Do you ever have a jinxed project?
08-20-2011, 11:04 AM
#51
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Yes, I recently did one that drove me crazy. Pieces wouldn't line up, problems with my machine, thread issues, ran out of fabric, and had a hard time finding more. Everything that could go wrong did. What a relief to have it finished!!
08-20-2011, 11:11 AM
#52
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Originally Posted by ScrappyAZ
I was given an applique kit for a wall hanging. I decided to make it for my aunt, and I worked on it for two months. From the beginning, the instructions didn't seem quite right, but I diligently followed the instructions. The end result was horrible. The instructions said to bind the quilt before doing the hand quilting, which resulted in puckers throughout the quilt. I thought about taking the binding out, but the instructions said to bind using the birthing method (which I will NEVER do again) so I wasn't able to do that.
Fortunately, I was able to make my aunt another wall hanging, but now I have an ugly puckered up wall hanging. My goal for this year is to repurpose/reuse instead of filling up the trash with more trash, but I am at a complete loss as to how to repurpose this project. Any ideas??
Fortunately, I was able to make my aunt another wall hanging, but now I have an ugly puckered up wall hanging. My goal for this year is to repurpose/reuse instead of filling up the trash with more trash, but I am at a complete loss as to how to repurpose this project. Any ideas??
08-20-2011, 11:24 AM
#53
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Originally Posted by annesthreads
I decided that I’d like to make a lap quilt for my Mum. I chose a paper-pieced block that looked to be well within my capabilities, but I’m really struggling! Do you ever have a project that just seems to be jinxed? Anything I could do wrong I have: sewing the fabric on the wrong way round, getting the fabric doubled over, cutting off the wrong piece of paper..... at one point the needle even fell out of the sewing machine! Each block has 4 sections: I got 2 sections together and they wouldn’t line up. Three days and I haven’t even completed one block! And there are 30 in the quilt.... If I don’t manage to get the first one completed today, it’s back to the drawing board.
08-20-2011, 12:32 PM
#54
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Oh, I can so relate to your problem. There are times when the quilt just goes into my UFO box and may never see the light of day again. Others, I have plodded on, quit and took breaks when I had to and eventually the quilt got done. Part of it may have been that it was a family reunion quilt that I was making in my sister's memory (she passed away shortly after the last family reunion 2 years ago), so it was a very emotional time for me as well. After deciding on the larger block, 10" v 15" I would put pieces in backwards, cut the background fabric too short, so ran out and had to use another white fabric. My husband helped me pin baste the now king size quilt (don't ask me how that happened), we had huge puckers, so unpin, then pin baste again, machine quilting it with my bad back, yet pictures were ready to send off to the reunion in NE, but the quilt didn't get there in time. However, everyone loved the quilt, I had finished a tribute to my sister, my best friend, and my niece was thrilled to have won the quilt. If y ou can't regroup and finish the quilt - put it in a safe place and forget about it. Let another generation finish the quilt. Keep the faith.
08-20-2011, 12:37 PM
#55
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Oh yes. I just finished a top called "Framed" that I got all wrong & there is no way to fix the problems. I had it sandwiched & started to FMQ it but the backing fabric just would not slide on my extension table. What a mess. I ended up taking all of that stitching out. I took the backing off & now I just put it aside til I feel like tackling it again. It would have been such a beaut. pc. I rarely let a pc. defeat me but this has the upper hand right now.
08-20-2011, 02:22 PM
#57
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Maybe there should be a "quilt block cemetery" where we could just send all our mistakes and frustrating pieces! Someone could be the mortician and bury them all or even cremate them.Maybe we wouldn't feel so bad.
Better stop.
This is getting spoooky now!
Better stop.
This is getting spoooky now!
08-20-2011, 06:00 PM
#58
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I;m guilty to ,I just finished a quilt that I won't say how much fabric I bought In order to finish it, I couldn't get my pieces cut with the right angle, I started to junk it out but had to much in it,just had it quilted and it didn't look to bad.
d. swindle
d. swindle
08-20-2011, 06:28 PM
#60
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I choose homespun not understanding its worse than trying to sew two live snakes together.
This has to be the funniest description I have ever read on here. LMAO. Thank you so much leatheflea for making my day.
This has to be the funniest description I have ever read on here. LMAO. Thank you so much leatheflea for making my day.
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