Originally Posted by
stillclock
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
'Perfection' has nothing at all to do with it for me; I don't set impossible goals like that for myself. I do, however, strive for excellence in every quilt I create.
Each and every quilt has to be the very best I can do at that particular point in time (I've been quilting for decades so my 'best' has changed considerably over the years). If not, it never leaves the studio. I absolutely refuse to settle for 'good enough' when I know I can do better and I have certainly never regretted 'getting it right' instead.
We each work in the manner, and to the standards, that give us the most pleasure and comfort with the process and the results. And isn't that what it's all about in the end?
