Originally Posted by
stillclock
but i didn't. and i don't especially regret it, because the person who is getting it will love it either way.
i want to know how you decide it's good enough. does quilting perfection drive you? do you take out seams until everything is perfect or do you just prefer them done and move on?
quilting can always be more perfect, but done is in its own way an accomplishment.
what's your take on this balance?
aileen
Very good question. I made a scrappy quilt using two different blues as the fabric that tied it all together. Once I was finished, my DD pointed out that if I had "placed" the blues instead of just letting them be random, I would have had a second design.
So, I'm thinking to do it again, but this time, Placing the blues to make the secondary design.
In the meantime, I was quite happy with the quilt I made and my DS#1 and DDIL asked for the quilt. It was my Sunny Lanes in Blue.
I'm not a perfectionist. I think if I had a design wall large enough, then maybe I would 'play around' a bit more, but I don't, so I won't. (I use my dining room table or a ping pong table if something really needs to be laid out ahead of time.) I don't fret over it. I figure like you, if the person who receives it is happy with it, then why should I have high blood pressure over it. Life is too short and there are hundreds of quilts I'd like to make/try.
However, if I were going to market my designs, then, no doubt, I'd be out there trying to make every one a "wow" quilt.