Of course you can still play. Quilting is not a contest in my book. If I improve, then it's for me not someone else. I too want my quilts to be used--that is what they are for. I had to read this thread because "blanket maker"--she must be from the south. Let's go see. No, she is from way up in WI! I remember I gave a quilt to a neice (very southern gal) and she wrote a note thanking me for the "blanket" and I was taken aback. I got over that--it is what it is! And quilting is where it is at!