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pieces 01-03-2011 04:47 AM

I usually scream, and then say a few******words.
Helps everytime. LOL
Walk away, come back another day.
It always works itself out. :thumbup:

jad1044 01-03-2011 04:52 AM

If you have some fabric nearly like what you were using - you could make one block that is so close it is hard to pick it out and let it be the center block in your quilt! Then you could call it your Hide and Seek quilt....

quilt3311 01-03-2011 04:57 AM

set it aside for now, then have some chocolate, glass of wine,or whatever you sooth your nerves with.
Do you have any fabric that is close to the colors in your project? If so cut a couple squares of that and add in. Or use a plain block to put names, date etc. in.

quiltlin 01-03-2011 06:24 AM

Why don't you just use a solid looking fabric and use that block as your label?

arimuse 01-03-2011 07:13 AM

Been there done that! I gave 2 projects away for running out of fabric and not being able to finish EXACTLY the way I wanted. I have another I'm still working on because I decided to take off the top row, (then I had leftover blocks and not short on one! lol) make bigger borders, so no one knew I'd made a mistake. Also, the leftover blocks went into making pillow shams! to match. share t

nativetexan 01-03-2011 07:35 AM

make up one more block of something different or make it a label on front. then you can still do it on point!!

Rose Bagwell 01-03-2011 12:19 PM

If you are that determined, I am sure that you will figure it out.
Stay calm and on track. Maybe a picture when you are done.
Good Luck.

amorerm 01-03-2011 12:37 PM

What fabric do you need? Maybe one of us has the fabric and we could send you what you need to finish?

BettyGee 01-03-2011 12:44 PM

I really believe in walking away from it. This only took me some sixty plus years to figure out. When you come back to it I'd bet something will hit you that you hadn't thought of before. Of course there is something to be said for screaming.

stitchofclass2 01-03-2011 12:57 PM

I'm with you however my machine is too heavy to throw. Good thing!


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