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10-30-2009, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by suzic46
I made a quilt that got all the way through the longarm quilter to the binding and I noticed one HST was turned around. What I did was to make another HST and I sewed it on top of the quilt with invisible thread using a hidden stitch, then the quilter quilted a little on top of it and now I can't even find the mistake. :D
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10-30-2009, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by suzic46
I made a quilt that got all the way through the longarm quilter to the binding and I noticed one HST was turned around. What I did was to make another HST and I sewed it on top of the quilt with invisible thread using a hidden stitch, then the quilter quilted a little on top of it and now I can't even find the mistake. :D
10-30-2009, 07:26 AM
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I certainly wouldn't worry about it Momwood... I have a friend who used to do that deliberately with some fabrics if she wanted a slightly different color, etc for a block and the fabric worked. 2 looks from one fabric.. and there are some quilters who deliberately put a small error (and yes that's definately small) in a quilt as a sign of humility.
10-30-2009, 07:28 AM
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I agree to just leave it!! By the time you get it all quilted, I'm betting even you will have a hard time finding it again! :wink:
And congratulations on that new grandbaby!!
Post some pictures of her and her new quilt when you get it done!! :D :D
And congratulations on that new grandbaby!!
Post some pictures of her and her new quilt when you get it done!! :D :D
10-30-2009, 07:29 AM
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I've done this! I was upset for about a minute then just shrugged and said Oh well, this quilt is really me alright. I did learn my lesson though. Now I mark the WOW wrong side by putting a piece of masking tape on each cut piece. :wink:
10-30-2009, 07:37 AM
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Heck, I have a hard time even seeing the design on white. I have run out of one print and used a different one to finish up. It is not noticed. Wrong sides are just impossible to see so dont worry about it.
10-30-2009, 11:01 AM
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This thread reminds me of Lisa Boyer's humorous book: "That Dorky Homemade Look: Quilting Lessons from a Parallel Universe."
Some suggestions from her book:
"You should plan on cutting off about half your triangle or star points. Any more than that is showing off.
Throw away your seam ripper and repeat after me: 'Oops. Oh, no one will notice.'
Plan on running out of border fabric when you are three-quarters of the way finished. Complete the remaining border with something else you have a lot of, preferably in an unrelated color family.
You should be able to quilt equally well in all directions. I had to really work on this one. It was difficult to make my forward stitching look as bad as my backward stitching, but closing my eyes helped.
When you have put your last stitch in the binding, you are still only half finished. Your quilt must now undergo a thorough conditioning. Give it to someone you love dearly—to drag around the house, wrap up in, spill something on, and wash and dry until it is properly lumpy."
According to Lisa, "If we didn’t make Dorky Homemade quilts, all the quilts in the world would end up in the Beautiful Quilt Museum, untouched and intact. Quilts would just be something to look at. We would forget that quilts are lovable, touchable, shreddable, squeezable, chewable, and huggable—made to wrap up in when the world seems to be falling down around us."
I love her books. I remember she told about one of the first quilts she made, how crooked it was and how many other mistakes were in it. But she entered it in a local contest anyway and, if I remember correctly, won a blue ribbon!
Some suggestions from her book:
"You should plan on cutting off about half your triangle or star points. Any more than that is showing off.
Throw away your seam ripper and repeat after me: 'Oops. Oh, no one will notice.'
Plan on running out of border fabric when you are three-quarters of the way finished. Complete the remaining border with something else you have a lot of, preferably in an unrelated color family.
You should be able to quilt equally well in all directions. I had to really work on this one. It was difficult to make my forward stitching look as bad as my backward stitching, but closing my eyes helped.
When you have put your last stitch in the binding, you are still only half finished. Your quilt must now undergo a thorough conditioning. Give it to someone you love dearly—to drag around the house, wrap up in, spill something on, and wash and dry until it is properly lumpy."
According to Lisa, "If we didn’t make Dorky Homemade quilts, all the quilts in the world would end up in the Beautiful Quilt Museum, untouched and intact. Quilts would just be something to look at. We would forget that quilts are lovable, touchable, shreddable, squeezable, chewable, and huggable—made to wrap up in when the world seems to be falling down around us."
I love her books. I remember she told about one of the first quilts she made, how crooked it was and how many other mistakes were in it. But she entered it in a local contest anyway and, if I remember correctly, won a blue ribbon!
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