BlueChicken

Well done dude! :-)
I love the term "quiltzilla". I had a woman in a shop give me a long and loud lecture while cutting my fabrics that the "true spirit" of quilting was using whatever you had lying around, not buying particular fabrics that matched. I didn't have the guts to tell her that what she was saying would actually do her out of business!

ButtercreamCakeArtist

Something similar happened to my little girl. I keep my rotary cutters out of reach of children, but she threw something up and knocked it off or something, and it fell and hit her on the wrist. It was shut, but the impact from the fall made it shove in a little. It only barely broke the skin, but still scary. It could've been much worse. Now, I keep them up even higher (I'm short, so it seems like a mile) in a pretty painted planter that is heavy and won't tip.

camillacamilla

:shock: Oh my..that is my nightmare. Especially since one of my boys has taken to dragging around a cheap throw blanket in his mouth when my husband is gone. It is his security blanket.

peaceandjoy

I have taken out a smallish chunk of my finger w/ my rotary cutter. Just being careless, I guess. I was so surprised I couldn't believe it, but as there was quite a bit of blood... Ugh, must stop before I get woozy again!

My horror story, though was in the making of a quilt for my only niece. My brother, her daddy, is a dairy farmer, and I was making Tammy Tadd's "Hey Cow." The top was finished, I'd sandwiched it and was trimming off the excess before quilting. And... somehow... I cut a hole in the top! I thought I was going to be sick.

My fix was to put a piece of fusible through the hole between the top & the batting (Warm & Natural), fused it, then quilted carefully over it to make sure it wouldn't come up. If anyone should look closely, they'd be able to see it.

Mousie

I have heard of this, so I tried it with chocolate, lol. The stain did come out...maybe the formula makeup of my blood is the same. Does that mean I bleed chocolate? If so, don't tell me, I have been recently suspicioned to be a cannibal, after biting one of grandbabies fingers.
I don't want to eat myself, in my sleep, and wake up dead! :lol:

purpl7

I was making a garden quilt. I had the great idea of making the floating blocks and turning the squares so it would look like the flowers were floating on different green fabrics. I spent time planning the quilt. I had already bought all the flower pieces I wanted. I cut up everything I had for it, as I wanted it to be scrappy and it was great.

Until I realized that I had not figured the squares right. And it wasn't going to work at all. So, I put it away. And just about cried. 6 months later, I decide to use all the fabric. I really need a summer garden to look at in January in MN. So, I sewed. And, although this is not what I intended, this turned out better than I hoped it would. :)

BlueChicken

That quilt looks gorgeous! Bet you're glad it's done now. :-)

The thing with spit is right... it's the enzymes in the saliva that work on the stain. Part of the secret is getting the spit on the stain while it's still wet, before it can set. And anyone's spit will work, although it's probably more hygenic to stick with your own! lol

Mousie

Sounds to me, like you have family that are "quilt police" bc they are envious. We all know, that even when our seams and points don't look perfect, that a lot of work and determination goes into these quilts.
I couldn't help but chuckle about the part, where you almost grabbed it, and ran home, but they were being mean. Shame on them! Just remember, even the best quilter in the world can 'flub' up, if not paying attention. It's that kind of craft. I'm a great flubber, but I'm also a great ripper. Can't keep a good dog down :P

Mousie

OMGosh, Martina, that is a great,...and funny story!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
I had not heard of "quiltzilla", (shop owner), lmbo right now, but of course a superhero would. (You know my grandbaby believes in you, lol...see other post, um, somewhere :D).
That was extremely rude. Sounds like she had seen you before, so was taking liberties. It's rude, even when family does it, but we kind of expect it, from them once in a while. I love the way you handled it!
I'd love to see a pic of quilt. Bet if you had said, "well, I'll go home and think about it", and walked out, without buying fabric...HaHaHaHa...next time she would have bit her tongue off and chewed, before losing the money!
You probably did it in a very, nonchalant, superhero-ish way though, not really a confrontation. I've never been able to walk away from fabric...sigh,...but then, I've never been talked to that way...although, once after being in a Joann's for a couple hours, and had, oh, about six assorted size cuts...and was eyeballing a bolt on counter behind cutter...I had said, that I needed a certain color for a mystery quilt...(now if it was a mystery to me, what was it to these ppl?)...when I said, "let me look at that bolt over there, maybe that would work"...at least 3 of the ppl around me, (in unison), all shouted, "NO!".... now that was a truly, weird thing! I just shrugged it off, looked at it, and said, "nope, not right, shade." doo doo doo doo....(must have been police, gestapo :? )

Mousie

WOW, purple7, that's a great scrappy quilt. Nice and bright and cheerful. Bet it brightened things for you as you worked on it, huh? :D

P.S. got quite a cutie there, in pic!!! :D :D :D