Originally Posted by renee765

i'm afraid i probably drive the quilt police batty. Like others, i don't always pre-wash, if i did, i might have to actually use my iron more frequently. I always change my machine needle - when it breaks. Squaring up blocks - only if i can't tell what shape they were supposed to be. Pressing the seams to the dark side - again, that would require me using my iron. I prefer to save the electricity. My quilts are all embellished with cat hairs - although i do make attempts to keep the quilt-in-progress covered by sheets while i am working on it. My free motion quilting is very 'free' - i meander where i feel like it. Hand quilted stitches are not exactly uniform because hey, variety is the spice of life. (no two snowflakes are alike, and neither are my hand quilting stitches.) i mix colors and prints the way i think they look right. Sometimes i even mix lqs fabric with walmart fabric if i like the way it looks together. Gasp!

I quilt because it brings me joy. I quilt because i like to put love into every stitch, and when someone receives a quilt from me they can know that i thought about them the whole time i was creating it.