Oh my, Drew! :shock:
I think I would have 'lost it!' Really, really lost it! Really...

It's a lovely quilt.

Gisela
http://artaddworksforme.blogspot.com/

Got a nice chuckle from that, and felt a lot sympathetic too. At least it wasn't a swimsuit you made for yourself! I love water soluble thread for making appliqué, so it could happen to me if I don't watch out. Thanks for this cautionary tale and chuckle!

911kitchen wrote:
Thanks for posting a real picture, Rachel! I guess this means that the math teacher doesn't show favorites!

Drew, thanks for sharing some valuable advice! I keep mine in a zip-lock bag (like Ann's pill bottle) to keep out the moisture and make sure I know what's on that bobbin!!

I will think about getting some of the water soluable thread. But I am pretty sure it would be a bad choice for me. I am also positive that I would not be as good natured as Drew about my oops. Koodoos to you Drew. Man I have got to admit I definately would be ready to kill anyone who came near me the day that happened. I am usually good natured but that would most likely put me over the edge. By the way for those of you who read about my son and the raffle quilt. They already raffled it off a month sooner than I expected. They raised over $200 and his math teacher won. I did finally get the quilt posted. The girl who I made they last baby quilt did it for me she had a photo of both and I told her where to go. So now my profile doesn't look so generic. Yea me! just thought I would pass that info on. P.S. he is still failing math.

Oh Drew, thanks for sharing! I needed a good chuckle! This would have taken me months to get over. I'm glad you were able to recover! Love the quilt!

Actually, you should get some water soluble thread, it can come in really handy..that is when you are aware that you are using it.

Drew

I am relieved to hear that I am not the only one who has these moments. Although I do not buy disolveable thread...(my luck I would be wearing the dress I just sewed with it). Thank you for all the info. Perhaps your oops will prevent the same for many others.
Besides I didn't know there was disolvable thread. Now I will diffinately keep an eye out for it. The absence of this knowledge could also be very troublesome . Keep laughing Rachel

That's kinda a "oops did I just delete 10,000 records from my database" moment. It's funny now but at the time I said a few things I never permited my kids to say. It is a beautiful quilt.

I'm so glad to hear that because that would have definitely been my reaction. I was wondering how you could take it so calmly and laugh it off. Having to quilt the same thing twice is too much.

Yeah my psyche is healthy NOW, Lynn. You didnt get to see the part where I was running around in circles babbling incoherently! LOL
Drew

Great story and great ability to laugh at oneself--and then to share it with the rest of us! Shows a healthy psyche!
Lynn

Thanks for the giggle, Drew! All I can say is I'm glad it was you and not me - I would NOT have recovered as quickly

Drew, your quilt is beautiful. maybe the quilting got better with your "practice quilting"

I love the water soluble thread for so many things- basting, practice quilting, experimenting with a design to see if I like it and on and on. The way I make sure that I don't get the threads and the bobbins mixed up, I put the spool of thread and the bobbin in an empty pill container that I have marked with a permanent marker. This solves two problems - I don't get the spools mixed up and the water soluble thread does not get exposed to humidity or the stray spray when I spritz something to press it (or heaven forbid the spilled beverage) also because I sometimes have to purchase a different brand, I put the instructions for use in the pill bottle too so there are no guessing games as to which instructions to use.

I didn't have quite as bad an experience but a store owner talked me into fusible thread. But she didn't explain that it really didn't fuse anything but pretty much acted like water soluble when the piece was ironed. Since I was working on a chantelle which took a lot of pressing I discovered my mistake before too much damage was done.

Ann who is getting ready to travel Whoo Hoo

Look at it this way. YOU FOUND YOUR MISTAKE...not someone else. That would have much more embarassing. Think about it. "some quilter, one washing and his quilt falls right apart." Much more embarassing.