If Michaels would stock fabric, I would love them forever. As it is, unless I want to drive over into Amish country, Jo-Ann's is really my only option around here.

And, @ greengray:
If you price out the religious right, you don't have to listen to them. It's not a great loss, unless you're Wal Mart and they're your "target market".

Which is totally true, but it sucks for those of us who have liberal values and low-income wallets. It's a constant struggle between the realities of the bank account and your morals--but places like Wal-Mart don't care about people like that. We're not squeaky enough or organized enough to make a difference.

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3 favorites of my mom's work:

1. The womb quilt. Renamed by my friends the vagina quilt. It involves lots of layers of velvet, and you can literally climb into it. It's awesome.

2. My side of the bed. It's a massive white satin quilt with the outlines of my parents curled up on their sides, facing away from each other. It's absolutely gorgeous.

3. Snug as a Bug in a Rug. It doesn't actually have bugs on it, but it has loads of little plastic spiders and lizards and snakes sewed onto it in the shape of a house, sort of. It's awesome, and in my mom's metaphorical way quite aggressive and feminists (snakes, to her, are a symbol of defense against rape).

She has lots more. But those are the ones I like best. I've inherited two and I hope to inherit the other.

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If you don't believe in using the morning-after pill, why deny others? If you don't want to look at something that offends you, don't look! My church meets on Saturday because we think that is the true Sabbath day and we don't celebrate christmas or easter. We're not running around picketing everyone who meets on Sunday or puts up a christmas tree, but the reaction we get from others around us would lead some to think we do. I don't want the beliefs of others pushed on me, so how can I push mine on others?

I wish more Americans understood the concept of free will.

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That being said, I think "controversial" quilts are refreshing - I can't think of many young people who are into quilting, but damn that Kathleen Hanna piece made me want to buy a sewing machine immediately.

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I do love nutty old biddies with a sense of humor

I bet she'd be good friends with Gladys "I love Jesus, but I drink a little" Hardy.

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2. The penis one? So not a big deal.

3. I would kill to have the dinosaur one for my wall.

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Hrm... seems like this logic can be applied to many things.

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