Bonnie H Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Like I'm not tired and stressed out enough. I just quilted the wrong panto on a quilt. Noticed it 2 hours after I finished. But the panto matched the theme; Has the word "_____" in it (like the right one did); And looks really good IMHO. Do these 3 things count for anything??? I hope customer is okay with my blunder. What to do? I'm not sure even a quart of Ben & Jerry's will make me feel better. What's the stupidest thing you've done to a quilt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlene Epp Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Honestly, your customer may not even notice. I did the same thing once, and the customer loved it! I never told her I goofed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 i am with darlene on this one. i bet your customer will not even notice. as long as you price this panto the same as the one she picked. i bet you will be okay! and...i bet the ben and jerry's will make you feel better! when doesn't ice cream make everything better??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Ben and Jerry's will fix most anything! I'm with the others on this one. She will not even remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie H Posted March 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Darlene, I love the spelling of "honesly" in this scenario!!! And the emoticons, too funny!! I'm sure it will be fine. Thankfully it looks good. I'm just having a bad day. And since you all agree that B&J will make it better, I want Cherry Garcia AND Chunky Monkey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 I agree and I'd go for the icecream!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethDurand Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Oh Pooh! If the ice cream doesn't help, I recommend a bike ride. Glorious day here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisae Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Hi, Bonnie, Skip the Ben & Jerry's and go straight for the wine! Sometimes these things are happy accidents...I bet your customer will love it! good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oireachtas Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Everything is better with Chunky Monkey!! Of course I have nothing against wine either. Probably shouldn't try them together though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhappy Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Wine & ice cream! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oireachtas Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Oh and if that is the stupidest thing you have ever done, you aren't even a semi-finalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 If the panto was so similar to the other one that you picked up the wrong one, then I doubt the customer will notice ! HIDE the correct one when she comes to pick up her quilt - will will probably never know ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Stupid things? How long do you have? Picked up a quilt at guild and couldn't remember the customers name. Dropped clear oil on an LQS sample. Couldn't figure out why the machine was so draggy. I had quilted an edge of the batting to the back of the quilt. That took some frogging to fix. I was using a self-threading needle to bury tails and lost the needle. On a baby quilt. I spent hours looking for the needle. Even had my DH use a powerful magnet to search. I found the needle using a magnet--on the floor. Snipped a backer. Snipped a top. Scheduled a pick-up for noon when I didn't get off work until 2 pm. It goes on and on but I don't want to further embarrass myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanbrug Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Bonnie I did the same thing and switched two different designs on two quilts. Customers came said they were glad I had the insight to use another panto because it looked much better than the one they picked. They were none the wiser and as long as they are happy so am I. LOL Let us know what your customer says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinequilts Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 How about quilting an entire quilt and realize the back (which was a solid) was on upside down, exposing the seam? Ben & Jerry's didn't help much - but the wine did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelissaNH Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 OH! how about ice wine? I once had blueberry ice wine over vanilla ice cream. best of both and it's delicious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Bonnie we've all done stuff like that. I'll bet she's happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharonarooni Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 You all are making me feel a lot better about cutting through my top earlier this week. Ugh! I now have a pair of curved scissors. Bonnie, I bet your customer loves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie H Posted March 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Linda, so far you beat us all and take the award! Ladies, we are in good company at least! LOL I'm cringing at all the "mistakes" it looks like we all have made. It's inevitable to happen since there's only one perfect person I know. Thanks for making me feel better. I'm guessing she will be okay and I will probably beat myself up over it longer than she will remember my making a mistake. Hmm, wine and ice cream, not sure they sound good together. Maybe I should give HER the wine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 GO for what ever you can get. Wine, ice cream or something else! My personal worst was leaving the needle in the down position and rolling the quilt without "thinking" and yep, ripped a three inch hole in the whole quilt. My SIL said it was meant to be and loves the three flowers on the front and the label on the back. I was saved!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 The worse thing I've done is tripped and fell against my machine when the needle was in the down position. Ended up frogging what was quilted, repaired the rip and replaced the backing. I never walk away from the machine with the needle in the down position anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 The worst thing I ever did has nothing whatsoever to do with quilting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merryjo2003 Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 You're definately not the first to do this. I did this a few months ago. I had 2 almost identical quilts come in around the same time. I put the wrong panto on the 1st one, caught the mistake so I didn't blow it for the second one. Even after 8 years of business, these things can happen. My customer was fine with it. I was just mad at myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 I actually just did this. I haven't given her the quilt yet, but I'm sure it won't matter because she said just pick something. I emailed her a picture of the panto and then used another one. I have no idea why. But I realized it when I was almost finished so I wasn't redoing it. I was supposed to do waterworld and did large popcorn. They look similar to me. She wanted rounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o2b Quilting Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Just the other day I did a big "boo boo". Customer provided her batting with top and backer. Backer was 2 inches shorter than the top. She brought me more of the same fabric. I was so eager to get hers done that I quilckly seamed the extra backing together and loaded the quilt. Finished the quilt and began to fold it up...OH NO!! I had even taken the time to cut batting from my roll. No big deal right???? She provided Dream Puff and I quilted it with Dream Blend 70/30. The battings are not even similar. Grrrrrrr. I gave her the batting and the quilting free (inexpensive e2e design and a smaller quilt). I never even opened the bottle of wine that is in my frig here at the studio... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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