Last year around this time we brought you some very handy Rules for Living with a Quilter. Now it’s
about time for a refresher course. Let’s take a look at a few more ways to coexist with these creative
creatures:
1. Couch hazards – Always be careful where you sit.
2. Never sit in your Quilter’s spot – Your Quilter chose their spot because it has the best lighting in
the house, and you can just as easily watch Stargate from the dark side of the couch.
3. Competition for horizontal space – Do you like doing puzzles? Stamp collecting? Perhaps
building model ships? You are going to have to find some other place to do that because your
Quilter will use up all of the horizontal surfaces in the house.
4. No sit-down dinners – Get used to eating on the couch or while standing over the sink because
your Quilter needs the dining room table for layering together their latest quilt, and the kitchen
table probably has a sewing machine and a pile of fat quarters on it as well.
5. Never enough fabric – Your Quilter is just as surprised as you are that they didn’t have just the
right shade of green to finish that quilt. Put your coffee in a To-Go cup and have a little trip with
them to the fabric store!