Linda58

You should carry a small album of your quilts with you when you go to fabric stores. And when people say something, pull it out and say, here let me show you some of my hand stitched quilts!!!!
That should shut them up!!

JETTA

fried green tomatoes remember when kathy bates hit the car over and over because the two younger gals took her parking spot after waiting for it?It's called disrespect and that's the way its done girls.

GammaLou

Amen, rapture ready! Don't let anyone get away with 'talking down' to you or anyone you are with. You would think adults would be over their high school hang ups!!

sandpat

Oh I'm sorry that happened to you...I just hate rude people! I usually just turn to them, smile sweetly and say "Pardon me?????, did you say something to me??" They are usually too embarrassed to repeat it, but if they do, then my next response is "why would you say something like that?" They are usually ready to get away at that point.

I really hope your next museum experience will be much better..

judi wess

Shame on that rude person, won't dignify her behavior by calling her a lady. She lost out on the opportunity of talking "quilt" with a young person. The younger quilters can bring a fresh view of the art. The old Bat lost out.

wsquilting

This comment is slightly away from the topic, momski. When I see a quilter with small children, my only thoughts are of how I wish that I began to quilt before age 45. I am positive that I would have been a more contented mom (three sons in four years), with such a great hobby to do in any "me" moments. Plus, I could have taken portable projects to all their hours of sports practices, etc. At our last quilt show, I did express these thoughts to two moms with strollers. I think they thought I was an outspoken 50 something lady too!! :(

polly13

Ahhhh----like a voodoo doll---everytime you stick a pin in, may she yell ouch. Thank goodness most quilters are friendly folks who love to share smiles and kind words.

mirabelle

Well I have read this entire chat and boy has it brought back memories for me. My darling daughter loved to fiddle and play with fabric from an early age. We used to live in an isolated part of the Northern Territory in Australia and one year a patchwork tutor came to our little town to run classes. I told my daughter she was too young to come with me (she was 8 at the time) and when the tutor learned that she wanted to come she made me go home and get her. My DD spent all Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday being taught how to cut fabric and sew it back together to make a cushion. It didn't take long for our house to be overrun with cushions. I even had to buy her her very own sewing machine so we would stop fighting over whose turn it was to sew.
For the next 5 years this tutor arrived and all us patchwork and quilting mad ladies and one very small girl would sew until we were ready to drop. A deep friendship has been formed with this tutor who calls my DD her protege. My DD has made endless quilts, her first when she was 10, quilted jackets, dolls, charity quilts, machine embroidered items.
She is now 27 and says she has been quilting for nearly 20 years, I'm getting old Mum. She has been subjected to the odd raised eyebrow and snicker over the years and her way of handling it was to name drop all the tutors she has met over the years and what workshops and quilt retreats she has attended. Shuts them up everytime.

So Momski I hope you never have to deal with rude and ignorant people again

monetgardening

Hello Momski,

I'm so sorry you had that experience. I love the sewing machine comment. All the comments here on your experience Momski are really great. It's so wonderful that you all are so supportive of one another. You are all a beautiful and loving bunch of people. I'm proud to be part of this group.

Something that has worked for me in the past: pray for the person for a week. Your bad and hurt feelings will be gone, plus you will have done a very good thing, even if you have to prayer for the person through clenched teeth.

I also had a bad experience this weekend with a very rude quilter right here in chat. I was talking about using scraps from the garbage can to make quilts and they came back at me with something very nasty. It hurt and made me feel very sad that someone would do such a thing and I just joined. That experience could have caused someone else to leave the group.

Big Hugs
Marie

mypatookis

Well... I'm from Mariners' country and we don't snicker... shed a tear every now and then... but never a snicker. But then again... what was the snicker for??? Because she was wearing a t-shirt? Please! :hunf: Why do some people feel the need to do that??? Because they are insecure in themselves.

Some people just make me angry... then I have to go to the store and buy fabric to soothe my soul. THAT'S why there are rude people!! To keep us quilting! (not that we need the help) :lol:

And I'm with you on the sewing machine eating the quilts! Munch up! :thumbup: