And the winner is....

So now is the moment you've all been waiting for. The big announcement. The winner of the major award. But first, let's recap my followers' mistakes. With a little commentary in green by yours truely. Because, well, it's my blog.

julia said...
I made a pair of shorts for a little boy. Only after I had them made did i realize that I had made them way to big. I couldn't find a pattern his size so I went by his little brother's pattern and added two inches, which was the size difference according to patterns I could find. the problem was that I added the two inches to both sides of the front and the back, so really i added 8 inches!!! Hmmm, I like this, lack of basic math skills in others make me feel good. But, in the end you DID end up with a usable item – just a few years ahead of it’s time. Sor-ry.

Anonymous said...
This might be rather simplistic, but I have reversed the arms in garments several times as well as sewing the legs of pants (eg. front inseam left to front inseam right) together. I have also covered a belt buckle backwards. All in all I detest directions. LOL. Sorry, Karendee, just not stupid enough. What can I say?
Karendee

Ann said...
You know mine. It was making that clothes pin bag, getting it finished and having the embroidery upside down. You got the bag and I hope you were able to fix it and enjoy it. I still have it and haven’t changed it yet. I have a plan for it, but no laundry room yet, so no hurry. But on a scale of dumb mistakes, I like it. And not realizing it was wrong until you were done adds extra points. Plus you sent it to me, so double bonus.
Ann

julia said...
Does sewing through my thumb, nail and all with my sewing machine count? I mean the needle was actually all the way through my thumb. It came out of the machine and stayed in my thumb. It hurt like …. While I will give you point for pain and blood (it DID bleed, right?), this is about dumb mistakes – not clutsyness. But thanks for playing.

ACorgiHouse said...
OK, you don't need to send me anything (assuming I'll win :) ) but here goes. I was using my patternmaking software to make some pants. I had remeasured myself for some reason, and transposed the waist to crotch seam measurement with the inseam length. I trusted the software so much, and wasn't really paying attention when I made the first pair (luckily jammies.) They had a crotch that hung to the knees, and really short legs, looked like Humpty-Dumpty! Okay, that’s just funny.

Marji said...
LOL, oh BeeBee, only if I win I get to send YOU something. Don't you dare think about sending me Anything!
I was making the dresses for myself and my sister to wear in my moms (3rd) wedding. These dresses were shantung overlaid with a metallic embroidered organza. They were both sleeveless, and I was using the method of finishing that requires you to put the front inside the back, stitch the seams together at the shoulder and then, when you pull it out, voila, your shoulders are finished, all by machine and it's beautiful. But, if you put one shoulder in through the front, and the other through the back, you get a figure 8. I did that on my dress. Not once, not twice, But Three times. I was running out of seam allowance to rip. Extra points for sheer stubbornness. And a double bonus for turning the contest around and offering to send me stuff. And I like the whole figure 8 thing….

Stash said...
OK, well, twice, I have searched all over for the back bodice piece to a Jalie shirt I was making. I mean ripping the house apart...even to turning the cushions over on the couch...under the bed.....in the garbage. Only to find, after all the angst and hours of looking that they were already sewn to the front at the shoulders. **Snort** I’ve done that. Really annoying isn’t it?

Barbara said...
Oh, yes, the worst thing I've ever done was attaching the front to the back and constructing welted pockets WITHOUT the front side panels! The next day I ripped the mess and fortunately had enough fabric to cut again the back side panels. Not enough for the front pieces, though. The jacket ended up having no pockets but a decorative strip of fabric running across the front that covered the slits. I'm not eligible for the contest but had to share anyway! Thank you! Well, you get some bonus points for even attempting the pockets. Why do you think you aren't eligible? You didn't win, but you get to play..

gwensews said...
I was making a blouse that had gathers at the hemline of the sleeve. I sewed that into the armscye. He-he, I like this one. Just keep on sewing – no matter how wrong it feels.

LindaNan said...
I did an absolutely perfect invisible zipper -- upside down. Yes, LindaNan YOU are the “lucky” winner. I think (because there is no real basis for the winner) it’s because it’s a zipper mistake. And this started with a zipper.

Thank you all for playing and sharing your mistakes and making me feel less alone in my dumb-ness. It wasn’t so much that the zipper turned out badly – that’s happened many times before, but that I didn’t notice until I was all the way done, even the top stitching. Eh, whatever. LindaNan – you can send me an email at ecbryant2002 at yahoo dot com to claim your major award. You may regret playing….