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    Old 07-31-2010, 10:51 AM
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    Pippa----I have a cat named Pippa, named for an old friend. I hope you are as opinionated and talkative as my Pippa-girl! She is a petite kitty with a very demanding personality.....
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    Old 07-31-2010, 01:51 PM
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    Not odd at all, I'm thinking a quilter who doesn't do that occasionally is the odd one. I have an even odder quirk...for years I worked on an IV Team (intravenous therapy) in two separate hospitals. To this day I can't help noticing peoples'
    hands and arms, especially when they have beautiful veins. Now, I don't care who you are, that there's odd in anybody's book!
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    Old 07-31-2010, 02:27 PM
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    Not only do I notice peoples clothes, carpets,flower gardens and the clouds in the sky for quilts but I just got new stone counter top last week and it would make the prettiest batik.
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    Old 07-31-2010, 06:10 PM
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    You are not alone. I see some clothes or any fabric and think - what a cool quilt that would make.
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    nope, I find myself doing that kind of thing more and more. God bless. :D
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    Old 07-31-2010, 07:26 PM
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    You are not alone :-D
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    Old 08-01-2010, 06:50 AM
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    Originally Posted by Joyce
    I know a lot of people like to make quilts out of plaid or striped men's shirts. Bonnie Hunter writes books about it.
    I have just never liked either stripes or plaids, I wish I did.
    Coming from the sewing backround that I do, I would have to have every block exactly on straight of grain.
    That right there would take any pleasure out of the quilt for me.
    Do any of the rest of you have quirks about this?
    'Quirks' implies that there is something odd or strange and I refuse to admit to having strange behaviors. :-P :lol:
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    Old 08-01-2010, 08:29 AM
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    Okay, I'll buy that. So how about we change quirk to aversion.
    I used to make plaid shirts for my husband all the time because he loved plaid.
    I guess I just like florals, paisley, TOT a lot better. However, I do have some large prints that might even be considered Hawaian.
    My quirk comes in that I'm bugged if straight lines are crooked. Some of my girls say that makes it "folksy".
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    Old 08-01-2010, 09:16 AM
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    Originally Posted by Joyce
    Okay, I'll buy that. So how about we change quirk to aversion.
    I used to make plaid shirts for my husband all the time because he loved plaid.
    I guess I just like florals, paisley, TOT a lot better. However, I do have some large prints that might even be considered Hawaian.
    My quirk comes in that I'm bugged if straight lines are crooked. Some of my girls say that makes it "folksy".
    I suppose that is why I haven't used all the plaids I've put into my stash. When I was in high school and college clothing classes, the straight of grain was pounded and ground into our brains so much that I am "very aware" of things off-grain. Some things don't bother me (for instance the border that was off a little on a previous post), but plaids off grain drive me bananas. I would have to fussy-cut those. Hence my big stash of plaids.
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    I began to feel guilty (thinking maybe I wasn't a bonafied quilter) so I searched out some patterns that used plaid.
    OK, I could make some houses with plaid roofs.
    I went to JoAnn's and picked out these little pkgs of homespun, I guess. Plaids that were muted shades and had a string tied around the bundle.
    Brought them home, washed & dried, ironed them while still damp. Was not impressed with flaws, not uniform cuts, etc.
    There still in my stash. Maybe someday...or not :?:
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