Originally Posted by fliedermaus
So, I'm in the middle of machine quilting my first ever quilt and this happens: -
It's really hot here, so I get up mid-sewing, and leaving the quilt in place on the machine go to get a drink. I thought, "It'll be fine, I can come back and just carry on."
Well, my darling nephew who is old enough to know better decides to play a joke on me, and changes my stitch length and my stitch type settings on my machine. I come back and start sewing, only to get a button hole stitch! I spotted it pretty sharpish, but it's made a bit of a mess.
I'm really upset, I've worked so hard on piecing and the quilting because I'm new and I didn't want to make a mistake and now it's like it's been ruined.
Looks like i'm in for an evening of frog-stitching (rip-it rip-it) :-(
Sorry to vent, but I needed to!
I'm sure this won't minimize your upset but years ago my sweet Aunt Norma was hand quilting a beautiful appliqued top called Dogwoods, she had it all stretched on her frames in her dining room, left to check on something in the kitchen and when she came back, her young grandson was in the middle of it using it for a trampoline. She was upset at the time but tells the story now with a very sweet tone in her voice. So now it's just a fond memory.