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Old September 12th 04, 03:28 PM
CNYstitcher
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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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Old September 12th 04, 03:51 PM
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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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Old September 12th 04, 04:06 PM
georg
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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

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Old September 12th 04, 04:29 PM
Roberta Zollner
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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



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Old September 12th 04, 06:22 PM
Debra
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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
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Old September 12th 04, 07:14 PM
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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 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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Old September 12th 04, 07:22 PM
Sk8eraunt
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I saw some pre-cut flannel for rag quilts, too. I just don't get it....

kaila
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Old September 12th 04, 07:40 PM
julia sidebottom
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I would think it would be a good way to get a child started quilting
too. If I had something like that as a kid it may have helped me a
great deal to understand how things pieced together. Who knows?
Not now mind you. But who knows?
juliasb

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


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Old September 12th 04, 08:19 PM
Pat in Virginia
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That is not my cup of tea, but it will probably appeal to a
variety of people. Buying commercially made patchwork blocks....
hmm? Is it really any different than piecing your own top and
then paying to have it commercially quilted? I think not. Either
way, I would not feel it was 'completely' my quilt. I do not
fault anyone who wants to work that way though. To each her own!
PAT, who is too frugal to do either any how!

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!!"

....cut...

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Old September 13th 04, 02:04 AM
Ellison
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Howdy!
Thank you, Pat. Good point(s). g
Another choice from the "Quilter Friendly" side.
To each her own, there's a butt to fit every saddle,
& the Quilting Snobs need not apply. VBG


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That is not my cup of tea, but it will probably appeal to a variety of
people. Buying commercially made patchwork blocks.... hmm? Is it really
any different than piecing your own top and then paying to have it
commercially quilted? I think not. Either way, I would not feel it was
'completely' my quilt. I do not fault anyone who wants to work that way
though. To each her own!
PAT, who is too frugal to do either any how!

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!!"

...cut...



 




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