We are generally our own worst critic.

The key is for you not to share those critical comments with anyone else but you, alone with your machine! Trust me, nobody receiving a gift quilt should have anything to say but thank you and similar expressions of gratitude and appreciation. Bask in it and enjoy! You deserve it!

I confess I have told someone when giving them a quilt to call me if it ever breaks a seam or something comes undone so I can repair it and find out where I goofed. I figure that's part of the warranty :)

Are we just trying to point out the flaws before someone has the chance to?

Just goes to show a "PERFECT GOD" made us "PERFECTLY IMPERFECT". That in itself is perfection.

I love the comment about the buried bones! I'll have to remember that one.

Remember....the beauty of handmade lies in the imperfections. I have no idea where I heard this but it comes to mind when I am looking at my work.

Oh, I don't think you are alone by any means. The funny thing is (or perhaps not so funny) that very, very few people would ever see or notice these little flaws that drive us crazy in our own work. I'll bet that if you picked out one of the most dazzling quilts in any show and then talked to the creator, she would say something like, "Oh, the stitching just isn't quite the way I wanted it." We're all looking for perfection.

Even if there are imperfections, you only do the recipient a disservice by making them less happy with the quilt. They are usually happy until we point out the flaws.

Where did the need to point out every flaw we make come from in the first place? Who ever started it should apologize
profusely to all the world. It really keeps us from growing and exploring.

I washed the car but.....
raked the leaves but.....
washed the windows but.....
painted the room but.....

We all strive to do our best and we should start thinking, acting and talking that way. I know I feel better just saying I accomplished something, anything!

For gosh sakes girl. You accomplished making a quilt. How wonderful is that!:D
peace

I like this idea!

"A lady never apologizes." (Not meant for hurts given or serious mistakes/offenses made, but always meant for the trivial, 'put-down' issues of self or the condition of her house.)