I wish I could be as prepared as some of my customers.
I will still be trying to choose Christmas gifts on December 22nd. And cursing myself.
This is beautifully pieced and will make a great gift for someone.
This backing is a lovely cozy green flannel.
These stupid tomatoes are no longer allowed in the house. There are so many fruit flies zipping around the kitchen that I have to keep a SECOND coaster for my wine and put it on the top of the glass to keep the bugs out. I've now become very adept at picking up the glass and gently sandwiching the top coaster between two fingers and sliding it off while I take aslug dainty sip. So far I've done 15 jars of salsa and 37 (?) quarts of diced tomatoes. Many many people think I'm a bit insane to can my own tomatoes. If they ever googled the 'allowable contaminants in canned goods' they might change their minds.
THE BORDER CHALLENGE and a bit of whining
Back in June I showed you some pics of this quilt, which I made for two different challenges at two different guilds. At the first guild (the Paint Chip challenge) I won zippo. Nothin. There were, I think, at LEAST 15 entries. The winners did great jobs on their projects and their wins were well deserved.
At the second guild (the Border Challenge) I won first prize - a charm pack of red & whites that I can use for the same two guilds' current challenges to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday next year. Yay me!
Now for the whining part...
At the second guild, which is the same size as the first guild, there were FIVE entries. Compared to at least FIFTEEN entries at the first guild. With only five entries there was obviously not a lot to choose from when the ladies voted.
When I walked into the 'challenge room' to look at the entries and fill out my ballot, there was a conversation in progress, in front of MY quilt, that went something like this (I have paraphrased because I was trying to NOT eavesdrop, but they were kinda loud):
Lady A: "Well, the quilting is beautiful but did she quilt it herself, or did she pay a longarm quilter?"
Lady B: "She might have her own longarm."
Lady A: "If she paid a professional then she didn't do the quilting and I would vote for a different quilt."
Lady B: "Even if it she did the quilting herself, that still makes it done by a professional."
I have to tell you, firstly - for courtesy's sake I think the conversation should have stopped when the ladies saw me enter the room, because they know I am a professional longarm quilter, and I think the three of us were the only ones in the room at the time. Secondly, this kind of chatter makes me wonder why I go to guild meetings. It's hurtful and makes me feel like ... like ... dirty somehow.
Am I not supposed to participate? There were FIVE damned entries! Obviously there are a lot of guild members who could not be bothered to appreciate the organizers of the Challenge enough to play along. How do you think they felt after doing all the hard work of putting instructions together every month?
And lastly: the reason the quilting is beautiful? Because I WORKED HARD to make it beautiful.
Rant over.
I will still be trying to choose Christmas gifts on December 22nd. And cursing myself.
This is beautifully pieced and will make a great gift for someone.
This backing is a lovely cozy green flannel.
These stupid tomatoes are no longer allowed in the house. There are so many fruit flies zipping around the kitchen that I have to keep a SECOND coaster for my wine and put it on the top of the glass to keep the bugs out. I've now become very adept at picking up the glass and gently sandwiching the top coaster between two fingers and sliding it off while I take a
THE BORDER CHALLENGE and a bit of whining
Back in June I showed you some pics of this quilt, which I made for two different challenges at two different guilds. At the first guild (the Paint Chip challenge) I won zippo. Nothin. There were, I think, at LEAST 15 entries. The winners did great jobs on their projects and their wins were well deserved.
At the second guild, which is the same size as the first guild, there were FIVE entries. Compared to at least FIFTEEN entries at the first guild. With only five entries there was obviously not a lot to choose from when the ladies voted.
When I walked into the 'challenge room' to look at the entries and fill out my ballot, there was a conversation in progress, in front of MY quilt, that went something like this (I have paraphrased because I was trying to NOT eavesdrop, but they were kinda loud):
Lady A: "Well, the quilting is beautiful but did she quilt it herself, or did she pay a longarm quilter?"
Lady B: "She might have her own longarm."
Lady A: "If she paid a professional then she didn't do the quilting and I would vote for a different quilt."
Lady B: "Even if it she did the quilting herself, that still makes it done by a professional."
I have to tell you, firstly - for courtesy's sake I think the conversation should have stopped when the ladies saw me enter the room, because they know I am a professional longarm quilter, and I think the three of us were the only ones in the room at the time. Secondly, this kind of chatter makes me wonder why I go to guild meetings. It's hurtful and makes me feel like ... like ... dirty somehow.
Am I not supposed to participate? There were FIVE damned entries! Obviously there are a lot of guild members who could not be bothered to appreciate the organizers of the Challenge enough to play along. How do you think they felt after doing all the hard work of putting instructions together every month?
And lastly: the reason the quilting is beautiful? Because I WORKED HARD to make it beautiful.
Rant over.
Those Christmas Trees are so cute.
ReplyDeleteMy husband often comes to quilt shows with me, and I've had to caution him to watch his comments on quilts as the quilter may be lurking. I did this yesterday at the Simcoe Fair for my own quilt....people had nice things to say, but I did hear a couple of times, "oh, it's machine quilted", as if it were now not a real quilt, lol...oh well!
ReplyDeleteSandra, I know what you mean about the husband commenting, LOL. I hear you won Grand Champion in Machine Quilting. CONGRATULATIONS and good luck in Toronto. Neither the Binbrook fair nor the Caledonia fair (maybe Ancaster too?) will allow longarm quilting in the Grand Champion category. They will not get their heads out of the dark ages. Sigh.
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