tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post6836402978277883653..comments2024-02-15T02:13:25.912-08:00Comments on Michele Bilyeu Creates With Heart and Hands: Quilting in America 2010 Survey ResultsMichele Bilyeuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15979296861999606692noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-77938638147686521192010-11-24T11:31:40.643-08:002010-11-24T11:31:40.643-08:00I totally agree with the lady who said she has cut...I totally agree with the lady who said she has cut back on her magazine subscriptions. So have I. Part of the reason is to reduce clutter...less is really more. The home organization and decluttering class I took at the community college really has paid off :) But another reason is that after a while all the patterns start to look the same. After quilting for 25 years, it is quite possible I have seen it all and there is nothing new under the sun. I'm noticing the patterns in magazines are just slight variations of traditional patterns and nothing I couldn't figure out on my own. Likewise, my creative inspiration is coming from fellow bloggers. America is full of amazing creative women and what I wouldn't do to have some of them sit around my kitchen table on a Friday night quilting and knitting. <br /><br />And don't you just hate those publishers who feel the need to seal their magazines up in plastic. It's a magazine people, not plutonium!!!! And just not worth taking the chance that you will get it home, break into it, and there will be not one pattern in there that you would even remotely consider making. Sorry Fons Sorry Porter but it stays on the store shelf...unless of course someone who thinks like me has been there before me and ripped into the seal without setting off alarms so I can manage to take a peak at the top secrets in there. <br /><br />Another reason I dump quilt magazines is when they get political or start commenting on controversial social issues or pushing an agenda. Then it's time for me to cancel my subscription. I quilt to escape the real world :) Spare me the controversy and politics and let me go to my Happy Zone please :)Celtic Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05655039645702397425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-64132611667406202612010-06-15T12:34:18.444-07:002010-06-15T12:34:18.444-07:00interesting information Michele. I've gotten r...interesting information Michele. I've gotten rid of all my magazine subscriptions. I'm tying to cut down on the excess household stacks. Most things I've been inspired by lately have been shown on blogs that I visit...like this one. Thanks for stopping by for a visit. I'm glad you are getting back to normal..whatever that is.deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495753587207547865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-12652988802964468162010-06-14T06:46:14.213-07:002010-06-14T06:46:14.213-07:00I fit some of the average, but the household incom...I fit some of the average, but the household income???? I don't think so! I'm retired! Oh, and the fabric, how much?? I have been quilting for a very long time. How interesting!!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446695925503861609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-76178540528262423622010-06-14T06:06:58.608-07:002010-06-14T06:06:58.608-07:00I think for the first time in my life I could be c...I think for the first time in my life I could be considered average--only just a wee bit older than the 62 years old! *grin* and poorer!Pattilouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17517413155581097319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-73475440311779448192010-06-14T06:02:22.442-07:002010-06-14T06:02:22.442-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Pattilouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17517413155581097319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-32347177060928022442010-06-14T03:48:35.219-07:002010-06-14T03:48:35.219-07:00me either
i'm liberated hear me roarme either<br />i'm liberated hear me roarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-15402236469315369322010-06-14T03:37:06.679-07:002010-06-14T03:37:06.679-07:00I am sooooo not average!I am sooooo not average!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297120705946568283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36789084.post-30093657270531744522010-06-14T03:04:43.708-07:002010-06-14T03:04:43.708-07:00That's really interesting. I'm surprised ...That's really interesting. I'm surprised that they didn't mention blogging, and meeting quilters from around the world.Shelina (formerly known as Shasta)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03290945204269323129noreply@blogger.com