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title: "Behind Every Great Quilter, There’s a…"
date: 2022-01-18
author: "Phoebe Moon"
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# Behind Every Great Quilter, There’s a…

## My Thanks to the [Make-Believe Quilters](https://www.facebook.com/groups/makebelievequilters) for these answers

Behind every great quilter, there’s a….

- great teacher (Jo W)
- Stack of Fabric (Stephanie A)
- work in progress, [UFO’s,](https://phoebemoon.com/definition-of-quilting-terms-and-acronyms/) lots of fabrics and wheels turning. (Brenda A)
- closet full of works in progress! (Marilyn M)
- Fascination with fabric, shapes and color! (Cindy C)
- Another piece of history created (Christine M)
- lot of friends and family wrapped in quilts! (Barbara R)
- love of fabric and colors (Allyn M)
- forgiving spouse for his/her pocketbook! (Jane B )
- Wow, I hadn’t thought of ONE of these! I guess I should add Creative Mind.. (Kris)
- fantastic spouse! (Jean N)
- love of art (Joy P)
- need to express artistic dreams (Jean L)
- ‎…patient family rolling their eyes… 😀 (Janne P)
- All of the above! (Eugenia S)
- a good husband that will stop at quilt shops when you are on vacation! (Dianne M)
- garden of scraps (Debi M)
- a giving, sharing person. either to share “how to” of quilting, the LOVE of quilting, sharing of books, rulers, fabric. (Kathy R)
- A very smart person… 🙂 (Leah B)
- A husband demanding back the credit cards…. (Karen K)
- Messy sewing room! The other day I found myself covered with threads and tiny bits of fabric! It was on me the floor the chair and the dog! I got so caught up finishing our [Color Me Musical Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/color-me-creative-bom-quilt/) that I was not paying attention to anything else! (Cindy M)
- A loving husband will go with you to a quilt shop knowing it could take forever in his time frame. (Andrea D)
- lot of grandchildren and even some children that love your quilts!! (Carol W)
- A husband Who will take you to any quilt shop near or far- and family and friends who love the quilts you make for them!! (Gloria A)
- a horse looking at me through the window! (Judy T)
- Friends sharing the love of quilting with each other. (Deborah A)
- stash that always needs to be bigger! (Robbie S)
- new quilt book that you now need fabric to make another quilt (Sandy B)
- my parrot Cookie ridiculing my work, very loudly ! (Connie L)
- patient family (Brenda G)
- cat waiting to sit on the fabric. (Brenda J)
- Man that doesn’t know how much is in the checkbook. Or that knows how to find out. (Phyllis M)
- Ton of housework/yardwork waiting to be done. Not to mention hungry cats. (Kathy W)
- husband with holes in his shirt!! (Joy D)
- good bank roll! (Katherine A)
- greater quilt:) HA!! (Kristine P)
- VERY tolerant husband!! (Ruth S)
- a great fabric store with more fabric (Connie H)
- Great sewing machine or a great set of hands (Nancy L)
- ..line of people waiting for their quilt. (Danielle F)
- ‎………hungry family (Barbara H)
- huge stash! (Holly B)
- room full of colorful fabric, cutters & mats and most of all happiness (Sharon W)
- lot of people who are cozy and warm. (Joy D)
- a happy and content person (Kathy N)
- lot of patience! (Valerie R
- an unrelenting muse of inspiration. (Janet J)
- There is a fabric stash. (Jeri L)
- great backing! (Barbara C)
- good rotary cutter. (Shirley D)
- understanding husband (Terry H)
- fabric to be bought! (Kate M)
- take out menu, dust bunnies (in my case woodchucks) and never enough fabric!! (Jane M)
- Bunch of thread where you clipped it and it sticks to your clothes:) (Tracy C)
- seam ripper. (Carolyn Y)
- An awesome husband who takes me to quilt shows, buys me the latest Bernina and quilt frame helps me find quilt shops and never even asked what the [Accuquilt Go](https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=587581&u=1512603&m=50439&urllink=&afftrack=) was that i came home from my Bernina guide class! (Rose L)
- GREAT QUILTER’S HUSBAND (Bonnie B)
- huge stash of fabric! (Connie G)
- spending hours in the fabric section ,just looking and imagining what you could do with each bolt of fabric !!!! (Maria Z)
- huge pile of fabric!!!….and in front or her and beside her and under the bed and behind the door….. (Linda S)
- whole stash of fabric! (Jennie K)
- patient husband! (Gabrielle S)
- …not enough time. (Connie)
- Pile of fabric! (Pam)
- behind every great quilter there is a… pet. Mine is a kitten. (Lori)

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