Last night I was machine quilting into the wee hours of the morning due to the bag of IV steroids I received as part of my infusion treatment earlier in the week:
If you haven't ever had the pleasure of IV steroids, you are missing out. My mind and heart are racing, my stomach is churning, and sleep is but a memory. It will wear off soon, but not yet. So I quilted.
I machine quilted a scrappy Sweet Tooth Cutie Quilt and was tickled when I was finished
until...
Did I actually stitch a fold of the backing into the quilt? Why yes. Yes, I did.
Dang.
I started to plan how best to pick out the stitching when I realized that this was the perfect location for a label!
I grabbed a square of scrap fabric and pressed it into a triangle:
I placed it over the "Oops I folded over the backing" corner of the quilt:
I stitched the label in place:
Then I bound the quilt from the back like I normally do:
I turned and clipped the binding to the front:
Phew. I hate making labels but this was so much easier than unquilting/requilting the entire corner of my quilt.
Problem solved.
I nearly finished a cone of FabuLux Cuddle on the front of the quilt and I actually did finish a cone of DecoBob 113 in the bobbin. That is my favorite bobbin color because it blends in so well with most backings and matches most threads/quilt tops.
Extra thread is a good thing.
Now I need the weather to clear so I can get a good photo of this "No, I never made a mistake!" quilt!
Do you have other hints on how to avoid or cover quilting mistakes?
If you haven't ever had the pleasure of IV steroids, you are missing out. My mind and heart are racing, my stomach is churning, and sleep is but a memory. It will wear off soon, but not yet. So I quilted.
I machine quilted a scrappy Sweet Tooth Cutie Quilt and was tickled when I was finished
until...
Did I actually stitch a fold of the backing into the quilt? Why yes. Yes, I did.
Dang.
I started to plan how best to pick out the stitching when I realized that this was the perfect location for a label!
I grabbed a square of scrap fabric and pressed it into a triangle:
I placed it over the "Oops I folded over the backing" corner of the quilt:
I stitched the label in place:
Then I bound the quilt from the back like I normally do:
I stitched the binding in place from the front with a thin, neutral bobbin thread so the stitching didn't show up loudly on the back of the quilt:
I hand stitched the folded edge of the triangle in place:
Mistake? What mistake? I don't see a mistake on the back of my quilt!
Phew. I hate making labels but this was so much easier than unquilting/requilting the entire corner of my quilt.
Problem solved.
I could have had another problem while quilting this quilt, but it's one I can typically avoid.
ALWAYS HAVE EXTRA THREAD ON HAND
ALWAYS HAVE EXTRA THREAD ON HAND
I nearly finished a cone of FabuLux Cuddle on the front of the quilt and I actually did finish a cone of DecoBob 113 in the bobbin. That is my favorite bobbin color because it blends in so well with most backings and matches most threads/quilt tops.
Extra thread is a good thing.
Now I need the weather to clear so I can get a good photo of this "No, I never made a mistake!" quilt!
Do you have other hints on how to avoid or cover quilting mistakes?
5 comments:
Great fix. Sorry no hints to offer.
Great way to fix the mistake!
Great save! I've done that before, but mine was so far up that I couldn't just cover it up like you did. I cut off the excess and left it as a raw edge label.
Oh, how clever to cover your mistake, that you never make ! What a great idea, which I am sure I will use. Thanks for sharing.
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