Have you ever have one of those days that every thing you touch went wrong. I am doing a 10 minute block and I was doing so good . Yea, I thought I did one side then did the other side last night. Today I was so happy I was going to the middle seam. I pick up the first one and had sew one with the inside out. Looked through and sure enough there was four more. I put them to the side and started on the middle and for the life of me, I could not get a straight seam. After take it out over and over. I came up with a way that work for me I line one side up and sew it the I do the same to the other side, it worked. Hooray. Now maybe I will be able to do it in 10 minutes, or not!!! We will see.

Ahhhh...I recognize that song......lol

I think you had a camera on me when I did that block. LOL I finally started pinning everywhere that I had to sew. And then turned right side out to make sure that I had made 'contact' with the alledged seam that I needed to sew. It will get better. When you have to rip it out more than once, it's time to put it away for the day or night and rest your mind. Do something nice for yourself. You deserve it. - Cheryl

Been there done that

Makes you wonder why they call it a 10 minute block :lol: :lol:

I will never forget the time I managed to sew a 14-inch zipper into a top--with the top TWISTED around the neckline! I've sewed dozens of zippers, and that's the only time I haven't managed to get it right on the first try. I still have no earthly idea how I managed to do that. After the initial fit of rage, I had a good laugh and a beer and put it in a time-out til the next day. ;)

Play some music while you rip! It makes the time go by a little easier! We've all been there!

oh yeah, me too! I have done more than one quilt I call the "FROG"... ha ha ha ;-)

sorry you are having a bad day. But glad i'm not the only one. finly had to just walk out of the sewing room. come to the board only to find thing are not gone any better here. Maybe I should just go the bed with a good book.

Sorry to say, but you're speaking my language. :lol:

Some days are good,some days are like today. Better luck tomorrow.

My mother always said"if you have to rip something out it will be used a lot longer" so I often think of her because I am always ripping............

I second that. When you keep you repeating the same mistake over and over, expecting different results....

Are we having fun yet????

I spent 4 hrs frogging today,,,,,,,, rip it, rip it , rip it.

What is it today? I also did a lot of rip it- working on OBW for my daughter and forgot to square it up- then put a couple of borders before I realized it was way off, so off come the borders, and got it squared. try try again.........

My first 10 minute block was definitely longer than 10 minutes! I do love the
Technique. I am working on one using charm squares. Really fast!

I remember saying, "removing stitches teaches me patience". I don't know where in the world I got THAT idea!
;-)

Lol...yeah...I pretty much hate those days.
I'm like Liz Porter...I might not like doing something a certain way, but I hate ripping out more.lol
At least you got it figured out.

I think we have all did that sometimes or another. Sometimes more than once. :)

i was working on my quilting fairy godmother the other night. I had to rip numerous seams because I did stupid things like sew the wrong color on. Used too small of a piece of fabric. That is why you shouldn't sew until 2:00 AM

Oh gosh, that is me too. I was ironing my latest "creation" and realized there were three half square triangle blocks in various places turned wrong!! It took a long time to rip and resew. Oy.

Wise woman!!

Right!!! Like it has been said..."Some days you are the pigeon, and other days you are the statue!"

Yep, me too. I spent some quality time with my seam ripper last night "unsewing" a purse lining that I had put on the wrong side. As the saying goes..."As you sew, so shall you rip" :-)

Some times I spend way too much time ripping because of trying to hurry.

Thank God thier are some mistakes we can FIX!!!!!!

Yep. My first ten-minute block only took two hours. But after a while, it really does take only ten minutes. Stick with it and it will be great fun.

Yep! That was my FMQ yesterday. Ripped out everything I sewed AT LEAST TWICE! Grrrrr!!!

I did that, too. I would have to go back to the computer and check again for the instructions. I finally got one done and put it up and haven't touched it since. I plan to keep trying though.

After all that ripping out and strating over my son came in a said Mom that would be perfect for my bed. But I you will have to take out the brown. :x Grrrrrr the brown is staying it he wants it, it go as is. :roll:

Oh yes. I was sewing a shirt a couple of weeks ago and neatly set the sleeve in . . . to the neck opening. Grrr.

If this is the case, I can rest knowing that some of my pieces will be around 'til the next millenum

You poor thing. I've done stuff like that many times.

You are now a member of the FROG club----- Rippet rippet