GingerK

I am positive that my sewing room gremlin mixes up the numbers on my ruler and fudges the lines. That is my story and I am sticking to it!

MFord

How about measure twice, cut once, sew together, then find out the pattern in the Easy Quilts magazine left off 1/2" measurement on one of the pieces. It kinda messed up everything. I will be contacting them!

QuiltnLady1

OOPS! I frequently make my own patterns using conventional pieces, and sometimes the math does not work out -- my first fence rail was an example. I cut every piece of every strata too short by 1/2 inch -- this was at a time I could barely afford to buy fabric, so I trimmed the top and bottom of the strips to square off the blocks and then donated the quilt because I was too frustrated with it. It was over a year before I could gather enough fabric to make another (and now I have way too much).

NJ Quilter

I hate it when that happens! Unfortunately I've been there more than once despite repeating that mantra constantly as I read and cut.

mamagrande

I think it has happened to most of us quilters, but we salvage the best we can. We then say, well maybe I created a new pattern

Annaquilts

Oh no! when you have lemons make lemon juice? I hope you can salvage it.

LilaKay

I bet all of us have been there on this one!!! One reason I want to have my project cut out before I go to retreat, I need to concentrate and double check each cut!!! I am going to a quilt retreat at Creations Quilt Shop in Kerrville, TX next week and cannot wait!!

quilterpurpledog

I am sure there is not one of us who has not done this! Some of us have has way too many experiences. Some are recoverable; other times, these miss cuts find a new purpose-all is not lost.

sandy l

Oh yeah, been there done that, as I sometimes get the two mixed up..measure once, cut twice.

Jane Quilter

we have ALL been there. can you patch it? in days past they didn"t have enough fabric no matter how much they measured, just patched with something else. good lunc. remember the man on the galloping horse.