A bit ago, I posted this picture on Miss Loreen's FB page with a promise to show the final results.

Isn't it pretty? This is a new machine embroidery collection from Anita Goodesign called Blooming Beetles. Now I'm not that fond of bugs but this collection is darn cute! I was thinking about doing a couple of these blocks as pillows for the couch since some of the designs were quite large. Looking forward to having a project that wasn't a big quilt or wallhanging, I embroidered this design in between projects that I really needed to get done. This is my lead up to excusing myself from doing something really, really dumb!
I finished the design and was excited to share the final results with all of you and here it is! Now don't pay attention to the fact that I haven't pressed it yet as that is when I found my problem so I stopped there............mostly in disbelief!

It's a bit hard to see in the picture so look at the center part of the pumpkin then look to the left or right to see if you notice that you can see the fabric more clearly in the center. Ok, here's what happened. I, for some unknown reason, put the stabilizer on top of the fabric instead of on the bottom. Do you think I would have noticed that when I hooped or while stitching? Apparently not. Worse than that is the fact that it is fusible stabilizer so I had to press the stabilizer onto the fabric before I embroidered it! Here's a couple of close ups to give you a better view.

You can see a piece of the stabilizer I started to pull away.

See all the wrinkling except in the center? That's the stabilizer.......unfortunately!
Was I drinking? Did I have my eyes closed? Did my 5 year old grandson do it? Nope, Caspian isn't old enough to go near an iron so I can't blame him! I know I wasn't drinking but, I guess, I could have had my eyes closed. No matter. This is to let you know that everyone makes mistakes, silly mistakes or stupid ones. It happens. I have to say that this is a first for me and I'm still chuckling about it. Can I fix it? No. If I wanted to sit and pick out tiny fibers but I doubt I could get it looking as it should. Lucky for me, it isn't an embroidery with lots of color changes and stitches so it won't take long to do a new one. I'll save this beauty to show in my classes. Students always enjoy when the teacher makes a mistake and this is a good one!!
So next time you mess up, let it go. Fix it if you can. If you can't, move on and make a new one or if you're really frustrated, set it aside or throw it away and get back to that project when you can laugh at your mistake. We all make them and usually at a most inopportune time.......like trying to embroider something to give as a gift the same day!
Keep stitching,
loreen