Each of us is at a different place in our quilting journey. I think anyone needs encouragement. They can probably see the wrong things about their own quit sooner than we can. But if they are ASKING for constructive advice, I will certainly give that too. Otherwise, I figure if I encourage them, they will keep trying, and "practice makes perfect!" If someone had not encouraged me when I made my first few quilts, I might not be still quilting today. I hated my first quilt when I got it finished, and I don't even know what happened to it. But that was 40 years ago and I'm still quilting!