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Info Guru |
Our son is very into NASA and space exploration and his birthday is today - he's 15. Grandma made him a NASA quilt along with several other gifts for his birthday. He loves it - been wrapped up in it all day hanging around the house.   The 'does it again' is in reference to this thread about an America themed quilt she made for me: https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...310032364#1310032364 “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | ||
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Your MIL is extremely talented. That looks great! | |||
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That looks great! Like guns, Love Sigs | |||
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Almost as Fast as a Speeding Bullet |
You feel like adopting another kid? I loved my grandmas, buuuut...I am jealous.  ______________________________________________ Aeronautics confers beauty and grandeur, combining art and science for those who devote themselves to it. . . . The aeronaut, free in space, sailing in the infinite, loses himself in the immense undulations of nature. He climbs, he rises, he soars, he reigns, he hurtles the proud vault of the azure sky. — Georges Besançon | |||
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Certified Plane Pusher |
That’s out of this world work! Situation awareness is defined as a continuous extraction of environmental information, integration of this information with previous knowledge to form a coherent mental picture in directing further perception and anticipating future events. Simply put, situational awareness mean knowing what is going on around you. | |||
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| Freethinker |
Amazing works of art! ► 6.4/93.6 “I regret that I am to now die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their country, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons, and that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it.” — Thomas Jefferson | |||
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Very nice, MIL is very talented. The America themed quilt she made for you is beautiful. “There is love in me the likes of which you’ve never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape." —Mary Shelley, Frankenstein | |||
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I don't have any grandmas, soooooo I'm just saying. That looks awesome! ARman P.S. happy birthday to your son. | |||
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Living my life my way |
That is a beautiful quilt. I'm sure that your son will cherish it for a long time. | |||
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Such a loving gesture. If I were you I'ld be talking about you getting cold at night, where she could hear.  ________________________ "Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme" | |||
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| Info Guru |
She has already taken care of me!! https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...310032364#1310032364  “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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That's as high quality work as i've seen! I would imagine that took awhile to finish. Just a guess, but about 100 hours of work? I've seen quilts like that one go for over a $1000 Thats phenominal. | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
That's fantastic! | |||
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Beautiful!! What a talent!! | |||
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| Info Guru |
Thanks guys, I have asked her to guesstimate the time spent - but she usually works on several projects at once so she is not sure. She said she does know that there is no way she could price them where she could actually make money from selling them. She is content to make them for family and friends - she loves knowing how much they are appreciated and cherished. No price tag on that, for sure. “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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I'd still like to buy one like the American quilt!  | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Super cool The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Ammoholic |
I assume it would be in the $400-500 range in order to make it even worth her time. You got something money can't buy, enjoy it. It is a dying skill, you are so lucky to get to benefit from it. But..... If she has any desire to make an Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine |
My wife makes quilts, and her answer is: you can't afford a handmade quilt. There will be $100 worth of material in one, and thirty to fifty hours of assembly time, before the quilting step is reached. It it is hand quilted, add another thirty hours. If machine quilted, that takes a five to ten hours of time and a machine that costs a lot of money. There are computer controlled quilting machines, but they cost like a car. $400 to $500 probably wouldn't even touch it at an hourly rate that pays a quilter a reasonable amount for the skill involved. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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