wanna confess? :-D

actually, looking around here, I'm sure there are very few who make mistakes and even less that leave them in their quilts. :thumbup:

still, if you've got any you want to share...

here are my mistakes....

ROFL. You are so funny. Thank you so much for the giggles. The pin was the best. Poor little pin. I'll have to check my pictures. I know I have secret booboos too on my quilts. Of course I do it on purpose.:(

okay, sewing the pin into the quilt is a new one!!!!!Kinda like the other day I read that someone sewed their clothes into the binding.....I'm not laughing at you but WITH you. OH, whre to start with my own.....how about marking with a gel pen - that will be interesting when I try to wash it out!!

I've sewn a pin into a quilt before, but I cut off selvages so I don't have that problem! No quilt police here though! Keep up the good work & have fun!

mistakes, what mistakes? i meant to do that. lol (my mother says, no mistakes....it's your signature.) lol, i've signed a few. :lol:

They aren't mistakes, just personal touches LOL

i've done all of those :)

Yep, that pin is definitely a me thing, too!

:P :P :P

Whether we admit it or not, we have all made mistakes that we neglected to fix. Your projects are great so don't fret over it. You might be able to take a dark permanent marker and cover the white selvage and then it won't show very much.I have done everything you have done and more.

As a child I lost my temper with a particularly scathing teacher and sat down with my sewing, sampler on hessian or similar, and sewed like mad 'to show her' ...

Of course I did sew the whole thing to my skirt and then had to stand there in front of the rest of the class whilst she gradually unpicked it all ...

I'm on my first quilts at the moment, so I'll look at this thread for reassurance when things are going wrong!

Helen

Oh my, you've made 'mistakes'? I call it creative license. Who knows, leaving the selvage showing on a quilt may just become the new 'in' thing and then you'll be sorry you did not patent the idea.

For myself, there are no mistakes--just a new interpretation of a pattern. (But I HAVE basted a quilt to the rug)

lol, I have definitely sewn a pin into a quilt also.

We all make them - however-they can be fixed! Find yourself an ink pen like in Michaels or an art store and match the color you need. Be sure to touch it very lightly to see how much the ink runs . Actually, gel pens are best. After fixing it, set the color with a hot iron. Be sure to put a piece of tissue or fabric on top so you don't burn the fabric. You might try it out on a trial piece first. I have done this multiple times and it works! Washes ok, too.

Post a pic of your quilt so we can ooh and ah at it!

I've made plenty of mistakes and here is two to prove it. See how easy they are to find. The date on this quilt is 2008 and it is still waiting to be quilted. I have about twentyfive waiting!

Hi and welcome to the board from Iowa. I saw no mistakes here; only individual preferences (smile).

I'm sure we all have put our "signature" in a few quilts. When I first started making quilts...I always would have a couple fabrics upside down. I thought it was funny and never fixed them. I said that I wasn't perfect and neither was my quilt.

I know the problem. Many times when I am hand quilting my finger tip ends up being stitched in. I quilckly look to see if I am bleeding. ROFL-OUCH

Lowell ;) ;) ;)

That is great!! :lol:

im guilty too have done some of same things

I have done these things before but my machine will break a needle before sewing that PIN:: I have done that many times and have lots of needles on hand: UBE Quilting _ ohh my bless your heart: I would let that BOO BOO go: Sure is a beautiful quilt::: Unless it really buggs you:::

so funny-I have made many boo boo's over the years

We never make mistakes in quilting....only creative adjustments.

I spy but I won't tell. :)
I have left a little blood(pin prick) on one.

I've done the pin thing,except mine was left in between the layers.

We all make the same mistakes, it is our trademark! Enjoy and keep up the good work.

whats funny is that if you showed it to a non quilter they wouldn't even see the mistakes.

Welcome from Fla!

I see no mistakes ... haven't you heard, quilting with selvages is the new 'in' thing? I'm saving them for a friend of mine so your 'mistakes' are just modern piecing!

As far as the pin, I love your resolution ... not sure I would have considered that which is a perfect solution.

i don't see any mistakes!!! hehehe

ROFLMAO - OMG, I've done that - that is too funny. Its nice to know I'm not alone.

thanks ladies :-D
yeah, I like the signature idea. :-D

for kicks, here is the link to the thread with the whole picture of those quilts.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-159939-1.htm

I gave a child quilt away but left a straight pin sewn in. Don't even know how the pin got between the layers, I sure did it. The mom had to bring the quilt back so I could take a seam apart, remove the pin and then resew! It was a little embarrassing. I've also been stingy with fabric at times, and have used a few selvages!

Thanks for posting, everyone, it's fun to read the silliness!

All I see is creative license. Keep creating.

OMG! These could be my mistakes! Ha ha

I had to scrutinize to finally find the "mistake." Why are we all so hard on ourselves? If we all had quit over our "errors" there'd be no quilts, except antiques. Ease up and call it creative license.

oh i made a baby quilt once for my nephews little girl. i had it all done and my sisterinlaw was looking at it and said this is backwards (pointing to one of the squares. i looked at it because the quilt was all done. and i just said well that will add charcter to it. lol

Sewing Bloopers! Too funny. I think we should start a new category! I love the pin blooper. :roll:

love the pin...been there, done that!

Oooop! I've sewn fabric in, wrong-side up. Sometimes I'll fix that but mostly I leave it.

There are just too many to list. One that probably frosts me more than any is when you think you have enough fabric for a quilt and you don't. Sometimes it works out that you can get more and also found I couldn't find any more.

the Amish call that the humility block...