Ahhhh annoying!!!
 

So I'm merrily rolling along working on this quilt. It's the 4 patch Jacobs Ladder with white. SOOOO I'm about a third of the way through and I realize that I've been pressing to the WHITE on one particular part of every block! And in order to fix it, I'd have to dissasemble every single block! SO the conundrum is to keep making the same mistake on the rest of the blocks for uniformity, or fix it on the rest of them but then I'm afraid it will then make the mistakes obvious! arugh! :o(

I hate it when that happens:( I think I would just proceed as I have already done and don't point it out to anyone. Use white batting and it won't show to anyone but you:)

Look at it and decide if it bothers you. If it does bite the bullet and undo. I find if I do a 'mess up' and it bothers me and I continue it will end up being the only thing I see. If it doesn't really bother you do it all the same. It's yours

Let it go. Nothing is going to blow up or die. SOMETIMES, you have to iron toward light, anyway.

Yeah, it bothers me, but NO WAY am Ingoing to undo all those. A set of 8 averages 2 1/2 hours and I have 4 sets. Gonna have to bite the bullet and cringe as I finish it. Lol. Inthink youre right though, the batting and backing will hopefully hide it a bit. The wonderful person its for wont notice and even if she did she wouldnt care. :-)

Keep going like u said!

"Just keep swimming.. Just keep swimming.. " ~ Dori, Finding Nemo

Just snip the seam at each intersection and repress to the other side. That's what every instructor I have taken a class from has said do when this happens.

That's what I would do, too.

Alison

That was a great reply, GrannieAnnie.

If it doesn't show through I would just continue on, The only reason to do that is sometimes darker fabrics show through. If its not the case than don't stress over it

Oh really!? I've never seen that. I'll have to take a look and see if I can do that!!! Thanks!

Keep going! Don't worry about it. Unless you point it out, noone will ever notice. They will be looking at the quilt in general and how pretty it is. Not pick it apart to find your mistakes.

If the "other" side of the seam isn't visible on the white side, I'd just let it go and now iron others to match what you already have.

That's too bad, good luck.

Watch the world news tonight.
Then watch something like the show "Addiction".
The go back and look at your blocks.
Now see if you really feel the problem is earth shattering enough to change it all.:D
It's all in the perspective.:)

Jan in VA

What about just grading (trimming off just a little of the dark) the seam?

What bellaboo said id do. But then what granny said makes sense too.

Yep, keep going! :)

I've done the snipping and I have also done the trim the dark a fraction so when it lies flat it will be hidden behind the white. You will have two layers of white with it pressed to the white and trimming the bottom fabric so it won't extend past the white will really help. Sounds like good TV work.

When snipping be careful and don't get too close to the seam and if you are afraid of fraying, use a dab of fray check.

I would do what BellaBoo said and move on! I bet when you are done no one will even notice.....well if you are like me I would notice because I did it! Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

Sometimes our mistakes are our own greatest annoyances. Then yet sometimes they are the greatest accidental discovery ever.. Take a step back and look around, have a cuppa tea or coffee; then look at it with a refreshed mind. I have done so and the mistakes I think are mistakes, are the greatest accidental discovery for my quilts. Then whoever I am sewing for thinks I have specifically designed for them.

You can just trim the seam allowance of the colored fabric narrower than the white in the sewn ones if possible. That might minimize the look and using white batting will also help a lot!

My son is in Afghanistan. I'm well aware of what's going on in the world and on the news. Quilting is what I do to make myself feel better and less worried about what's going on, what my son is doing and how all this will affect him, us and the world. I don't really like to watch the show Addiction..... like I said, quilting is what I do to feel good. I definitely don't consider my current issue with my quilt on the same scale as any of those things, or any other. It's just a small issue that I brought to the board, to people that understand since in my world I'm the only quilter and people just don't 'get it'.

If your white seams are behind your white fabric, and you use white batting, won't it all just blend in anyway?

My distress, no matter how piddling, is mine no matter what is going on in the world. Comparing a small problem to a big one doesn't help me one bit to get over the small one.

Yep that's what I'm going to do. I took a look at it and found that trying to fix it would just point out more issues I'd want to fix. So I'm going to leave it as it is and love and appreciate it. lol Thanks everyone!! Oh! Here's a picture I took. Trying out layouts still and I have a bit more done now. But I'm liking it. https://www.dropbox.com/s/v25n4sluyn...911_155833.jpg

No way should you redo it. Keep going. Really - the batting and backing will fix it. Wow - I am definitely not as perfectionistic as some. I figured out a long time ago that it is the overall impression of the quilt that makes the difference. The color placement and design. Perfection has never been an obtainable goal for me anyway so why stress. Think about all the quilts you will make after this one.

I appreciate and agree completely with this. <3

I would continue, I like uniformity too. If you don't tell no one will know but you. And if you use light batting it probably won't show espically after quilting.

Like my Mom always said "you gotta do what you gotta do to keep yourself sane and happy" Only you know if you can live with it or you have to fix it, either way good luck.. Been there, I had to fix them thats just me not wrong or right just what kept me sane. LOL

Very pretty quilt.

I totally agree, snip (carfully) and repress....will work, and you will not see the small oops !!!!!

I'd snip and re-iron, pressing to the dark. If it doesn't bother you, I'd leave it alone and go merrily on my way to finishing it!

YES!!!! This really works! I've done it MANY times and once you have the thickness of the batting to contend with, it is absolutely NOT even an issue!!!!!!

I'm making that quilt as well...I will have to check before I start sewing...thanks for the heads up..I'm sure your quilt will turn out just fine...

The quilt police won't come to your house, I PROMISE!!

It's not always possible to press to the light side and if you were a person that presses seams open one would be to the light side. I wouldn't worry as I don't find things likke that noticesable when they are quilted.

Been there, done that, too. I would just keep going. Why go thru all the snipping and repressing. I don't like those 'extra snips' anyway; to me it takes away the strength of the fabric. It will work out just fine. Thanks for sharing your picture. I like your quilt. Haven't done the Jacob's ladder for MANY years.

ditto. only you or the quilt police will notice