Mistakes are "Blessings" was: Update on Uh Oh Quilt Uh oh

Looks awesome!!! As far as the "swapped colors" I heard somewhere
(maybe from my Great Aunt who inspired me to learn to quilt) that
mistakes used to be purposely made in quilts so that they wouldn't be
perfect....because only God can make perfect things. *IF* you are
spiritual this train of thought might work for you?!!?!

Sue in Ithaca

In article , Terri
wrote:

Here it is tonight:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~dogsn...Gold_Black.jpg
I've been at this all day so I'm having trouble spelling at the moment
so you've been warned.


I'm ready to extend the top and bottom and I'm going to attempt
the border in the same colors using the pattern that Kate so kindly
found. I forgot to look to see the @ size of the border but it looks
like what, a ratio of 3:1 or so in the two sizes? I'll probably
deviate a bit and come in between the corners of the medallin
and the stars as it's gotten a bit wider than I'd planned on already.
If I can, that is. Thank you all again for your suggestions and it's
been very fun trying to implement them into the design. We'll see how
long it takes me to figure out that border, probably a lot longer than
this part!

and no, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you, I did indeed put
a couple of the diamonds next to the same color instead of alternating
as I should have.
I'm calling that part of the design though!

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 03:37:57 GMT, Sue DiNapoli
wrote:

Looks awesome!!! As far as the "swapped colors" I heard somewhere
(maybe from my Great Aunt who inspired me to learn to quilt) that
mistakes used to be purposely made in quilts so that they wouldn't be
perfect....because only God can make perfect things. *IF* you are
spiritual this train of thought might work for you?!!?!

My greatest inspiration to quilt also came from my
(ex-husband's) aunt -- a lovely woman who was like a
grandmother to me. She also said the same thing -- that
every quilt should have a mistake left in it, and for the
same reason. In fact, I have several vintage quilts I
inherited from her that have surprisingly obviously mistakes
in them -- they don't take away from the beauty of the
quilt, but you can tell they were done intentionally.

I plan to photograph these quilts and add to an album one of
these days.

Nancy in NS
http://community.webshots.com/user/loves2quilt