Would you mend my ******
08-21-2010, 03:06 PM
#121
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Originally Posted by KathyAire
Originally Posted by marymild
Have you noticed when you tell people you quilt, they want to know if you will do their mending for them?
Asking a quilter to mend is like asking Picasso to paint your garage.
08-21-2010, 03:22 PM
#123
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Originally Posted by mytwopals
Originally Posted by marymild
Have you noticed when you tell people you quilt, they want to know if you will do their mending for them?
Oh. Did I mention I'm a 50 year old male?
:lol:
08-21-2010, 03:25 PM
#124
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Originally Posted by marymild
Have you noticed when you tell people you quilt, they want to know if you will do their mending for them?
It's all paybacks though since they're all going to take care of me in the fall when I have foot surg. I feel everything is paybacks in one way or another.
08-21-2010, 03:54 PM
#129
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Mend and Sew requests:
I tell them, No, I won't do it, but I will show you how.
They don't care for that.
As to the quilting, the ones who ask me for a quilt fall into 2 categories:
Young adults (girls) in the generation from me, mostly neices, who have not taken care of the quilts that my mom/their grandmother made for them back when.
And people who want me to make them a quilt because I quilt.
To the first, I say No, but I will show you how to make your own quilts. Some of them like the idea, but some of them actually want a quilt made by me, the oldest of Mom's kids. Next best thing to herself, I think.
But I've not seen one person in my generation nor the next one down take care of one of Mom's quilts. Why would I make them one??
To the second, I say, I guarantee you have no idea how much a quilt from me would cost you, really you don't.
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I tell them, No, I won't do it, but I will show you how.
They don't care for that.
As to the quilting, the ones who ask me for a quilt fall into 2 categories:
Young adults (girls) in the generation from me, mostly neices, who have not taken care of the quilts that my mom/their grandmother made for them back when.
And people who want me to make them a quilt because I quilt.
To the first, I say No, but I will show you how to make your own quilts. Some of them like the idea, but some of them actually want a quilt made by me, the oldest of Mom's kids. Next best thing to herself, I think.
But I've not seen one person in my generation nor the next one down take care of one of Mom's quilts. Why would I make them one??
To the second, I say, I guarantee you have no idea how much a quilt from me would cost you, really you don't.
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08-21-2010, 03:57 PM
#130
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My husband always wants me to hem his jeans, last time I told him to take them to the tailors as I broke 3 needles last time I did his hemming. Hopefully he won't ask me again. My son asks to patch his jeans, he doesn't really care how I do it just so the jeans are wearable for his work.
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