Some ways to mess up a quilt -
#31
Susan: Truly terrifying. Even with the disclaimer of "I'm not hurt", I would need to see for myself. Can sure understand why you weren't in the mind set to quilt. My kids have provided me with some of my more heart stopping moments of my life. I keep warning them I'm too old, they just might scare me to death.
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I'm sure I have any number of these negatives happen when I've been quilting, but I try not to let it discourage me from my love of quilting. When things start to go wrong and you can't seem to fix them, top, pick up another project or just quilt all together and come back to it later, when you can come back to it with a clearer mind. Sometimes I just need to walk away and when I come back to the project, I'm OK.
#33
I think the only way to really mess up a quilt is to simply "NOT" try.
In my case, I feel like my mess ups always have to do with the quilting part of making a quilt. It's a goal, I truly want to feel comfortable and adequate when actually quilting my quilts. Guess I need to practice more. I think I have no less then 5 tops ready to be quilted. I will have to get on that.....soon.
In my case, I feel like my mess ups always have to do with the quilting part of making a quilt. It's a goal, I truly want to feel comfortable and adequate when actually quilting my quilts. Guess I need to practice more. I think I have no less then 5 tops ready to be quilted. I will have to get on that.....soon.
#34
*Note to self, I try never to buy a directional fabric for backing or triangles. Really, almost anything. lol Fewer boo boo's show on just a plain, tone on tones or small prints. I'm still learning all the time.
Yall have definitely made me smile.
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#35
Started a tee-shirt quilt with a fusible batting, pressed on the tee-shirt side of the sandwich.
One shot of iron-cleaner later I had to throw out that block. Fortunately, it was a QAYG project so I could swap in another block without taking the whole top apart.
One shot of iron-cleaner later I had to throw out that block. Fortunately, it was a QAYG project so I could swap in another block without taking the whole top apart.
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Ah, just yesterday I was putting the final border on a queen sized quilt. I didn't want joins so painstakingly cut each 8 1/2" wide strip lengthwise from the fabric before cutting them to the size I needed. I was cutting the last piece and did not measure twice. It was exactly 1" too short.
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Ah, just yesterday I was putting the final border on a queen sized quilt. I didn't want joins so painstakingly cut each 8 1/2" wide strip lengthwise from the fabric before cutting them to the size I needed. I was cutting the last piece and did not measure twice. It was exactly 1" too short.
I think it makes sense to "reserve" the border fabric before cutting the rest of the pieces - but I also think it is better to wait until the rest of the top is done to actually cut the borders because sometimes the top has grown an inch or two from the measurement suggested in the pattern.
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