So I am into my first attempt at FMQ, doing a meander. Stitches aren't all perfect, but I am having fun. I hear a strange noise, but as all is going well, I ignore it. Short time later I decided to check noise. I had FMQ a pamphlet for my Swivel Sweeper to the back of my quilt. Don't remember seeing that on my table when I started quilting. But sure had a time picking out the stitches and getting the darn thing off the back of my quilt.

Sorry about that sometimes goofy things happen to me too.

LOL, you gotta check on those strange noises! Congrats on FMQ, I've done a little but still get nervous.

Oh No!! Please forgive my chuckling... I have FMQ'd scraps to my backing before :roll: :D:D:D

I was sewing the center on a petal pillow last night and sewed the bottom of one of the petals to the center. Felt a little thick while I was sewing but I was sewing on chenille and it's kind of thick anyway so didn't think a whole lot of it. My stitches were tiny too, had to put on my magnifying glasses to pick them out!

I just FMQed part of the corner backing underneath the quilt! Thank goodness for rippers!

oh no, i havn't got to fmq yet sounds like it will be fun to do.

Ohhh what a bummer. Been there done that. I'm sure everyone has atleast once. Mr. seem ripper to the rescue.
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Oh dear, LOL, me too, sorry for chucklin'. Should you ever happen to do that again, moistening paper with water will make it easier/quicker to pick. Sewing scraps would be time to get out the seam ripper.

When I make a mistake like that it usually is a long time before I make that mistake again. Sharpens my awareness. :-D Thanks for sharing.

Just remembered, last night I was paper piecing a small part of a larger quilt I was working on. When I was turning I found that I had also sewn in a finished pp part of the larger quilt to the new piece. Seam ripper to my rescue. LOL

sorry to chuckle at your mistake---but it gave me a good laugh. thanks ! I don't know how many times I have quilted the overhang edge into my quilt. and those stitches are so hard to rip out. but a flier takes the cake !

Unless that flier was mighty thick.... I would have cut the brouchure off the backing and then let the water of a finial wash do the rest.... no way I'd pic that off!!!!

I'm a lazy seam ripper.

hehehe

I think there is something to be said for having a quilting frame! I too have done something similar. I bought a mid-arm frame so I don't have to use the seam ripper as much!

Don't feel bad. I sewed my FMQ slide to my quilt! This one you are suppose to tape it down & I had just laughed at a girlfriend for doing the same thing! Needless to say I had to rip also!

Don't feel bad....I quilted a pin between the layers on a customer's quilt!!!!! And, of course, it was ball headed pin!!! Had a heck of a time getting it out...............

Thank you my quilting family, I laughed at myself when I did it, but now I know I am not alone in dumb land. Quilt is done, doesn't look too bad for the first time. I did realize that I have to remember to breath. Also I noticed my mouth is a tiller. I seem to find myself pursing my lips in the direction I want to FMQ. What fun, huh?

Thanks for the chuckle. It's funny only because most of us can relate :oops:

I have FMQed the backing overhang to the back and was able to cut it away without harming the quilt. I will spend hours to do anything instead of ripping if I can keep from it.
Most of us have done lots of things like that.

A friend of mine has a long arm quilting business and she told me, if that ever happens to her in a quilt, she'll work the metal shaft out, cut it off with a wire cutter, then she smashes the pinhead with a hammer. Of course, this is a rare occurance. :lol:

Thanks for the heads up. If I ever hear anything, I'll check. :-D

we all have been to that land you mention....and had to rip our way out with the seam ripper.
some of us have been there more than once!

Always check for strange noises!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Be glad it wasn't a finger the needle decided to sew thru....

Omg, that is hysterical! I laughed and laughed ,because I have been known to do really dumb things myself, thanks for sharing! I'm glad your having fun tho.

Been there. done that and more

I needed a good laugh this morning and I am so glad to know others do those things too.

Well as long as we are all in the same boat here....as I was hand quilting a quilt for a few hours got up to move my hoop and realized i had quilted my shirt to the quilt.....as said thank goodness for rippers....LOL

Great stories, it shows that we all so stuff like that. I have a hard time stopping what I'm doing when I hear something strange-I'm working on the "Stop now and check it out!" part. It will save me lots of time.

Great stories, it shows that we all so stuff like that. I have a hard time stopping what I'm doing when I hear something strange-I'm working on the "Stop now and check it out!" part.

I'm even worse! I did it when straight line quilting! :oops:

Ditto here.

I sewed A strip of Bias tape on the back of a quilt block. Left some of it there and cut off the rest.

DITTO !!!!

I made my son and his wife an anniversity quilt for their 10th. Daughter in law told me she felt something sticking her from the quilt!! Since I pin base I must have left a pin between the layers. Thank goodness it was a safty pin and as long as she can keep it closed it will be fine. Since they live in Florida and I'm in Maryland I can't (wish I could) just go down and fix it for her. But from now on I watch carefully where I place all my pins while basting! Especially when most of my quilts are gifts! LOL

Thanks for sharing, it made me laugh, with you, of course, not at you. Keep on FM quilting! It is fun, isn't it? Well, most of the time.

Where's that Damn cat! Bet she did it!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm at a loss to understand a lot of the shorthand "initials" used on the board (FMQ, LQS, etc).
Has anyone compiled a translation list of some kind that can be reproduced here? Subject matter helps decypher some, but other times I'm just stumped.
Thanks
Janet

I feel your pain! I have stitched my little cutting mat (2"x6") to my blocks several times while paper piecing. Not to mention scraps, blocks, etc. Frustrating and kind of interesting the things that can be picked up with fabric, but that's the hazard of a slick surface with "stuff" around!

I did that too! I had quite a bit extra instead of the normal couple inches and it got folded underneath. Drat!

I sewed through the HEAD of a flower head quilters pin acouple of weeks ago. I had a heck of a time getting it out! Needless to say, it dulled my needle and had to replace an almost new needle!

A few weeks ago, I sewed two dollar bills to the back of a costume I was making my grandson. Good thing I saw them- the one whose dollars they were would have been awful mad when they disappeared!