smd719 Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 I am so frustrated...I'm working on a quilt for myself...my own worst critic...I do some...I rip it out...I do some more...I rip it out. This thing will be quilted 3x before I get done. Argh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyJo Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 I'm sorry you are having such a time on your quilt. Just think though, once you get it done, you will be the one able to really appreciate all the hard work that you put in it. - But I don't like to rip either. If it's a lot of ripping, you might want to leave it overnight and look at it tomorrow, maybe it will look a lot better!! I hope you will post pics when you are finished with it.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 What is it you dont like? What type of quilting are you doing? Feathers, SID..? And, we ARE our worst critics. Patty's said it all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Stephanie, I find for some reason that I tense up more if I have an exact vision of what I want but don't have lines to follow. In that case I'll use some school chalk to pre-mark it a little and get it to what I want. Then I don't let my daughter in because her eye is even more critical than mine! :P:P I just had a piece on that I ended up ripping out after she pointed out my mistakes. She will be my first judging and if it makes it past her then I should be golden! :P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Stephanie.. can you make yourself stand at the door or across the room, and pick out what you see as a mistake? If not, try to just leave it.. Once you are done you will feel so good, and I'm thinking you will also tend to not see the "mistakes" once it is washed, or just rinsed and blocked. Why are we all, or most of us, so critical of our work? I'm the same way.. lol, makes no sense, huh? Good luck with the rest of it.. RitaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gable428 Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 I agree with Rita. I keep telling myself there is no such thing as perfection and there will be things in a quilt that I don't like. For the most part I just leave it and tell myself that's what gives it that "homemade" look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherryRogers Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Hi Stephanie Relax and enjoy the process. I know my quilts are perfectly im-perfect and thats perfectly okay with me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Hey Stephanie, No more ripping! Are you using a high contrast thread? That will show everything. Before you rip more, take a break and come back to it later. It probably doesn't look as bad as you thought it did before. And here are some wise words from Sherry Rogers-Harrison: "Same colored thread is your friend" PS: I am one of those that appreciates the imperfections in quilting. It looks like a real honest to goodness human being quilted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcclannan Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Have a Hershey bar. Wash your hands. And then get back at it. Quilts look their worst on the machine and their best laying over a body. (Hopefully a live body.:D) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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