what should I do with this mess
03-14-2010, 06:57 PM
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I don't see any mistakes. No one will notice it anyway. Turn your mistakes into a happy venture. Let your mistakes become your signature. Love your fabrics and the quilt is perfect for a little girl and your niece will love it!! :-) :-) :D
03-14-2010, 08:00 PM
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Your quilting is just beautiful! I personally believe that a little oops here and there makes it special. My husband made me a stained glass piece one day and I was so excited I dropped it and it cracked in one spot. He said he could "fix it". Later he showed it to me and he had just soldered the crack that I had created. He said...whenever I look at it I think of how much I love you. So the OOPS is very special. Your niece will love your very pretty (love the flowers!) quilt.
03-14-2010, 11:07 PM
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Hey there!! :D We are all quilter's together & have all suffered the very same problems. But the answer isn't throwing it away. Just put it aside, clear your mind & take a break. You will be surprised how much easier it will be to fix the small problems then, and you will feel WONDERFUL about it afterwards!! My Mom has always told me that & she is so right!! Your niece is going to be so proud of this lovely quilt.
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03-15-2010, 01:26 PM
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maybe I didn't take the pictures up close enough! The puckering is terrible, I had problems with the feed dogs so that the decorative stitches all have to picked out, and to make that worse, the stitches are so small, picking them out takes forever! I have to walk away from it for a while, if it has any chance of getting finished.
Oh and another problem I had was that I miscalculated my batting and backing measurements, so I have to piece more to one side.
Oh and another problem I had was that I miscalculated my batting and backing measurements, so I have to piece more to one side.
03-15-2010, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by daisyboo9
Have you ever had a day where everything you do just turns into a mess, and then when you try to fix it, that doesn't turn out well either. I did this quilt as a little quickie for my nieces birthday, but I made one mistake after another turning the whole thing into ONE HUGE MESS! I have figured out where I went wrong and how to fix each problem....but right now I can't even look at the quilt and all I want to do this throw the thing in the garbage! ARGH!!!!....ok just neede to vent.
And, yes, I've had a lot of those days, when for every stitch I sew, I take two out. :wink:
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