IDIOT!

In article CDFtj.36408$yE1.19346@attbi_s21,
"KJ" wrote:

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

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Kathyl (KJ)
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I LOLed, too -- not *at* you, Kate, but in utter sympathy. I've done
similar things. When we moved here, I very carefully put my large
cutting mat on the floor of the car's trunk, making sure it was nice and
flat. Then I went and left it there for a couple of weeks (without the
suitcases to weight it down) while we waited to be able to get into our
new house. Did I mention that it was summer? G My mat would have
worked as an obstacle course for matchbox cars or something, but it
certainly was never again flat enough for its original use. G

"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!






--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net

I did t' opposite.

I cut the bejayzuz out of my nice ironing pad.

Doh!

Cindy


"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!

"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!

Just in case you're tempted to try it - Years ago someone here decided they
could un-seersucker their mat by putting it out on the driveway on a hot
July day. Next step was to back the car over it a few times for additional
'press'. Sounds good but neither the heat nor the press had any effect.
One day, I do believe, one of us will figure out a fix. Polly



"teleflora" wrote in message
...
I did t' opposite.

I cut the bejayzuz out of my nice ironing pad.

Doh!

Cindy


"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 left not one but two big cutting mats in the back of a hot mommy van.
They both seersuckered too.

So, I figured it wouldn't hurt to just lay them on the asphalt driveway in
the sun to see what happened. They lost their suckers and puckers!

I've got one on my cutting table now. It works well.

When it is hot outside, try it!

If it doesn't un-seersucker you'll have what you have........

Happy quilting,

Lenore


"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 used to entertain my neighbors on Thanksgiving and Christmas. My turkey
dressing/stuffing recipe calls for crackers crumbs. I'd carefully package
the whole crackers in a plastic bag, use a second plastic bag around that
and put it all in a heavy grocery store paper bag. Then I'd run over it a
few times with my truck tires. Bingo! Lovely cracker crumbs! Sooooo much
more fun than using a rolling pin or stomping on them.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. where the freezing rain just started again-
darnnit!!!

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
...
Just in case you're tempted to try it - Years ago someone here decided
they could un-seersucker their mat by putting it out on the driveway on a
hot July day. Next step was to back the car over it a few times for
additional 'press'. Sounds good but neither the heat nor the press had
any effect.
One day, I do believe, one of us will figure out a fix. Polly



"teleflora" wrote in message
...
I did t' opposite.

I cut the bejayzuz out of my nice ironing pad.

Doh!

Cindy


"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!

Sandy wrote:

I LOLed, too -- not *at* you, Kate, but in utter sympathy. I've done
similar things. When we moved here, I very carefully put my large
cutting mat on the floor of the car's trunk, making sure it was nice and
flat. Then I went and left it there for a couple of weeks (without the
suitcases to weight it down) while we waited to be able to get into our
new house. Did I mention that it was summer? G My mat would have
worked as an obstacle course for matchbox cars or something, but it
certainly was never again flat enough for its original use. G

The really silly thing is that I have left this one out in the sun
several times and it was perfectly OK...

But it is comforting to know that I am not alone...

--
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!

Butterflywings wrote:
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.

My little self healing one warped a bit in the sun. I now keep that one
under a drawing board with a serger stored on top! It usually remains
sufficiently flat long enough to get a short project cut. The annoying
this is that the little one warped all by itself, with no help from sun,
excess heat, or any other adverse storage condition!

--
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!

Rita wrote:
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


Neat! I might yet try that.

--
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!

teleflora wrote:
I did t' opposite.

I cut the bejayzuz out of my nice ironing pad.

Doh!

I only just stopped a kid doing that, and I've never managed to teach
them not to laminate chunks of Bondaweb to the pressing cloths!

--
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!