The winners will be posted on the 14th.
Tuesday June 4thSinta from Pink Pincushion http://pinkpincushion.blogspot.com/
Wednesday June 5th Jodi from Pleasant Home http://www.pleasant-home.com/
Thursday June 6th Judi from Green Fairy Quilts http://greenfairyquilts.blogspot.com/
Friday June 7thLissa of ModaLissa http://modalissa.blogspot.com/
Saturday June 8th Amanda of AmandaMurphyDesign http://amandamurphydesign.blogspot.com/
Sunday June 9thAnna of Thimbleanna http://thimbleanna.com/
Monday June 10th Amy Smart of Diary of a Quilter http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/
Tuesday June 11th Kristyne of Pretty by Hand http://prettybyhand.com/
Wednesday June 12th Sherri of A Quilting Life http://www.aquiltinglife.com
Quilting is my life, I had a dream once that I got called into the Principal’s office because my son called someone a fat quarter. I did get called in at a later date for him looking up a girl’s skirt on the playground.
When I worked and taught at a quilt store, sometimes my students would call my home asking quilting questions. My family was comfortable thinking they could answer. If they were asked, about how much yardage should they buy? The standard answer was, “I think 1/2 yard would be plenty.”
I once was blamed for our foundation issues.
Well after all my fabric stash was on that side of the house.
Do you let people use your good scissors to cut paper? What about using a rotary cutter to cut pizza? you know who you are… Quilting is my life.
If all your Christmas stocking are made from
quilts, then quilting could be your life.
Quilting is my life.
My daughter is a preschool teacher and uses my rotary cutter and mat to cut her poster board graduation caps for her "graduates". I always make sure that I have gotten good use out of the blades before letting her use them.
I can't think of a time when my quilting supplies were misused, but I have been know to tell my kids or husband to walk through the room bare footed because I can't find a needle. They never fall for it.
After using my good scissors to make greeting cards, my granddaughter now owns her own scissors in my sewing room along with other supplies. But the best "borrowing" went on when my husband (who does model railroading) saw my Wonder Clips. He let out a very audible "Oh, boy" and asked if he could have a few. That was a great excuse for me to buy more! He also has been using my stiletto, pins (I gave him his own), and after seeing me use Thread Heaven, now has his own little box of that too. He does know to never go near my scissors 🙂
My quilting supplies are closely guarded but I did have once incident. My son was 3 1/2 and I was sewing a quilt for my unborn daughter. He got a hold of my sewing sissors and cut into some fabric I had hanging from the ironing board. Fortunately, he did not cut himself and he cut a border piece so I was able to sew another section in. From then on the sewing sissors are placed up high even if I am just leaving the room for a moment. He is now 8 and my daughter is 4 and they both want to learn to quilt, knit and cross stitch from me.
My 2.5 year old likes to "make a quilt" by sticking little scraps of fabric on my design wall. I need to make her her own design wall!
My sweet hubby used my rotary cutter with a brand new blade to cut rags! Now I mark the old blades so he can use them anytime he wants.
When my kids were growing up, everyone sewed! My 2 daughters and my son all had their own used Singer sewing machines, did their own mending, made puppets, gorgeous flowered pants before anyone else dared….and I was thrilled!
My sis-in-law and I share crafting knowledge, including knitting, sewing, and quilting. Love sharing my love of crafts with those who appreciate it!
I just bought my son his own sewing kit because he wants to applique one of his designs onto a cape for a costume. I'll be spending some time this summer teaching my two youngest kids the basics.
The last thing my husband borrowed from my sewing area was my acrylic ruler. Last winter, he used it to measure the depth of the snow to settle an argument.It was thought to be the best implement because the person measuring cannot produce a false reading.
PS I won! I said the snow was 6" deep and it was.
