Laura22

I'm not a perfectionist in my quilting or in any other aspect of my life, I would be fine with someone pointing out a mistake in one that was unfinished. Like Design wall or pieced top stage, but not thrilled to hear it if it was a mistake on a finished quilt. Maybe if I said, I plan to enter this quilt in xyz show, you might want to mention the problem to me ;)

Minnisewta

Isn't their a says something like "Only god can make it perfect, that's why I put the mistake in it"

LucyInTheSky

I had always heard that. But then someone pointed out that most likely it was a made up story to justify a mistake that you didn't notice. Because if you think you purposefully have to make a mistake otherwise your quilt will be perfect, that in itself is prideful and comparing yourself to God. Interesting take on that

IrishNY

I agree with RST - say something about the problem before quilting, but just say "beautiful" after quilting.

EIQuilter

This has been an enlightening conversation. Here's my story: I recently longarmed a quilt for a friend. The alternate blocks were 8" panel squares to which she had added a pieced border of half-square triangles, with the triangles pointing outward. When the quilting was done, I put it on my bed for pictures. I uploaded the pictures, and right in the middle of the first one was one of the panel squares with one pieced border of triangles pointing inward. It was glaring in the picture, but neither of us had noticed it during the piecing or the quilting.

When she came to pick up the finished quilt up, after she had looked at the quilting design and was quite happy with that, I told her I had something to show her. I apologized for not catching it while I was quilting, and she completely understood - after all, she'd been up close and personal to the quilt herself and hadn't seen it. I told her if she wanted to remove the quilting stitches and flip the border so it was like the others, I'd be glad to requilt that part of it for her.

After thinking about it, that's exactly what she decided to do. She plans to enter it into the local quilt show and didn't want the mistake to be left in the quilt. I'm glad I said something to her, and we joke about it, because that's what friends can do. If someone else had pointed it out to her, she might have been offended, embarrassed, or otherwise upset about it.

As for myself, I'd want to know about it, but I'd prefer the mistake be mentioned to me in a PM rather than publicly.

matraina

I looked for a flaw but I couldn't find any. Very pretty quilt!

skothing

no. I ask if I want a comment but generally I know if something isn't working.
Also it is bad manners to point at in-professions.

debbieoh

NO WAY LOL!!! it would take people along time to tell me everything I did wrong on my quilts. besides the mistakes is what gives them character

seamstome

If it wasnt quilted and finished, yes I would want to know because I might be able to fix it. After it is done, it is done.

fabric lover

No, I wouldn't tell, not after it's being finished. And before that? Only if I knew the quilter and had some idea of how she would feel about it.
I don't see a mistake in your quilt though , it's lovely.