all my quilts are hand quilted and used every winter.I won't
make a quilt I can't use.So what ever you come up with don't be afraid to use it.

I have learned to not judge my work until the quilt has been washed and dried. I looks so much better them.

Sharon

Amen.
You are a quiltmaker, for sure.
Afterall, (say it along with me, folks) "It's YOUR quilt!"

We are our own worst critic. Nobody sees the mistakes unless we point them out.

I agree, there are no quilt police.

All of my quilts are to be used and if each one is a little different.... oh well on to the next one.

All of my work is extremely flawed! I haven't been quilting very long, and see every mistake. Even tho I'm not overly happy with them, I know the more I do, the better I will get. You should see the first quilt top I attempted to make for my DGD, it was my first time quilting. I was so unhappy with it that it has never been finished! Boy, have I learned so much since then! Just keep quilting.

I have the same problems. I think I enjoy quilting too much to take so much time to do it perfect. I want to create and not spend months doing it.

However, I have found a product that helps when putting the layers together and quilting thorugh them.

It is a adhesive spray. Completely repositionable. disappears after first washing, but holds layers together well enough that they don't shift while you are quilting (even machine quilting)

Is this a basting spray? I use one, also repositionable, when I am going to quilt a lapquilt myself. Never have a problem with it. I have a very small apt and have to use the floor area to make the sandwich. The basting spray makes it so much easier. The bed sized quilts I take the LAQer. She does the sandwich and quilting.

I love *505* spray. Couldn't find my can the other day and had to go buy a can of June Taylor Spray. Cheaper yes, but Yuk, hate the smell. If I had to pin my quilt sandwiches together instead of spray basting...I think I would find another hobby. Quick..Easy..Done is my motto! :lol: