Originally Posted by sananddandy
I've been working on a signature quilt (240 sigs) for months. Had it on the design wall which is smaller than the total quilt. Assembled it, took it to the long arm quilter, attached binding, hand sewed binding on the back - hung it on the clothesline to take a picture and . . . .
You guessed it - a GLARING mistake. I put 2 of the rows together reversed. All the time I was working on it assembled I was looking at it flat, never saw the error. A gift to be given the 18th, no way to fix it before then. Had to vent, no one else around here understands!!
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND!!! I made two quilts that were identical as gifts to surprise my two best friends from high school when we got together for a 32 yr reunion. I did the same thing on one of the quilts where I put the top and bottom rows on backwards, which totally screwed up the diagonal pattern to the quilt. I didn't notice it until she opened it. I was horrified! That durned quilt laid on my floor for two weeks and I didn't notice the mistake until she opened the quilt. Then it stood out like a sore thumb. She made me promise not to tear it out. But it hadn't been quilted yet. As soon as I got it back home I started my rippies and it took me a week to rip it out and fix it, but I just had to. Luckily, because it hadn't been quilted yet I could fix it so I feel your pain that you worked so hard and now can't fix it. I'm a perfectionist, and it would drive me insane to be in your situation. I do sympathize with your sadness over the mistake, but, what's done is done and you have to move on. I have screwed up more than one quilt in my day. Some I could fix, others I couldn't. But they're made with love and that's all that matters.