Well Spendlove told us about her dopey moment yesterday, here is mine today.

Ya'll, my been there, done that t-shirt collection is out of control. My latest duh moment was this weekend and not sewing related. I put on my bathing suit bottoms and as I was looking for my hat and glasses, I kept thinking either I had gained a lot of weight, I had gotten some too small bottoms out of the drawer, or I was today, built stranger than normal. Turned out I had put my left leg through the waist and the right leg hole and the right leg through the left leg hole and then through waist opening. Bless my heart.

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by jrob 19 Sep 2016

My mama told me I didn't have to tell everything I knew.

by asterixsew 19 Sep 2016

Thanks for the laugh but glad to hear that you solved the problem

I have a list of these bloopers. The problem is I keep doing some of the mistakes over and over. Like not double checking the thread colors on my multi-needle. I really didn't intend on stitching out a blue cat. And then how many ITH projects have I been tired and placed the backing fabric only to find I put the right side on the inside. The lesson I keep having to learn, stop when I am tired.

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by asterixsew 19 Sep 2016

Thanks for sharing Karen. Yes we do need to stop when tired

I have done all that you posted. Forgot to leave opening for turning more then once but this one is a new one for me.

Squeezing a old bottle of glitter glue to see if the glue is still good.
Result: glue still good.
Bottle not so much.
New design on my sweater
Does this count for a flower ha, ha?

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by graceandham 18 Sep 2016

Start of an "all that glitters is not gold" t shirt theme...

by jrob 19 Sep 2016

Keep squirting......

by asterixsew 19 Sep 2016

yup you got your flower.

Made a few baby trousers, recycling of a few almost new T-shirts that a few nasty stains, simple design, 2 parts, ribbing for top and bottoms. A no-brainer, or so I thought - and that showed, one of them had very short and wide legs and a long and skinny upperpart. I noticed before I serged on the ribbing. So I deserved at least half a flower :)

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by crafter2243 18 Sep 2016

May I laugh at this? Once I sewed a sleeve in the neckline It would have needed a contortionist to wear that one.

by asterixsew 19 Sep 2016

Have a whole flower

Hooped a tiny baby pullover sweater and wrapped it all around the edges and pinned, then stitched my little monkey. Yes, I forgot to remember which way was "north" or "UP". When finished, I unpinned, de-hooped, cleaned up the back and held up my cute little brown sweater with an upside down monkey. Looks great as long as baby LIKES to hang upside down. :( Instead of Live and Learn, this is Stitch and Learn.

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by crafter2243 18 Sep 2016

Maybe a branch above the monkey making it look as if it is hanging from a tree. I have done stuff like that

by asterixsew 19 Sep 2016

I too have embroidered in the wrong place and the wrong way

I'm making small covers for note pads, got it all done and was so pleased, went to put the note pad in only to discover I had the put the pocket on upside down. So starting from scratch and this time will pay attention

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by asterixsew 18 Sep 2016

I probably have done that in the past. Hope you get it right the next time

by bevintex 18 Sep 2016

I will. Not my first "do over" or my last

by mops 18 Sep 2016

I embroidered one upside down, so I had. choice - embroidering a larger design on the front or cut it in half and do a fancy piece of fabric in the middle (or throw it in the bin which never is an option for me). So I opted for the scissors.

by topcat5 18 Sep 2016

Notebook pads drove me crazy until I realized -- finally -- that they open for right-handed people. When I opened my embroidery-covered books they were always upside down. Yep, you guessed it, I'm a leftie. lol

by jrob 19 Sep 2016

I'm a leftie, too, so backward notebooks suit me just fine.

by mops 20 Sep 2016

They would work well when writing in Hebrew ...