kaelynangelfoot

Recently I cut a border for a quilt too short...twice. I wasn't very happy and that is when I went to bed. On the downside, that was a while ago and I still haven't finished the quilt top because it made my naughty list. I need to learn to go to bed before I start disliking what I am working on.

faykilgore

Maybe that quilt was trying to tell you it needed a different border. You should get it back out and see what it says.

rob529

Ha, guess it's time for me to go to bed, it took me way too long to finally see what the mistake was.
Robin in TX

SusanSusan33

I hearts! I know its time to stop when my eyes start to cross! Lol

Phannie1

More mistakes than right will make me stop what I a doing and go on to bed or clean the house depending on time of day.

quiltingbuddy

Good threads like this make me laugh. I love it! And I just read the cream of something soup thing to DH (who does 98% of the cooking around here) and he agrees that is how I would do it too. Whatever gets us back to our projects right ladies? And the time to go to bed issue? When I start having to unsew too much. I get frustrated and think "this is supposed to be fun."

FURBALLS

When I start to mess things up and have to redo.

carolstickelmaier

I am a little on the stubborn side and don't stop until I have made three mistakes be it little or big. At times it "bites me in the butt". lol

Sewnoma

This is how I know I'm sick, too. I start sewing things together wrong; in the wrong order, or even inside-out so the seam is on the face of the quilt. I did that a couple years ago, very carefully pinned and sewed a whole big long border onto a heavily pieced edge...with the seam on the face of the quilt. Ripped it all out, re-pinned it to death and painstakingly sewed it back on....exactly the same wrong way. AAAHH! Definitely time to quit for the day!! I was on a deadline for that one, too.

mckwilter

I quit (no matter what time of day) when I pick up the seam ripper for the second time. That's my signal that I need to get away from the machine. If it's daylight out, I make a cup of tea and watch a cooking show or read a book. If it's after bed time, I hit the hay.