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LynnVT 08-24-2012 07:17 AM
Originally Posted by Grandma Peg (Post 5462472)
Working with white on white fabric never saw that I had one of the borders sewn on the wrong side, not when I sewed it on, pressed it, pinned the three layers together, quilted it by crosshatching until I was sewing the binding on by the machine on the front side.
These are all so great, but this one especially. I recently did that on an X-block quilt, though it was a fabric within the design not a border. Found it way too late to pull the block, so it's still going into the September guild quilt show. Bet no one will notice that one (maybe two) aqua pieces were wrong side up. I hope. I don't enter to win prizes, so not concerned anyway.

Latrinka 08-24-2012 07:52 AM
All of the above! LOL!

Kathy Osterby 08-24-2012 08:17 AM
Get the bobbin filled with thread only to drop it, cat finds it and the chase is on---allover the house. Ever try to rewind bobbin after cat has had fun?

Friday1961 08-24-2012 08:32 AM
Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie (Post 5462696)
When you try to do just "one more" late at night--------it's guaranteed to need ripping!
Yep, this happens to me a lot. I never seem to realize when the old brain is just too tired to go on!

MadQuilter 08-24-2012 09:03 AM
If you say to yourself "I better be careful or [fill in bad thing here] will happen" Murphy will make sure that the bad thing will happen. Like when I said, I better be careful when I trim this block because I have a ton of finished blocks laying on the cutting board. Well, when I was done trimming, they were not so finished any more because I had whacked right into the pile. DUH!

DeneK 08-24-2012 09:22 AM
Originally Posted by ptquilts (Post 5462636)
As you sew, so shall you rip.

The seam that you NEED to take out is the one with the tightest stitching.
Or when you realize that the seam you just ripped is right next to the one you actually NEEDED to rip.

marscrafter 08-24-2012 10:03 AM
My most recent Murphy's Law was trying to work on a quilt with a deadline and my workhorse sewing machine motor dies. It's a 1960 something White sewing machine, so I won't be able to get a motor quickly. I'm a few weeks away from the county fair with a bunch of projects I have to hand sew to finish now. Wish me luck!

GrannieAnnie 08-24-2012 10:07 AM
Originally Posted by deborahlees (Post 5461877)
the faster you go....the more you have to rip......
There are days when it is quite clear....your brain is not working at all......
amen, sister!

GrannieAnnie 08-24-2012 10:10 AM
Originally Posted by Busy Bee Billie (Post 5464015)
When your sewing your binding to the quilt and run out of thread 5 inches from finishing.
After 50+ years of sewing, I just take for granted the thread will run out less than a foot from the end. Just the way it is!

Deborahlees 08-24-2012 10:11 AM
Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie (Post 5464620)
After 50+ years of sewing, I just take for granted the thread will run out less than a foot from the end. Just the way it is!
AND.....you are doing top stitching and you have no more thread like it.....and all the stores are closed....and...and...


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