Originally Posted by elliemay
I am going to invest in a walking foot as soon as finances allow... grandkids birthdays!! my quilting friend told me once that your first and even 3rd quilt is never perfect!!! Hmm :roll:
I don't think I have met a quilter who would admit that their fourth quilt was perfect ... or their fifth quilt in the sixth year!
Because we work so close to our project, we KNOW where every stitch is longer or shorter than its brother/sister. We KNOW where that one point, either missed the connected section, or managed to disappear three threads into the next point, so is therefore, not pointy!
Many cultures declare that nothing made by man is perfect, therefore, a flaw is PURPOSELY put into a project JUST to say, "I am human ... only God can make something perfect".
Some of us are so human that we have fifteen flaws in a quilt ... most of which most people never know is there.
Part of why we keep quilting is because in our souls, we were designed to keep trying because "maybe we can do it a little better".
Strive to produce a good product. Enjoy the process of learning as you stitch each quilt. And, realize that you will probably ALWAYS say to yourself: "That could have been better."
Be thankful that you have an opportunity to do another project, make another quilt for someone's warmth and comfort, and that you will always be better with the next project than you were for the previous one. It is part of the craft.
And, be gentle with yourself. Think of how many stitches it takes to make a quilt ... the majority of which are just exactly where they are supposed to be.
A mistake is proof that someone tried to accomplish something.