THE QUILTIN’ TIMES ARE A-CHANGING

by CindyThury Smith 1999

For our Great-Great Grandmothers,
 in quilting times past—
A frugal quilter had to scrimp, make every scrap last—
 Today wasting fabric is not such a crime—
Today what’s scarce is a quilter’s TIME.
Patterns used to travel with pioneers going west—
Now we swap and share instantly on the Internet—
Once templates were traced, fabric carefully scissored—
Now we slice multiple layers, we’re all Olfa wizards.
At one time a two fabric quilt was a sign of status—

Now Watercolor quilts have hundreds of prints comin’ at us—

Quilters used to gather at small local quilting bees—

Now we congregate at conferences, national teachers to see. Like our Great-Great Grandmothers our lives are busy, we’re stressed—

But with the beauty of our quilts, we feel we are blessed—

As with Great-Great Grandmother, our quilting serves many goals—

To give warmth, grace our homes, and feed our souls. The following 10 rules for quilt teachers were the result of various discussions on the Quilt Teachers list. We were discussing proper attitude.

Quilting Quotes

Quilting Quotes

1. A bed without a quilt is like a sky without stars.
2. A day patched with quilting seldom unravels.
3. A quilt is a treasure which follows its owner everywhere.
4. Asking a quilter to mend is like asking Picasso to paint your garage.
5. Ask not what your fabric can do for you, but what you can do for your fabric.
6. Before Prozac, there was quilting.
7. Blankets wrap you in warmth, quilts wrap you in love.
8. Blessed are the children of the piecemakers for they shall inherit the quilts!
9. Blessed are the piecemakers.
10. Cooking is for those who don't know how to quilt.
11. Dull women have immaculate sewing rooms.
12. Dying to Quilt!
13. Every quilter has a masterpiece within.
14. Finished is way better than perfect!
15. Friends are like fabric - you can never have enough!
16. Friends are threads of gold in the quilt of life.
17. Good friends are like Quilts. They age with you, yet never lose their warmth.
18. I am a material girl.  Wanna see my fabric collection?
19. I am a quilter and my house is in pieces.
20. I'd rather be stitchin' than in the kitchen!
21. If there are no Quilting Bees in Heaven, I ain't going!
22. I love quilting and have plenty of material witnesses.
23. I'm creative. You can't expect me to be neat too.
24. I'm not messy. I'm creative!
25. In the crazy quilt of life, I'm glad you're in my block of friends.
26. I only think about quilts on days that end in "Y."
27. I only quilt on days ending in "Y."
28. I've spent most of my life making quilts. The rest I've just wasted.
29. May all of your ups and downs in life be with a needle and thread.
30. May your sorrows be patched and your joys quilted.
31. Measure TWICE, cut ONCE.
32. My soul is fed with needle and thread, my body with chocolate!
33. Old quilters never die, they just fray away.
34. Old quilters never die, they just go batts.
35. Old quilters never die, they just go to pieces.
36. Our lives are like quilts - bits and pieces, joy and sorrow, stitched with love.
37. Piles follow me everywhere.
38. Procrastinate.  It frees up time to quilt!
39. Put your foot down and quilt!
40. Quilters aren't greedy, they're just materialistic.
41. Quilters come with strings attached.
42. Quilters cut corners.
43. Quilters affect eternity; they can never tell where their influence stops.
44. Quilters know all the angles.
45. Quilters lead pieceful lives.
46. Quilters make great comforters.
47. Quilters never cut corners.
48. Quilters touch the past and the future.
49. Quilting is a gift you give yourself.
50. Quilting is cheap therapy.
51. Quilting is happiness, lack of it is sadness.
52. Quilting is like love.  Enter it with abandon or not at all.
53. Quilting is my passion...chocolate comes in a close second.
54. Quilting with a friend will keep you in stitches.
55. Quilts are like friends - a great source of comfort and warmth.
56. Quilt 'til you wilt!
57. Remember, people will see your quilts long after you are gone. . .  Not your housework!!
    [Thank you, Robyn!]
58. So many quilts, so little time.
59. The one with the most fabric at the end, WINS!
60. There's nothing more exciting than starting a new project.
61. There is no wrong time for quilting.
62. Those who sleep under a quilt, sleep under a blanket of love.
63. To quilt or not to quilt, DUH!
64. What I make with my hands, I give of my heart.
65. When I learned to quilt, I forgot how to cook!
66. When life gives you scraps - make a quilt.
67. When life goes to pieces - Try Quilting!
68. Will work for FABRIC!
69. You can always tell a quilter from the threads she wears!

Its just another day!

I've always been one for family traditions and spending time with family on holidays!  But after the blow up with the free loaders on easter holidays for me are now different.  Yeah I've had plenty of people send me happy mothers day wishes but in all honesty its sucks right now!  My day has been pretty much another day.  Woke up fed the kid and the cat and started cleaning then put together my new grill I bought and now sitting here doing absolutely nothing!  Yeah I'll go down to my grandmas later after everyone has left and visit for a few and give her her present but its just not the same!  I've done good with it just being another day all morning until now that everything is done and I"m just left to sit here and think.  


But on a final note Happy Mothers Day to everyone!  I'm off to go find something to clean!

At this point in my life lyrics - Tracy Chapman

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day everyone!  And since I just have to be different here's some tie dyed roses I found!

Aren't cute!  Ok I know I'm weird but what can I say I like the being different!  LOL!  Hope everyone has a great day!

Snow

That word has become a four letter word in my language lately!  I'm really begining to hate the stuff!  We've had so much of it lately that I'm just plain sick and tired of the crap!


Today I had to get out to go to the store and in the process got the car stuck and being stubborn and independent that I am said I can get the car unstuck myself!  Well I did but I am now paying for it because I screwed my shoulder up major!  It hurts like hell!  I can't move my shoulder at all and I have a knot the size of a softball just below my shoulder blade!  I swear being stubborn and independent isn't always a good thing!  But I did learn 2 things today I can get my car unstuck when need be and the next time it happens to call DAD!  LOL!  I will never ever ever do that one again! 

And it's snowing yet again!  I really hate that crap!  Bad part is we have a chance of up to 10 more inches of the crap tuesday night through wednesday!   Seriously how much longer until spring?

Thompson Square - Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not