Friday, December 27, 2013

A Finish....But a Not So Great One

I can't believe it's been so long since I last posted but December work commitments and the silly season really kicked my butt this year.I do have a finish however...it all began with this

I was sooo excited when I got to join in on this round of DQS14, I got my partner, stalked her mercilessly through her blog and Flickr and all her favourites and when I thought I had a good handle on her likes and dislikes I was away!


I used this tutorial here by Rita at Red Pepper Quilts and everything was going perfect, I was ahead of time, points were lining up, seams were nesting and the quilting was some of the best I've ever done..LM (Lady Muck) was sewing like a dream



The stars were all aligning and I was already planning what cute extras I was going to pop into my Partners parcel when....please block your ears...#$%$*!!!!!!!...I randomly decided to iron the last line of empty space flat before I quilted it....no big deal...didn't check the iron, was late at night and had been quilting for two hours straight....somehow it was on the highest setting and I scorched the bottom left hand white octagon!!!!


Holy Mother of all things Shitty, lucky I am in the basement because it was not pretty I didn't take any photos cause I was freaking the frick out....the internet told me to Hydrogen  Peroxide the mark with the hot iron which was Amazeaballs and took the DARK BROWN mark out but after finishing the quilting and treating it with vinegar and then stain remover and several washes I have come to the conclusion that the Yellow is here to stay.... I AM GUTTED


 
Just for reference the quilting is 1/4" apart and each Octagon took between 20minutes and half an hour to do


So about 6-7 hours of quilting


It is not up to standard and I am in the process of making another Mini...I know! Bat Shit Crazy, but I just can't send it, luckily I have enough scraps to keep the same colour story going but the design is not as complex as  I simply don't have enough time left to meet the International posting deadline....Mr OWB can't understand how all this is fun?

The lesson is quit while your ahead and check the iron,check the iron, check the iron!!!!




22 comments:

  1. That is a crapper! I am so sorry for you! It is a beautiful mini and the quilting is gorgeous. Man, I can just imagine it broke your heart... Especially when it is meant for a gift. Thanks for passing along your bad experience to help us prevent having a similar one!

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    1. It was a crapper!! I try to keep it real over here at Casa OWB and to tell you the truth I screw up a lot but learn the most from these screw ups LOL

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  2. Hello Rebecca,

    It's gorgeous. Even if there is a bit of discolouring (which I can't see from here), just send it anyway, own up to your partner, and she will probably love the story, love the quilt, and love you for taking all the trouble.

    I had my bad experience with an iron in 1981. I had finished a huge quilt top, made up of about 1,100 squares, all individually cut. I was ironing it, stopped, turned the iron off and left it to go and do some more later. I left the quilt top draped over the ironing board and over some furniture. Then when I went back to do some more ironing, I turned the switch on at the wall, arranged the quilt a bit on the ironing board and started to iron. I waited a bit for the iron to heat up. It stayed cold. Then I realised that I hadn't turned the iron on, I had flicked the wrong switch, I had turned on an electric fire, the quilt top was draped over the fire AND I COULD SMELL SMOKE. Any longer and it would have caught fire. As it was, only one square was badly singed, so I took it out and replaced it. Happy ending, but a big fright.

    Love from England,
    Muv

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    1. Thanks Muv, now that's a quilty disaster story!! LUV it thank you for sharing and joining the quilty disaster gang ;)

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  3. I love your quilt, even with the discoloration. The quilting is fantastic.

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    1. You're very kind thankyou :) Thanks for stopping by Michelle

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  4. What a pretty mini! How unfortunate about the stain. I'd cry...I'll cry a little for ya. That being said, I love quilts with stories and this quilt has a story now. :)

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    1. Hey new Stash Bee buddy...thanks for the tears! I'll make sure I don't give your blocks a similar story haha

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  5. What a bummer! But the quilt is stunning. Love the design and your quilting gives fabulous texture and makes it pop!

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    1. Thankyou Dee that's very kind of you to say, thanks for stopping by and commiserating with me ;)

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  6. I can totally relate to this story and I think your recipient would have been floored to receive such a beautiful gift as is! Thanks for the reminder to check the iron. I still have to do it after nearly 20 years of quilting. ;-) Beautiful work!!

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    1. I still measure twice cut once even if I'm sure it's right just another OCD to join my new one...iron setting checking LOL
      Thanks for stopping by :)

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  7. If it's for me then you certainly go ahead and send it! I'll love it even more for the story behind it! :) Sorry that this happened to you - ugh. It's always RIGHT when you think you're done! Maybe a bit of those paint sticks the art-quilters use would liven up the yellow spot? I've never used them so I can't say how it might work but you might try if you're up to it. :)

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    1. Thankyou Emily,sorry for the slow reply I have been on a blog break....luckily my partner was as lovely as you and ended up with two minis!

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  8. Hi Rebecca.
    Love you quilt! I found you through stash bee and clicked over to say Hi & follow when I saw you were also a kiwi. So hi from Wellington :)
    Happy new year
    Kat

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    1. Hi Kat....I did see you on the list and I am already a follower of you before then, nice to hear from another Kiwi!

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  9. I came to read your post cause I couldn't see an issue on flickr - how terrible for you - that quilt is so cute ! I'm thinking tea dyeing would be fabulous and if it was for me I'd still want it :)

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    1. Thanks Leanne....everyone in our swap was so lovely about it and luckily Karmawillow was too! I hope you enjoyed the swap as much as I did :)

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  10. Oh I feel your pain... That's one of those moments that you just want to go back in time and pretend it never happened... It's a beautiful quilt with wonderful details. :)

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    1. Hi Rebecca...great name....I agree but sometimes you learn your best lessons from your screw ups LOL but at the time trust me I wasn't feeling so philosophical!!

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  11. Stain and all I still love her -- and I am so grateful for the work that you put into my minis and other goodies.

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    1. Hi Katie!!! Glad to see you and hope to see more of you here now that I'm finally getting back to my poor neglected blog...I may share the story behind your second mini soon ...it might help :(

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