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I saw Jeff Foxworthy the other day and thought about how it applies to quilting.
Here is the first one You know you are a quilter if "the first thing you think of when you see a neat tile floor in the bathroom while doing your buisness is "how can I make that into a quilt" You know you are a quilter if "the first thing that comes to mind while buying your son a T shirt is how it will look in a quilt after he outgrows it." I thought of so many the other day and now I am stuck. Ya'll help me out with some of these. |
You know you are a quilter when the nurse is taking off threads off your pants in the examing room....boy was I embarassed.
You know you are a quilter when you are on vacation and on a super highway and there is a sign for a quilt shop and you make DH get off at the next exit to look for the store. An hour or more gone from the day's drive. You know you are a quilter when UPS delivers a package and DH just assumes it is fabric. He is surprised sometimes when it is medications. You know you are a quilter when you have to sneak fabric into the house, so DH doesn't kow how much you actually spend on fabric. |
You comment on quilts in the background at the movies.
It's official...I'm a quilter....saw Kit Kittredge yesterday and was wondering what block was on the bed and ooh and aahed over the 1930s reproduction fabrics used for the costumes. |
You know your a quilter when you make your "sick" husband wait in the car for 45 minutes while you shop at the quilt store- since you were "already out" for that pesky Dr.'s appt.
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GOOD ONE.
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Originally Posted by beachlady
You know you are a quilter when the nurse is taking off threads off your pants in the examing room....boy was I embarassed.
You know you are a quilter when you are on vacation and on a super highway and there is a sign for a quilt shop and you make DH get off at the next exit to look for the store. An hour or more gone from the day's drive. You know you are a quilter when UPS delivers a package and DH just assumes it is fabric. He is surprised sometimes when it is medications. You know you are a quilter when you have to sneak fabric into the house, so DH doesn't kow how much you actually spend on fabric. I so have been there. My husband uses the lint roller on me before we go anywhere because I have thread hanging. I use to hide fabric in the bottom of my trunk until I was alone at the house and then I would unload the car. |
Here is a good one. You know you are a quilter if your fabric collection is worth more than your car. LOL
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got another one.
I was sewing a shirt he other day and you quilters will understand this You know you are a quilter if the 5/8 seam allowance for clothes looks over 2 times as big as you are use to and your UPS delivery man asks if he can deliver your fabric every other day becaue he is tired of driving all the way to your house. |
You know your a quilter when you have more threads tangled in your vacuum's beater bar than anything else! (me two nights ago).
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You know you're a quilter when you think of quilts to make for events that are way off in the future. (like for my sister's wedding, when she doesn't have a man)
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I love this. Keep them coming.
She does not have a man... that is priceless |
You know you're a quilter if your kids ask what you bought shopping and when you say fabric, they say 'well, that's a given, what else did you get'
You know you're a quilter when your sister calls and the only places you can think to meet are quilt shops. |
You know you're a quilter when you pack for a vacation, you pack an empty suitcase inside your BIG suitcase so you have room for all the fabric you intend on buying.
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how about hiding you sewing machine in your suitcase so the hubby does not know you are bringing it.
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Originally Posted by Tricia
how about hiding you sewing machine in your suitcase so the hubby does not know you are bringing it.
tricia |
Yep, I'm a quilter :) last week at work, one of the sales admins was tossing out about 20 of the drivers' work shirts after cutting off the Pepsi label from the pockets. All were in good condition, 100% cotton in a medium blue plaid check pattern. I drug them all out of the trash can, all the time thinking "wow! these will make awsome quilts!" I even went and asked for more :)
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if...
the only gift you can think of for weddings and babies is a quilt and your family and friends all own quilts you have given them (and if they don't, your next projects will go to those still without) |
Well what do you know. I thought I was odd..... LOL well you all know I am. Loads of the house here in the village have beautiful tiles on the outside walls, I keep looking at them and thinking now that would make a lovely quilt.. :lol: :lol:
Gosh I have turned into a quilter :D :D :D Elle |
Last year there was a big ice storm and that day if you got to the sote between 9 and 10 am you go and extra 10 percent off the 30 percent off fabric. I made my hubby drive on the ice to get me there on time.
so. you know you are a quilter if nothing keeps you from a sale at the quilt store another time My hubby had just got out of the hospital and you guessed it. He had to fend for himself while I went to the sale LOL |
Originally Posted by beachlady
You know you are a quilter when you have to sneak fabric into the house, so DH doesn't kow how much you actually spend on fabric.
