Have you done this too?
03-20-2010, 04:30 PM
#31
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Central Indiana (USA)
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Yes, I have done it also and had to rip some blocks out. I guess look 3 times to be sure it is ready to sew on correctly. It is easy to do and I blame it on me when I am tired.
We all learn from our mistakes!
We all learn from our mistakes!
03-20-2010, 04:30 PM
#32
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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Before I sew the rows together, I generally lay the pieces out and leave them for a bit. Next time I go look at the layout, I have a clear mind and I usually pick out the "odd ones."
If it is a directional top, I mark the sides of the rows that need to be sewn together. It is easier to check each set of rows than end up with a wrong row and the top done.
In the meantime, better make friends with your ripper.
If it is a directional top, I mark the sides of the rows that need to be sewn together. It is easier to check each set of rows than end up with a wrong row and the top done.
In the meantime, better make friends with your ripper.
03-20-2010, 04:53 PM
#33
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Hartsburg, Mo
Posts: 309
Been there more times than I want to count!
Do use my low cost design wall - a flannel backed table cloth. Sew my blocks into strips then arrange the strips on the design wall. Helps me see things like that. But I'm still a pretty good ripper!
Do use my low cost design wall - a flannel backed table cloth. Sew my blocks into strips then arrange the strips on the design wall. Helps me see things like that. But I'm still a pretty good ripper!
03-20-2010, 05:34 PM
#35
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posts: 233
Do you use a quilting design board? This helps me although I have done the same thing, even with using it.
I made my own with a 4x8 insulation sheet and covered it with flannel. I cut it down to 48 x 60 now cause my storage area accomodates that size better.
I made my own with a 4x8 insulation sheet and covered it with flannel. I cut it down to 48 x 60 now cause my storage area accomodates that size better.
03-20-2010, 05:45 PM
#37
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Cody, Wyoming
Posts: 6,344
Thank you everyone for your 'yup been there stories'. I never knew before joining this group you could wear out a seam ripper.. yet have surely done it prior to this just didn't.. KNOW.. now I know I am not alone on goofy stuff like sewing blocks. egad ROWS upside down. I am thankful I did not quilt it and then notice it. I would never have been able to gift it then. I can go with slightly wobbly borders, binding, funky quilting even (this I do NOT enjoy) but an upside down ROW was more than even I could blow off.. besides mortification is a marvelous motivator. At least I know if I had gifted it to another quilter they would have smiled and maybe tsskk tsskk'ed but never tossed. Smooches to all of you.
03-20-2010, 07:17 PM
#38
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: California
Posts: 401
Originally Posted by Boston1954
I have some plastic block markers that my sister gave me. I always pin them in the same place on the block. Upper left corner. If you had something like that, even a piece of paper, it might jump up at you and say "hey we should be in the other direction".
03-21-2010, 05:07 AM
#40
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Brick, NJ
Posts: 819
Originally Posted by Angellight
My Maternal Grandmother always said, "To be a good sewer, you Have to be a good ripper." Over the many years I have been sewing, this has been true, much to my dismay. I also believe that every "mistake" I make is a Learning experience to shift to that memory bank and remember not to do again.
We all have made many of the mistakes people talk about, and once we have we have learned from them...
Happy day & happy ripping.
S
We all have made many of the mistakes people talk about, and once we have we have learned from them...
Happy day & happy ripping.
S
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