New word in my vocabulary
09-16-2011, 01:18 PM
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The Urban dictionary defines it as a picture that makes an ugly girl look good. Also is a term used by gangs in reference to other members of the same game. It also defines some usages of the word that I chose not to repeat.
09-16-2011, 01:49 PM
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Helen Kelley's THE JOY OF QUILTING is one of the most enjoyable books I have read. It is a collection of short stories about quilting and her adventures. You would all enjoy it.
This is her explanation - "This afternoon I have been taking my 'fankle' apart, bit by bit. A fankle is what Scottish needleworkers call a snarly mess. Until I met people who do large, counted thread pictures and kept their flosses in controlled assortments, I thought that everyone's embroidery threads were in a fankle."
Some days I feel as though my quilting is in a fankle.
Get the book. You will love it! Thanks everyone for guessing!
This is her explanation - "This afternoon I have been taking my 'fankle' apart, bit by bit. A fankle is what Scottish needleworkers call a snarly mess. Until I met people who do large, counted thread pictures and kept their flosses in controlled assortments, I thought that everyone's embroidery threads were in a fankle."
Some days I feel as though my quilting is in a fankle.
Get the book. You will love it! Thanks everyone for guessing!
09-16-2011, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by erstan947
I grew up the phrase "new fangled". Like: Mable got one of those new fangled washing machines.
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