Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums > Main
What do you do when... >

What do you do when...

What do you do when...

Thread Tools
 
Old 01-10-2016, 09:13 PM
  #21  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: kansas
Posts: 6,407
Default

Originally Posted by Watson View Post
Hope to make you feel a little better... I once worked hard over some pretty intricate blocks for an Easter table runner. When I finally put them all together, I realized that they made repeating Swastika patterns in Easter colours. Obviously, that one was one for the garbage pail.
Yours though sounds like you could put it together in a different setting and it wouldn't be exactly what you hoped, but might make a nice gift for someone else. THEY don't know there was supposed to be a red stripe.

Watson
LOL! I did a Christmas disappearing 9 patch and playing around after I cut the first 9 patch and realized it could be a red Swastika! Thank goodness for EQ7---really didn't want to have a Christmas swastika quilt!
quiltingshorttimer is offline  
Old 01-10-2016, 10:05 PM
  #22  
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Indiana
Posts: 176
Default

If you can live with out the red color forget it. If can't then take blocks apart and start over. I think I would try to live with out red or make some with red and some with out
Littledreamdevil is offline  
Old 01-11-2016, 12:52 AM
  #23  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: England Alton Towers
Posts: 6,674
Default

If you have nearly finished your block total I would look for a new design. If you undo will you have enough fabric or can you get more.? Good luck in your decision.
DOTTYMO is offline  
Old 01-11-2016, 02:51 AM
  #24  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Tulsa, Ok
Posts: 4,582
Default

I would probably finish that quilt and give it away, charity or otherwise. Then do it again with the changes to make the quilt you want. The second will go a little quicker as you have the process down by now!!
Jeanne S is offline  
Old 01-11-2016, 03:20 AM
  #25  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Heart of Colorado's majestic mountains!
Posts: 6,026
Default

I am quite sure that I would take it out and re-do it according to my original plan. However, I would re-do one or two of the blocks and put them back together to be sure that it was really what I envisioned. Then, if I was sure about the new look I would schedule the block deconstruction, one or two at a time, into some days. That way it won't be a daunting task. I wish you luck in making your decision and hope you won't it become a UFO.
quilterpurpledog is offline  
Old 01-11-2016, 04:30 AM
  #26  
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 218
Default

If it is only that piece that is involved I would remove it and replace it with the correct piece. Means ripping out a few seams but should not be too hard to sew the new piece into place. Been there, done that.
Fastpedal is offline  
Old 01-11-2016, 04:31 AM
  #27  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Florida
Posts: 5,901
Default

If it were one or two that were different, I'd say take them apart. IF they are all the same, go ahead and put it together. My quilts always change from design concept to completed quilt.
toverly is offline  
Old 01-11-2016, 04:53 AM
  #28  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Rochester,NY
Posts: 363
Default

Myself, it would depend on what the quilt was intended for. It it was for a specific gift, I would rework it. If it was for myself, I'd probably finish it and give it to charity.
regm is offline  
Old 01-11-2016, 06:56 AM
  #29  
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Bryan, TX
Posts: 62
Default

You could have said that you had made a "Good Fortune" quilt. The swastika was originally a good luck sign in Germany, before Hitler to it over.
Maggie77802 is offline  
Old 01-11-2016, 07:11 AM
  #30  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
Posts: 5,397
Default

jannxin, I would lay them out, take a picture for future reference in case they get mixed up. Then sew each block together to make a row, the when done, lay them down again and compare to the picture to make sure they are lined up the way you want and then start at the top and sew each row together. That's the way I do and believe me, taking the pictures not only helps if they get mixed up but also to have the extra eye to make sure you like what you've layed out. Hope this helps
romanojg is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
weezie
Main
68
10-23-2009 08:37 AM
barbsbus
Main
2
09-23-2009 03:07 PM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



FREE Quilting Newsletter