Mary Beth Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 When piecing a difficult quilt...like a spiral lone star...never, never, never...open a window to catch a nice gentle breeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Oh crap! (is it OK to say this word here?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Dang...I hate when those little pieces take to the breeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWBowser Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 I feel your pain. I did that with the door opening and closing while workers came in and out. I found some pieces outside on the ground. Did you find all the pieces? Charlotte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neher-in-law5 Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 OOOhhh!, what a frustration to get them all back in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinneaMarie Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Yep, I've done it! Pain in the a**~!! I've lost pattern pieces this same way! Hope you found them all:P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Oh mannnnn! Are you still out there looking for the pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted November 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Oh I have all the pieces...they were all over the living room, dining room and some in the kitchen. I finally have them all layed out the way I want them and the phone rang....Charles is bringing Haylee over I should have known not to try to piece a quilt in the living room, but I don't have windows or a TV in my studio so I get bored working down there and end up posting instead of piecing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankiequilter Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Don't turn on the ceiling fan either! Ask me how I know! :P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcclannan Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 You better ask Santa for a TV for your studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 At least you didn't go through the ceiling again.....so that is a good thing, but man I hate chasing pieces all over the place as well.... I have my upstairs machine in front of the sliding glass door....that too has become a pain as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 The same thing has happened to me when all the kids ran through my studio while I was laying out my blocks for final piecing! Gentle breeze..NO, Hurrican gale force winds...YES! Glad that you found all the pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Darn I just hate when stuff like that slows down my actual sewing time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 A few months ago my Daughter was quilting her quilt, while she was qulting I was sitting at my sewing table piecing. It get warm in my studio at times, without warning my daughter grabbed the remote for the fan and turned it on. The fan was facing right at my sewing table when it came on, I had fabric pieces flying everywhere. I laugh now, but at the time it wasn't too funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 :P:P:P:P:P:o;) MB I love your sense of humor---cruel, isn't it? It happens to the best of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 I don't even want to think of a nightmare like that! Glad all had happy endings.. my sympathies. Rita. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Well, I always try to look at the bright side: Perhaps (subconciously) (SIC?) you were wanting your spiral to be a bit more "scrappy"? I used to cut my fabric out on the kitchen counter, and one of the kids almost always made a sandwich... (you don't want to know how I feel about crumbs on the counter or table...) NO, they weren't "crummy" quilts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Oh wow, MB! The wind did that? I've had kids brush past and knock stacks of pieces to the floor but those stayed where they fell! I did have issues with my cocker spaniel getting into my big basket of color organized yarn pieces for rug hooking. I came home from work and the basket was empty, and Winston was laying on his back in the middle of the living room floor in mid-wriggle. He'd obviously been playing all day because they were all over the 2 bedroom duplex. On the beds, under the beds, stuck to the drapes, and a few in the toilet. He had a party! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberta Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 It's a good idea to not have your parrot in the same room when you have your pieces laid out either .. they can flap up a big mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Birds are funny, I had a parakeet that would play all over the place. He would ride on my had while I was quilting and pull the thread out of the needle, peck at the stitches, pull out the straight pins. And if I left him out while I was at work, I would come home and find everything I'd left on the quilt ond the frame on the floor. Rulers, markers, thread, thimbles, and every single straight pin out of the magnetic dish. @eicing? :e'd pick out pieces and walk away with them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing bear Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 i was finishing up an inner border on a huge-I-mean-really-really-huge quilt and it was all flying geese. I counted out my rectangles, i counted out my corner squares. All is good. I finished up my flying geese, and started putting them on. Several days 'fly' by ... i settle back into stitching the flying geese together and son-of-gun ... I'm short 75 geese. i'm thinking they either flew south or Mr. dancing bear had a need for them .... don't ask. Needless to say, I put together 75 more honkers ... I can count something, count again, and then again ... and never come up with the same number twice. go figure ... i twirl around around and around with geese flying all over the place ... sigh...i love this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 My little quilting buddy arguing with me over who is going to pick up all those straight pins off the floor. Notice the empty magnetic dish in the background. He pulled out all the pins and left the pencil and chalk marker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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