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Posted by Karen, Queen of Squishies on October 14, 2009, 8:54 pm
Taria wrote:
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> Lately it seems I am ready to let go of the quilts I am working on.
> My problem is dh. He doesn't want me to give any of them away
> to anyone but him! Since my mom passed he is my biggest fan.
> I have a lot of quilts at this point. There isn't a lot more room to
> store more. Maybe you just need to make more for yourself?
> Taria
Hmmm. OK!!!!
Karen, Queen of Squishies
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Posted by Jack Campin - bogus address on October 14, 2009, 8:04 pm
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> I have decided to make a confession, right out here in the open.
> Sometimes I dilly dally around getting the final touches finished on a
> quilt. Because. I'm just not ready to part with it yet. I want the
> person to have it, yes. I made it for them. But I have a bad tendency
> of getting attached to my quilts. And I sometimes hang on to them
> longer than is absolutely necessary. There. I feel much better now.
> Coming right out in the open with it is good.
There is an opera about this.
Check out the plot of Paul Hindemith's "Cardillac" (1926).
What happened to Cardillac after he confessed wasn't pretty.
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Posted by Karen, Queen of Squishies on October 14, 2009, 8:54 pm
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> There is an opera about this.
>
> Check out the plot of Paul Hindemith's "Cardillac" (1926).
>
> What happened to Cardillac after he confessed wasn't pretty.
>
> ==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === <http://www.campin.me.uk> ====
> Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557
> CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts
> ****** I killfile Google posts - email me if you want to be whitelisted ******
Oh dear.
I'm afraid to look.
Karen, Queen of Squishies
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Posted by Anne Rogers on October 14, 2009, 11:56 pm
I'm the opposite, I rarely give quilts away, I think because I'm worried
about the standard of my work and that the gifts won't be appreciated.
The first quilt I gave away was to my parents, I wasn't there when they
received it and other than a brief thank you on the phone, it's never
been mentioned since. Another time I worked hard to finish the binding
on a double bed size quilt to get it on the spare room bed in time for
the next lot of guests arriving, which happened to be my parents and
they didn't even want it on the bed!
I think I just need to be more thoughtful who I give quilts too! We hope
to go to the UK at Christmas time, it would be great if I could find the
time to finish some quilts that I didn't plan a purpose for when I began
them and gift those to other family members.
Cheers
Anne
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Posted by Dr. Zachary Smith on October 15, 2009, 8:03 am
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> I'm worried....that the gifts won't be appreciated.
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> ....other than a brief thank you on the phone, it's never
> been mentioned since.
Aren't these the risks we all take whenever we make a gift?
It's another in the long list of life lessons they don't teach in
schools. ;-)
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> Another time I worked hard to finish the binding
> on a double bed size quilt to get it on the spare room bed in time for
> the next lot of guests arriving, which happened to be my parents and
> they didn't even want it on the bed!
> I think I just need to be more thoughtful who I give quilts too!
BINGO! ;-)
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> ....it would be great if I could find the
> time to finish some quilts that I didn't plan a purpose for when I began
> them and gift those to other family members.
Just don't be surprised when history repeats. ;-)
Doc
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> I'm the opposite, I rarely give quilts away, I think because I'm worried
> =A0 about the standard of my work and that the gifts won't be appreciated=
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> The first quilt I gave away was to my parents, I wasn't there when they
> received it and other than a brief thank you on the phone, it's never
> been mentioned since. Another time I worked hard to finish the binding
> on a double bed size quilt to get it on the spare room bed in time for
> the next lot of guests arriving, which happened to be my parents and
> they didn't even want it on the bed!
> I think I just need to be more thoughtful who I give quilts too! We hope
> to go to the UK at Christmas time, it would be great if I could find the
> time to finish some quilts that I didn't plan a purpose for when I began
> them and gift those to other family members.
> Cheers
> Anne
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> My problem is dh. He doesn't want me to give any of them away
> to anyone but him! Since my mom passed he is my biggest fan.
> I have a lot of quilts at this point. There isn't a lot more room to
> store more. Maybe you just need to make more for yourself?
> Taria