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mimom 03-24-2011 09:51 AM

a few years ago my mother gave me a fabric panel with WWII planes on it, I guess she was going to make a quillow out of it. Well my 10yr old son saw it and loved it, I however did not. Last week he was sick and I felt so bad for him that I started on this panel and decided it wouldn't look right if I just quilted the panel as a whole, so I chopped it up to make something really cool. I have been fighting with thing non-stop, I cant even get the binding to go on right and I am good at binding. The thing needs to go in the trash. Thanks for letting me vent. I'll post a picture when its finally done or I will have my DH post my obituary it depends on who wins this battle.

Melrose R 03-24-2011 09:52 AM


Originally Posted by mimom
I'll post a picture when its finally done or I will have my DH post my obituary it depends on who wins this battle.

^^THAT made me crack up! Thanks for the morning laugh. Best of luck with it!

:thumbup:

Lv2sew2011 03-24-2011 09:56 AM

Good luck! LOL

Grama Lehr 03-24-2011 09:58 AM

Yes, I have been there!! I started a quilt six years ago, well I have learned a lot since then, so now I know all of the mistakes in it. My daughter says it's beautiful, but I know that love it blind, and I am so unhappy with it. So it sits. . . .
I wish you the best of luck! Win the battle! You can do it!! :thumbup:

Quiltforme 03-24-2011 10:03 AM

Oh I am sorry when they don't want to be made into what we want them to be. my avatar was the same way it wanted to be something else after fighting with it I gave in and this is how it wanted to be made :) Just beat the quilt into submission and it will soon learn who is boss!!

wolfkitty 03-24-2011 10:09 AM

Maybe the planes don't know the war is over! Good luck!

mimom 03-24-2011 10:16 AM


Originally Posted by wolfkitty
Maybe the planes don't know the war is over! Good luck!

lol good one

thequiltmama 03-24-2011 11:08 AM

I feel your pain, I have been there :(

Ramona Byrd 03-24-2011 11:30 AM

Yes, OH YES!! The one I'm working on now. I finally had the front in 3 pieces, after fighting with each of them. I swear on my honor that each and every seam in this @#$% lap quilt has been ripped and sewn at least 3 times (I"m now on my way to buy a half dozen seam rippers, I've hurled all of mine across the room and can't find any now, and one is needed..again) and the last edging on each one I just sewed together. Looked nice, till I put it beside the other two and discovered that AGAIN I'd not accurately measured all the edgings. The one I just firmly sewed on is 3/4 of an inch at least larger than any of the others...
This is one that my sister loves, and is giving me encouragement from her long distance phone. She is a love, though I'm not too sure she's ever sewed on a button....maybe I can pretend that I was adopted and just found my real family who are nudists and live in a hot country so never need nor understand quilts.

mhansen6 03-24-2011 11:43 AM

I bet your son will love it no matter what it looks like.


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