when do you say, OK not perfect and move on
04-22-2011, 01:11 PM
#73
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Originally Posted by chairjogger
I have a three seam quilt block. Have ripped out 9 seams! Hah!
got the rotation finally. and ripped out the one that works, to use as an example..
My seam ripper is dull ! hah!
got the rotation finally. and ripped out the one that works, to use as an example..
My seam ripper is dull ! hah!
04-22-2011, 02:55 PM
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I think it looks really beautiful!! I'm like you though...it really bugs me when I can't get something "just right." After asking this board for help, they reminded me that nothing is perfect and of "humility" blocks. Helps put things in perspective, especially when you know the person you make it for will appreciate it--errors or not. My husband says I over think things and that an untrained eye won't notice things, especially when its all put together.
Of course, I still go back and forth with my seam ripper and at some point just have to throw the towel in and say that perfection will just have to come with time....
Of course, I still go back and forth with my seam ripper and at some point just have to throw the towel in and say that perfection will just have to come with time....
04-22-2011, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Albujudy
Liz at Fons and Porter says, after you rip out three time and you still are not happy, throw away and start over because the block is stretched and is not going to work. Yesterday I sewed right side to wrong side, ripped out and sewing again and did the same thing again. Ripped out and sewed the whole thing again with no thread in the bobbin. I am a newbie, only been sewing 50 years. LOL Happy Quilting
04-22-2011, 04:56 PM
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I love your version of the 10 minute block-sort of like the rail fence meets the 10 minute block. I love it! I made a Tennessee Waltz quilt and it bothered me that some of the seams didn't match the way i thought they should. Then I saw Quilt-in-a-day program and they showed one of E. Burns' quilt up close. Some of her seams looked like mine! I figured if she should show hers on TV, then i was Ok with it! we are our own worst critics.
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