Originally Posted by
ghostrider
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My advice to new quilters is way off the main trend of this thread. It is simply this: Never be afraid to fail. Constant success teaches us little or nothing, the big lessons come from failure...how we handle it, how we alter behavior because of it, how we overcome it. Growth, both as a quilter and as a person, is the result.
On the other hand - to quote my Mom again - "Nothing breeds success like success!"
I think it is important to have some things turn out well. Then, when something goes badly, one has some positive experience to fall back on.
More advice:
One does not need to have top of the line EVERYTHING to make a decent quilt.
On the other hand, buying cheap (poor quality) tools is a waste of money.