lindaschipper

I put my 9 inch throat Janome on a Grace S-2 frame and am able to quilt loops and meander somewhat. Yes, I've unstitched half of a quilt before. It makes me think "why did I do that?" and I've learned to take my time with everything. Quilting on any machine is always a learning process.

Watson

You're ahead of me. I quilted an entire baby quilt on a long arm and it looks terrible. I have to take the whole thing out and I haven't even started. I will have to look up the videos on how to skin a quilt for help.

Speaking of mistakes, I once spray basted an entire quilt together AND got it up to my sewing room to start quilting before realizing that I had put the backing on wrong side out. Tear that one apart, wash the backing and start again.

I go by the 50/50 rule. If there is a 50% chance of getting it wrong, I'll choose the wrong 50%.

Watson

SusieQOH

I go by the 50/50 rule. If there is a 50% chance of getting it wrong, I'll choose the wrong 50%.

Watson

That's so funny! (and true)
Same here!!
Yeah, now that it's finished I'm able to chuckle about it. Should have checked sites for unquilting but didn't. I must love pain haha!

dms

I admire you for what you've done in wanting to rip and start over. I too have a Juki 2010 and am determined to learn. There's just something about quilting that isn't so perfect that appeals to me. My very large ones are still going to a long arm quilter, but I want to be able to do all the smaller ones myself. I am getting better so I figure that is the benchmark. Good luck to you.
There is a video on You Tube that shows sandwiching on an ironing board that I thought looked doable.

leonf

Not quilting but lame brained. I put a quart of oil in my van this a.m. As I was driving down the road the thought struck. "I don't remember closing the hood" Doh. I could see through the windshield.

SusieQOH

Leonf- oh yes, my blunders are not limited to the quilting process!

SusieQOH

I just bought these............ for next time



https://www.amazon.com/Razor-Sharp-S...rp+seam+ripper

cashs_mom

I have taken out one whole front of a jacket because I had one of my lamebrained moments and quilted it with the wrong color after the rest of the jacket was done. It was a pain and took forever, but I'm glad I undid and redid it. It came out great in the end.

Susie, I've used those for serger seams and they work great. I'm not sure how they will work for quilting. Let us know.

leonf

[ATTACH=CONFIG]584883[/ATTACH]I was once making a vest and put in a seam that I thought was connecting the front to the back. Turned out it was one side of the front to the other side. Seam rippers don't work when you are knitting steel for chainmaille.

jetayre

Hey there are no doofuses. Did you no that the only ones that don't make mistakes are dead!!! (smiles)