I was just zipping along with the units to make my two little Market Basket quilts. I finished them and felt so proud. Then I saw the mistakes. Below is the smaller of the two quilts, but the large one had similar errors.
I've overlayed some arrows so that I can make referencing easier to manage. It is interesting to note that all the errors in both quilts involve HST units. Those darn things are so easy to get turned around or mixed up.
The pink arrow is pointing out the most obvious error. I turned the HST the wrong direction. This was immediately evident, and believe it or not, I made the exact same mistake in the larger version.
The mistakes involving the blue and yellow arrows are not as evident, and actually, I considered leaving them alone. The two blocks at the yellow arrows are made with a darker neutral; the two blocks at the blue arrows are made with a lighter neutral. These need to be switched around. All the light neutrals are supposed to be surrounding the center star. Would anyone really have noticed it? Probably not. But I would have noticed, and after looking at it for about a day, I decided I might as well get it right.
I picked out the mistakes while watching TV last evening; below are the very sorry looking quilt tops.
Large version |
Small version |
Center of large version; 21 inches square |
Center of small version; 11 inches square |
So now to borders. I have them selected for the small one, but have yet to find exactly the right thing for the large one. (Shopping the stash, you know.)
Happy Quilting, Friends!
This looks amazing! I really dislike when I see a mistake after I've sewn the whole thing together. It's so hard to get it back together again, but you look like you did just fine with it. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI don't know whether I point out mistakes or not but I know that I'm much more aware of them than anyone else looking at the quilt. But I'm also like you and tend to unstitch and repair (unless the quilt is a really, really scrappy quilt and the mistake won't compromise the ability of the quilt to stay together).
ReplyDeleteWhat a beauty you've created!
--Nancy. (ndmessier @ aol.com, joyforgrace.blogspot.com)
love your little quilts. that is a huge amount of little pieces for sure! who am I kidding? I saw 365 challenge online and starting making 3 inch little blocks. why? because I can LOL
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