gladly clean and organize your sewing room for hours if necessary, but can only "allow" 15 or 20 minutes for mopping the floors in the rest of the house.

Been there Carla. I wonder if dust bunnies could be used for batting? Hummmmmm!!!!!! Now that's an idea.

:lol: :lol: I'm not sure but when I can allow a couple of extra minutes to gather a few I'll let you know... :lol: :lol:

I can't keep them still long enough to catch them. But bet the lint in the dryer trap would work better so thick and soft

Honestly, I did wonder about that... but only once... & no, I didn't try it... it fell apart before I made it to my sewing room... :oops: :lol: j/k Sometimes you'd love to though!! :D I do place used dryer sheets in with my fabric stash for a couple of days on occasion, just to give them a hint of the fresh smell.

That reminds me of a quilt show a few years ago. A lady there had a sewing machine that had about maybe 8 or more needles. Using no thread at all she took different colored dryer lint and sewed the lint right onto plain white muslin. The machine needles actually pressed the lint into the fab creating a soft suttle hue. It was very pretty but expensive. Anyone else seen this? What's it called?

Wool felting machine...

Thanks Carla. I wondered tho how well it washed afterwards. I'd hate to do all that work and then have all my lint go down the drain.

They say the wool, yarns & such hold up pretty well to the process, but I agree with you... that would be awful for everything to end up right back where it started from... which would be my luck! :lol:

Debbie, I think what she had was a needle felting machine. The needles use no thread, they just pounce up and down and whatever they go through (felt, yarn, roving, etc) bonds to bottom material. You can do this by hand without a machine. Clover (for one) sells the pouncing needles and pad. It's a fun stress reliever and like you wrote, very pretty :-)

Debbie
http://www.woolcrafting.com/needle-felting.html
This might be what you are talking about. Hope it helps. 8) Betty

Thanks Betty I believe that's it. I guess it can be washed.

You know you're a quilter when you're sitting on the toilet at a restruant looking down at the floor tile and thinking "that would make a pretty block" and then do a rubbing with paper towels and a pencil. Been there.

Good one Debbie!!!! :lol:

Debbie, that's a winner. You definately are a quilter! ROFLMBO

Thank you Boo. I'm glad to make you laugh today but it's a true story.

Actually, I have seen a variation of this in the last Nancy's Notions catalogue... sounds like a version of felting to me...

My son knows he can never move back in. His room is now my sewing room - even got rid of the spare bed.

And you know you're a quilter when you are kissing your husband and you see quilts behind your closed eyes.

So much for romance! That's pathetic isn't it?

Debbie...I'm sure you are not alone. While I have never had her confess to me that she took a rubbing of the tile, I knew someone who carries around a little note pad in her purse for just such occasions when she is otherwise "indisposed" and sees what would be a neat pattern!!

Now Wendy... We would never do such things... Uh, would we Ladies?? I'm SURE it was AFTER you kissed him bye, but as you were shutting the door... Right?? :wink:

My Pastor says confession is good for the soul, but bad for the reputation... At times such as this my reputation ups in value to me... :lol:

I got rid of everything when he left 5 years ago but he brough it back new stuff.

You know you are a quilter when you live in a 3 bedroom house by yourself; One bedroom for you, one for your sewing room, and one chucked full of boxes and boxes of quilting magazines of all the projects you want to do someday.

Actually knew a lady like that.

Debbie-It is called a felting needle. Viking makes them. they also have a machine that does just that, but I don't know if the dust bunnies would work.
You know you are a quilter when... your non-quilting freinds better learn to quilt or else.............

You sneak your little featherweight in the car on family vacation. :lol:

....when you insist on stopping at every small and large fabric stores just to make sure they don't have something you need.

I remember taking a trip to California with my husband. Boy did he gripe at me. But I did find out that not all JoAnn's, Hancock's and WalMarts (at the time) had the exact same fabric available. :lol:

you know when.....your wish list is simple......fabric! And....what better inspiration than kisses from your love to inspire yet another quilt? Isn't that where they come from......or maybe that was the smell of coffee...bread baking....snowfall....brb....got another idea!
:D

lol

I can think of a few that I'd love to pounce with those needles! I just saw a pattern in a new mag about making a wall hanging like that. Not with people but with those needles. LOL

LMAO! I've actually done that!

Goddess we must have been in the same restruant. And by the way I have about 30 engine searches and 15 of those have a shortcut on my desktop. Can't wait those 5 seconds to get there.