In Which We Learn........
She who is smug is about to get her arse kicked by a project. In today's sad little tale, we begin with the Christmas quilt. Finished, quilted, the binding on....all that was left was to wash the obligatory cat hair off of it and iron it. Which is when we discovered: a glass head pin that had been sewn INTO the quilt. This picture was taken during the removal process--right before the small hole was created that allowed the head of the pin to make it out. Chastened--and somewhat encouraged by having finished two more sets of pillowcases, I thought I'd tackle the 5th and final set......and get a bit more creative. which is when the embroidery machine decided to get a bit more creative as well..... Yep--that's how the design came out. Sometimes it is possible to bump the machine or do something that will affect the design, but this wasn't one of those times. So, either the design is really poorly done (a strong possibility since it was a freebie) OR t...