DianeN, the Fearless Quilter!! I love it! That is definitely a great attitude.
You may not want to paint over a quilting mistake, but you can do the dreaded "rip stitch"....or you could paint over it too - why not?
And, as to cats....I recently learned a new saying that is begging me to make a quilt out of it:
"Every life deserves 9 cats"
:D