Too critical of your own work?
#31
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
A quilt with chopped off points and mismatched seams will keep you just as warm as a perfect one.
#32
It is funny you posted this because I was thinking of this topic today. I am a pretty new quilter and I am very hard on myself. I see the quilts my mother and mother in law have made and I think about how I will never be that good.
Lately, I have been looking at their quilts more closely and I am finding mistakes that I didn't see before, as an non-quilter. Things I never would have known was a mistake until I looked more closely or gained quilting knowledge. It was a relief to see mistakes made by people who have been quilting longer than I have been alive.
Lately, I have been looking at their quilts more closely and I am finding mistakes that I didn't see before, as an non-quilter. Things I never would have known was a mistake until I looked more closely or gained quilting knowledge. It was a relief to see mistakes made by people who have been quilting longer than I have been alive.
#33
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Originally Posted by b.zang
There is an up-side to giving a quilt that is flawed.......
.....we have reason to give another :) :) :) .....and another.....and another.....
.....we have reason to give another :) :) :) .....and another.....and another.....
#34
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Originally Posted by pab58
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
A quilt with chopped off points and mismatched seams will keep you just as warm as a perfect one.
#36
Originally Posted by HeatherQuilts
Originally Posted by bstanbro
If I were perfect, how could I laugh at myself?
Love it!
#37
I was recently given the advice of the 'three feet away'
If you cant see the mistake three feet away from the quilt it does not count! lol
I cant say I have achieved that yet but as a new quilter I am be happy when I can apply this rule!
If you cant see the mistake three feet away from the quilt it does not count! lol
I cant say I have achieved that yet but as a new quilter I am be happy when I can apply this rule!
#38
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We are our own worst critics. How true that is. I always see the flaws in my own work. And I do strive to do better. I look at others quilts and think I will NEVER be able to do that. I was told by my one and only quilt teacher if you can't see it from a galloping horse it doesn't matter. lol
#39
I love that 3' away advise. I think I will include that with all my quilt instructions!
I quilt for the enjoyment and sense of creativity it brings to my life I hope I continue enjoying it until the very end.
I quilt for the enjoyment and sense of creativity it brings to my life I hope I continue enjoying it until the very end.
#40
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Mine are never perfect, no matter how hard I try. On my pattern or block directions I always try to write in my suggestions for making it better next time. However, I'm usually ready to try a new block etc so haven't tried my corrections,
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