Quilting Mistakes I Have Made and Survived
nanners2
Hadleymass wrote:
>
> The posting on Hawaiian Quilting Horror reminded me of the mistakes I have
> made that just about gave me a coronary.
>
> Like the time I finished quilting a top (on commission), took it out of
> the frame, turned it over only to find I had left the seams of the backing
> wrong side out! I fixed it my appliqueing a narrow bias strip over the
> seams.
>
> Or the time I clipped a thread as I finished a quilt line (again a
> commissioned work) and snipped into the top!!! For that I unraveled some
> threads from the boarder fabric which happened to be the same and I did a
> re-weave mending).
>
> Anybody else have survival tales from the darker side of quilting?
Oh yeah....I am a partner in a quilting business...and we have a
customer that wants the backing left hanging out all the way around so
she can flip it to the front instead of doing real binding...we must
have reminded ourselves a dozen times not to trim the quilt when
done...(we have two big machines..so no one watches the other!) well,
you must know...I was quilting away AND hearing snip,snip,snip....<G>
We just seamed a piece of backing onto the edge so it didn't show when
she did her hemming..but felt awful..now we make BIG notes and tape them
to the machines...Nancy
Hadleymass
SkiingRN1
How about the time I hadn't had the opportunity to quilt for about a year
(school full-time, work part-time and a family) and decided to finish one
of my quilts.
It's a simple four-square made of christmas fabrics to be placed under the
christmas tree to protect the carpet. As a result, it's tied -- I didn't
want to put a lot of work into it. When I put the binding on it, I put it
on backwards (machine sewed it to the back, not the front) and made it
worse by machine sewing the front of it as well. Every time I look at it,
I wince and declare that one of these days I'm going to take that binding
off and redo it. (Usually I hand sew my bindings!) Even so, it really
adds a festive touch at christmas as it's made of red, green and white
christmas fabrics. Plus, I make sure the presents hide that darn binding.
Brenda :)
MBULM1
>The posting on Hawaiian Quilting Horror reminded me of the mistakes I
have
>made that just about gave me a coronary.
>
>Like the time I finished quilting a top (on commission), took it out of
>the frame, turned it over only to find I had left the seams of the
backing
>wrong side out! I fixed it my appliqueing a narrow bias strip over the
>seams.
>
>Or the time I clipped a thread as I finished a quilt line (again a
>commissioned work) and snipped into the top!!! For that I unraveled some
>threads from the boarder fabric which happened to be the same and I did a
>re-weave mending).
>
>
Oh, I am so glad I read your post because I just got through snipping into
my top I am currently quilting, I never felt so stupid in my whole life.
The nip is so small I used fray check on it, do you think it will hold. I
can't do a re-weave on it because it is an old piece which was given to me
by a dear friend, so I have no fabric to use.
Mary
I have gone to get myself, If I return before I get back
hold me here, because it's important
I see myself when I get back before I get confused
Sandy Foster
MBULM1 wrote:
>
> Oh, I am so glad I read your post because I just got through snipping into
> my top I am currently quilting, I never felt so stupid in my whole life.
> The nip is so small I used fray check on it, do you think it will hold. I
> can't do a re-weave on it because it is an old piece which was given to me
> by a dear friend, so I have no fabric to use.
> Mary
Mary, I've done the same thing (it was on my very first quilt, too!). I
solved the problem by embroidering my initials over the snip, and it's
held up fine. If initials would look out of place there, you could
always embroider something else instead.
Hope this helps.
--
Sandy in sunny SE Arizona
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8256
BlackcatFm
I made the "Hannah's Garden" quilt on the front of the Decopage book. As
I finshed it up, I got a tiny stain on the top - I think it was chocolate
- I learned to be more careful. I just added one more little print over
it and it looks fine.
