momto4

I was doing a pattern where I needed to sew together jelly roll strips and with my lack of sleep I forgot to take out the pieces for the borders and in between the blocks. I instead sewed ALL of the strips together. This is going to take me FOREVER!! I was so happy when I sewed the last set together and about 30 seconds later had an OMG what did I do moment. I was adjusting to take it from a twin to king as well so I need to rip the stitches out of about 40 sets of strips. I know it was from the lack of sleep but this is the biggest mistake I have made so far in my quilting "career" Oh man!!! :*(

JenniePenny

Sorry about the extra work!

crafty pat

So sorry for all your hard work. I know how you feel I do things like that a lot lately.

charity-crafter

I'd be tempted to get some more jelly roll strips and make a second quilt with those 40 sets of strips. But I make a lot of charity quilts so it would go to good either way.

Sorry to hear you've had problems. It's such a hassle to have to rip out stitches.

fabrichore

If I lived closer I would come over and help....been there and done that many times for the same reason...sorry...

CarrieC

OUCH - that one hurts. I'm sorry you had this happen. I know I've done UH-OH things when I'm tired too. Hope the rip out goes fast and with no hassles.

luvspaper

This is when I would just rework the pattern rather than undoing the sewing! If I tried to tear it out, I would never finish it!

Kas

Ditto! There is no way I would rip that much. My time is worth too much. Or, you could use the ones you were going to rip and make a different pattern border instead. Like large piano keys or something like that. Get creative, not friendly with your ripper!

eastermarie

Do you have another fabric in your stash you can use to make the border? Or are you close enough to a quilt shop to pick up a border fabric? Any chance you have extra backing fabric you can use as a border? I wouldn't do all that ripping out. Is the quilt large enough not to need a border?

crafterrn1

I agree find a creative way to fix the mistake. You never know if it happens for a reason. Rip the segments apart first then break it down or do a rail fence or piano key border with a breaking border of a solid fabric about 2 inches wide. Good luck!