Originally Posted by Melinda in Tulsa
Wonderful topic :thumbup:
IMO, there is no such thing as perfection and I sure don't strive for it. The very first quilt top I ever did, I made from a kit. (baby quilt) Just squares sewn together (lots of minkie in it, big mistake!). I did finish the top but so unhappy with it I would not give it to my GD, which is the reason I got into quilting! Blocks didn't even come close to lining up :roll: and was not even close to being square. But what I learned from that quilt!!! 2 years later, I have decided to quilt it and make a wall hanging out of it just so I can see how far I have come.
My motto has become, *Good enough for government work!*
I'm proud of everything I have made and refuse to be hard on myself. I don't have to please anyone but myself.
You have a good attitude. I kept the first quilt I made. It was a nine-patch and rail fence. It was set on point (en pointe for all you stuffy people out there), and I learned so much from that one quilt. The woman who taught that class had her first quilt, which she showed us. I thought that was a great idea. The first quilt I actually completed was an applique quilt called "Girlfriends," which I gave to my best friend. It was just awful. It isn't square. My satin stitching is questionable at best. The quilting was a simple and not very straight diagonal grid. She has it hanging on the wall in her hallway where she comes out of her bedroom so it's the first thing she sees in the morning. She loves it. I told her recently that I'd make her a better one now that I'm a better quilter, and she said she wouldn't take it. Now that's a good friend.