thank you, rush! we live in an area with quite a few amish and they have told me the same thing! they would never compare their work to God's. just another urban/ rural myth.
one thing i do think is true, comes from the egyptians. when they are making a textile they run a thread out the outside edge so that any negative thoughts or anger they might have felt while making the piece has a way out and does not go to it's new owner. i think that's a run on sentence, but i hope it's understandable.