Bad units:
Here is the PROPER layout (after making the correct 'opposite direction' units).
Here is what I sewed. Idiot. Get out the stitch ripper.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Take Reading 101 before constructing quilt block
I haven't taken a quilting class for a few years. I thought it was time, so I signed up for the $10 quilt at the local quilt shop. I am (I thought) a VERY experienced quilt maker and signed up for the Advanced quilt. I wanted to stretch my skills a bit. It seems I need to take 'reading 101'. I missed the part of instruction where it says to "make 4 of these, then make 4 more of these with the slant going in the opposite direction". Now that I've wrecked the fabric included in the kit, I bought a fat quarter each of the white and the burgundy.
Bad units:
Here is the PROPER layout (after making the correct 'opposite direction' units).
Here is what I sewed. Idiot. Get out the stitch ripper.
Bad units:
Here is the PROPER layout (after making the correct 'opposite direction' units).
Here is what I sewed. Idiot. Get out the stitch ripper.
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I can totally relate! I have become fast friends with "Jack the Ripper" myself on numerous occasions. It is a pretty block and I like the colors. Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteHappy Quilting!
Makes a difference doesn't it. Not sure if you have sewn it together yet but your layout is off. The bottom corner blocks are turned.
ReplyDeleteOops.. just looked at it again and I think the whole bottom row was rotated. Should be easily fixed.
ReplyDeleteI need a laugh. Thanks. I know I have done the same thing - once or twice myself.
ReplyDeleteSometimes no matter how much you have checked you make it wrong when you sew.
ReplyDeleteI was squaring up some blocks from a $10 quilt that I had done a few years ago this weekend. When I looked at the block something seemed wrong. It took me awhile and I finally saw it. So out came the seam ripper.... Two different sections had to be removed and resewn. So glad I found it before I sewed it together.
Every quilter from experience to novice makes the same boo boo's. It makes me feel comforted! (and hopeful)
Jo