If quilt police truly existed, I'd be UNDER the jail.
The closest I have to quilt cops are my four cats. Three of them could give a rip less and the fourth sleeps on the "job".

WONDERFUL ATTITUDE, I LIKE THAT. I USED TO BE PRETTY HARD ON MYSELF BUT WITH AGE HAVE LEARNED TO JUST ENJOY & SEW. I LOVE QUILTS.PATCHWORK QUILTS ARE MY THING. TONI D

my DH is my quilting police!

What quilt police? I do it the way I want. So what if it isn't like the picture or is something no one else has heard of?

Ditto to both.

GREAT, I LOVE YOUR ANSWER...WE ALL TRY TO BE TO PERFECT. JUST CUT, SEW AND ENJOY...
PUGLOVER1

Good for You!My quilt police is my husband.He makes suggestions to be helpful but it is usually hurtful.I know he is trying to help me get better but I just can't stand it when he points something out.Usually it is to ask why the points don't match but if I knew the answer the point would match![/quote]

Tell him to make a block and see if he can do better.
Would be grounds for divorce for us.
Running someone down only makes some people feel superior. Just know you are doing your best and ignore the run downs.

Tell him to make a block and see if he can do better.
Would be grounds for divorce for us.
Running someone down only makes some people feel superior. Just know you are doing your best and ignore the run downs.[/quote]

Years ago a woman did just tell her husband just that. He ended up winning countless state fair blue ribbons for his quilts.

I hand quilt so when I put a quilt top together, it looks good on the design board and I think I have been careful sewing, but when I get to quilting, I find all kinds of faults. I am my own quilt police. All my family seem to overlook the mistakes.

I just make my quilts to please myself. Then I give them away. No police here. If they do exist, just let them arrest me then because I'm sure I've broken most quilting laws, lol.

Love is all I need :-)
No, the quilt police are not a myth... they are real and they are not people I need or want to be around.

Our guild had several a few years ago... yes, granted they were very good piecers and machine quilters... BUT after they left for various reasons... our guild seemed to thrive! It is now fun to be there and we help one another, share ideas, take turns hosting a "lesson" each month, and we can ask the proverbial "stupid" question -without getting a glare or rolled eyes or "tsk-tsk" comment- and get a constructive answer.

If you encounter one of the QP, RUN! Run very fast in the opposite direction.

I am my own worst everything police. My perfectionist tendencies mean I am always beating myself up over my performance - quilts, parenting, work, you name it. It drives me and makes me a high achiever, but I would like to learn to dial it back.

I agree Cindy....I will not show off my quilts as I am affraid of the remarks I will get. I know that the blocks are off and the seams are not always straight but I still love to keep trying. I have made quilts for babies and for my children but when it comes to doing it for others I am afraid they will not like what I do so I pittle at home. Oh well like you I am trying to get used to the idea at least I am trying and not feeling sorry for myself.
Classes are helping me though I must say..Now if I can get the machine quilting down I think I will be okay....I got a new Bernia 440QE with a stitch regulator as a gift and I still am learning..

I just finished a Queen Size Quilt (my first bed-size quilt) for my husband. He wanted a scrappy quilt that reminded him of when he helped his mother cut out the pieces for the quilts she made back in the 50's.

I cussed, fussed and procrastinated the whole way through the quilt because it was driving my crazy - particularly the puckers on the backing - don't know if it was me, the fabric, the machine or a combination of all 3 = but I knew I wasn't happy with the puckers. Just got tired of ripping them out and redoing just for more puckers!

Anyways - he LOVES it! Said it is perfect and who cares about some puckers - he says it is to keep him warm and bring back happy memories - and the fact that I made it makes it perfect to him!

And, you know what - when I step back and look it - it's not all that bad - it's not for a quilt show but so what????

POX on the Quilt Police!

Cindyh

I don't have any of those unmentionables around here. I call mistakes "character". ;)

My quilting group have been meeting for 20 yrs. I started it as beginers group and now the eldest is 83 yrs old,I told them on the first week that any mistakes in their work was 'their statement' and each quilt was quite unique to them. In this age of manufactured goods it is wonderful to see 'home made'. Quilt Police? Tell them to go get a life !! xx

I am into row 9 of my bagello quilt. It's my 1st and probably last. I just made all the squares the same. Some I did not meet the seam perfectly. I just finished pressing the seam. It does not lay perfectly flat yet, each time I press, they lay flat. I can live with this, and I look at the quilt and after putting it all together and tying, won't notice those imperfections. It's made with love.

No quilt police in my neck of the woods... I have it posted on an invisible sign only they can see in my yard *grin*

I just love your post. This is why I have not joined a guild. I have found them to be very snobby. I want my quilting to fun and reflect what I love

Well Said!

[quote=chamby]I went through three guilds before I settled on one. Some guilds have a few too many people who, like the cliques in high school, don't want new members. My present guild has a couple of folks like that, I just ignore them and enjoy the ones who enjoy me.

Joining a guild is sometimes like finding your handsome prince, You have to kiss a lot of frogs first.

I love your attitude!

I tell my students and friends that some of the best quilters in the world did not know 'the rules' when they started quilting, and they have produced award winning work. Also, there are no new mistakes, as I, and every other quilter I know, have made them all before. Besides, mistakes are just design challenges! Embrace them & learn from them.
And never listen to anybody who makes you feel your work isn't 'good enough.'

When I first started quilting, I did it for fun, I wasn't looking for prizes, fame or fortune. I mentioned to someone in the quilt guild I was attending at the time that my daughter (award-winning long-armer) was complaining because some of my blocks were 12", while others were 11-1/2" and 12-1/2". Another quilter said "But, your points won't match." My reply was "So." As you can see by my Avatar, I've since learned to match points, but only after I decided I wanted to get serious.

Im my own worst critic...i made a quilt for a friends daughter and he said wow its perfect and i showed him the not perfect...he said if you wouldnt have showed me i would have never know...

No quilt police here although sometimes a few people try to rock the boat. I tell them I am the Chief of Police and I will throw them out of the sewing room. I have learned lately that the reason so many people complain at my quilts is that they are unhappy with themselves because they have not finished something they are working on or are too lazy to even start. No one is perfect at anything and the one who is perfect took it upon himself to save us and no one can compare to him. (amen!!!!) All quilts are ribbon winners already just by the fact that you took the time to make it and went WOW. No negatives all quilts are a learning process and everyone has a different way of doing things what works for one may not for another we all have different taste of color texture etcs hey just like a quilt!!!

Nicely put. I totally agree with this statement. Amen and Amen!!!

Most definitely!