AlvaStitcher

Today a young mother at our church returned a baby quilt to me so I could add the baby's name to the label. They had decided not to reveal the name of the baby until he was born so I could not put that on the label when I gave her the quilt at the baby shower. Well... after writing his name in today, I felt lumps under the label. Wondering and hoping the lump was under the label and not in the quilt itself, I cut away two edges of the label and, lo and behold, there was blue painter's tape wadded up. I forgot to remove the tape that I used to write evenly on the label and it had wadded up in laundering. So glad I got the quilt back. I don't know if the mother had noticed the lumps or not. I sure did and was quick to correct the problem. Anyone else do silly things too?

Cari-in-Oly

The last baby quilt I made had embroidered blocks with sashing and 2 borders, the outer border is mitered. It wasn't until I had the whole top finished and up on the design wall so I could look at it and decide how to quilt it that I discovered one block is upside down. When I told the mother about it she just laughed and said, "that's so you!" so I left it in.

Cari

quilterpurpledog

Oh, the odd things that happen to us when we are trying to finish a 'perfect' give. Yesterday I was using fleece to back a quilt for a grandson. The fleece had shifted a couple of inches on one edge. Now I have a time consuming project ahead of me. These little things aren't funny, are they? Now, to find the ripper!

Jingle

I found a straight pin that I left inside a baby quilt. If I use them I try to squeeze all over the quilt to see if I forgot some. I would rather I get stuck than a child.

Onebyone

That's why I don't use straight pins much at all when making a quilt. I use the Wonder Clips instead of pins.

meyert

my niece and her husband found a pin in a quilt that I gave their little girl! They said that they didn't find for about a year so I must have had it buried pretty well I felt bad, but they said they got it out.... all but the head of the pin

quiltingshorttimer

i found a corsage pin that I used long arming in a quilt after I pulled it off the frame--thankfully it was my own and just opening up the basting on the edge made it possible to get out--I've been real careful since!

SusieQOH

Oh honey, I have a good one for you!
When my boys were little I had tons of pants to hem.
Sent one son to school with pants pinned at the hems- never noticed it till the teacher sent him home at the end of the day with a bag of pins!
I was so embarrassed but we laugh about it now!!!

Battle Axe

As a teenager, I hurriedly made a dress to wear at a dance. I was dancing away when I discovered a pin in the fold of something, can't remember, but I did get it out.

Boston1954

Someone (who has the power) made that quilt come back to you.