What do you do?
#31
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Hampstead N.C.
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Anyone that has a block that smells like smoke can feel free to pm me and I will get the smell out and use these blocks in a quilt for some good cause. Blocks do not ever need to trashed. I can understand that you may be very sensitive but please feel free to pass the block on to one of us who can do something with it. We will say thank you
#33
In my experience smokers RARELY realize how much they and their stuff reeks of cigarette smell. In fact the smoking itself basically atrophes the sense of smell. It is only when they quit that they realize how much they, their clothes, etc reeked when they come into contact with other smokers once they are smoke free. I truly do not believe they "know" thier block is offensive smelling to a non-smoker.
#34
i'm an ex-smoker, too. but you said, bellaboo, there is no way you would accept that block. well, throwing it away doesn't tell the person who made it anything. so send it back. i rec'd some fabric from a new friend who smokes. i just washed it, voila! no smell, and i am very attuned to the smell of smoke. just because you're angry someone sent you a smelly block is no reason to destroy someone's work. they made the block to share a love for quilting, not to offend you. grow up and deal with it like an adult. if you can't/won't use it, pass it on to someone who can and will.
#35
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: eastern Oklahoma
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I saw on Simply Quilts with Alex one time that if the block is too small just make a small border around it to bring it to the proper size. I tried this and its looks fine. I have passed this on to my quilters. If the block is too big I have taken it apart and sewed it so it came out the proper size. In a group quilt we all made blocks for I am sure the lady who made it would be looking for her block. Never would I of hurt her feelings by leaveing out her block. I hope these tips may help your delimina. Helen
#36
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
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I saw on Simply Quilts with Alex one time that if the block is too small just make a small border around it to bring it to the proper size. I tried this and its looks fine. I have passed this on to my quilters. If the block is too big I have taken it apart and sewed it so it came out the proper size. In a group quilt we all made blocks for I am sure the lady who made it would be looking for her block. Never would I of hurt her feelings by leaveing out her block. I hope these tips may help your delimina. Helen
#38
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: WA
Posts: 412
Well said, I agree with Tartan.
If it's an exchange of friends blocks, I stitch over the seams if they are not secure. If it's the wrong size I set them wonky. Someone on QB set wonky blocks so that the angled pieces came together to form a secondary star pattern. It was great! The different colour choices and skill levels is the whole point to me. I want memories of the friends not perfect blocks. Smelly ones I would gently wash before including it in my quilt.
#39
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"5. When an activity includes swapping fabrics, they should be washed, dried and ironed and cut as precisely as your skills allow. Oranizers should not require they be starched or otherwise treated unless it's essential to success in the type of project involved. Those of us who don't normally prewash should make exceptions when joining in group activities. It's a courtesy to others who may have allergies or other health needs requiring smoke and animal free environments/supplies."
Guess I interpreted it as - one should wash the fabrics -
oops - I've participated in swaps and I have cats. Sorry if this caused a problem for anyone.
It seems like many of you are willing 'to do what it takes' to make a block work as far as redoing.
It does make an exchange a lot more fun when everyone follows the guidelines and all the blocks play more or nicely together. Then one can get right to putting them together.
(I have learned something from almost every block I've received, though.)
Last edited by bearisgray; 05-02-2012 at 05:28 PM.
#40
Be Kind
I would repair, fix and use it, if not in the quilt, maybe in a one block wall hanging.
But I would pm them also and kindly give them suggestions on how to do a better outcome on their blocks. We all had to learn and lets face it, it take practice to get better, but if no one tells us we have to get better we would keep on going the way we quilt and never ever become better.
But always in a kind way.
Robert
But I would pm them also and kindly give them suggestions on how to do a better outcome on their blocks. We all had to learn and lets face it, it take practice to get better, but if no one tells us we have to get better we would keep on going the way we quilt and never ever become better.
But always in a kind way.
Robert
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