Debra in Idaho
MBULM1
>Mary, I've done the same thing (it was on my very first quilt, too!). I
>solved the problem by embroidering my initials over the snip, and it's
>held up fine. If initials would look out of place there, you could
>always embroider something else instead.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>--
Sandy
Thanks for the tip, I think I will use it, not quite sure what I will
embroider. It is a fan quilt with a touch of art deco quilting at the top
and base of the fan. The snip is low on one of the fan blocks. I bet
initials would look good there.
Laurence Kriv
In article <19970802131...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
mbu...@aol.com (MBULM1) wrote:
One embellishment that looks nice with fan blocks is some ribbon. Place
the ribbon at the base of the fan and drape/curl the ends over
your boo-boo. It is supposed to look like a bow or streamers coming
from the base of the fan. Depending on which block has the snip, you
could do just the one block or several, to make it look planned.
Happy stitching,
Janet (from "the Land of Gar" in North Texas)
Monica L. Tittle
Laurence Kriv <lk...@ix.netcom.com> told everyone on the entire
planet, OK maybe just the ones reading this group:
~ One embellishment that looks nice with fan blocks is some ribbon. Place
~the ribbon at the base of the fan and drape/curl the ends over
~your boo-boo. It is supposed to look like a bow or streamers coming
~from the base of the fan. Depending on which block has the snip, you
~could do just the one block or several, to make it look planned.
Ok try this one on. My pet rabbit chewed a small hole in the middle
of a block about a foot from the center of my Trip Around the World
quilt. Now what would you do about that?!
And no I'm not going to make hassinfefer.
Monica L. Tittle
hstr...@sonet.net
Bloom where you're planted!
nanners2
course...just after I had finished it...the coloring from the cat food
stained the block..it's still there after 5 yrs..and I KNOW what do to
about it...just don't wanna, I guess!<G> Nan
Pibban
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Monica L. Tittle wrote:
> Ok try this one on. My pet rabbit chewed a small hole in the middle
> of a block about a foot from the center of my Trip Around the World
> quilt. Now what would you do about that?!
>
> And no I'm not going to make hassinfefer.
>
Well, fried rabbit was my first suggestion (just kidding; I'm an animal
lover also!). Since it is a Trip Around the World, you could maybe
appliqué or embroider a small vehicle of transportation--a hot air
balloon leaped to mind, for me. I'm assuming you don't have a matching
piece of fabric to replace that square? Good luck and let us know what
you decide, Ann in WA
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<P>And no I'm not going to make hassinfefer.
<BR> </BLOCKQUOTE>
Well, fried rabbit was my first suggestion (just kidding; I'm an animal
lover also!). Since it is a <B>Trip</B> Around the World, you could
maybe appliqué or embroider a small vehicle of transportation--a
hot air balloon leaped to mind, for me. I'm assuming you don't have
a matching piece of fabric to replace that square? Good luck and
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Quilting Mistakes..
1. I used way too high loft poly batt inside my first watercolor
quilt. The pattern is marvelous and it is hand-quilted. The loft of
the batt makes it look like a thick winter ski jacket. It is a
wallhanging, and it bulges off the wall in a very strange way.
2. I used a marker intended for iron transferring from a picture to
cloth ON the cloth itself. Then, in my infinite wisdom, I determined
that I should heat set the marker before I sent off the block...and I
decided to use the iron to do this. I ironed the marker area, and it
transferred to the bottom of the iron. I lifted the iron to press again
and the word, (Now "JELL-O" written backwards) reprinted itself all over
the SKY in the block I was giving as a gift... I had a deadline, so
with a different marker of white permanent ink... the sky got some new
clouds. Now a few of you are reading this who have actually SEEN this
block...and are thinking...hmmm...I was wondering about that!
3. I pinbasted a quilt and didn't check the back and machine
quilted in a huge blister in one section of the back...Guess I didn't
need to think any further about where the label was meant to go...
Definitely still learning. I am not sure if I am learning more
clever ways to cover the mistakes or how NOT to make mistakes...
