Originally Posted by
Tartan
When I have pieced to the best of my abilities, I am satisfied. I have found that the more I fiddled trying to get " perfect" the less happy I am. Fabric only stay nice for a couple of tries ( in my opinion) and after that it stretches out of shape or the needle holes show.
I agree with Tartan - If I make a mistake I know can fix without hurting the quilt, I fix it. But overall quality is dependent on my quilting ability and that is not something I can fix with a seam ripper. I keep trying to improve, one quilt at a time, learning from each one.
That said, of course I have made extra pieced blocks and rejected the wonkier ones, pitched half finished paper-piecing assemblies because I could do better, and just undid my first bit of needle-turn applique - a curved stem - because I didn't like the thread and didn't like the wobbly bits.
It's all where you are on the learning curve.
And here's to a Happy New Year of learning new quilting techniques and improving skills of all sorts - from fabric selection to FMQ!