Friday, December 14, 2012

What would you do?

Last night I finished quilting Eli's Quilt and so pleased as it left me a week to get the binding done.  But this morning when I laid it out on the bed I saw this..............


Do you see it?



What about now?


Now you see it....don't you?

I can not believe this 4 patch is turned the wrong way!  Its not like I havn't looked at this quilt top a 100 times.....with sewing it, ironing it, basting it, and quilting it!  It is almost dead center.....just can't believe it!
What would you do?

Well, I decided to just leave it.....Eli will be four next week and I really don't think he will notice it.  And I thought.....well you know how when we look at antique quilts and ask "I wander why the quilter did that".......maybe in 100 or so years someone will ask..."I wander why the quilter turned that block that way."  So I am leaving it just like it is.   What would you do?

My DH added that having a mistake in my needlework must be my signature.  He reminded me some 30 years ago I crossed stitched a "Kentucky Pistol" for our son.  The words were spelled out on the picture.......I crossed stiched "Kentucy Pistol"...  Funny thing is nobody noticed it for a couple of years..The picture still hangs in my son 's home.

Printed the clue number 4 for Bonnie Hunter's Easy Street mystery and have my fabrics ready to cut in the morning.  I am excited to get started on this step.







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5 comments:

  1. Ann Marie @ 16 Muddy FeetDecember 14, 2012 at 4:59 PM

    I would leave the humble block just like it is, gives something to talk about. Almost every quilt I have made either has one turned the wrong way, or a piece of fabric wrong side up. I leave them all and keep on sewing.

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  2. Tami CDecember 14, 2012 at 5:26 PM

    I too think you should leave it as it is. Bonnie is always thrilled with that one thing that makes the quilt special! Yours is already there. It's really a beautiful quilt and Eli is going to just love it. Happy Sewing!

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  3. JillDecember 17, 2012 at 4:25 PM

    Definitely leave it...it adds character:)

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  4. Kevin the QuilterDecember 18, 2012 at 10:19 PM

    Claudia......leave it......I have a quilt my Grandmother gave me, and she completely left off one border at the bottom. I don't know why, but, I know she worked hard on it, and it was just for me. I can almost hear her giggling about it now.

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  5. Cheryl in FriendsvilleDecember 30, 2012 at 3:56 PM

    Absolutely, I would leave it! I didn't notice it until you actually wrote about it. Just looking at the pictures, I didn't see a thing!

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