Quiltingboard Forums

Quiltingboard Forums (https://www.quiltingboard.com/)
-   Main (https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1/)
-   -   Sometimes I get so mad at myself (https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1/sometimes-i-get-so-mad-myself-t54559.html)

mar32428 07-16-2010 11:43 AM


Originally Posted by AbbyQuilts
So tonight as I finished piecing the last block on my brothers anniversary quilt (and that is July 28th)
I think wow I am finally done I can sew these together put the boarders on and sandwich it. Stayed up late tonight to get the piecing done.

Lay all of the blocks out on the floor and realize I completely forgot a whole row.
I dont know where I got in my head that the quilt only had 12 blocks but there is suppose to be 16

Ohh well back to cutting and piecing tomorrow :( I thought I was done :(
now that I think about it I was surprised I had extra fabric. That should have tipped me off.

So do you every have those moment where its is just like "how or why did I do that?"

Yep ! Left a whole row out and wondered why I had so many blocks left over. I was a very, very beginner at the time. What I did make was pretty tho and a non-quilter wouldn't know the difference.

ezug 07-16-2010 03:35 PM

I think most of us have so many things on our minds that it is very easy to "blank out"! At least you still have a little time and you ought to be really good at those blocks by now :)

Your brother will love the quilt - he's a lucky brother-

tcnmom 07-16-2010 04:18 PM

We all do stupid things and wonder why. At least you admit to it, some quilters wouldn't want anyone to know they make mistakes.

Dee 07-16-2010 05:17 PM

Senior moments are very often for me. Rip it!

franie 07-16-2010 05:18 PM

I had the opposiite problem--I miscounted and made two extra blocks on the quilt I am working on.

smitty 07-16-2010 06:08 PM


Originally Posted by Rebecca VLQ
Yup. My "favorite" mistake is when I have everything laid out on the floor and start picking up and sewing, get interrupted, then sew two "wrong" rows together. :roll:

I can still hear my first quilting teacher--"grab that row on the right, with your right hand & don't you dare let that sucker out of that hand until you are at the sewing machine ". but I still let myself get distracted by something & end with rows wrong. sometime I tell myself that I just invented a new pattern and just keep going.

AbbyQuilts 07-16-2010 06:33 PM

I got the new blocks cut and almost sewed together. I am so glad I noticed because I am only doing a 60"x60 couch quilt. Forgetting a whole row makes it a really short quilt for my 6' brother and his 5'8 wife lol

The only reason I did notice when I did was because the blocks make a pattern when put together so I knew something was off when I couldn't see the pattern I was going for.

I am glad to know I am not alone and it happens to others :D its no fun feeling lonely lol

kwiltkrazy 07-16-2010 07:08 PM

You bet. Just did that with the last quilt I did.

Annz 07-16-2010 09:48 PM

Almost all the time.

quiltin mimi 07-16-2010 10:43 PM

this one is my favorite posted so far.....because it is something I would do

Originally Posted by Jeanniejo
I did that last week ! I was sewing the 7th of 9 rows and knew something was wrong. I was also sooooooo proud of myself for noticing my blunder before I had sewn another row on. I "unsewed" the last 2 blocks in the previous row and 2 from the row I had just sewn. Laid it back out on the floor to make sure it was right this time, so proud again ! It was then that I realized that there weren't any mistakes, I was just looking at the quilt sideways!!! Sewed them all back together and all was well. I even marked the first row so I wouldn't get confused. Didn't help much.



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 11:26 PM.