Hi all, I received an e-mail today from one of my angels. Her name is Barbara and I hope she will be joining us soon. Come on, Barbara, join in.

In her picture she showed me a "mistake" she made while sewing and watching TV. She was doing machine applique and used the blanket stitch backwards. I love the look of it and may use it myself at some point. I call it the Barbara's stitch. What do you all think?

I think it is lovely!

oh wow, could you imagine with a contrast thread on a kids quilt, or an ombre varigaited thread. with batiks, the possibilitis are endless. Great Mistake

that is what i wanted to do the other day. flip my blanket stitch! rats.

......and that is how new and beautiful stitchery ideas are born....... I love it. Gotta try it out. Looks great! Come on, Barbara, join in! We need you.........

Nice mistake!

I think it looks great! Sigh, I wish my mistakes would turn out that well. lol.

I am going to try it!!

Nice looking mistake! Wish mine looked that good!

I really like it; and her piece is beautiful!

Beautiful, looks just fine with the blanket stitch backward.

I think I will be using Barbara's stitch soon.

It looks intentional. I like the look.

Love it, great job

I wish all my mistakes looked that good.

Looks fantastic!

Wow I love it, wish my mistake turned out that beautiful.

Great mistake, I love it.

I like it too.

what mistake?

:cry: Yeah, me, too. I have done some doozies, that were not work repeating. I think this is creative, and like the way it looks!

Looks good and seems like that would actually be a stronger stitch so that the applique would stand up to machine washing, etc.

Great Mistake! Make some more, Barbara!

I don't think it was a mistake,....looks like an 'Executive Design Alteration' to me . excellent results too. Thank you for sharing, I love it.

I like it, too. Looks like a Hawaiian quilt design to me. I never could make snowflakes so probably could not do this. Sure is pretty though.

love it. and remember art is art...........whose to say that the stitich is wrong is YOU like it that way

I like it too! Very creative!

I really like that, I didn't notice it was backwards, I just noticed that she did a great job stitching.

Looks like flowers stitched around the applique.
Great work Barbara.
Hope you will join us. And share more ideas.

Thanks
Sandra
sadheart

That's how "new" patterns, etc. are born. Some knitting & tatting stitches, etc. are born from mistakes. the quilt is simply gorgeous and I think the stitches enhance the design.

A very nice mistake indeed really pretty :D

Maria, tell Barb that is a SuperKool effect she has created. Just think how different colored threads would look, even on the same color fabric. Come on Barb, join us here.

Oh poo, I did about an hours work on a quilt , backwards just like that.
but then noticed, after looking at the other block, that it was wrong, so I unsewed the whole thing and did it over the right way. I guess its true that there are no quilt police and I could have left it in, I love the look, it looks like the design is radiating. Woohoo, next time it wont' be a mistake. :mrgreen:

I will need to remember this new stitch. its Beautiful !!

I saw someone on Simply Quilts do this years ago. She used this stitch, as well as some others, to outline specific parts of flowers and leaves. It made them look much more realistic. She did it on a fun, jazzy looking quilt also, where it looked awesome (like Jacobean appliqué). I think it's a wonderful stitch. One can really outline appliqué with any cool/nice looking stitch and it gives the entire quilt more interest. I've seen some interesting, beautiful tops while longarming!

Good for Barbara for figuring this one out :)

I love it, especially around flowers. Great Job. Join us, please, Barbara!

that looks great

Aren't oops wonderful. You have to join Barbara we want your "mistakes". I am glad you kept on going with that stitch it really shows of the applique. Nice work. Hey, WELCOME (now you gotta join).

I love the dimension it gives. It is her design element! Beautiful.

Came out beautiful.... :D