i was told a long time ago each of us has our own way of making a quilt which makes each one indivdual even if i fallow a pattern it is not excatly the way it was orginally made that makes it my quilt and n ot the same as every one else's i come from along ,ine of quilters when i first started there were 26 of us that would get together to talk about our quilts in the family it now now a few years later and there are only three of the orignal group left and only one that has strted she is 14 yrs old the only quilts i am verry picky and have to be perfect is a fair quilt or one for a show other wise they go togeth how they go god bless you and have fun quilting don't make it a job make it a labor of love and fun