"Want to" vs "Ability"
07-02-2011, 05:48 AM
#73
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 294
Originally Posted by leatheflea
It looks better now than a year ago, but still not ready to put it on a quilt. Hopefully with the new machine on a frame things will improve. You all just cant see all the mistakes and the crossed stitches, its bad!
Practise, practise and more practise is what produces proficiency. Research indicates that the magic number is 10,000. Hours of practise, that is! That certainly has proven true for me in my area of professional expertise (not quilting... yet).
It doesn't mean you have to practise 10,000 hours before producing something that is satisfying and beautiful. During the entire process, you'll be improving more and more. And when you are doing something that is important to you, the practise itself is satisfying.
07-02-2011, 05:52 AM
#75
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Allen Park, MI
Posts: 408
Good grief! If one of us had put up that post you'd be saying what everyone else is - it looks TERRIFIC! And it does!!! While there's always farther to go on the learning curve (at least to ourselves!) I'd say you are pretty far along. It truly is lovely.
As far as buying the new "expensive machine" - this might sound funny, but it very well might help. Not because you don't have the ability, but when I got mine it increased my confidence, and that goes a long way.
You have lots of talent, not just quilting. That post was very clever. When I first joined this board and was reading everything in site, I came across an older thread about what us quilters do to make it look like we had been doing other things than quilting all day (ahem, like housework...) and I laughed at your post in that thread for days.
You've got it goin' on, girl, just keep doing what you're doing! All of it!
As far as buying the new "expensive machine" - this might sound funny, but it very well might help. Not because you don't have the ability, but when I got mine it increased my confidence, and that goes a long way.
You have lots of talent, not just quilting. That post was very clever. When I first joined this board and was reading everything in site, I came across an older thread about what us quilters do to make it look like we had been doing other things than quilting all day (ahem, like housework...) and I laughed at your post in that thread for days.
You've got it goin' on, girl, just keep doing what you're doing! All of it!
07-02-2011, 05:57 AM
#77
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: IN
Posts: 1,153
Are you kidding? This looks GREAT!! You need to stop comparing your work with others. Comparing your work to others is a sure fire way to guarantee that you'll never be happy with your own style and creativity.
07-02-2011, 06:04 AM
#80
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Mesa, AZ
Posts: 2,723
Are you kidding me!? It looks wonderful. I don't know how long Charisma has been doing it, but practice makes perfect - well - since there is no such thing as "perfect" we only try for perfection. You have NOTHING to complain about. Keep up the beautiful work.
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