Quilts/wall hangings in the bathroom
10-29-2011, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by ghostrider
I'm sorry, but hanging something for sale in a public restroom is just plain dumb. It degrades your work and it's asking for trouble, framed or not...theft, slashing, disfiguring, absorbing odors, splashed fluids, any number of things.
It doesn't matter how small and friendly the restaurant is, the owners cannot guarantee 100% "niceness" in their customers.
Think about it, would you buy a quilt that had been hanging in a public bathroom for who knows how long? When was the last time you went shopping in a restaurant bathroom??
Sorry to be so blunt, but I think it would be a real mistake. Besides the physical danger, it gives the impression that you do not think very highly of your own work.
It doesn't matter how small and friendly the restaurant is, the owners cannot guarantee 100% "niceness" in their customers.
Think about it, would you buy a quilt that had been hanging in a public bathroom for who knows how long? When was the last time you went shopping in a restaurant bathroom??
Sorry to be so blunt, but I think it would be a real mistake. Besides the physical danger, it gives the impression that you do not think very highly of your own work.
10-29-2011, 08:27 AM
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I live in NYC. If it isn't bolted down, it's GONE! A restaruant wanted to display my bird carvings. I said NO.....they were not in a place that was totally secure, and anyone could just walk away with one! (they take months to carve and are very expensive)
If it is a small quilt, and you can frame it under glass........that might be OK. In a bathroom, unframed, that is just too tempting to a thief!
Remember, thieves walked away with quilts from the Houston Quilt Show a few years ago. A lot of quilt shows have losses! YIKES!!
If it is a small quilt, and you can frame it under glass........that might be OK. In a bathroom, unframed, that is just too tempting to a thief!
Remember, thieves walked away with quilts from the Houston Quilt Show a few years ago. A lot of quilt shows have losses! YIKES!!
10-29-2011, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by A1penny
I live in NYC. If it isn't bolted down, it's GONE! A restaruant wanted to display my bird carvings. I said NO.....they were not in a place that was totally secure, and anyone could just walk away with one! (they take months to carve and are very expensive)
If it is a small quilt, and you can frame it under glass........that might be OK. In a bathroom, unframed, that is just too tempting to a thief!
Remember, thieves walked away with quilts from the Houston Quilt Show a few years ago. A lot of quilt shows have losses! YIKES!!
If it is a small quilt, and you can frame it under glass........that might be OK. In a bathroom, unframed, that is just too tempting to a thief!
Remember, thieves walked away with quilts from the Houston Quilt Show a few years ago. A lot of quilt shows have losses! YIKES!!
10-29-2011, 11:38 AM
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I have a tiny quilt about 5X5 on a wire hanger in my bathroom. It was a little cheater block that I did hand embroidery on and machine quilted. It was too small for a regular room and just right for beside the mirror in the bathroom.
10-29-2011, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ghostrider
I'm sorry, but hanging something for sale in a public restroom is just plain dumb. It degrades your work and it's asking for trouble, framed or not...theft, slashing, disfiguring, absorbing odors, splashed fluids, any number of things.
It doesn't matter how small and friendly the restaurant is, the owners cannot guarantee 100% "niceness" in their customers.
Think about it, would you buy a quilt that had been hanging in a public bathroom for who knows how long? When was the last time you went shopping in a restaurant bathroom??
Sorry to be so blunt, but I think it would be a real mistake. Besides the physical danger, it gives the impression that you do not think very highly of your own work.
It doesn't matter how small and friendly the restaurant is, the owners cannot guarantee 100% "niceness" in their customers.
Think about it, would you buy a quilt that had been hanging in a public bathroom for who knows how long? When was the last time you went shopping in a restaurant bathroom??
Sorry to be so blunt, but I think it would be a real mistake. Besides the physical danger, it gives the impression that you do not think very highly of your own work.
10-29-2011, 04:04 PM
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I don't think I would want to sale one to someone when it had been on a bathroom wall. Soapy water, and therefore, germs would be splattered all over it. I wouldn't want to buy one that had been on a public bathroom wall either. Just too much chance for germs.
10-29-2011, 04:59 PM
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I have a few quilted wall hangings in bathrooms. I have no issues with it at all. I think they're pretty and I like them. It brightens up the room.
After we move to our new house, I'm planning on making a bunch of quilted wall hangings and ones for the bathrooms are on the top of my to do list.
After we move to our new house, I'm planning on making a bunch of quilted wall hangings and ones for the bathrooms are on the top of my to do list.
10-29-2011, 05:14 PM
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I have a quilt in each bathroom 'section'. You do need to wash and dry these now and then, so don't use anything on it that isn't machine washable. Virtually every quilt store I have been in (all over the country) has one or more quilts in the bathroom. It's not a big issue. If it 'walks away' just replace it with a new small quilt.
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