Decorating w/ quilty stuff

Sandy/ragmop, I just saw all of these yesterday in our local school supply/ gift shop. I was with a friend who was buying school supplies & pointed out the santas, snowmen & angles with their quilt pattern robes.

Kris ( in norrthern Virigna)

Well, *darn*! I was hoping to see that he'd have his things at the show in Houston, but I don't see him listed. Neat stuff!

And, yes, my home also says that a quilter lives here. But it's a

*small* home/castle (why should it only be a *man's* home that's his castle?), so a few quilts go a long way. ;)

I have a small tablerunner I made jsut yesterday on my kitchen counter (the pass-through over the kitchen sink that looks into the dining room).

I also have quilts on the wall in my office/sewing room and thimbles and several hanging things people bought me (A wooden heart painted all quilty and says - "If life gives you scraps, make quilts", a quilted tile, a quilt calendar, several ornaments, and so on.

The wooden heart - I made DH cut some out, sanded and painted them myself and stuck a bunch in a Whatchagot Box years ago...

I also have Penny Pennington's coasters laying all over .

Merry

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once

I just showed them to DH, who loved the big 36" Santa. "Get some!" he said! Who am I to go against my spouse's wishes?

Hi there!! Nope, you cant tell I am a quilter when you come in...altho I do have a few quilts laying around. I also have ceramic pieces around, because I taught ceramics a few years ago... the funny thing is I had incorporated some quilt designs in the ceramics I did, (I made a lion with a patchwork coat, and a plate with quilt block pattern, to name a few.)

Thanks for the links to Jim Shore's work, I recently brought my ceramic friend to our LQS and the LQS had some of these items and my friend ooooed and aw'd over them.

Hugs to ya Sandy... Memere Neets

Another subtle beggar! I keep a mess of doggie jerky around just to bribe any dog that might wander by. Taria

I personally like my sewing room floor covered with a fine layer of points-cut-off-from-triangles-while-grading-the-seams. It is quite colorful!

liz in cricket-chirping california

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When I first read this sentence, I thought you were saying that you got rid of the furniture so there would be room for more stash. Dang furniture! Always getting in the way! :-)

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well.....in a way....i am...LOL. i'm also clearing out some of the more "aged" stash to make room for new. Sending out squishies and making more quilts. I'm tempted to just roll around in it...hehe

You mean it's not enough to have quilts all over the place, in various stages of completion, with accompanying sewing boxes and lint all over the floor?

I like the nativity crèche (except they misspelled Jesus and it's sold out!) The plates and mugs are fun too. Roberta in D

My house says someone who sews lives here... All the curtains were made by me (the new ones going in James's room are bought, but I WILL have to alter the length!). There are threads on all the floors and pins and scissors in every room, along with tape measures and... Oh, I give up! There's a sort of 'gloss' of sewing related stuff all over the house! Some quilty, some not!

Hmmmm. Can you have someone video tape that? :D

I don't need to tell you what you can use all that pesky fabric in....

I bought some of these items at a local gift shop for Christmas presents for the quilt group. I'd love the nativity, but it is a little pricey so I'd probably have to get a few pieces each year.

My house definitely says a quilter lives here. My girls say we live in a padded house. I love finding quilting gifts and keep many for myself. At the San Diego quilt show this weekend I bought a Tshirt that says "Quilting is Spreading" with a picture of a quilter's backside. I don't know if I will keep it or give it as a gift. Debra in Idaho