The quilts we make are samples of our progress a quilters as well as out artistic efforts. I tried to make some complicated quilts but found no pleasure in them because I was not ready to tackle that level of work. Oh, I blush when I look at some of my first efforts but when I lay them beside what I can do with ease now, I see my progress at this craft. I too have to pull myself back from time to time and renew the reason I am quilting and it is the joy of creation. I doubt I will ever enter a judged event. I am not putting in my efforts for someone to check points or the exactness of my work. Some do and we all admire their skills and try to move just a little closer to that goal but I quilt because I love the process. Learning something new has always been part of my life and quilting gives me this opportunity. Each quilt allows me to try a new technique, try a new color combination or improve on making those points perfect. Some are better others, and other not so much but as board members have said already, even "oopes" and errors allow us to learn and those quilts still provide warmth and beauty.
As is often said on this board, "When it is not fun or pleasurable then why are we doing it?" Thanks for your thoughts and may we all remember why we quilt; for the joy of it and maybe to bless others.