I have done just that on occasion, however, right now I am finishing up Kinetic Energy, which is a lovely quilt. Took a class, the woman who taught it let us keep cutting fabric into strips, she had to run out and meet someone for lunch, she neglected to tell us how to cut, we did as she said and we cut and cut while she was out to lunch (how appropriate, eh?) When she came back full and happy, we asked about the cutting if we had done it right (too late). It was wrong, she did not apologize, this was black and white, not the easiest thing to undo, in fact we could not. So I kept on going and made it all work, finishing up quilting now. What I have learned from this lesson is to ask more then once and do not assume the one teaching is saying the right thing. Fabric costs too much and our time is worth something, too. It is going to look ok, but not quite like Kinetic Energy should look, oh well, at least it is done. I am going to be happy to finish this one up. And yes I learned a lot with this one.

For goodness sake, make sure your 1/4" seam is accurate! When I did my first and second quilts, they were just squares pieced together...the 1/4" seam isn't such a big deal, so long as your seam is consistent. Now I'm doing WW (my 3rd) and I've found my seam is more than 1/4"...it's consistent, in that my rows with vertical strips are consistently shorter than my rows with horizontal strips! LOL So now I'm sticking pleats in as I go to keep my seams aligned (teeny ones, but pleats none the less...praying to quilt it out...LOL If not...nobody will ever know it wasn't intentional...haha)

I'm going to buy a 1/4" foot.

I did not realize how important a quarter inch seam allowance was or what was the big deal. Now, I take more time with the 1/4 inch when sewing it together and save a lot of time and and stress when putting the quilt together. It made it much more fun.

THROW it away????! Never, just post it here as "free to good home'. :-) :thumbup:

RIGHT sides together!

...LOL :) :roll: :-) :wink: :) :)

Mine was how to sew the end of the binding together, overlap by the width you cut your binding strip and think waistband and not crotch when you go to sew it together. Magic!!!

If you make a mistake and can live with it, it's not a mistake. Also I was told that if a quilt of mine has a mistake, for god sakes, don't point it out immediately to the viewer--they are not interested in your mistakes and it takes away from their appreciation.!

Mine have all been taken. Starch. 1/4 inch ft. Basting spray. Make it bigger and cut it down.

But my personal favorite was just throw it away and start over!!! It is so true.

To say - "Because I want it that way!" - and move on...