A wonderful time to be a quilter!

[Betty J.]

Hi all. I was thinking about it after I heard Alex say something about hoping they never stop making freezer paper. I, too, hope they never stop making freezer paper. But I have a bunch of other things I hope they never stop making that makes my quilting better:

Freezer Paper
Children's washable glue and glue sticks
blue painter's tape
spray starch
Rowenta travel irons
printer fabrics and the printers that make them work, plus inks
Angelina fibers
hot-fix crystals
and lately I'm into oil stick paints...just a little bit


Then there's all the great quilt-specific things like the fabulous threads, wonderful battings, the wide selection of fabrics, and new advanced sewing machines, titanium needles, rulers and cutting mats, and on and on

Isn't it a wonderful time to be a quilter? What is your most favorite item you hope they don't stop making?

[Paula D.]

Alas, the Rowenta travel iron, the one we know and love (and bought a few on ebay in case mine breaks....) is no longer being made!! I believe they came out with a newer version, but I haven't seen it. Why can't they leave "great" alone???

[Margo C.]

QUILTING BOOKS!!! I know I have enough to last a lifetime of projects, but the next one is going to be good, too!! :roll:

[Eileen K.]

I've found lots of friends here. Can't beat that!!
eileenkny

[Gloria H.]

The local quilt shops :!: :!: :!: If we don't have them, where would we be. Nobody on-line can tell me when my fabric selection stinks (or is fabulous) and a multitude of other equally important things. Oops, I guess the question pertained to making stuff but I still stand by my comment.

[Gloria H.]

I know they will not make more of what I am thankful for - Ricky, Alex, Justin and John. I am so glad these four took the giant leap into cyber space and brought us this website. They have allowed us all to know one another all around the world. They have dragged some of us kicking and screaming into a new world of forums, twitters, facebooks and uploads. I thank all four of these forward thinking quilters and quilter supporters for the effort they make to keep us all happy, educated and entertained. Love to all. Betty Ann

[Jill B.]

I agree Margo QUILTING BOOKS ther is always just that next one, and of course PATCHWORK PATTERNS I have about 2 folders full BUT I always seem to see just that other pattern.....perhaps one day I would have made at least some of them......

Ciao for now Jill :wink: :wink:

[Barbara C.]

TQS, thread, Shades Soft Fuse, BOM's, charm packs. The list goes on and on!

Barbara

[Barbara C.]

TQS, thread, Shades Soft Fuse, BOM's, charm packs. The list goes on and on!

Barbara

[Barbara C.]

Everyday, I browse Flickr quilt related photo pools. So, I hope that my free Flickr account never goes away. The Flickr Pro accounts used to be free to AT&T Yahoo customers and now it is not.

[Lynn K.]

When I think about what was available when I made my very first quilt (1964) in my little hometown of Kadoka, South Dakota.........

and what is available NOW at most LQS............

it makes me feel like my grandparents must have felt getting a telephone..........

and my parents felt having air travel become affordable...........

and my generation learning we can 'google' anything we want to know.......

and also makes me wonder what else is left to discover? ha

Lynn :roll:

[Betty J.]

Great point Lynn! What is left to discover...I often think about my grandmother, who would be well into her hundreds today if she were alive and what SHE would feel if she could come to my home today and see my gadgets. She made quilts, but with 11 children, and more than 40 grandchildren (and my Mom was the youngest daughter), I didn't get any of them. They were utilitarian but lovely traditional scrap quilts. One wonders what she would think about my wall art quilts...I wonder if she'd laugh at their impractical nature. :lol:

[Lynn K.]

Yes, it is quite a different world, isn't it? Sometimes I do wonder at the 'frivolity' we are able to have - I'm not wishing it away mind you - but we have such a life of ease compared to those who were living 100-200-300 years ago, whether America, Europe, Austrailia, Japan, Russia....oh, now I'm in trouble because I know I haven't named all the countries/continents that are represented on TQS! tee hee

And if we want to really get introspective, there are still large parts of our planet earth where getting food to mouth takes the whole waking day.

Yes, we are so fortunate, aren't we. Better get to work on that gratitude list again.

[marilyn s.]

fewer and fewer quilt police !!!!

[marilyn s.]

I absolutely love love love being able to go on-line for designs and patterns. Even if I'm not crazy about something I download it anyway. Ya never know-it may strike my fancy somewhere s
down the road. I have an external hard-drive to keep all my quilty stuff in!