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Friday, September 23, 2011

Detour Around The Yellow Brick Road

I can't remember how many times over the years I had teachers ask me if I read all of the directions before beginning an assignment.  Apparently not much has changed since my school days.  I started a quilt using the Yellow Brick Road pattern and somewhere along the way I missed the part in the instructions that said, "Leftover strips will be used later".  Translated that means, "Don't sub-cut all of the strips just yet", but I didn't figure that out until after I (yep, you guessed it) cut all of the strip sets.  Thankfully, I was able to design enough blocks from the pieces that I had leftover to finish the quilt.  No, it's not really a Yellow Brick Road quilt now, but I think my Detour Around The Yellow Brick Road is just as nice!
And for those who are wondering if I have learned my lesson about reading directions...probably not.     
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    That must be where Miss Two gets it from then! We had that problem with homework just last night!!!It looks like it is going to be a beautiful quilt though...LOVE the colors! :)
    Maegan

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  2. Stray Stitches (Linda G)September 23, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    At least you made it work. Wonderful colors!

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  3. kutiequilterSeptember 23, 2011 at 9:01 AM

    Love your fabrics! In quilting, directions are just "guidelines". What you do with them is what makes quilting an art!

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  4. BarbSeptember 23, 2011 at 10:17 AM

    Don't feel lonesome in your mistake...at least you were able to salvage it.

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  5. QuiltdivajulieSeptember 23, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    Been there ... done that ... more than once!

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