Someone please tell me you've made this block!
06-25-2014, 07:07 AM
#11
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Jeffersonville, In
Posts: 2,621
Been there, done that.
Originally Posted by charlottequilts
I don't have a picture, either, but this should make you feel a bit better.
One time I was making a quilt with 3" squares and one of the fabrics looked like dark aqua from one direction and nearly black from the other. Not realizing that quilting cotton could have nap, too, I didn't see it until I was nearly done. It was in the middle of the quilt, looking for all the world like a black hole. So, I bit the bullet and very carefully loosened and tied off the surrounding seams. This took a Long Time because the quilt top was big and bulky.
Then, I very carefully reset the square and restored the seams - the Very Same Way.
Hugs,
Charlotte
One time I was making a quilt with 3" squares and one of the fabrics looked like dark aqua from one direction and nearly black from the other. Not realizing that quilting cotton could have nap, too, I didn't see it until I was nearly done. It was in the middle of the quilt, looking for all the world like a black hole. So, I bit the bullet and very carefully loosened and tied off the surrounding seams. This took a Long Time because the quilt top was big and bulky.
Then, I very carefully reset the square and restored the seams - the Very Same Way.
Hugs,
Charlotte
06-25-2014, 08:45 AM
#13
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Somewhere Out There
Posts: 376
oooh lordy ... This is my largest oh crap moment
[ATTACH=CONFIG]480358[/ATTACH]
I never noticed it until it was already basted ! That was the last time I ever basted ANYTHING without giving it a long hard look first ! It is a great quilt though, it has a permanent place on my bed LOL.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]480358[/ATTACH]
I never noticed it until it was already basted ! That was the last time I ever basted ANYTHING without giving it a long hard look first ! It is a great quilt though, it has a permanent place on my bed LOL.
06-25-2014, 10:06 AM
#18
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Spanish Fort, AL (on the AL Gulf Coast)
Posts: 236
I have to admit - I chuckled when I saw the block - because I know how many times I've done the same thing myself.
I participate in a yearly sewalong for Project Linus where 30-40 of us get together and make quilts for a few hours. We've done this for 15 years and it never fails - I ALWAYS get the rows messed up at least once and have to rip them apart and re-sew.
I participate in a yearly sewalong for Project Linus where 30-40 of us get together and make quilts for a few hours. We've done this for 15 years and it never fails - I ALWAYS get the rows messed up at least once and have to rip them apart and re-sew.
06-25-2014, 10:09 AM
#19
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Nawth o' Boston
Posts: 1,879
I too have done 'block-ectomies' and I posted one on the board some time ago. At least you didn't have to rip out a whole block and reformat it from the finished quilt top !!! I had to do that with an on-point thing that was all bias. Big pieces but still needed to be tamed to get them back together again nice and flat.
Like you, I can laugh at it. I look at everything I do in quilting as some measure of fun and a full measure of satisfaction. Otherwise ...shhhh it will be a UFO...don't tell on me!
Like you, I can laugh at it. I look at everything I do in quilting as some measure of fun and a full measure of satisfaction. Otherwise ...shhhh it will be a UFO...don't tell on me!
06-25-2014, 10:14 AM
#20
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Live Oak, Texas
Posts: 6,133
I was pushing myself to finish pinwheels for a baby quilt gift when I noticed the last two blocks I made looked nothing like pinwheels. What a mess I had made. Lucky for me I found them before I started putting the quilt together.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
