Originally Posted by
alisonquilts
What are Amish humility blocks? (Sounds like a psychological conditioning technique... *chuckle*)
Alison
The legend is that the Amish say only God is perfect so they purposely put a mistake in a quilt somewhere to show humility. It is not true but as GR said it perpetuates. Go to Amish country and look at amish made quilts. Quite the opposite they take great care to not make mistakes in their quilts. In that respect they are like the Shakers whose motto was to create your craft as though you were creating it for the Almighty himself. Make it as though you were going to die tomorrow and as though you were going to live forever.