It was quilted and trimmed before I saw it. I considered ripping out all the quilting, taking the top apart and fixing it. I'm kind of bummed that I messed this great pattern up ~ but I don't think it's in me to tear it apart and start over. My husband couldn't see it - but I'm sure you do!
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| A quilt for the baby's room :) |
In more successful projects...
Fabric leaves, cut from Amy Butler prints, decoupaged onto a painted canvas board.
My completed embroidery project, simply backed and bound.
Back to the big mistake - I'd love to know - would you take it apart?
Oh and BTW, I've recently hopped onto Instagram. I'm enjoying taking daily photos of what I'm working on - clammon if you want to follow me! . . . Cindy
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No way would I take it apart - I think our mistakes are what make our work unique and special. It is HANDMADE, for goodness sake!! I think it's lovely either way. I also really like the Amy Butler canvas - I may need to try that!
ReplyDeleteNo way would I take it apart. I can't even see a mistake! Looks perfect to me.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful just the way it is! How many people would even notice the error over the cuteness? Get the binding on, it's perfect. ;-)
ReplyDeletei cant notice a mistake, i love the colours you used :)
ReplyDeleterachael
consider it an intentional adventure in character development! frankly, the hiccups are the interesting aspect to art. embrace your humanity, it strengthens me to know that even fab bloggers are human and can find humor in it. we have all been there. I will champion your layout in my next quilt!
ReplyDeleteDon't tear it out - asymmetry is in and it looks like you did it on purpose. No one will notice! It is very cute.
ReplyDeleteI'd definitely not worry about it. Who said the world had to be perfectly symmetrical? I know that even my face is not exactly the same on each side!! I think it makes a nice wave pattern the way it is, which is probably more interesting than a straight line. Leave it and love it.
ReplyDeleteNo way, not everyone will notice it, consider it unique and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteCAB in AR
It took me the longest time to find -- I think it looks wonderful the way it is and that you should not take it out!!
ReplyDeleteI honestly can't see a mistake...to me it is a beautiful quilt that will be very warm and comforting to use.
ReplyDeleteI think it makes it more modern to leave it in and have it be asymmetrical. Also, as kids we were taught at my summer camp, that the Native Americans put in an intentional mistake into every beading project that they did so that the gods wouldn'tbe offended and think that they were trying to be perfect. Don't know whether it is apocryphal or not but since then I have always embraced my mistakes.
ReplyDeleteKathy L.
I LIKE the placement of the blocks. It looks intentional. Symmetry is over rated!
ReplyDeleteI think I see what you mean, but I don't view it as a mistake at all. It looks beautiful as is!
ReplyDeleteUm, I can't see a mistake. I just see a truly adorable quilt.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely no unpicking needed - just gorgeous as it is xx
ReplyDeleteDon't change it- it looks intentional and no one but you and those you told to look for it will notice. The baby sure won't.
ReplyDeleteLike everyone else I didn't see it right away so I'd say leave it. :)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't take it apart; I'd call it "modern."
ReplyDeleteMe too! (When I looked at the picture before reading, I thought "what a nice modern quilt!")
DeleteHad I not quilted it, yes, I probably would have taken it apart. I recently took apart a zig zag quilt to fix one little square that I put the wrong color fabric in. It took my husband some time to notice it, but he finally did. Being that it's quilted already though, it is what it is and quite frankly if you don't say anything, nobody will know you didn't mean for that to happen.
ReplyDeleteI know what it's like though. I'm a bit of a perfectionist and it would be really hard for me to leave.
I think I see what you mean....but there is NO WAY I would take it apart.
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful! I definitely would not take quilting out for that little mistake. The baby will love it!
ReplyDeleteTHE QUILT IS BEAUTIFUL REGARDLESS. I DEFINATELY WOULD NOT TAKE OUT ALL THAT QUILTING. IT'S FUNNY, I HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN IN 2 OF MY QUILTS THIS WEEK. HOWEVER MY HUSBAND SAW THEM BEFORE I STARTED QUILTING THEM LOL. WHO SAYS MEN NEVER PAY ATTENTION.
ReplyDeleteYou're looking at this the wrong way......You need to be like 'Hell yeah, it looks better like this!". Really though, it look lovely. If you told me that's what the pattern said to do, I'd believe you!
ReplyDeleteGirl! It's just your humility part of that quilt. Every quilt has one! No one is perfect! I think it looks fab!
ReplyDeleteheck no - if you didn't notice it until that point no one else will unless you point it out. It's a beautiful quilt.
ReplyDeleteHeck no I wouldn't take it apart. Really- only you will notice it. I think it is a wonderful quilt.
ReplyDeleteYou have got to be kidding! Seriously?
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I love love LOVE your Candy Necklace anyway! The colors are just so beautiful! No, don't take it apart—call it your own unique twist on the design. : )
ReplyDeleteI think it looks good! A little asymmetry is good for the soul, no? fun leaves and stitching too!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't take it apart! I think it looks great! LOVE what you did with the canvas :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely NOT! piecing mistakes = design opportunities and this one works!!!!
ReplyDeleteI see it but it's totally ok! It's terrific just like it is!
ReplyDeleteCindy, it's an adorable quilt. Just because it isn't exactly like the pattern doesn't mean it's wrong. I actually think that it is more interesting the way you did it! Great job!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not! Love it just the way it is, and it's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteNo!, Cindy, don't take it out! It's a great quilt just the way it is!
ReplyDeleteLove the decoupaging! How did you do it? Can I pin it!?
I took forever to find it! Looks like is modernly placed that way! Leave it :)
ReplyDeleteI definitely do not consider that a mistake. And it took me forever to spot it! No one will notice! It's completely fabulous!
ReplyDeleteWho's to say you didn't do that on purpose! I think it looks fabulous and I wouldn't change a thing!!!
ReplyDeleteDon't take it apart. It looks great just as it is.
ReplyDeleteIf you hadn't said there was a mistake, I never would have realized it wasn't intentional. Leave it, it's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI can't even see a mistake, so I think you're good!
ReplyDeleteNo I definitely would not - I'd embrace the difference - yours is unique!
ReplyDeleteI see the mistake, but after quilting I definitely wouldn't take it out. I like the placement even though it's off. It makes kind of a cool new pattern.
ReplyDeleteI can't find the mistake. Leave it. Don't look at it for 3 days and it will go away. c
ReplyDeleteDo not change it. I call those happy accidents. If anyone notices, tell them you meant to do it, keeps it from looking too matchy-matchy. Traditional quilters call these things their "humility blocks". If you hadn't said anything, I may never have noticed.
ReplyDeleteMy first grand child's quilt had a glaring mistake that I did not see until I saw a picture of it. Have not found it in yours. Will have to look longer. N
ReplyDeleteCarolNo way, no how, would I make any changes,! First I can't see it, and secondly, a quilting teacher once told us that you never point out a mistake, big or little, because from that moment on, that is what that person will see first.The Amish make a humility block on each quilt, to emphasize their belief that only God is perfect, and they believe that perfection, if strived for is being prideful.
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