...well, OK...a "disaster" would be if I already had this pre-sold and received money for it, and had to make another one. This is more like "I'm not at all happy with the outcome".
I sat down today to stitch binding on this wallhanging I was making to sell, but decided some of the pieces were just TOO crooked for me to let it go out the door. I didn't really want to waste the binding strip on it, but decided the quilt was useless for anything, without it, so I quickly stitched it on by machine (wow, the back looks bad ;-) ) and didn't even finish the ends off very nicely. I was going to use it for the dog on the floor, but it's a little too small (16 inches). It would be a good size to put on my lap for the dog to lay there, which is where he spends most of his time when I'm at the computer. It would also look good on a table, under a bunch of dishes, or condiments or whatever...especially on a picnic table. Not sure what I'm going to do with it, but it's done. Not especially satisfying, since anything less than "well done" eats at me.
If these few crooked pieces were in a larger quilt, they would get lost in the rest of it and be fine. But on a wall, they are staring right at you, waving a neon flag that says "Look at ME! I'm CROOKED!".
I sat down today to stitch binding on this wallhanging I was making to sell, but decided some of the pieces were just TOO crooked for me to let it go out the door. I didn't really want to waste the binding strip on it, but decided the quilt was useless for anything, without it, so I quickly stitched it on by machine (wow, the back looks bad ;-) ) and didn't even finish the ends off very nicely. I was going to use it for the dog on the floor, but it's a little too small (16 inches). It would be a good size to put on my lap for the dog to lay there, which is where he spends most of his time when I'm at the computer. It would also look good on a table, under a bunch of dishes, or condiments or whatever...especially on a picnic table. Not sure what I'm going to do with it, but it's done. Not especially satisfying, since anything less than "well done" eats at me.
If these few crooked pieces were in a larger quilt, they would get lost in the rest of it and be fine. But on a wall, they are staring right at you, waving a neon flag that says "Look at ME! I'm CROOKED!".
So...a reminder of why I prefer making my quilts by hand.
