Rowdy quilters

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*LOL* Too funny. We have our retreats at the Harrison Hot Springs Hotel and
we have been given a curfew by them if we want to continue to stay there.
There are too many quilters running up and down the hallways at all times of
the night making too much noise (giggling and being silly mostly). Our
sewing area is open 24 hours.

Shirley

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"Kathy Applebaum" wrote in message
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Obviously the Butte-Silver Bow planning commission knows a few of us.

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In message , Shirley Ellen
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*LOL* Too funny. We have our retreats at the Harrison Hot Springs Hotel and
we have been given a curfew by them if we want to continue to stay there.
There are too many quilters running up and down the hallways at all times of
the night making too much noise (giggling and being silly mostly). Our
sewing area is open 24 hours.

You were lucky to find a hotel to let you in at all. Many hotels have a
blanket (excuse the pun) ban on groups of quilters. They've had too many
sewing machines thrown out of windows, swimming pool filters clogged
with threads, and towels stolen for use as batting in baby quilts.
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M Rimmer

M Rimmer wrote:

In message , Shirley Ellen
writes

*LOL* Too funny. We have our retreats at the Harrison Hot Springs
Hotel and
we have been given a curfew by them if we want to continue to stay there.
There are too many quilters running up and down the hallways at all
times of
the night making too much noise (giggling and being silly mostly). Our
sewing area is open 24 hours.


You were lucky to find a hotel to let you in at all. Many hotels have a
blanket (excuse the pun) ban on groups of quilters. They've had too many
sewing machines thrown out of windows, swimming pool filters clogged
with threads, and towels stolen for use as batting in baby quilts.

Like the famous hotel in London... No quilting there! Strange folk
- they objected to quilters cutting little squares and triangles out of
the curtains and bed covers for their quilts...

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Yeah, my husband says that's where he used to go hang out to pick up
loose women. Because, he wanted to find out more about the stitch in
the ditch. That was until he got arrested and thrown in jail. Yeah he
got caught and they said "Book him, Dano!" And Dano said, "It looks
like we got this case all sewed up!"
Gina

Oh, you don't want to go there!

I once took the underground tour in Seattle, where they talked about (among
other things) the sewing machine ladies in the city. Around the turn of the
last century, when Seattle was primarily a logging town, the population was
mostly single men.

One ambitious young woman decided to bring some ladies into town and start a
sewing business, to tend to the men's needs. The business was quite
successful, and the city's fathers wanted to tax the sewing machines, in
order to make a profit for themselves. They didn't make a dime, but they
DID collect the taxes on ALL the machines in the business...


"Regina" wrote in message
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Yeah, my husband says that's where he used to go hang out to pick up
loose women. Because, he wanted to find out more about the stitch in
the ditch. That was until he got arrested and thrown in jail. Yeah he
got caught and they said "Book him, Dano!" And Dano said, "It looks
like we got this case all sewed up!"
Gina

And I often wear my shirt about the Seattle Seamstress Union to shows and
guild. Always a great conversation starter!

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"Mystified One" wrote in message
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Oh, you don't want to go there!

I once took the underground tour in Seattle, where they talked about
(among other things) the sewing machine ladies in the city. Around the
turn of the last century, when Seattle was primarily a logging town, the
population was mostly single men.

One ambitious young woman decided to bring some ladies into town and start
a sewing business, to tend to the men's needs. The business was quite
successful, and the city's fathers wanted to tax the sewing machines, in
order to make a profit for themselves. They didn't make a dime, but they
DID collect the taxes on ALL the machines in the business...


"Regina" wrote in message
oups.com...
Yeah, my husband says that's where he used to go hang out to pick up
loose women. Because, he wanted to find out more about the stitch in
the ditch. That was until he got arrested and thrown in jail. Yeah he
got caught and they said "Book him, Dano!" And Dano said, "It looks
like we got this case all sewed up!"
Gina

Loose women have tension issues?
Roberta in D

"Regina" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
oups.com...
Yeah, my husband says that's where he used to go hang out to pick up
loose women. Because, he wanted to find out more about the stitch in
the ditch. That was until he got arrested and thrown in jail. Yeah he
got caught and they said "Book him, Dano!" And Dano said, "It looks
like we got this case all sewed up!"
Gina

I guess this town is very lucky if this is the biggest, badest issue they
have to deal with, Roque, Rowdy, Quilters! Life is just too short and for
some people a little power certainly went to their heads. Linda In Plano
Tx., putting a silencer on my FW

It made me so mad I wrote a letter to the newspaper:

"Ms. Stauffer,

Wow! The problems getting a house for quilting retreats is almost
unbelievable. I said "almost" because I'm from Montana but now living in
Iowa. I think Montana generally needs to "get a life." My hometown
of Miles City is renown for its fear of anything new or different. It's
cost SE Montana many new businesses and good opportunities and only
encourages people to move away.

I really love Montana. My husband and I were both born there in the
mid-1940's -- both of us to longtime Montanan families. We moved to Iowa
in 1999 for better jobs for him and better health care for me. I have
many health problems and the drive back and forth from Miles City to
Billings was tiring, expensive, and sometimes downright dangerous in the
winter.

I miss home in Montana so much -- my Iowa apartment still doesn't feel
like home.

It was a heartbreaking decision to move away and I still cry thinking
about it. But I doubt we will ever be able to return. Jobs are
well-paying and much more plentiful here. I can just drive across town to
see my doctors. Des Moines is a large city, but has a small town feel.

I wish good luck to Terry Wallace -- it's a great idea and I would love to
attend a quilting retreat in Butte.

I also wish good luck to your Butte-Silver Bow planners. They need to
grow up and "get real." They also need to get their heads out of their
behinds.

Oh, I think I could get my sewing machine oiled enough to make less noise.

Sincerely,

René XXXX"

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"nana2b" wrote in message
news:8ugId.7762$CI6.6223@trnddc06...
I guess this town is very lucky if this is the biggest, badest issue
they
have to deal with, Roque, Rowdy, Quilters! Life is just too short and
for
some people a little power certainly went to their heads. Linda In
Plano
Tx., putting a silencer on my FW