Originally Posted by quiltingcandy
She sounds like a new quilter. It takes a while before you give yourself permission to "color outside the lines."
I agree. BYW, I am guilty of all of those "crimes" and intend to keep it that way. Also, I make no effort to follow anyone's patterns, even my own. To paraphrase a very wise man, the quilt is for ME, not me for the quilt.