So, I was so excited, I finally got everything I needed to embroider on a wash cloth. I got everything hooped, picked a fairly simple design, and away we went. it turned out soo nice... until. I took the hoop off the machine, and turned it over. I forgot one step... to make sure the edges of the wash cloth were clear of the back! Chauk that one up to experience! I kept it with my embroidery stuff so I will never forget that step again!

been there done that need a mt.dew lol

Been there done that too!!

OOPS :roll:

Me too!!!!!

You will only make that mistake once!!

I don't embroider but I can't tell you how many times I have done that with piecing! LOL

I am sure I would have done the same thing...at least once!
Maybe even twice...so you are a head of the game!

Oops! I am learning too right now. So many little mistakes to make!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ruh-Roh!

Oh yes, I've done the same thing! lol

Yah gotta laugh at yourself! Been there done that! I have a little basket of mistakes I refer to every now and then. Course it is tucked away so no one else can see them.

I was embroidering a onesie, and relized in time, that I had the back in the hoop also. Would have been awful hard to get it on.

I have never done it with embroidery but I have when FMQ on my machine. Sigh. It's so frustrating.

I don't embroider but I have been putting binding on a quilt and low and behold all of a sudden it felt like that binding was thicker then the rest and sure enough I turned it over and part of it had folded over without me knowing...now that was a pain in the butt, because it was on black fabric...with black thread. I got it ripped out though and that was the first date that Jack (ripper) and I ever had and since then weve had thousands of dates...wonder if he's ever going to marry me. LOLOL

I embroidered a shirt sleeve on to a shirt front. Caught it pretty early, spent some time with a ripper.

I usually just laugh about it and start a do-over. Like I always say about myself---why do it the easy way when you can do it the hard way?????????? LOL Seems like we've all done it.

I am so happy that I am not alone! On the plus side, it helped me with the placement of the embroidery on the do-over!
I have never thought of naming my seam ripper... I think mine would be named "Oh, dang it" or "Crap"
Maybe if I had a name for it, I would be happy when I needed it.

Unless you are like me :oops:

Oopsie !

OMG, I think we have all done that a time or two. Tehe, ask me how I know!!!

Oh boy, been there and done that. Also have done that when I was machine quilting on my sewing machine.

Done it to an infants oncee and a childs t-shirt/

If you sew or quilt, you will catch something and sew it down that doesn't need sewing down. Been there, done That!

Funny :lol:

Funny :lol: I'm refering to PegD's almost boo-boo.
I think saving all the boo-boos to remember and refer to is a really good idea. Wish I had done this - except the pile of boo-boos would be overwhelming in my case :oops: :lol:

sounds familiar

ewwwwww been there done that!!!!!

The mistakes are the real teaching experiences...ones we are least likely to repeat.

Whoever said you will only make that mistake once doesn't know ME!!!!

I did that with a hand towel for a gift one time when I was first learning the ways of machine embroidery.
I was able take part of the folded over apart and use it for my self,LOL

I've done that and while the embroidery machine is chugging along, a piece of the fabric would sometimes mysteriously creep over the embroidery area and become part of the design - plucked apart more designs than I want to admit.

My first embroidery job on a hand towel was done sideways. Not such an impressive job. LOL

As a teacher, my favorite saying has always been, "Mistakes Help Us Learn".

Been there, done that!!

You're not alone!

I don't embroider but I've made similar mistakes sewing before. If we never made mistakes how would be improve our crafts.

A lesson to remember.

We've all made mistakes. Me? that's where I'm a millionaire!!

I don't embroidery but I can certainly relate in sewing. It seems I do it the hard way TOO much. You would think "better with age", but not me. :oops: :oops: :oops: