when I first started I had such visions of my Art/quilt. I still have my initial projects and I even posted one of them on this list. I will never finish it cause I hate it now. LOL But if you all werent so kind to me I would have lost heart and probably not continued. Since then I have done a couple pieces and my ocd has made me rip out and do it again and some times again and again. I have been to a quilt show and looking at some of the work think "why did they enter this?" as I saw whole lines of stitching missing etc. Then I saw spectacular quilts that made me stand in awe looking at them. all a learning experience.
Im my own worst critic and my husband of 25 years who is also my best friend tells me gently when something is amiss and i dont see it myself as he knows that I would want to know from him and not from someone else.
So I guess what Im saying here is Yes be kind. always find something positive to say. It helps us newbies to grow! JoAnn
(who is by nature a perfectionist, but has learned that life is not perfect but an art!)