Originally Posted by
DOTTYMO
I do enjoy hand stitching but once when walking around a show with one of my quilts in I heard this comment about my quilt.
" no wonder she didn't win anything leaving all those tacking stitches in. "
Tacking is basting in US.
I was very upset and have not put a quilt into a big show since. I didn't win because the judges disliked my colour combinations .
You overheard one bad comment. What about all the nice comments you didn't hear? Enter the shows and so what if some people make nasty comments. Some people, the only way they can feel good about themselves is to degrade others. Please show again. Go in with no expectations and you won't ever be hurt or disappointed.
Boston, love the then and now. It is so inspiring to others. I will never forget when I first started long arming, Angela Walters had done and a then and now post. It gave me hope and I continued to keep at it and improve. I love the journey.