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Old 02-12-2011, 01:24 AM
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Annya
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Originally Posted by MissBarkey
I am part of a Block of the Month group at my local quilt shop. I've been quilting for about 2 years and haven't really accomplished much, but I wanted to join this BOM to learn more about quilting and to end up with a beautiful quilt for my bed. Bad move.
The owner of the shop is a wonderful lady who is patient and helpful and the other ladies in the group are equally helpful. No -problem there. The problem is me and my lack of self-confidence and skill. These ladies are good....really good. They are doing this quilt as either an investment (it was costly) or as an entry in shows. I am totally intimidated by their abilities and have ripped out all my blocks I've done so far.
My question is this, should I just give up and chalk it up to an expensive lesson in "look before you quilt"? I really don't know what to do. Thanks for letting me vent.
You should have seen some of the BOM that I got back from other less qualified quilters-- they were bad. But that was 10 years ago---now they and myself included have improved a lot and thinking back I would wonder were we really that bad--answer is YES!! So please continue with it and you will learn as you go. Just take it carefully and you will be happy with what you have done as it is the first BOM you made. Just keep trying your best.
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