"I remember" mistakes
 

The most common reason I make mistakes is when I *think* I remember something and I'm wrong.

Walked into the sewing room tonight and said "I remember .... I need to cut 16 pieces of the Magenta". Wrong ... I had already cut 8. Only needed 8 more. Wasted fabric.

Sat down to sew and said "I remember the row starts with black then yellow" and proceeded to sew black, yellow, salmon and magenta before I realized that yes ... they were in the right order ... for the LAST row, not this row. rip rip rip

I took a short break when husband arrived home, to clear my head, then went back into the sewing room and said "I remember where I left off" and began to sew the same colors in the wrong order AGAIN!!

Another time I was making a fracture (this happened TWICE actually - two different projects at two different times) and I said "I remember the next step" and proceeded to cut ... and of course I was wrong and cut the WHOLE PANEL in the wrong direction. I just won the opportunity to buy another panel!!

I need to put a giant sign in my sewing room that says "You DON'T remember!!!"

I'm staying out of the sewing room the rest of the evening. It's just not going to work tonight.

LOL been there done that more times then I care to remember.

lol, I leave myself a little note. Sad but true ;-)

I try not to sew if I feel myself getting tired. It's the time that I make the most mistakes. Sometimes it's just the better thing to walk away! Tomorrow is another day. Hope it goes better.

lol, been there, done that! But why didn't you just finish the last row and REMEMBER that you had done it already instead of ripping it out? :)

LOL!! And I thought I was the only one who do did stuff like that. The sewing part is bad enough but the cutting?? That makes you want to cry! Especially when you got it from your stash. When you have just enough material for your project. When the material has been in your stash for about ten years. When you have no idea whose line it is or where you got it. Ask me how I know this......

I too have taken to leaving myself notes ... Not sure whats up with my brain.. but its not always running with a full charge.

:D.....and that's why there are sticky notes all over my sewing room!

Last night I was putting together the 3 sections of a quilt I designed myself and discovered that the pieces didn't line up as I thought they would. Shut off the machine, left the whole thing in a heap on my table, left the room. This morning, after a good night's sleep, nice breakfast and 3 mile walk, I got started again and immediately realized I needed to move two seams by 1/4 " and then it all went together, zip, zip, zip. Now I'm ready to work on the borders, and I'm so happy with the 54" center part of the quilt. And I agree - take notes, write it down, check twice before cutting or sewing anything!

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this post! Yup, been there done that...over and over. And that's WITH leaving myself little notes, and pinning anything that can conceivably get flipped around. I have been known to have an entire quilt top laid out, flip two pieces face to face ready to sew, walk to the sewing machine (holding the edges together that need to be sewn) and still sew the wrong edges together. Amazing.

Good luck!
Alison

Will it get better? I can't find what I thought I had cut or sewn .... must have done it in my sleep cuz' it's just not anywhere. Or I find I cut it to the wrong dimensions .... making my scrap bag grow.

Made a big quilt from cheater cloth (wanted the practice on the longarm). Decided quilt was too big (I actually figured that would be the case before I started) and I should cut it in half. Made the cut in the wrong place. This was just yesterday. I'll post the whole mess when I finish with the binding. Right now it's 1 large piece and two small ones, but I may just wind up with 6 small ones instead. And it might be by accident.

I leave notes, too, but do not always understand them when I get back. Of course, I think I remember so..........rip, rip, rip.

DHMom ... another story for your book! :D

I have been there so many times!!!!

Humm I can't remember anything and know it. I have post it notes with row numbers. First with arrow of way it goes. Notes or copy of pattern with highlighted etc etc. I have never had a good memory so I have always just assumed I wasn't going to remember and went from there. Even with all the measures I take and the multi checks before sewing I do I still have screw ups. Sigh

Isn't that just part of the quilting process? That's what I always tell myself :)

Oh my gosh, I love it, you made me laugh right out loud. Someone could make alot of money making those signs!! I know I would buy one!

