Annoying The Quilt Police
#52
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Missouri
Posts: 4,061
Quilt police are not worth my time. I've left a couple of guilds because they were too many present. I'm critical enough of my stitching, don't need anyone setting themselves up as "experts" doing the same.
#53
I drive the QP nuts by purposely making my binding a different size on each side of the quilt. Per my choice, I will often make a wider binding on the back. It's two different quilts, and it's a design choice IMHO.
Now as a teacher, I do tell my students about Arkansas rules: strange quilt laws that I've only heard of here, so they are prepared if they enter shows.
Other than that, I tell them that I am the QP and can be easily bribed with chocolate!
I've been quilting for many years, and have yet to make a 'perfect' quilt. And, I believe there's more than one way to do everything.
Now as a teacher, I do tell my students about Arkansas rules: strange quilt laws that I've only heard of here, so they are prepared if they enter shows.
Other than that, I tell them that I am the QP and can be easily bribed with chocolate!
I've been quilting for many years, and have yet to make a 'perfect' quilt. And, I believe there's more than one way to do everything.
#54
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Bosque County, Texas
Posts: 2,709
I have a theory that the quilt police are the ones that the UFOs abducted and inserted chips into their brains. Nothing else would explain their strange obsession with scant 1/4" seams, finger pressing, etc. The ones that demand only hand quilting have been abducted twice, I think. Poor dears.
#56
I have a theory that the quilt police are the ones that the UFOs abducted and inserted chips into their brains. Nothing else would explain their strange obsession with scant 1/4" seams, finger pressing, etc. The ones that demand only hand quilting have been abducted twice, I think. Poor dears.
#59
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: northern California
Posts: 1,098
Several years ago I entered for the first time a quilt I had made. It was one" squares and they were configured into a red and blue yin yang with yellow "energy" coming off. It was for a little boy and as the red and blue squares left the main symbols they began having little pictures on them (bugs, Big Red, butterflys, etc.). The only comment I got was that my quilt was not properly squared! Boy, was I deflated. I hadn't expected a prize or anything, but to have one negative comment for over 1600 squares in a design.... sigh..... It was one of my first quilts.
#60
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
Posts: 24,666
To me, there is a difference between constructive suggestions and negative criticism.
Do I TRY to annoy people? Generally, No -
I've learned to be careful with the following words: always, never, all, every, none - those exceptions keep turning up!
Do I TRY to annoy people? Generally, No -
I've learned to be careful with the following words: always, never, all, every, none - those exceptions keep turning up!
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