Topic: Musings
I'm sure everybody has them... things that every one else thinks are so trendy and you can't stand them.
I run into this a lot in quilting and sewing. Here is a partial list of things I can do without:
HEXIGONS - Affectionately refered to as 'hexies'. These just do not appeal to me at all.
YO-YOs - Grandma used to make these and decorate liberally with them. YUK!
POM-POMs - Doesn't matter what you put them on, they look tacky.
RICK-RACK - Comes in giant, regular and itty-bitty. Same as Pom-Poms... tacky.
HOUNDSTOOTH - As a subtle, tone-on-tone for a wool skirt it might be nice. But much of it is just too much.
PAISLEY - Subtle, mixed with other motifs, in very small doses. THAT I can live with. Sort of.
And when you get out of the sewing world, there are some other irritants...
'POP' OF COLOR or MAKES IT 'POP' - I am SO over hearing these phrases. Especially on decorating shows.
HOT MESS - I don't know who came up with this phrase, but it wasn't then, nor is it now, cute.
AMAZING - If everyone who uses this is truly that amazed, they need to get out more. Let's save it for things that we truly are genuinely amazed by.
AWESOME - Same as 'amazing'
There are probably many more, and I undoubtedly use many myself that others would put on their list, but for now, that is all I will burden you with.
Ddd
