Have you ever....
11-11-2020, 07:42 AM
#21
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 4,349
I quilted quite a ways on a white quilt until I realized that I had forgotten to change the bobbin and was using black thread from my last quilt. Of course, it all had to come out.
I've also quilted scraps of fabric into the back of a quilt. Grrr....And, flipped the backing of an entire side of feathered border over so it was sewn onto itself. What can I say? I learn by my mistakes. (Usually)
Watson
I've also quilted scraps of fabric into the back of a quilt. Grrr....And, flipped the backing of an entire side of feathered border over so it was sewn onto itself. What can I say? I learn by my mistakes. (Usually)
Watson
11-11-2020, 10:21 PM
#22
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Posts: 976
I've quilted the flipped-over edge of the quilt and pieced without a bobbin for two feet, but those were all correctable mistakes. Today I glue basted a quilt on which the placement of the blocks was critical with two misplaced blocks. I had taken a picture of the quilt before I sewed the blocks together, and it was perfect. But when I sewed the blocks together, I turned a group of three 180 degrees. A couple hours after I glue basted the quilt, I stood back to admire it - only to realize my mistake. No going back now. My only consolation is that it's a lap quilt and will rarely, if ever, be laid out flat. For a perfectionist like me though, this is hard to accept.
11-28-2020, 11:05 AM
#24
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 282
I'm sorry, I'm laughing
Originally Posted by Synnove
Way back in the day, when I was basting my first quilt, I had it all spread out on the floor. When I finished, I discovered I had sewn it to the carpet.
Well, at least it was basting stitches and not regular stitches.
11-28-2020, 01:07 PM
#25
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Illinois
Posts: 244
I decided that I wanted to FMQ circular pattern all over the quilt. Normally I do not use density quilting but decided I would for this one. Well, I attached my free motion foot and adjusted it. I had a terrible time moving the quilt and could not understand what was wrong but I persevered. I had the quilt finished when I realized that I was adjusting the foot the wrong way and kept moving the quilt closer! AAHHH! Anyhow the quilt is a gift for someone who doesn't quilt so I am hoping that she ignores all of the hiccups resulting from me tugging. Talk about being an idiot! I think I hit the jackpot.
