What is the biggest mistake you made when making a quilt?
05-23-2012, 04:57 PM
#31
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Originally Posted by KarenR
Cutting 5 inch squares and ending up with a rectangle. I had a 8 1/2 inch square ruler and had turned it the wrong way.
05-23-2012, 05:03 PM
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I didn't discover until a year later (when I went to use it for the holidays) that not only had I turned a block all wacky in a top, I'd hand quilted it & didn't notice it then. I took pictures of it & didn't even notice it then. Then, when I put it on the table, it was like there was a large neon sign pointing to the mistake. Eek!
Then there was the time, like 2 hours before the baby shower, I went to snip a loose thread & cut a hole in the quilt. Good thing it was a flower pot quilt... I appliqued a bee or a butterfly or something over the spot & nobody was the wiser (until now... LOL!).
My 1st quilting teacher taught us that we we supposed to have a mistake (a God's Eye) in all our quilts. I never have to "work" to have at least one in each quilt... LOL!
Then there was the time, like 2 hours before the baby shower, I went to snip a loose thread & cut a hole in the quilt. Good thing it was a flower pot quilt... I appliqued a bee or a butterfly or something over the spot & nobody was the wiser (until now... LOL!).
My 1st quilting teacher taught us that we we supposed to have a mistake (a God's Eye) in all our quilts. I never have to "work" to have at least one in each quilt... LOL!
05-23-2012, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Annaquilts
I think the one I regretted the most was rushing the laundering of a very large wedding Queen quilt for my daughter. I washed it once and then tossed it in the dryer. All the quilting lines had not washed out yet so I set them in the dryer. She is fine with it and loves th quilt. I hope that over time they will dissapear.
05-23-2012, 05:14 PM
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Working on a Lone Star. New technique, sew all 4 fabric strips together. There are 8 different sets. Working right along. Get the first six sewn, cut them apart into 16 pieces each. Label them. Then cut the 7th one with the 4 fabrics and something looks wonky. Oh my gosh, I had sewn the wrong fabric on the bottom row. It will mess everything up. Take a deep breath, go get a cup of coffee and come back. I check the fabric batch and there is exactly enough fabric left in the color I need. So I cut two 2" x width of the fabric strips. I rip out the 16 bottom rows, lay the 3 patch strips out on the correct color strips, pin them, sew and cut apart. Thank goodness for the extra material. Thinking all that time that NOBODY ever makes a mistake when quilting but me....thank goodness for the honesty on this board....sure makes me feel better. (And I do have a nice bunch of 2" diagonal pieces I can use on something else.)
05-23-2012, 05:18 PM
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I was working on a tube quilt. Stopped, fixed dinner and headed back to my studio. Picked up the ruler and continued
cutting. Even though I was tired I finished. Started putting the blocks together and they weren't all the same size. On the cutting table were TWO rulers. I don't even remember getting the second one out. I haven't finished that quilt or quilts yet.
cutting. Even though I was tired I finished. Started putting the blocks together and they weren't all the same size. On the cutting table were TWO rulers. I don't even remember getting the second one out. I haven't finished that quilt or quilts yet.
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