Re: Frustration....

If you do not have a pin close tool as suggested I discovered that the pick
from a nut cracker set has a handle with grooves that will catch the pin and
help to close or open either way. Have a great day!!!
Audrey


"Sandy Foster" <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <44dc441c$0$18179$dbd45001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Jessamy" <jessamy_thompson@_ilove thecolour_orange.nl> wrote:

all I can say is: aarrgghh!!!


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Yup, that's what I say, too, Jessamy. <g> Finger is still pretty sore
this morning. I guess I'll have to "pad" it to do any pinning today. :S

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I've been babysitting a lot for the past few days -- all the more so
since DH is out of town and can't give me a break all day long. It's
been a long time since I've had toddlers around for any length of time,
and it wears me out! <G> But that's not what has me frustrated -- it's
just probably the cause of my carelessness...

I'd finally made the backing for my feathered star WIP (and I can't
remember who sent me the Excel work*** for figuring out how to do
diagonal backings, but thanks so much! It worked!) and then pieced
together the last lengths of black 80/20 batting. So far so good.

This afternoon while the boys were being unusually good, I figured I
could lay out the quilt sandwich on the table; after all, with DH away,
it could stay there indefinitely instead of having to disappear at
mealtimes. :) Okay. But here's where my pooped condition came into play.
I *thought* I'd double-checked the overhang, I really did! But after
putting in about 500 pins (I like to pin *securely*, and the boys had
left), I came to the very last section that had been hanging off the
table, and it was about 2" short of backing. ACK!

I now have a lovely callus on my finger from inserting and then removing
all of those pins. :S It's so lovely that it even bled a little. Sheesh.
But the quilt sandwich is again spread on the table and ready for
pinning -- tomorrow, when my finger recovers. ;) And this time, I
*swear* I've double-checked. I hope.

Did I mention that the backing looks pretty cool? It's almost all the
same navy as the background on the front, but it has a wide strip of the
leftover stripe from the star points -- except that the strip is split
where the diagonal seaming happened. Definitely different. :)

Now I'd better get ready for the board meeting tonight. <sigh>



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