The worst mistake you ever made{quilting}?
03-04-2011, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by kcferrel
Originally Posted by kwhite
I have sewn my clothes to a quilt. Now I sew int he nude!!
03-04-2011, 09:02 AM
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Once I was making a baby quilt and it was a rush job....the block was the friendship star...an easy block and it went together like clockwork. I got the whole quilt top done....2 borders and all and after pressing it, held it up for my husband to see. His question was: Are all the blocks supposed to be stars? I had mis-placed the half square triangles in 3 of the blocks and because I was rushing never noticed. Have you ever taken the seam ripper to interior blocks...and then tried to get the block sewn back into the quilt correctly. I remember in the middle of it....tossing the quilt top to the floor, stomping on it and stomping out of the room.
03-04-2011, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by ywoodruff5
I never make "mistakes" - just have "creative opportunities" ... and have had lots of them.....lol. Cut noticeable hole in Laurel Birch quilt I was making for fair.....so I did embroidered butterfly on top of it - worked great. On back of same quilt (which used hot ribbon applique on front) I had long, winding tuck.....I put hot ribbon over tuck and added leaves and a fish for label....looked like it was intentional. There is always a solution and sometimes we just need to walk away for a bit.
03-04-2011, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by AnnieF
Once I was making a baby quilt and it was a rush job....the block was the friendship star...an easy block and it went together like clockwork. I got the whole quilt top done....2 borders and all and after pressing it, held it up for my husband to see. His question was: Are all the blocks supposed to be stars? I had mis-placed the half square triangles in 3 of the blocks and because I was rushing never noticed. Have you ever taken the seam ripper to interior blocks...and then tried to get the block sewn back into the quilt correctly. I remember in the middle of it....tossing the quilt top to the floor, stomping on it and stomping out of the room.
03-04-2011, 09:12 AM
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LOL Well ladies it is not our mistakes that define us, it is our solutions. Thankfully I sew in the basement and there are no windows. My close friends know to call first before just stopping by. HAHAHAHA
03-04-2011, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by BJ SewKkrazzy
Crazy quilters don't make mistakes...we just cover them with embelishments...I once had an open spot in between two pieces of fabric when I got done sewing...emblished a piece of lace over and away I went....no one knows what we hide!!!!
03-04-2011, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by gmaybee
I teach quilting and also make samples for the store I work at. I finished a sample top and took it in to send it to the owner before they display it. I was teaching that day and all the students wanted to see the quilt. I unfolded it and held it up for the students to see and noticed that right in the middle of the quilt I had turned one of the blocks a 1/4 turn. I ended up spending my lunch taking it out and sewing it in the correct direction. I guess I showed my students that no matter how long you have been quilting you can still make mistakes.
I think it's the Amish that say every quilt should have one piece that doesn't follow the pattern, so the quilt isn't "perfect", 'cuz only God is perfect!
03-04-2011, 09:47 AM
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I'm admitting this only to make others feel better:
While making a full-size QAYG bedspread on a deadline for DGS, I patiently and diligently sewed the bottom to the end/foot of the top with a rather tight binding stitch (don't want grandma's quilts to fall apart). Only after finishing the entire seam did I realize that I had the batting on top instead of the middle! I quickly decided that the bedspread could just be 1.5" - 2" shorter and cut the seam off rather than rip out the stitching.
Now, don't you all feel better? ;D
While making a full-size QAYG bedspread on a deadline for DGS, I patiently and diligently sewed the bottom to the end/foot of the top with a rather tight binding stitch (don't want grandma's quilts to fall apart). Only after finishing the entire seam did I realize that I had the batting on top instead of the middle! I quickly decided that the bedspread could just be 1.5" - 2" shorter and cut the seam off rather than rip out the stitching.
Now, don't you all feel better? ;D
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