I had read that before and always wanted to speak up when someone talked about humility blocks but couldn't quote a source. Thanks for posting.

Thank you for the link.
I don't need to ADD a humility block to my quilts. I seem to find them after I have quilted half of it already.
The link also included the history of machine quilting. blows away the idea that "the only true quilt is hand done".
EEven my grandma in the 1930's machine quilted on her ttreadle. :)

I really, really appreciate you including this website. There are so many "truths" about quilting that are total fabrications but continue to be passed along as gospel. I try, in my own little way to dispell as many of these myths as possible when teaching beginners. Now if only people would stop believing this undergroung railroad quilt myth - - - a complete fabrication that is now taught as "truth", even in schools. (Sorry, this is on my list of soapbox issues.) I have absolutely no problem with quilt stories - like family stories, etc. though. I love history, just not the fables - and George Washington did not have wooden teeth.

Thanks for helping quilters learn quilt history, and thanks for letting me express my own opinions,
Sandy in Mooresville, NC

Definitely an interesting article. I have to agree with those who say, "I make enough mistakes without doing it on purpose."

I also was blown away by the fact that people were inventing machine quilting set ups of one sort or another before the 1900's!!! I would never have guessed that. Talk about creative and thinking people!!! Fascinating, for sure. Also, I like others, don't have to "add" humility to my quilts. It comes naturally, I am sorry to say. Thanks for posting this link.

I had never heard of the humility block before but have heard the Amish put at least 1 error in their quilts because only God is perfect. Interesting site, thanks.

Ditto me on that one, too!!

You know, I felt exactly the same, and I am so glad that it was untrue!!!

We've all heard it. But it's not true. That's why I posted the link!

Thanks Sandy. I am not even American and I was taught that George Washington had wooden teeth!!!!

You have to be so careful with things that "everyone knows", because sometimes they are simply not true. Examples like this are pretty harmless but there are all sorts of urban myths out there, and some of them contribute to prejudice in society, so I like to be a skeptic and check the source whenever I can.

(So, what WERE GW's teeth made from?!!)