Have to vent NOT OT

Have you ever cut out all the pieces for a quilt, sewn all the strips together, cut them all apart and then enjoyed the view for a couple of days thinking of what it will look like when completed??????

Well, me too BUT..................................

Am making a surprise Double Irish Chain (I know pretty boring) for DH. He's only asked me for about the last 10 years to make him one. So did everything I needed to do and decided since it was a crappy, cold, snowy (yeah snowy) day in Missouri, figured I'd get started while watching the ballgame.

So line everything up next to the machine. Take the first 2 pieces and sew them together. Wanted to make sure the seams lined up before I went much farther. Took them out and opened them and just stared for a minute.

DUH!!!! and a few ^%$^*%(^& on top of that. Realized that I sewed the wrong strips together in the beginning for the second row of the chain.

I could just scream but don't want to scare the QI's. Yes, I have enough fabric to make more but now I just want to throw it all in the corner and run as fast as I can in the other direction.

Cindy from MO

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Cindy Schmidt
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Gosh, I've NEVER done that!

I also have some swamp land to sell you. ;-)

Reply to
Kathy Applebaum

Oh thanks Kathy. I'd probably buy it at this point........

Reply to
Cindy Schmidt

Well, Cindy, you have several options... make it a design element! Turn the Irish Chain inside out and rearrange the colors to work with your 'creative' strips or make another row , sew it on and make it a triple Irish chain or use those strips in another entirely different quilt. You really do NOT have to rip. But when I'm in a mood from doing something really dumb, I get mad and RIP the seams open- as in brute strength- NOT with a seam ripper. Sometimes it works without destroying the fabric....... VBEG

Sorry this happened. I hope you can find a way to use the strips as they are.

Leslie & The Furbabies in the snow flurries in MO.

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Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Cindy: Here is a 'misery loves company' message. I am not sure what is wrong with your project, but I want to give you some company. I too have a Double Irish Chain in the works. It is a queen size quilt that a group is making to raise money for Relay for Life (Cancer stuff.) I am the quilt coordinator. We have beautiful fabric. Lots of soft cream, with a small floral print, and a 'solid' dark green. The INTENTION was to have the floral print be the predominant squares .... running on each side of the solid. We made the secondary blocks first .... about 41 of those. Several of us cut the pieces and I distributed the block kits. When they came back, they were lovely .... BUT then I realized that I had provided the WRONG fabric for those small corner squares. SO, I had to make some changes in the kits for the more complex block, thus losing a week. We still have the same pattern and the same fabric, but now there is more of the green and less of the pretty print. To help bring out that print, I used that fabric to make the binding. Right now the quilting is nearly finished, and a volunteer will attach the binding. I hope to have at least that much ready this week, so we can display it at a special event. Then we can start hand stitching the binding to the back, add the label, and celebrate.

Reply to
Pat in Virginia

Sorry to hear it Pat. Thankfully, mine doesn't have a time frame on it. What's another 10 years or so?????

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Cindy Schmidt

Reply to
Linda

Boy can I relate to this :)

Maybe a glass of wine will help!

-Irene

Reply to
IMS

Well since I don't like wine, I went the margerita route and while it tasted good, it didn't help. lol

Reply to
Cindy Schmidt

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:15:16 -0500, Cindy Schmidt wrote (in article ):

Usually, in cases like that, it's best to put it away for a day or so. Cleanup the sewing room and then go back to it.

Maureen

Reply to
Maureen Wozniak

Don't tell anyone else that story, Pat! I saw a picture of the quilt and it's beautiful! Only YOU think you made a mistake.

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Alice

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