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You know you are a quilter:
1. If you buy a treadle machine just in case the electricity goes out :mrgreen: 2. You call your best friend and the whole conversation is about the quilts you both are working on... 8) 3. Your husband immediately turns the car around to go to a quilt shop you pass on the road without even saying anything! :wink: 4. You've been asked, "What are you going to do with all those quilts?" (and your answer is - stack 'em up and make a path through the house!) |
You know you are a quilter--when in church you are copying the pattern from the shirt of the man setting in front of you because you know it will make a great quilt block.
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You know you're a quilter when you buy yards of beautiful fabric just to cut it apart and sew it back together. But that's okay, because you save every little scrap that's left over til your sewing room would probably be condemned as a fire trap - if the inspector could even get in the door.
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my husband just said "you know you are married to a quilter when you see a mosaic of somesort and think she could make a great quilt from that LOL
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You know you're a quilter when you are talking about buying a batt and you don't mean baseball.
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You know you're a quilter when your husband knows you wont stop working to eat the dinner, he cooked! :D
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OH-OH-OHO!!!! you know your a quilter when you clean the livingroom just so you can lay out a quilt!
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You know your a quilter if........you take pen and paper with you to (of all places) Dairy Queen to copy the pattern of thier seats to make a quilt!!!
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Ohhh, 1 more
You know your a quilter if.......you are seriously considering moving your sewing room to your master bedroom for more room and making the quest room your bedroom!!!!!!! Crazy, I know!!! |
you know you're a quilter if your child graduates and you have all their stuff packed and by the door the week after graduation so you can make their room into a sewing room.
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You know you're a quilter if you won't let your child live with you while they go to community college because you would have to give up the converted sewing room.
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you know you are a quilter if you invite guest over for a meal and you tell them the quilt top on the table is an oversized table runner.
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I love these. They are so true. I told my son he could not move back in because I had fabric in there now. LOL
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you know your a quilter when, you hide what you bought in the trunk of your car, and can hardly wait till your dh leaves so you can bring it in the house
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You know you're a quilter when you pick threads out of your hubby's 5 o'clock shadow at the gas station, grocery store, Dollar General.....
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You know you are a quilter/sewer when you get up in the morning and you still have the pins in your pj's (chest area) you put there for "just in case" and forgot about it. (BTW I never get stuck either) . :lol:
You know you are a quilter when you go to the store with your wrist pin cushion on because you are so used to it, you forgot you were wearing it. (I've done that several times). |
You know your a quilter if seeing a quilt makes you want to make one just like it! Okay maybe change a color here and oh there... Oh and wont it look nice if you....
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Originally Posted by Butterflyspain
Well what do you know. I thought I was odd..... LOL well you all know I am. Loads of the house here in the village have beautiful tiles on the outside walls, I keep looking at them and thinking now that would make a lovely quilt.. :lol: :lol:
Gosh I have turned into a quilter :D :D :D Elle There is a tiny village up above town called BeeLog. It was a logging town until that petered out. The elemntary school is called Beelog Elementary and they have the log cabin block on the side of the school building. I thought that was pretty cool. |
Originally Posted by vicki reno
Originally Posted by Butterflyspain
Well what do you know. I thought I was odd..... LOL well you all know I am. Loads of the house here in the village have beautiful tiles on the outside walls, I keep looking at them and thinking now that would make a lovely quilt.. :lol: :lol:
Gosh I have turned into a quilter :D :D :D Elle Elle: The little town that we will be retiring to in the mountains of North Carolina DOES have quilts on the buildings and barns and such around town. Its possible with a grant for Handmade in America. They are wooden "quilts" and each one is usually a pattern special to that person. Like the realtor in town has the house block on their building! So even if you go to town and don't have time to stop at the quilt shop, you can still get an eyeful of quilts! There is a tiny village up above town called BeeLog. It was a logging town until that petered out. The elemntary school is called Beelog Elementary and they have the log cabin block on the side of the school building. I thought that was pretty cool. |
Lisa, Too funny. I was just saying to hubby. We really don't need this big bedroom just to sleep in and I'm considering moving us into the guest room, and he says " You want a bigger sewing room, eh?"
Yep, you know you are a quilter when you can't wait to have an empty nest so you have more room for sewing machines and cutting tables. |
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