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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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.

I've been told they make the mistakes because ,no one is perfect ,only God .

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.

having done this with a block turned backward, a nice applique solves a lot of problems

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?

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.

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

Nope. Done is good.