Originally Posted by
Jan in VA
Some days the universe/fabric/design/gremlins/your first cousins just want you to do something else.
Thumb your nose at them, head off in another pleasureable direction: go buy fabric, eat lunch out, visit your best friend, go to a movie, change the decor in your bedroom, sit outside in the sun and read a great book, cut coupons....anything that will distract you happily and tell the first part that it isn't in charge of your day! Tomorrow is a new one.
Jan in VA
I agree with Jan. Sometimes you just have to walk away from it for a while. I like the Bloc=Loc rulers, too, although I put them away so well, I can't find them right now.
However I can commiserate with you, I had some strips that I stitched together recently for a BOM Mystery quilt and when I was getting ready to cut them in subsections, I realized they weren't coming out the right width as required in the pattern (luckily, I hadn't started cutting anything but the selvages) . I left them for a couple of days, and ended up getting friendly with my seam ripper for two nights while watching TV, because it turned out my seams weren't as accurate as I needed in order for the pieces to come out. So I readjusted my 1/4" seam on my machine, resewed them together, and am now getting ready to try it again.