Originally Posted by BellaBoo
. . . I've met new quilters who want to follow an exact way and I think they are not going to have a good time making quilts.
I think in some ways it is easier to have "an exact way" until one has enough confidence and experience to be able to improvise.
It is a major bummer if one starts out with a pattern that has errors in it.
I know some of us are so worried about "making a mistake" that we get nothing done.
It's only fabric - not brain surgery - the worst case scenario is that we've used up some fabric getting some experience - I prefer to think of these "throw-aways" as experience and/or entertainment - think of all the homework that we used up paper on -
People play golf - do they think they have to "salvage" the x amount they spent on the game if it was a lousy game? People bowl - not every toss knocks down all the pins. People play baseball - not every time up at bat results in a home run -
Why do we think every attempt at a block will be a winner? Some are - some are - hmmmm -