Did that yesterday cutting the pieces for Bonnie Hunter's Lazy Sunday mystery quilt. I just hope the next step includes LOTS of 3.5" strips.

I don't remember if I 'be ever done that! LOL!

Lori, I like the "brain no running on a full charge" that describes me to a T.

Chuckled mightily when I read your post! Not funny when it is happening to you, though. I have a quilt I started at a retreat last April and haven't touched it since. Will I remember anything about the way I was planning to enlarge it? Not a chance. Did I write down anything about it? Of course not! ACHHHHHHH!

i leave myself notes--but when written they make sense ----- when read sometimes makes no sense

ha! yep. the notes are not foolproof ;-)

Oh thank goodness, it's not just me!

I use sticky notes to keep myself straight or I would be doing the say thing, don't trust my Remember.

I remember too!!! (LOL)

Mistakes are what makes a quilt special. We all make them. Don't beat yourself up about this.

Oh my, you took a page out of my life. For christmas, I asked for a white board and fine point erasable markers. I put information up there like, need 50 blocks/batik/35 done.,

"jeweled quilt cut strips 3 1/2".
This one is in caps in red. I have cut alot of 2 1/2" strips when my mind wanders.

I have duplicate quilt books purchased, duplicate quilter's cut templates in the same size, found my flower pin box when moving my sewing room, now have 4 boxes of flower pins, this is part of my life. 3 bottles of ketchup in the cupboard, but we are out of mayo.

Sorry your having issues, but not sorry to hear about it.. because now I know I have company.. I thought I was the only member in the elite club... :-)

You made me laugh. I have had that happen to me too. I remember where I left off....and it wasn't. I have learned to right up a sticky or make some note on the pattern. It helps.

My machines are covered with the little post-it notes. If it is something, I REALLY NEED TO REMEMBER, I put it on the pressure foot, when I am done for the night.

It's called "Frog" sewing: rip IT, rip IT, rip IT!

I for one can not sew at night! I make too many mistakes, I am tired and can't seem to think straight.... I do much better in the morning and afternoon..... I seem to think better... at night is when I do my hand sewing etc. binding a quilt or applique.

RELATE! RELATE! RELATE! :eek: - :( - :D
so many comments here, like:
wrote a note...made sense when written, made no sense later!
I can't tell you the hours I USED to spend drawing a picture, of something that I had seen, thinking I could make something like it, only to come across all of it down the road and go HUH????
I can't even figure out what this is! :confused:
I was doing a fabulous job on a quilt one time and already had one set of borders cut perfectly, but got confused and cut the end off one of the side pieces...no more fabric, nada, zilch, zero...one of a kind!:(
The save was a friend had sent me some fats etc. and there was the perfect piece to put a nice little "design" on the end of two borders, giving it a dash of panache, LOL.
Thank the heavens that it wasn't the outer border either.
It was for someone else and I would have been devastated.
Brain not on a full charge...o. m. gosh, does that ever say it.
It's a good thing we quilters are such an adaptable/creative, willing to punish ourselves, lot!
...just sado-masochistic at times, self-torturers :D:D:D

Hey, don' t feel bad. We all do things without thinking. I decided to make a dresden plate blocks and started to chain piece....well guess what I sewed a hole bunch sewing the small end and not the large end. Whoo....what was I thinking. Lucky I could rip and do it right...

It is such a comfort to know you're not alone! :eek: ... Shift+R improves the quality of this image. CTRL+F5 reloads the whole page.

Did it just yesterday with Easy Street. Had the block on the design wall. Took down carefully, pinned, sewed, ironed BOOM....backwards and upside down. Ripped the row out then the block, resewed, ironed and BOOM!! did it again!!!!!

Kind of like that saying carpenters have: "Measure twice, cut once. Measure once, cut twice." Sometimes I can't stop sewing my blocks together because I'm afraid I will forget what I'm doing. I have to stay and sew til they are all together.

Totaly undewrstand where youre coming from, lived that moment many many times!