Quilting Pet Peeve
01-14-2012, 08:58 AM
#81
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 44
Originally Posted by mlsa
Good Morning Ladies
I can relate to most of those peeves. My latest peeve is getting 40% - 50% off coupons from Joannes and the store has permanent 30% signs on their fabric which means the 40% - 50% coupons are worthless for most of the fabric.
I do use the coupons for other things but I purchase more fabric than accessories.
I can relate to most of those peeves. My latest peeve is getting 40% - 50% off coupons from Joannes and the store has permanent 30% signs on their fabric which means the 40% - 50% coupons are worthless for most of the fabric.
I do use the coupons for other things but I purchase more fabric than accessories.
01-14-2012, 09:39 AM
#82
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Southwest Kansas
Posts: 4,820
Originally Posted by Mazda
I guess my pet peeve is BAD instructions!
I think this is the one thing that irritates me the most. I have run across some really bad instructions and designers that over complicate things just because they can. I've actually redrafted whole patterns and rewritten instructions before I even get started cutting! I should have just designed it and written it myself!
01-14-2012, 10:21 AM
#83
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Las Vegas NV
Posts: 181
DeeMail... LOL. Thank you for you comments on the people that ask you to work on garments. I have been telling them I do not sew on garments. But you are so right, why not tell them it $30.00 and up, and be done with it. Your comments are priceless. Thank you. That was one of my biggest pet peeves people not wanting to pay for your time.
01-14-2012, 10:28 AM
#85
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 212
I would have to say that right now my "Mainest" pet peeve is having to share my sewing room with my 22-year-old son. On Friday evenings I really look forward to coming home and disappearing into my sewing room. But since August when DS decided to commute to college, I get home to a horrible mess in my sewing room. So first I have to clean up at least a 12 pack of empty Coke Zero cans, throw away his spit cups, clean all of his paperwork, ear buds, cell phone parts, hair bands, etc. off of my ironing board, clean ashes off of my cutting table, return the hot sauce and dirty dishes to the kitchen, pick up his dirty clothes and the million pairs of socks he has borrowed from his dad, stow his laptop, cds, and various papers, roll his weights under the table, and move any number of other items to uncover my tables. By the time I've got all of this done, my sewing haven has become a sewing hell because I'm so stressed out and upset. And I usually STILL manage to get a sock stuck in the wheel of my sewing chair! LOL
And he's a really good-natured kid that runs to the LQS for me on a regular basis, never batting an eye at the really wierd notes I write to the shop ladies about how cute he is, etc. But we've had the "keep my sewing room neat" conversation so many times now!
And on Saturdays, since he works nights, I can never get in there until 2 or 3 pm. YUCK! That means I SHOULD clean, but I don't - I read quilting blogs!
My other pet peeve is when I pick out fabric and the shop lady brings 4 other quilters over to tell me why I shouldn't use what I've chosen. Granted, I am a newbie quilter, but my color tastes are not like theirs. I always bow to their experience because by the time they finish with their complaints about my choices, I am so embarassed that I'm wishing the floor would open up and swallow me. This ALWAYS happens at one of the two stores in my area - I now very seldom go there.
And he's a really good-natured kid that runs to the LQS for me on a regular basis, never batting an eye at the really wierd notes I write to the shop ladies about how cute he is, etc. But we've had the "keep my sewing room neat" conversation so many times now!
And on Saturdays, since he works nights, I can never get in there until 2 or 3 pm. YUCK! That means I SHOULD clean, but I don't - I read quilting blogs!
My other pet peeve is when I pick out fabric and the shop lady brings 4 other quilters over to tell me why I shouldn't use what I've chosen. Granted, I am a newbie quilter, but my color tastes are not like theirs. I always bow to their experience because by the time they finish with their complaints about my choices, I am so embarassed that I'm wishing the floor would open up and swallow me. This ALWAYS happens at one of the two stores in my area - I now very seldom go there.
