I agree with Tartan.

We teach our children to smile and say 'thank you', but then we don't follow our own instructions! I am trying to change the bad habit of not accepting compliments. It can make the compliment-giver feel bad too. It's very hard to just smile and say thank you.

I do it too. I pick out everything I do wrong. I'm learning to keep it to myself and not tell. People that don't quilt won't notice at all. We have to keep telling ourselves that. :)

I am compelled to point out the near misses especially to my friends who also quilt, they are going to see them anyway. The determination on weather or not they are really good friends is when they say something like I couldn't do that good or I don't see any boo boos! I am very hesitant to show people other than my close friends because I don't want to be judged, insecure I suppose.

Trouble is, if we keep being so self-critical it becomes crippling, then you don't produce anything at all. Glad I'm not alone....I am keeping that mantra in mind....just won't start muttering it....my lot already think I'm strange enough:)

There are times to speak up and there are times to stay quiet.

I wonder if it is how we are brought up. My mom always was critical of anything I made for her, pointing out the errors but I found out I think her mother did the same to her. I have a daughter and the only "thing" she made was some counted cross stitch when she was 14 and you bet I didn't get critical of her work!

I LOVE this thread....makes me feel normal. I too, am trying to bite my tongue regarding flaws. :)

I am the same way, but I'm trying to get better at not pointing out flaws in my quilts, as I am my own worst critic, but I'm working on not making derogatory remarks about my quilt. Most people that I give the quilts to are not quilts, so they generally don't see the flaws.

I read something the other day that I believe is absolutely true - your eye will see what it expects to see, so noone is going to notice points that don't quite point, or a seam that is off. Even when I know I have a mistake, once the quilt is finished, even I have a hard time spotting it - so I just let people admire my quilts and try to keep my mouth shut!