Diana Tavis - All Comments

re: The Bag 08.08.08

Diana Tavis — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:11:10 GMT

not yet. Keep watching the front page of the main website for the countdown....

Diana

re: Driving with the left foot.

Diana Tavis — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:45:06 GMT

I am so sorry to have missed you. Please pop your head in the office door. If you see my huge white truck with The Quilting Cottage signs on it in the parking lot. I am here. I look forward to seeing you.

re: The Bag 08.08.08

QuiltFriendly — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:36:18 GMT

Ooooh I am reading all your threads! Did I miss the Biggest sale of the year! I hope not!

re: Driving with the left foot.

QuiltFriendly — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:25:10 GMT

I love your blog! Every once in awhile I walk in and ask who is Diana? Your girls in front - whom I LOVE - tell me that you are the dark haired skinny girl! Some time you should come out and meet us. Maybe a quilting cottage newsletter signing! LOL

BTW - I would not come into your store if it was not for the girls up front. Even though it seems you get new people in often - they are still very nice! I hope you are paying them well. And PLEASE tell them thank you for the great customer service! A Rochester Quilting Cottage Fan!

re: fabshop mailing 08.13.08

Patsy — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:45:01 GMT

Quilting to me is like painting. I can no longer paint due to surgery on my hands but I can sure take fabric and do what my heart and mind see. When I complete something for a friend or family member, there is such joy in my heart.

A friend just recently brought me to tears when I handed her a quilt that I hand made as a wedding gift. She had joked a couple of about me making her a quilt if she ever married. I never said anything but filed the remark away and came up with a blue and white sampler for her. I wrote on the label, "Something Borrowed, Something Blue." She cried and said that was the best gift anyone ever gave her.

Thank you for reading our hearts and minds.

Patsy

re: guest post 07.03.08

Patsy — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:36:13 GMT

I can identify with this as a friend begged my to save a quilt that someone else had started for her but that person had never made a quilt before. I told her that I would try and when I saw the shape of the quilt top knew that it would take all my fiber to try to save the quilt. It took a year to finally do something and my friend was so happy that I have saved her quilt. It warms your heart to see what love you give a friend.

re: fabshop mailing 08.13.08

Diana Tavis — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:54:34 GMT

That is a wonder ramble of your own.. Whenever I drive into town I am stopped frequently by either a quilter that does not know me or one that does. The warmth I receive is astounding. I thank you for all you are. Keep the Rambles coming as well.

Have a wonderful day

re: fabshop mailing 08.13.08

scrapinrorie — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:42:34 GMT

I was recently talking with a good friend that is an avid and very creative fellow scrapbooker. He asked me why I thought that quilting was more fun than the scrapbooking I used to constantly be engrossed in. I gave him the following analogy. A quilt is fun to make, as is a scrapbook. A quilt is beautiful to look at, as is a scrapbook. A quilt is a way to preserve family history, as is a scrapbook. For us singles, making a quilt is a way to spend time that might otherwise be lonely hours, as is a scrapbook. There is however at least one difference between the two. A quilt is usable. A scrapbook sits on a shelf. Also, if you don't happen to have the significant other to cuddle with a blankie still works much better than a scrapbook. He had to concede.

My 27 year old son was recently in a serious bicycling accident, and is currently needing 24 hr care. We are all taking our shifts amidst work and other duties. Naturally, since the accident, I've not been able to spend time like I normally would in my sewing room, and was missing it. As I was caring for my son the other day, I noticed that one of the quilts he was using to prop up his leg was one that I had recently finished for he and his wife, and he was resting his weary head on one of the matching pillowcases. As tears began to flow, I was again sweetly reminded of why I quilt. The quilts become a comfort to those that we love when times are hard and life does not turn out like we had planned. I can't thank you enough for your ramblings, they are helping to sustain me as I continue on life's pathway.

Sincerely,

Rorie

re: March 2008

Diana Tavis — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:08:25 GMT

I am glad I can bring a bit of joy to your day. Sometimes the only thing a person can do is start laughing. O.K. I can look rather funny when I start laughing by myself in the middle of a parking lot... At least it gets em through the day... :)

Diana

re: March 2008

eweneeqknitter — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:24:50 GMT

Your "whoopsies" made me laugh. Though I know at the time it doesn't feel funny. Seems like you always know before you leave the house, that it will be that kind of day. Next time I get the whoopsies I'll think of this and laugh.

Renee

re: January 2008

Diana Tavis — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:35:16 GMT

I would also like to note that the chocolate she was about to go get was probably the 10th one that day! I am so glad they didn't have sugar in those little balls.

Diana