Ouch, I had that problem with the last top I did. I tore it apart so many time I thought I would scream.
I finally walked away for a few days.
I'm sorry your having difficulties. Somedays are just like that. I think we have all been through it.

Probably so.

I feel your pain. :XD:

I know how frustrated you are. I did a Jacob's ladder which should not be a hard quilt pattern to make. But I am sure I took that whole queen size quilt apart more then once. I like to chain piece so I would get started and sew a whole bunch together and then realize I had sewn them on the wrong side. So frustrating.

I think the thing to do is pin them all together than sew them. I hardly ever pin anything and that is why I got them all sewed together wrong. All it takes is to pick up the pieces and turn them when you put them in the machine and they are all wrong.

Have a rest maybe it will go better later.

Quilterfay

I'd keep working it the same way....scrappy quilt.

Hope your day gets better. Mine started out similarly, with me realizing that I had made my "frame" for my framed 9 patch first too small....then too big....now its "just right."

Ouch!! Hope your day goes better. Sometimes when I have to pull an all nighter(work 36 hours straight)and I get so wound up I need something to unwind before falling asleep. I have been know to sew 4 patches and ended up doing the same thing or worse. Now I just sew some strips until I get tried and leave it at that. Good luck with all your future days.

I learned early on not to do any quilting in the middle of the night. I can read or watch tv or play computer games but no sewing!

LOL!!! I sewed a bunch of blocks together incorrectly yesterday and I wasn't even tired!!! Me and Mr. Seam Ripper took them apart, and apart, and apart. Then resewed them together wrong again. Grrrr. Mr. Ripper stayed with me the whole time until I got it right!

:oops: :lol:

Yes, this happens to me too - too frequently! Sometimes I think I'm just losing it and that quilting is too frustrating to pursue, but then I always try again the next day.

When I read your title, I immediately thought she's must have been tired because that's what usually happens to me.

I probably would have given up sooner. Hate when I have days like that too. If I have to rip something 3 times within about 15 minutes, I quit and ....maybe..... try again later.

You're definitely NOT alone.

looking at your avatar.....miss my doxie!!

Ladies, LOL, I couldn't control myself. I'm laughing with you not at you, while thinking of the very problem I had myself.
Some days it is wise for me to NOT sew!
Better luck tomorrow if you rest today.

Sounds like me. I seem to rip every seam that I sew.

For sure!

had a daylike lthat with DD's quilt. Blocks just would not come out the right size. finally just put it all away for several days. When I picked it up again, I saw what I was doing wrong right away. Top now done...smile

Yep, tis is the proven remedy-diva club notes day 234, ifyou want the reference....grinning like crazy while I type this..... ;-)

Hopefully tomorrow is better.

Laid a whole quilt out on the bedroom floor, picked it up wrong and pieced the whole thing before I discovered it. Ended up putting a wide applique border down one side and it's my favorite quilt. Everyone thinks it is so fabulous and I don't tell them what I did!

Bummer... I think we all have days like this.

I am not a fast piecer because I put everything up on the design wall (it is behind my chair) and only take off one item at a time -- and I still will sometimes turn the blocks around.

The worst thing I ever had happen was when I was quilting a quilt using my home sewing machine. I was doing really well, it looked great an I was a happy camper. I had minkee on the back -- when I turned it over, the Minkee had picked up a piece of fabric that I thought was well out of reach of the quilt. It too was well quilted in. I have discovered that reverse quilting is worse than reverse piecing (LOL).

I have an framed embroidery that says, " Mr Seam Ripper is my best friend"

Sometimes it is just better to turnoff the machine, crawl back in bed and pull the covers over your head. Things will be better when you get up again.

There are times when it just doesn't pay to sew. I know when I keep making mistakes, I have to quilt sewing and do something else.

Hate days like that. I've taken out what I thought was the wrong seam before, sewed it up and took it out again. When actually I could have just turned the block around. :roll:

Some days it just does not pay to get up - if it goes wrong once, it may repeat itself again! Just walk away from it and think "tomorrow is another day"................ and it usually works..........

After two days of sweating blood over a new bag that I resized to make it larger, I finished it tonight , how wonderfull until I picked it up, sewed a handle on backwards , I must leave it that way as it has too much finish work to redoo it , besides no one will know it except me , what a day and it is only 110 here today :oops:

Tomorrow is another day and it will be better. So sorry I know how you feel, I've had days like that.

You mean it was a 110 degrees there today???

sorry you had so much trouble. The only thing I sew when I'm tired is crumb blocks, really hard to mess those up. :lol:
Sharon W.

Not unusual for Arizona this time of year, I used to live in Yuma,AZ and the normal summer temps were 116-120. Now I live in Texas where it only gets to 105.
Sharon W.

Hate it when I do that. Hope tomorrow is better
P.S. my saturday was like that...

Was doing machine embroidery on a crazy quilt block today and all of a sudden the bobbin thread was pulling to the top and made a big mess. After changing needle, rethreading, taking machine apart to clean out little bits of thread it is running again but that block will need to be done again. Another three or four hours of embroidery! Oh well, all in a days work. Things such as this happen to us all.

I have learned, if it don't want to go right, it just won't go right and call it a day! Yep! Some days sewing goes smoothly and some days not!

1st time I did a pinwheel, I laid out the block on the table where my sewing machine is, I would pick up two pieces, turn to the sewing machine, then look 2 or 3 times, and STILL had to pick out a good quarter of the seams because I kept sewing the wrong edges together. Next time, I will use the idea here of pinning that nasty seam where it lies!

Agree with ya! Love the crumbs! Nothing to go wrong on these:)

Today I started an insert for the purse I made several days ago, it is complicated but with 114 temps, it is neat to stay indoors and play around. will finish it tomorrow,if I can figure out how to post it I will show you all teh purse and then the insert for it , B.E.G.Some days are bette rthan others but life is a learning tool for most of us, B. E.G. :D

WhAT IS A CRUMB BLOCK AND HOW DO YOU MAKE IT???NEVER HEARD OF IT , I ONLY KNOW OF THE 9 PATCH WONDER :oops:

Look for my post on page 5 of this thread, its got a picture of some of my blocks.
Bonnie Hunter's website, is a great resource for using up scraps.

http://quiltville.com/crumbs.shtml

You're a lady after my own heart - l LOVE those crumb blocks - or in my case trash quilt. No matter how hard you try, you can't make a mistake on them.

Nita in beautiful, sunny Michigan