Mary Beth Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Oh boy, Karen, you have come a long way baby!! You don\'t even look like the same woman. Not that you looked bad back then....you just looked so plain Jane compared to the Artist you have become!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen McTavish Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Maybe the writers strike brought that show out of storage! That was what....6 or 7 years ago! Maybe longer.... I was shocked when I heard it re-ran today. When I went on Simply Quilts - I made a decision to dread my hair immediately after the show. You know, you have to go down there on your own dime, and its nerve racking and you have a makeup person, a wardrobe person, and a green room, a dressing room -etc.(I lived in the woods in Northern Minnesota at the time, and was just starting to teach nationally) ....to make a long story short, was so happy to get out of there. My producer was so nervous - she started to make me panic. But in the end, she shook my hand so hard, because she was so happy it went well. It was her very first show she ever produced. The camera guys said "What the H*LL is that ??!!" - pointing to the APQS longarm we had shipped in for the show and I could hear the response - "...some kinky quilter thing". So no, the longarm wasnt warmly welcomed when we arrived...but it is NOW!!! I didnt even have cable TV when I did that show....never really knew what "Simply Quilts" was until my Mom said ...its kinda of a big deal. I was told years later, that Cheryl Uribe got me that gig thru Alex Alanderson - So she is the real reason I have dreads. Thanks Cheryl!! I havent combed my hair in a very long time, because of you!!! hahahahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 You did look a little afraid You look younger now...isn\'t that funny...how did you do that? If dreads do that for you, I may give it a try:D (Oh my gosh, that almost made me laugh). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Karen, I love the look of the dreadlocks on you. You are a super stunning beauty, anyway I think you look younger today because of two things (well, maybe three things) 1) Comfortable with who you are, and in love with your man; 2) That little Stormy boy keeps you on your toes, and 3) You are a freebird. Fly on freebird! and continue to make those pretty quilty things for us to enjoy. Mary Beth, hey it\'s only hair so why not give it a try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 I had a kind of dreadlock thing when I was a kid. I was only brusing the top part of my hair, not all the way through...so the back became a tangle of knots. My mom took me down and had my hair cut into a pixie...you are probably too young to know what that is...but let\'s just say it was very short. So there went any self confidence I may have had...I was tall, skinny, buck teeth, and boy hair. That taught me to brush my hair. I just don\'t think I could do it on purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCramer Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 O.K. Mary Beth "pixie" hair cut, to see your avatar pic. you sure don\'t look old enough to know what a "pixie" hair cut is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nineva Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Oh Mary Beth, me too. Every year I would get my hair long and every single summer without exception my mother cut it--herself--into a pixie. To this day that word conjures up horrible memories. The last thing my mother did when I left her home at 15 was take me down and have my hair cut off. Then I got on a train to go live with my dad. There I was, 15, returning to my childhood friends, with no hair. Talk about traumatized! ROFLOL. And you are right, is Karen not just gorgeous. Inside and out. Wow, we are so lucky to have such amazing women to look to for inspiration. Nancy Jo;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katnap Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Hey...I just happened to catch that episode with Karen today too...You could see how \'unlike\' that was of Karen to be all painted up the way the makeup person did it...Karen..you look WAY WAY WAY better now that you are being true to yourself. You are one knockout chicka ....Stay real...I love ya like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajab Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 I saw that show today it was done in 2003. It was great. Only problem was one minute I am watching intently the next Alex is saying goodbye. Must have dozed off for a minute. I am so mad at my self. I do that all the time. Get the kids on the bus and sit to watch SQ and fall asleep and wake up when it is over. I am not a morning person, so getting up at 6:30 am with the kids is no fun. Karen I never would have guessed it was you, but somewhere I heard your voice and knew right away it was you. In your pics here you look so different, so beautiful. And how do you look younger now 5 years later? Hope that happens to me some day. Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appr216 Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 I saw the episode also and it took me awhile to figure out who Karen was as I came in after it had started! I knew I recognized the face but couldn\'t put a name to the face. How funny. Karen you are beautiful and time has been very kind to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Mary Beth... My Mom made me and my 2 sisters get a pixie hair cut all the time...I hated it. I think she finally let me grow my hair out in 4 grade. It has been long ever since...I am not fond of short hair on me. Cheryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 I think the pixie must have traumatized a lot of us....we have our own little support group going!