Originally Posted by Boise Madhatter

thanks for those quilting tips Patticake & MomtoBostonTerriers: I printed out those tips!

I am a newbie quilter but I have been creating art for many years.
Here are a few tips from me. Patticake is so correct it is the journey that counts. This is the same no matter what medium you are working in.

I find sometimes that giving the finished art piece is a tad anticlimactic.
I find I feel like a new mother showing off her new born baby.
Hearing people say oh wow isn’t she beautiful.
When you know they are really saying wow I could have made that better ;).
No one will ever appreciate your art piece as much as you do.
You are the one that was there at it's conception, you created it piece by piece.
Fretting over every little detail.
If you wait and expect others to give you that pat on the back, with the same enthusiasm in which you created the art piece in the first place? you will be somewhat disappointed.

I create art for me first:
If someone finds some pleasure over my art piece, that is a bonus.

Here is to creating art that makes our souls sing!