Originally Posted by
UFOs Galore
Quilters know what they create. Calling a client to tell them they have subpar piecing skills that result in in a humped middle and wavy borders? No.
There are ways of phrasing things that MIGHT go better than others -
Examples -
"I noticed that one of your blocks is turned differently than the rest of them - was that a design choice?"
comes across a bit differently than "You screwed up one of your blocks - how could you have missed that?"
"If you take out some of the fullness in the borders, I can do a better job of quilting them and it will look nicer" as compared to "For crying out loud - these borders are about 15 inches too long for the center out of this quilt and it will be difficult to try to get it to look decent."
I don't have any great ideas for volcanoes and pleats in the middle of the quilt.