Does anyone else have this problem?
09-02-2011, 05:07 AM
#41
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: League City, Texas
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The first person you should please is yourself. You will never be 100% proud of everything you do. I am very critical of myself but othes say I do a good job. I just keep working at it and sometimes I really like my work and sometimes I really hate it so I am learning if I enjoy doing it and take pride in it then that is half the battle. Just relax and they day will come when you will say, OMG, that is beautiful, I can't believe I did it. Good Luck.
Originally Posted by Margie
I love to sew and quilt. I read books, watch videos, read tips from the board and try to do my best. I have great machines, fabric and notions,,,,but I never seem to get any better and my projects never turn out the way other peoples do. It is frustrating.
09-02-2011, 05:10 AM
#44
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 755
I h ave been trying like you for yrs. it just doesn't get any better and I challenge myself all the time. I can't sew a straight line, and if or when I ever get a scant 1/4" seam you will hear me all the way to the east coast. I am careful when I cut, do all the right things have even taken several on going classes. I guess I am just not going to ever be much better than I am right now. I am so discouraged.
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09-02-2011, 05:30 AM
#45
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Campton,Kentucky
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Originally Posted by cjomomma
I learned not to compare my quilts to others or I would give on quilting. I love quilting, I have my own style and I love my finished quilts so that's all that matters to me.
09-02-2011, 05:37 AM
#46
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cincinnati Ohio
Posts: 823
Great advice!
Originally Posted by cjomomma
I learned not to compare my quilts to others or I would give on quilting. I love quilting, I have my own style and I love my finished quilts so that's all that matters to me.
09-02-2011, 05:41 AM
#47
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: League City, Texas
Posts: 504
Please don't get discouraged. One day things will just click. I thought I would never be good at it and I still have a hard time picking colors. I take as many classes at my LQS as I can but some things are just out of my league and know if I try them I will really be upset like the Judy Neimeyer paper piecing. I signed up for a class, bought the pattern and as I was reading it I realized it was just to much money to start and probably not finish so the quilt shop owner was kind enough to refund my money for the class which was $l25.00 then the pattern was $35.00 and was going to cost almost $300.00 for the fabric as it was going to take many yards. I am very glad I didn't stress myself to do it. Just do what you feel comfortable doing and don't worry about it. One day you will do something and can't believe you did that. So tough it out a while longer.
Originally Posted by foxxigrani
I h ave been trying like you for yrs. it just doesn't get any better and I challenge myself all the time. I can't sew a straight line, and if or when I ever get a scant 1/4" seam you will hear me all the way to the east coast. I am careful when I cut, do all the right things have even taken several on going classes. I guess I am just not going to ever be much better than I am right now. I am so discouraged.
Rita
Rita
09-02-2011, 05:51 AM
#48
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Salisbury, MO
Posts: 380
Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
No matter how good you are, no matter how experienced you are at ANYTHING at all, there are always going to be those who are better than you at something or anything.
So go on and enjoy what you do. You've heard of the Quilt Police, haven't you? Those are folks who lurk in the darkness and try to drag everyone down to their mental level. Don't let them get you down.
GO on and make anything your heart desires, make it in flaming reds and oranges if that makes you happy. Make it in just plain black with black thread through it if it makes YOU happy.
You'll feel good when you make what you like, when you like, for whom you like, and be sure to make yourself something to love. That's what WE"RE here for, to learn and help others learn.
So go on and enjoy what you do. You've heard of the Quilt Police, haven't you? Those are folks who lurk in the darkness and try to drag everyone down to their mental level. Don't let them get you down.
GO on and make anything your heart desires, make it in flaming reds and oranges if that makes you happy. Make it in just plain black with black thread through it if it makes YOU happy.
You'll feel good when you make what you like, when you like, for whom you like, and be sure to make yourself something to love. That's what WE"RE here for, to learn and help others learn.
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