Thanks Cute I just thought from what i was reading that maybe people would benefit from this lecture that I gave Dorothy! She feels stupid when things don't go right and it is pointless to place blame.

My first quilting project was a tablerunner of pinwheels. I got it all put together and quilted. I was so proud of it until, like you, I noticed one triangle going the wrong direction. That little flub-up is now safely covered up by strategically placed knick-knacks on my dresser!

Great idea! I have a stain on my oak table and I do the same thing. I just set something there and then you can't see it! What ever works right?

I love the pink one. Mistake or not it is beautiful.

I also make mistakes, go figure. It really helps to know that others do as well. Being a perfectionist and making mistakes don't go well together. I recently had a large quilt quilted, it was an intricate design. After she quilted it and I got it home, I noticed a HST turned around. I was upset with myself and a little embarrassed, but was able to quilt another on top of it going the right direction and now I can't find the mistake. But I learned that I need to pay more attention to the finished project, maybe put it away for a day and relook at it in a fresh way. Also, I learned to repair a quilt after it is completed.

The lady who got her feelings hurt just lost the opportunity to learn a valuable lesson in fixing her mistake, how sad. Hopefully she thought about it afterward and learned something.

Thanks for the topic! :D :D

That is so cool! It is only 30 miles from Iowa City on I-80. We go to Iowa City and go west to Des Moines on I-80 but I have never gone east on it to Davenport. We go the local roads to Davenport as we are southwest of there.
I am going to have to make a trip up there and go on I-80 and go take pictures!! We are in Iowa City at least once a month most months as we go up to the VA for my DH for medical. It would just be a 20 min drive to go see it!

Thanks so much for this info! I will be going when I get the chance.

Everyone else sharing makes me feel so much better. I had put aside my quilting over the winter becasue I was so stressed by everything and have recently picked it back up. I was chain piecing for a quilt for my son last week and realized I had sewn the wrong sides of the fabric for all 48 blocks! My seams were all on the front of the blocks! :oops: Luckily it was only a 3 inch seam so I got them all torn out in one night, but still!

Happens to me all the time!! I was sewing swatches together 2 days ago and they were supposed to be right sides together--when I went to cut them apart I realized I had sewn about 10 of them face side out! I HATE to rip seams!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: Oh well I ripped them out and started over! I have been doing this how long????(maybe the next 30 years will be better!!) And teaching it for pete's sake and I still flub up the same ways over and over! You'd think I'd learn!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I doubt she learned anything from it. She is the sort of person who has to be in charge and when she isn't she gets defensive. I know where she was coming from and went out of my way to make sure she felt better about everything. We live in too small a town to have people mad at you.
In Salem everyone knows what you are thinking before you think it.
That's small town life in the midwest!