Uh oh - count me as a member of the latter group. On the rare occasion I leave the fabric store without anything at all, it is because I am on a mision for something specific, can't find it, and have my FI in tow - hence no time to browse as we are off to the next location to search. Otherwise though, he will browse with me and has even said in response to my hesitation over buying something just because I like it - "Why don't you get you some?" He is definitely a keeper! He also picked out the fabric for his ionar and can sew - or so his mother says. I am a pattern hoarder too! :-(
Annette M [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 5 Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:29:38 +1000 From: "Elizabeth Walpole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Scientific explaination of my addiction ----- Original Message ----- From: "REBECCA BURCH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <h-costume@mail.indra.com> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 4:59 AM Subject: [h-cost] Scientific explaination of my addiction <snip> > > Sound tests have also revealed that these fabrics emit > a very high-pitched sound, heard only by a select few, > a breed of women known as "quilters". <snip> I think we need to extend this theory, obviously different fabrics are emitting different frequencies and each sewer is sensitive to different frequencies, you see the quilting cottons have never spoken to me but brocades and silks frequently do. Some become quilters because they are sensitive to the frequency emitted by quilting cottons while others become costumers because silk cries out to them piteously. Then there are the poor souls who can hear the sound of all types of fabric and they do quilting, historic costuming, mundane sewing and can't possibly leave a fabric shop without something because one of their addictions will catch them. :-) Elizabeth -------------------------------------------- Elizabeth Walpole Canberra Australia ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au http://au.geocities.com/e_walpole/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume