Reprinted from the Beeline newsletter of the Utah Quilt Guild, Nov. 1991. Also printed in the LGQG Newsletter April/May 1996.
- It insulates the closet where it is kept.
- It helps keep the economy going. It is our patriotic duty to support cotton farmers, textile mills and quilt shops.
- It is less expensive and more fun than psychiatric care.
- Because it is on sale
- A sudden increase in the Boll Weevil population might wipe out the cotton crop for the next ten years
- I’m participating in a contest- the one who dies with the most fabric wins.
- It keeps without refrigeration, you don’t have to cook it to enjoy it, you never have to feed it, wipe its nose or walk it.
- I need extra weight in the trunk of my car for traction on snow or icy roads. This is important even in Florida and Southern California – you never know when the weather will change.
- Because I’m worth it.
- Like dust, it’s good for protecting previously empty spaces in the house like the ironing board, laundry hamper, the dining room table ….
- When the big one comes, all the quilt shops may be swallowed into the ground and never seen again.
- Stress from dealing with the Fabric Control Officer (my husband) made me do it.
- It’s not immoral, illegal or fattening. It calms the nerves, gratifies the soul and makes me feel good.
- Buy it now before your husband retires and goes on all your shopping expeditions.
- A yard a day is all the quilt shops of America/ Canada ask.
