Dag nab it, girl. That's what is the fun in the quilting. Make a mistake, fix it. You learn from everything you do. I have made about 20 now and every quilt has my trademark on it - a mistake of one sort or another. I set out to make THE perfect quilt. In my dreams!!!!!!!! There is no such animal. That is what makes quilting fun. Even my charity quilts had a mistake in them. Both of the Susan Komen quilts had a mistake in them and they brought in over $1,500 each!
You can always make lemonade out of a lemon!
I make a quilt for warmth - not for show. I have my grandmother's quilt she made for me. It is one of my most precious possessions, as is the one from my mother. They both have a mistake in them. It doesn't make me love them any less. It just remember my grandmother sitting at her sewing machine on the farm and out of that came a memory for me that will last my lifetime.
Don't ever give up on something you love because you don't think you can do it. You'll always have a sour taste in your mouth. Take a break, plant some flower seeds, it always comes back. I am on a break right now because I am binding a quilt. No, it is not perfect, Yes when I put all four corners together it will not match exactly, but it will keep my husband and I warm on a cold wintry night (I made it super big). My husband is proud of me. And what else counts? Besides, one of these days that perfect quilt will get its last stitch and you can say that you did it!!!!!! You made the "perfect" quilt. You can always look forward to that. You have a lot of years left to quilt. I am on the downslide now!!!!!!! And I have a lot of lemonade to make yet, before I am done!!!!!! Edie