No need to be frustrated with perfection - I figure if I'm close to 1/4 inch seam I'm doing real good. I can fudge a thread or two or three when I join. And I would never want anyone to look at my corners too close. I'm not doing works of art, I'm doing works of life.

I try to do my best but know the quilt police would probably have a hay day with my quilts since I know they're not perfect. I guess I figure if someone doesn't like them they don't have to look or they can fix them.

Liberating quilting, is...well, liberating! If you need a break from precise piecing, give it a try. You'll love it and your creativity will shine. I've always considered quilters artists. There's room for all kinds of quilting styles. Just have fun whether it be getting everything to match up or purposely making something wonky. Anything goes. And if you hate it, give it to a pet. They love anything warm!

Becky ,I agree with you, I like my quilts tobe as perfect as I
can make them,but it hurts my feeling(ego) for others to start pointing out all my off points. I have parkinson tremors, am
lucky to keep two pieces of fabric togeather. Can't use straight pens I stick me more than the fabric, so a crooked seam or miss match seam just has todo. My family and real friends, love the gifts I make them. Some day the sewing may have to go by the way side,yet in the mean time I'm going to keep quilting. So join me and enjoy ,let the other scramble for what they want..

Good for you ,Willa, I feel the same way.

When I get in my perfectionist quilting mode, I just look at some old quilts made by my husband's grandmother.
They are a real treasure but they are anything but perfect.
Still pretty.

Then I think about how the pioneer women made their quilts--from discarded clothing and by the light of a candle or lantern. No place for perfection there.
Then I pretend I can make mine look as good as theirs.

Works everytime. If they suit me then that's ok.

Chris


A Beautiful, to the eyes of the beholder, quilt warms the heart, enriches the soul, and keeps you warm!!
:D

"works of life".... I love that!

How about making a crazy quilt? That ought to knock some of the 'perfectionitis' off.

Chris, when I was small child I watched my mother and neighbor women spend hours making quilts, they used out grown dresses/etc. tredle sewing machine, hand carded cotten batting , we picked out of the fields and every hand quilting stich ment that we would have warm covers in the cold winter. oil lamps and wood heat..
I count my self very lucky to have the things I have. The quilts I have of my Mother's are cherished and on display for other to see.