What's Your Quilt Horror Story?
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I haven't cut my self yet, but one of my friends ended up with 10 stitches, so now I have attached a clear rotary guard on my omni 24". and have bought suction handles for my smaller rulers. The even have a tiny one. I feel so much safer.
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Originally Posted by shaverg
Except when I got it all together the blocks were no where close to being aligned with the rows below.
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Originally Posted by Lucky Patsy's "Mom"
I fell asleep once while grading papers in bed and got ink stains all over it, which I have never been able to remove!
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Originally Posted by motomom
It is kind of amazing to me that what I think will be cool actually turns out to be a dud.
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
Hope you heal soon since blood stains are hard to get out of the fabric.
Spit on it, and blot with a paper towel. It needs lots of spit, and it has to be YOUR spit to work. Remaining smudge will come right out when washed with COLD, not hot, water.
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Originally Posted by motomom
Spit on it, and blot with a paper towel. It needs lots of spit, and it has to be YOUR spit to work. Remaining smudge will come right out when washed with COLD, not hot, water.
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I think every quilt I do ends up with some little horror story attached to it. I'm good for a meltdown (usually silent beating up of myself as I don't want anyone to know I make mistakes) at least once a week. I'm still a bit of a novice, teaching myself as I go along. So there are some great scraps from cutting wrong and an assortment of blocks that are too weird for the quilt. Someday I will make a quilt of "not square" squares.
Luckily, no injuries for me.
My biggest horror story is the "quilt police"- remember I'm a novice. about 2 years ago I made a quilt for a family reunion and there were quilt police there. I almost grabbed my quilt and ran home. I was ready to cry and I felt sick to my stomach. But, it must not have been so bad as I get asked each year to make one and they sell a ton of tickets and fight over who will get it.
Luckily, no injuries for me.
My biggest horror story is the "quilt police"- remember I'm a novice. about 2 years ago I made a quilt for a family reunion and there were quilt police there. I almost grabbed my quilt and ran home. I was ready to cry and I felt sick to my stomach. But, it must not have been so bad as I get asked each year to make one and they sell a ton of tickets and fight over who will get it.
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K4 and K3, thanks for the laughs! I was having a rough morning and this definitely helped! :lol: :lol: I too have done the cutting thing, dropped it and it cut my leg! No stitches, but still have scar! Ninnie in NC
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Originally Posted by Barbm
My biggest horror story is the "quilt police"-
I think I have an idea: I bought fabric for a quilt and the quiltzilla owner of the shop said to me: "Please tell me that you are not planning to use this fabric on the same quilt." (Which of course was EXACTLY what I had planned) She then said: "What will you name it? Nightmare on Elm Street?" I told her she would eat her words......and she did.
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Originally Posted by Barbm
My biggest horror story is the "quilt police"- remember I'm a novice. about 2 years ago I made a quilt for a family reunion and there were quilt police there. I almost grabbed my quilt and ran home. I was ready to cry and I felt sick to my stomach.
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