Showing posts with label quilt sayings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quilt sayings. Show all posts

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Quilt Sayings

Quilt Sayings

You Know You Are a Quilter When


1. There's more fabric in the house than food.

2. "Fat-quarter" is not the heaviest part of your body.

3. Your ironing board is always set up, but you never iron clothes.

4. You think of your job as an interruption of your quilting time.

5. You pet fabric.

6. People are always picking thread off you.

7. You can measure a scant 1/4 by eye.

8. "Featherweight" doesn't mean boxer.

9. Your "UFO's" are not from outer space.

10. You clean up your sewing room and they think that you are leaving.

11. Life is full of many pieces- why not quilt?

Monday, April 25, 2011

Quilt Sayings (Making a long list)

I love surfing the net and making a list of Quilt sayings for all of us that I find online and also will post some links for more quilt sayings

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF QUILT SAYINGS:

A Lifetime's not too long to live as friends and a quilt is not too small to sew them in!
A quilt is something you make to keep someone you love ... WARM!
A Quilt Will Warm Your Body and Comfort Your Soul
A creative mess is better than tidy idleness
A day hemmed in prayer seldom unravels
A family stitched together with love, seldom unravels.
A family is a patchwork of LOVE.
A yard a day keeps the blues away.
A fat quarter is not a body part
A quilt is something you make to keep someone you love...Warm!
A Stitch in Time saves Nine
A messy house is the sign of a happy quilter
A fat quarter has fewer calories than a hot fudge sundae!
A good friend is like a warm quilt wrapped around the heart.
A family is a patchwork of Love .
A family is quilted and bound with love and grace.
A family is pieced together with hope and faith.
Always remember you're unique. Just like everyone else.
And the quilt tells a story and the story is our past.
Any day spent sewing, is a good day!
Anytime is stitchin' time.
As ye Sew, sew Shall Ye Rip
Asking a seamstress to mend, is like asking Picasso to paint your garage!
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
Behind every sewer is a huge pile of fabric.
Blessed are the piecemakers, for they shall quilt forever!
Blessed are the children of quilters, for they shall inherit the quilts.
Buttons and patches and the cold wind blowing...the days pass quickly when I am sewing!
Caution: Enter this Sewing Room at your own Risk
Count your blessings, stitch them one by one.
Creative minds are rarely tidy
Creative Clutter is better than Idle Neatness
Don't Needle the Seamstress!
Dull Women have Immaculate Homes
Eat Sleep Quilt
Fabricologist Resource Center"...now does that sound more impressive than "fabric stash" ?
Families are stitched together with memories
Families are like quilts, stitched together one piece at a time
Family ties are precious threads no matter where we roam.
Family (Friends) are tied with heartstrings.
Family and friends make a house a home and with a quilt of friends, it will never be cold.
Fat Quarters have fewer calories than a Hot Fudge Sundae
Friendship is sewn with Love and Measured by Kindness
Friendships are sewn one stitch at a time.
From my hands --- to your heart!
God put me on this earth to sew and finish a certain number of things. I am so far behind now I will never die!
Good friends are like Quilts. They age with you, yet never lose their warmth.
Happy Holidays Let us sew Let us sew Let us sew
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's off to sew we go!
Hubby calls me his "sew & sew"
Hug Your Sewing Machine
I love sewing and have plenty of material witnesses.
I feed my soul...by the stitches I sew
I got a sewing machine for my husband! Good trade, huh?
I Think Sew!
I love quilting and have plenty of material witnesses.
If life gives you scraps, make a quilt.
I'm a quilter and my house is in pieces
I'm in therapy and SEWING is cheaper than a psychiatrist.
I'm creative - you can't expect me to be neat too!
I'm in therapy and quilting is cheaper than a psychiatrist.
If I stitch fast enough does it count as an aerobic exercise?
If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
In the crazy quilt of life, I'm glad you're in my block of friends.
It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
Itching To Be Stitching
LOST: Husband, dog, and sewing machine. Reward offered for sewing machine!
Love is the thread that binds us together.
Love, Laughter, and Friends are always welcome here.
Love is the thread that binds us.
May your sorrows be patched and your joys be quilted
May your bobbin always be full!
Memories are stitched with love.
My Friendship Quilt.
My husband lets me buy all the fabric I can hide!
My soul is fed with needle and thread.
My Husband is a Human Pincushion!
My husband said if I buy any more fabric he would leave me ---I'll miss him!
Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
No one is listening until you make a mistake.
Old Quilters never die ... they just go to pieces!
Old seamstresses never go crazy, they just stay on pins and needles!!
One quilting project, like one cookie, is never enough!
Our Patchwork of Friends.
People that are organized are just too lazy to get up and look for it!
Pray for Pieces!
Quilters never cut corners.
Quilters never grow old, they just go to pieces.
Quilting fills my days, not to mention the living room, bedroom and closets.
Quilting with a friend will keep you in stitches.
Quilts made with love age with time, but never lose their warmth.
Quilts are like friends - a great source of comfort.
Ready.....set.....SEW!
Sew Much Fabric, Sew Little Time!
Sew on to success!
Sewing forever, housework whenever!
Share the Love of Sewing!
She who dies with the most fabric wasted a lot of time!
She who dies with the most fabric.....wins!
Slow Moving Seamstress: Fast Moving Thread & Needle!
So much fabric, so little time
Stash Management Flunkie
Stitch your stress away.
The love of sewing is our common thread.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.
They draw us close to those we love and pull our hearts toward home.
Touch these scissors and die
Want to make new friends Become a Quilter!
Warning: This Vehicle Stops at all Fabric Shops
When life throws you scraps, make a quilt
When life gives you scraps....stitch quilts.
When I learned How to quilt... I forgot how to cook!
When life gives you scraps, make quilts
Will work for FABRIC!
You may admire my dust, but please don't write in it!
You are sew special!
You know you are drinking to much coffee when you can thread a sewing machine while it's running!
You're SEW SPECIAL! 


