Originally Posted by tlrnhi
I was asked to make a few "baby" quilts for the local hospital. Ok, not a problem. Used scraps I had, made sure they were all in compliance with measurements, cleanliness and whatever else they wanted. I made 4 of them. They would only take 3. WHY? Because one of them didn't fold exactly right. It was off about 1/2 inch. When I had noticed this, I didn't have time to take it apart/cut and fix it. I just batted/backed and binded/quilted the thing. It was cute! At least I thought it was. They didn't like it because it didn't fold right. Oh well, their loss. I gave the little quilt to my neighbor who had her baby a couple months before. She LOVED it! Needless to say, I wouldn't make any more quilts for the hospital. They even called me (the same lady who refused the 1 quilt) and asked if I would make a few more. NOPE!!!
Nobody is perfect and neither are ANY of my quilts. There is always a flaw in there somewhere. I may notice it, but other may not, but this quilt snob found it. UGH!
I mean really!!! is that necessary!! You made these quilts out of the kindness of your heart and they got all prissy over a 1/2" and didn't fold right!! sorry but that just screams SNOB!!!
At least that 4th quilt went to a very appreciative Mum for her new baby.
I find the quilters guild here in St. John's are HUGE quilter snobs and things have to be EXACTELY their way or its no good.. I cant' handle that! I like to do things my way, and if I'm off a bit, hey I'm human... I'm not perfect. I read an interesting article a few years ago about the Amish quilters. When you look at their work, to us it looks absolutely perfect!! But did you know that these women intentionally make a flaw in each project? They believe the only perfect being in the world is God. We may never see that flaw ourselves, but they know its there... amazing isn't it!