How do you know it's time to go to bed?
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#41
kaelynangelfoot , 12-19-2014 02:41 PM
Senior Member
10-28-2016Recently I cut a border for a quilt too short...twice. I wasn't very happy and that is when I went to bed. On the downside, that was a while ago and I still haven't finished the quilt top because it made my naughty list. I need to learn to go to bed before I start disliking what I am working on.
#42
faykilgore , 12-19-2014 08:38 PM
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Maybe that quilt was trying to tell you it needed a different border. You should get it back out and see what it says. Originally Posted by kaelynangelfoot
Recently I cut a border for a quilt too short...twice. I wasn't very happy and that is when I went to bed. On the downside, that was a while ago and I still haven't finished the quilt top because it made my naughty list. I need to learn to go to bed before I start disliking what I am working on.
#45
More mistakes than right will make me stop what I a doing and go on to bed or clean the house depending on time of day.
#46
quiltingbuddy , 12-21-2014 07:53 AM
Senior Member
Good threads like this make me laugh. I love it! And I just read the cream of something soup thing to DH (who does 98% of the cooking around here) and he agrees that is how I would do it too. Whatever gets us back to our projects right ladies? And the time to go to bed issue? When I start having to unsew too much. I get frustrated and think "this is supposed to be fun."
#48
carolstickelmaier , 12-22-2014 05:06 PM
Senior Member
I am a little on the stubborn side and don't stop until I have made three mistakes be it little or big. At times it "bites me in the butt". lol
#49
This is how I know I'm sick, too. I start sewing things together wrong; in the wrong order, or even inside-out so the seam is on the face of the quilt. I did that a couple years ago, very carefully pinned and sewed a whole big long border onto a heavily pieced edge...with the seam on the face of the quilt. Ripped it all out, re-pinned it to death and painstakingly sewed it back on....exactly the same wrong way. AAAHH! Definitely time to quit for the day!! I was on a deadline for that one, too.
#50
I quit (no matter what time of day) when I pick up the seam ripper for the second time. That's my signal that I need to get away from the machine. If it's daylight out, I make a cup of tea and watch a cooking show or read a book. If it's after bed time, I hit the hay.
