Originally Posted by
MargeD
Early in my quilting life, I heard or read somewhere that the Amish (who make absolutely wonderful quilts) always put a mistake into a quilt because "Only God is Perfect."
That story has been going around for a while. But it is not true. The Amish say they make enough mistakes, they don't have to make mistakes on purpose. And they say it with a laugh.
It's the Turks that put in what they call mistakes on purpose. We have a Turkish rug, and if you look closely, you can see how some small patterns are upside down according to the rest in the row. You don't see that until you look for it though. The whole rug is beautiful.