BIG boo boo!! British Quilters, PLEASE HELP !!
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I can't believe I made such a BIG mistake. I wanted to make a mug rug for the manager of my local credit union who is from England. My great great Grandfather Jevons was born in Staffordshire England. Two days ago, I got the idea of making a mug rug using the British flag. I worked 5 hours yesterday trying to get a photo of the flag into EQ with little success. I don't have the best of luck with drawing diagonal lines on EQ. The EQ technical support got back to me with what I thought was too complicated instructions. So I just printed the flag with the short size of 6". It was little more difficult to stitch than I thought it would be but when I was laying out the last wide strip of red, it hit me that I forgot to reverse the pattern. STUPID mistake. What should I do?? It took me 13 hours yesterday to get to where I am now. Being disable, I have more bad days than good one. Will she still like it???
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She will love it. And its unlikely she would even notice. That's such a thoughtful gift to make.
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I would fix it. Some people can be very particular about how the flag of their nation is represented. I would notice if someone gave me an American flag quilt and the stars were in the upper right corner instead of the upper left.
It is not a difficult fix. Simply take the corner units off that should be reversed and flip them 180 degrees. That should work. |
I would flip them too and instead of calling it a bad day call it a learning experience. It helps us slow down the next time and as you take out seams just think of it as something to calm you down.. like down time? I do the seam ripping all the time, in fact I have to buy new ones at least once a year because I dull them :) your doing fine and it will be absolutely brilliant when your finished.
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Bummer! I can tell you are not happy with it so you will want to fix it. I would piece the blue and white corners and appliqué the red strip. Maybe even use a narrow red ribbon and leave a little spot open in the seam to run the end under and then stitch the spot in the seam closed.
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I would also check into their flag etiquette, before gifting it. For an American flag, it would be considered disrespectful, to use the flag (or its likeness) in that manner.
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Nice job so far. Although it did take you a long time to make this, it's not what you were aiming for. With that said, I'd fix it. I agree with feline fanatic, who referred to the stars being in the wrong corner of a US flag. It's not the US flag if all 50 stars are not in the upper left corner. Therefore, this is not a British flag if the red stripes are not in the right positions.
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In spite of the mistake you did a great job of putting it together! After all that time I'm almost reluctant to suggest this but there is a great paper pieced flag here. It is designed to be a tea cosy but if you could downsize the templates it could be used for a mug rug... I made the tea cosy for my sister for christmas and it turned out great.
http://lilysquilts.blogspot.ca/search?q=tea+cosy |
I wouldn't worry too much, perhaps when you give the gift over admit your mistake, I really don't think they will take offence in fact will probably find it funny - you would be surprised how often our flag ends up the wrong way!!!! I think they will be delighted that you have made such a lovely and thoughful gift.
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Psssst....rotate your block around. It'll match the photo pretty well.
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