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Old 03-04-2011, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by OHSue
You know sometimes I amaze myself with how many kinds of stupid I can be.....
I was working on simple BOM from my LQS, super simple with HST and some flying geese units. First I mess up my up on orientation of HST twice, then I sew on a flying geese unit backwards. At one point I had to wind a bobbin and I cut the top thread, wound the bobbin, put it in and proceeded to sew until the 6 inches of thread on the top ran out.
I was cutting a Lil Twister wreath project, had it all laid out on my cutting table. Went to move some fabric and created enough of a breeze to blow off some of the blocks and now I can't figure out how to get it back the right way.
I tried cutting some strips for a very simple swap block I was working on, and for some reason turned my ruler around and cut them 3" instead of 3.5".
I decided it was time to stop with the quilty projects and sit back with my knitting. So I am knitting on a sock that I have been working on for a while and totally forgot to do one part of the pattern and didn't figure it out until I was four rows past that point.
Sat down here to read the list for a while and look at pretty pictures, and promptly spilled my tea all over the computer desk.
I was thinking of reading but I will probably get a lethal paper cut.....
Sounds like you have had a Very Bad, Horrible Day, and should just sit and watch t.v. for a while, or go to bed and start over tomorrow. I'm sure tomorrow will be much better. I hate days like this. Sorry things went wrong.
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Old 03-04-2011, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Dolphyngyrl
Sorry for this question, what is HST
HTS means Half Square Triangle - Dear, Never be sorry for asking a question, when you don't know about something, you can't learn unless you ask questions. Everyone here is so willing to help.
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Old 03-04-2011, 08:49 PM
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Go have a piece of chocolate - the beddy bye.
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Old 03-04-2011, 09:40 PM
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Tomorrow will be a better day :D
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Old 03-04-2011, 09:56 PM
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I call that bad juju. Have a piece of chocolate, look at some patterns or browse through this board or other quilt sites. Tomorrow is another day, Scarlet.
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Old 03-04-2011, 10:01 PM
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Ya know our mom's always told us there would be days like this and now you know she wasn't kidding.

Relax, take a break and come back later, I'm sure everything will back on tract.
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Old 03-04-2011, 10:49 PM
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Seasaw is right. My momma said there would be days like this, there would be days like this my momma said. I have many more than she warned me about. I was working on a block last week that I ended up putting together wrong & had to take it apart FOUR times before I got it right. It wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't put it together the same way all four times. I ended up walking away from it for several hours & went back & finally got it right.
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Just one of those days and I'm sure we all have had are fair share!!
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Originally Posted by Yooper32
Through my considerable years, I have mostly learned that after about two incidents of flawing whatever I am touching, it is best to sit in my chair and watch something stupid on the tv, cause ain't no way I am going to accomplish anything good for this particular day.
I have to agree. Yesterday I was (supposedly) finishing the last row on a quilt. Molly (furbaby) kept sitting on it and meowing. I shooed her away a couple of times but she just kept coming back. I should have listened to her!

When I was about 1/3 done with the row, my bobbin ran out of thread. When I pulled the quilt away from the presser foot, I noticed that I had caught the extra battiing and sewed it over the backing! I quit! I did some cleaning and made an appointment to get my hair cut :?
Today I spent time with Ricky Ripper taking out those rows of quilting I had done and refilled my bobbin. I think I will listen to Molly better next time. :|
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