I agree with Hopeto quilt! The worst advice one will get starts with either "you must always", "the correct way to", "never do it that way", etc. The majority of quilters know that there are no quilt police, and that there is often a different way to do something, and the way that works best for each is the best for that quilter!

The BEST advise I ever got "Enjoy the Journey". And I do.

diamonddee and catmcclure: I am still laughing out loud over that one--I went back and read it three times before it rang in for me.....

LOVE IT!! I have heard it 4 times..LOL..Now if I can everr FIND the last one, so I can divorce him!!

I like your attitude way!

Best advice - if you make a mistake, make another one just like it and say it's suppose to be that way - heard Liz Porter say this.

If an instructor ticks me off, I don't take a class from them again. A few years back I signed up for a quilt as you go class and bought all my supplies and precut the batting. She was extremely upset with me over the poor quality of my batting. All the supply list said was batting. I was new. Good grief, when I was a kid we bought wool blankets from the Salvation Army and that was our batting. We used old cotton sheets for foundation strip piecing.

I say, if someone gets real snooty, tell them to go to a quilt museum, like the one in Paducah, and look at the quilts made more than 50 years ago. You will find that the points don't match, some seams are crooked, mixed fabrics because they used the good pieces of worn out clothing. Yet, all these quilts are beautiful.

So, my advice is, don't stress on the small stuff and enjoy quilting. Now a days when I take a quilt class, I don't argue with the instructor, I learn new stuff, if I don't like a certain procedure, I don't do it that way, I find a way I'm comfortable with.

LOL I also thought this was the worst advice I ever got.

"That fabric you picked is just wrong for that pattern and it won't work" an insistent and very self-assured sales lady told me at an LQS. I was new to quilting and allowed this "expert" to convince me to change course. The fabric she suggested worked but it wasn't what I had in mind and I never finished the quilt. Ended up passing the top on to community service at the guild. Now I take my DH with me when I need color advice. He has a good eye for color and he has my best interest at heart.

My Home Ec teacher I HS told me I was making a mistake taking physical science instead of another year of home ec becauses I would never see the inside doors of a nursing school. Ha----I am a retired RN.

[QUOTE=diamondee;5802368]Yes! Excellent :-)