You know it's time to quit for the day when ...
#41
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#43
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Oh honey, I've been there, done that so many times I've lost count. I once cut strips for a quilt, then discovered that they were not large enough and I had to cut more. I usually make these stupid mistakes when I'm tired, so now I try (notice I said TRY) to quit when I'm tired - tomorrow is another day and a better quilt.
#46
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Bardstown Ky
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I've done this exact thing. It was on a pattern that had to have pieces taken from 4 different piles. they all landed on the floor in a mess. I also went down one side of a binding with no thread in the bobbin.
#47
Been there, in fact, the other day I was cutting up 9 patches for an EB pattern and instead of cutting a straight line (even though I had a cutting edge) I went off to the left into the block. Luckily, it turns out I didn't need that block, so it will go into the scrap bag.
In another case, it took me 5 tries to finish sewing the binding ends on a small quilt. Every time I thought I had it, it turned out I had sewn it either backwards (facing the wrong direction), hadn't measured the length correctly (too long, then too short), or twisted. It took me 3 days of trying, I would try it twice each time and then decide I better find something else to do rather than get more frustrated. I had another binding that it took 2 tries. For some reason I was having trouble finishing bindings that week. It did get better.
In another case, it took me 5 tries to finish sewing the binding ends on a small quilt. Every time I thought I had it, it turned out I had sewn it either backwards (facing the wrong direction), hadn't measured the length correctly (too long, then too short), or twisted. It took me 3 days of trying, I would try it twice each time and then decide I better find something else to do rather than get more frustrated. I had another binding that it took 2 tries. For some reason I was having trouble finishing bindings that week. It did get better.
#49
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 3
I was quilting a queen size quilt on my first machine that I ever owned. It was a Janome that was brand new $200. I was at quilting retreat. I was burning up my sewing machine from high speed quilting. You could smell it. Pedal to the metal was still going very slow. I just threw everything down, turned off my machine, got up, said "good night", and went to bed. The next morning my machine was fine and I started again. Everyone got a good laugh out of it. And over 10 years later, it is still brought up. Bought a new machine shortly after. I just quilted a king size on my machine with no problems. I am ready for a new though with a deeper throat since I tend to make larger quilts, it seems.
#50
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Saginaw Michigan
Posts: 2,305
This is great, hearing everyone has made the same boo boos I have......thank you! I did something worse, after ripping, sewing, ripping and sewing again I decided I was too tired to go on so I went to bed and had a nightmare about sewing on the binding wrong, redoing it and sewing it on wrong again! Now how do you escape that?
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