Originally Posted by
Quilt30
The misconceptions or misinformation you have heard about quilting. I get confused with all different opinions. What can I believe.
Misconceptions, misinformation, and opinions are not at all the same thing.
Misconceptions and misinformation are, by their very definitions, incorrect. Don't believe any of them. Investigate and find your own reality (see 'opinions', below).
Opinions, on the other hand, are never incorrect. They are merely what someone else believes to be the truth, baseless or not. You may not agree with them, but that doesn't make them incorrect. Listen to them all, try out however many make sense to you, keep the ones you like, forget about the ones you don't like. They will all teach you something and you'll wind up with your own, very personal, set of opinions...just like all the rest of us. This is an ongoing process, for opinions can and do change with new information.
The key is to keep an open mind...always open to adaptations of techniques, changes in style and taste, improvements in abilities, and the constant flow of new information and products...to allow yourself continued growth as a quilter.