You know you've got it bad when ...
 

You know you've got it bad when you are in the doctor's office, you glance at the floor, and immediately a quilt pattern pops in your mind! (Square in square) Have you had this happen to you?

quite frequently :) at least it took your mind off your dr. visit for a moment :)

More often than not

Yup!!!!!!!!!!!

I was in an elevator and the man in front of me had the neatest shirt on, I swear if I had scissors on me would have cut the back out for a quilt that came to my mind. (Does anyone know if they have sewing machines in jail)???

I carry small pieces of graph paper with me so I can sketch my designs as they come to me.

You've got it bad!! (and so do I)

Yep. I took a pic of the tile in the bathroom at work. Would make a great block

Hotel lobbies and conference centers -

lol,every where I go

All the time no matter where i go......LOL

Braiding on a scarecrow's hat!

Hahaha!! One time my family and I were checking into a hotel, and I went..."(GASP!) Look at that pattern...what a wonderful quilt that would make!" pointing to the floor in entry of hotel. My DD went.."MOM!!" and turned bright red!! LOL It was very funny!!

I think that is funny that quilters see the patterns people think are just decorations.

Too funny! I work in a neurosurgery clinic. We go to another location on Wednesdays to see patients. They have new
carpet in the hall way. Square in a square!!! (Ugly colors though! Obviously not picked out by a quilter!!!)

All the time lol

Yes, I was on a cruise a couple of years ago - the tile pattern in the casino was beautiful - took photos of it - when it was closed - allergic to the smoke

I feel sorry for people who don't look around them and find ideas and inspiration in their every day world. Try it. It helps keep the mind active.

Yep - bathroom tiles, hotel hallways/lobbies, ancient mosaics... I think it is an illness. But a happy one.

Cheers, K

yes it happens all of the time. Last night, my quilting friend and I were going to a diabetic fair. . .and of course we saw new quilt blocks and between the two of us, we drew up several new quilt block ideas. . .we are getting together tomorrow to begin cutting out the blocks.

You betcha

All the time. Floors, windows, carpets, you name it. I see quilt blocks in almost any decorative design. I'm going to reserve my room at the funny farm soon.

Frequently...most especially in Mexican food restaraunts

While watching the movie "Dungeons and Dragons" tonight...there is a scene with the princess in a spectacular round meeting room....the floor design is fabulous. I had to stop the movie and take a second look and began trying to figure out how to make it into a quilt.

..........or when you walk into a hotel and notice the flooring has an awesome design for quilting :) :) :)

Well, I'm glad I'm not alone! LOL When you reserve your room at the funny farm, you may as well reserve a whole block of rooms for the rest of us! But hey, it should be fun there ... think of all the time we'd have to ... QUILT! :)

All the time, that's why i carry a camera in my purse, so I can take pics of everything that inspires me.

In a restruant while waiting on the food to arrive.

Maybe all the floor designers, tile designers and marble makers all get their inspiration from quilters, that's why we see patterns and ideas everywhere we go, they got them from us.....lol

You mean to tell me I am not the only that does this. Sitting in my bathriim and looking down at floor, yep a great quilt disign. lol

I has also happened to me. Went to a new dentist's office and saw quilt patterns in the furniture in the waiting are. One I really like was a Dresden Plate.

Went with my DH to the doc yesterday, in the entry of the clinic was actual sections of quilt pieces in a glass frame on the wall as art work, I couldn't hardly get passed the entry way!!! I was holding up traffic! Still didn't get to see it all.

Yep, my iPhone goes with me wherever I go. The largest medical clinic in the town that I live in has actual quilts all over the halls and in alot of the doctors' offices. My eye doctor always asks me what my current project is when I go to see him. (which I do frequently, because he treats me for episcleritis.)

Absolutely! And then you start looking at the other patients to see which part of their clothing you could chop up and how you could incorporate drapes, nurses' uniforms and what have you. Makes the time fly - even if you look like the village idiot sitting there with the huge grin on your face and that far-away look in the eye. Little do they know!

lol.....all the time. My daughter was playing a game on the computer and she was designing the tile floor. I drew the design out for a quilt with the same colors she used.

I've wondered about the sewing machines in jail myself. (not that I was contemplating anything illegal, mind you!):p

What a good idea! I'm going to cutt up some graph paper right now and put it in a purse pocket.

I am so glad to know I am not alone in this big quilting world....LOL.....everything I look at,become a quilt pattern....when I first started quilting, I used napkins,scrape pieces of paper,begged strangers for pens,pencils,paper,anything,,,,anything,,,,,to get that design ....now I use my smart phone camera.....but sometimes I feel like my brain will explode because all these designs are overlapping each other,,and I can't sort just one out....help....my brain needs a rest.....please tell me I'm not the only one that their brain works "all jumbled up" all the time...LOL...







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