To each his own is right Neena. ;)
If you're going to put a thought or idea out here in a public forum, you're bound to encounter people who disagree with you. You're right RST, LOL, I too can be forward, when I feel so motivated. :)
I see that there are a number of people who think you are just in your line of questioning, and a number who like me, were a bit turned off by it, and that's ok, I'm not here to convert the masses! Lol*
I think this hit a nerve with me because I personally have encountered a lot of quilting ladies with big egos who sort of critisize and walk around as if their voices carry a lot of weight - or they feel it SHOULD carry weight among those who dare to stand in their presence. LOL* When I was new to quilting some of those ladies really discouraged and intimidated me. Now I'm a little older, a little wiser, and much more confident in my own knowledge and skills.
While I truly don't believe you intended it RST, and I mean that sincerely, I do think some of your comments did come off with a bit of that huff and puff ego. It got under my skin a little, and probably much of that has to do with my own lingering feelings of resentment from personal experiences, rather than your posts.
I would some day love to teach quilting, and I think the most valuable thing I can take away from this discussion is that we are all diverse in our way of thinking. That doesn't necessarily make any one of us wrong, but just, different. I think I can handle that...
and I think I also have learned you just can't please everyone. ;) So I'm off to do some actual sewing just to please myself. Lol* :)