My sentiments exactly. We must be kind to each other as we don't know their circumstances.

remember thumper in peter rarrit he was told if you can not say something good say nothing at all lets think first then be nice we all were taught to be nice right!!!!!!!!

Always say something positive! I agree we all have different favorite colors and styles, and some of us just starting quilting.

I just keep my opinion to myself, smile and say that is nice. Just like different people have different intelligence levels so do they have different seamstress levels. If it is good to them it should be good enough for everyone else I would think.

I am a very outspoken person but I would never hurt someones feelings over a quilt they were so proud of. There is always something nice to say. I quilted several quilts for a lady that were so hard to work with because they were so uneven and later found she worked on them while her husband was dying with cancer.

one can always say "wow-that must have take you some time!" (pretty generic,eh?)

I say be polite and try not to hurt their feelings. Who knows it might just be their first quilt and they are proud of their accomplishments. Jeanniebelle

Absolutely - without a little praise and/or recognition the desire to continue dies.

My quilts will never be of the quality of many I see on this site, but it gives me great pleasure when someone sees something good in them. I am critical enough of my own work so any positive comment warms my heart. I try to remember this when I view the works of others.

when I first started I had such visions of my Art/quilt. I still have my initial projects and I even posted one of them on this list. I will never finish it cause I hate it now. LOL But if you all werent so kind to me I would have lost heart and probably not continued. Since then I have done a couple pieces and my ocd has made me rip out and do it again and some times again and again. I have been to a quilt show and looking at some of the work think "why did they enter this?" as I saw whole lines of stitching missing etc. Then I saw spectacular quilts that made me stand in awe looking at them. all a learning experience.
Im my own worst critic and my husband of 25 years who is also my best friend tells me gently when something is amiss and i dont see it myself as he knows that I would want to know from him and not from someone else.
So I guess what Im saying here is Yes be kind. always find something positive to say. It helps us newbies to grow! JoAnn
(who is by nature a perfectionist, but has learned that life is not perfect but an art!)