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Old 04-29-2012, 06:01 AM
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Of course I would. Otherwise it's a bit like "The Emperor's New Clothes", isn't it? Any adult doesn't have to be kidded. Of course, there is a way of telling which is informative and constructive as opposed to rude and derogatory.
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Old 04-29-2012, 06:09 AM
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Old 04-29-2012, 06:14 AM
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Nothing I make/do is without a "boo boo"...and I do mean nothing. Whether it be cooking, sewing, talking, cleaning, doing my office job, or raising my children - they all contain errors.

Would I want to know about each and every one? mmmm probably not or someone would be telling me about stuff all day.

Someone asked me if I make stuff to sell and my reply is always, "I only make stuff for people I really like and I don't like that many people.". So if I have taken the time to make something for someone, you can bet your booties there will be an error in it. Will I correct it? Probably not. Do I want to know about it? It won't matter because it was made with love and nothing will change it so the error will stay.

I can't imagine not wanting to give your gift to someone because it has an error in it, glaring or not. I'm glad I'm not that hard on myself.

As far as telling someone else...only if they asked and wanted the cold hard truth...otherwise, nope.
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Old 04-29-2012, 06:14 AM
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Originally Posted by barny View Post
I think I would want to know. Then I could make a decision whether to gift it or not. I've heard people used to make a mistake in their quilt. Have no idea why.
I've been told they make the mistakes because ,no one is perfect ,only God .
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Old 04-29-2012, 07:22 AM
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I would only tell them if I knew them personally and know that they would rather know. I wouldnt want to risk hurting their feelings about it or appear to seem superior in my knowledge of quilting. I'd prefer to think they knew and that I didn't see the mistake...than to risk hurting their feelings about something they were so proud of.
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Old 04-29-2012, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by joyce888 View Post
I think it would depend on what the person who posted the quilt said about it. Did they say it was a gift, did they say they know it's not perfect, did they say it was a gift for a perfectionist? I would only tell someone there was an error if they asked for such feedback.
having done this with a block turned backward, a nice applique solves a lot of problems
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Old 04-29-2012, 09:40 AM
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Heck, I would not care at all and would wonder about the reasons that someone would feel it necessary to post or tell someone about a mistake at that point. I even left in a crazy mixed up block "just because". I saw people taking pictures of the overall quilt and no one at the guild pointed out the huge not to be missed mixed up block.

Either the person will not care or you could really hurt others by pointing out mistakes that either cannot be fixed now or are pretty minor. Kind of like saying your baby is ugly or pointing out an obvious birthmark. Would anyone do that?
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Old 04-29-2012, 09:49 AM
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IMO depends on if glaring mistake, if not, then I'd probably let it pass. If it was opportunity for a teaching moment and gracefully stated, that's beneficial. It it was an intended gift, I would then keep it and consider something different. Makes me think might be better to surprise gift a quilt in case mistakes deter the giving of it and you have to go to plan B.
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I usually leave a small mistake in all of mine. It says.....this is hand made with love and not by a big ugly machine. Most of the time no one even sees it. smile


Originally Posted by barny View Post
I think I would want to know. Then I could make a decision whether to gift it or not. I've heard people used to make a mistake in their quilt. Have no idea why.
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Nope. Done is good.
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