Originally Posted by
Onebyone
There is an unstated tradition within the Amish and Mennonite communities that each quilt has a "mistake" in it. This is because no one person is perfect except God and therefore, no quilt will be perfect.
That idea was from a journalist who wrote about the Amish quilts. The Amish quilter never said it. The Amish said about it: We would never presume to think we could make anything perfect, only God is perfect. This myth has been taken as truth and the Amish really don't like it attributed to them.
Well I have a very good friend that is a Mennonite and live in an area that has a huge Amish community. The women I have spoken to have told me this personally. Mrs. L (I will just refer to her as that) has told me she has "lost sales from the English because people want them to be perfect (referring to the quilts), and we Amish know that only perfection lives within God's hands. So unless you live in my exact area and know Mrs. L, then that is what she told me.