LINKS TO MORE QUILT SAYINGS:
Quilt Sayings and Dedications

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Quilt Sayings & Links to Quilt Sayings

QUILT SAYINGS:

A bed without a quilt is like a sky without stars.
A quilt will warm your body and comfort your soul.
I would rather be quilting.
I'm in therapy and sewing is cheaper than a psychiatrist.
Love is the thread that binds us.
Our lives are like quilts - bits and pieces, joy and sorrow, stitched with love.
Quilt 'til you wilt.
Quilters know all the angles.
Those who sleep under a quilt, sleep under a blanket of love.
When I learned to sew, I forgot how to cook.
When life throws you scraps, make a quilt.

LINKS TO SITES WITH QUILT SAYINGS:

1.  http://www.quiltbug.com/articles/quilty-sayings.htm




Monday, January 10, 2011

91 Reasons for Buying Fabric

91 Reasons to Buy Fabric

1. It insulates the closet where it is kept.

2. It helps keep the economy going. It is our patriotic duty to support cotton farmers, textile mills, and quilt shops.

3. It is less expensive and more fun than psychiatric care.

4. "Oh, it's not for me! I'm buying it for a friend!"

5. My cat/dog needs a fresh, new pile of fabric to sleep on and roll around on at least once a week.

6. Because it's on sale.

7. Okay, it wasn't on sale, but by the time it was, all the good stuff would be gone.

8. A sudden increase in the boll weevil population might wipe out the cotton crop for the next ten years.

9. I'm participating in a contest--the one who dies with the most fabric wins.

10. It keeps without refrigeration, and you don't have to cook it to enjoy it. Also, you never have to feed it, change it, wipe its nose, or walk it.

11. I need extra weight in the trunk of my car for traction on snowy, icy roads. This is important, even in Florida and Southern California, as you never know when the weather will change.

12. Because I'm worth it.

13. It's non-fattening. It has been confirmed by registered dietitians that a fat quarter has 100% fewer calories than a hot fudge sundae.

14. I am working on building a complete collection.

15. Like dust, it's good for protecting previously empty spaces in the house, like the ironing board, the laundry hamper, the dining room table . . ..

16. It's a medical test to see if your husband is still alive. If he is, a fabric purchase will make him start fussing about more fabric in the house.

