Have you done this before?
10-01-2014, 04:20 PM
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Have you done this before?
I've been away from sewing for a while and recently took a bag out with a quilt project I had already started on.
I couldn't believe my eyes!
I had taken three strips of each color as if they were one and sewed them to another set of three strips. I then cut them up then put them away.
Taking the seam ripper to them will be nothing compared to matching the squares and resewing them individually instead of the strip method. Especially since I'll get three times the work done with one batch. Even chain sewing them doesn't make it seem more attractive.
I guess it's good I stopped when I did - - what if I didn't notice when I went to sew those to each other?
I couldn't believe my eyes!
I had taken three strips of each color as if they were one and sewed them to another set of three strips. I then cut them up then put them away.
Taking the seam ripper to them will be nothing compared to matching the squares and resewing them individually instead of the strip method. Especially since I'll get three times the work done with one batch. Even chain sewing them doesn't make it seem more attractive.
I guess it's good I stopped when I did - - what if I didn't notice when I went to sew those to each other?
10-02-2014, 10:00 AM
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I had to read it several times, but I finally got it.
Oh, dear! What a mess. Offer it in the pay it forward? Someone on limited income might enjoy the fabric & project.
You must have been very tired, or suffering a huge emotional stress when you did it.
Oh, dear! What a mess. Offer it in the pay it forward? Someone on limited income might enjoy the fabric & project.
You must have been very tired, or suffering a huge emotional stress when you did it.
10-02-2014, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by quiltmouse
I had to read it several times, but I finally got it.
Oh, dear! What a mess. Offer it in the pay it forward? Someone on limited income might enjoy the fabric & project.
You must have been very tired, or suffering a huge emotional stress when you did it.
Oh, dear! What a mess. Offer it in the pay it forward? Someone on limited income might enjoy the fabric & project.
You must have been very tired, or suffering a huge emotional stress when you did it.
10-02-2014, 10:03 AM
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You are under no obligation to the fabric, you know.
Under the "sunk costs" concept, the money was spent when you spent it. If fixing the problem is more pain in the neck than its worth, then don't. You don't owe it to yourself or the money you spent THEN to fix it.
Under the "sunk costs" concept, the money was spent when you spent it. If fixing the problem is more pain in the neck than its worth, then don't. You don't owe it to yourself or the money you spent THEN to fix it.
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