Originally Posted by Sewnoma

Please, be my guest!



My first quilt was absolutely abysmal. I didn't even KNOW about quarter-inch seams, and almost none of my seams lined up right, and I had all SORTS of newbie problems. But I finished it, and it's on my bed all summer long every year, and unless I look close I can barely notice all my many, many, MANY mistakes. It's a good reminder that even a "bad" quilt is better than a boring blanket.

In fact I often drag that quilt downstairs when I'm teaching a new friend how to quilt and she's getting overwhelmed by wanting perfection. I tell them it's my bed quilt and show it off and ask how she likes it, and when she's done with the compliments I bring it closer and start pointing out how many of my seams are over a quarter-inch away from where they should be(!!), and how wobbly my quilting is, and how I had to re-sew the binding in several places, and where my backing was too small and I had to cludge in a piece...

It really helps them relax and realize that my seriously messed-up quilt looked JUST FINE until I started pointing out problems, and so will theirs! (And I help guide them, so that their first quilts turn out a lot better than mine did!)