Who is the quilting cowboy?

I was brainstorming ideas for a blog on a quilting theme, when I came across a website that tells you the top couple of hundred Google search terms based on any keyword you submit. I typed in the word “quilting” and then reviewed the results. Most of them were what you'd expect – largely concerned with how to quilt or what to quilt with – nothing unusual or particularly exciting from my perspective of wanting to write a blog about quilting, for an audience of primarily non-quilters.

But then the following question caught my eye: who is the quilting cowboy?

Now, obviously, I could have googled this myself and discovered who the quilting cowboy is. But I decided not to, because I thought the truth probably wouldn't be as exciting as my imaginings. And then I thought that maybe this is what my blog should be: finding odd Google search terms involving quilting, and provide my own answers (which obviously won't be strictly accurate, but I'm willing to sacrifice truth for the sake of humour. Now I just need to find some funny things to write about... 😂)

So here is my top ten of people's genuine weird quilting search terms, and my responses to them.

1.         Who is the quilting cowboy?

He is a real, actual cowboy, who likes to dress in a leather waistcoat and chaps, complete with hat (though no shirt, obvs 😉). He sits astride a horse with a patchwork blanket on the saddle; a lasso in one hand and a needle and thread in the other; galloping off into the sunset with a cloud of dust billowing out behind him... … and... um … huh? What? Sorry, I got a bit distracted there. His name is Dave. Or maybe Barry.

2.         Quilting limericks

I’m not great at limericks, but here goes:

There was a young woman who quilted

All day and all night till she wilted

She sewed all her clothes

From her head to her toes

And she never went skirted but kilted.

And here’s another:

When sewing you first must begin

To prepare to end up with a win

But once your needle's been bent

And your fabric's all rent

I'd advise you to head for the gin.

(Well, I had to get gin in somewhere, didn’t I?! 😂)

3.         Quilting cruises

Hell yeah, where do I sign up?! 😍

4. Quilting at the beach

Hell no, think of all that sand getting in my sewing machine!! 😱

5. Quilting gnome

I don't know what this is, but I want one. 😁

6. Quilting jetgirl

Now this sounds like my sort of superhero! Quilting while soaring through the air with a cape billowing out behind her. (Though, actually, as one of my heroes once said, “no capes, darling.” It'd get caught in the jetpack. Much safer to go capeless.)

7. Quilting mayhem

I'm imagining a cross between the Great British Sewing Bee and a soft play centre. I hope nobody loses a needle in the ball pool! 🙈

8. Quilting nook

I have a gin nook, will that do? 😀🍸

(Yes, I did mention gin again. What can I say? I like gin!)

9. Quilting party

You bring the quilts, I'll bring the gin. Mmmm, quilts. Mmmmm gin! 😍

(I think I’m getting distinctly sidetracked by gin… Maybe I should have written this sober! 😉😂)

10. Quilting queerly

I think I'm back with the quilting cowboys again, Brokeback Mountain style... 😂 (I'm genuinely quite intrigued by this, is there a particularly queer way to quilt?! I might have to actually google this one to find out!)

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And that, dear friends, concludes my meanderings through the weirdness and wonderfulness of the quilting terms people have searched for on Google. But now that I've found myself a new hobby, I'm off to put in some different search terms and find some new weird and wonderful questions people have asked the internet! 😂

If you want to have a go yourself, the site I used was:
www.answerthepublic.com

And if you really want to know about the quilting cowboy, I did eventually look him up. He's called Dale. And he wears a cowboy hat. So you know, I was pretty close...

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