Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Would You Rather -



Fight a polar bear or a grizzly bear? That is how my summer was spent, playing the; would you rather game. One of my jobs at work is to oversee the summer interns that work for us. I work in ag research so we spend many an hour outdoors taking samples, monitoring fields etc. The very first day one of the kids asked the above question and thus the summer of would you rather, began. At times I thought I was going to go crazy from this silly game as they would argue as to who had the right answer and then google what they felt was the correct answer on their Iphones to support their argument. The game seemed endless as they never ran out of questions to ask. The very last day they worked one of the last things said to me by one of the boys was a would you rather question.
Summer is gone and we are in the middle of winter and the game continues to haunt me. For Christmas one of my superiors at work placed a wrapped gift on my desk and told me to open it on Christmas day. It was the boxed game of Would you Rather? How funny that these kids are still bringing a smile to all of us months later. So welcome 2012, I think I will start off with my own game of Would You Rather? Let me know your answers.
Would you rather Hand quilt or Machine quilt?
Would you rather use batik fabrics or plaid fabrics?
Would you rather machine piece or appliqué?
Would you rather take a quilting cruise or a weeklong quilt along at home with friends?


You don't stop playing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop playing.

20 comments:

Alice said...

Would you rather Hand quilt or Machine quilt? Hand quilt
Would you rather use batik fabrics or plaid fabrics? plaid
Would you rather machine piece or appliqué? appliqué
Would you rather take a quilting cruise or a weeklong quilt along at home with friends? at home

Thanks for the 25 days of Christmas and Happy New Year

The Calico Cat said...

Would you rather Hand quilt or Machine quilt? HAND
Would you rather use batik fabrics or plaid fabrics? PLAID
Would you rather machine piece or appliqué? PIECE
Would you rather take a quilting cruise or a weeklong quilt along at home with friends?
CRUISE

Brenda said...

Would you rather Hand quilt or Machine quilt?both. I can't decide.
Would you rather use batik fabrics or plaid fabrics? er...plaid.
Would you rather machine piece or appliqué? applique
Would you rather take a quilting cruise or a weeklong quilt along at home with friends I've never been on a cruise, so I'll go with that. will there be chocolate? ;)

Rachaeldaisy said...

Hand quilt, Plaid, machine piece though I would like to spend some time learning to do applique well, a cruise just because I've never been on one and they sound like fun.

Kathy in FL said...

Would you rather Hand quilt or Machine quilt? Machine quilt.
Would you rather use batik fabrics or plaid fabrics? Batiks.
Would you rather machine piece or appliqué? Machine piece.
Would you rather take a quilting cruise or a weeklong quilt along at home with friends? Quilt along at home with friends.

Thanks for the 25 Days of Christmas, too!

Taryn said...

I would rather be quilting than working. I'll take any of the options you present.

mamifleur said...

Would you rather Hand quilt or Machine quilt? HAND
Would you rather use batik fabrics or plaid fabrics? PLAID
Would you rather piece or appliqué? PIECE
Would you rather take a quilting cruise or a weeklong quilt along at home with friends?
at Home with friends!
Thanks for the wonderful old quilts for the 25 Days of Christmas !
Happy New Year 2012 .Mamifleur

Teri said...

Would you rather Hand quilt or Machine quilt? Machine - it's faster, can get more done.

Would you rather use batik fabrics or plaid fabrics? Batik I guess, but I like plaid.. it's different

Would you rather machine piece or appliqué? machine piece, but hand applique

Would you rather take a quilting cruise or a weeklong quilt along at home with friends?
would rather be at home with friends than trapped on a ship. maybe if the ship had a bunch of my friends though...

thanks, I enjoy reading your blog

Nines said...

Macine quilt, batiks, piece, a quilt along with friends. But all the options were good!

Melanie said...

Would you rather Hand quilt or Machine quilt?Machine Quilt
Would you rather use batik fabrics or plaid fabrics? Plaids-- by the dozen...
Would you rather machine piece or appliqué? Toss up..probably Applique
Would you rather take a quilting cruise or a weeklong quilt along at home with friends?
Weekend at home home...my own bed is a big deal...

Love seeing others choices.. Thanks for starting this....

quiltmom anna said...

I would rather machine quilt and piece quilts. I love batiks so that question is a no brainer for me and I think I would rather have a weeklong retreat close to home but then I have never been on a cruise at all.
It is interesting to see people's preferences.
Happy New Year to you and yours.
Regards,
Anna

Cactusneedle said...

Would you rather Hand quilt or Machine quilt? hand quilt
Would you rather use batik fabrics or plaid fabrics? plaid fabric
Would you rather machine piece or appliqué? applique
Would you rather take a quilting cruise or a weeklong quilt along at home with friends?
weeklong quilt along with friends

Cactusneedle said...

Oh, wait! Much as I like sleeping in my own bed, the cruise would be better - no cooking, cleaning.... just quilting!!!!

Laura said...

Loving all the answers!!

Dorothy said...

1.Someone else does my quilting, then the quilt isn't ruined.
2.Never Batiks. There's not 1 in my stash. Ugh!
3.I love applique-ing by hand.
4.A week long quilt-along at home, with friends what could be better than that. A definite Yes! with a maid and chef too. Perfect!

Sherry said...

Ok, I'm a little late to the party, but here goes:

HAND QUILT
with
BATIKS
with a side of
MACHINE PIECING
during a
WEEK LONG QUILT A LONG WITH FRIENDS

Will you be letting us know YOUR preferences???

Laura said...

My preferences are definately, hand quilt, plaids, applique and week long quilting with friends as I definately have the bestest quilt friends!

Caron at Michigan Quilts said...

Would you rather Hand quilt or Machine quilt? Hand quilt
Would you rather use batik fabrics or plaid fabrics? batik
Would you rather machine piece or appliqué? machine piece
Would you rather take a quilting cruise or a weeklong quilt along at home with friends? cruise (I've never been on one)

Quilter Steph said...

Would you rather Hand quilt or Machine quilt? Machine only because it's faster to get something done
Would you rather use batik fabrics or plaid fabrics? plaid
Would you rather machine piece or appliqué? machine piece
Would you rather take a quilting cruise or a weeklong quilt along at home with friends? at home

Sharon said...

I'd rather hand quilt a plaid appliqued piece at home with my friends! I'm glad things are looking up for you, it's scary when your life flips upside down and then spins you around, but hey, Happiness is a choice.
Best to you in 2012