Originally Posted by
Quilt30
Ok. Let me ask this question. Lets say a post is made and the quilter says he/she is a new quilter and this is the first quilt and asks for comments. The picture posted clearly shows workmanship that everything is wrong. Not just a mistake here and there.....but really bad work. What kind of comments does one make. Clearly the person needs help. There is no indication in the post of attempting to learn, in fact the poster says he/she is a self learner. Advice of "practice, practice, practice" is clearly not what the person needs. But, there are 150 comments that says, "been there", beautifutiful colors", "no quilt police here, you can do whatever you want", "the person receiving the quilt will appreciate it". Come on......someone who knows nothing about quilting can see mismatched seams. So what should one do......just ignore the post if you can't say something positive. This is the day and age of learning on the internet from many view points. What does one do?
I agree with this. I cringe when people say it's beautiful, just leave it, no one will notice, etc, when it is obvious something really needs to be fixed. How will you feel 20 years from now if you let it go like that? There was one quilt posted a few years back that was just beautiful, except for one edge. I think the quilt was quilted but not yet bound. This was one you could see from the back of a galloping horse! Literally! And yet there were those that said leave it, no one else will notice. At that point I would get help to fix it if I couldn't fix it myself.