We had some friends over the other day, and they have very imaginative daughters. They pulled my long pins from the cushion, set up a bunch like they were the audience, and another bunch close together with a pumpkin pin cushion sitting atop. The pin cushion was the president…the remaining pins were his audience=)
My kids are grown, and my husband knows what's good for him, so I don't think they raid my sewing room for their own purposes. But the one thing that does get used by all of us is my Magna Cart hand truck. I bought it to help me get my sewing machine to quilt class, but it's ended up helping in several of my kids' moves. I highly recommend those! Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
My son is actually a very good sewist at the age of 38, he makes long shorts out of crazy fabrics for himself and a few select friends, as they are quite desirable and he does a very good job matching the prints at the zipper, which he also installs very well! He uses all my stuff and it drives me nutz! He is very creative and also screen prints tee-shirts in his man cave in the garage. My rotary cutter, rulers, and mat are always out there when I can't find them!!! UGGG Thanks for the chance to win!
My husband once used my BRAND NEW rotary cutter to cut the leather of his belt off to make it shorter! Why couldn't he just pick up the old one at least! Mburnette912@bellsouth.net
fun!! As far as I know when any of my sisters or mom uses my quilting supplies, it's strictly for quilting and sewing. Unless it was something they didn't tell me, because I would be pretty upset. I Make sure my good fabric scissor does not get used for anything but fabric.
Well, my daughter considers her dog Abby a part of HER family and Abby used an applique quilt I made for my daughter as lunch one day when not put in the kennel.
I caught my husband trimming the dog with my good fabric scissors. He said (in his defense) …it's not paper! It's hair!
My sweet son used many fabric pieces to make school diaramas (sigh) and that was many many years ago. I love Sherri's book – thank you for the opportunity!
I am lucky enough to have dedicated quilting room these days so my family does not use my stuff really but my kids go to a large school with a lot of walkers. As a result of that, during our limited good weather there are a lot of bikers, boarders and scooters. The boards and scooters go in metal wire bins during class time and are packed. So, to quickly differentiate my kids scooters we wanted to tie something on them. I did not have ribbon so we grabbed a length of leftover binding strip and tied that around the handle joint. Now I just look for the blue strip and can quickly find my son's scooter among a hundred or so very similar or identical, mostly silver scooters!
My son made a quilt aged about 7 and entered it in the local Eisteddfod. I cut and pressed, he did the rest.
My daughters are creative but none of them is quilting or sewing. I hope the day will come 😉
My son, who will be five next month, has used some of my fabrics to start a few sewing projects of his own. I let him use my Singer 201k sewing machine as it is easy to work by hand (although it has a motor too) and to date has made a little pillow and quilt for his teddy and is working on a quilted sleeping bag for our summer holidays (we'll be camping). I help him cut, I press and he does all the sewing.
My family knows better than to touch my fabric scissors – heads will roll. However, push pins, quilting pins, safety pins, masking tape, packing tape bits of fabric, batting, finished quilts have all disappeared into their rooms. They have never been interested in my iron. Maybe if I had daughters instead of sons, things would be different.
I have 3 grown boys who are not the least bit interested in my quilting supplies, but I have a girlfriend and we are constantly exchanging our goodies! Thanks for the giveaway!
No one in my family quilts or even sews, but they do enjoy the fruits of my labor. I hope to teach my granddaughter to sew/quilt one day.
No one touches my stuff. But if I ask my daughter to hand me the scissors to cut something she needs, she knows not to get the bigger ones I use for only cutting fabric!
seems like my cutting mat gets used for lots of projects by my husband and older kids 🙂 Easy to square paper projects up on it. But they always seem to dull my blade 🙁
My cats use my fabric as nesting spots. My little Bitsy loves to climb the shelves and nestle in!!
Well I have had to hide my stash from my scrapbooking daughter who thinks Fabric is a replacement for Paper in the scrapbook world. I do not let her take much as much as she wishes, since I am a fabriholic… LOL thanks for the chance to win. (PS. I did teach her how to sew but she did not take to it like I had hoped, maybe when she grows up more, ( ugh she is almost 40?)
I guess it would have to be my daughter using my good scissors to cut paper. She's 23 now, though, so I don't have that problem anymore. Also, she always asks now, before she take anything out of my sewing room. Thanks for the chance. I enjoyed your pictures.
HI! YES, WE'VE HAD SOME DISAGREEMENTS OVER THE USE OF THE "GOOD SCISSORS' AT OUR HOUSE>NOW ALL IS WELL! THANKS FOR SHARING!
