Right Side of Fabric-What I learned when I first started quilting.
10-13-2011, 08:43 AM
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And there was the time I was helping my older DD do some counted cross stitch. I had designed a pillow top for her, sent her the thread I thought she'd need and directions.
"Using 3 strands of floss">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
So, she calls me. Why is it so hard to pull the thread thru the aida cloth? And besides, I'm out of thread.
You can't be!
So, in true, absent instructor fashion-------------she was using 3 pieces of 6 strand floss. 18 strands! No wonder she couldn't pull it thru the cloth.
So, what seems simple to the teller, may not be so simple to the doer!
"Using 3 strands of floss">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
So, she calls me. Why is it so hard to pull the thread thru the aida cloth? And besides, I'm out of thread.
You can't be!
So, in true, absent instructor fashion-------------she was using 3 pieces of 6 strand floss. 18 strands! No wonder she couldn't pull it thru the cloth.
So, what seems simple to the teller, may not be so simple to the doer!
10-13-2011, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by QuilterGary
Great story, I just finish a top that I did not have to use my seam ripper on because I got all the pertty side together. Someone on the board said they were going to have "right side together" tattoed on their hand. I have put some thought to that.
10-13-2011, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by lyndaloo
I can relate since I don't know right from left either. I've been getting lost all my life!
10-13-2011, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie
And there was the time I was helping my older DD do some counted cross stitch. I had designed a pillow top for her, sent her the thread I thought she'd need and directions.
"Using 3 strands of floss">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
So, she calls me. Why is it so hard to pull the thread thru the aida cloth? And besides, I'm out of thread.
You can't be!
So, in true, absent instructor fashion-------------she was using 3 pieces of 6 strand floss. 18 strands! No wonder she couldn't pull it thru the cloth.
So, what seems simple to the teller, may not be so simple to the doer!
"Using 3 strands of floss">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
So, she calls me. Why is it so hard to pull the thread thru the aida cloth? And besides, I'm out of thread.
You can't be!
So, in true, absent instructor fashion-------------she was using 3 pieces of 6 strand floss. 18 strands! No wonder she couldn't pull it thru the cloth.
So, what seems simple to the teller, may not be so simple to the doer!
I'm laughing because I would have done the exact same thing your daughter did!
:lol: :lol:
10-13-2011, 10:24 AM
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This story made me chuckle. I made a small country-inspired wall quilt with a moose and tree against a blue sky (which had tiny dots that looked like stars). Only after I put it together did I realize that I used the "wrong" side of the blue sky fabric. So far, no one noticed. But if I do, I am just going to tell them that the sky was smokey from some near by forest fires! LOL!
10-13-2011, 10:33 AM
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I can remember as a vey young child, fixing dinner and trying to find directions on a can of green beans on how to heat them up.....life is a learning curve....thank goodness for that....and once grand kids come along, you start all over again !!!
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