I am so angry with myself I could spit!! - all over 1/4"
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My quilting group calls it reverse sewing.....I just love to reverse sew. :-p
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Originally Posted by bronnyb
Yep... one whole 1/4"...
I picked up one strip 1" wide and attached the border strip and the centre panel - then picked up a strip 1-1/4" wide and did the same to the other side.
My 12yo tells me "It's ok mum, you can't see the difference!" - I think he's trying to be kind.
I have to unpick the 1" wide strip on both sides and find where I put the 1-1/4" - it looks better....
grrrrrrr
this is what comes of designing as you go.... many, many hours spent unpicking....
but it WILL look good soon....getting closer to a finish...
off to unpick...
I picked up one strip 1" wide and attached the border strip and the centre panel - then picked up a strip 1-1/4" wide and did the same to the other side.
My 12yo tells me "It's ok mum, you can't see the difference!" - I think he's trying to be kind.
I have to unpick the 1" wide strip on both sides and find where I put the 1-1/4" - it looks better....
grrrrrrr
this is what comes of designing as you go.... many, many hours spent unpicking....
but it WILL look good soon....getting closer to a finish...
off to unpick...
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Would it be quicker and easier to trim the 1 1/4" to 1" and decide that it was meant to be that way?!
Yesterday I finished a UFO that a deceased friend had started many years ago. I had it all quilted and was trimming it, ready for the binding. During the trimming I discovered why she had put it aside--one of the big triangles of the twisted star was blue while all the rest were purple!!! Where were my eyes the day before??
File this one under "What Was I Thinking?" (Maybe that's why it was in her UFO's??!!
Yesterday I finished a UFO that a deceased friend had started many years ago. I had it all quilted and was trimming it, ready for the binding. During the trimming I discovered why she had put it aside--one of the big triangles of the twisted star was blue while all the rest were purple!!! Where were my eyes the day before??
File this one under "What Was I Thinking?" (Maybe that's why it was in her UFO's??!!
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Well, I can feel your frustration because I know it all too well myself. I am a new quilter and because of poor guessing at 1/4, I am now paranoid and use my tape on edges then use marker until I have that uncanny knowledge by heart on what is a 1/4 seam.
Remember to focus on the finished product and the love behind it.
Remember to focus on the finished product and the love behind it.
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I recently saw a video by Billie Lauder in which she mentioned that the best seam ripper was an eyebrow razor. I didn't even know there was such a thing.
I had a heck of a time finding one. Finally located it at WalMart in with the other razors. It's about the size of an eyebrow pencil. The one I got is pink and has the tiniest blade (very, very sharp) with the sharp edge exposed just a miniscule amount.
It works beautifully! Billie Lauder was right - I flew through my work and as for the "picking," I use the "stiff" side of a piece of velcro; absolutely pulls the little pieces out and hangs onto them.
How do I know all this? (Sigh.)
I had a heck of a time finding one. Finally located it at WalMart in with the other razors. It's about the size of an eyebrow pencil. The one I got is pink and has the tiniest blade (very, very sharp) with the sharp edge exposed just a miniscule amount.
It works beautifully! Billie Lauder was right - I flew through my work and as for the "picking," I use the "stiff" side of a piece of velcro; absolutely pulls the little pieces out and hangs onto them.
How do I know all this? (Sigh.)
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My recent brain fart involved cutting, not ripping. I was doing a scrappy quilt that involved 84 bricks and 84 four-patches, but my math was a bit off and the 4-patches ended up too big! Had to cut 3/4" off of all 4 sides of 84 squares. Good thing there was a Law & Order marathon on.
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