Watson

What's the biggest "oops" you ever made while quilting?

Or is it just me?

I once made a rather intricate, (for me), Easter table runner in bright pinks and greens and when I finally put it all together and got it done, it was pointed out to me that the centre squares all made swastikas, down the middle of my runner.

There was one project that went in the garbage.....

I only wish I had a picture. When I got over my shock and disapointment , it was really quite laughable. All these bright Easter coloured swastikas...

Watson

ManiacQuilter2

I can't think of any big OOPS I ever made expect for using fabric that didn't work out as well as I had expected. I always check things twice before I piece or quilt. It saves me time tracking down where Jack the Ripper has gone into hiding.

mamagrande

When I was beginning to quilt, many years ago, I bought the fabric for a quilt and I thought that I would get things to go faster so I cut the fabric before I made a sample block ( that's what I do now). When I started to sew things did not come out right ....I had cut one fabric too short!. I had to resize all the pattern and buy new material to finish.

Onebyone

I've thrown a lot of projects in the trash. Sometimes it's the only thing to do.

Tartan

Funny you should mentioned that, I bet you thought you were the only one. I posted my Star Spin table topper before but I will post the picture again for you. I keep a plant in the center....[ATTACH=CONFIG]539935[/ATTACH]

tessagin

I cut the wrong fabric for the wrong pattern. The colors were similar. Now I put the fabric I'm going to use for a specific pattern in a designated project box which I'm also in the process of transferring to large ziplocs, I can label. The name of the recipient is on the label and the pattern is upfront where I can read it.

Watson

Tartan, I DID think I was the only one! Welcome to the club!

Watson

Dina

I have been told that the American Indians used the swastika design year and years and years before Germans were using it. I don't know what they called it, but it was in pottery designs and more. I never have researched it though, and, I guess it doesn't matter, since we all think of it as a swastika sign.... It wouldn't be what was wanted in most quilts.

Dina

JNCT14

My worst mistake was making a Storm at Sea quilt using percale sheets (!), high loft batting (!!) and THEN deciding that I should echo quilt the thing by hand (!!!) It was for my elder daughter's 5th birthday and needless to say, she did not get it. It languished as a UFO for years until I decided to ram it through my machine just to get the darned thing finished and then I took it to football games when my younger daughter was a high school cheerleader. That sucker was indestructible!

Weezy Rider

The Navajo used it, I think.
Actually, it is a very early quilt block called the flyfot or fylfot.

http://www.quakerquilthistory.com/20...or-fylfot.html