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Fat quarter, jelly roll, stitch-in-the-ditch....been there. Our road trips always include lists of quilt shops to stop at. We just got back from Kauai...two quilt shops. She has me so well trained that I had to stop the truck to take a picture when I went by a quilt shop in Sioux Lookout on Sturgeon River Rd on the way into Winoga Lodge on a fishing trip. A couple years ago, for her birthday, we took a 3 or 4 day trip through northern MN, the North Shore and Duluth that included stops at half a dozen quilt and yarn shops. Happy wife, happy life.
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I to am guilty of having some knowledge of quilting and have traveled a lot out through the southwest and up to Utah and back to Iowa. My GPS probably has more quilt shops in it than anything else. I have sat out in the car waiting for her and when she comes out I will tell her to get another order of the same stuff because we are not coming back this way again, and she does get it without hesitation. She really doesn't want me to know what thing cost but after I bought three new sewing machines over the years I know what it costs. But, It keeps her out of the bars for the most part. We do look for quilt shops in Canada on our trips and have been to a handful of them. She has made some nice thing for family members that would not be available in any other way as heirlooms. Later, Jay
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My mom was an avid quilter and I have her sewing machine. Maybe I should post on the swap board so someone here could cover a birthday gift or fishing purchase.
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I know very well how you all feel. I too can talk the talk. The ladies in the quilt shops love it when I go in there and start talking the lingo and asking for very specific items or fabrics. My lovely bride has been at it for about 12 years, has a "studio" in our lower level that use to be our family room. It houses her quilting machine, along with 2 or 3 machines for piecing, 2 pressing stations, a cutting table, full roll of batting (can't run out, you know), and enough fabric to restock most shops. She does rough it though with the corner fireplace, big screen TV, surround sound, coffee bar, etc. Yep, I feel your pain.............and couldn't be happier!
The pic I attached is of her latest quilt for our church's game feed. This was her 10th year making/donating. |
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Any of the ladies making the old fashion thick quilts? Thin ones are pretty but...........
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Greetings,
My wife publishes quilt patterns from time to time. She asked me to review one of her patterns a month or so ago to check for errors. She kept referring to the "right" side of the fabric, without ever referring to the "left" side of the fabric. I asked her about this and she just started laughing at me. Apparently, fabric has a "right" side and a "back" side. Oh, well..... |
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When my wife started getting into quilting she made a lot of light baby blankets. She asked me if I wanted a quilt, and I told her about my favorite one as a kid. She made me a new one. It's jean material on one side and fleece on the other. Roughly the size of a twin bed and weighs about the same as a twin bed.......I love it! I use it like a sleeping bag, in the boat, in the fish house, camping, and of course on the couch
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Huh. You got me, Pooch. I thought "fat quarters" was one of them "euphemisms" for a large backside, and was wondering if he was gonna get his ears pulled....
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My MIL was into quilting as well. Probably one of the most treasured things my wife has is a quilt she received from her mother when we were married. It is a patchwork quilt made out scraps from all of the clothes she had sewn for my wife while she was growing up.
My grandmother did not quilt, but she was very into knitting and crocheting. Like many others have posted, she belonged to a club of ladies that would get together once a week. My Grandpa named the group the "Happy Hookers".... Boy, was he a PjShorthorn Last edited by pjshorthorn; 03-26-2018 at 10:58 PM. |
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I am married to a quilter as well. 10-12 years ago I won a fishing trip to Alaska and on the corner where you turn to go the spit in Homer there was a quilt shop. There 6 of us in the rental van and I was driving, told the other occupants I needed to stop there for 5 minutes and buy some fat quarters. I walked into the shop asked where fat quarters with an Alaskan motif were picked a bundle out paid for them and was back in the van in 5 minutes or less. There were to women in our group and I received a lot of questions about fat quarters and what they were as no one had a clue. Explained what they and we were on our way. Caught a lot of flack about the stop. My wife also loves to take pictures of flowers as well, I took a number of pictures of flowers on that trip as well. When I got home I had a pass for almost a year for buying the fat quarters and taking the pictures, it was worth it.
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