Y'all are all invited!! Really?
My friend & I have started a little quilt group. This is uncharted territory for both of us. We are members in established quilt guilds, but this is a bit different. We have had a good turn out so far, but this week will be interesting. We have one lady with a 'strong' personality. She is great, and has good intentions, but seems to somehow wiggle her way into getting everyone to do what she wants, even if they don't want to do it. My friend and I are both pretty laid back, and try to include everyone. (We don't want to scare off everyone since we are still trying to get a group established.) But I have to tell you, I'm nervous I might say something to offend 'strong' personality girl. She won't quit insisting that we do some patchwork clothing. None of the group wants to do it. My friend & I have gotten e-mails, and calls saying they don't want to do clothing. We all agreed. But this 'strong' personality girl is bringing patchwork clothing to demonstrate!! She sent an e-mail to everyone telling them to all come and enjoy it!!
Tomorrow night will be interesting. Between 'strong' personality girl and this other lady who is so sweet, and nice, but hasn't EVER used a needle (by hand or machine) and she isn't very quick to catch on, I don't know if this group thing will work! Well, my friend & I decided even if it's just the 2 of us, we will enjoy great show and tell nights with really good treats.
Quote of the day- which is really a thought of the day, by way of my son
"What's in the middle of nowhere?
--- the H."
Gratitudes
1. A smile from my 11 yr old son.
2. My smile, because of the 11 year old son.
3. The sound of the lawn mowers
4. My daughter's flower's new blooms
5. Nanna's new puppy- Lulu :-)
Tomorrow night will be interesting. Between 'strong' personality girl and this other lady who is so sweet, and nice, but hasn't EVER used a needle (by hand or machine) and she isn't very quick to catch on, I don't know if this group thing will work! Well, my friend & I decided even if it's just the 2 of us, we will enjoy great show and tell nights with really good treats.
Quote of the day- which is really a thought of the day, by way of my son
"What's in the middle of nowhere?
--- the H."
Gratitudes
1. A smile from my 11 yr old son.
2. My smile, because of the 11 year old son.
3. The sound of the lawn mowers
4. My daughter's flower's new blooms
5. Nanna's new puppy- Lulu :-)
posted by kim at
11:53 PM
6 Comments:
What a dilemma - there's always one isn't there - I guess you can give her the time of day to look at her stuff and then tactfully put it to a secret ballot on whether you all want to have a go maybe giving them two other alternatives to choose from and obviously she won't end up the winner but won't know who to take umbrage with - I think that way you will please the majority without personally hurting her obviously thick skinned feelings - good luck :o)
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Unknown, at 22 June, 2006 02:20
Hmmm, maybe let her show the clothing thing once to get it out of her system, and then say: thanks -- if anyone has further interest, they can follow up with her personally.
Let us know how it goes.
Jeanne
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Jeanne, at 22 June, 2006 10:31
Tell your friend just to hold-on and maybe she can do her patchwork clothing if there's anybody interested. That might put her off long enough for her to really see that nobody wants to get into it like her.
Tell your son...there is a a town, Nowhere, Oklahoma!
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Saska, at 23 June, 2006 13:11
tell your friend to take a hike!
hee hee!!! no seriously
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everything pink!, at 24 June, 2006 19:47
Oh wow, I can empathize with you. I deal with someone just like that. There's one in every crowd. I don't have any advice but will be curious to know how things work out in your situation :)
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Holly, at 25 June, 2006 17:32
Hi Kim! I have a friend who is into patchwork clothing too....when she first came around 10 years ago we were all "nice" to her but definately NOT interested in clothing. Well, guess what! She has opened doors to us that we never knew existed! We can't wait for the Bernina Fashion show, or any other quilt fashion show, and most of us have learned quilting techniques from her that we didn't know before. A person with a strong personality can be awful to be around no matter what she is interested in but maybe she'll grow on you and your friends. Just my thoughts. :-)
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Maureen and P.D. the Pet Dog, at 13 July, 2006 07:35
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