Originally Posted by
goldsberry921
.............they did come out uneven. Long story short, I got a 4.5" square ruler, squared them off and put them together. The ones that didn't square up to 4.5", I set aside, I ended up putting 50 of them aside........
Monique
I do the very same thing.. I square up, use the ones that are usable and put aside the ones that are not 'even' - those uneven, wonky ones will usually end up matching and end up being the shams, pillow cases...
Originally Posted by
barri1
I wouldn't trash it. I don't trash, I reinvent. I don't like wasting. I will repurpose..
I agree with Barri- if you cannot salvage them for the quilt, make pot holders, a table runner, or even a wall hanging.. Dont trash it, RE-PURPOSE it..
Originally Posted by
kristakz
A couple of thoughts. If it's the picture I saw, and your problem is that the points don't match, perhaps you could add some sashing between each block? Then the point matching won't be so important. You might still lose a few points, depending how you trimmed, but it won't be as obvious.
Kristakz has a wonderful idea that so many of us do, Sashing and rick rack help hide many, many mistakes... Many of my quilts were intended to NOT to have the sashing... but in the end it was made with love, hard work and determination and a lil bit of tweaking to conceal the mistakes..
Dont be so hard on yourself.. Keep striving to be better and remember we all learn from our mistakes... Hang in there.. Even the most experienced of quilters make mistakes.... IMHO mistakes add character....
Keep on Quilting...