24 March 2013

Stitch Me Up

When I signed up for this blog hop I got some gorgeous patterns emailed to me. There were several I wanted to make but as I was short on time I decided to make the quickest one. Good call as things have been a little busy. I love this design. I actually made a mistake when I was cutting out the stitchery and chopped one side off. After nearly having a heart attack I decided I could still use it and I really like how it turned out. I probably would not have gone the whole asymmetrical way without stuffing up. Goes to show how mistakes can definitely lead to improved designs! Here are the other participants for today. Keri@That Other Blog Heather@That Other Blog The Sewing Club ( no show) SewMuch 2 Luv Englating Kris Loves Fabric Crazy'boutquilts Quiltsmiles Ninis Patchwork Blog ArtFriendzy Batiks by the Bay Dancing Moon grymerspalet ( never showed up) Love it Sew it Pig Tales and Quilts Once again no matter how much I space them and how the post looks when in edit, all the words have run together.

66 comments:

  1. Just lovely in blue! There are no such thing as mistakes in quilting, just creative opportunities! :-)

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  2. Love your lady in blue! Beautiful pillow. Thank you for sharing.

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  3. I love the blues that you have used, and if you ask me it turned out perfect.

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  4. Love her in blue! I love her asymmetrical. Beautiful finish!

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  5. lovely lady, lovely choice of colors.

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  6. Lovely she is looking great with these fabrics.
    Thanks for sharing
    Frederika

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  7. great colours and the fabrics go with it so well

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  8. It is lovely and yes, mistakes sometimes show us a better way to our designs.

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  9. This is just the cutest pattern. Your fabric choices worked out really well. Very nice!

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  10. Very pretty bag. It goes well with the pillow.

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  11. Your stitching is beautiful. Love the pillow, very nicely done :)

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  12. Lovely stitching and I love the fabrics you chose too :-)

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  13. Great pillow, love it in blue!

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  14. I agree some mistakes make the finished product better, nice pillow...beautifully done :)

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  15. Love it when accidents force us to think out of the box. Love your pillow lady!

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  16. Great save on the 'unexpected chop'! :)

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  17. What a great pillow! Looks wonderful!

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  18. "It's ok, I can fix this, just BREATHE!" voice in the head saying to the panic-lol. Am I right? I so feel you! Love the pillow! vickise at gmail dot com

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  19. Isn't it funny how mistakes can lead to interesting finishes ? This turned out very pretty, beautiful stitching and fabrics! I love asymmetrical, so for me this is perfect! Great job!

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  20. You did such a wonderful job and no one would ever know you hadn't planned it that way!

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  21. Great pillow! I loved your colour choices.

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  22. Awesome pillow - love the batik/lady combination. Happy circumstance:)

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  23. Your lady looks so sophisticated in blue. Then the batiks just enhance the stitchery. Yep, sometimes when we goof up it leads to fun design choices!

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  24. ahhh funny lady...but look what you did in the blues.....lovely..

    may I ask that you add the list of stitchers to your post so we can find them as easily as we found you...

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  25. Your mistake turned out quite lovely...very nice in blue! Thanks for hopping with us. :O)

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  26. Mistakes are a design challenge opportunity and you rose to the occasion just fine. Lovely in blue.

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  27. I love this lady and could not think of a way to use her. Am so glad that so many of the hoppers have used her in so many different ways so I can get inspired! It really is a great project!

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  28. Love this lady -- I used her too! :) You did a great job! Thanks for sharing.

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  29. She turned out so pretty in blues~ Glad you worked out a wonderful setting for her!

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  30. Very nice work. It's interesting how some of the greatest inventions were also made by mistake, so you are in great company!

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  31. I love the design too! Great job on it.

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  32. If you would not have told, I would not have guessed this was not your original idea, I love it, your stitchery lady is so pretty!

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  33. I would have never known anything was missing. I love the blue and batiks are so scrumptious - I love them!

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  34. I love your pillow! I agree with the others that we would have never known there was a mistake. The blue batiks are very pretty.

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  35. She turned out great! I love the batiks you used too...I actually have the one on the right! ;-)

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  36. Nice stitching...It's so relaxing isn't it?
    Have a Blessed Easter
    Gmama Jane

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  37. Cute little pillow. If you hadn't told us about your mistake, we would never have guessed!!!

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  38. Sometimes our mistakes just make the project better. Cute stitching and pillow.

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  39. What a great pillow/cushion! Love it! I like the asymmetrical look! It give is a bit of whimsy and puts emphasis on this great lady walking her little dog. Great work, well done!

    Have a super great sewing and stitching day!

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  40. Fabulous cushion!
    Thank you for sharing!

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  41. Adorable! Love the stitching and the fabric:)

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  42. HI!!! It is very pretty!!!! Thank You

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  43. Pretty pillow love the shades of blue.

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  44. Oh I know that feeling when your heart sinks, but look what you did! So pretty. Love the blue. Thanks for sharing.

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  45. Sometimes accidents are meant to happen - this turned out beautifully!

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  46. Really stylish, love the blues.

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  47. Your mistake turned out to be not a mistake at all! Beautiful! blessings, marlene

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  48. I love the embroidery with the blue batid.

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  49. Mistakes are just creations waiting to happen... That is certainly what happened to yours. The pillow is wonderful and would not have been quite so unique.

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  50. You are quite right. That mess up turned into one awesome pillow!

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  51. I love Unique! You did an awesome job! Thank you for sharing!

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  52. Your pillow is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing

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  53. Love your fabric! I'm glad your mistake wasn't really a mistake at all (and you didn't hurt the dog)! She is stunning!

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  54. Great job!!! :) I love this design!

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  55. Anne your oop's turned out perfect...love your pillow. Thanks for sharing. Happy stitching, Pauline

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  56. Perfectly lovely! Really a great finish. Thanks for sharing.

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  57. Love the outline design. I never think of going minimalistic...

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