It's okay to be a failure
#41
I respectfully disagree with the title of your post. You are not a failure. You may have failed at meeting the expectations of this project but that is it. YOU are not a failure. That said, the blocks are cute. One possible use is to turn them into HSTs with the black on one side. Then it wouldn't be noticeable that the lines don't match up. You can square up the HST and nobody will ever be the wiser.
#42
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Pueblo, Co
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Remove the black piece, press the block and square it, then measure the black to be sure both blocks are the same size and sew together. I like the look of your block. You have many interesting ideas given here. By following some/most you will have a very nice quilt. And no your are NOT a failure.
#43
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So, I spent a lot of time on these..and now I hate them and don't want to put them into a quilt that I will see on a regular basis, they ended up slightly different sizes and if I matched them all to the smallest one, it would be out of proportion and just weird. I have already started putting together smaller collections to make baby size quilt tops instead of the one queen size duvet I was going to make.
I learned a lot making these pink blocks. But they turned out so catty-wompus that I just can't even allow myself to make it into a quilt for my stepdaughter. I want something that is more polished. I had intended to put a fleur-de-lis in each white block since that is her favorite shape.
LESSON LEARNED: This is what happens when you are fearless and thinking you can just sew fabrics together and that will make a block. Not saying you can't do that, but I think I will be more successful once I have a lot more experience, knowledge(and quite a few more failures, I'm sure), and have followed a pattern more than once. I have 18 pairs left, enough for two more tops.
Now... what to do with them? 1) use them to learn on the long arm....
by the way, the pinks match a whole lot better than they appear to here.
So, I spent a lot of time on these..and now I hate them and don't want to put them into a quilt that I will see on a regular basis, they ended up slightly different sizes and if I matched them all to the smallest one, it would be out of proportion and just weird. I have already started putting together smaller collections to make baby size quilt tops instead of the one queen size duvet I was going to make.
I learned a lot making these pink blocks. But they turned out so catty-wompus that I just can't even allow myself to make it into a quilt for my stepdaughter. I want something that is more polished. I had intended to put a fleur-de-lis in each white block since that is her favorite shape.
LESSON LEARNED: This is what happens when you are fearless and thinking you can just sew fabrics together and that will make a block. Not saying you can't do that, but I think I will be more successful once I have a lot more experience, knowledge(and quite a few more failures, I'm sure), and have followed a pattern more than once. I have 18 pairs left, enough for two more tops.
Now... what to do with them? 1) use them to learn on the long arm....
by the way, the pinks match a whole lot better than they appear to here.
#44
I respectfully disagree with the title of your post. You are not a failure. You may have failed at meeting the expectations of this project but that is it. YOU are not a failure. That said, the blocks are cute. One possible use is to turn them into HSTs with the black on one side. Then it wouldn't be noticeable that the lines don't match up. You can square up the HST and nobody will ever be the wiser.
#45
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bushkill, Pa
Posts: 534
My suggestion, first of all, is remove the black block. Does not belong there at all. Secondly, remove the top row of fabric which has what looks like red in it and redo that row with more of the fabrics from below and see what it looks like then, but add either a matching pink block or a white block to it rather than the black. It is a mistake. Mistakes can be fixed so that they are no longer mistakes.
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