Hidden Threads

I’ve spent part of the weekend in the closet pulling out quilt tops to finish. As the weather gets blessedly cooler, the idea of keeping a quilt on my lap long enough to bind it doesn’t seem so nasty.

One thing I’ve noticed is flaws in my previous work - you know, the quilts with wobbly seams and those on-point quilts that look a bit on the wavy, distorted side. I guess that all quilters can look back on their previous work and find flaws. One quilt was so nasty that I unsewed the border on the spot and started looking for an alternate fabric and matching thread.

What about you? Do you have controls for this type of perfectionist behavior? Actually, I’d like myself better if I just loved the quilts for their appearance and my enjoyment in making them, whatever my level of skill at the time. But some nasty little voice in my head keeps saying, “Fix it now!” Truthfully, I’d rather be making a new, better quilt and let the old ones hide in the back of the closet, but that seems like such a waste.