i think of the 10 foot rule while i am makeing a quilt, but i would like to get it down to a 5 foot rule

After I took my first quilt in and showed the owner of the LQS what I had done and see if she could give pointers for the next quilt, she told me it is a learning process. It doesn't matter at what stage you are with quilting, there is always something to learn. Complete the project, do your best, take pride in what you do and start another.

I am on my way home from spending 4 days taking classes at Quilting with Machines in Huron, Ohio...took 3 classes from Karen McTavish who is a fabulous quilter and she doubts herself and doesn't think her quilting is all that great. :shock: She is so humble about her awesome skills and just a really nice person. I guess if she can be hard on herself, it must be a "creative person's disease"! We put a piece of ourselves in every quilt we make and when it is less than perfect we think it says that we aren't perfect :roll: Lord knows I'm not perfect, but I keep trying...at least with my quilting!!!

I use the 10 foot rule too, but on a galloping horse!

we are always most critical of ourselves, arent we? Hope this boosts your confidence in your work.

On Quilt in a Day, E. Burns uses the 20 mile per hour rule-if you drive by at 20mph and it looks good, it is good. I was kind of bummed about my Tennessee Waltz quilt-things not matching up and i saw the show on tv where E. Burns made one and she was showing examples of the pattern. Guess what? they were not all matched up either. i thought if she could show them on tv, then i could be happy with mine.

I use a 'peep hole' to look thru at my QIP on my design wall and that gives me a better view of what it really looks like because I'm in a 8x10 room. That puts it farther away.

I too, am hard on what I do. Especially if I want to give it to some one not family. The last wall quilt still has a few issues and I will not give it away to the hospital until I am satisfied that it is the best the 'I CAN DO'.

This ,make me laugh as I too are a perfectionist as I make Bridal Gowns for people all over the word.

When my husband and I got married many years ago my Dad and my husband wallpapered our kitchen in our soon to be apartment. I left as my Mom called and asked me to get her something at the store. When I arrived there was a surprise bridal shower for me, so i did not return to the apartment to help finish the wallpapering.

We got married and the first Sunday we were doing the dishes and I looked at the corner of the room and said to my Husband,Oh my god there is a whole strip of wallpaper upside down. He just laughed and said" your Dad said it was the last piece of wallpaper and he was not going to have us but another role to finish it so he lined everything up and said no one would ever see it. My new husband said to him,I know know my bride and she will certainly see it. This month 44 years later he still know how I am. I don't know if the land lord ever saw it.

my saying is "If ya looking that hard, ya looking to buy and I'm not selling" but then again I use that saying on everything I find that is not perfect.