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11-09-2010, 11:45 AM

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Flying_V_Goddess

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Originally Posted by Prissnboot

Does anyone ever feel guilty like me when you are looking at a quilt that's not your style, or you don't like something about it and you don't just ooh and aah over it as a result? I really seriously do appreciate all the work that goes into it, I honestly do, but sometimes I don't care for the design, or the colors, or it's too busy, or.....the list can be endless.

I've seen a few quilts that I didn't like the color combination. Some colors I think are kind of hard to pull of together. Like yellow and blue. Green and red are extremely hard to pull off (in my opinion) without making it look like something out of a quilt catalog with all the patterns and fabrics for the Christmas/seasonal lines. Pastels---I just don't believe in making a quilt with nothing but pastels (even baby quilts) and I think they need to be paired with a darker color for good contrast. Sometimes I do that even before the fabric has even been made into the quilt. Like the jellyrolls and such: they're supposed to be made up of "coordinating fabrics", but half the time I'll look at one and go "where's the coordination?"

But at the same time, I can appreciate the time and work that's gone into it even if I don't like the pattern or colors or both. The important thing is that other quilters see the work that goes into it and not go on an all-out bash on the quilt. I think too many times we've heard horror stories about someone going to a quilting guild, showing the work they're proud of, and getting "critiqued" to the nth degree because it didn't suit the tastes of everyone else in the room and they feel terrible about ever making it in the first place.

Quilting is an art form and not every quilt ever made is going to make everyone go "Ooooh! I love it!" so I don't feel guilty for not liking something. On the other hand, I'm not going to endlessly go on a hatefest on someone else's quilt because I hated the colors, the patterns, or something else I didn't care for because that might turn off another quilter to the art form. And that would make me feel guilty.

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