What is the biggest mistake you made when making a quilt?
05-24-2012, 09:40 AM
#102
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I am making Mystery Quilt VI "Bittersweet". I started cutting the background squares from the border fabric and had to quickly find someone who had the border fabric in stock. Fortunately, I found someone who had the fabric. That is one mistake I'll never make again!
05-24-2012, 09:49 AM
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I signed up for a BOM at my then LQS. I was assured that I would love the colors. I didn't like the colors at all. I don't quilt in browns and greens. Muddy blues don't do much for me either, but the Moody Blues do--but that is another topic. After I soldiered on with the darn thing, I found out that she had used several variations. I think she should have asked which was preferred, or used the same colors on all the quilts. The quilt top is finished and ironed. The backing is ready. I intend on tying it. It isn't worth it to me to send it out or try to quilt it myself. I call it the 'ugly' quilt. It has been called that since the second month. I will post when I finally get it tied. I need a big place to lay it out, and haven't found a place big enough yet...
Anita in Northfield, MN
Anita in Northfield, MN
05-24-2012, 10:30 AM
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Love, love, love this thread. I was cutting material for a material for a quilt, stopped to do something else, then went back to cutting. Finished cutting all the material, when I found out that my son had moved the magazine with the quilt pattern and changed the page by mistake. I had peices for 2 different quilts! I look closer now.
05-24-2012, 11:23 AM
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Being a new quilter, afraid to make mistakes keeps me from having fun and really learning the art. This thread really helped in my understanding that mistakes will happen and you move on from there . . . this is not a dress rehearsal and I need to live my life without fearing I will make mistakes. I am old enough to have learned this lesson years ago but it is still a hang-up for me. This question and answers has really given me insight, thank you all sooooo much.
05-24-2012, 12:38 PM
#106
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I made a Lone Star but apparently I had turned the bits the wrong way so my star radiates into the point (which is kind of cool) but I really mucked up the angles. Working with all those bias pieces was not a good idea for a total beginner. One of these days I will pull it out and fix it.
05-24-2012, 12:45 PM
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I made a cute little dolphin quilt that will forever to referred to as the wonky dolphin quilt. My 1/4 inch seam is more like what ever width my presser foot is, it's pretty close. Well that works if you are using the same machine/foot to make the entire quilt. I didn't. I forced my blocks together, stretching some here, pleating a little there. I sent it off the charity LA, and she promptly returned it to me as a complete mess and "please don't do that again." It wouldn't lay flat at all. It had little mountains and valleys when you laid it flat. Another quilter took it over as a challenge and fixed it. I don't know what she did, I know she didn't take it completely apart.
So don't mix your seam sizes. Be consistant.
So don't mix your seam sizes. Be consistant.
05-24-2012, 04:55 PM
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05-24-2012, 05:10 PM
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Probably the biggest mistake was not quilting the quilt. I was told by someone (whom I trusted) that since it was a large piece that I really didn't have to do anything else to the quilt. I can only blame myself as deep in my heart I knew better. They said that the batting would be caught at the edge in the binding It was a Queen size quilt. ...
05-24-2012, 05:56 PM
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The biggest mistake I ever (not that I have a long history?) made making a quilt was stippling a fairly large lap quilt too close together and also in close quarters. I was almost at completion and found that the backing had several folds in it, and I had to rip out all of those tight/close stitches. It was a nightmare but I fixed it and completed it--whew!!! Hubby is now working on a sewing room for me and I will not make anything larger than a small wall quilt until it is done.
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