Hello Friend,
So there I was, living my best Quiltworx life — paper piecing away like I was auditioning for Project Stitchway. I was down to the very last unit, feeling smug enough to consider a celebratory snack… when I pressed it and realized I had stitched it paper side to non-paper side.
A masterpiece of absolutely not following directions.
No problem, I thought. I’ll just rip it out. It’s curved, but how hard could it be? (Spoiler: Hard. It was hard.)
So I told myself, “Let’s do something easy to reset the mood. A quick 3-yard quilt! No paper, no curves, no tears.”
Famous. Last. Words.
Two sets of squares, 96 half-square triangles, a simple mark-stitch-cut-press routine. What could possibly go wrong?
Apparently—everything.
Because when I started pressing, I realized I had sewn the colored squares backwards, which means I now have 96 half-square triangles with raw edges on the outside.
Ninety. Six.
Let me tell you, the five stages of quilting grief are real:
Denial: “Maybe it’s modern art.”
Anger: “WHO MOVED MY SEAM GUIDE?!”
Bargaining: “If I fix just half, maybe the Quilt Police won’t notice.”
Depression: “Alexa, play ‘Tears on My Batik.’”
Acceptance: “Guess I’m starting a new trend: Frayed Edge Freedom Quilting.”
So if you see me at the shop next week mumbling and clutching a bottle of Fray Check like it’s holy water… just smile and back away slowly.
May your seams be straight, your curves behave, and your bobbins never betray you at the last inch.
With laughter, lint, and a few tears,
Donna
P.S. Have YOU ever had a project go rogue? Hit reply and confess your quilting sins. It’s a safe space here — we’ve all been there.