Phebe
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Quilting Mistakes..
<BR> 1. I used way too high loft poly batt inside
my first watercolor quilt. The pattern is marvelous and it is hand-quilted.
The loft of the batt makes it look like a thick winter ski jacket.
It is a wallhanging, and it bulges off the wall in a very strange way.
<P> 2. I used a marker intended for iron transferring
from a picture to cloth ON the cloth itself. Then, in my infinite
wisdom, I determined that I should <I>heat set</I> the marker before I
sent off the block...and I decided to use the <U>iron</U> to do this.
I ironed the marker area, and it transferred to the bottom of the iron.
I lifted the iron to press again and the word, (Now "JELL-O" written backwards)
reprinted itself all over the SKY in the block I was giving as a <U>gift</U>...
I had a <U>deadline</U>, so with a different marker of white permanent
ink... the sky got some new clouds. <I>Now a few of you are reading
this who have actually SEEN this block...and are thinking...hmmm...I was
wondering about that!</I><I></I>
<P><I> </I>3. I pinbasted a quilt and didn't check
the back and machine quilted in a huge blister in one section of the back...Guess
I didn't need to think any further about where the label was meant to go...
<P> Definitely still learning. I am not sure if
I am learning more clever ways to cover the mistakes or how NOT to make
mistakes...
<BR> Phebe
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Kim
>Ok try this one on. My pet rabbit chewed a small hole in the middle
>of a block about a foot from the center of my Trip Around the World
>quilt. Now what would you do about that?!
>And no I'm not going to make hassinfefer.
at JoAnns or something to sew over it?
-- Kim
Lorna Sutton
My "first" quilt (the one I started first) was made of denim squares,
with embroidered designs on every other square. I thought denim needed
a huge puffy batt, so that's what I gave it. I used a sheet for the
backing and tied it, using pliers to pull the needle through. My knees
were killing me for days/weeks afterwards (even though I was MUCH
younger then), since I did all of this work on the living room floor.
The quilt is a queen-sized mammoth. I slept under it for awhile and
truly thought I should have ended up flatter (no, it didn't work) since
it was SO heavy. Then it was on my guest bed and some people insisted on
sleeping under it. It's on a rack now, and people still enjoy seeing
it. They don't know that it's not really square, etc., etc. Yes, I
learned a lot!
Lorna
Tacoma, WA
The Washburns
Pibban wrote:
>
>
> Monica L. Tittle wrote:
>
>> Ok try this one on. My pet rabbit chewed a small hole in the middle
>>
>> of a block about a foot from the center of my Trip Around the World
>> quilt. Now what would you do about that?!
>>
>> And no I'm not going to make hassinfefer.
>>
>
> Well, fried rabbit was my first suggestion (just kidding; I'm an
> animal lover also!). Since it is a Trip Around the World, you could
> maybe appliqué or embroider a small vehicle of transportation--a hot
> air balloon leaped to mind, for me. I'm assuming you don't have a
> matching piece of fabric to replace that square? Good luck and let us
> know what you decide, Ann in WA
Sounds like an appliqued rabbit or carrot is in order here!
Lisa in Texas
--
mrma...@sprynet.com
SKooff
>.the coloring from the cat food
>stained the block
I hope you've changed the type of food you feed your cat -- or even
changed the cat! We had a similar problem with dog food on a light blue
carpet. I've found a brand of dog food without coloring!
Sheryl
in San Diego
Janis Maria C. C. Cortese
For pet stains, there's this stuff called "Nature's Miracle" that you
should get. It's great. It has enzymes in it that break down the
materials from poop and barf (dunno if it works on people effluvia,
though ;-)). Takes the stuff right up -- and it removes the smell so
the animal isn't as likely to pee or barf there again. It's wonderful
stuff. Comes in a big white squeeze bottle.
Take care,
Janis
cor...@netcom.com http://www.io.com/~cortese/
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