17. When the Big Earthquake comes, all the quilt shops might be swallowed into the ground and never seen again.

18. Because it's there.

19. It's prettier than salt and pepper shakers.

20. It won't break.

21. A strong interest in fabric purchases will leave you no time to spend in the pool hall or out stealing hubcaps.

22. It's much cheaper to cover the floor with fabric than new carpeting, and you can change the look more often.

23. The devil made me do it.

24. Stress from dealing with the Fabric Control Officer (my husband) made me do it.

25. It's the only remotely artistic thing I have ever done.

26. If all else fails, you can use it for cleaning rags.

27. I'm might set up my own fabric shop and I'll need a starter inventory.

28. To keep the bed from falling down--we all know that most quilters store part of their fabric under the bed.

29. To save a beautiful fabric design for posterity. They might stop making it, and it would be lost to the world forever.

30. Neighborhood children might need just the right color for a scavenger hunt.

31. I need something new for show and tell party games.

32. My friend has more variety than I do, and I have to keep up with her.

33. Because I can't live without it.

34. It fights the empty nest syndrome--my youngest child is getting married, so I have another empty room to fill with fabric.

35. Because this fabric just talks to me and calls my name.

36. It comes in whatever size or quantity you want.

37. It's important to invest in cotton futures.

38. I'm too old to have sex. (This was suggested by a quilter's husband.)

39. I have new shelves for fabric storage, and if I don't fill them up, they won't look right.

40. They get angry when you steal it.

41. It will go with some I bought last year.

42. It's so pretty, and I'll use it some day.

43. I want my daughter to have a proper inheritance.

44. Well-known medical fact: prevents washing machine withdrawal symptoms on light laundry days.

45. Keeps the people who make cardboard inserts in bolts of fabric employed, thus supporting the national economy in yet another way.

46. Assists the little birdies with their nests when scraps, threads, and little whispies are allowed to blow in the wind.

47. Opens up new opportunities for curators and quilt show judges to ply their skills.

48. Opthalmologists recommend quilting to support the sagging eye glasses industry.

49. Without fabric I would have nothing to do with my rotary cutter and my mat and my sewing machine and my iron and my thread and my needles and my quilting books . . . . . (and my time).

50. I'm setting a good example for my children.

51. There's just one more piece I need, and I'll know it when I see it.

52. Buy it now, before your husband retires and goes with you on all your shopping expeditions.

53. Someone else has cornered the market on hog bellies.

54. It does not promote tooth decay.

55. Nobody told me not to.

56. It's raining (sleeting, snowing, hailing, thundering, sun's too hot?).

57. It's not immoral, illegal, or fattening.

58. It calms the nerves, gratifies the soul, and makes me feel good.

59. Buy it quick, before all the good stuff is gone.

60. Surgeon General says: "Ten yards a day keeps the blues away."

61. Step 32 of Master Plan to drive husband crazy.

62. Everybody else does it.

63. "Oh, what a feeling!"

64. A yard a day is all the quilt shops of America ask.

65. If you don't buy it now, you may never see it again.

66. If I don't buy it, my husband won't have anything to complain about.

67. It was awful! I was trapped in the quilt shop, and the only way out was to buy myway out!

68. Unless my fabric stash is reasonably impressive, people might think my family is destitute, and my children would be embarrassed.

69. A large fabric stash is the sign of a creative mind.

70. I owe myself a reward for that half-pound I lost last month.

71. "Because I don't have it yet!"

72 Like dust it's good for protecting previously empty spaces in the house like the ironing board, the laundry basket, the dining room table.

73 Its not immoral, illegal or fattening. It calms the nerves, gratifies the soul and makes me feel good.

74 A metre a day is all a quilt shop asks.

75 I NEED IT.

76 Just a moment I AM THE BOSS - I don't need any reasons.

77. Because I can't live without it.

78. It fights the empty nest syndrome--my youngest child is getting married, so I have another empty room to fill with fabric.

79. Because this fabric just talks to me and calls my name.

80. I have new shelves for fabric storage, and if I don't fill them up, they won't look right.

81. They get angry when you steal it.

82. It will go with some I bought last year.

83. It's so pretty, and I'll use it some day.

84. I want my daughter to have a proper inheritance.

85. Well-known medical fact: prevents washing machine withdrawal symptoms on light laundry days.

86. Opens up new opportunities for curators and quilt show judges to ply their skills.

87. Without fabric I would have nothing to do with my rotary cutter and my mat and my sewing machine and my iron and my thread and my needles and my quilting books . . . . . (and my time).

88. Buy it quick, before all the good stuff is gone.

89. Everybody else does it.

90. If I don't buy it, my husband won't have anything to complain about.

91. A large fabric stash is the sign of a creative mind.