Think of Gee's Bend, and another quilt show (at the San Francisco Folk Art Museum... I think it was) called 4 generations of quilting. Both shows featured Black quilters and both (often) sewed in their laps! When I walked into those shows I was astounded with the movement within the quilts. They weren't static.... they MOVED! In a video interview the grandmother (of the 4 generations) was asked, "But how can you just pick up pieces and add them to the quilt? What if you make a mistake?" That grandmother threw back her head and roared with laughter. "I make quilts with love and you can't make a mistake with love!!!!"
I've never worried about little oddities since (well, almost). But there is something graceful about handwork that allows "a little movement" within the piece. Anyway, my husband lowers his brows at me when I lament an "error". :lol: Sierra