need some advice please! the way things are lining up
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need some advice please! the way things are lining up
I have been following you all for quite a while and have learned so many things and seen so many pretty quilts. I have been quilting for fun for years, I usually give away my quilts to family members. Last summer
I had my daughter pick out a quilt kit and have been working on it for awhile, but when I started to put it together I am so unhappy with the way things are lining up I feel like trashing it and beginning again.I realize what I did wrong when piecing the quilt, so I know I can do a better job next time.
However, when my daughter saw it, she loved it. I pointed out a few mistakes, and she said she never would have noticed them. However, I keep seeing my mistakes and now I can't seem to get back into this project. Has any one else had this problem? If so, how did you get yourself to quit focusing on the mistakes?
I had my daughter pick out a quilt kit and have been working on it for awhile, but when I started to put it together I am so unhappy with the way things are lining up I feel like trashing it and beginning again.I realize what I did wrong when piecing the quilt, so I know I can do a better job next time.
However, when my daughter saw it, she loved it. I pointed out a few mistakes, and she said she never would have noticed them. However, I keep seeing my mistakes and now I can't seem to get back into this project. Has any one else had this problem? If so, how did you get yourself to quit focusing on the mistakes?
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I agree with Tartan. I did a kaleidoscope quilt that by the time I was done, I was ready to give it to the cat! For the life of me I couldn't get the 8 triangles to meet up properly in the middle - some had too much fabric, others not enough so there was a hole ... EEEEEKKKK I ended up sewing buttons on all the middle pieces of the kaleidoscope just so it wouldn't fall apart!
One of my colleagues fell in LOVE with with ... and I mean she raved about it ... I gave it to her on the condition that it never be washed because it would probably fall apart.
Like you I pointed out all the mistakes, but she didn't care!
One of my colleagues fell in LOVE with with ... and I mean she raved about it ... I gave it to her on the condition that it never be washed because it would probably fall apart.
Like you I pointed out all the mistakes, but she didn't care!
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Since she likes it, I say finish it up and give it to her! After it is quilted, washed and crinkled up, your boo-boos will be MUCH less noticeable. And it will be a lasting reminder of your improved skills years to come!
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Location: Upper Michigan
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We are our worst critics, one thing about quilting, you learn it's never perfect but then again it's not suppose to.. for me the charm of homemade is the imperfections. No two are alike. If someone likes it you've done your job!!
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I am with the other girls here. Just finish it up and next time you will know to adjust for your "mistakes". I would not agonize over it. I once waited almost twenty years to put one quilt together because I didn't like how it was turning out and the person I gave it to loved it! They didn't notice any of the little off blocks. They just saw all the love and work it took me to make it.
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