IDIOT!

Oh, Kate, I couldn't help but laugh at your post (and I truly needed a laugh
today!) but I'm sure sorry you messed up your cutting mat. Sometimes our
minds are racing ahead to the next step and we don't really 'see' what we
are doing at the moment. Hope your project goes smoothly from here!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

"Kate XXXXXX" wrote in message
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Me: complete pillock.

Expensive mistake. I could make excuses about not being well, being
tired, and so forth, but it really boils down to NOT PAYING ATTENTION to
what I was doing...

I had a nice big green Olfa cutting mat...

I have a nice little ironing pad for those times when you really only need
a tiny pressing area...

I put the ironing pad ON the cutting mat and pressed the bejayzuz out of a
bit of sewing|: FULL HEAT + LOADSA STEAM!

Pillock! I now have a seersucker Olfa cutting mat.

Well, DUH!

I have bought a replacement, and I shall save the seersucker one for those
times when some extra length would be useful and two large mats are not
enough (I also have a big blue one). It still WORKS, it's just wobbly!
No good for quilting cuts, but fine for long skirt panels, which don't
have to be accurate to 1/16th of an inch or less... I'll store it under
the mattress on the sewing room divan, and hope that squishes the major
wobbles out.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Thanks for telling us this, Kate. It makes me glad it's not only me who
does things like this.

Especially at the word...pillock. I haven't a clue what it means, but I
get the gist.

--
Kathyl (KJ)
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"Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message
...
Oh, Kate, I couldn't help but laugh at your post (and I truly needed a
laugh today!) but I'm sure sorry you messed up your cutting mat.
Sometimes our minds are racing ahead to the next step and we don't really
'see' what we are doing at the moment. Hope your project goes smoothly
from here!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

"Kate XXXXXX" wrote in message
...
Me: complete pillock.

Expensive mistake. I could make excuses about not being well, being
tired, and so forth, but it really boils down to NOT PAYING ATTENTION to
what I was doing...

I had a nice big green Olfa cutting mat...

I have a nice little ironing pad for those times when you really only
need a tiny pressing area...

I put the ironing pad ON the cutting mat and pressed the bejayzuz out of
a bit of sewing|: FULL HEAT + LOADSA STEAM!

Pillock! I now have a seersucker Olfa cutting mat.

Well, DUH!

I have bought a replacement, and I shall save the seersucker one for
those times when some extra length would be useful and two large mats are
not enough (I also have a big blue one). It still WORKS, it's just
wobbly! No good for quilting cuts, but fine for long skirt panels, which
don't have to be accurate to 1/16th of an inch or less... I'll store it
under the mattress on the sewing room divan, and hope that squishes the
major wobbles out.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Me: complete pillock.

Expensive mistake. I could make excuses about not being well, being
tired, and so forth, but it really boils down to NOT PAYING ATTENTION to
what I was doing...

I had a nice big green Olfa cutting mat...

I have a nice little ironing pad for those times when you really only
need a tiny pressing area...

I put the ironing pad ON the cutting mat and pressed the bejayzuz out of
a bit of sewing|: FULL HEAT + LOADSA STEAM!

Pillock! I now have a seersucker Olfa cutting mat.

Well, DUH!

I have bought a replacement, and I shall save the seersucker one for
those times when some extra length would be useful and two large mats
are not enough (I also have a big blue one). It still WORKS, it's just
wobbly! No good for quilting cuts, but fine for long skirt panels,
which don't have to be accurate to 1/16th of an inch or less... I'll
store it under the mattress on the sewing room divan, and hope that
squishes the major wobbles out.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote:
Oh, Kate, I couldn't help but laugh at your post (and I truly needed a laugh
today!) but I'm sure sorry you messed up your cutting mat. Sometimes our
minds are racing ahead to the next step and we don't really 'see' what we
are doing at the moment. Hope your project goes smoothly from here!

Oh, THAT project went just fine (it was the Katherine frock/hat: I was
fusing the lining to the Timtex...). Sometimes you have to laugh rather
than scream.

But I want to do some quilty stuff this week, and a seersucker cutting
mat is NO help at all...

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Melanie Rimmer wrote:
Thanks for telling us this, Kate. It makes me glad it's not only me who
does things like this.

When I bog things up, I do a proper job, don't I!

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

KJ wrote:
Especially at the word...pillock. I haven't a clue what it means, but I
get the gist.


It used to be very rude: it's less so now...

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

There are a lot of words that way...unfortunately.

--
Kathyl (KJ)
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"Kate XXXXXX" wrote in message
...
KJ wrote:
Especially at the word...pillock. I haven't a clue what it means, but I
get the gist.


It used to be very rude: it's less so now...

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

I don't feel so bad now. I had a cutting mat MADE for my table--figured I
could use BOTH sides so it wasn't that $$ if I looked at it in the long
run...wouldn't have to worry about ruining the rotary cutter by going off
the edge of the mat.

I have a long bubble on the diagonal and for the life of me couldn't figure
out why. I ALWAYS had the blinds closed on that side....seems like there is
a 'just big enuf' slit for the afternoon sun to heat it up...did I say it's
next to the south window?

So now...I have to cut 'around' that area. I have let it 'warm up again' and
then set a stack of books on it--but to no avail. Turning it over hasn't
helped either.

Butterfly (I D 10 Too)
"Kate XXXXXX" wrote in message
...
Me: complete pillock.

Expensive mistake. I could make excuses about not being well, being
tired, and so forth, but it really boils down to NOT PAYING ATTENTION to
what I was doing...

I had a nice big green Olfa cutting mat...

I have a nice little ironing pad for those times when you really only need
a tiny pressing area...

I put the ironing pad ON the cutting mat and pressed the bejayzuz out of a
bit of sewing|: FULL HEAT + LOADSA STEAM!

Pillock! I now have a seersucker Olfa cutting mat.

Well, DUH!

I have bought a replacement, and I shall save the seersucker one for those
times when some extra length would be useful and two large mats are not
enough (I also have a big blue one). It still WORKS, it's just wobbly!
No good for quilting cuts, but fine for long skirt panels, which don't
have to be accurate to 1/16th of an inch or less... I'll store it under
the mattress on the sewing room divan, and hope that squishes the major
wobbles out.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

I did that but salvaged it to make it useful. Cut it to fit my ironing
board. Then when I want bias binding out of the tube I lay it on the olfa
which is on the oroning board and cut away turning the tube. See
http://ritasquilts.com/easycut.htm on my site for an illustration

--
Rita
http://ritasquilts.com
"Kate XXXXXX" wrote in message
...
Me: complete pillock.

Expensive mistake. I could make excuses about not being well, being
tired, and so forth, but it really boils down to NOT PAYING ATTENTION to
what I was doing...

I had a nice big green Olfa cutting mat...

I have a nice little ironing pad for those times when you really only need
a tiny pressing area...

I put the ironing pad ON the cutting mat and pressed the bejayzuz out of a
bit of sewing|: FULL HEAT + LOADSA STEAM!

Pillock! I now have a seersucker Olfa cutting mat.

Well, DUH!

I have bought a replacement, and I shall save the seersucker one for those
times when some extra length would be useful and two large mats are not
enough (I also have a big blue one). It still WORKS, it's just wobbly!
No good for quilting cuts, but fine for long skirt panels, which don't
have to be accurate to 1/16th of an inch or less... I'll store it under
the mattress on the sewing room divan, and hope that squishes the major
wobbles out.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!