I'm confused. Who ever said that we 1's (or is it us 1's? LOL) don't have fun quilting, that we don't create our own patterns or work 'spur of the moment' on new projects, scattering batiks as we go? Being serious about quilting and not accepting mistakes in your work, which was the criteria given by the OP, doesn't have any bearing on the relaxation, creativity, freedom of expression, innovation, exploration and pure joy I find in quilting. I don't stress about mistakes, I simply fix them. There's no 'knickers in a knot' about it.
We are
not obsessive-compulsive, up-tight, never deviate from "the rules" perfectionists. Just because my work style and self-expectations differ from someone else's doesn't make them any better or worse...just different. It's who I am, who I have always been in everything I do.
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