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We have recently done some remodeling in our home. I remember trying to cut a piece of veneer with the "old" rotary cutter, and using the rulers when marking ceramic tile. But, don't touch my scissors, either.
sons always liked for me to use my machine alphabet to put their names into various items of theirs. husband uses a thin strong needle to remove splinters with the help of my Dazor magnification lamp that I use for appliqué and sewing small things. everyone is very cautious of my sewing supplies!
Ms Cha Cha Cat uses spools of thread as cat toys, strips of fabric as air streamers and she has made lots of cat beds with stacks of fabric.
one of my grand girls made me a pin cushion at my house and said it was for some one else, and then gave it to me for christmas
Nobody, and I mean nobody, gets near my good scissors. My family knows they will get the stink eye, of they do.
My scissors, even tho I have some that are in the kitchen for everyone to use, they seem to find my good ones! UGH! jillfroelich@yahoo.com
Years ago my husband used my 6×24 inch ruler and broke it. I'm still not sure, what he was measuring with it. I was so upset he never used any of my quilting supplies again. I think at the time I only had 2 rulers. It seams like a million years ago, I have SO many different rulers now.
No one uses my quilting supplies. I guard them. However, I use my mother as a quilt hanger for my photos. lol.
I am so so lucky because my husband mum a nd also my kids buy me supplies and push me into this wonderful world…i would like to share with them this new passion of mine…love to have Sherry ebook as in Spaini can not buy it…
They don't use mu stuff now that I have my sewing room although I did catch my son using my scissors to cut rubber stencil for his work one day and my husband cutting old credit cards with my quilting scissors. They never done it again. I love the look of that book. Thanks for the chance to win it.
I keep my sewing supplies in my sewing room and no one enters there except the cat. I have had issues with the cat crawling on or under my fabrics while trying to lay them out.
Well, I don't have any stories that are as entertaining as MonaLissa's. This one is more, ummmm….bittersweet, and I don't share it that often. It's about my Grandmother, Laura, who was my role model, (didn't sew or cook), but was the sweetest, funniest and smartest woman I've ever known. When she was in her 80's and 90's, she lived in Manhattan, and I would meet her for dinner and we would laugh our heads off. She had the most generous spirit of anyone I have ever known. I only hope someone remembers me that way, and then I will know I have fulfilled my purpose in the world.
Anyway, one of the first things I made was a quilted pillow, which I gave Grandma Lo when she was alive. We would sometimes refer to her as Grandma Lo. And of course, my very first quilt matched it, and was for her too. I hand quilted the pillow, but I tied the single bed quilt that matched. I was just about to do the binding, and she passed away at 91. My mom said to me, "you know, she would have loved this quilt, you put so much love into it. (I recently found a photo of it). So my mom decided that we should bury her in it, and we did.I know that part of me and my love and admiration for this amazing woman will be with her for eternity.
Hi! Thank you for your sweet drawing! I live in a third world country and when birthdays and holidays come around it can be difficult or extremely expensive to find wrapping paper or gift bags. My older children have used scraps from my fabric stash to wrap gifts for people.
ha ha love your post i cut out in the kitchen so my rotary cutter has definately been used for "other" purposes. i just tell my husband he gets to buy me a new blade then:)
It seems I am always chasing my scissors down! And I have bought my sons numerous pairs for themselves. I have two teenage sons, and once I caught my youngest son cutting his dirt bike TIRE with my Ginghers!!! He was changing his tires and was trying to get one off the rim and was cutting thick RUBBER! Omg, I was so mad! But I think we will all miss those days when they are grown and gone…
My husband has used my rotary cutter and mat to trim up a sign for his Aerobatic Club trailer. My granddaughters like to play with my scraps when they visit too. Thanks for the chance to win Sherri's book.
Wish I had a better story to tell, but like so many others, everyone knows to stay away from the quilting supplies and tools. My cutting table does seem to be the collect-all spot for various items, though… Would love to win Sherri's book. Thanks!
When my son was 11, he decided to sew a bag (without checking with me first). He used my serger, or should I say he broke my serger. It has never worked the same since! He still has an interest in sewing 🙂
Love your blog. Hope to win the Quilting Life book. Lots of projects I need to make. TY pathol1@hotmail.com