Out, damned fabric!

[sakon76]

In certain communities the exercise of communication with admittedly non-sentient yardage is, to a certain extent, accepted. Gentle encouragement such as "nice fabric, you want to go through the sewing machine smoothly, right?" is understood, as are the occasional outbursts of "ARGH stupid fabric I hate you I hate this entire project!" Generally, up to the point where the fabric starts talking back to the speaker, such flights of imagination are smiled at and responded to with a polite nod. (At the point where the fabric starts talking back, the person is generally gently recommended to get some sleep.) However, this does lead to occasional one-sided conversations along the lines of "Hey! You're calico! What are you doing in here? And, hey, so are you! There's a whole community, a whole nest of you living in here? Out, out vile calico! Go to the quilting scraps pile where you belong! Oh, trying to hide from me, are you? Oh no you didn't...."