Quilts

[cjsmith]

Rob, don't read this unless you're sitting down and not in control of a vehicle.

On my way to an appointment, I stopped by a store I'd seen many times: Whiffle Tree Quilts. I had fifteen minutes to browse. I didn't buy any fabric. (Oops, there he goes: that *thunk* was Rob hitting the floor.) I sure did see some beautiful colors, though! :-)

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[layer.livejournal.com]

i used to work right around the corner from whiffle tree. man i love that place. had to stop going. too many tubs of fabric i'm not using.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Truth! I'm half proud of and half ashamed of my ginormous fabric stash.

[chubbycore.livejournal.com]

hah, so i suppose I shouldn't offer you any of my fabric stash . . .

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*whimper*

[otterpop58.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I've got a good friend (since 1981!) in Los Altos. We were at Stanford CS together, then at Adobe, so she's both techie and artsy. She's an award-winning art quilter. You might have run across her on your own. Linda Gass (http://www.lindagass.com/) -- check out her stuff.

My apologies to Rob if you start doing hand dyed silk :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I've seen photos of her stuff in quilting books. She likes the colors I like -- blues and greens and purples, all rich and thick. I ADOOOOOOOOOORE that aerial view quilt on her web site! I had never seen that one before!

[shadopanther.livejournal.com]

Ah... I had not heard of that quilt store before. I may have to take jemstone's mother over there to check it out. (I've not yet done any quilting -- but she has done a couple of queen size quilts & some lap quilts. The other quilter in the family, my sister, is much further away in Tennessee.

-- Shadopanther

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm presuming you've heard of Eddie's Quilting Bee, on Castro in Mt. View. If you hadn't, now you have. :-) Eddie's is larger. Whiffle Tree seems more friendly on first visit.

[rfrench.livejournal.com]

I saw pretty colors, too...during my concussion.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Better not tell the FAA that you pass out when I talk about fabric! :-)

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

The concept of Rob reading LiveJournal while in control of a vehicle is amusing in itself.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

He has a Treo, so I suppose it's at least technically possible.

I did not know you quilted...

[aelfie.livejournal.com]

or at least were a fabric junkie.

What about sewing machines? I saw a nifty sparkly purple featherweight machine at the SF quilting show this weekend that I really wanted, but couldn't justify.

Want a really expensive fiber hobby? Try needlepoint.

Re: I did not know you quilted...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, a big time fabric junkie and sometimes I even make quilts out of some of it. :-)

Sewing machines don't really do it for me. I suppose that's a good thing! Those are a bunch of money at one shot!

WAITAMINIT whythehell aren't you on my friends list? Okay, THAT'S fixed!

Re: I did not know you quilted...

[aelfie.livejournal.com]

Yea sewing machines can be really expensive. That really cool purple featherweight was over tweleve hundred bucks. But it was a "functioning antique" and just waaaaay too cute.

I'm not so much of a fabric junkie. Although if I find fabric I really like, I buy it and tell my mom "Here do something with this." I'm still waiting for the quilt I picked out the fabric as our wedding present. =)

I love quilts, I just don't wanna make 'em, I'd rather buy them =)

Re: I did not know you quilted...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Sometimes my mom buys fabric she really likes and tells me "do something with this". She's wising up though.

As I'm sure Rob would tell you, I buy too many quilts as well. :-)

Re: I did not know you quilted...

[aelfie.livejournal.com]

No such thing as too many quilts, its a problem of not having enough display space.