BOB doesn't do "requests"

BOB has NEVER made a quilt -

For someone else -

Let me rephrase that -

BOB DOES make quilts for family and friends -

As gifts -

Which assumes that they WANT one - ;))

But BOB has NEVER made a "commissioned" quilt -

She learned her lesson -

A long time ago -

When a lady she knew -

Asked BOB to make some dresses for her.

The lady paid BOB for the fabric - pattern - time - etc. -

No problem.

BUT when the lady went to try the dresses on -

The lady said that they fit just fine -

But that they were too LONG -

And that she wanted BOB to shorten them.

BOB asked if she was SURE -

That she wanted the dresses cut down -

Because once they were cut -

BOB wouldn’t be able to add it back on.
(See NOTE below.)

The lady said that she was SURE -

And BOB cut them down -

Then -

The lady decided that she wanted -

To wear the dresses with a BELT -

And complained to BOB -

That she couldn’t do that now -

Because the dresses -

Were TOO SHORT!!

BOB gave her her money back -

And has NEVER made anything -

For anyone else again -

Unless it was something BOB wanted to make -

And BOB got to decide the size -

The color -

The design - etc.

BOB believes that -

You can’t please them -

And that -

You can’t give someone what he/she wants -

When they don’t know -

WHAT they want - ;))

NOW -

When anyone asks BOB to make a quilt for them -

She politely declines -

But offers -

To TEACH THEM HOW TO QUILT -

Funny how the person asking -

Is no longer interested - ;))



But then again - it’s probably just me.


**NOTE - And before you ask -
The dress/pattern design was such that it was NOT a typical "just lower the hem" situation. The fabric was jersey knit and the hem was a double top-stitch - trimmed after sewn. The shortening was NOT reversible.