Friday Wisdom – Quilting

Today is the monthly church quilting group and naturally I know everything there is to know about quilting so here we go:

I know I should write more quilting jokes, but I keep running out of material.

I had to send my sewing machine to a therapist – it was having tension issues.

Life is short, but a fabric stash is forever.

A clean house is a sign that my sewing machine is broken.

I’m writing a thriller novel: Day of the Thread.

I can be a tough person to deal with, I won’t just backstitch down …

When you see me holding a seam ripper, just back away slowly and no one gets hurt.

I took my sewing machine into the repair shop. I told them that the feed dogs are barking.

The needle and thread were so funny that they had the fabric in stitches.

Remember that quilting is a scrap of happiness.

I told my wife my New Year’s resolution, “I will not buy any more fabric until I use up the stash I have.” And then we just laughed and laughed …

If you have a quilt block that isn’t working right – try turning around, maybe it will work left.

Christmas trees are terrible at sewing – they keep dropping their needles.

I know a lady who writes songs about sewing machines, yup, she’s a Singer-songwriter.

Our pastor stopped by our quilting group last month and told us, “as you sew so shall you rip.”

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About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.
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22 Responses to Friday Wisdom – Quilting

  1. I’m so far behind in blog reading, but reading this one today gave me a good laugh. And after being sick for 2 weeks, believe me, I needed a good laugh!!

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  2. LOL! I laughed at all of your jokes, but ones about the eternal fabric stash are actually true. This Christmas I finally sewed a garment out of a piece of fabric I’d bought back in the 80s. One piece of fabric down… that must mean there’s room to buy more!

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  3. Dave's avatar Dave says:

    A fabric stash sounds like our collection of wrapping paper. Another Christmas goes by and it’s still not exhausted. And a seam-ripper looks like a truly terrifying tool. Maybe I should call you “Jack”?

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  4. Boy! I forgot it was Friday! It is after 4:30 pm my time and just now I see your post and realized that we are at the end of the week already! Thanks so much for the smiles! Happy New Year!

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  5. jfwknifton's avatar jfwknifton says:

    Thisx weel it’s the “lady who writes songs about sewing machines” by a long, long, way, in a particularly difficult subject.

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  6. Truth! My brother has declared quilters have at least two hobbies: one is buying/collecting fabric and the other is actually making something with it. The family – including our mom, our sister, and his wife – agrees.
    Thanks for the smiles.

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  7. What fun to share these with a friend who co-owns Off the Rails Quilt Shop (Bondurant, Iowa)!

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  8. These were good, Andrew. I do keep a stash of fabric–well, used to. I finally tossed the entire thing after not touching it for a decade! I should have sent it to you.

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  9. momshieb's avatar momshieb says:

    Oh how I look forward to these!

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