It just took 3 tries to get the quarter inch seam.....!!!
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It just took 3 tries to get the quarter inch seam.....!!!
Sometimes I "reverse bribe" myself....meaning I tell myself that I can't quilt until I have done x number of chores.
So, today after I cleaned house and mowed, I sat down to start my next charity quilt. I cleaned my machine and wound two bobbins. Then I started sewing....but wait....that wasn't a 1/4 inch seam, that was too big.
So, I rechecked what I had done, and rather than going one notch to the left with my needle, I had gone one notch to the right. Okay, so after ripping out the seam I had just made sewing two WOF 2 1/2 inch strips together, I sewed again. But wait...it still wasn't a 1/4 inch seam. So I rechecked what I had done, and I had put my quarter inch foot on backwards!!! I didn't even know that was possible. I was half afraid I had ruined the foot....it is one without the guard. But the foot was okay, and this time I had just sewn four inches.
So, I ripped again, and the third time and all was well. It was 1/4 inch just like it should have been.
Good grief! Ya think maybe I need to pay more attention to what I am doing? Maybe this "reverse bribe" isn't such a good thing for me. Maybe I used all of my thinking energy on the chores!! I can fix that. Next time I will "reverse reverse bribe". I will quilt first and either forget the chores or just plan on doing them after I quilt!
Surely no one else has done anything like reverse a quarter inch foot???
Dina
So, today after I cleaned house and mowed, I sat down to start my next charity quilt. I cleaned my machine and wound two bobbins. Then I started sewing....but wait....that wasn't a 1/4 inch seam, that was too big.
So, I rechecked what I had done, and rather than going one notch to the left with my needle, I had gone one notch to the right. Okay, so after ripping out the seam I had just made sewing two WOF 2 1/2 inch strips together, I sewed again. But wait...it still wasn't a 1/4 inch seam. So I rechecked what I had done, and I had put my quarter inch foot on backwards!!! I didn't even know that was possible. I was half afraid I had ruined the foot....it is one without the guard. But the foot was okay, and this time I had just sewn four inches.
So, I ripped again, and the third time and all was well. It was 1/4 inch just like it should have been.
Good grief! Ya think maybe I need to pay more attention to what I am doing? Maybe this "reverse bribe" isn't such a good thing for me. Maybe I used all of my thinking energy on the chores!! I can fix that. Next time I will "reverse reverse bribe". I will quilt first and either forget the chores or just plan on doing them after I quilt!
Surely no one else has done anything like reverse a quarter inch foot???
Dina
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No other obstacles have interfered with my quilting since I started this thread, so maybe I am back on track now.
Dina
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I like your new reverse plan...quilt first! haha I've ripped out a zipper three times now out of a project. I've put in a zipper before in a project just like this one. I think I'm just overtired. Spent last week babysitting our new grandson and this past weekend stayed in hospital with my mom for two nights with no sleep. I'm wanting to get back in my sewing room but there are clothes to wash and dishes too. I'll be caught up tomorrow but I have to sit with my mother at her house while my dad and my husband go mow our nieces yard. Maybe after all that I can get my zipper in right! haha
#10
Interesting how you bribe yourself and then get the work done first and then get quilting for your reward.
I'm getting a colonoscopy today. I prepped yesterday, my most difficult ever, I think I'm ready and waiting for my driver. So I rewarded myself for getting through all that with a lovely fat bundle from Missouri Southern and 8 spools of thread and a bonus of free shipping.
I didn't know anyone else did that!!
Marcia
I'm getting a colonoscopy today. I prepped yesterday, my most difficult ever, I think I'm ready and waiting for my driver. So I rewarded myself for getting through all that with a lovely fat bundle from Missouri Southern and 8 spools of thread and a bonus of free shipping.
I didn't know anyone else did that!!
Marcia
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