THIS IS NOT ME!
THIS IS ME!
It came to my attention a couple of years ago that there are two of us. The way I found out? People in my quilters guild and in my Yahoo groups kept telling me they saw me on "Simply Quilts." Having never had the opportunity to appear on that fine show, I was puzzled for a bit. I, myself, was not a regular viewer and could not understand why anyone would think they saw me there. So I decided to start watching, even though at the time, that required me to get up earlier than I would have liked.
It wasn't long until I tuned in one morning to hear Alex announce that her guest for the day was none other than Susan Cleveland.
"Uh unh!" I countered. "Not me. I'm sitting right here--bleary eyed, having my first cup of coffee."
But Alex had my attention now. I was wide awake and anxious to see who this person was, pretending to be me. After the break, there she was, introduced, sure enough, as Susan Cleveland. But it wasn't me--I was sure of that. For one thing, she was younger (well, just a little). And her hair was darker (well, just a little). And she was skinnier (definitely). She wears smaller glasses (at that time, I was still wearing the big ones). By the end of the show, I was sure that the person teaching quilting on "Simply Quilts" was not me. Although I have taught quilting, written quilting books, hobnobbed with famous quilters, worked in booths at Quilt Festival, and all that stuff that famous quilters do, I knew for a fact that this lady wasn't me.
A bit of later research told me that this Susan Cleveland was one of the new kids on the block--that being those who weren't in the limelight at the time I was writing and editing quilting books. Since then, she has started going by Susan K. Cleveland, while I am Susan Ramey Çleveland, and this helped clear up some of the confusion. But still, every now and then, someone at guild or someone on one of my art/quilting groups will tell me they saw me on "Simply Quilts." I'm tempted to accepted the praise and attention (after all, Susan K. is very attractive and makes beautiful quilts). But I fess up and tell everyone, "It's not me, Babe."
So now you know the difference. There's her; and then there's me. I hope we get to meet some day.
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On 04/04/2007, mom2fur said ...
I think you look a bit alike, and they do say there's a twin for everyone in the world, LOL!
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