Do Over Time
Thanks to everyone who commented on my last two posts about the Tetris quilt. Unfortunately, the patient didn't survive the last operation. When I took apart the quilt sandwich, the back of the top was solid white with shed batting--I really think the batting was defective. When I washed it, that lint balled up in knots in the seam allowances, pulling out threads and rolling up in them. Even if I had carefully clipped all of those, I couldn't feel confident about the integrity of the quilt top. Better to start over.....On the plus side, I got to buy fabric this morning--not what I had intended to spend my NEXT month's quilting budget on, but it's going to be a much better quilt this time!
I thought about burying the "corpse," or perhaps burning it. Decided to get DH or DS to dispose of it discretely--it isn't salvageable, and even if something were, I don't want to look at it any more. When I was a little girl, we had a lady in the church named Aunt Peane, who was the best baker I've ever known. If a cake didn't meet her high standards, she would get her shovel and head to the garden to bury it. She had a really, really great garden too. Sometime I'll tell you about her ice cream topping---let's just say good Baptists shouldn't have had anything to do with it....
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Comment by Terry F on April 22, 2012 at 5:18pm -
Joana, I'm so sorry about the quilt, but I am very proud of you for not giving up on it. (I've had to scrap some projects and start again, but not with that much work in them!) I hope you get some kind of explanation and compensation from the batting co.. In fact, along with a letter I think I'd send them a section of the quilt.
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Comment by Pam/NY on April 22, 2012 at 6:31am -
You sure have spent a lot of time on this...I know what you mean about not letting something you've made out to the public, unless you're totally satisfied.
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Comment by Joana Simmers/GA on April 21, 2012 at 7:41pm -
Janet, I'm not sure if he possibly could appreciate the effort! However, DD seems to feel that he is worth it, so I guess I'll go with that. Besides, at this point, I'm not giving up until I get the thing made, quilted and delivered!
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Comment by Barb/WI on April 21, 2012 at 6:45pm -
You are handling this so amazingly well! We all need to thank you for sharing this experience. I suspect you are right about the batting being defective. I had a defective one once, but it realized it in time. My heart breaks for you.
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Comment by Janet/MO on April 21, 2012 at 6:37pm
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Joana, I'm so sorry to hear that the entire quilt had to be disposed of. How heart breaking. I hope this young man appreciates all the effort you are putting in to making a quilt for him!
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Comment by Prairie Quilter/NE on April 21, 2012 at 5:58pm -
Oh Joana, I'm so sorry to hear this. I think your use of the word "mourn" is exactly what I would be feeling. I think it might take me a week - or more - to recover. Goofing up and learning from our mistakes is one thing, but what I find so disheartening about this is that it happened through no fault of your own. I admire you so much for your positive attitude in the midst of what I'd consider pretty discouraging circumstances.
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Comment by Joana Simmers/GA on April 21, 2012 at 4:10pm
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Thank you, Vic---I'm so touched by your words. I'm speechless....which is extremely unusual for me...:) I'm so glad to have friends like you!
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Comment by Its Vic! on April 21, 2012 at 3:45pm -
Joana - I just want to thank you for sharing your experience because, yes, it has been a good learning experience for me. Even though I may not have felt the pain as you have, your humble spirit to share this has most likely saved me the same painful feelings down the road. Hopefully I will remember and avoid having a quilt funeral of my own! You are such a very sincere and genuine nice person....thank you.
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Comment by Joana Simmers/GA on April 21, 2012 at 3:07pm
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I will still use QD battings--as I told you on your page, Handstitcher, I've used them for years with great results. I think the batting was probably defective. I'm going to use a Hobbs 80/20 black batting. I ordered fabric to go with what I had left, and this one will probably look much better b/c the continuity of the color shades is much, much better--that happens when you aren't just making something work!
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Comment by handstitcher/IL on April 21, 2012 at 2:59pm -
I can't believe you'd already done much of the hand quilting. How heartbreaking! I've copied a lot of the information on your last post to save. I recently purchased two of those batts because everyone was raving about them for hand quilting and now I'm a little worried. At least both of my tops have primarily light backgrounds, so I'm hoping they'll be OK. Thank you so much for sharing your experience!
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