I must admit, that I'm getting frustrated with perfection
02-03-2011, 11:43 AM
#161
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Full Time RV'er
Posts: 485
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by Parrothead
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by A
I must say, the ONLY person who is PERFECT is Jesus Christ our Lord. In the OLD days, little inperfections were put into the quilt for that exact reason. I gave up being perfect long ago - my quilts are made with love. I've been quilting for 25 years & have yet to get anything but a huge smile when someone receives a quilt from me.
02-03-2011, 11:52 AM
#162
Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 39
It's kind of like how the media puts images out there of bodies that are not real and completely unattainable. Airbrushing pictures to a phony level. The gadget sellers are trying to suck us in like the media does.
I love to sew and I am so NOT a professional. And I actually like quilts with imperfections...that's how you know they are handmade.
People arent perfect so why should quilts be? That's my motto.
I love to sew and I am so NOT a professional. And I actually like quilts with imperfections...that's how you know they are handmade.
People arent perfect so why should quilts be? That's my motto.
02-03-2011, 12:09 PM
#164
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas (that's me!)
Posts: 3,771
Originally Posted by Jill
I quilt for fun. I gave up perfection years ago. I like my quilts to look nice, and I do rip out my share of seams, but my quilts will never be in a show, will never be in a museum, but they will be in my house and the houses of family and friends, and I will be proud of them when I'm done. I keep telling myself that perfection is impossible so why should I drive myself crazy trying to achieve something I can never do.
02-03-2011, 12:26 PM
#166
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 2,254
I quilt because it is fun. I try to do the very best I can. If I make a giant boo boo I rip it out and re-do; but if it is a minor thing then it becomes part of the quilt. Spent most of my life striving for perfection, all it gave me was migraine headaches and a whole lot of stress.
02-03-2011, 12:26 PM
#167
Super Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northern New Hampshire
Posts: 1,936
Originally Posted by Becky13
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE quilting, but am frustrated at the sense that everything I do has to be perfect. Reading about the latest gadget that we can buy to make SURE that we get that 1/4" (minus two threads), just makes me sigh... And how we scurry to take out a seam when our blocks are off 3 threads. All the talk about being sure that everything is "exact". Are we quilting because it's fun? We're making a loving gift? Or is perfection the goal?
I quilt for PLEASURE not perfection...perfectionists have heart attacks and strokes...I have great low blood pressure and answer only to myself when quilting...The therapy I gain from hand quilting is unmatched by any therapy session...LOL Join the fun club and leave the perfection to those who wish to leave us early !!! :D :D :D
02-03-2011, 12:30 PM
#168
Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Sherwood, OR
Posts: 23
I think those flaws and imperfections are what give a quilt it's character! No mass produced "quilt" will ever be able to replicate the warm and fuzzy feeling you get seeing and feeling a hand made quilt. Relax and enjoy the process, you now have a story to tell when you show off your work.
02-03-2011, 12:49 PM
#170
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Morganton, Ga
Posts: 944
I like to cut and sew seams as "perfect" as possible 'cause I don't like to struggle with putting the blocks together.
Eleanor Burns has a construction method that takes a lot of the anxiety out of block construction.
Eleanor Burns has a construction method that takes a lot of the anxiety out of block construction.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Snorky Lvs2Quilt
Main
16
04-21-2011 09:57 PM
