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Archive for October, 2007

Nobody’s Perfect

Posted: Friday, October 5th, 2007 @ 10:20 pm in Peninsula Quilters' Gazette | No Comments »

When I was touring a castle in Ireland a few years ago I was surprised to learn that medieval artisans purposely made errors in their designs. The example we saw was an extra toe on a person’s foot in a tapestry. The reason they did this was to keep from making something perfect, since perfection [...]