Have you ever made a quilt in which every single thing has gone wrong? That would be the one I am working on now.
It's a BOM quilt I bought all at one time. First, the blocks are very difficult. With insane measurements. I took a class on Craftsy that helped a bit. So about half are on point, the other half- not so much. I don't have any extra material, so I decided I will just let them be.
The center panel is applique. I cut the panel out larger then called for to give myself so breathing room. Well, that was before Christmas, I totally forgot that, which brings me to my crisis.
I am doing the whole "quilt as you go". So I sashed to blocks that go around the panel and quilted them in 4 parts (top, bottom, side, side). I put on the side pieces and trimmed it up. But somehow, no matter how many times I checked, and how careful I was, the one panel is 1.5 inches higher- AND I TRIMMED IT CROOKED!!!!.
OK, breathe. Then I realize that the width of the panel is 5 inches off. So last night I ripped off the side panels and attempted to correctly size the panel. Well, apparently, even though I used a light box to place the pieces of the motif down, the entire motif is too big. It is exactly the size of the picture, so I am not sure if this is a mistake in the pattern- or I am just an idiot.
So if I trim the center panel to give some room around the applique, the top and bottom blocks + sashing won't be long enough. And even if I just add something on the ends, the sashing won't line up. It's already been quilted, so I can't just add wider sashing.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I feel like it's a battle of wills between me and this quilt. It cost too much money to become a UFO. I have to figure this out.
(Goes to sob in corner)
It's a BOM quilt I bought all at one time. First, the blocks are very difficult. With insane measurements. I took a class on Craftsy that helped a bit. So about half are on point, the other half- not so much. I don't have any extra material, so I decided I will just let them be.
The center panel is applique. I cut the panel out larger then called for to give myself so breathing room. Well, that was before Christmas, I totally forgot that, which brings me to my crisis.
I am doing the whole "quilt as you go". So I sashed to blocks that go around the panel and quilted them in 4 parts (top, bottom, side, side). I put on the side pieces and trimmed it up. But somehow, no matter how many times I checked, and how careful I was, the one panel is 1.5 inches higher- AND I TRIMMED IT CROOKED!!!!.
OK, breathe. Then I realize that the width of the panel is 5 inches off. So last night I ripped off the side panels and attempted to correctly size the panel. Well, apparently, even though I used a light box to place the pieces of the motif down, the entire motif is too big. It is exactly the size of the picture, so I am not sure if this is a mistake in the pattern- or I am just an idiot.
So if I trim the center panel to give some room around the applique, the top and bottom blocks + sashing won't be long enough. And even if I just add something on the ends, the sashing won't line up. It's already been quilted, so I can't just add wider sashing.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I feel like it's a battle of wills between me and this quilt. It cost too much money to become a UFO. I have to figure this out.
(Goes to sob in corner)
But I won the battle and did get it finished and she loves it, but it will always live in my mind as the one that nearly drove me over the quilting edge! 
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