01-14-2012, 10:33 AM
#86
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Richmond, VA
Posts: 601
Originally Posted by beadywoman
I would have to say that right now my "Mainest" pet peeve is having to share my sewing room with my 22-year-old son. On Friday evenings I really look forward to coming home and disappearing into my sewing room. But since August when DS decided to commute to college, I get home to a horrible mess in my sewing room. So first I have to clean up at least a 12 pack of empty Coke Zero cans, throw away his spit cups, clean all of his paperwork, ear buds, cell phone parts, hair bands, etc. off of my ironing board, clean ashes off of my cutting table, return the hot sauce and dirty dishes to the kitchen, pick up his dirty clothes and the million pairs of socks he has borrowed from his dad, stow his laptop, cds, and various papers, roll his weights under the table, and move any number of other items to uncover my tables. By the time I've got all of this done, my sewing haven has become a sewing hell because I'm so stressed out and upset. And I usually STILL manage to get a sock stuck in the wheel of my sewing chair! LOL
And he's a really good-natured kid that runs to the LQS for me on a regular basis, never batting an eye at the really wierd notes I write to the shop ladies about how cute he is, etc. But we've had the "keep my sewing room neat" conversation so many times now!
And on Saturdays, since he works nights, I can never get in there until 2 or 3 pm. YUCK! That means I SHOULD clean, but I don't - I read quilting blogs!
My other pet peeve is when I pick out fabric and the shop lady brings 4 other quilters over to tell me why I shouldn't use what I've chosen. Granted, I am a newbie quilter, but my color tastes are not like theirs. I always bow to their experience because by the time they finish with their complaints about my choices, I am so embarassed that I'm wishing the floor would open up and swallow me. This ALWAYS happens at one of the two stores in my area - I now very seldom go there.
And he's a really good-natured kid that runs to the LQS for me on a regular basis, never batting an eye at the really wierd notes I write to the shop ladies about how cute he is, etc. But we've had the "keep my sewing room neat" conversation so many times now!
And on Saturdays, since he works nights, I can never get in there until 2 or 3 pm. YUCK! That means I SHOULD clean, but I don't - I read quilting blogs!
My other pet peeve is when I pick out fabric and the shop lady brings 4 other quilters over to tell me why I shouldn't use what I've chosen. Granted, I am a newbie quilter, but my color tastes are not like theirs. I always bow to their experience because by the time they finish with their complaints about my choices, I am so embarassed that I'm wishing the floor would open up and swallow me. This ALWAYS happens at one of the two stores in my area - I now very seldom go there.
01-14-2012, 11:28 AM
#87
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Midwest City, OK
Posts: 143
People who feel free to ask me to make a quilt and think it's going to cost $10 or $15 and then act really surprised and hurt when I tell them how expensive it really is to make a quilt. They usually gasp and say "oh, I can't afford to pay that much for a quilt", as if they think I'm going to donate everything over and above their $10 or $15 price they had in mind, or asking me to alter or remake a garment. I inform them that I don't do alterations for other people. Also, people who want a embroidery job done for nothng just because they know I have an embroidery machine.
01-14-2012, 01:01 PM
#89
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: washington
Posts: 1,424
Originally Posted by ShiAnnF
I was wondering what is everyone's pet peeve for quilting. My #1 pet peeve is seeing the little tiny threads lying around I cannot stand that and pick one up whenever I see one. My #2 pet peeve, and I know none of you have this problem, is ripping out what I just sewed. Someday I will learn to pay more attention to my sewing!!!!!!
01-14-2012, 01:16 PM
#90
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Southeast Missouri
Posts: 1,980
1) Not realizing the bobbin is empty and being so proud because I finally got that blankety...blankety seam straight!
2) Not being able to get that blankety seam straight!
3) Ripping seams because of stupidity.
4) Putting wrong side against right side when it should have been right side against right side.
5) I'm sure there's more. LOL!!
2) Not being able to get that blankety seam straight!
3) Ripping seams because of stupidity.
4) Putting wrong side against right side when it should have been right side against right side.
5) I'm sure there's more. LOL!!
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