You'll never believe this

Was in JoAnns a few days ago just looking, wasting time...testing out
the new glasses (definite difference, but NO headaches!!) and I saw the
most disgusting thing they could ever put in front of a
quilter......pre-pieced quilt blocks!! Yep, the entire block put
together already, about $5 per block. All you need to do is buy however
many you need for your desired size, stitche them together into
rows/columns and add the batting/backing

I was glad, however to notice I wasn't the only one disgusted...a lady
and her daughter were in the store looking for fabric for a halloween
costume, and when Mom saw them, she loudly said, "You've got to be
kidding me!!"

Argh!!

Well, maybe this is the way to get my Mother into quilting...who knows?
Mom2, on the other hand, is taking the plunge and
cutting/piecing/birthing her very first quilt as they stay safe in NC
while the hurricanes swamp their area of Florida

Larisa, disgusted, totally disgusted

ummm... to coin the old saying here.. "only in America!"

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Was in JoAnns a few days ago just looking, wasting time...testing out
the new glasses (definite difference, but NO headaches!!) and I saw the
most disgusting thing they could ever put in front of a
quilter......pre-pieced quilt blocks!! Yep, the entire block put
together already, about $5 per block. All you need to do is buy however
many you need for your desired size, stitche them together into
rows/columns and add the batting/backing

I was glad, however to notice I wasn't the only one disgusted...a lady
and her daughter were in the store looking for fabric for a halloween
costume, and when Mom saw them, she loudly said, "You've got to be
kidding me!!"

Argh!!

Well, maybe this is the way to get my Mother into quilting...who knows?
Mom2, on the other hand, is taking the plunge and
cutting/piecing/birthing her very first quilt as they stay safe in NC
while the hurricanes swamp their area of Florida

Larisa, disgusted, totally disgusted



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CNYstitcher wrote:

Was in JoAnns a few days ago just looking, wasting time...testing out
the new glasses (definite difference, but NO headaches!!) and I saw the
most disgusting thing they could ever put in front of a
quilter......pre-pieced quilt blocks!! Yep, the entire block put
together already, about $5 per block. All you need to do is buy however
many you need for your desired size, stitche them together into
rows/columns and add the batting/backing

I saw these too, and I all could do was gag about the ugliness of the
garish fabric choices.

And they weren't even pink or floral. They were chartreuse, orange and
other colors.

-georg

and what, pray tell, is wrong with chartreuse aka lime, orange and shall we
say, hmmmm how bout fuchsia, just to keep the colours all in a lovely combo.

ok, then those on black will really POP!!!
jeanne
spewing at the thot of premade blocks tho and i'm american too, jess
now look at what else THWLTH has to answer for, new debates over the
virture of whats a booooootiful colour and why its always americans that get
the wrong end of the stick, considering every country i've travelled to or
lived in has equally silly things going on there, snort
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"georg" wrote...
CNYstitcher wrote:

Was in JoAnns a few days ago just looking, wasting time...testing out
the new glasses (definite difference, but NO headaches!!) and I saw the
most disgusting thing they could ever put in front of a
quilter......pre-pieced quilt blocks!! Yep, the entire block put
together already, about $5 per block. All you need to do is buy however
many you need for your desired size, stitche them together into
rows/columns and add the batting/backing

I saw these too, and I all could do was gag about the ugliness of the
garish fabric choices.

And they weren't even pink or floral. They were chartreuse, orange and
other colors.

-georg

nzl* wrote:

and what, pray tell, is wrong with chartreuse aka lime, orange and shall we
say, hmmmm how bout fuchsia, just to keep the colours all in a lovely combo.

ok, then those on black will really POP!!!

I don't mind those colors if they are done to my taste.

Those weren't.

-georg

ah ok, u'r off the hook then, lol. had me worried.

now then what is your taste and how were those blocks done?
those of us who've not got access to even see them would love to know, well
i would anyhow.

i'm not one who buys precut vegetables with a sachet of sauce and all you
gotta do is toss'em all in the pan and cook but then thats me.
patchwork is a bit trickier than cooking but theres joy in the making even
when things dont go exactly as you'd hoped. ah well....
jeanne
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"georg" wrote...
nzl* wrote:

and what, pray tell, is wrong with chartreuse aka lime, orange and shall
we say, hmmmm how bout fuchsia, just to keep the colours all in a lovely
combo.

ok, then those on black will really POP!!!

I don't mind those colors if they are done to my taste.
Those weren't.
-georg

Not too surprised, really -it's just one step beyond a pre-cut kit. Wonder
if anybody buys them!
Roberta in D

"CNYstitcher" wrote in message
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Was in JoAnns a few days ago just looking, wasting time...testing out
the new glasses (definite difference, but NO headaches!!) and I saw the
most disgusting thing they could ever put in front of a
quilter......pre-pieced quilt blocks!! Yep, the entire block put
together already, about $5 per block. All you need to do is buy however
many you need for your desired size, stitche them together into
rows/columns and add the batting/backing

I was glad, however to notice I wasn't the only one disgusted...a lady
and her daughter were in the store looking for fabric for a halloween
costume, and when Mom saw them, she loudly said, "You've got to be
kidding me!!"

Argh!!

Well, maybe this is the way to get my Mother into quilting...who knows?
Mom2, on the other hand, is taking the plunge and
cutting/piecing/birthing her very first quilt as they stay safe in NC
while the hurricanes swamp their area of Florida

Larisa, disgusted, totally disgusted

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:29:41 +0200, "Roberta Zollner" wrote:

Not too surprised, really -it's just one step beyond a pre-cut kit. Wonder
if anybody buys them!
Roberta in D

I'll bet they sell quite well. There are people who like the quilting
part of the process, but don't like piecing blocks at all.

Debra in VA

CNYstitcher wrote:
Was in JoAnns a few days ago just looking, wasting time...testing out
the new glasses (definite difference, but NO headaches!!) and I saw the
most disgusting thing they could ever put in front of a
quilter......pre-pieced quilt blocks!! Yep, the entire block put
together already, about $5 per block. All you need to do is buy however
many you need for your desired size, stitche them together into
rows/columns and add the batting/backing

I was glad, however to notice I wasn't the only one disgusted...a lady
and her daughter were in the store looking for fabric for a halloween
costume, and when Mom saw them, she loudly said, "You've got to be
kidding me!!"

Argh!!

Well, maybe this is the way to get my Mother into quilting...who knows?
Mom2, on the other hand, is taking the plunge and
cutting/piecing/birthing her very first quilt as they stay safe in NC
while the hurricanes swamp their area of Florida

Larisa, disgusted, totally disgusted

Ew. Makes me glad I never go in there anymore. (It's not because I'm
too snooty for JoAnn's, it's because the smell of candles and chemicals
and who-knows-what-else in there makes me dizzy.)

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I saw some pre-cut flannel for rag quilts, too. I just don't get it....

kaila