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlette Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 I was able to catch that show too. I had seen that show when it first aired then a week ago I saw Karen on a video doing LA instruction on microstippling and McTavishing. You looked so different I wouldn\'t have believed it was you except I\'dknow that voice anywhere. Very distinctive and sexy! Yeah I like the "new hair" too. I have to tell you what my husband said while we were watching the show. "When your name is both a noun and a verb you have arrived!" I was LOL and almost ROF. You don\'t know him, obviously, but he doesn\'t come up with that kind of comment very often. Hey gals, I had a pixie too and I hated it as well. I also had a Sasoon when we lived in Germany. It was the latest in style and I thought it was great. My husband said I looked like Peter Pan! So much for really short hair cuts in this lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen McTavish Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Okay - I got one for you. Remember the "SHAG" cut? My mom cut my hair into a "SHAG" cut....ALWAYS, until I was in the 6th grade. She said its her favorite hair style on me. Its now known forever, as the MULLET.... Once again, tricked by my mother. Freaking Mullet wearing Karen McTavish. So, I did it to my daughter when she was 3...and she\'s yet to forgive me for it. God I wish I had a photo to post of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 So Karen how big did you get your hair in the 80\'s! Remember that? I had a pixie and then my Dad told my mom if she cut my hair he would break her! LOL it grew until I was old enough to cut it. It was blond, long and straight with bangs. I was surely a 70\'s girl! Remember the velour short shorts and boots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethDurand Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Okay, but anyone remember Roseanne Roseannadanna from Sat. night live? Her hair?! That was me in 7th grade! Thank the Lord my mother found Warren, and that I\'m off to see him in a matter of minutes. I hope that I\'ve destroyed all of those photos! Beth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nineva Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 I hope I am not the only one that wanted Go-Go boots. I was also the only one in my crowd who did not have them. And the Shag, OMG I forgot about that one. Had one and only one. Grew it out in the and never again. I too have longer hair ever since. Almost as long as Karen\'s most of the time, but just below the shoulders lately. Mary Beth, what you started. This is hilarious. Oh and the hot pants. Yikes. I wore my skirts so short in high school I could barely sit down. There was certainly nothing of fabric to sit on. Those chairs were cold. Micro mini plus some! One day the principal was walking behind me and asked if I could get the skirt any shorter. I volunteered to try. He just glared. Ah, the teenage smart mouth. Of course, I still have it. LOL Now I wear my Harley shirts, jeans, boots, whatever and don\'t worry about what anyone says. You go girls! Nancy Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nineva Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Gee whiz, Beth, I cannot picture you with big hair. You should dig up a pic and bring it next week to the meeting. That would spark some interesting conversation. Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwltnldy Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 I LOVE Roseanne Rosannadanna!!!!! The comedic world really lost out when Gilda Radner died. I, too, had the dreaded pixie. My mother still has my first grade picture of me in what she terms "the cutest haircut in the world" YIKES. I always wanted to have a "Farrah Fawcett", but my hair never grew long enough Mom never would let me. SO, when I grew up, I grew it REALLY LONG and had spiral perms. so there, mom. Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenMcManus Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 I had the Farrah Fawcett in Jr High! My mom warned me it might not work, and she was right. I remember standing in front of the bathroom mirror with my curling iron in hand and crying because it wouldn\'t get as fluffy as her\'s. :D:D Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanne Knowles Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 I too had a pixie! My great-Aunt was a beautician and she always said it was the only thing to do with my thin fine hair. Tall, skinny, tom-boy, you get the picture. A friend of mine I met as an adult came across a picture of me at about 11, she cried "OMG, who did that to you!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 OK, call me a weirdo but I think pixie hair cuts are cute! Shag hair cuts, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Mary Beth... I was a pixie girl too!! But I had a Farrah hair do for my senior pictures... oh a couple years ago Now it\'s a mom hair do!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seakitten Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Well I \'ve gotta say I kind of liked the Pixie too; but in those days I had hair down to my waist, Hippie-style. Short now, because I swim every day. Karen in a Mullet, that I am having trouble even imagining! However, don\'t any of you complain about your mother\'s hairdressing skills unless, like me, you were subjected to the Poodle! That was in the early \'50\'s, & was kind of like an Afro for white girls, though the curls were probably meant to be looser. It involved a lot of chemicals that are probably banned today, and the moms smoked while they were doing it. It\'s a wonder the house didn\'t blow up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LA Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 This was just on TV the other night & I laughed so hard I cried! Check out the Mullet man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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