Murphy's Quilting Laws
09-01-2012, 07:35 PM
#142
Super Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 1,415
I have a friend who is a famous machine quilter -- she has a quilt that has won ribbons -- it has fabric scraps quilted on the back.
The only pin on the floor of the sewing room is the one that DH found with his foot.
After patiently cutting blocks with 4 layers of different fabrics you find that you have one piece folded in half so the pieces are too small -- and of course that is the only fabric you don't have any more of.
It is 11PM an you are ready to quilt your white quilt and you realize you have every other thread in the rainbow (including shades of gray and tan) but no white.
You are working under the CFL lights and you pull colors to match your focus fabric. You finish the quilt, and take it into a room with natural light and discover that the color in the focus fabric is not medium orange but medium pink.
The only seam ripper you can find when you need to rip some real tight stitches is the one with the broken tip.
You get ready to go downstairs to quilt when DH asks for help for a minute -- however it takes him an hour to get things ready for you to help him.
One more:
Your main machine is having problems so you pull out the machine you take to class. Unfortunately, you chain piece a whole strip before you realize that the needle was in the wrong position for a 1/4" seam.
The only pin on the floor of the sewing room is the one that DH found with his foot.
After patiently cutting blocks with 4 layers of different fabrics you find that you have one piece folded in half so the pieces are too small -- and of course that is the only fabric you don't have any more of.
It is 11PM an you are ready to quilt your white quilt and you realize you have every other thread in the rainbow (including shades of gray and tan) but no white.
You are working under the CFL lights and you pull colors to match your focus fabric. You finish the quilt, and take it into a room with natural light and discover that the color in the focus fabric is not medium orange but medium pink.
The only seam ripper you can find when you need to rip some real tight stitches is the one with the broken tip.
You get ready to go downstairs to quilt when DH asks for help for a minute -- however it takes him an hour to get things ready for you to help him.
One more:
Your main machine is having problems so you pull out the machine you take to class. Unfortunately, you chain piece a whole strip before you realize that the needle was in the wrong position for a 1/4" seam.
09-02-2012, 09:23 AM
#144
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,664
You have a 60% off coupon for a single cut of fabric only to have all the fabric you can use to already be on sale for 30% off so you can't use the coupon. This just happened to me this week, I walked out of the store completely empty handed.
09-02-2012, 09:24 AM
#145
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,664
How so very true, however this week I was in my sewing room and had a pin stick me in the side of my foot. How the side I have no idea.
09-02-2012, 09:59 AM
#146
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: S. W. Indiana
Posts: 7,484
Don't do that again. Remember quilt backings among other such fabrics are seldom on sale.
09-06-2012, 07:51 PM
#147
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 3,372
09-07-2012, 08:05 AM
#148
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 1,664
Fantastic idea & I will remember it but I don't remember ever seeing any backing fabric at any of the unmentioned stores that I was referring to but will check the next time I go in just in case. Thanks for the idea.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Anael
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
16
01-12-2012 07:06 AM
