What's Your Quilt Horror Story?
#31
Originally Posted by MadQuilter
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.
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!
#32
Originally Posted by Ninnie
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
#33
Originally Posted by Moonpi
My very first quilt was a queen extra long and wide, Trip Around the World filled with high loft poly, warm as toast, hand quilting that took months. When my Dane puppy was about 6 months old, my ex and I went out for groceries. Max had decided to nest on the bed, shredding the center of the quilt, the wool blanket and sheets underneath, and finally stopped at the mattress pad.
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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.
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.
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Originally Posted by motomom
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.
I don't want to eat myself, in my sleep, and wake up dead! :lol:
#36
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. :)
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. :)
#37
Originally Posted by 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. :)
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. :)
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
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Originally Posted by Barbm
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.
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
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
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.
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 :? )
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Originally Posted by 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. :)
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. :)
P.S. got quite a cutie there, in pic!!! :D :D :D
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