Yes, me too!! I've been so intimidated by thinking all of you did such beautiful error free quilts!! Thank you, thank you! My husband even thanks you!! He is tired of me pointing out every little flaw when he says the quilt is beautiful.

I actually saw Fons & Porter do this on one of their shows a few years ago!

my SIL told me many years ago that the goal of quilting was completion not always perfection. I have held earnestly to that idea.

What a great BIL! My appreciation and thanks for his service as well as the countless others. Thank you all...

Not one of my quilts are perfect, they reflect me and how I am.....
this is a great site.
http://lavieenrosie.typepad.com/lavi...ect-quilt.html

Thanks for this link! It really puts things into perspective, doesn't it? Nothing I make is perfect. I strive to at least make it look good. My MIL is the most pickiest, critical person I know BUT. . . everything I have ever gifted her gets Oohs and Ahhs and she just keeps telling me over and over, "you do such beautiful work". She proudly shows off everything to all of her local friends (who can be on the snobby side too). She mails pictures to her sister and her friends that live out of state. I can always see my flaws but that is because I know they are there and that I just didn't feel like ripping out that crooked seam or I didn't want to fix it so I didn't lose my points. I know that no matter how flawed I see my projects, someone else just sees it for what it is: a beautifully made item made by me especially for them!

Glad to know I'm in good company. At one time or another, probably done one of just about any of the above. Biggest one is attaching binding by machine, followed by "tugging" to get seams to match

WOW, I better watch out for them then because I do about all of these. Some of my squares that I have cut are not exact, but close to it and I figure during the Civil War they didn't have rotary cutter and the things that we have now to make things SO much easier.
I roll my squares of 24 and that way when I get to them the seams are already folded down without ironing. I always cut towards myself and my one finger is still paying for that. lol I have not had bowed strips yet, crossing my fingers.
I am glad that I seem this post.

I cut all 1,700+ pieces of the Double Wedding Ring quilt I am working on now with scissors. Using very patterned and bright colored fabrics. Do I hear knocking on my door? If so, I will hand them a broom and a dish rag. They can clean house while I go about sewing and having fun MY WAY!
Oh and bindings...I love to sew on bindings. Maybe I should start a binding business. LOL

As a newbie here, I feel right at home. I have been very close to getting a quilting ticket MANY times. A few years ago I joined an online quilting challenge. We were to choose a technique we had never done before. I chose the curved seams of the drunkards path. I am also a "match-y match-y girl" as in all my fabrics have to be perfectly color matched. The fabrics I received as part of the challenge were horrible. No two fabrics would ever have crossed my doorstep and no two even were close to "going together". But I did the challenge...doing the best I could. A small wall hanging using the 45 five in squares and it turned out beautiful. I am proud of my seams and putting together these horrid fabrics. Now, if I like the fabric I get it. Binding sewn to the back by hand? Show me the stone where that rule is carved in.
Sew on with pride oh happy quilters, perfection or not....we are making the heirlooms of the future.
Leave donuts by the front door, the quilt police will not get past them!